1899 



GLEANINGS IN BEE CULTURE. 



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Mr. Craj'eraft is a man who knows as much 

 as or more than any other bee-keeper on the 

 island, in regard to the matter of honey. I 

 am sure his letter will be read with interest. — 



Ed.] 



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TALL VS. SQUARE SECTIONS. 



From the Standpoint of a New York Commission 



House; "Tall Plain Sections Come to 



Stay;" a Valuable Article. 



BY H. SEGELKEN. 



71//-. Root: — We have noticed in Glean- 

 ings of late several interesting articles per- 

 taining to the tall vs. square section, and we 

 should like to say a few words from our stand- 

 point, that of distributors. 



We handle, perhaps, a larger variety of 

 styles of comb honey than any other market, 

 as we have a good demand for glassed sec- 

 tions, a good demand for unglassed, and a 

 fair demand for paper cartons ; and a one- 

 piece section, for instance, would not be de- 

 sirable for glassing. For unglassed honey 

 (strip of glass on side of crate, sections not 

 glassed) we decidedly prefer samples No. 1 

 and No. 2, the new-style plain section, one- 

 piece. vSample No. 1 is 5X3^ Y.1%, and 

 sample No. 2 is 5x4X1^. This is the first 

 season we have had any of these sections, and 

 we consider them the best that have been put 

 on the market up to this time. There is 

 something neat about them, which catches 

 the eve. Perhaps it is that they have no bee- 

 space, or beeway (projection on the side), 

 which makes the comb look so much fuller 



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THE SEVERAL STYLES OF HONEY BEST SUITED FOR THE NEW YORK MARKETS. 



It is our opinion that the square sections, 

 4^X4 J 4, have seen their day. The tall wide 

 section will dominate, and eventually drive 

 the square section out of use just the same as 

 the square section drove the old 2-lb. frames 

 out of existence years ago. This may not oc- 

 cur all at once, but it is bound to come in 

 course of time. When eminent producers are 

 about to adopt the tall wide section they cer- 

 tainly know what they are about, and they 

 would not make the change for the fun of the 

 thing nor as an experiment. We handled 

 several varieties of tall sections the past sea- 

 son, samples of which we had photographed, 

 of which we send you copus, and to which we 

 will refer. 



They look larger, and seem to contain more 

 honey, and sell more readily than any other. 



As to a choice between these two styles, we 

 are in favor of the No. 2, 5X4X1^, because 

 the yi inch it is wider makes it look so much 

 larger from the fn. nt, as the pictures will 

 plainly show. 



Sample No. 3, dovetailed section, 5x3j4x 

 \ l / 2 , we consider the most desirable for a 

 glassed section. The glass fits exactly in the 

 beeway, making the comb even all around, 

 and the paper around the top and botlom 

 holds the glass better than glue or tin tips, 

 besides covering empty cells, if there are any, 

 making the package as a whole as neat as 

 any thing that could be found. Mr. J. E. 



