;36 A Modem Bee'-Fami 



COMB-HONEY. 



So far many more people have gone in for producing this 

 article than that in the Hquid form ; consequently the price 

 has gone down considerably during the past ten years. It has 

 fallen something like 6d. or yd. per pound, whereas the other 

 has come down about 2d. It is time therefore that extracted 

 honey had more attention if only to place comb at a better 

 paying rate, as the latter has ruled too low until the past year 

 or two. Supply and demand, however, must regulate the price, 

 and it is no use bee-keepers asking as much now as they 

 obtained a few years since when the article was scarce, as 

 wholesale and retail dealers alike are quite powerless to alter 

 the state of the market. 



The greater trouble, however, is that all the small producers 

 throw their comb-honey upon the market as soon . as it is re- 

 moved from the hives, and thus a false impression is made, 

 and prices rule low, accordingly, though the probability is that 

 the total output may be under the average. 



Sections 



have already been noticed in their various forms ; and the 

 kind one intends to adopt should h& on hand before April ist, 

 when the foundation can be inserted during that month ; that 

 all may be' in readiness, as a flow of honey is liable to occur 

 any time after May ist, or even earlier. In 



Preparing Stocks for Comb-Honey 



it has been shewn under General Management that the brood 

 nest should not be increased beyond the capacity of a ten or 

 eleven-frame chamber of combs. The hive may appear over- 

 crowded, but while you are waiting for the honey flow, put on 

 an upper storey and wo'rk out foundation, feeding as elsewhere 

 shewn, for inserting in the sections. It may be asked 



