2096 A Modern Bee-Farm 
“* that. ‘Well, send me some, and I will see what I 
“*can do with it’? So I did, as I found he was a selling 
‘agent, or whatever you may call him, and he got me a 
“very fair price, too, and is always ready for more. But 
“ other people I have usually supplied are already speaking 
‘for my crop that’s yet to come.” 
This is as it should be, where a man keeps steadily on 
and works away with a will. There are many ways and 
means yet for the disposal of honey, if the producer will 
carefully look about, without depending upon his County 
Association to do the work for him. 
For Exhibition 
combs must be visible on both sides, using for the purpose 
‘only those sections of the very best color and finish. In 
some quarters it has been considered that the comb should 
not be sealed close to the wood all round, but this is a 
serious error, the idea being that the section can be more 
easily cut out; but I have yet to find the retailer who does 
not prefer those for his window which are sealed perfectly 
all round the edges; and when one of each may be placed 
on the scale, is there a doubt as to which the customer 
would select? Moreover, those that are filled up to the 
wood will stand the risk of transit far better than would 
otherwise be the case. Fig. 92 shows Abbott’s comb-honey 
exhibition crate. 
Producing a Surplus. 
How many hundreds of bee-keepers are there who are 
not bee-masters, and who seem unable to do at the right 
time the correct thing, and to carry out that comprehensive 
management which alone will give a large and profitable 
surplus ? 
One man will produce honey by the 100 Ibs. to each 
stock and more, while at the same time some of his 
