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IliLINOIS STATE BBE-KEBPERS' ASSOCIATION. 



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the market, practically altog-ether 

 since it is produced by only a few 

 scattering ones, in small quantity. 



Bulk comb honey is the honey at 

 the present day. The demand is 

 greater for this kind of honey than 

 could ever have been expected with 

 any other kind. And the' profitable- 

 Tiess of this product has beeji proven 

 over and over again, so that it is 

 money in the pockets, if the bee-keep- 

 ers have a crop of bulk comb honey. 

 To have a crop of bulk comb honey is 

 just so much money for the bee-keep- 

 er's pocket, as soon as it is produced, 

 or even before. Either extracted or 

 section-honey must first be sold after 

 it is produced, and the prices are not 

 as high in comparison to the cost of 

 production, hence the profit is not so 

 great. 



The advantages of its production 

 are greater also. It is easisr to pro- 

 duce bulk comb honey in a slow or a 

 fast fiow as well. It can be produced 

 on any kind of a colony of bees, even 

 if it is too weak to crowd into the 

 section-boxes, and more of it can be 

 produced on strong colonies. Under 

 the same conditions of the colonies 

 and the honey-fiow, more bulk comb 

 honey can be obtained than section - 

 honey, and this is especially true dur- 

 ing seasons that are less favorable for 

 section-honey production. The difCer- 

 ence in proportion in favor of bulk 

 comb honey increases as the favor- 

 able conditions of the colonies and 

 the honey-flows decrease. This is one 

 of the greatest points in its favor 

 when we consider the dry and other- 

 wise unfavorable seasons that so com- 

 monly prevail now, and which have a 

 consequent effect upon jour producing 

 colonies. If this is so, and it is easier 

 to produce and dispose of a crop of 

 honey, with greater profit, is it a 

 wonder that bulk comb honey has 

 found a place of its own, and crowded 

 almost everything else out of the mar- 

 ket, and that some of its advocates, 

 who have made money out of bulk 

 comb honey are enthusiastic about 

 this matter? 



And why can not other states adopt 

 bulk comb honey? It is hard to see 

 any reason why it should not be. Es- 

 pecially is this true since the country 

 is more thickly populated, making the 

 selling of such honey far easier as 

 compared with our more thinly set- 



tled country as yet, with the vast dis- 

 tances from the producer to the con- 

 sumer. If we can make it profitable 

 your advantage over us would only 

 make it more profitable. Have you 

 tried it? If you will, you shall find 

 that We are not over-enthusiastic 

 about bulk comb honey. 



It shall not be the purpose of this 

 article to cover the entire ground of 

 bulk comb honey and its production. 

 Suffice it to say that it can be pro- 

 duced with any kind of hive in use, 

 but always preferably in shallow 

 frames. These are more easily pre- 

 pared with very light foundation in 

 full sheets; are more readily adjust- 

 able to the needs of the colony or 

 the condition of the honey- flow when 

 giving the bees super room; and are 

 much more easily removed when com- 

 pleted. 



The finished comb honey can be put 

 up in various ways, but we have a 

 standard way of our own, which is 

 v/ell known to the producers and the 

 dealers, and other purchasers alike. 

 The adoption, years ago, of standard 

 sizes of honey cans, and listing them 

 in the same order by all bee-keepers, 

 when quoting the prices of honey, 

 has made it an easy matter for the 

 buyer to order, and for the bee-keeper 

 to understand what is wanted. 



The most commonly used package 

 heretofore has been the two 60 pound 

 square cans to the case, exactly like 

 the extracted honey cans in all re- 

 spects, except for the large, 8 inch 

 screw-cap opening, to allow filling the 

 cans with the comb honey. The next 

 si«e on the list is the case containing 

 ten 12 pound friction top pails. These 

 are like the common syrup pails in all 

 respects, except that the Texas size 

 is enough larger to make a twelve 

 pound instead of the regular ten 

 pound pail. Each of these packages 

 are known as 120 pound cases of 

 honey, and are rarely sold otherwise. 

 It is an uncommon thing to ship less 

 than a case of honey, even one 60 

 pound can. 



Then we have a case holding ten 

 6 pound friction top pails, and one 

 with twenty 3 pound friction top cans, 

 making two cases of 60 pounds of 

 honey each. The 60 pound cans are 

 used mostly for family use, as many 

 families order a case of two such cans. 

 If one family can not use a whole 



