THE AMERICAN APICULTURIST. 



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3,000 gallons (eighteen tons) of 

 this honey this season. 



This whole lot sold readily at 

 sight for nine cents. It was shipped 

 in barrels ranging from eighty-tive 

 to 200 ponnds. 



This firm has not received any 

 new comb honej^ yet. They ob- 

 tain their best comb honey from 

 J. E. Crane of Middlebury, Vt. 

 They do not deal in small pack- 

 ages of extracted honey, preferring 

 the kegs holding from one hundred 

 to one hundred and fifty pounds. 



We next considered the one-half 

 pound box question, and learned 

 that one of the partners when vis- 

 iting Chicago met Mr. Newman 

 and visited the exhi])ition at To- 

 ledo, meeting with tlie beekeepers 

 there. While at the latter place 

 he stated to Mr. Newman and 

 others that the Boston trade de- 

 manded that a certain percentage 

 of the honey be furnished in one- 

 half pound sections, and that honey 

 in such sections lirought a much 

 better price than that in larger sec- 

 tions, as some parties wanted just 

 a small comb in case of sickness 

 or for a small company and would 

 l)ay full}' as much for it as for a 

 larger comb. 



Messrs. Crocker & Blake think 

 it hardly just that on account of 

 this that the whole of the blame 

 of introducing an odd size section 

 upon the market should be attrib- 

 uted to Boston. 



They consider that the honey 

 trade must become popular in order 

 to increase, and we must cater to 

 the demands of the public taste to 

 some extent at least. 



This applies of course to Boston 

 markets, and they are not certain 

 that the same demand for small 

 sections exists in any other. 



Last fall V. S. Benedict and S. 

 C. Newman of Peoria, New York, 

 shipped to them fifty cases of fine 

 honey in one half pound sections 

 and it sold for thirty cents per 

 9 



pound. Notwithstanding this 

 they do not advise the general 

 and wholesale shipping of honey 

 in one-half pound sections. 



They favor for Boston trade, 

 one-pound sections with equal por- 

 tions glassed and unglassed. The 

 two-pound section is too heavy 

 for their trade, and they can sell 

 the one-pound to better advantage 

 and at a better price. 



The question of marketing our 

 honey is of paramount importance, 

 and we hope that a deep interest 

 will be taken in studying out nevv 

 means of building up a permanent 

 and lasting demand, and properly 

 regulating the supply and manner 

 of shipping. 



We think that oftentimes the 

 fact is forgotten that reports of 

 prices and condition of supply and 

 demand existing in one locality 

 may not and should not govern 

 those of any other market. For 

 instance, D. W. Quinby, of New 

 York City, wants the bulk of his 

 honey glassed and favors two- 

 pound sections, while Crocker & 

 Blake favor the one-pound and 

 one-half pound sections, with equal 

 portions glassed and unglassed. 

 These firms are equally honest and 

 reliable dealers, and in giving their 

 opinions only give the demand 

 which exists in their localities. B}^ 

 this we see the necessity of more 

 careful study of the requirements 

 of each and every honey centre 

 and market, and care taken that 

 our honey is placed only in the 

 hands of reliable dealers who will 

 work for the interest of the bee- 

 keepers. 



All members of the Northeast- 

 ern Beekeepers' Association, and 

 others who contemplate attending 

 the convention at Toronto in Sep- 

 tember next, should send their 

 address to the secretary, Geo. W. 

 House, of Fayetteville, New York, 

 when they will be furnished with 



