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considerable comb honey is now placed on the market having each 
section inclosed in acarton. This practice, while losing the advan- 
tage of displaying the honey, has a decided advantage in insuring 
security from dust and insects while in the markets as well as greater 
safety to the fragile comb 
when the package is 
finally delivered to the 
consumer. 
Marketing. 
Many beekeepers are 
able to dispose of their 
entire output of honey in 
their local markets, some- 
times creating quite a de- 
mand for their product by 
advertising and demon- 
strating. Comb honey that is to be sent to a distant market should 
be shipped before cold weather, since the combs become extremely 
fragile when cold. Small lots should be crated in “‘carriers’’ holding 
several cases to prevent breakage by rough handling of individual 
cases, while in larger shipments the cases are simply packed in the 
car in such a manner that the individual cases can not be thrown 
about by the movement of the car. 
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Fic. 20.—Shipping cases for comb honey. (From Phillips.) 
