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GLEANINGS IN BEE CULTURE. 



Oct. 1 



half drawn combs for their upper stories. Now, 

 the upper stories at both of these yards are ar- 

 ranged with two combs on each outside, and four 

 frames of foundation in the center of each of their 

 upper stories. With this arrangement we shall get 

 only one side of two combs bulged, and the same 

 number of frames of foundation correspondingly thin. 

 The honey-lvHife will level the bulged comb, and the 

 two thin sides of the foundation can be placed facing 

 each other in the center of the upper story, and they 

 will be drawn out into full combs the next time used. 

 This plan is much better than alternating combs 

 with foundation; for with the alternating plan, many 

 times, the foundation comes through the season with 

 very little being done to it, while the combs will be 

 bulged out nearly twice their usual thickness. 



HOAV TO PUT UP COMB HONEY 

 SHIPMENT. 



FOR 



Some Ri;y;ht and Wroii^ AVays. 



BY E. K. HOOT. 



Ill the half-tone is a carrier of honey 

 evened up as it was sent us l\y ('. JM. Niehols, 

 of Addi.s<)n, Mich. The honey put up by 

 this luaii is always i-arefully scraped ami 

 grailed, well packed, anil liivarial)ly arrives 

 in tirst-(*lass condition. In order that others 

 may profit by his experience I took a photo 

 of one of the carriers after it had been open- 

 ed up, and the same ajjpears below. 



The carrier or crate is the regular style 

 that is furnished by supply-manufacturers. 

 The cases, after lieing tilled with sections, 

 have a separator put l)ack of the last row, 

 and this is cushioned against the sections by 

 means of a couple of rolls of paper. There 



is nothing new about this, for it is an old 

 trick of the trade, but it is a precaution too 

 often unobserved. 



After the cases have the covers nailed on 

 they are carefully wrapped in newspaper, 

 and packed closely together in the center of 

 the crate. Under and around this compact 

 mass is a cushion of straw and paper so 

 that, if the carrier gets an unusually heavy 

 jar, the honey will receive little or no dam- 

 age. 



It is needless to say that Mr. Nichols' 

 honey invariably brings the highest market 

 price. We do not have to scrape and re- 

 grade it. Indeed, it can be sent out to the 

 trade just as it comes. 



While there are many bee-keepers who are 

 just as particular as Mr. Nichols, and who 

 put up just as tine honey, yet there are alt(j- 

 gether too many who put up their crop in 

 any old way, in miserable col)bled-up cases, 

 either hanil-made or, if made at the planing- 

 mill. are cut with a coarse-tooth saw that 

 tears its way through the wood. First im- 

 pressions are lasting, it is said, and a con- 

 signee who receives a lot of, we will say, 

 hrst-class honey put up in such cases, is al- 

 most sure to knock t>ft' a cent or two from 

 the entire shipment. If one desires to do 

 his own work, let him by all lueans use a 

 block and sandpaper. And that reminds 

 me that nice facttory cases are often all 

 smeared up with dirt, dust, and honey drip- 

 pings. It will take but a few minutes to go 

 over each case with sandpaper, and clean 

 them up; then to keep them from getting 



COMB HONEY rROPEHLY PUT UP FOR SHIPMENT. 



