. The illustrated Australasian bee manual and complete guide to modern bee culture in the southern hemisphere. With this is incorporated the "New Zealand bee manual" greatly enlarged, revised and mostly rewritten. Bees. 240 AUSTRALASIAN the arrangement of honey-hoase and tanks given in Chap. VII., and the methods of management therein detailed be adopted, I believe they will be found to be as good as any, if not the best yet recommended. COMB BASKETS. When removing surplus honey from the hives it is necessary to have something to place the frames or sections in, both for convenience
. The illustrated Australasian bee manual and complete guide to modern bee culture in the southern hemisphere. With this is incorporated the "New Zealand bee manual" greatly enlarged, revised and mostly rewritten. Bees. 240 AUSTRALASIAN the arrangement of honey-hoase and tanks given in Chap. VII., and the methods of management therein detailed be adopted, I believe they will be found to be as good as any, if not the best yet recommended. COMB BASKETS. When removing surplus honey from the hives it is necessary to have something to place the frames or sections in, both for convenience of carrying and to keep the honey secure from the bees until it is safe in the honey or extracting house. I find tin comb-baskets, similar to the one shown below, answer. Fig. 113—COMB BASKET. the purpose admirably. They are light, strong, clean, and handy. They should be made so that the frames will hang in them the same as in a hive, and should have a space of at least two inches below the bottoms of the frames, to hold any honey that may drip from the combs after they have been uncapped. To hold six frames conveniently they should be 7^in. wide inside. MARKETING HONEY. The first aim of the bee-keeper should be to produce a first- class article, and the next, to place it upon the market in the most suitable sized packages, prepared in a neat and attractive manner. Until within the last few years, most of the honey in well-got-up packages seen upon the Australasian markets was of foreign production, the locally produced article having. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original Hopkins, Isaac, 1837-1925. Auckland, N. Z.
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