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true if the honey granulates quickly. If it is necessary to 
store it until cold weather, the storage room must be kept 
continuously warm and dry. 
Bulk comb-honey. 
In Texas and in some other parts of the South, honey is 
frequently sold in the comb, being cut from large combs to 
any size desired. These pieces are usually put into a can, 
extracted-honey being poured over them to fill the spaces. 
This is commonly known as “chunk honey,” but one German 
writer on beekeeping, in referring to this American product, 
inadvertently changed the ch to j. The advantages in pro¬ 
ducing honey in this form are: (1) it ships well; (2) crowd¬ 
ing of the bees is not so necessary since perfect capping is 
not essential; (3) the bees work more readily in the larger 
combs, and (4) the beekeeper is not called upon to exercise 
so much skill in the manipulation of the colonics. The 
manipulations more nearly approach those incident to the 
production of extracted-honey. Since such honey usually 
sells readily locally and since beekeepers claim to receive 
relatively more for it than for extracted-honey, no serious 
objection can be raised to its production, but beekeepers 
should be warned that the general honey markets make 
no demand for honey of this type. Bulk comb-honey is 
produced in small quantities in all parts of the United States 
but, except in the regions mentioned, its production is con¬ 
fined to the less skilled beekeepers. 
Bulk comb-honey for home use. 
When all the honey produced is for home consumption, 
it is an excellent plan to have all the honey stored in shallow 
extracting frames, the length of the regular frames, but 
only 5f inches deep. Thin-super foundation may be used 
and the frames should not be wired. After being filled, the 
frames may be stored in supers and a family that consumes 
honey freely (as all families should) will make short work 
of the honey in a frame. For serving this honey, a con- 
