. American bee journal. Bee culture; Bees. April, 1909. American l^ee Journal. mm Confributedl Producing Extracted Honey BY F. GREIXER. From what I have written in different papers on the subject of honey produc- tion, it may appear that I produce only comb honey. Some have asked me why T saj' so little about producing ex- tracted honey, and the answer is, the production of the article in liquid form has always been a side-issue with me. although of late years I am having an increasing call for it, to be used on the table and to be a strictly fancy article. To meet this demand I am obliged to
. American bee journal. Bee culture; Bees. April, 1909. American l^ee Journal. mm Confributedl Producing Extracted Honey BY F. GREIXER. From what I have written in different papers on the subject of honey produc- tion, it may appear that I produce only comb honey. Some have asked me why T saj' so little about producing ex- tracted honey, and the answer is, the production of the article in liquid form has always been a side-issue with me. although of late years I am having an increasing call for it, to be used on the table and to be a strictly fancy article. To meet this demand I am obliged to run my most distant out-yard for this product, on account of my nearer yards not furnishing an article to suit my cus- tomers. The lighter-colored the honey the better it is liked, although I also produce a limited quantity of buckwheat extracted honey for some special custo- mers, and so I often move a load or two of bees into the hills where buck- wheat is grown. Usually, I am success- ful in this, but 1908 was a season which put all previous years into the shade. From 35 colonies I harvested only about 100 pounds. The locality where I produce white extracted honey sometimes furnishes a little inferior honey at the beginning of the honey season, early in June, so I have to be on my guard; but after the clover commences the honey will be fine to the end. As soon as the colonies become reasonably strong, each is given a set of extracting-corhbs (5 inches deep, in the clear) over an excluding honey- board. The brood-chambers contain 8 combs, equivalent to 10 Langstroth frames, the extracting supers contain- ing only 7 combs. From time to time, as needed, I add more supers, always placing the empty combs next to the brood. I find that of the colonies run in this way nearly 50 percent contract the swarming fever, and it is necessary to make examinations every 6th day, the same as with the colonies run for comb honey, in or^lcr to head off all swarming. I feel sure that more breedi
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