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i^ f^O raise a g-ood crop of honey cheaply, and to sell it to the best 

 advantage, are two quite different processes, requiring 

 greatly varying qualifications. Seldom do we find all of 

 these qualifications in the highest degree in one person. I 

 believe that the majority of bee-keepers are better bee-keepers than 

 they are business-men; or, perhaps, salesmen is more properly the 

 word to use. Many of them can't get far enough away from a bee 

 hive to sell the honey that has been stored in it — or think they can't. 

 Every energy is bent to the securing of a great crop; having secured 

 it, many a bee-keeper is actually puzzled as to how to put it on the 

 market in the best shape, or how, or where, to sgll. 



Of course, the first step in the marketing of honey, is its prep- 

 aration for the market. About all the preparation needed for comb 

 honey is to Clean the sections of propolis, and pack them in no-drip 

 cases with glass fronts. If it is to be sent to a distant market, and 

 the shipment is less than a car load, the cases should be packed in 

 crates. Not boxes, as these would hide the honey, but crates, with 

 slats on the side that will allow a view of the honey. A crate may be 

 made to hold nine, twelve or sixteen cases. A little straw in the 

 bottom helps to break the force of jars. The ends of a slat on each 

 side, near the top of the case, are allowed to project, and thus form 

 handles. The position of the handles shows which side up the crate 

 should be kept. In fact, these handles are so inviting that there is 

 no disposition to put the crate in a wrong position. The handles are 

 so short that it can't be "dumped" without dumping it upon the toes 

 of the carriers. Cases of honey crated in this manner never tumble 

 over, and they reach their destination free from even the finger 

 marks of a dirty hand. When honey is shipped by freight, it is 



