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the crate large enough so tha^ the 

 packing material can be put at the 

 ouside of the cases as well as at the 

 bottom. / 



A very important matter is /that of 

 handles to the crate. These ai^e made 

 by nailing on narrow boards /at each 

 side of the crate within threite or four 

 inches of its top, and extending out 

 enough at each end so that! they can 

 be used as handles by two men to 

 carry the crate of honey. These pro- 

 jecting handles also help to prevent the 

 crate from being turned / over end- 

 wise, as might be done by^'' some care- 

 less or ignorant freight handlers. Of 

 course, each crate, after /the cases of 

 honey have been put intcf it, will have 



tination in perfect condition. It pays 

 to pack comb honey properly, and not 

 run any risk of having it broken in 

 transit. It is a pity after having pro- 

 duced a nice crop of honey to have it 

 destroyed on account of careless or 

 inadequate preparation for shipment. 

 Shipping-crates may add a little more 

 to the expense, but when the net pro- 

 ceeds of the honey are counted it will 

 be found that this extra investment 

 has paid well. It is a great satisfac- 

 tion to the shipper to feel that his 

 comb honey will be delivered in good 

 condition on account of the cases hav- 

 ing been put into the right kind of 

 crates, so that they can be safely 

 moved by the freight-handlers. 



SHIPPING CRATE FOR COMBHONEY, 



narrow strips or boards nailed on top, 

 so that no single case of honey can 

 be taken out without first removing 

 the top of me crate. 



On the /top should be put, either 

 printed on cardboard or painted in 

 large, blapk letters, these words: 



COMB HONEY. , 



tANDLE WITH CARE. 



I think the railroad companies re- 

 quire t^e glass sides of the cases to 

 be turned toward the center of the 

 crate s'o as not to be exposed. 



I have invariably found that when 

 comb 'honey is prepared for shipment 

 as here directed it arrived at its des- 



The question of preparing extracted 

 honey for safe shipment is a very 

 simple matter. It is usually run from 

 the honey extractor in five-gallon tin 

 cans or perhaps wooden kegs or bar- 

 rels. My own preference has been 

 for the five -gallon can, as there seems 

 to be less danger of losing any honey 

 by leakage. I have had rather un- 

 fortunate experience with honey in 

 barrels, for, if they are not properly 

 coopered, or not thoroughly dried when 

 the honey is put into them, there is 

 much danger of leakage, which is 

 very hard to stop,, once it is started. 

 Of course, if honey is granulated the 

 barrel is every whit as good as the 

 cans; and for large lots of honey, of 



