EXHIBITING AND JUDOING BEB PSODUOTS. 2t6 



may be run into the selected jars. The jars must be left in 

 a warm place, covered from dust, until all air bubbles, or 

 scum, in the honey shall have risen to the top, when the 

 bubbles, or scum, must be carefully skimmed off, and, if 

 necessary, an addition of ripened and skimmed honey should 

 be added to bring the contents of each jar up to i6 oz. 

 Uniformity being necessary, with respect to flavour, colour, 

 and density, if there is any difference in the exhibits, the 

 quantity required for the jars should be mixed in one vessel 

 beforehand. Care must be taken to exclude any honey that 

 may have been tainted with honey dew (61), because such an 

 admixture would utterly spoil the colour and flavour of the 

 exhibit. The jars for exhibition purposes must be carefully 

 selected, of dear, flawless glass, and, preferably, with screw 

 caps fitted with cork wads (306). For each jar, cut a circular 

 piece of wax paper the same size as the cork wad ; put this on 

 the mouth of the jar, set the cork wad upon it, and screw the 

 cap tightly home. A neat label should be added (306). 



401. Extracted Heather, or " Dark," Honey for Exhibition 



As in the case of Heather sections (396), built out combs, wet 

 from the extractor, should be used over an excluder. Owing to 

 the difficulty of removing heather honey from the combs in 

 an ordinary extractor, if the extractor is to be used the combs 

 to be employed should be tough and strong, and preferably 

 drone combs. If the honey is to be extracted by means of 

 the Honey Press (137), or by melting (402), fresh, virgin 

 combs wiU serve best. 



402. Extracting and Preparing Heather, or "Dark," Honey for 

 Exhibition. — If it is intended to remove the heather honey by 

 means of an extractor, everything required should be in readi- 

 ness, in a warm room, to extract the honey hot fromthe hives, 

 for if it be allowed to cool, extraction will be exceedingly diffi- 

 cult. It will be found more practicable to crush the comb in a 

 Honey Press (137. 276), or to melt the wax. In the former case, 

 the combs should be heated up to 120° Fahr., being placed in 

 the Press as directed (276). If the melting process is to be 

 adopted, the sealed combs should be cut out and placed ma tm 

 vessel, which should then be set in a pot of warm water, with a 

 wire mat, or other suitable device, underneath, to keep the tin 

 about i' up from the Bottom of the pot ; the water must then be 

 heated gradually, and the contents of the tin must be stirred 

 frequently until the wax begins to melt, at which point the 

 temperature must be maintained until all the wax has melted, 

 for if the melting point of wax (144°. 62) be exceeded, the 

 flavour of the honey may be spoiled (306). When all the wax has 

 melted, the contents of the tin must be allowed to cool until 



