ADDENDUM. 



The following useful information as to marketing honey is 

 abridged from a circular issued by the Irish Bee-keepers' 

 Association : — 



RECOMMENDATIONS ASID NOTICES. 



Quality of Honey. 



It is strongly recommended that only such sections as have the comb 

 well sealed and firmly built to the wood be sent to the market. Inferior 

 or badly fastened sections should be dirained or sold in the producer's 

 immediate neighbourhood, or, if sent, they should be kept separate from 

 those of good quality, and marked separately on the invoice ; otherwise, 

 one of them may be taken as a sample of the whole, and the parcel sold 

 at a low price. 



Safe Carriage of Honey. 



To secure this, strict attention is necessary to the following points : — 



I. — The honey must be properly packed. 



Sections. — The best packing case for these is a spring travelling crate 

 to hold one dozen sections 4^ x 4^ x 2, with special waxed paper in 

 which each section may be wrapped. The use of this paper will prove 

 of great advantage, as it will prevent a leakage from one section damaging 

 the rest, while it is sufficiently transparent to show the condition of the 

 sections without opening the package. The use of ordinary paper, which 

 conceals the sections, might cause the agents to give the railway com- 

 pany a receipt for them as in good condition, when in reality they have 

 been injured. Honey well packed in these crates will be practically 

 secure, but nothing can be guaranteed regarding them. They should 

 not be fastened together, but sent separately. They must not be ordered 

 before they are required for use, or extra hire will be charged. 



Sections in ordinary fcuking cases — When these crates are not used, 

 the following directions may be found useful : — Sections must stand up- 

 right, and, if the comb is not well fastened to the bottom bar, should be 

 turned upside down. Place them carefully edge to edge, so that the 

 edge of one section cannot run into the comb of another. Then adopt 

 some means of keeping them tightly together to prevent their shaking 

 or changing their position on the journey ; a board used as a sliding 

 partition with a wedge would answer the purpose. 



Bottles. — ^Wrap each bottle separately in a piece of paper. Spread a 

 layer of hay or other soft material over the bottom of the case. On this 

 let the bottles stand, and closely press down a thick padding of the soft 



