THE AMERICAN APICULTURIST. 



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NOTICE 



As it is our object to make the Jour- 

 nal interestiug and instructive, we 

 have decided to make a "new depart- 

 ure " and propose eacli month to send 

 out to a number of prominent bee- 

 keepers, witli whom we are completing 

 arrangements, a printed list of inter- 

 esting and instructive questions, the 

 answers to which will be of importance 

 alike to the novice and expert. Again 

 we wish every beekeeper who desii'es 

 information on any point relative to 

 apiculture to send to us early in the 

 month such questions with the name 

 of the apiarist from whom he desires 

 the answers. 



This month we have a number of 

 queries regarding marketing answered 

 by Mr. D. W. Quinby of New York 

 City, whose integrity as a honey-dealer 

 is unquestionable. Also, a list of ten 

 questions with answers from L. C. 

 Root, Geo. W. House and "Linda 

 Flora." Now, come to our aid, both by 

 sending in your queries and by an- 

 ■ swering any questions that may be sent 

 you. — Ed.] 



QUESriOXS AND ANSWERS. 



QUESTIONS BY L. C. ROOT. 



1. Shall we use separators? 



2. Shall we glass our honey? 



3. What size box shall we use? 



ANSWKRS BY I>. W. QUINBY^ 



1. I have received honey in every 

 style of package. When stored with- 

 out separators it is more or less uneven, 

 the comb of one box projecting into 

 the one next it. 1 advise the use of the 

 separator by all means. 



2. I have a few customers who use 

 honey in fnll crates for cutting up who 

 desire it without glass. Even these 

 prefer it built with separators so that 

 it will be straight and even. Ninety 



per cent of all honey which is to be 

 retailed should be glassed. 



This is absolutely necessary for the 

 best interest of all ; the producer, the 

 dealer, and the consumer are alike in- 

 terested in this. From the time it 

 leaves the producer until taken from 

 the box by the consumer, it is contin- 

 ually to the interest of all that it be 

 protected from injury. The market for 

 honey has been much injured by a 

 failure to observe this demand. 



3. This is one of the most important 

 questions pertaining to marketing 

 honey. 



There is danger of our beekeepers 

 running too largely to one-pound 

 boxes. Early in the season when the 

 poorer class desire a small amount of 

 honey, some of the one-pound boxes 

 will sell; but later in the season, when 

 the substantial consumers of honey 

 secure their supply, the demand is 

 almost wholly for two-pound boxes. 

 The size of such a card is much more 

 desirable for the table. 



I do not believe that the honey which 

 is now produced could be sold if it 

 were all in one-pound boxes. It would 

 not sell for as good a price, and I am 

 certain that less honey would be con- 

 sumed. I have sold honey largely for 

 several years to the largest and best 

 grocers in New York, and I have never 

 yet sold them a case of one-pound 

 boxes. 



Beekeepers are working against the 

 best interests of all in advocating one- 

 pound boxes so largely. 



[We take great pleasure in fully 

 endorsing the answers given by Mr. 

 Qiiinby, coming, as they do, from one 

 in whose integrity as a reliable dealer 

 we have the most implicit confidence, 

 and who for many years has been 

 enabled to study the demands of the 

 lioney market. Not only this, but the 

 most prominent and thoughtful apia- 

 rists in our country are awaking to the 

 fact that we should adopt some stand- 

 ard box and use glass. We think that 



