I If) Advanced Bee Culture 



person in ten knows about extracted honey — how it is secured and how 

 it difTers from strained hone}'. To sell to this class to the best advantage, 

 all this must be explained in such a way as to be readily understood. 

 In short, the getting of an order from a man of this class, one who has 

 sent for a sample, depends largely upon the kind of reading-matter that 

 accompanies the sample. We sent out a circular in \\hich were used 

 illustrations of our bee-yard, of a honey extractor, etc. 



the; raspberry honey of northern Michigan. 



Northern Michigan, the home of the huckleberr\- and the speckled 

 trout ; where the wild deer drinks deep from little sparkling lakes with 

 pebbly beaches ; where forests of magnificent beech and maple stretch 

 away for miles unbroken ; where still lingers some of nature's wildness — ■ 

 here is a region fast becoming a veritable paradise for the bee-keeper. As 

 the lumberman cuts awa\ the grand old forests, the wild red raspberries 

 spring up in myriads, the blossoms of which furnish bee pasture that is 

 simply incomparable. The honey is thick and heavy, white in color, and 

 has a delicious flavor all its own — a flavor that smacks of the wild rasp- 

 berry of the woods. 



A brother and myself have five apiaries in this region, he devoting 

 his entire time to the business, and we are making a specialty of pro- 

 ducing the finest table honey that it is possible to obtain. The honey is 

 not taken off the hives until it is thoroughly ripened and all sealed over, 

 thus securing a product that is thick, rich, and delicious — as far superior 

 to ordinary honey as ripe fruit is more palatable than green. 



extracted honey. 



This honey is not sold in the comb, but in the liquid form — "extracted 

 honey" it is called, because it is thmwn out of the comb with a machine 

 called a honey-extractor, herewith shown. To those Avho are not bee- 

 keepers I would explain that large frames filled with combs of honey are 

 taken from the bee-hives, the cappings of wax all shaved off with a 

 long sharp knife, then the uncapped combs are hung in wire-cloth baskets 

 that are made to revolve quite rapidl)- inside of a large tin can. Centri- 

 fugal force throws the honey from the sides of the combs on the outside, 

 next to the walls of the can, where it runs down to the bottom, and is 

 drawn off through a faucet. When the combs have been emptied on one 

 side the baskets are reversed, bringing the other sides out, when the 

 motion is again applied, thus leaving the combs entirely empty, to be 

 returned to the hives, where they are refilled by the bees. As the bees 

 have no combs to build, they can store more honey ; hence it can be sold 

 at a lower price. Extracted honey must not be confounded with the 

 old-fashioned "strained" hmiey, in which the combs (bee-bread and all) 

 were mashed up, and hung in a muslin bag before the fire to drain or 

 "strain." Extracted hone\- is simply the pure honey thrown out of the 

 combs, as has been explained, and is free from impurities. 



This honey is put up in five-gallon square tin cans containing 60, 

 pounds, and boxed, either one or two in a case. The two-can cases are iron- 

 bound at the ends, and we guarantee all shipments to reach their desti- 



