GLEANINGS IN BEE CULTURE 



bailed from the ordinary rates, and are 

 charged one-half above the ordinary rates. 

 Living' animals, as, -for instance, bees, are 

 charged the same as barred goods — that is, 

 one-half above the ordinary rates. 



This year I got by parcel post all the 

 colonies I bought. A colony of 6 lbs. pack- 

 ed in a box, weighing not more than 5 lbs., 

 would incur a postage of 18 plus 4 cts. 

 delivery charge. In this country it is far 

 cheaper to ship bees by rail, as all our 

 state-owned railways have a special low 

 freight rate for bees, 

 and treat them as ex- 

 press goods. That means 

 that bees are carried on 

 passenger trains or ex- 

 press goods trains. How- 

 ever, the post reaches 

 every small village, 

 whereas the railway 

 does not ; so if you don't 

 • live close to a railway 

 station it will probably 

 be cheaj^er to send sin- 

 gle lots of bees by par- 

 cel post. 



For cashing the bill, 

 the post charges 2^/2 cts. 

 in addition to the post- 

 age for the monejf order 

 that would be required 

 for remitting t h e 

 amount cashed. The 

 cashing request may be 

 put on a letter, a j^ost 

 card, or a parcel; the 

 the charge for present- 

 ing this cashing order 

 is always the same, and 

 mi;st be added to the 

 postage of the letter, 

 the post card, or the 

 parcel. 



SELLING DIRECT TO CON- 

 SUMER BY MEANS OF 

 PARCEL POST. 



Let us take an exam- 

 ple to make clear what 

 experses will be incur- 

 red by selling directly 

 from producer to con- 

 sumer by parcel post. 

 In tliis country, an elev- 

 en-pound jiareel of good 

 quality honey in a tin 

 1 ackage (containing 10 

 lbs. of honey) is usual- 

 ly offered at $2.50 post- 

 paid, package included. 

 The parcel-post charge 

 amounts to 12 cts. (or 



only 6 cts. if the distance the parcel is to 

 go is within 50 miles). For presenting the 

 bill, the post charges 2^/2 cts. The money- 

 order postage for $2.50 would be 5 cts., and 

 for paying the money to the recipient at 

 his home a further charge of 1 ct. is made. 

 The whole transaction would incur an ex- 

 pense of 2OV2 cts. — that is, about 8.2 per 

 cent of the amount in question. 



HONEY-PACKAGES FOR PARCEL POST. 



As a consequence of this ease of selling 

 honey by parcel post, special packages have 



Different packages used in Europe for sending honey by parcel post. 



