COME HONEL IN SECTIONS.

Alexandra Herald and Central Otago Gazette, Issue 701, 10 November 1909, Page 6

COME HONEL IN SECTIONS.

It filled. This should, however, not be done too soon, for the comb in the sections will induce the queen to commence laying la them, and spoil a lot of nice whita sections, as bees invariably start at the top and work (downward, if the queen should lay in the sections, which sometimes happens to most careful apiarists. The honey can be extracted from them and the combs melted into wax. ■When the bees commence to cap the middle sections, the upper should be lifted and an empty one put under it, and when the top one is completed the ■under one will probably be half filled. They should then be lifted and a thirc put under the other two and a bee escape should be slipped underthe top super. In a day or two the bees will have all made their exit through' the bee escape in the board and the super will then be ready to come oif. It is not advi-able to leave comb honey, on the hive after it is all capped. Care should be ta'.cen about keeping the honey when oft" the hives. It should be kept in a warm, dry room. Capped honey, when taken from the hive, is thoroughly ripened and there is nothing in it to ferment, unless it is put in a damp place, where it will absorb moisture, which will cause it to sour and burst .the cappings. Any, place where silt will keen dry is a good place to keep honey. When selling honey tc grocer 3 there is nothing neatar to pacl it in than 24-pound shipping case? made of nice white basswood, as shown in the picture. They are easily handled and the honey is well protected, for the actions fit in the caso neatly and snugly. When selling honey from tee iouss by the section, we nsa a nicely printed cardboard cartoon. Tfith a tape handle, which is neatly fck-ed together with the ends tucked in, and just in-c-ses a pound bos of Herjcan, in Orange Judd Farme-