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HOW TO GET GRANULATED HONEY OUT OF 
BROOD-COMBS AND YET SAVE BOTH. 
Where honey granulates at all in brood- 
combs, it will usually be only partially, so 
after uncapping, M. M. Baldridge of St. 
Charles, Ill., recommends placing all such 
combs in the extractor, and throwing out 
any portions of the honey remaining liquid. 
He next lays the combs in the bottom of a 
clean wash-boiler, and, from an elevated 
dipper, pours water slowly into the cells. 
He then turns the comb over and treats the 
other side the same way. As fast as the 
combs are splashed with water he places 
them in a hive or super. After they have 
all been doused he takes them out and sets 
them over strong colonies. He says the 
bees, by aid of the water, liquefy the whole 
mass, clean the combs, and save both the 
combs and honey. 
Granulated comb honey in sections can 
scarcely be treated ia this way, as it wo.uld 
be impracticable to uncap the cells. These 
should be treated in a capping-melter, as 
directed. 
HOW TO MARKET GRANULATED 
HONEY. 
Some years ago attempts were made to 
put up granulated honey in small pack¬ 
ages for retail purposes. R. C. Aikin of 
Loveland, Col., put up his honey in cheap 
lard pails. He allowed it to granulate, 
and then sold it direct to consumers. As 
the packages were cheap he could afford 
to put the honey on the market at a price 
that would compete with ordinary sugar. 
A little later on he conceived the idea of 
using stout paraffin-paper bags instead of 
pails, and made a complete success of it. 
Alfalfa honey, as is well known, granu¬ 
lates very rapidly. As soon as the grain¬ 
ing begins to show he draws the honey off 
into the bags, and allows them to stand in 
