478 HONEY HANDLING. 
some, being gathered from poisonous flowers. A Mandin- 
go African informed a lady of our acquaintance that his 
countrymen eat none that is unsealed until it has been boiled. 
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 appearance, and render it 
unfit for use. 
Fig. 195 
TWO-TIER HONEY CRATE. 
$26. Comb honey, in sections (721), put up in crates 
of 12, 16, 24, or 40 sections, with glass on the side, sells 
most readily ; and were it not for the greater cost of produc- 
tion, 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.’’ 
Sweating takes place in comb-honey which has been sealed 
