. American bee journal. Bee culture; Bees. pained more rapidlJ^ The neifilibors, on se*^in<r the honey in niarl^et, will say:— " That lioiiey is very fine. I got some from head quarters, and I find it to be ; Conversinfi; with a member of this associ- ation, a year a,<io, on this subject, bereaiark- ed: " 1 will tell you what we can do with our honey, if we cannot find other market for it, we can load it into our wa<?ons, and sell it to the farmers. The farmers have a remarkable taste for ; 1 find this to be true. Many farmers come to me, "with
. American bee journal. Bee culture; Bees. pained more rapidlJ^ The neifilibors, on se*^in<r the honey in niarl^et, will say:— " That lioiiey is very fine. I got some from head quarters, and I find it to be ; Conversinfi; with a member of this associ- ation, a year a,<io, on this subject, bereaiark- ed: " 1 will tell you what we can do with our honey, if we cannot find other market for it, we can load it into our wa<?ons, and sell it to the farmers. The farmers have a remarkable taste for ; 1 find this to be true. Many farmers come to me, "with measures of ditferent sizes, to get honey for their winter supply. Some say, that they find that extracted honey agrees with theiu so well; others think it so very nice to take with warm biscuits. Every bee-keeper should avail himself of the opportunity to dispose of extracted honey in this way.— There are many ways in which he may do this. He should ever be ready to show its superior qualities; give the method of extracting it from the comb, and explain wherein it differs from strained honey.— This requires some patience. Sometimes customers remark: "Ah!— Strained ; I say: "No sir; not strained, but extracted honey," showing them the difference. I find it a good plan to always have a little strained honey, so that the customer may see the difference for himself. The farmer who keeps bees will find it to his advantage to trade honey for work, and other necessaries on the farm. Thus, when he goes to the blacksnnth shop, he should see if his blacksmith does not wish extract- ed lioiiey in exchange for work. lie will, almost invariably; and soon the farmer will find the blacksniith in his debt Instead of the reverse. The same is true with a good many others who depend on mechanical labor for a living. If they can pay for honey in work, they will feel able to furn- ish their table with it, while if they had to pay cash, they would feel too jioor t
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