The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1879-02-08
4 wnEELINe noY N LoNpoN.
An Elaborate Article In Regard 10 His
Operations by the Great London Times.

An Elaborate Article In Regard 10 II
Operations by the Great London Times
From The Timss d January i4th.
An experiment which has been success
fully carried out by a firm Of America
wholesale groces Is noteworthy as III
first step to the introduction, probably o
a large scale, Of American honey in III
comb. Last Yeara considerable trade wa
done in the expectation Of honey from tn
United States to Europe, one New Yor
iirn alonesending rover 3OO,00Olb. Of honey
principally to Great Britain. The bulk Q
this, however, was sent in jars either a
pure extracted honey or as comb.honey-
that is, honey bottled with portions o
broken COMB remaining in It. In tn,
United States, however, honey, whet
sold In the comb, commands q mncl
higher price than the honey sold In Jars
and the efforts Of honey.dealers there have
long boon directed to the production o.
small, clean. compact and perfect sections
Of honey-Comb In O form readily saleablt
BY the retail grocer. This object has been
effected by placing sets Of small boxes in
the upper part OF the hives for the bees
to store the surplus honey in, and as
each box Is filled II can be lifted out and
replaced by an empty one in which the
bees may continue their labors. These
boxes arc now commonly made with four
glass sides and strip OF wood at tor and
bottom. In size they are a square on five
inches on the side by two inches in thick
ness, and dozen OF them are packed to.
gether In q crate for shipment, The I'D.
vantage Of using this particular form OF
box is that the bees finish off the section
Of comb In the shape and quantity
found to be- best adapted for sale.
and the seal Of the bees IN.
on each cell Is the best guarantee for the
purity Of the contents. The difficulty Of
exporting these delicate pieces Of comb
without the loss ola great part Of the ship.
ment by breakages has hitherto prevented
the growth Of what might doubtless be a
lucrative business. During fonr years
Messrs. II. X. and F. B. Thurher & Co.,
Of New York, have tried to get this comb.
honey to England In good condition, but
without success. The want OF proper
machinery for unloading the sS;ns sse,ns
to have been the nTincinal consa for Jons1
age. Let down "with rnnS hy ~ q S ai;nr
from the yarti.arm. the glass 6oras "r5
their fragile waxeIi contents were again
and again broken and sno;Il In Noys,a
Der last, however, Mr., w. M. Hooe The
manager OF this Arm s,cceeiel in fsn1;rs
a consignment Of eighty tons IN I;.al
pool, and, encouraged by the resnlt n tho
venture, he on Thursday landed, at lie
London Wharfin Wrapping, a lot az aLent
100 tons brought over in Inc California
one Of the Anchor Line Of steam sbina
There are $500 cases in this shinmont can.
tanning over 20O.OOOlb. OF honey md fsw
boxes have sustained any ininry n transit
Taught BY past experience, MI Hooe hos
his cases securely boarded nm heIween
bulkheads on the steamer ond II rnIooSI
gangs OF men tonass tho csaas
hand over hand down The shin's si,ie ;nto
the lighter and from tLe liohtar m ~ tho
wharf. Visitors TO The Paris Exnosit,on
where Messrs. Thurber 4 ca obtSineJ q
medal for their honey as we'll No ono iso%
the French Apricnltnral SocIetS ~ ~
best honey in the most marketable form
may remember the exceedinSIy neat on,
OF the boneycomh IN thsao
patent hive boxes. " ''sS'
Tho importance which bee.keer;n, hos
assumed rs a regular branch ri indns5 ~ in
the United States may he conceived NJ han
II is stated that oyor 35 000 mn nonrIs ~
honey are there produced md enIJ snrv.
llIy. The tendency in his rs in other NJ.
rupations has been for the trade n he
carried on by persons having laroo con;,oI
The bee.koepers hav0 ira1mnStlv from,
2 800 to 5000 swarms Of bees and soma si ~.
larger numbers. NIessrs ThnrSsr Z re- ."'
Tor instance, have about 1900 swar,ns 81
bees. OF course it Is only Ly n thoronSh
that such isrVe numbers ~
these little workers who toil withont nav
Fan be looked after and cared for The svs.
lem in the United States il IN farm omt III
swarms. Arrangements ara made win
farmers and those who own orchortls
in suitable localities 10 allow nm ania
~ Of perhaps a hundred swsrms ' 10
be placed In their grounds. 4ta dis.
lance OF three or four miles another sn,arv
will be placed with some other fsr,nos
For this accommodation either n fixsi
rent or a share Of The honey nrodncsJ T.
paid, and The bee.ownef senIs cxreri
to clean The hives: IN taEa ont
the boxes OF surplus honey M tbcv S Sro
filled, and 10 DESTROY the moths vrmhs anS
other creatures that take advantage Of The
bees frugality. As showing the lnc S1 i've
character of This business, + il said that
firm OF shippers paid 10 one heeEeenar art for
his seasons crop Of honey sum Iareer
than the salary Of the President of tba
United States. It is estimated that n On ' an
avererage one acre will sunnort Ok Swarm %
Of bees, and, as the Weld oi n swarm " ;s
generally about 51Ib al honey 4 iss";dan1
that this trade may yet be- Greatiy dcvai.
oped. Already lie tirm above mant;onsd
in addition to a oorps Of exnerien"ed bss
men to tend the hives And occnnat iST I fer
nine men and Two steam saws Inrins S 'U
weeks Of The wear in cutting nm he ,imhe S
for the Il, 600 boxes used IL haid tbs coUeb
honey. The glassmakers also fnJ s somo
custom from Inc honey icsIers 1 III 1' 6ne
panes Of glass bcip" reoi,ired n moro ' W.
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