. American bee journal. Bee culture; Bees. ??-?? ^^^^^"^^^^^^^^ < Entered at the Post-Office at Chicago as Second-Class Mail-Matter) Published Weekly at a ¥ear by Ueorge ^^. York & Co., 334 Dearborn St. QBORae W. YORK, Editor CHICAGO, ILL, AUGUST 3,1905 VoL XLV—No. 31 (£bitortal Hotcs ^ (Eommcnts =\ \=i =/ The Fourth Double Number It will be noticed that this is another double number—32 pages—making the fourth of the kind so far this year. It will take sev- eral minutes longer to read it all, but it will pay to do it. We hope it will be enjoyed also. Marketing Honey This copy
. American bee journal. Bee culture; Bees. ??-?? ^^^^^"^^^^^^^^ < Entered at the Post-Office at Chicago as Second-Class Mail-Matter) Published Weekly at a ¥ear by Ueorge ^^. York & Co., 334 Dearborn St. QBORae W. YORK, Editor CHICAGO, ILL, AUGUST 3,1905 VoL XLV—No. 31 (£bitortal Hotcs ^ (Eommcnts =\ \=i =/ The Fourth Double Number It will be noticed that this is another double number—32 pages—making the fourth of the kind so far this year. It will take sev- eral minutes longer to read it all, but it will pay to do it. We hope it will be enjoyed also. Marketing Honey This copy of the American Bee .Journal might almost be called a special number on the very important topic of marketing honey. Results of actual experience are given, and if minutely followed by others similar successes should be attained. We bespeak a careful reading of all in this issue on marketing honey, as well as the other contents. Shipping Extracted Honey Usually extracted honey is shipped with no loss whatever. Perhaps a large majority of the producers put it into the common 5-gallon or 60-pound tin can, two cans in a wooden box. Practically all the Western extracted honey is thus put up for market. In some of the Middle States, notably Wis- consin and certain parts of Illinois, and even in New York State, much of the extracted honey is put into barrels. Where the right kind of barrels can be had, and if the pro- ducer understands the use of barrels for such purposes, they are all right. But please ex- cuse us from handling honey in barrels, espe- cially if it is to be held in storage many months before being sold to the consumer who will use it very soon. Grading Comb Honey for Market Few bee-keepers agree as to the grading of comb honey. This doubtless is the result of every bee-keeper seeming to think that his own honey is always the fanciest kind of fancy honey. At least that was our experi- ence when we were dealing somewhat exten- sively in honey. Nearly every shi
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