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GLEANINGS IN BEE CULTURE. 



May 15 



pense. There is no reason why they could not 

 be used over again in a separate shipment of 

 honey. If this is possible it would affect a 

 very material saving in cost. Fig. 5 shows 

 how the separate parts can be laid one on top 

 of the other, thus putting them in very compact 

 form. Indeed, 50 or 100 of them could be put 

 in a very small bundle. 



Still another feature is the fact that the bee- 

 keeper who receives this case in the flat will 

 net be compelled to use any paste or stickers. 

 It is pasted together at only two points, and 

 this pasting 



can be done in 

 the flat at the 

 factory. When 

 the several 

 parts are un- 

 folded and put 

 tagether, n o 

 paste or stick- 

 ers have to be 

 used. 



So far we 

 have stated the 

 advantages of 

 this form of 

 construe tion 

 over that 

 adopted by 

 Mr. Crane. 

 Let us now 

 look at the 

 other side — the 

 disadvantages. 



First, we have a slightly increased cost — a serious 

 objection. There are some other objectionable 

 features which may be more or less valid. We 

 sent Mr. J. E. Crane, of Middlebury, Vt. ,aset 

 of these pictures, and asked for his criticisms. 

 In reply he says: 



1. It is very inconvenient to get honey in and out. 



2. It would not be so convenient to set on a counter as a box 

 with a cover. 



3. The most seiious objection, to my mind, is that, when 

 tiered up one above another, they would be liable to topple over, 

 the top and bottom not being flat, the center of the top and 

 bottom springing up and dawn. Perhaps if tiered up they might 

 seem different. J. E. Ckane. 



Middlebury, Vt., April 23. 



With regard to Mr. Crane's first objection, if 

 the reader will refer to Fig. 1 he will see that the 

 case can be opened up in such a way as to show 

 all the sections; but it will take longer to do it. 

 In the Crane case, all that will be necessary is to 

 lift the cover. In the style shown in Fig. 1, one 

 will be required to pull back four flaps. So we 



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FIG. 4. — SHIPPING-CASE DISSECTED WITH ALL THE FLAPS OPENED UP. 



shall have to admit that Mr. Crane's objection 

 No. 1 IS va'id. 



Regarding No. 2 we really do not see why one 

 could not be set on the counter as well as the 

 other. 



As to No 3, there is no reason why the new 

 cas3 should not be as flat on top as the Crane 

 when tied with a string. It would be hardly safe 

 to ship either without such tying. See Fig. 2. 



Mr. Ciane's application for patent, we under- 

 stand, covers both terms of cases. In any event 

 the Crane style is already on the market at a price 

 ten per cent in advance of the price of wooden 

 cases ^v'tihout glass. As the new cases do not use 

 glass it will be seen that they can be supplied at 

 approximately the same cost. The style here 

 shown would cost 20 per cent more than the 

 wooden cases without glass. 



In view t f the obvious advantage of these corru- 

 gated-paper cases over the wooden ones, it would 



seem as if they 



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FIG. 5. — CORRUC-VTED-PAPER SHIPPING-CASE IN THE FLAT 



would in time be 

 in universal use. 

 If so, the problem 

 of shipping comb 

 honey in large or 

 small lots with lit- 

 tle or no breakage 

 or leakage will be 

 solved. This 

 means a greatly 

 increased market 

 for comb honey 

 where it has hith- 

 erto been denied. 



