1901 



GLEANINGS IN BEE CULTURE. 



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and, at the grocerirs, I can get l)oxes which I 

 saw up and make over if too large. I prefer 

 the latter plan, as I can make wages doing the 

 work in winter. The boxes are made large 

 to give room under the jars for two or more 

 inches of packing, and something springy 

 should be used — planer shavings, for instance, 

 putting some pieces of shingles or pasteboard 

 over the packing to set the jars on so they 

 will not work down through so as to get to 

 the bottom. In this way the honey-jars ride 

 on a sort of springy cushion, and I have never 

 had any complaints of broken jars when so 

 packed. The tops of the boxes are stenciled 

 " Glass, this side up, " and the shipping-tags 

 tacked on top ; and the railroad men will 

 keep them right side up, because they want 

 the tags on top, where they can be seen. I 

 pack not less than two dczen in a box, and 

 put in four dozen when the orders call for that 



much. Each jar is wrapped well with paper 

 before packing. I use old newspapers for the 

 purpose. 



In the picture my daughter is seen at my 

 left, wrapping tumblers, while I come next, 

 packing, and my boy Arba is nailing on covers 

 at my right. It will be seen, by looking at 

 the open box in the picture, that every other 

 tumbler is placed bottom up. By packing in 

 this way they keep in place, and no packing 

 is needed between them. If more honey is 

 put up than is ordered, it should be kept, 

 preferably, in a warm room ; but if it must be 

 stored in a cold room it should either be pack- 

 ed ready for shipment or else covered up close- 

 ly in boxes to prevent their getting too cold 

 and then sweating when placed in a warm 

 store, thus making the labels come off. 



Since writing the foregoing, Gleanings for 

 Feb. 1st has come to hand. 



PREP^RINC nOXr,V FCR SHIPMENT. 



