COMB HONEY OR EXTRACTED HONEY—WHICH?—Chapter II. 
colonies more crowded; for, otherwise, the end of the season will find him 
with a lot of unfinished sections, that is, sections only partly filled with 
honey. LExtracting-combs of ripe honey two-thirds or more unsealed will, 
when extracted, result in first-class honey. Sections two-thirds sealed 
must be sold at a low price. 
Furthermore, extracted honey may be produced in many localities and 
in many seasons when comb honey would be an absolute failure; for, in 
order that any quantity of comb in sections be built, it is necessary that 
the nights be warm, as it is during the warm nights that most of the wax 
is secreted and the comb built. 
On the other hand, there is usually more honey left in the hive when 
the surplus honey is taken away at the end of the season when comb 
honey is produced than when extracted honey is produced. For this rea- 
son it is more often necessary to feed the bees when producing extracted 
honey unless combs of honey are saved out of the surplus for this purpose. 
Often a beginner is able to find a larger beekeeper in his own locality 
who will be willing to do his extracting for a small sum. Even one cent a 
pound is a good bargain on both sides. If one prefers the satisfaction of 
doing his own extracting (and there is a real pleasure in it), he will be 
able to purchase a two-frame extractor at a moderate price. And this 
size will be quite large enough for some time for the beginner in bee- 
keeping. And, when he later decides to go into the business a little 
heavier, it will doubtless be possible to sell the small extractor and purchase 
a larger one, either new or second-hand. 
Chunk Honey Production. 
It is possible that a few may wish to produce chunk honey. If so, 
they should secure their surplus honey in what are called shallow extract- 
ing-supers. These contain frames shallower than the regular frames. When 
the frames are filled and the honey is sealed it is cut out in chunks, leaving 
as much as half an inch of comb next to the four sides of the frames. This 
fringe of comb serves the bees as a starter to begin work on for the next 
year’s honey crop. The chunks of honey are packed in tin pails or glass 
jars and covered with liquid honey. 
A serious objection to chunk honey put up this way is that the liquid 
portions will granulate in cold weather, making an unattractive package. 
We advise, therefore, that the beginner use extracting-combs rather than 
sections, and produce preferably extracted honey. 
For the sake of those, however, who greatly prefer comb honey and 
find a keen delight in the beauty of the.snow-white section just as it comes 
from the hive, we intend describing the outfit for comb honey as well as 
for extracted honey, and, in later chapters, give the management necessary 
for the production of both. 
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