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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 FOR COMB-HONEY, 
twenty-four 1lb. 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. 
