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This department will be devoted to items of 



interest concerning Packing, Selling and 



Shipping Honey and Beeswax. 



^° Stair & Kendal, of Cleveland, O., 

 reports that the finest, whitest comb 

 honey is selling there at 16c. 



i^Nice, white comb honey, in 

 single-comb sections, is selling in Bos- 

 ton, at 16c. per pound. Extracted at 

 8c. and 9c. per pound. 



i^We learn that friend G. M. 

 Doolittle has 5830 pounds of extra white 

 honey this season, and friend Betsinger 

 about 3000 pounds of the same kind. 



i^°Thurber & Co., of New York, 

 have received one car load each of ex- 

 tracted and comb honey from Cuba, and 

 sold most of the comb honey at 17c. to 

 18c. The extracted is thin and unripe, 

 causing the cans to pulf and burst ; 

 this was sold at 8 and 9c. per pound. 



i^In England, extracted honey is 

 worth, at least, 25 cents per pound, and 

 the British Bee Journal for July, as- 

 sures us that "if it is. very choice, it 

 will realize more." Therefore, to ex- 

 port our excellent honey to that beau- 

 tiful " Isle of the Sea " is a happy 

 thought — and one which will pay well 

 to practice. 



1^ A progressive Californian writes 

 that he is putting up his honey in crates 

 similar to the "Prize Crate," but hav- 

 ing " a sliding lid to cover the opening 

 on each side, thus saving glass, and at 

 the same time protecting the honey, 

 giving equally good facility for inspec- 

 tion without opening the crate." We 

 are glad to see that this crate is adopted 

 as a standard. It will help to bring 

 about the much-needed reform in the 

 boxes heretofore used. The substitu- 

 ting of a slide of wood for glass is a 

 good idea for such a long journey. 



i^Voigt, Mahood & Co., of Pitts- 

 burg, have received a car-load of Cali- 

 fornia comb honey, and sold it out at 

 16c. per pound. 



t^ From \V. D. Parker & Co., we 

 have a sample of very nice and smooth 

 dovetailed sections. They are made of 

 whitewood, smooth on all sides, and 

 are handsome in appearance. The sec- 

 tion to hold one pound of lioney weighs 

 less than one ounce. 



1^ The United States pays annually 

 to other countries $100,000,000 for sugar 

 and molasses. If the true value of 

 honey were generally understood, much 

 of this enormous sum could be kept at 

 home, greatly augmenting the wealth of 

 the country, as well as giving health 

 and happiness to thousands who now 

 suffer with diseases of the chest and 

 lungs, and adding years to the lives of 

 the weak and suffering everywhere. 



1^ A bee-keeper who had his surplus 

 boxes made at home, wrote us to send 

 him a lot of crates for them— stating 

 that they were the " Prize Boxes." In 

 a few days back they came, saying they 

 Avould not fit his boxes and were use- 

 less. On receipt of one of his boxes 

 we were not surprised to find that they 

 would not fit. The prize box is 2 inches 

 deep— his was 2i inches ; the prize box 

 is 6i inches high, his was 5i inches ; the 

 prize box is 5i inches wide, his was Gi. 

 The moral is— if you don't know just 

 what the prize box is, send and get one 

 before you get boxes made— for it will 

 be the standard hereafter. It will save 

 time, trouble, annoyance and expense. 



1^ This month promises to be a busy 

 one for bees. The bucl^iwheat yield will 

 be large, and golden rods and fall flow- 

 ers promise a good yield. Get all the 

 box honey possible, for it sells much 

 more readily than extracted. "Keep 

 all colonies strong," is the best of ad- 

 vice ; uniting or strengthening with a 

 frame of brood when necessary to do so. 



