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GLEANIKGS IN BEE CULTURE. 



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Sunday-school lesson, with articles from about 

 fifteen different authors, it has other practical 

 subjects; but, as I take it, it makes the best Sunday 

 reading, especially where one does not have a 

 chance to attend the preached word. 1 must not 

 forget to state, that of the mountain slope some of 

 it is steep and rocky, but the most of it can be 

 plowed, and there is but very little that is not 

 suitable for fruit-growing. There are two or three 

 cheap properties for sale now; and since the South 

 has taken such a new start forward, it will not be 

 long before prices go up here as they have in 

 Georgia and Alabama. A. H. VanDoren. 



Mons, Bedford Co., Va. 



THE SINGLE-TIEB VS. THE DOUBLE- 

 TIEB CASE. 



THE DECISION OF THOSE MOST COMPETENT TO 

 DECIDE. 



Tf- S there seemed to be a little variety of 

 ^Ki opinion as to wliether the double-tier 

 ^K\ sliiyping-case is preferable to the sin- 

 ■^^ gle-tier case, or vice versa, we sub- 

 mitted the matter to those who quote 

 prices on honey in Gleanings. We ac- 

 cordingly sent them the following note, to- 

 gether with a list of questions to be an- 

 swered : 



Dear Sirs;— As you (luote prices regularly in our 

 journal, Gleanings in Bek Culture, we take it 

 for granted that you are competent to decide what 

 kind of a comb-honey shipping-case sells best with 

 you. We shall therefore be very greatly obliged if 

 you will answer, briefly, the Collowing questions, 

 a.s we desire to publish the same, together with 

 your replies, in Gleanings: 



1. Do you prefer the single or the double tier 

 shipping-case for retailing and shipping comb hon- 

 ey? In other words, which kind of shipping-case is 

 the most salable, and the most easily handled— the 

 one having only one horizontal tier of sections, or 

 the one having two horizontal tiers of sections'? 

 Please give your preference in either case, and 

 your reasons therefor. 



2. Bo yon prefer to have the shipping-case glass- 

 ed on one (n both sides, and why? 



3. What size of shipping-case do you recommend — 

 that is, in your o])inion how many pounds of honey 

 should they hold to sell the most readily? 



By answering the above questions you will not 

 only confer a favor upon bee-keepers, but a bene- 

 fit to yourselves as well. What we want is an ex- 

 pression from those most competent to decide in 

 this matter of shipping-cases, in order that bee- 

 keepers may crate their honey according as the 

 market seems to demand. 



Very truly yours, A. I. Root. 



1. We prefer the single-tier. It is less liable to 

 damage by leaking. 



3. One side, because we believe in selling as little 

 glass as possible. 



3. Twenty to 24 lbs. Clemons, Cloon & Co. 



Kansas City, Mo., May 7. 1887. 



1. 1 prefer the single-tier shipping-case. It has all 

 the advantages of any other, and none of the disad- 

 vantages. 



2. Glassed on one side is sufficient; and, indeed, 1 

 am of the opinion that it has advantages over dou- 

 ble, or two sides. 



3. For trade in general, crates should contain 12 

 to 24 lbs. each. R. A. Burnett. 



Chicago, 111., May 9, 1887. 



1. We prefer single-tier shipping-cases. Honey 



carries better, and is easier to take out of the cases, 

 and is preferred by retailers. 



3. In regard to glass ends, it does not make much 

 difference, if honey is packed straight, whether one 

 or both ehds are glass. 



3. Twelve and 24 lb. cases suit our market, as 

 they are lighter to handle, less liable to breakage, 

 and are more convenient for family use; 12-lb. 

 packages are usually sold in cases as they are. Par- 

 ties in putting up honey should be careful to mark 

 their packages correctly— gross and tare, especially 

 the tare. The gross weight we can get if omitted. 

 W. B. Wescott & Co. 



St. Louis, Mo., May 7, 1887. 



1. We have handled two-tier shipping-cases from 

 the beginning of the time when comb honey was 

 shipped to our city in quantities and in good style. 

 As soon as some of our enterprising friends com- 

 menced to ship us single-tier cases, we found that 

 honey would arrive in better condition, and was, 

 consequently, of better sale. We are decidedly in 

 favor of single-tier honey-cases which hold no more 

 than 24 one-pound sections, or more than 1.5 two- 

 pound sections. If they hold less, it is nothing 

 against them. 



2. They should have glass on each side, not on 

 their ends, so that the most part of the contents of 

 the case is exposed to view. 



CH.4S. F. MuTH & Son. 

 Cincinnati, O., May 7, 1887. 



1. I very much prefer the single-tier case for ship- 

 ping and retailing honey, as it is much more safely 

 shipped, and not so liable to be daubed with honey 

 from broken sections; and on account of its small- 

 er size, customers will often take a whole crate 

 when they intended buying only a few pounds, and 

 1 think they show off' honey to better advantage, 

 and are always the first to be sold when side by 

 side with the double-tier in commission-houses. 



3. I also prefer glass on both sides, as 1 think it 

 helps the sale by helping the appearance. 



3. The size that gives the best satisfaction in this 

 market holds 12 one-pound sections. 



M. H. Hunt. 



Bell Branch (near Detroit), Mich., May 10, 1887. 



1. I prefer the single-tier case. It is inore salable, 

 easier to handle, less liable to break, and the bot- 

 tom tier is not soiled by leaking. 



2. 1 prefer my shipping-cases glassed at the ends; 

 the glass being smaller, it is less expensive, and not 

 so liable to break. 



3. Small cases sell best from 12 to 24 sections, 

 4J4x4M. 



The importance (in my experience) of glass is 

 this: I had about 3000 lbs. shipped by freight, in 

 cases that could be easily seen, which canje thi-ough 

 in good shape, in cases holding 50 lbs. Again, I had 

 600 lbs., in cases of the same size, with one small 

 glass about 3 inches square in one end, and could 

 not be easily seen. The honey was about two-thirds 

 broken down, and the rest badly soiled. That is my 

 reason for single-tier cases, well glassed. 



Earle Clickenger. 



Columbus, Ohio, May 9, 1887. 



1. We have no decided preference; have handled 

 the single and double tier crates largely, and found 

 good demand for both. We would rather indorse 

 the double-tier crate for one important reason; 



