MARKETABLE PRODUCTS: '61 



Where honey is produced it will usually, Ibe 

 found advisable to go in for the extracted article 

 on account of its superior keeping qualities, al- 

 though where there is a good demand for sections 

 there will be little difference from the point of 

 view of profit. 



Good extracted honey, in bulk will readily sell 

 at sevenpence per pound, while first-rate sections 

 will make about ninepence each' in dozen lots. 

 Against this must be put the fact that bees will 

 produce about thirty per cent more of extracted 

 than of comb honey, so that the prices are fairly 

 even. 



Section honey must be sold quickly or it granu- 

 lates in the comb, and becomes unsaleable on 

 this account. This form of honey should not be 

 extensively produced until it is known that there 

 is a ready sale for it. There is such a large 

 demand for good honey that little more need be 

 said at this point. The bee-keeper will find that 

 his greatest difficulty as a rule is to cope with 

 his orders. 



Beeswax is a very valuable article, and is pro- 

 duced to some extent in all apiaries. For this also 

 there is practically an unlimited demand by den- 

 tists, chemists, and similar professions. The very 

 high melting-point of this wax makes its use im- 

 perative in some of the mechanical processes of 

 various trades, and every scrap of comb should 

 be religiously, preserved for melting down and 

 converting into cash. There is not a very, la^ge 



