. British bee journal & bee-keepers adviser. Bees. Xov. 20. i9i; THE BllITISH BEE JOURNAL. 4GT 1 have mack' stmio loiiu', narrow trt'clt'i's of old pound carbide tins, which roqiiiro very little space Avhen in use: iind some large ones with three holes, from square cans with a ^])()ut. All ine lined with. pai-attin Max. when clean and dry, before' use. A sound cork is used to block the spout-liole when the squai'e tin is placed on its side.âH. Wtclev. ARE HONEY BUYERS DISHONEST? [8684] I wish to record my aiDjirecia- tion and thanks for your most courteous help in introducing a buyer fo
. British bee journal & bee-keepers adviser. Bees. Xov. 20. i9i; THE BllITISH BEE JOURNAL. 4GT 1 have mack' stmio loiiu', narrow trt'clt'i's of old pound carbide tins, which roqiiiro very little space Avhen in use: iind some large ones with three holes, from square cans with a ^])()ut. All ine lined with. pai-attin Max. when clean and dry, before' use. A sound cork is used to block the spout-liole when the squai'e tin is placed on its side.âH. Wtclev. ARE HONEY BUYERS DISHONEST? [8684] I wish to record my aiDjirecia- tion and thanks for your most courteous help in introducing a buyer for 4 cwt. of mj' light honey. This, surely, is real co- operation, and clearly shows that the Editors of the " ;' are bee-men first and advertisers afterwards. I trust that Mr. Menzies's lecture on marketing honey will be published. This is the positive and helpful side of bee- keeping. On the negative side I have been struck with an amazing article, entitled " In- cautious Marketing," in this month's Bee-keepers' Gazette. The implication seems to 1)e that the honey buyer or dealer who does not happen to advertise in that Journal is a dishonest person familiarly acquainted with bailiffs and " gone, left no address " methods. It is difficult to imagine more depress- ing and melancholy reading for those un- fortunate bee-keepers in the County Cork and other districts where there is a glut of honey, who are longing to find a market for their jiroduce. Encompassed on every side by pitfalls, and forced to believe that only by something approaching a miracle happening are they likely to find an honest lioney buyer. Intending buyers of Irish hone)- who had the effrontery to ask the Editor's help to get in touch with honey sellers are now described as '"childlike folk" and â¢'artists who may be quite honourable for all that we know," and, again, as "hurried or sixpence saving strangers," and, amazing to relate, the
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