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Where honey is produced it will usually be 
found advisable to go in for the extracted article, 
on account of its superior keeping qualities, al- 
though where there is a good demand for sections 
there will be little difference from the point of 
view of profit. 
Good extracted honey in bulk will readily sell 
at sevenpence per pound, while first-rate sections 
will make about ninepence each in dozen lots. 
Against this must be put the fact that bees will 
produce about thirty per cent more of extracted 
than of comb honey, so that the prices are fairly 
even. 
Section honey must be sold quickly or it granu- 
Jates in the comb, and becomes unsaleable on 
this account. This form of honey should not be 
extensively produced until it is known that: there 
is a ready sale for it. There is such a large 
demand for good honey that little more need be 
said at this point. The bee-keeper will find that 
his greatest difficulty as a rule is to cope with 
his orders. 
Beeswax is a very valuable article, and is pro- 
duced to some extent in all apiaries. For this also 
there is practically an unlimited demand by den- 
tists, chemists, and similar professions. The very, 
high melting-point of this wax makes its use im- 
pérative in some of the mechanical processes of 
various trades, and every scrap of comb should 
be religiously, preserved for melting down and 
converting. into cash. There is not a very, large 
