. American bee journal. Bee culture; Bees. (All rights reserved by the Northern Newspaper Syndicate, of Keiidal, England.) PROFITABLE BEE-KEEPING, -WITH- HINTS TO BEGINNERS, iy Author of ?•Bees and Bee-Keeping.," "' Pleasurable Bee-Keeping," etc. No. 8.—lytABXETIIfa AND DISEASES. Having learnt, and boconiP able to carry into practice the principles of success that have been enunciated in these arti- cles, there would appear to be no difficulty presenting itself to the enthusiastic bee keeper. Hut this is not so, for there are many successful producers of honey who are unsuccessf
. American bee journal. Bee culture; Bees. (All rights reserved by the Northern Newspaper Syndicate, of Keiidal, England.) PROFITABLE BEE-KEEPING, -WITH- HINTS TO BEGINNERS, iy Author of ?•Bees and Bee-Keeping.," "' Pleasurable Bee-Keeping," etc. No. 8.—lytABXETIIfa AND DISEASES. Having learnt, and boconiP able to carry into practice the principles of success that have been enunciated in these arti- cles, there would appear to be no difficulty presenting itself to the enthusiastic bee keeper. Hut this is not so, for there are many successful producers of honey who are unsuccessful in disposing of it. " What arc we to do with our honey '?"' is a frequent cry. The genera) reply. ?? Sell it," will not be a sufd- cient answer to that question here, and therefore I will give a few hints on the preparation of honey for the market and the means of its disposal. It is an undoubted fact that, as a rule, those who cry out most for markets are those who do the least to find them, or when they have got them, to keep them. Honey, unlike many other commodities, will keep good almost indefinitely, if properly taken and stored. Queries forwarded to editors of bee-papers frequently have reference to the disposal of honey that is fussy and almost bursts the vegetable parchment covers. The best thing to do with such stuff is to throw it away, because it is useless as a food to the bees or the bee-keeper. Fermentation and the consequent spoiling of honey should be avoided by making sure that all honey, when taken from the hive, is ripe. If it is allowed to remain on the hive until there is no doubt of its ripeness, there need be little fear of fermentation. Fermentation is said to be caused in some instances by the presence in the honey of pollen-grains, but if the brood-nests are properly managed, it is seldom that pollen will be found at all in the supers. When the heat in the brood-chamber, generated by the bees, has extracted the superfluous water
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