1887 



OLKANINGS LN BEE CULTURE. 



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propounded in our Question-Box, discussed more at 

 lengtii; and it is possible that those who have al' 

 ready given brief answers in the department 

 would lilje to take more space to consider the mat- 

 ter, giving their reasons for their opinions, and the 

 evidence ivhereby they have arrived at such con- 

 clusion. Such discussions upon the vital issues of 

 our pursuit will be highly interesting and profitable, 

 providing too much theory is not brought into ac- 

 tion, and providing, too, that the discussions are 

 not carried to such length as to become threadbare 

 and worn out. If you have any further suggestions 

 which you would like to set before the readers, we 

 shall be glad to hear from you. In referring to any 

 particular question, always give the number. 



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Last Days of Pompeii. 



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WHAT TO DO WITH HONEY WHEN BROKEN OUT 

 or THE SECTIONS. 



At present we are having very good success in 

 selling such honey at retail, put up as follows: Two 

 cakes of honey are laid in one of the wooden butter- 

 dishes, recently desci'ibed by Ernest, for bee-feed- 

 ers. If these are to be retailed at once, nothing is 

 necessary— just sell your customer the honey, 

 plate and all. Of course, you don't need to ask him 

 to bring back a plate that costs less than half a cent, 

 and which weighs less than an ounce. In case, 

 however, lOi) lbs. or more of the honey is to be sold 

 out, a pound or two at a time, something must be 

 done to protect the plates of honey from dust, 

 flies, etc. The way we do it is to slip the plate, with 

 its contents, into a paper bag; fold the end so that 

 it makes a tight package. Vou can then place them 

 on shelves along in a row. Honey that would have 

 brought 20 cts. a pound, if it hadn't been broken, 

 sells pretty fairly at 18 cts.; but we have to lose 

 the weight of the section which was thrown away. 

 This is one ounce or more; and with the honey that 



drips we don't realize over 16 cts., so that it is not-to 

 be advised, unless you have broken honey or some- 

 thing in large frames or boxes which must be cut 

 out, to retail. These same wooden plates will do 

 very well for retailing extracted honey, especially 

 if it is candied solid. Slip the plate with its con- 

 tents into a paper bag, then your customer has a 

 very good package to carry home; but he must 

 handle it as he does butter— he can not very well 

 throw any thing on top of it. 



"a false balance is ABO.MINATION TO THE 



lord; but a .iust weight is his delight." 

 Apples are getting to be very scarce. While a 

 year ago we did not dare to offer 2.5 cts. a bushel for 

 nice winter apples, we have, during the past few 

 weeks, been offering 50, 60, and 75; and as we could 

 not get them even then, we sent to Cleveland for 

 choice apples, which were ottered for $2.50 a barrel. 

 There used to be three bushels in a barrel; and as 

 the barrel is worth 10 cts. to pack things in, our 

 apples would cost us exactly !>0 cts. a bushel, and 

 we could retail them on the wagon for 25 cts. a peek, 

 or a little more. Well, the apples were large, 

 smooth, and nice; hut the barrels, instead of hav- 

 ing the nice plump look that barrels used to have, 

 were lank and lean— sides almost sti-aight, and not 

 as large around as barrels used to be, either. Come 

 to measure them out, instend of three bushels there 

 was only a little over two. Come to take notice of 

 the barrels, we find that, although thej' were pretty 

 much one height, they are of all diameters, 

 from the old-fashioned flour-barrel, down to some- 

 thing that looks more like the joint of a stovepipe, 

 both in form and size. Instead of selling our ap- 

 ples at 25 cts. a peck, we had to ask 35 and 40. Of 

 course, that made even our old customers ac- 

 cuse us of being greedy and avaricious. Why 

 didn't the man who advertised his apples say i)lainly 

 that his barrels were of the modern contracted sort"? 

 Perhaps he may say he bought them for barrels, 

 and that folks who buy must take their chances as 

 he did. But I tell you, friends, this whole business 

 is not only abominable in God's sight, but it is 

 abominable in the sight of every good man. It 

 spoils faith in hvimanity, and I don't know but that 

 it spoils faith in God, to see the world going over 

 into this kind of swindling. Who is cheated in the 

 end? I believe it is the man who decides to put up 

 his produce in such a barrel. I feel so vexed when 

 I look at these miserable excuses for barrels, that 1 

 feel like saying that I never want any thing more to 

 do with the man who sold them to me, in any way, 

 shape, or manner. You may say that he didn't put 

 them up; but, my friend, he accepted them from the 

 producer— from the man who sold them to him, 

 and he proposed to get custom by advertising them 

 as barrels of apples. Now, is there any thing in 

 our own industry like this barrel business? If so, 

 may God help us to get it out. Scant measure may 

 give a man a few cents for the time being, but 

 eventually his good name is gone, his reputation is 

 gone. Not only is he losing in this world, but he is 

 losing in the world to come. He neither lays up 

 treasure on earth nor in heaven. If anybody has 

 any good honest apples to sell, in good honest bar- 

 rels, we should like to hear from him. Not only is 

 just weight a delight to God, but it is a delight to hu- 

 manity the world over, and the best advertisement 

 that any man can possibly have of himself and of 

 his business. 



