. The illustrated Australasian bee manual and complete guide to modern bee culture in the southern hemisphere. With this is incorporated the "New Zealand bee manual" greatly enlarged, revised and mostly rewritten. Bees. BEE MANUAL. 243 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 us
. The illustrated Australasian bee manual and complete guide to modern bee culture in the southern hemisphere. With this is incorporated the "New Zealand bee manual" greatly enlarged, revised and mostly rewritten. Bees. BEE MANUAL. 243 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. CEATE AND SHOW CASE FOE, COffiB-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 Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original Hopkins, Isaac, 1837-1925. Aucklan
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