. American bee journal. Bee culture; Bees. April, 191 r. American Vee Journal prohibiting the shipping of wormy or cull fruit, and other Western States will soon have the same. We shall have to have the same thing in regard to honey; it is coming just as surely as anything. When cull fniit is shipped to a distant market, the loss from rotting is very great, and comb honey insecurely fastened to the wood breaks out in shipment, and poorly finished combs are handled over so much that often the last few combs in a case are discarded by the grocer. This is not honest, and it is not good business,
. American bee journal. Bee culture; Bees. April, 191 r. American Vee Journal prohibiting the shipping of wormy or cull fruit, and other Western States will soon have the same. We shall have to have the same thing in regard to honey; it is coming just as surely as anything. When cull fniit is shipped to a distant market, the loss from rotting is very great, and comb honey insecurely fastened to the wood breaks out in shipment, and poorly finished combs are handled over so much that often the last few combs in a case are discarded by the grocer. This is not honest, and it is not good business, and we as bee-keepers owe it to ourselves to improve our methods so that cull honey will be almost a negligible quantity in our yards. We do not need to feeil, as many do, when better equipment is urged and bet- ter grading insisted on, that it is money being taken out of our pockets. It is pos- sible that the initial expense may be a little more, but the cumulative effect of putting an absolutely honest and intelli- gently produced crop of honey on the market, year after year, is going to boost the price beyond what most of us think is a top price. I am going to tell of a little incident showing how the public appreciate special efforts to make progress in the industry. The Colorado Hone>'-Producers' Associa- tion was making an exhibit at the Inter- State Fair, in Denver, and Mr. Frank Rauehfuss, the manager, was spending part of the time caring for the exhibit A gentleman who had been admiring the display of comb and bottled honey asked if he could not purchase some, and when told that he could, said he would like 3 sections of that fine white honey. Now, Mr. Rauehfuss was going to charge him about 20 cents apiece for them, but our friend handed him a dollar (!) and said he thought the honey was well worth that, and that he was glad to know there were bee-keepers who were raising the standard of their product to such a high level. Human nature is slow to adopt new ways. We
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