280 FIFTY YEARS AMONG THE BEES 



that are not in any way faulty, snch as appear in Fig. 

 100. In the oth^ii are put any which are a Httle off color, 

 either as to comb or honey, or which have some cells un- 

 sealed. These must be sold as second-class at a reduc- 

 tion of about 2 cents a pound. In Fig. 101 are shown 

 six such sections, the upper three having the best side 

 out and the lower three having the poorest side out. 



KIND OF SHIPPING-CASES. 



For some years I used double-tier shipping-cases 

 holding twenty-four sections each, the upper tier resting 

 on a little board supported by two other little boards, so 

 that no weight came upon the lower tier. A pile of such 

 cases showed a greater proportion of honey in its surface 

 than a pile of single-tier cases, and for this reason I liked 

 it, but it was odd goods, and so I changed to single-tier 

 cases. I have used mostly the twelve-section case, as 

 shown in Fig. 102. But please do not think that all my 

 honey looks as well as that in Fig. 102. The specimens 

 in Fig. 100 are fairer samples, although they are pos- 

 sibly a little below the mark. 



I have used some single-tier cases holding twenty- 

 four sections (Fig. 103). These are not so nice and 

 firm to handle as the smaller cases, but it costs less to 

 pack a ton of honey in the larger than in the smaller 

 cases. Grocers who sell by the case are inclined to pre- 

 fer the larger case, for they say a customer who buys a 

 case at a time will as readily bu}^ a twenty-four-section 

 case as a twelve-section case. 



In* the year 1910 I got some double-tier twenty-four- 

 section cases that seem to have become regular goods, 

 and I like them. Corrugated paper rests on the bottom 

 of the case, and also between the two tiers of sections. 

 The slide covers I thought I would not like, but as in 

 many another case I was mistaken, for they work nicely, 

 and it is a convenience not to have to nail on the covers. 



