52 PROFITABLE BEE-KEEPING 
possess. In the first place it is not every dis- 
trict that will produce sections, and then again 
when produced they must be consumed at once, 
or they deteriorate. 
With the changed economical conditions and 
the great rise in food values, it is certainly most 
advisable to work for extracted honey. There is 
no doubt that as a food honey will be once again 
a prominent factor, but it is very unlikely that the 
price will again fall so low as in the past. Section 
honey is indisputably a luxury, and it is as an 
essential article of food that we would have honey 
looked upon. In this case it is not in accord- 
ance with the spirit of the times to produce comb 
honey of a perishable nature: when we can pro- 
duce a far higher quantity of extracted honey, 
which keeps indefinitely, and is obtained much more 
cheaply by the producer. Food values will with- 
out doubt remain high for many years, and bee- 
keepers should do their best to augment as far as 
may be the nation’s food supply. 
It should be widely known that honey taken 
from diseased colonies is quite wholesome, and 
may be used for household purposes in the ordinary 
way. Germs of bee diseases are absolutely harm- 
less to human beings; it is only necessary to keep 
the honey secure from the visits of marauding 
bees. 
