. The American bee keeper. Bee culture; Honey. Vol. XII Published Monthly by The W. T. Falconer Mfg. Co. JULY 1902 No. 7 Leaving Honey in the Hive Till Fully Sealed—Honey Candy= ing in the Comb, Etc, (G. M. Doolittle.) QUESTION:—Would you leave honey on the hive till all or nearly all the cells containing honey in the sections are sealed overV Or would it do to take the sections off while there are quite a few unsealed cells having honey in them? Please an- swer through the American Bee-Keep- er. Answer:-—I would always advise leav- ing honey on the hive till it is sealed, with the exception o
. The American bee keeper. Bee culture; Honey. Vol. XII Published Monthly by The W. T. Falconer Mfg. Co. JULY 1902 No. 7 Leaving Honey in the Hive Till Fully Sealed—Honey Candy= ing in the Comb, Etc, (G. M. Doolittle.) QUESTION:—Would you leave honey on the hive till all or nearly all the cells containing honey in the sections are sealed overV Or would it do to take the sections off while there are quite a few unsealed cells having honey in them? Please an- swer through the American Bee-Keep- er. Answer:-—I would always advise leav- ing honey on the hive till it is sealed, with the exception of times when other honey of different color or inferior na- ture is likely to be mixed or stored with it. Other things being equal, tlie fewer unsealed cells there are in any section of honey, the better price it will bring in the market, and all should strive to put their honey before the oeo- ple in the most marketable shape. But where there comes a time, or season where dark or inferior honey is likely to be mixed with the white or best, the "other things" would not then be equal; hence I think it better to take off all sections, whose combs in which are three-fourths seale3, when this dark honey is about to be mixed with it, and try to ripen them so that they will be fairly good for market, for such sec- tions of honey if properly attended to will bring very much more than they would after they were left on the hive for completion. The "properly attend- ed to'' consists, in my opinion, of stor- ing said honey, as soon as taken from the hive, in a dry airy room, which can be kept at a temperature of about nine- ty degrees, for. in such a place the lioney will be growing better all the time, whether sealed or unsealed- In this way honey soon becomes so thick that the honey in these unsealed ceHs will not run out in crating or market- ing, and if tipped over so that the cells ?itand on end. as it were, not a drop will t)e found to daub other sections or th
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