256 A Modern Bee-Farm 



means yet for the disposal of honey, if the producer will 

 carefully look about, without depending upon his County 

 Association to do the work for him. 



For Exhibition 



combs must be visible on both sides, using for the pur- 

 pose only those sections of the very best colour and 

 finish. In some quarters it has been considered that the 

 comb should not be sealed close to the wood all round, 

 but this is a serious error, the idea being that the section 

 can be more easily cut out ; but I have yet to find the 

 retailer who does not prefer those for his window which 

 are sealed perfectly all round the edges ; and when one of 

 each may be placed on the scale, is there a doubt as to 

 which the customer would select ? Moreover those that 

 are filled up to the wood will stand the risk of transit far 

 better than would otherwise be the case. 



Producing a Surplus. 



How many hundreds of bee-keepers are there who are 

 not bee-masters, and who seem unable to do at the right 

 time the correct thing, and to carry out that comprehen- 

 sive management which alone will give a large and pro- 

 fitable surplus ? 



One man will produce honey by the 100 lbs. to each stock 

 and more, while at the same time some of his neighbours 

 get their twenties, their tens, and their noughts, I give 

 the reader an instance of a cottager who secured an average 

 of 72 lbs. of section honey from his eleven hives during the 

 unfortunate season of 1902, with no unusual crop near 

 him, while other bee-keepers near secured twenty-one 

 sections from one bar-frame, and nothing from another. 

 Another had no lbs. from three frame hives ; while among 

 straw skeps, few had sufficient store for winter. 



