Fic. 22—EXHIBITION OF THE Propucts OF THE BEE, 
The word “robbing,” meaning the taking of honey 
Taking honey from the bees, is an obsolete word in modern 
from the bees beekeeping, for never is the hive robbed of its 
honey. In the brood chamber the honey and 
brood is never disturbed unless it may be at certain times to cut out 
drone cells. The honey is taken from the super. It is the surplus 
honey in which there is no brood if preacutions have been taken. At 
this point it might be stated that it is always well to have a queen- 
excluding honey board between the brood chamber and the super. 
This will prevent the queen from going into the super and depositing 
eggs. To remove honey simply lift off the super a day or two before 
you wish to take out your honey and insert a bee escape between the 
super and the brood chamber. This device allows the bees to go from 
the super to the brood chamber but not to return. This having been 
been done, when you remove the honey there will be no bees present. 
After the filled frames or sections have been removed replace empty 
ones with full sheets of foundation. 
’ Too much stress can not be laid upon the im- 
Marketing honey portance of the appearance of your products 
from the apiary. If honey is sold in pound sec- 
tions all propolis, or bee glue, should be removed from the wood, and 
it is sometimes well to bleach the caps with burning sulphur. The 
sections may be placed in neat pasteboard cartons, making the honey 
more attractive and carrying out the idea of sanitation. It will be 
worth your while to adopt a brand, and grade very carefully all the 
products leaving your apiary. A large majority of the people in 
Tennessee sell “chunk honey;” which is honey comb as it is cut from 
the frames. It is usually sold in buckets or glass jars. It sells for 
less than the pound sections and for little more than extracted honey. 
