sealed and light in colour being placed in the first grade. 

 Those net so well worked to the bottom and sides or which 

 are dark in colour, will make a second grade, while any only 

 partially filled must be given back to the bees to finish, unless 

 the " honey flow " has ceased, in which case they must be 

 emptied by the extractor.* All propolis must be scraped care- 

 fully from the woodwork of the sections, which, if not already 

 sold, should be protected from dust by tying them in packages 

 of four or six in clean paper and storing them in a dry, warm, 

 dark cupboard. Care must be taken not to place any material 

 having a strong odour near a honeycomb, or it will spoil the 

 flavour of the honey. 



Packing Sections. — If the sections are sold to wholesale 

 dealers no further preparation is needed. To pack them sO' as 

 to travel safely, not more than three dozen should be put into 

 one package. 



A satisfactory nlethod of packing is as follows: — (1) Pro- 

 cure a strong wooden box, bore two holes in each end, about 

 one-third down, and knot fii-mly into them rope handles by 

 which the box can be safely and easily lifted ; (2) put a deep 

 bed of straw in the bottom of the box and on this place, quite 

 close together, a layer of the wrapped-up packages of sections, 

 leaving at least two inches between the sides of the box and 

 the sections : this space must be filled with straAV, tightly 

 pressed in, and, to prevent possible damage to the comb, the 

 ends of the packages must be protected by pieces of cardboard 

 or thin wood ; (3) continue with layers of packages, filling in 

 round the sides as before until within about two inches of the 

 top; (4) then fill up tightly with straw, and screv) on the lid. 

 Pig. 2 shows the method of packing three dozen sections in a 

 Tate cube sugar box. The sections are tied in packages of 

 six. One side of the box has been removed to show the sec- 

 tions and straw in position. The bottom bed of straw should 

 be very deep to prevent the sections being jarred when the box 

 is set down. For small consignments of one dozen sections 

 it is better to use a spring travelling crate (Fig. 4). Packages 

 should be plainly labelled: " Comb-honey, With Great Cai-e."' 



Retailers of honey-comb prefer to have the sections sent to 

 them glazed, the comb being thus preserved from injury by 

 careless handling, and, which is still more important, kept 

 free from the dusty impurities unavoidably present in shops. 



Glazing the Sections. — For glazing sections, glass cut to 

 the correct size may be purchased from any dealer in bee 

 apphances, together with the strips of lace paper edging, 

 which, when pasted round the angle formed by the glass and 

 wood, serve to fix the glass in position. In country towns the 

 local glacier will gladly cut up waste glass to the small size 



* See Leaflet No. 128 (Advice to Beginners in Beekeeping) included 

 in this vcluii ?. 



