HOW TO KEEP BEES FOR PROFIT 



crate filled with at least six inches of hay or 

 straw to act as a cushion for the honey and 

 prevent its breakage in transit. 



It is the poorest of policies to face the glass 

 end of each case with the best sections, and 

 put the poorer ones at the back, as the trick will 



Shipping-Crate. 



sooner or later be discovered to the detriment 

 of the shipper. A better plan is to select 

 and grade all the best sections and put them 

 in cases by themselves, and crate the poorer 

 ones by themselves; the additional price of 

 the first grade will average the price in a 

 satisfactory manner. 



In scraping the propolis from the sections 

 nothing is better than a broad-bladed butcher 



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