. Gleanings in bee culture. ailroad men willkeep them right side up, because they wantthe tags on top, where they can be seen. Ipack not less than two dczen in a box, andput in four dozen when the orders call for that much. Each jar is wrapped well with paperbefore packing. I use old newspapers for thepurpose. In the picture my daughter is seen at myleft, wrapping tumblers, while I come next,packing, and my boy Arba is nailing on coversat my right. It will be seen, by looking atthe open box in the picture, that every othertumbler is placed bottom up. By packing inthis way they keep in place, a
. Gleanings in bee culture. ailroad men willkeep them right side up, because they wantthe tags on top, where they can be seen. Ipack not less than two dczen in a box, andput in four dozen when the orders call for that much. Each jar is wrapped well with paperbefore packing. I use old newspapers for thepurpose. In the picture my daughter is seen at myleft, wrapping tumblers, while I come next,packing, and my boy Arba is nailing on coversat my right. It will be seen, by looking atthe open box in the picture, that every othertumbler is placed bottom up. By packing inthis way they keep in place, and no packingis needed between them. If more honey isput up than is ordered, it should be kept,preferably, in a warm room ; but if it must bestored in a cold room it should either be pack-ed ready for shipment or else covered up close-ly in boxes to prevent their getting too coldand then sweating when placed in a warmstore, thus making the labels come off. Since writing the foregoing, Gleanings forFeb. 1st has come to PREP^RINC nOXr,V FCR SHIPMENT. 222 GLEANINGS IN BEE CULTURE. Mar. 15 On reading over the symposium in that is-sue, I see there is one point that should beexplained more fully, in justice to the methodadvocated by Mr. Deadman and myself. Ifthe honey is kept quite hot, say at 160°, dur-ing the process of filling the bottles or glass-es, it will be found that the bubbles will allrise to the top in a very short time. Now, Icontend that, as this takes place before it hastime to cool, it makes no difference at allabout its candying afterward. There will bean air-space at the top, just as in canned fruit,so the result is the same by either method. I see the editor infers by my former articlesthat I am put to some trouble in exchangingjars at the grocers on account of their gettingcandied. I will explain that, since we haveimproved our methods of putting up, the ex-change business is done away with. I nolonger need to exchange, although I stillagree to. In fact, o
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