THE BEEKEEPERS' DIRECTORY. Ill 



I am prompted to make the foregoing remarks on account 

 of a little personal expeilence T had in purchasing some honey 

 from a man in whom I placed too much confidence. I bought 

 a fine looking lot of honey and had it shipped to me from 

 Syracuse to Boston. It was put up in nice clean crates ; as is 

 the custom the best sections were at the sides and in plain 

 sight. Yet I was sold. Wlien on opening the crates in Boston 

 there was not one of them that had not been "doctored." 

 To the credit of the shipper be it said he on demand made 

 the damage good. 



The Beotious:— how many sides opeu. 



The width or style of the section has but little to do with 

 the sale of the honey in them. It is still a question which is 

 the better, a section open on two sides, or those open on four 

 sides. So far as my experience has been, I am inclined to 

 think the sections open on four sides are much the better, so 

 far as getting honey stored in them. 



In placing the starters iii the open-side sections no mistake 

 can be made in getting the foundation on the wrong side of 

 the box. The section is always right side up. 



This advantage will be appreciated when a fellow is in a 

 hurry to put starters in, or in placing sections in 'a case. 



Other styles of seotions. 



One-piece sections have not come into general use, though 

 they are destined so to do at no distant period. So far as I 

 am concerned I rather pay ten dollars per thousand for the 

 one-piece style than have the four-piece sections given me. 



I can put up half-a-dozen one-piece sections in the same 

 time it takes to put up one four-piece section. Then, again, 

 when the one-piece section is put up it keeps its position and 

 may be handled in the roughest manner. We use no glue 

 to keep the section in its proper position. 



There is so much competition in the section-manufacturing 

 business that those who offer them for sale seem to vie with 

 each other to see who can get out the nicest section and com- 

 mand the largest share of the business. So great is the com- 

 petition that each manufacturer has been obliged to introduce 

 the most improved machinery in order to hold his trade. We 

 have some sections in stock that are as near perfect as it is 

 possible, to attain. They are open on four sides, planed on 



