1890 



THE AMERICAN BEE-KEEPER. 



247 



there is, for the reason tliat there is 

 so much daiuaged honey on the mar- 

 ket. 



Extreme care should he exercised in 

 packing, to see that the honey is all 

 of a thick, ripe grade, in perfect con- 

 dition, and strongly built. If there 

 is any unfit to ship long distances, use 

 it at home, put it back in the hive, or 

 dispose of it at the home market. 

 Don't allow it to get mixed with the 

 long distance honey, for this damaged 

 honey means low prices for ail and 

 the ultimate refusal of the dealers to 

 handle it. 



To gain the best results in shipping 

 comb honey, it should be well cured, 

 and 10 gain this end it may be kept in 

 a very warm, dry, well ventilated 

 room foi' at least four weeks. The 

 temperature nearest lUO degrees will 

 do the best curing. 



Shipping-crates should be made to 

 hold four or five twenty- pound cases 

 to insure the most care in handling by 

 freight men. The practice of shipping 

 comb honey in single twenty-four 

 pound cases, that can be easily thrown 

 about, is a mistake, especially in small 

 or less than car load shipments. The 

 crate is made much the style of a one- 

 piece section crate, of light lumber, 

 but in such a way as to be strongly 

 nailed and large enough to alhnv of 

 packing of straw or shavings, which 

 will surely give a spring jar instead of 

 a thump when the ca.<e is handled. 

 The head of the crate is made of two 

 thick boarrls just the size of the lid of 

 the honey ca.-ie. If you use a twenty- 

 f(jur pound case, whiih shows four 

 sections through the glass the size of 

 these head boards are 12 by 18 inches 

 and one inch thick. One of these 



boards is laid on the floor and on it is 

 placed a layer of straw, then five 

 twenty-four pound cases of comb 

 honey are .set on it and the other 

 head board goes on top of all, with a 

 little packing underneath. Now the 

 thin crate strips are nailed to the 

 head boards at each of the four corn- 

 ers, making your crate complete. 



The crate is then marked with a re- 

 (|uest to place it lengthwise in the car. 

 Now this crate gets better handling on 

 acc(junt of its size and weight, because 

 it is too heavy for one man to lift and 

 is either handled by two men or by 

 hand truck, 



California. 



iFiorn American Bee- Journal I. 



NOTES Ffit'M VIEG'L-SOMETflING 

 HISTORIUAL, 



BY KMIiKSOX T. ABBOTT. 



Some years ago there came into my 

 hands a copy of a translation, with 

 notes, of Virgil's works, made in ltj53, 

 by one John Ogilhy. His notes on 

 the Fourth Georgic cannot fail to be 

 of interest to bee keepers, as showing 

 what was known about this industry 

 over 200 years ago. I give the notes 

 as they appear, spelling and all, with 

 some few remarks. 



The annotation on the Argument is 

 suggestive. It reads as follows: 



"The fourth Book comprehends the 

 choicest rules of the ancients concern- 

 ing Qi.'(^ii, which suits so well witii ours 

 that ] have heard an Honoiable Lady 

 of Great Judgment (the late Countess 

 of Kent) pnjfess that she made an in- 

 credible increase of Bees, confining 

 her .'■ervants who attended them pre- 

 cisely to observance of this Book." 



On the line, 



