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Mr. Moore: Depends on the size of 

 the farm and the size of the family! 



Mr. Wilcox: And the amount of 

 help. 



Carniolan Bees. 



"Has anybody had any experience 

 with the Carniolan bees, and which 

 strain is the best?" 



Mr. Kannenberg: I was inquisitive 

 about the Karniolan bees, and I bought 

 a swarm of them. I never had as 

 much swarming going on as with those 

 bees. They were swarming every day 

 in the vear! I don't want any more 

 of them. 



Mr. Stanley: Well, I have tried them 

 and they are great swarmers — best for 

 rearing bees. 



Bottling Honey. 



"In bottling honey is it necessary to 

 heat the honey to prevent it from 

 crystallizing, or can it be bottled just 

 as it comes from the extractor?" 



Mr. Arndt: I don't know about bot- 

 tling it as it comes from the extractor, 

 but I know that nearly all the honey 

 we receive we have to heat and liquefy 

 it more or loss before we can bottle it. 

 If we don't, it will be somewhat 

 clouded. Honey that is bottled warm 

 and tightly sealed will keep from gran- 

 ulating a great deal longer than cold 

 honey. 



Mr. Wilcox: The hotter you heat it 

 the longer it will keep from granulat- 

 ing. If you boil it, it will never granu- 

 late. I consulted the purchasing agent 

 of the National Biscuit Company, and 

 he said he had never found any that 

 would not granulate, but after it gran- 

 ulated and they liquefied it, it would 

 not granulate again. I said, "You heat 

 it hotter than 160 degrees?" and he 

 said, "Oh, sure!" But that spoils the 

 flavor. 



Mr. Arndt: Honey heated to 160 

 degrees will granulate again, but it 

 will be some time before it will granu- 

 late. There are certain kinds of hon- 

 ey that if you boil will granulate in 

 time. 



Mr. Moore: Mr. President, give your 

 experience. 



President York: It has been some 

 time since I was in the honey bottling 

 business, but I certainly did bottle 

 "some" when I was bottling by the 

 carload, and buying glass jars by the 

 car load.; We heated the honey to as 

 near as possible 160 degrees and sealed 



it while hot. We used the "Tip Top" 

 jar like this one, and found it to be 

 the best that we had tried up to that 

 time. I doubt if it can be improved on 

 for a jar that will not leak under any 

 conditions. We bottled it very quick- 

 ly after getting it to 160 degrees, and 

 had very little trouble with it granu- 

 lating in the grocery stores. Where 

 we found it did granulate, we took It 

 back and reliquefled and re-labeied it 

 without taking it out of the bottle. 



Mr. Moore: What per cent would 

 granulate? 



President York: Perhaps not over 

 one per cent would granulate before 

 it was isold out. 



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Mr. Ahlers: If honey is heated to 

 160 degrees, will it not be affected 

 in flavor? 



President York: Not unless it is 

 kept a long time at 160 degrees. 



Mr. Ahlers: If it is brought up to 

 160 degrees and bottled immediately? 



President York: I think not. 



Mr. Ahlers: I heated some to about 

 that temperature and I thought it did 

 affect it, but I had no thermometer. 



Mr. Moore: If I heat it with water 

 under it, it is 212 degrees when your 

 honey is 160 degrees. I have honey 

 heated that way. 



• Mr. Ahlers: I heat all my honey in 

 galvanized cans, and then take it off 

 the fire instantly. After I heat it ig 

 water I put it in enamel kettles. 



Mr. Moore: If you leave it over 

 the fire the temperature will go on 

 up. 



Mr. Ahlers: I keep stirring it until 

 it gets to that temperature, and then 

 I take it off. 



Preparing Bees Fop Winter. 



"What is the shortest and best 

 method of preparing bees for winter 

 with the least cost?" 



President York: Probably putting 

 them in a cellar, if you have a cellar. 

 This likely means outdoor wintering, 

 though. 



Mr. Wilcox: I think Miss Candler 

 could answer. 



Miss Candler: I don't know whether 

 my method is the shortest or the 

 least expensive. I winter in paper — 

 wrap them in paper, with a super 

 on top. I use tarred felt paper. It 

 is the most practical for me. 



