AMERICAN BEE JOURNAL. 



553 



Extracted-Honey in pails has 

 heretofore been classified for freight 

 charges at double first-class ; while 

 "honey in the comb" was classed as 

 "first-class/' This was manifestly un- 

 just, and Mr. Oliver Foster, of Mount 

 X^ernon, Iowa, sent a can of honey, with 

 a statement of the facts in the case, to 

 Mr. J. T. Ripley, the Manager of the 

 Western Freight Classification Commit- 

 tee, and obtained a ruling that in future 

 the Western railroads will receive 



Fig. 1. 



"granulated honey in pails, boxed, at 

 owner's risk (O. R.) as second class." 



Of course, no liquid honey should ever 

 be transported by freight, unless it is in 

 barrels, kegs, or other tight packages, to 

 prevent leakage. 



This is an important matter, and the 

 thanks of honey-producers are due to 



Mr. Foster for obtaining this ruling, 

 which is now in force over " 50 or more 

 railroads throughout the West." We 

 have had several interviews with Mr. 

 Ripley, and have always found him to 



be courteous, and inclined to do the 

 fair thing. 



Mr. Ripley asked Mr. Foster to 

 describe more fully his pails and the 

 wooden box containing them : This was 

 done as follows : Fig. 1 shows one box 

 to contain a set of pails (one on the top 

 of the others) with rope handle. The 

 sides are K inch thick ; the bottom and 

 top are % of an inch thick. 



Fig. 2 shows a box to contain four 

 sets of pails, about 16 inches square ; 

 bottom and sides ^ to % of an inch 

 thick; handles and bottom strips %xl>^. 



Mr. Root, in the last issue of Olean- 

 ings, asks this suggestion : 



Now, will not some one get up some 

 plan whereby we can granulate liquid 

 honey on short notice, even in warm 

 weather? Consumers are being gradu- 

 ally educated to use this granulated 

 honey, and very many prefer it in that 

 form to any other, to spread on bread 

 and butter. 



Here is a chance for inventive-genius, 

 and we hope that an easy and sure 

 method of granulating honey will soon 

 be discovered. 



Honey-Dew. — A commission man 

 writes that he is "being imposed upon 

 by bee-keepers who forward honey-dew 

 without stating the contents of the 

 barrels." He adds: "We dislike to 

 sell this to our trade, because of its 

 ruinous results, and hope you will try 

 to prevent such dishonorable actions." 

 Either this must cease, or the pursuit will 

 be ruined ! This warning is timely, and 

 should be heeded by all. 



Xlie "Winteringf Problem in 



Bee-Keeping ; an Exposition of the 

 Conditions Essential to Success in the 

 Winter and Spring Management of the 

 Apiary, by G. R. Pierce. This is the 

 title of a new pamphlet of 77 pages, 

 just issued by the author, who has had 

 25 years' experience in bee-keeping, and 

 for the past 5 years has devoted all his 

 time and energies to the pursuit. Price. 

 50 cents. For sale at this office. 



