. British bee journal & bee-keepers adviser. Bees. July 15; 1883.] THE BRITISH BEE JOURNAL. 101 form, and at a price not exceeding la. a-pound for ex- tracted, and la, id. a-pound for section, which prices I am inclined to think are both fair and remunerative in a plentiful season like the present. At the same time I consider exceptionally good honey will in bad seasons command a higher price. I am endeavouring to obtain estimates for a cheaper supply of white bottles of 1-lb. and 2-\h. size, and I think that much trouble and expense of carriage may be saved by having the extracted honey s
. British bee journal & bee-keepers adviser. Bees. July 15; 1883.] THE BRITISH BEE JOURNAL. 101 form, and at a price not exceeding la. a-pound for ex- tracted, and la, id. a-pound for section, which prices I am inclined to think are both fair and remunerative in a plentiful season like the present. At the same time I consider exceptionally good honey will in bad seasons command a higher price. I am endeavouring to obtain estimates for a cheaper supply of white bottles of 1-lb. and 2-\h. size, and I think that much trouble and expense of carriage may be saved by having the extracted honey sent up to the depot in bulk, in tin cans, where it can lie tested as 1o quantity and quality, and then be transferred to bottles and de- livered out to the huge purchasers under something like a guarantee as to purity, when it would easily compete with the so-called honey now occupying the market, at a price apparently much lower. There will be some expenses in connexion with the business, which should, I think, be met by a grant f n an t he County Associations, and I have already received a promise from one of them of 1^. for this purpose, and shall be glad to hear of more. A similar grant from each woidd form a fund enabling the Committee to do justice to the cause without trenching- on any other resources. Before the issue of the 1st August Journal the matter will have made further progress, and I shall hope to put more definite plans before the Secretaries of the several Associa- tions.—I). Stewart, Knockhnlt, Seventieths, July 12, 1888. BRITISH BEE-KEEPERS' ASSOCIATION'S MODERN BEE-KEEPING SERIES.* No. I.—SuErs. The moveable-comb hive (ftdly described in Modern Bee-keeping) offers so many advantages over those with fixed combs, that the British Bee-keepers' Association is labouring for its introduction amongst all classes of bee- keepers ; but as the straw skep, owing to its cheapness, is still largely used by cottagers in this country, a description will be given of t
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