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GLEANINGS IN BEE CULTURE. 



Mar. 15 



:XAS ■•1I(JKSELE:?S 

 See " Bee-Jceeping 



not sustain 

 s u tH c i e n t 

 load for 

 sta c king 

 the boxes 

 like a brick 

 wall. The 

 lining is of 

 the best 

 quality*, 

 and every 

 angle and 

 fold is 

 made ac- 

 cording to 

 rule, and 

 has a rea- 

 son for be- 

 ing as it is. 

 My test for 

 a honey- 

 p ac ka ge 

 was deter- 

 mined o n 

 the start; 

 and, altho' 

 thin honey 



should never be stored, a package should 

 be good for containing the thinnest honey 

 obtainable. To make the test complete I 

 filled several boxes with water, in the sum- 

 mer, and left them for three months, and 

 there was no sign of leakage. The honey 

 was then put into boxes in the fall, before 

 being candied, and drawn from tanks. 

 Weighing is not necessary, as the covering 

 projects i inch down the inside, and below 

 this point gives capacity for one pound of 

 honey. As there was absolutely no leakage, 

 the package was very attractive, which ful- 

 fills Mr. Hershiser's first requirement. 



Now as to convenience. A customer buys 

 a box; and if the dealer delivers it he does 

 not have to handle it any differently than a 

 box of baking-powder; and when the con- 

 sumer prepares it for the table the cover is 

 removed easily and a slight jar with box in- 

 verted drops the cake of honey on to a plate, 

 the parafiine paper easily leaving the card- 

 board surface. Next the corners are unfold- 

 ed and paper peeled off, leaving a hard pol- 

 ished surface, and there is not a particle of 

 waste. The paper, having been folded cor- 

 rectly, this is easily accomplished. 



I recall a method of putting the paper in 

 the box, that was used by one of Gleanings' 

 correspondents. He said, "Lay paper on 

 top of the box, and push it down into the 

 corners." That would not give a very satis- 

 factory result, in my opinion. 



The paper in this box is always to be fold- 

 ed in the same way, and every fold has its 

 purpose, and assists in preventing waste and 

 making paper cleave easily from the honey 

 surface. 



Now the last and most impox'tant require- 

 ment of a honey-package is, that it must be 

 the most salable. Theorizing will not go 

 far in deciding this point. I will state that 

 I filled several hundred of these in the fall of 

 1905, and early in the winter they were of- 



CAUUIAGE EUli MOVING BEES. 

 in the Southwest " on page 388. 



fered for sale to a Syracuse store. At first 

 sight the store-manager wished to buy the 

 entire number, and, of course, wished to 

 have exclusive control of the new package. 

 This would not be right, and they were easi- 

 ly distributed among several stores. 



The honey put into them was of the 1904 

 crop, and soon candied hard. One of the 

 most valuable considerations to the consum- 

 er is the fact that the honey put into them 

 must be first class, as sour or unripe honey 

 will not be a success as candied honey. 



I have sold several of these boxes before 

 the honey had candied, but do not recom- 

 mend that method. Fill the boxes before 

 the honey candies; put up pounds; pile them 

 into a wall; retail them for 15 cts. each, and 

 sell them to the dealer for $1.40 per dozen; 

 he can then make a nice profit, and if he 

 should carry some over to the next year they 

 are just as salable as when bought, and he 

 need not fear breaking them. 



To those who wish to work up a home 

 trade, and to bee-keepers who want a nice 

 cake of honey for their family table, I recom- 

 mend this honey-box, which stands for at- 

 tractiveness, convenience, and cheapness. 



Syracuse, N. Y. 



[We regard this as an excellent honey- 

 package, especially for candied honey. The 

 two samples sent us by mail (as shown in 

 the half tones) arrived in fine condition. 

 Mr. S. D. House, of Camillus, N. Y., a neigh- 

 bor of Mr. Mills, exhibited these same pack- 

 ages at the Brantford convention. They re- 

 ceived very favorable comment, and there is 

 no doubt that bee-keepers, if they only think 

 so, could do a big business in putting up 

 candied honey in this attractive form. The 

 fact that the package can be so easily filled 

 with liquid honey, and left to candy, is a 

 large element in its favor. Some of our sub- 

 scribers have not succeeded in cutting up a 



