. British bee journal & bee-keepers adviser. Bees. 74 THE BRITISH BEE JOURNAL. [February 12, 1891. up, with care,' dispatch by goods train. We have only to add that sections in transit should stand the same side up as when on the hives, so that any odd unsealed cells may not drip and cause the honey to run over the face of the comb. The only exception to this rule is when the comb is not well secured to the bottom of section, in which case it should travel bottom upwards. If the above instruc- tions are faithfully carried out there is little risk of breakage. Extracted honey is, of course,
. British bee journal & bee-keepers adviser. Bees. 74 THE BRITISH BEE JOURNAL. [February 12, 1891. up, with care,' dispatch by goods train. We have only to add that sections in transit should stand the same side up as when on the hives, so that any odd unsealed cells may not drip and cause the honey to run over the face of the comb. The only exception to this rule is when the comb is not well secured to the bottom of section, in which case it should travel bottom upwards. If the above instruc- tions are faithfully carried out there is little risk of breakage. Extracted honey is, of course, less liable to damage than comb. With it the chief trouble is to prevent leakage, in order to avoid the messy, untidy appearance, so objectionable to the tradesman on whose counter the honey has to stand. Almost any kind of covering we can name, short of careful capsuling, will leak if honey jars are laid on their sides for a few hours, and this makes it necessary to pay special atten- tion to packing, so that boxes are not liable to be turned over in the rail journey. The best preventive we know of against this trouble is to make the package too heavy for one man to lift so easily as to toss it about. When two pair of hands do the lifting, and a bold label is affixed to the top, worded—' This side _ up,' sufficient care is generally taken to keep it right. Good screw-cap jars with cork wads are now so much in favour with honey-buyers, and withal are such a saving of labour to the packer, that the parchment covers largely used a few years ago are gradually dropping out of use. In packing jars of honey each one should be wrapped in separate paper, and laid on a layer of hay or soft straw, two or three inches thick, each jar having just as much (or as little) of packing around it as prevents the glass from touching. When the bottom of the box is full, the sides and the spaces between the jars are packed so tight as to keep the latter in an upright position. In preparing for se
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