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engine. It should be allowed to stand and settle a short time 

 in the tanks, when it may be skimmed and drawn off through a 

 gate into tin cans or wooden kegs. It is very convenient to have 

 these vessels stand on a scale witli an electric bell attachment 

 to warn when tilled. 



Some extensive producers having out-apiaries are provided with 

 an extracting outfit at each apiary ; others bring the supers to the 

 home apiary to extract, and still others transport the outfit from 

 place to place. 



marketing honey 



Honey is usually marketed during the fall months; probably 

 the bulk of it in September and October. If a large quantity 

 is put on the market early in the season it may give a false 

 impression as regards the size of the crop, and possibly depress 

 prices. 



Fig. 72. Comb honey in shipping case 



All packages for comb honey should be clean and neat and all 

 propolis and stains well cleaned from the sections. These should 

 be packed in nice cases holding twelve or twenty-four sections 

 each, with one glass side. Mark the net weight on each case 

 and when to be shipped some distance, place six to nine cases in 

 a special carrier well packed in straw or similar substance at 



