PART III 



Honey Production 



A FEW OF THE MANY THINGS TO TAKE INTO CONSIDER- 

 ATION WHEN PRODUCING EXTRACTED HONEY. 



In order to make the production of extracted honey profitable at 

 the present time It Is necessary to have every thing connected with 

 the business as handy and convenient as It can possibly be made, and 

 then try to cut corners here and there and everywhere you can. 



First, It is very essential to have the best honey-gathering strain 

 of bees that you can find; then if you expect to have a large apiary, 

 location is an important factor. 



Then the manner of handling your extracting-combs and taking 

 them from the hive to the extractor is another important part; and 

 the number of men who can work to the best advantage, so each one 

 will bear about an equal part of the labor, and not have to wait for 

 each other, is also of importance. 



How to dispose of the honey after it is extracted is another thing 

 that will pay you well to look after. The manner of storing it before 

 it is put into the package you expect to sell it in must also be con- 

 sidered. These are a few of the necessary things that the successful 

 producer of extracted honey has to keep fresh in his mind. 



As I have received several letters during the past season request- 

 ing me to give the writers some advice on these subjects, I will en- 

 deavor, with the aid of the accompanying photos to show and describe 

 our method of producing extracted honey. 



HIVES SHOULD BE OF THE SAME SIZE. 



First, we like to have all our hives of the same size, so that any 

 frame will fit any hive in the apiary, although this season we had to 

 press into service some hives that were two inches shorter than our 

 standard hives, but we have promised ourselves that it Is the last season 

 that we will bother with two different-sized hives In the apiary. 



HELP TO WOEK TO THE BEST ADVANTAGE. 



In regard to help, we find that three men can work to better ad- 

 vantage, and extract more honey per man in a day, than any other num- 

 ber. In order to accomplish this, one man stays in the extracting-build- 

 Ing and does all the extracting; another man stays with the hives we 

 are working at, and opens all of them and takes out about half of the 

 combs and puts all the empty combs back and closes up the hive, 

 while the third man takes out what heavy combs he can and takes the 

 full ones to the extracting-building, and bring the empty combs back. 



