. American bee journal. Bee culture; Bees. (Entered as second-claHs matter at the Poal-office at Hamilton. 111., under Act of March 3. 1879.) Published Monthly at $ a Year, by American Bee Journal, First National Bank Building C. p. DADANT. Editor. DR C. C. MILLER. Associate Editor, HAMILTON, ILL, JUNE, 1915 Vol. No. 6 Editorial Comments by Part-el Post A section of honey was received at Marengo, sent from Norwich, Conn., by Allen Latham. Concerning it the following note was received : "I am sending under separate covei a section of honey. I am not sending it to cause
. American bee journal. Bee culture; Bees. (Entered as second-claHs matter at the Poal-office at Hamilton. 111., under Act of March 3. 1879.) Published Monthly at $ a Year, by American Bee Journal, First National Bank Building C. p. DADANT. Editor. DR C. C. MILLER. Associate Editor, HAMILTON, ILL, JUNE, 1915 Vol. No. 6 Editorial Comments by Part-el Post A section of honey was received at Marengo, sent from Norwich, Conn., by Allen Latham. Concerning it the following note was received : "I am sending under separate covei a section of honey. I am not sending it to cause you to acquire a liking for the sumac honey, but to illustrate by example a method of sending comb honey by n ail. I have sent it many times the past winter, and have not had one instance of disaster. Four sections were sent to Chicago, and I particu larly asked that its condition be noted. I was informed that it came in perfect condition, and would have gone on to San Francisco as well. I have several times sent as many as ten sections packed this way, but feel rather shaky with the heavier packages. Ten sec- tions demand so much excelsior that the bundle approaches the limit in size. I am always careful to select a section fastened on at least three sides with cells next to the wood sealed. I should not advise trying to send sections which did not have sealed honey next the wood. "The section I am sending you was produced without separators. I do not use separators on more than a small percentage of my section honey, and question whether I have any more un- salable sections than I used to have when I used separators almost en- ; The package was mostly a bundle of excelsior, tighly wrapped. The section came in such excellent condition that it would seem that with the precau- tions taken by Mr. Latham there would be no difficulty as to such shipments. Of course, for such long distances it would hardly be feasible,for it was sent into the 5th zone, the package b
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