COMB HONEY. 



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COMB HONEY. 



It is penny wise and pound foolish to try 

 to make one's own cases. They will cost as 

 much as or more than the factory-made ar- 

 ticles, and will have an awkward and clumsy 

 look. One prominent commission-man toLl 

 me that these home-made affairs, in his mar- 

 ket at least, "knocked the price of the 

 honey down a cent or two "' a pound. 



three-row 24-lb. But these are objectionable 

 in that they will not tier— that is, not pile 

 up on the floor as well as the flatter cases. 

 On account of the comb honey being brok- 

 en in shipment, it used to be the practice, 

 ;ind is yet to a great extent, to put a paper 

 tray in the bottom of the case, and at regii- 

 j lar intervals wo M^en cleats from I to i wide, 

 and S thick, as shown in the cut opposite. 



NO-DRlP SUIPPING-CASE. 



The standard size of shipping-case is a 

 ■J l-lb. single-tier, shown in the middle of the 

 (Mit given. Then there is the 48-lb., the 

 same thing, only double-tier, having two 

 glass with a strip of wood between. The 

 IS-lb. cases formerly had one large glass ; 

 lint b"STlos tht^ fnct that those were mu"h 



THE THREE STANDARD SIZES OF SHIFl'INQ 



CASKS. 



more expensive, the lioney actually shows 

 off b^itter when there is a strip of wood cov- 

 ering up the tops and bottoms of the sec- 

 tons, leaving only tlie best portion of the 

 honey to siiow. Another very popular case 

 is the 12-lb. single tier shown on the top of 

 the pile. 



Some bee-keepers and some markets pre- 

 fer the three-row 12-lb. and the d'»uble-tier 



12 AND 24 POUND CASES. 



The object of this is to keep the sections 

 up high and dry, at the same time to leave 

 room for the honey to drip, without sticking 

 the sections to the paper tray, or, when the 

 ]>aper tray is not used, the bottom of the 

 shipping-case. In that case the honey runs 

 through, leaks on to the other shipping- 

 cases, and, as a consequence, smears all 

 the cases below it. 



In 1908 and '9 the little strips of wood to 

 hold the sections out of the honey drip were 

 displaced to some extent at least by what is 

 known as cellular or cushion paper. This 

 is cut into sheets of the right size, and plac- 

 ed in the bottom of the paper tray. The 

 corrugations of the paper serve a double 

 l)uri)ose: First, they cushion the honey 

 placed on them; and. second, the honey drip, 

 if any, runs down between the grooves. The 

 cnshi;ins of the paper,to a great extent, elim- 



in ite much of the breakage that takes 

 place When honey is shipped in a solid wood- 

 en case on utiyielding supports like wooden 

 claats. To provide for ready examination 

 the case has a sliding cover— a little improve- 

 ' ment very mnch appreciated by retiilers 

 and connuission m 'U generally. 



