MARICETING HONEY. 



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Some kinds of honey are bitter, and others very unwhole- 

 some, being gathered from poisonous flowers. The noxious 

 properties of honey gathered from poisonous flowers would 

 seem to be mostly evaporated before it is sealed over by the 

 bees. Heating, however, expels them still more effectually, 

 for some persons cannot eat even the best, when raw, with 

 impunity. Well ripened honey is more wholesome than that 

 freshly gathered by the bees. When it is taken from the bees, 

 it should be put where it will be safe from all intruders. The 

 little red and the large black ant are extravagantly fond of it, 

 and will not only carry off large quantities if within their 

 reach, but many of them will drown in it, spoil its appear- 

 ance, and render it unfit for use. 



Fig. 221. 



COLORADO SHIPPING CASES. 



.From the Colorado Honey Producers* AssociatioQ. ) 



826. Comb honey, in sections put up in cases of 12, 16, 

 24, or 40 sections, with glass on the side, sells most readily; 

 and were it not for the greater cost of production, and the 

 difficulty of safe transportation, this kind would be raised 

 exclusively. One objection to it, by large producers, is that 

 it cannot always be kept in good shape, from one year to 

 another, owing to its tendency to "sweat." 



