. American bee journal. Bee culture; Bees. 700 THE AMERICAN BEE JOURNAL. Oct. 29, wired down. I have used largely three sizes—4 quarts, 8 quarts, and 10 quarts. These sizes hold for shipment, respec- tively, 9, 18, and 24 pounds. The last good crop of honey I procured, shipped in this way, cleared me 12J^ cents per pound, when honey was quoted in the Eastern and Western cities at from 4 to 8 cents per pound. Eugene Secor—1. One holding from 12 to 24 sections, single tier. 2. For home market, I find nothing better than glass fruit-jars—pints and quarts. My grocerymen will furnish all I want to
. American bee journal. Bee culture; Bees. 700 THE AMERICAN BEE JOURNAL. Oct. 29, wired down. I have used largely three sizes—4 quarts, 8 quarts, and 10 quarts. These sizes hold for shipment, respec- tively, 9, 18, and 24 pounds. The last good crop of honey I procured, shipped in this way, cleared me 12J^ cents per pound, when honey was quoted in the Eastern and Western cities at from 4 to 8 cents per pound. Eugene Secor—1. One holding from 12 to 24 sections, single tier. 2. For home market, I find nothing better than glass fruit-jars—pints and quarts. My grocerymen will furnish all I want to fill. I don't buy them. For shipping, I should be governed by circumstances. Jas. A. Stone—1. Single tier, 24-lb. cases, one side glassed. 2. This question cannot be answered, as what will suit one market, or one class of people, will not satisfy another at all. Every bee- keeper can educate his customers to a particular package so long as it is not too dear, and he sells at a figure that will keep out competition. J. E. Pond—1 and 2. I dou't produce honey for marketing, so I have no idea or practical knowledge on the subject. I have kept bees for amusement, exercise, and study only : usually only four or five colonies, and experiments with bees are always at the loss of crops. I never hesitate to destroy a colony in the at- tempt to prove or disprove a principle or theory, and only produce enough honey (and sometimes not that) for my own consumption. (^ct)eral ltcn)s^ Secured a Good Average. The season is now over, which was A No. 1 in this locality. I got 1,200 well filled sections from 11 colonies, spring count, and an increase of three, by drawing brood in the swarming season, but that was not untii August, and so I didn't get any surplus honey from the three young colonies, but I think 110 well filled sections per colony is a very good average; besides about 25 or oO sections half-capped over, and from these on down to nothing. John H. Rupp. Washington, Kans., Oc
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