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Shipping Grates. 



and deal out death to all moth larvae. This should always he. 

 done before shipping the honey, if we regard our reputations 

 as precious. It is well to do this immediately upon removal, 

 and also two weeks after, so as to destroy the moth larvae not 

 hatched when the sections are removed. 



If separators have been used, these sections are in good con- 

 dition to be glassed, and are also in nice shape to ship even 

 without glass, as they may stand side by side and not mar the 

 comb. 



The shipping crate (Fig. 116) should be strong, neat and 

 cheap, with handles as seen in Fig. 116 — such handles are also 



Fig. 116. 



convenient in the ends of the hives, and can be cut in an in- 

 stant by having the circular-saw set to wabble. With handles 

 the crate is more convenient, and is more sure to be set on its 

 bottom. The crate should also be glassed, as the site of the 

 comb will say: "Handle with care." 



Mr. Heddon makes a larger crate (Fig. 117), which is neat 

 and cheap. Muth's crate is like Heddon's, only smaller. 



It may be well to wrap the sections in paper, as thus break- 

 age of one will not mean general ruiu. 



In shipping in freight cars, it is desirable that the sections 

 be set lengthwise of the cars, as the danger from the shocks 

 of starting and stopping will be much less. 



In groceries, where the apiarist keeps honey for sale, it 

 will pay him to furnish his own boxes. These should be made 

 of white wood, very neat and glassed in front to show the 

 honey, and the cover so fixed that unglassed sections — and 

 these, probably, will soon become the most popular — cannot 

 be punched or fingered. Be sure, too, that the label, with 

 kind of honey, grade and name of apiarist, be so plain that 

 "he who runs may read." 



