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else than barrels, and he put up part of 

 his crop in wooden pails having a cover 

 put in in the same way that the bottom is 

 put in, and a hole in the cover to put in 

 the honey. I think that these pails are 

 made for jiutting apple butter on the 

 market. The honey that he put up in 

 this waj was to be sold direct to the con- 

 sumers. Bakers and other manufacturers 

 who use honey in large quantities prefer 

 to buy it in barrels — other packages are 

 too expensive. The objection to barrels 

 comes from dealers in honey; and I have 

 no doubt, whatever, that they are often 

 disgusted with leaky kegs and barrels; 

 aud that they find the tin cans more con- 

 venient, less likely to leak, and more con- 

 venient in their business. To say that 

 cans //<'Z'^/' leak would not be true; as sev- 

 eral have told me of unhappj- experiences 

 by the leaking of cans, or by the bottom 

 of a can coming loose and letting the hon- 

 ey run out. There is no doubt whatever 

 that the men who buy honey from every 

 class of producers, and then re-sell it 

 again to a varied class of customers, such 

 men as Mr. G. W. York, or the Roots of 

 Medina, find the tin can a more desirable 

 package. They have had a lot of experi- 

 ence, and ought to know what suits them, 

 but they must not forget that "there are 

 others." I once visited the Grand Rap- 

 ids, Michigan, branch of the United 

 States Baking Co., and I asked the mana- 

 ger in what kind of package he bought 

 his honey. "Oh, barrels, every time!" 

 he replied. "We couldn't afford to buy 

 in small tins, and see no advantage in it. 

 We have everything arranged to handle 

 it in barrels, and prefer it that way." I 

 think this is the case with all bakers and 

 manufacturers. So long as the greater 

 part of the extracted honey produced is 

 used by bakers and manufacturers it is 

 likely that barrels will be used for ship- 

 ping the honey; and, instead of condemn- 

 ing the barrels, let's recognize their fit- 

 ness in their jjroper sphere, and urge up- 

 on producers the necessity of having 

 thoroughly seasoned barrels, the hoops 

 properly driven when the honey is put 



in, and again when it is shipped. 

 Teach what kind of barrels to use and 

 how to use them. All this can be done, 

 and yet the desirability of the tin can up- 

 held for a certain class of trade. 



Wood-fiber, or paper, has been suggest- 

 ed for shipping-packages, but either costs 

 more than barrels or tin. 



EXTRACTED. 



INDOOR WIXTERING OF BEES. 



The Necessity of Keeping the Temperature at 

 the Right Point. 



As the winter season draws near, the 

 question of the successful wintering of 

 the bees is uppermost. The man who 

 has no cellar may be thinking of build- 

 ing one, and the one who has one may 

 not be possessed of all the knowledge pos- 

 sible in regard to its best management; 

 hence, both may find something of inter- 

 est in the following written by C.P. Da- 

 dant and published in the American Bee 

 Journal. 



Please allow a stranger to ask your opinion or 

 advice in relation to a wintering place or house 

 for my bees. I have in mind to build a house 

 with double walls, 6, S or lo inches between the 

 outside sidinji and inside ceiling, and fill the 

 space with day sawdust, have a double floor 

 filled in the same way. Seven feet between low- 

 er and upper floors. I can carpet or cover the 

 upper floor with .sawdust, I will be very glad to 

 have your opinion in the matter. Also how 

 much space does it require to place 75 to loo hives 

 with bees, and the best and most proper way to 

 ventilate the room ? .\ny suggestions will he 

 thankfully received. Yours truly, 



R. R J.^CKSON, Allamakee Co,, Iowa. 



We have often heard of bee-houses be- 

 ing used similar to the one mentioned in 

 the above inquiry, but have never seen 

 or tried them ourselves. Any repository 

 in which the bees may be kept at an even 

 temperature slightly above the freezing- 

 point may be considered as a safe place 

 to keep bees over winter if the place is 

 also dry and quiet, thougii the latter 

 consideration is of le.ss im])ortance, as it 

 is evident that bees do get used to noise 

 and the trepidation which is common in 

 noisy sports. 



The question of proper temperature is 

 by far the most important in this connec- 



