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but as the greatest safeguard against rough handling. As 
an additional protection against friction, the sides and 
bottoms should be lined with patent corrugated paper, 
when there will be little fear of breakages. 
Cushioned Comb-Honey Crates, for Rail or Shipping. 
The best form of comb-honey crate is that illustrated at 
Fig. 54. A similar “shipping” crate has recently been 
adopted by the proprietor of Gleanzngs in Bee Culture, but 
with only one thickness of corrugated paper at the bottom, 
none at the sides or top. 
The editor of that paper, in the fulness of his joy at 
having discovered a good thing, exclaimed, “ Why did not 
somebody think of it before?” Well, somebody had 
thought of it, and had adopted it in a more perfect form 
more than 20 years earlier; thus, in Szmmzns’ Non- 
Swarming System, p. 39, 1886 :-— 
“For a perfect travelling case, which can always be 
“ready to travel any distance, the bottom should be lined 
“ with double thickness of patent corrugated paper, and she 
“ sides, where is no glass, one thickness of paper, with the 
“ ribbed side next the sections. Should any leakage occur 
“the recesses in the corrugated paper hold it, while the 
“sections ride high and dry. No better cushion could be 
“ designed to prevent friction or jarring, and with the glass 
“ left uncovered, so as to expose the honey-comb to view, 
“no other packing is needed.” 
The Perfect “Shipping” Crate 
therefore has a double-lined bottom, with the corrugations 
of the two pieces at right angles, while the sides are single. 
Another piece of safety paper is provided to place over the 
sections before securing the lid. The paper for the sides 
and bottom is in one piece, creased along the angle where 
