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THE BEE-KEEPERS' REVIEW. 



but the little narrow thing known as the 

 "ideal" is too small; it does not hold a 

 pound of honey. The smaller we make 

 the section the more we increase the labor 

 and expense of production, and in the 

 end there will be no increase of price to 

 compensate us. 



Browntown, Wis. Feb. 23, 1900. 



OME POINTS IN HANDLING 

 HONEY, AS LOOKED AT BY 

 A DEALER. BY M. H. MAN- 

 DELBAUM. 

 In the December issue of the Review I 

 gave an article that caused some discus- 

 sion, which was 

 not to my sur- 

 prise, as I expect- 

 ed some offense 

 would be taken. 

 The principal 

 points, on which 

 explanation is de- 

 sired, are the 

 question of our 

 selling comb hon- 

 ey as white clover, 

 regardless of what 

 its source may be. In offering our trade, 

 we are not going to the trouble of classify- 

 ing the white honey any more than we 

 will the amber. 



As to placing the shipper's name and 

 address on a case, I repeat the argument 

 that his name should be on the package, 

 so that if any complaint is make to us 

 we will know whose honey it was. The 

 shipper's address should no/ be on the 

 package; for it is no one's business where 

 the honey comes from; but is a subject 

 only for the jobber who is experienced as 

 to the product. If any shipper wants to 

 advertise his honey, it is his privilege to 

 do so; but when he sells to a wholesaler, 

 he must be satisfied to allow the whole- 

 saler to do his own advertising. Then, 

 again, some customers object to honey 

 from certain localities, and we do not in- 



tend to be hampered with the address on 

 the package; and will take care of that 

 part of the business ourselves. 



As to saying there was a moth in the 

 Colorado honey, I am willing to rectify 

 to the extent of saying that some comb 

 honey showed where an insect had been 

 on the conilj, by partiall}- destroying some 

 of the comb and leaving a web. Wheth- 

 er or not this was a moth I cannot say, 

 as I have never been in an apiary, and 

 iising that term only came from hearsay. 



Chicago, Ills., April 19, 1900. 



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pC^HE PRICES ON HIVES ARE 

 TOO HIGH. BY H. M. 

 JAMESON. 



I desire to say something pertaining to 

 the very high prices on hives fixed for 

 1900 by the supply dealers. Some 

 months since a sul)scriber to the San 

 Francisco Examiner asked the editor if a 

 man could make a living with 100 colo- 

 nies of bees; if he understood their habits 

 and needs. Answer: "No, the manufac- 

 turers and supply dealers get all the pro- 

 fits." . 



The manufacturers claim to day that 

 there is a very small margin of profit on 

 their output, especially on hives, it being 

 only possible, on a cash basis, to live at 

 these prices, owing to the high price of 

 lumber; also that the output must be on 

 an extensive scale. 



We will see how much there there is 

 in such stateinents. I<et us be consistent 

 with facts. Take the I'nion Hive & Bon 

 Co. 's price list, for example, and the eight - 

 frame hive-body, empty, as a basis. It 

 takes about 4 and -3 feet of lumber for 

 this hive. The prices for this are, one, 

 50 cents; ten, $3.40; twenty-five IS.oo; in 

 the flat, with tins only. These prices 

 will stand ^^50 per M for lumber; leaving 

 a good margin for profit and contingent 

 e.xpenses. I have a Barnes foot-power 

 saw, and I can make #3.50 per day of 



