. American bee journal. Bee culture; Bees. 482 AMERICAN BEE JOURNAL Aug. 3, 1899. when we call in other members of the family to scrape sec- tions, nail up fixtures, and take the honey to market. I am still in love with the business, and would heartily recommend it to any woman who is situated so that she can engag-e in it, provided she has lots of patience, grit and energy. Mrs. A. J. Extracting' and Ripening Uncapt Honey. I BY C. P. DAUANT, HAVE received the following request for information, which I will answer in the American Bee Journal : Mr. Dadant :—I am seeking information. Wi
. American bee journal. Bee culture; Bees. 482 AMERICAN BEE JOURNAL Aug. 3, 1899. when we call in other members of the family to scrape sec- tions, nail up fixtures, and take the honey to market. I am still in love with the business, and would heartily recommend it to any woman who is situated so that she can engag-e in it, provided she has lots of patience, grit and energy. Mrs. A. J. Extracting' and Ripening Uncapt Honey. I BY C. P. DAUANT, HAVE received the following request for information, which I will answer in the American Bee Journal : Mr. Dadant :—I am seeking information. Will honey extracted be- fore bein^ capl be all rij^ht, provided it is put into tanks and ripened? Will this discourage the bees from workiutr and storing? J. C. T., Miami, Ohio. We have made extracted honey our specialty in keeping bees for nearly 30 years, or almost since the invention of the honey-extractor; but we have never aimed to extract unripe honey. Our reason for preferring to produce extracted honej', even tho it is of less ready sale, and of lower price than comb honey, is that we have so many different things to look after—so many irons in the fire—that we find it next to impossible to manage five apiaries with limited help when producing comb honey. The successful managing of a comb-honey apian,^ requires constant supervision in order to produce honey of the best quality and appearance. Every season the hives must be supplied with a fresh lot of sections, and as fast as these are filled they must be re- moved and replaced with empty ones, so the combs of sealed honey may not be soiled by propolis and the marks of the passage of the bees—travel-stains, as they are called. Then the product of the apiary must be disposed of during the following winter, for comb hone_v that has been kept over a year is but a second-grade at best, as there is always more or less leakage and soiling of the sections. On the other hand, we find that the production of ex- tracted ho
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