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NINTH ANNUAL REPORT OF THE 



J. J. WILDER, of Georgia. 



sthan any other kind. Now, what is the 

 matter that we cannot do anything of 

 the kind here? 



President York — Before we go any 

 further, we have an article on this 

 very subject by J. J. Wilder, of Geor- 

 gia, and I will asik the secretary to 

 read it. It will come in right along 

 with this very question. 



Chunk Honey — Its Present and Future. 



Upon request of your Secretary, I 

 have prepared this paper, the subject 

 of which is "Chunk Honey," and I hope 

 that it will interest you. 



First, permit me to say that I have 

 had successive years of experience 

 with persistent efforts in the produc- 

 tion of section, extracted, and chunk 

 honey; and at present I am operating 

 16 apiaries in the production of the 

 latter, iwhich I have found far more 

 satisfactory, either on a small scale, or 

 extensively. 



The cost of the equipment and ap- 

 pliances necessary in chunk honey 

 production are less. It is less labori- 

 ous, and the simplest, most economic- 

 al and satisfactory way honey can be 

 produced. One apiarist can harvest, 

 with the same number of colonies, 



pack, case and ship, a crop of chunk 

 honey, the returns of which would be 

 greater than if he had produced either 

 section or extracted honey. If this be 

 true, and it surely is, the financial side 

 of the question is solved. 



Time does not permit me to go into 

 the practical side of my subject, but it 

 is simple and will be given in full in 

 the bee papers before another season. 

 It is a combination of both comb and 

 extracted honey, produced in shallow 

 extracting frames and supers, about 

 one-third extracted and two-thirds 

 comb. The' honey is closely packed in 

 large-mouth jars and cans, sealed up, 

 the darker grades in the cans and the 

 lighter grades in the jars, and neatly 

 labeled. The honey will retain its fla- 

 vor better and longer, and does not 

 granulate so soon; and if it does it 

 can be quickly liquefied by setting it 

 in warm water, the sunshine, or a 

 warm place. This direction should be 

 placed on the labels, and if it should 

 carelessly be brought to such a high 

 temperature that the comb would melt, 

 there would only be a small amount 

 of clear wax which would collect on 

 the top of the vessels, and the honey 



