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Secoudly, to get eveuly bnilt c iiiI)p, we 

 should nse the slotted wood suwed separa- 

 tors and then the cappinus of the ho ey will 

 not scrape oft' in shipping. I hope that there 

 is no snch thiny as the packinL' of broken 

 honey, but I am oftiines tempted to think 

 there is, for the reason that tliereis so much 

 darnayed honey on the market. 



Extreme care should be exercised in pack- 

 ing, to see that tlie honey is all of a thick, 

 ripe grade, in perfect condition, and stroiig- 

 ly built. If there is any unfit to ship long 

 distances, use it at home, put it back in the 

 hive, or dispose of it at the home market. 

 Don't allow it to get mixed with the long 

 distance honey, for this damaged honey 

 means low prices for all and the ultimate re- 

 fusal of the dealers to handle it. 



To gain the best results in shipping comb 

 honey, it should be well cured, and to gain 

 this end it may be kept in a very warm, dry, 

 well ventilated room for at least four weeks. 

 The temperature nearest 100 degrees will do 

 the best curing. 



Shipping-crates should be made to hold 

 four or five twenty-pound cases to insure the 

 most care in handling by freiglit men. The 

 practice of shipping comb honey in single 

 twenty-four pound cases, that can be easily 

 thrown about, is a mistake, especially in 

 small or less than car load shipments. The 

 crate is made much the style of a one-piece 

 section crate, of light lumber, but in such a 

 way as to be stronglj' nailed and large enough 

 to allow of packing of straw or shavings, 

 which will surely give a spring Jar instead of 

 a thumj) when the case is handled. The 

 head of the crate is made of two thick 

 boards just the size of the lid of the honey 

 case. If you use a twenty four pound case, 

 which shows four sections through thefflass. 

 the size of these head boards are 12 by 18 

 itiches and one inch thick. One of these 

 boards is laid on the floor and on it is 

 placed a layer of straw, then five twenty- 

 four pound cases of comb honey are set on 

 it and the other head board roes on ton of 

 all. with a little pnckintr underneath. Now 

 the thin crate strips are nailed to the head 

 hoards at each of the four corners, making 

 your crate complete. 



The crate is then nnrked with a rpquest to 

 place it lengthwise i»i the car. Now this 

 cate gets better handlitiL' on account of its 

 size and weicrht, because it is too heavy for 

 one man to lift and i^ fither handled by two 

 men or by hand trtick." 



I think that the editor of the Pacific Bee 

 Journal is correct in thinking that much 

 bonev is shipped that is not in a fit condi- 

 tion to stand a long shipment and that it 

 better be sold in the home-market. I would 

 use a larger crate than he does, one that 

 would require the strength of two men to 

 lift and handle it. If handles are furnished 

 they will be u«ed. A crate holding about 

 200 pounds is the size I have used and would 

 ask for nothing better. It is possible that 

 a smaller crate would work just as well, but 

 there is nothing like actual experience. 



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