260 FIFTY YBAES AMONG THE BEES 



tion before taking the care necessary to avoid injurina; others. 

 But when the knife makes an ngly gash in the face of a beau- 

 tiful white section of honey, that settles it that care will be 

 taken afterward. 



PACKING SECTIONS IN SHIPPING-CASES. 



The scraper has in easy reach two shipping-cases. In one, 

 as fast as they are scraped, are put all sections that are not in 

 any way faulty, such as appear in Fig. 100. In the other are 

 put any which are a little off color, either as to comb or honey, 

 or which have some cells unsealed. These must be sold as 

 second-class at a reduction of about 2 cents a pound. In Fig. 

 101 are shown six such sections, the upper three having the best 

 side out and the lower three having the poorest side out. 



KIND OP SHIPPIXC-CASES. 



For some years I used double-tier shipping-cases holding 

 Iwenly-four sections each, the upper tier resting on a little 

 board supported by two other little boards, so that no weight 

 came upon the lower tier. A pile of such cases showed a great- 

 er proportion of honey in its surface than a pile of single-tier 

 eases, and for this reason I liked it, but it was odd goods, and 

 so I changed to single-tier cases. I have used mostly the twelve- 

 section case, as shown in Fig. 102. Bui please do not think that 

 all my honey looks as well as that in Fig. 102. The specimens 

 in Fig. 100 are fair samples, although they are possibly a little 

 below the mark. 



I have used some single-tier cases liolding twenty-four sec- 

 tions (Fig. 10.3). These are not so nice and firm to handle as 

 the smaller cases, but it costs less to pack a ton of honey in the 

 larger than in the smaller cases. Grocers who sell by the case 

 are inclined to prefer the larger case, for they say a customer 

 who buys a case at a time will as readily buy a twenty-four-sec- 

 tion case as a twelve-section case. 



I ha-\-e used several hundred safety shipping-eases, but am 

 none too sure they are worth the extra cost. 



The most difficult thing about the packing is to prevent ve- 

 neering. It seems to come so natural, when a particularly 



