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A MONTHLY JOURNAL 



DEVOTED TO THE INTERESTS OF HONEY PRODUCERS 



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E. B. TYRRELL, Editorand Publisher 

 Office OF Pu BLicATioN - - - 230 Woodlan d Aven u e 



VOL. XXIV. 



DETROIT, MICHIGAN, SEPTEMBER 1, 1911. 



36,000 Pounds of Honey from 600 Colonies Bees, and 

 Some " Trade Secrets in Selling It. " 



E. D. TOWNSEND. 



'^fl'T is with pleasure that I answer 

 Jl the questions you ask : "What 

 year, or about what year did you 

 make the most money out of bees?" 

 The largest crop we ever produced and 

 the one that netted us the most profit, 

 was the season of 1909. "How many 

 colonies did you have that year?" About 

 600 Spring count, 7C0 Fall count. 



"Which did you produce, comb or ex- 

 tracted honey?" We produced 33,000 

 lbs. of extracted and 3,000 lbs. of comb 

 honey that year. 



"How and where did you market it 

 and what price was secured?" Our 

 entire crop of extracted honey w-as put 

 up in 60 lb. net tin cans, two crated 

 together for shipment by freight. There 

 was an exception — about 50 were crated 

 singly and went to our single can cus- 

 tomers. Our comb honey in 4x5 plain 

 sections was cased in 20-section. no- 

 drpi, shippin cases ; six to nine of these 

 cases were recrated in carriers with 

 straw in bottom, provided with handles 

 to carry by. This carrier when ready 



for shipment, weighs from 150 lbs. to 

 200 lbs. and is too heavy and awkward 

 for one to carry, so they are always 

 handled by two railroad men. One of 

 the great secrets of "easy handling" of 

 these carriers, is, one handler will not 

 drop his end of the carrier, for if he 

 did, his "pard" would receive a great 

 "shaking up," consequently, they both 

 set the carrier down at the same time, 

 or nearly so, without a jar. No single 

 case order for shipment is received 

 under any conditions, as I do not know 

 how to pack a single case, so it will go 

 through in good shape. Later : we now 

 case all our comb honey in 24 section 

 cases, with corrogated paper bottom 

 and sliding cover. 



BEE-KEEPERS GOOD HONEY-BUYERS. 



While we do not sell less than a car- 

 rier, of several cases of comb honey, on 

 account of not being able to pack so it 

 will reach it's destination in good shape, 

 orders are excepted for single cans or 

 more, of extracted honey. The larger 

 portion of our honey is sold to honey 



