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EIGHTH ANNUAL. REPORT OF THE 



ing in it for bee-keepers or commis- 

 sion men. 



I think there ought to be more care 

 among the bee-keepers to see that it 

 is better distributed, and see that it 

 is better sold at home. 



There are some people in town that 

 never see honey, when if they were 

 shown it they would buy it. 



Now, like Dr. Miller, he would have 

 to ship to some distant market. But 

 there must be city markets where 

 there is not much honey, and they 

 could be found, and with proper effort, 

 and 4here would be no overloading on 

 city markets. Of course, Chicago uses 

 lots of honey, and even that can be 

 overloaded, when it comes in by the 

 carload. But I think bee-keepers 

 ought to do something to get the 

 united effort together and to be na- 

 tional. And I know hotels and restaur- 

 ants are handling it more, and I think 

 if bee-keepers would ask more for it, 

 it would be there. 



Mr. Stone: Since the pure food law 

 has gone into effect the commission 

 men are more willing to handle comb 

 honey, but the people will not buy the 

 e.'ctracted honey if those men get it. 



I had a commissioner come to me 

 one day; he had some honey; it was 

 fresh alfalfa honey. He said, "I can't 

 sell it. I will sell it to you for eight 

 (8) cents a pound." I had paid that 

 for some and paid the freight, too. He 

 said, "I can't sell it." I sold him honey 

 at ten cents. He bought our apples 

 and barreled them, and he and his 

 pickers would bring in lots of my 

 honey, and were not willing to use 

 his nice alfalfa honey "because it did 

 not have a taste of honey." 



Mr. Becker has been in town selling it 

 all over. I don't see that he ever 

 struck any of my customers, and I 

 have sold thousands of pounds, and I 

 never sell except on order at fifteen 

 (15) cents a pound. And Mr. Becker's 

 honey is all laid out on that scale. 



I weigh my honey and then see what 

 the price is, twenty-five (25) cents, 

 twenty (20) cents, fifteen (15) cents 

 and thirteen (13) cents. He sells in a 

 jelly glass I don't u6e. 



This commissioner, after he held that 

 extracted honey a long while, offered 

 it to me, as I said, at eight (8) cents 

 ■ a pound. I didn't take it. I had all 

 the honey I could use. I said, "If I 

 take it I will have to sell it as my 



honey, and if they find I ship it in 

 they won't buy it." The reason why 

 they don't buy that, they don't think 

 a bee-keeper had anything to do with 

 it. 



That commissioner said, "They 

 won't buy it because they think it ain't 

 pure. When they go to a bee-keeper 

 it is pure honey." 



Mr. Becker is teaching his custom- 

 ers and I am teaching mine, and they 

 come and buy it and look at the bees 

 if they want to, and they see our bees 

 at the fair. We don't conflict with 

 rach other at all. 



The President: If there are no ob- 

 jections we will pass the order and pro- 

 ceed to the election of officers for 1909. 



Mr. Stone: I would like to ask 

 these gentlemen what hour they have 

 to go. I move we adjourn for the noon 

 hour at half past eleven, and have 

 our election before that hour. 



The President: Mr. York, we will 

 hear your paper now. 



Preparing Honey for Safe Shipment. 



An editorial in the November, 1908, ' 

 American Bee Journal is devoted to 

 answering the question as to how to 

 prepare comb honey for shipment. It 

 seems there are quite a good many 

 bee-keepers who don't know just how 

 to get their comb honey to the city 

 markets without breaking down the 

 combs. This is, indeed, a very import- 

 ant subject, and fortunately one in 

 which I have had a rather large ex- 

 perience. Previous to five years ago 

 I was an extensive dealer in honey in 

 Chicago, and of course received and 

 reshipped many consignments of comb 

 honey, and never, so far as I can 

 recollect, was there any loss whatever 

 when the comb honey was properly 

 packed for shipment, or packed ac- 

 cording to the directions which I was 

 always ready to furnish shippers. 



• The illustration herewith shows the 

 correct method very clearly. A strong 

 crate should be made to hold either 

 six or eight cases of honey. There 

 should be from four to six inches of 

 straw, hay or excelsior put into the 

 bottom of the crate on which to rest 

 the cases. Such packing acts as a 

 cu.shion so that the honey will not be 

 broken out of the combs should the 

 crate be put down rather suddenly. ; 

 While it may not be entirely neces- 

 sary, I think it quite advisable to have 



