. American bee journal. Bee culture; Bees. one side is left entirely open, or a sheet of burlap or cheesecloth is hung over it. Of the hundred or more hives, perhaps one-third had a cloth hung across the front, the rest were entirely open, as shown in fig- ure 5. About twice each year the combs are all cut out and the bees thrown back into the empty boxes. There is, of course, much loss from the melting of combs filled with brood, but the peon is indifferent to that. The wax is a saleable commodity and the bees will soon re-establish themselves. The wax is sold, for the most part, to the Catho
. American bee journal. Bee culture; Bees. one side is left entirely open, or a sheet of burlap or cheesecloth is hung over it. Of the hundred or more hives, perhaps one-third had a cloth hung across the front, the rest were entirely open, as shown in fig- ure 5. About twice each year the combs are all cut out and the bees thrown back into the empty boxes. There is, of course, much loss from the melting of combs filled with brood, but the peon is indifferent to that. The wax is a saleable commodity and the bees will soon re-establish themselves. The wax is sold, for the most part, to the Catholic priests for the making of wax candles for cere- monial purposes. This system has one great advan- tage over the box hive beekeeping of other sections; it automatically elim- inates American foulbrood. With all the combs melted up at such frequent intervals, this disease can never get much of a start among the bees, and the nearby beekeeper, following prac- tical methods, needs have but little fear of the harboring of American foulbrood by his Mexican neighbors. is high. The consumer pays for the bottle, for the handling, overhead charges, cost of selling, etc. Unfor- tunately, too, few markets offer honey in more than two-pound pack- ages. It is seldom that a five-pound pail or a ten-pound pail can be pro- cured other than from some bee- beekeeper. On the other hand, maple syrup is to be had by the gallon. The question may be raised, there- fore, are the beekeeper and packer at fault in supplying the small package of honey and not offering a larger package? There is every indication that the jobber and retailer will han- dle it if it is available. The public is in a receptive mood, ready to learn how to liquefy candied honey, how to properly keep it and use it, if ob- tainable in bulk. But if sold in large packages it would seem that the prices should be consistent with the lessened cost of packing and hand- ling. Since the expression "Honey for Cooking" is so com
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