. The Bee-keepers' review. Bee culture. 242 THE BEE-KEEPERS' REVIEW this part of the business is cheapened and simplified to the same extent as has been done with that of cell building and queen hatching, queens may be sold for a "quarter"—I guess. Some attempts have been made in this direction by hav- ing small frames, section honey boxes, for instance, for nuclei, and massing them on top of a colony of bees so that they may derive warmth from the colony; but such methods have never come into gen- eral use. It is clear to me that there would be some disadvantages. WHAT THE DEAI,ERS
. The Bee-keepers' review. Bee culture. 242 THE BEE-KEEPERS' REVIEW this part of the business is cheapened and simplified to the same extent as has been done with that of cell building and queen hatching, queens may be sold for a "quarter"—I guess. Some attempts have been made in this direction by hav- ing small frames, section honey boxes, for instance, for nuclei, and massing them on top of a colony of bees so that they may derive warmth from the colony; but such methods have never come into gen- eral use. It is clear to me that there would be some disadvantages. WHAT THE DEAI,ERS THINK OF FACING COMB HONEY. MR. MISUNDERSTOOD. , Several times I have thought of writ- ing to the commission men and honey dealers asking for their views regardi ng the "facing" of comb honey when crat- ing it for market. It seems that Bro. York not only thought of the same thing, but had the enterprise to carry it out. In his letter to the dealers, Bro. York quoted the paragraph in which Mr. Doo- little said that he could see nothing out of the way, that is, dishonest, in putting even buckwheat honey in the center of the case, and facing with white honey; provided it was to be sold on connnission. All dealers are opposed to the putting up of honey in such a way as to deceive the buyers, or to the mixing of inferior grades with those of a higher grade. I svippose that pretty nearly every one takes this view of the matter. By the way, I think that Mr. Doolittle has been entirely misunderstood in this matter by a great many. If anyone will take the pains to read carefully, they will see that Mr. Doolittle never adi'iscd the putting of buckwheat honey in the same crate with white honey. The real point of his argument seems to have been over- looked. Some one said that it was 7vrof!g to "face" cases of comb honey. Mr. Doolittle said that it was not, //the hon- ey was sold on conmiission; that it would not be wrong under such circumstances even to pu
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