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box which may be bought in flats with the shipper's 

 name printed upon it. While these cartons may be 

 bought in almost any style, from perfectly plain to 

 those highly ornamented, and provided with tape 

 handles, yet we believe there is a chance for personal 

 initiative in this particular field. An artistic design 

 in pretty colours, individual and unique, would 

 certainly prove a special attraction for selling honey 

 in cartons. The great advantage gained from the 

 use of the carton is that the honey reaches the con- 

 sumer in a neat package without further handling, 

 and may be carried like a box of bonbons. When 

 cartons are used the shipping case should be a size 

 larger than for the plain sections. 



MARKETING COMB-HONEY 



There are two ways of marketing honey open to 

 most bee-keepers. First and best, the local market. 

 If the honey can be placed in the hands of the grocer 

 directly from the bee-keeper, certain advantages 

 accrue. The comb is not broken by much careless 

 handling, and it reaches the market in good shape. 

 Though the price may be somewhat lower perhaps 

 than the highest quoted prices, yet it is reliable, and 

 there is no discount for breakage in shipping, and 

 for differences of opinion in grading. It is certainly 

 far more satisfactory for all concerned to place 

 comb-honey on the home market; this is usually 

 practicable for all except the greater apiarists. We 

 know one man who has about forty hives, and who 

 lives in a town of about three hundred inhabitants; 



