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GLEANINGS IN BEE CULTURE 



Sept. 1 



and body, by the absorp- 

 tion of moisture from the 

 air; hence a wrapper of 

 paraffine paper is necessa- 

 ry- 



n.. There is no more rea- 

 son why a grocer should 

 show a comb of honey to 

 his customer than that he 

 should open canned 

 goods, breaic eggs, or tear 

 open tiie soap-wrappers or 

 raisins carton to exhibit 

 the contents to an intend- 

 ing purchaser. The 

 name upon the goods 

 should be a guarantee to 

 both the grocer and customer. 



The grocer handling our honey last season 

 found no trouble in disposing of it without allow- 

 ing customers to inspect it, and he summed up 

 the matter pretty fully by saying, "I don't care 

 a fig whether the people can see the goods; what 

 I want is an article that, when eaten, sends a cus- 

 tomer back for more." If a dealer has once had 

 first-class goods put up in an attractive way by 

 the apiarist, little trouble will be experienced in 

 inducing him to buy again. Inferior goods, 

 though put up in the finest style, not only injure 

 others but surely ruin the producer. 



The accompanying photos show our tioney 

 and cartons in the several acts of packing. Fig. 

 1 shows some of the cartons in the flat, leaning 

 against the wall on the shelf. Just below, and to 

 the front, are the forms upon which they are made 

 up. On the form to the right (shown at the left 

 of the picture) is a lead weight placed upon a car- 

 ton just pasted, to hold it in place while setting 

 This weight is moved to the other form when the 

 second carton is ready, and the first carton is then 

 thrown to the packer. Library paste is used, 

 which sets as fast as the cartons can be folded. 

 To the right can be seen a couple of sections, 

 one about to be wrapped in paraffine paper, and 

 the other wrapped and ready to slip into a carton. 



FIG. 2. — COMB HONEY IN CARTONS PACKED IN SHIPPING-CA«ES. 



The cartons containing honey ready to be sealed 

 and placed in the case are shown at the right. 



Fig. 2 shows a case of honey packed ready for 

 the cover, and also a couple of cases with some 

 packed cartons of honey on top. 



There are many good features of this package. 

 First, its moisture-proof paraffine inner wrapper; 

 second, the plain marking of the grade of each 

 package upon the top, which is done with small 

 rubber stamp, thus — "Fancy Amber," " Fancy 

 White," "A 1 Amber," etc. Upon the bottom 

 of each carton is stamped the private mark of the 

 individual packer, so that the dealer can fix the 

 blame, if any. Third, the neat protecting car- 

 ton, which seals and protects the honey, not only 

 from moisture but from flies, dust, and germs, 

 and the desecrating hands of all clumsy handlers. 

 These features are set forth to the customer in a 

 neat little paragraph upon the sides of the cartons. 



Acton, v_.al. 



[Canned goods, soap, etc., are uniform as to 

 quality and quantity, and there is nothing gained 

 by examining each package. If honey is properly 

 graded a customer would not need to see each 

 section before buying. But as honey does vary, 

 especially from one grade to another, there may 

 be some excuse for showing it. Fancy white 

 comb honev sells itself. — Ed.] 



FIG. 1. MELLEN's method OF FOLDING CARTONS AND WRAPPING SECTIONS IN PARAFFINE PAPER. 



