. American bee journal. Bee culture; Bees. Nov. 2 190S THfc AMERICAN BEE JOURNAL 759. -V (£ontrtbutcb ^- Special Clrticlcs =^ Caring for Comb Honey After Taken Off the Hive BY G. M. DOOLITTLE WILL you please tell us through the columns of the Bee Journal how to take care of comb honey after it is oft the hive; that is, from the time it is taken from the hive till it is taken to mar- ket? I am a beginner in the bee-business, and when I took off my honey I put it in a cool room on the north side of the house, think- ing that this would be a good place for it; but some way, now that I am preparin
. American bee journal. Bee culture; Bees. Nov. 2 190S THfc AMERICAN BEE JOURNAL 759. -V (£ontrtbutcb ^- Special Clrticlcs =^ Caring for Comb Honey After Taken Off the Hive BY G. M. DOOLITTLE WILL you please tell us through the columns of the Bee Journal how to take care of comb honey after it is oft the hive; that is, from the time it is taken from the hive till it is taken to mar- ket? I am a beginner in the bee-business, and when I took off my honey I put it in a cool room on the north side of the house, think- ing that this would be a good place for it; but some way, now that I am preparing it for market, it does not look as good and white as it did when I took it from the hive, and the honey that is in the few un- sealed cells next to the wood of the section, runs out if I tip it the least bit sidewise. What is the trouble?" I doubt if there ever was a season since I have written about bees when I had so many inquiries about the care of comb honey as now, and from the letters received it would seem that, owing to the generally poor season in most parts of the country, the honey the bees obtained was thinner or less evaporated than usual. But, to the question : The first requisite for caring for comb or section honey, after taking it from the hives, is a good, warm room in which to store it. Don't for any reason store it in the cellar, as so many beginners seem prone to do, nor make the mistake the questioner did, of storing it in a room on the lower floor on the north side of the house, for this is nearly as bad as in the cellar. It seems strange to me that nearly every one who has not been told better, will take it for granted that honey should be stored in a refrigerator, or some place as cold as can well be found. If they would stop to think a moment, they would know that the place where the bees keep it is warm, and the bees are models for keeping honey. The warmer honev can be kept the better, till a degree of 100, Fahr., is reached, and to secure su
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