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GLEANINGS IN BEE CULTURE 



AlGUST, 1918 



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It llic Liid of a railroad 



inch thick, it is about as good as nothing. 



The second two pictures accompanying 

 this article show the results of using any 

 kind of boxes of any size as shipping cases 

 in which to pack square honey cans. The 

 pictures tell their own story, both of the 

 damage to the cans and of the careless way 

 in which they were packed. This shipment 

 was made up of 49 boxes of extracted honey 



Tlie wooden jackets of ruiiiul tin cans don't stay o-n. 



in tin, shipped from Chicago to Medina. 

 There was a loss of 600 j)ounds of honey due 

 to improper packing, to say nothing of the 

 labor cost of clearing up the sticky mess 

 made in the car. Store boxes of various 

 sizes and strength were used as shipping 

 cases in making this shipment. Two cans 

 were packed in each box, regardless of the 

 size of the box, and no effort made to fasten 



Result of ])acking; honey cans loose in any kind of old box. 



