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purpose, and for commercial use a piece of cardboard cut 

 to the right size may first be dipped into the paste and 

 laid over, when the paper over this will make a very strong 

 sealing. Screw-cap jars are expensive, and where a 

 cheaper bottle will answer, this substitute for parchment 

 will be more effectual in preserving the contents. 



Canned Honey. 



With prices much lower, together with a general and 

 increasing demand, honey in tins is becoming popular. 

 Two, three, and six pounds seem to be mostly in demand, 

 and at reasonable rates large quantities of good honey can 

 thus be disposed of. Colour is not of so much importance, 

 and when granulated this is a good way to dispose of 

 our produce ; but the article must be thoroughly ripened, 

 and of good flavour. The most elaborate label that can 

 be obtained is required to make tins attractive. 



Bee-keepers frequently complain that they cannot dis- 

 pose of their honey ; but if they only take the trouble to 

 work their own neighbourhood at a selling price they will 

 be surprised to find that instead of producing more than 

 can be disposed of, they will be unable to supply the 

 demand. Only recently I have been offered honey in 

 considerable quantities at rates higher than what I could 

 myself obtain twenty years ago. Honey has to compete 

 with many other articles, themselves much reduced in 

 value in these " cheap times," and supply and demand 

 must regulate the price. 



.Having shewn how to prepare and market extracted 

 honey, we have yet to consider the best means of obtain- 

 ing it. First we must 



Provide for extracting; 



by arranging our hives in the best manner for its produc- 

 tion. A good stock of worked-out combs is invaluable 



