Vol. XVIII. 



AUGUST 1, 1890. 



No. 15. 



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SHIPPING AND SELLING HONEY. 



VALUABLE HINTS FOR EVERY PRODUCER, TROM 

 OUR COMMISSION MEN. 



As honey-producers, inamajority of cases, 

 are about ready to dispose of their product 

 (if indeed they have any to sell) it may 

 not be amiss to give some practical sug- 

 gestions regarding when and how to ship, 

 and the best marketable form in order to 

 get the best returns. This information 

 ought to come from those who have had 

 largest experience in the way of shipping 

 and selling honey, and we have therefore 

 prepared a series of questions, and sent 

 them on to those who quote prices in our 

 Honey Column ; namely, the much-abused 

 commission men. These fellows, with all 

 their faults, render much and valuable ser- 

 vice to bee-keepers, though some of our 

 friends, we fear, think otherwise. While it 

 is a good rule to dispose of honey at home 

 if we can, at good prices, yet if this can not 

 be done we must seek the aid of those who 

 make it a business to handle honey. Our 

 honey-men have very kindly answered the 

 questions we ask below, and we hope our 

 readers will take pains to read carefully the 

 suggestions given in the replies. The ques- 

 tions are as follows : 



1. Do you prefer to receive consignments 

 of comb honey in single-tier or double-tier 

 cases? and what capacity in pounds? 



2. What is your opinion as to the best size 

 of sections for selling— 1-lb., 4ix4i, or a dif- 

 ferent size? 



3. Do you prefer that the 1-lb. section 

 shall contain a little less than a pound, or a 

 little more? 



4. Do any of your customers sell sections 



by the piece rather than by weight? What 

 way has your preference ? 



5. Do you have any difficulty in moving 

 off dark grades of honey? 



6. Would you recommend the producer to 

 market all his dark honey in extracted form, 

 rather than in comb? 



7. What sort of package is best adapted 

 for shipping extracted honey? What do 

 you think of the 60-1 b. square tin cans, as 

 compared with barrels and kegs, for ship- 

 ping? In short, what package do you rec- 

 ommend your shippers to consign you ex- 

 tracted honey in? 



8. About what time ought comb honey to 

 be sold, to get the best prices? What time 

 for extracted? 



9. When a consignment of comb honey 

 comes to you in a broken-down condition, 

 what do you do? 



10. Do you think that producers realize 

 more for their honey when shipped on com- 

 mission than when sold outright? 



The replies are as follows : 



1. Single-tier cases, not over 30 lbs. net. 



2. 4.V X 4>4'. 



3. 1-lb. sections preferred, xlunt weight. 



4. Retailers sell by the piece, calling it a pound. 



5. Dark grades, except buckwheat, move off slow- 

 ly, and at low prices, comparatively, though straight 

 buckwheat sells readily. 



6. We recommend extracting alldark honey but 

 buckwheat. 



7. We prefer cheap dark grades of extracted hon- 

 ey in barrels or half-barrels, on account of lower 

 cost; fine grades in new 60-lb. cans, with screw 

 tops, or in good kegs. 



8. B3st time for comh honey, in the early season; 



