Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1892-01-05
rrtne 1o 80 HoNeY.
Good Advice Given by q. ~. pooiittia ~
Uieanines In Nee Cuiturc,

Good Advice 0ivcn by q. ~. pooiiira N
UIeaniurs In Nee Cuiturc,
Some think that the cauar Of honey
becoming watory "a dive 60 tic bees NOT
having thoroughly ripsncl It before
sealing 70, bat % they used thought on
the subject. they must see the tsllacy Of
such au Flea. Whotlar riponcl or NOS
the honey cnn only oozc from the cells
after buing capped on account Of lnrg
or bulk o, liquid Icing Ia the cell nf,or.
ward than there was at the tmo the
bees scaled the cell This can come from
only one source which Is aiways brought
about by either cold, damp weather or
noncirculation 81 ain or both. Honey
swelIs only a. It becomes damp, and the
frat thal will be- seen OF that dampnrss
will be IN tho unsealol cells whore tho
honey will have become ~ thin that Il
will stand ont beyond the cells, or w othor
words the cells viii be hoapiug full. II
tho dnmpncss remains, the sealed honey
will soon become Transparent, while tho
honey from the unsoalcd cells will com.
mcnco to run out, daubiug every hing
below IL. aud eventually, II the cause 10
not removed, tho Gaping Of the cells
will burst, and tho whole will become =
souring mass.
When | began to keep bees stored
my honey In a tight room on tho north
side Of tho house, where IL usually re-
mnined from four 10 six weeks before
Grating for market. In Grating this
honey I always found tho center AMI
back side OF tho pile watcry and trans
parent In appearance. As that which
WIS stored FIRST was always the worst.
thought It must be owing TO that being
the poorest or least ripenod, until ono
year CHANGED TO place this early Money
by itself In warm, dry, airy room,
when 20 my surprise | found upon
Grating IL that this first honey had kept
perfectly, while the later honey stored
In the old room was a. watery as ever.
This gavo me tho Glow 20 the whole mat
ter, no when built my present honey
room located It In tho southwest cor.
ner Of the building | call "my shop"
aud painted the south and west sides a
dark color to absorb tho heat OF the mid.
day aud afternoon sun. On two sides Of
this room fixed platforms for tho honey.
Tho sections were 10 piled on these plat.
forms that the air could circulate
all through the whole pile, even II q.
reached the top " the room.
During the afternoons Of August and
September tine Temperature Of tho room
would often be raised TO nearly or quito
100 dcgs.. which would warm tho pile %
honey TO nearly that degree OF heat: aud
a. this large body Of honey onc1 heated
retained the same for some length o.
time. the temperature 81 the room would
often be from 80 dsg'. 10 % dcgs. IN tho
morning after warm day, when II wal
rs low as from 20 degs. to 90 dogs. oat.
sido al q o'clock a. M by this means
tho honey was being ripened each day,
and that IN the uuseulad coils became
thicslr and thicker when by Sept, 10 or
90, or after being Ia the room from four
20 seven weeks the sections could 10
tipped over, or handled In any way de.
sired, without any honey running from
even the unsoalod eellBth1tmisht happeu
to bo around the outside of tho section.
by having the door and window open
on hot windy days thc air was caused %
circulate freely through the pile, when /
found thatitt6os les umc 20 thoroughly
r'pon the hou,y than IL old whose all
was kept CLOSED. In doing tMs, OF
course % Is necessary 20 provide screens,
go us to keep dies aud bees out Of tho
I honey room. II / wish % keep honey
no late Ia the fail that the r1ys OF
the sun fail ,o keep the room sufficiently