. American bee journal. Bee culture; Bees. FIG. 6.—CREAM COLORED GOLDENROD. (SOLIDAGO BICOLOR.) (Photograph by Lovell.) Pardon me for making the asser- tion, but it requires some tact to suc- cessfully conduct a mail order trade. Much depends on the individual. There are some amusing things con- nected with it, as well as some not so amusing. One must be somewhat of a judge of human nature, and in most cases all you will have to judge from will be a letter of inquiry. It is up to you to land the order with a well written letter, and perhaps a sample of honey to convince the prospective custome
. American bee journal. Bee culture; Bees. FIG. 6.—CREAM COLORED GOLDENROD. (SOLIDAGO BICOLOR.) (Photograph by Lovell.) Pardon me for making the asser- tion, but it requires some tact to suc- cessfully conduct a mail order trade. Much depends on the individual. There are some amusing things con- nected with it, as well as some not so amusing. One must be somewhat of a judge of human nature, and in most cases all you will have to judge from will be a letter of inquiry. It is up to you to land the order with a well written letter, and perhaps a sample of honey to convince the prospective customer. Give every customer a square deal and have the same price to all. Sell quality honey. In fact, it is the only honey that will hold your customers. It is the "tie that ; Put it up in neat packages, in such a way that it will reach the cus- tomer in good order. If there is anything that will disgust a cus- tomer it is a dauby mess of honey, and if he happens to be a new one it will likely be the last order you will get from him. Give references, then demand cash with order, and stick to it. You will save money and much worry. Re- member you are dealing, in most cases, with strangers of whom you know nothing. Honor your father and mother, but not strangers' prom- ises. When you once find a good locality in which to sell honey, stick to it. Do not jump from one place to another unless you are not getting results, and remember you can't work up a mail order trade in a day. Center Junction, Iowa. Amateur Wax Rendering Hy G. C. Greiner. IN the last January number of the Schweizerische Bienen Zeitung two Schweizer brothers give their method of draining, washing, render- mg into wax, etc., of cappings from extracting combs, which is in many points identical with my way of wax- making. The main points on which we may difler is the difference in the tools we use. One brother in par- ticular is describing a method which IS primitive in the extreme. He says he makes two
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