to 



As it is always advisable to have on hands spare fertile queens 

 any that are not required at the end of th( 

 155. Wintering season may be wintered on four or more 

 Spare Queens. frames placed behind the dummy of £ 

 stock hive ; these frames should be wel 

 crowded with bees, and fully two-thirds of two of them, anc 

 at least half of the others should be filled with sealed stores : 

 in addition to which two pounds of soft candy should be sup- 

 plied (127), (174). An entrance should be made at the bad 

 as for nuclei (57), and a little tin porch should be fitted over it. 



XXI.— STOEING- AND MAEKETING HONEY. 



When it is intended to sell honey, the sections as removed 

 from the hive should first be cleaned by 



156. Grading and scraping the wood to remove any wax oi 

 Storing Sections, propolis adhering thereto ; they should 



then be graded into classes as follows : — 

 First class sections should weigh 16 ounces, be well filled, 

 completely and evenly capped, free from brood marks and 

 pop holes, with even faces to the combs, uniform in colour, of 

 good appearance and quality, and firmly attached to wood all 

 round. Second class sections should correspond to first class 

 sections, except that 'the weight may fall as low as 14 ounces, 

 and the other conditions need not be so thoroughly fulfilled. 

 All other sections may be regarded as third class, and such as 

 will sell only at a low price. Having graded the sections, all 

 of first or second class quality should be neatly wrapped in wax 

 paper (159), and put away in a dry warm room until sold. It 

 would be well to pack them in cardboard or other suitable 

 boxes. 



Extracted honey may best be stored in tins holding about 56 lbs., 

 fitted with close-fitting lever lids (Eig. 47). 



157. Grading and If desirable for purposes of sale, the honey 

 Storing Extracted may be put into glass jars ; many shapes 



Honey. and styles of glass jar are sold for the pur- 



pose, particulars of which can be obtained 

 from most dealers in apiarian appliances. Extracted honey, 

 like section honey, should be kept in a dry warm room until 

 sold. 



All sections should be wrapped in transparent wax paper, or 

 158. Covering gl^'Zed, before they are sent out for sale. 

 Sections. G-lazing is necessary for certain English 



markets, but wax paper wrapping is con- 

 sidered sufficient in Ireland and in many English markets. 



Wax paper for wrapping one pound sections, cut into proper 

 sizes, about 12 J inches by 7 J inches, is sold 

 159. Wrapping at about 6d. per 100 sheets. To wrap a 

 Sections in Wax section proceed as follows :— Place the sec- 

 Paper. tioQ yjr[-iYi the bottom side, that is the 

 unsplit side of a " D " section, downwards 

 on the wrappmg paper in such a position that one end of the 



