322 Marketing Extracted Honey. 



Fourth. Deliver the honey in small lots, so that it wil) 

 be sure to be kept in inviting form, and, if possible, attend 

 to the delivery yourself, that you may know that all is done 

 "decently and in order." 



Fifth. Instruct your grocers that they may make the 

 honey show to the best effect ( Fig. 133), and thus captivate 

 the purchaser through the sight alone. 



Sixth. Call local and general conventions., that all in 

 the community may know and practice the best methods, 

 so that the markets may not be demoralized by poor, unsal- 

 able honey. 



It is of the greatest importance to encourage State, inter- 

 State, and National Associations. Happily, our civilization 

 makes every person affected by the acts of each person. 

 Selfishness, not less than Christianity, urges us all to be 

 interested in each other. The honey traffic reaches from 

 State to State. Bee-keeping will never be perfect as an 

 art till all bee-keepers act as one man. He is short-sighted 

 that decries conventions. It is the experience of the world 

 that they are valuable in other arts. Bee-keeping is no 

 exception. Let us all urge that the associations act in 

 unison, from the local to the general, that all other apiarian 

 interests no less than the markets shall be in the highest 

 degree fostered. Each association, from the most local to 

 the most general, has its special mission which no other 

 can perform. 



PREPARATION FOR MARKETS. 



Of course, the method of preparation will depend largely 

 upon the style of honey to be sold, so we will consider the 

 kinds separately. 



EXTRACTED HONEY. 



As before intimated, extracted honey has all the flavor, 

 and is in every way equal, if not superior — comb itself is 

 innutritions and very indigestible — to comb honey. As 

 Dr. Miller has pointed out, granulated honey, thoroughly 

 drained and then melted, gives a most delicious article. 

 When people once know its excellence — know that it is 

 not "strained" — then tlie demand for extracted honey will 



