1908 



GLEANINGS IN BEE CULTURE. 



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through three-inch glass. Every season I furnish 

 each of my home-town merchants, who sell my 

 honev, with one of these show-cases; fill it for 

 him out of one of the shipping-cases, and let him 

 use it as long as he has any honey of my produc- 

 tion to sell. At the end of the season, when the 

 honey is all sold, I take the case home and iceep 

 it safe until the next season. The style of the 

 showcase is to be seen in the accompanying pic- 

 ture. A label is pasted on each case, showing 

 that the honey is from my apiary, etc. 



When I sell to a merchant further away I fur- 

 nish him a showcase free, provided he buys five 

 24-lb. shipping-cases of honey, and I let him re- 

 tain the case permanently. These cases are more 

 ornamental than the little sample box or case 

 which I carry around with me when I solicit or- 

 ders for honey. They are heavier, and have 

 molding next the top and base, above and below 

 the glass. The base is somewhat wider than the 

 top, to lessen the danger of knocking the case 

 over sidewise. The case is filled from the rear. 

 A board fits into the back of the case behind the 

 honey, and can be wedged in, or otherwise fas- 

 tened, so as to hold the honey firmly in place. 

 Small drip-sticks and paper are used as in the reg- 

 ular shipping-cases. 



Cases to hold six sections, showing three on a 

 side, through three-inch glass, are furnished mer- 

 chants when they prefer them to those holding 

 four sections each. Two cases of the latter style 

 appear in the top row in the picture. The honey 

 is put into the six-section cases from the top in- 

 stead of from behind. The top board is loose, 

 and small cleats are nailed on the under side of 

 it to keep it in place so it will not slide off end- 

 wise or sidewise. Both styles of showcases are 

 stained dark oak, and varnished. 



The picture shows a county-fair exhibit con- 

 taining samples from the crop of 1908, and an end 

 view is given of one case of each style in the top 

 row. 



I have found that these little cases are an ad- 

 vantage, both to myself and to my merchant cus- 

 tomers in selling honey. The merchants like 

 them very much indeed. I have made all those 

 I have used myself, though I am not a mechanic, 

 and they have cost 25 to 30 cents each. I think 

 it would be well for supply houses to furnish 

 something of this sort to their customers, and 

 keep them in stock, as comparatively few would 

 care to purchase a showcase as expensive as the 

 Sturwold, made by The A. I. Root Co. 



Stamford, Neb. 



COMB HONEY TWELVE YEARS OLD. 



BY E. R. ROOT. 



The honey in the case here shown is said to be 

 twelve years old. It is in a very remarkable state 

 of preservation, to say the least. The cappings 

 appear to be perfect, without break or drip. We 

 can hardly think it possible for any honey to go 

 this length of time without candying. Whether 

 this did or not does not show. Ciranulated comb 

 honey is likely to have breaks in the cappings; 

 but a careful scrutiny of the engraving, taken 

 directly from the photo, shows no such defect. 

 Usually comb honey two years old is very in- 

 ferior-looking, and a poor seller. For that reason 

 we always advise disposing of it in the year in 

 which it is produced, even at a low price if nec- 

 essary; for after it has once candied it will not 

 bring even as much as extracted per pound, for 

 the reason that the average person does not know 

 how to render such honey without spoiling the 

 rtavor of the honey at least, although we shall 

 show in a future article how this can be done. 



Some honeys will remain in a liquid condition 

 much longer than others — notably Rocky Moun- 

 tain sage. Any honey kept in a hot room of uni- 

 form temperature will remain clear much longer 

 than that which is subjected to a temperature of 



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THIS HONEY IS TWELVE YEARS 



OLD; THERE IS NO CHANGE IN 

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