288 THE BEEKEEPERS' REVIEW 



is composed of young bees — those that are just commencing field 

 work. 



One Gallon Glass Bottle for Honey 



EDWARD HASSINGER, Jr., Greenville, Wis. 



I have used a one gallon glass bottle with a handle on it for 

 honey, there are two glass loops next to the mouth of the bottle 

 a wood and wire handle is fastened to these loops, making a very 

 convenient and an attractive package for honey, and the words 

 "one gallon," are embossed on the bottle in glass. It is presumed 

 that it would not be necessary to mark the net weight on the label 

 if bottle was full. 



I believe the time will come when all empty packages will be 

 returned to the factories and the producers, in everything that is 

 bought and sold, same as the milk man gets his bottles returned, 

 egg cases and chicken crates are all returned to the shipper. These 

 are necessary foods to sustain life, honey is not a necessity, there- 

 fore it is all the more necessary to have a return package. The 

 friction top pails are a nuisance anyhow, they will rust, are hard to 

 wash and dry properly, the grove around edge on top is a dust col- 

 lector, and labels do not stick well on the tin, and last but not least 

 as a return package they are a failure entirely. 



These bottles are made of very heavy glass and I believe there 

 will be little or no loss in breakage. I believe they should be just 

 as practical for honey as the small glass bottles and tumblers that 

 are used so much in the stores. 



I can buy these bottles for 10c apiece in a retail way. For a 

 home trade they are just the thing, the first bottle that you sell to 

 a customer, charge ten cents more for the honey to pay for the 

 bottle and see that you get it, on second order with empty bottle re- 

 turned deduct ten cents from the price of the honey. 



These bottles have a mouth or opening of about an inch. This 

 is not enough for cold honey, as it is almost impossible to get the 

 honey into the bottle, but is all right for warm honey. It is pre- 

 sumed that it is just as difficult, to get the honey out, unless it is 

 kept in a warm place all the time. With a handful of lead shot 

 these bottles can be washed out more readily than a tin pail, and 

 after once used for honey they need not be washed again. 



These bottles must be made with at least a one and one-half 

 inch opening and a patent brass or glass cover with a clasp attach- 



