A Modern Bee-Farm 



Storage. 



Our honey is running through the strainer, and presently the 

 tank will be full ; when it will be necessary to draw off and again 

 strain into other receptacles, all of which must be convenient 

 for filling smaller vessels as needed. In lieu of lids the storage 

 tanks must be covered with cloths carefully secured, when the 

 honey will be more perfectly ripened, and after a few days it can 

 be drawn off and will be remarkably clear, with the exception of 

 two or three inches of the upper surface, which may be again 

 strained and placed with other surface honey. I have found no 

 harm resulting from honey being stored in galvanized vessels, 

 but where it may be required to stay for a considerable time, 

 tanks should be of tin, though more expensive. 



The produce of an apiary varies considerably in colour accord- 

 ing to the plant it may be collected from, and each kind must be 

 extracted and stored separately, as the different grades have varying 

 values ; while one kind may granulate more rapidly than another, 

 and if all were mixed together the entire mass would soon follow 

 the action of the smaller proportion. 



To prevent Granulation, 



it is recommended that honey be heated to 190 degs. Fahr., and 

 then corked up ; nevertheless some kinds will granulate in spite of 



this. 



Crates 



for bottles should be made to. 

 hold either one or three dozen, 

 the latter being most useful, 

 as being the extent of the 

 more frequent order. The 

 divisions are best made of 

 thin wood crossing and halved 

 together, to form square re- 

 cesses to take the bottles just 

 tight. 



Bottle Crate. 



