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the combs from flies and dust when exposed for sale the 

 sections should be packed in crates having a sheet of glass in 

 front, similar to the one shown in the engraving. The cover 

 should be tight fitting, and the whole should be neatly painted. 

 It is better to affix a label to each section rather than to put 

 anything on the crate, as it might be made use of to retail 

 other honey from. A price can be put on the crates when 

 selling the honey, and made returnable. I find crates holding 



Fig. 114.- SHIPPING CRATE AND SHOW CASE FOE COHB-HONET. 



twenty-four lib. sections a handy size. Care should be taken 

 that the sections next the glass are a fair sample of the rest, 

 and every section should be full and the combs completely 

 capped, or it is likely there will be leakage. 



BENEFITS OF CO-OPERATION. 



The whole question of the most suitable and effective manner 

 of placing the honey crop of any particular district upon the 

 market, as well as the more general one of promoting by 

 judicious means a more extensive consumption of honey, is one 

 which peculiarly calls for the co-operation of the bee-keepers 

 concerned. There are few matters in which a local association 

 can make itself more useful than in deciding such points ac- 

 cording to the local circumstances ; obtaining the best in- 

 formation for its members, with samples of the sorts of packages 

 used in different places ; and then, by a joint action, obtaining 

 the most suitable kinds for all who require them, on the most 

 favourable terms. 



