. American bee journal. Bee culture; Bees. Ends without cleats are in danger of splittir self against such shipments and the result is that the loss is prorated in many instances against the good shipper as well as the poor one. This also accounts for the fact that in many instances beekeepers are dissat- isfied with returns on their honey when it left their hands in appar- ently good order. We recall one shipment of three or four barrels from the South which had been put up unripe. One barrel came, or at least one or two staves of the barrel came, most of it being left on the car floor. Anoth
. American bee journal. Bee culture; Bees. Ends without cleats are in danger of splittir self against such shipments and the result is that the loss is prorated in many instances against the good shipper as well as the poor one. This also accounts for the fact that in many instances beekeepers are dissat- isfied with returns on their honey when it left their hands in appar- ently good order. We recall one shipment of three or four barrels from the South which had been put up unripe. One barrel came, or at least one or two staves of the barrel came, most of it being left on the car floor. Another barrel was about half full, the other two were badly leaking. Another item, entering into this, is whether the honey is to be shipped in liquid or granulated form. Of course, if the beekeeper intends to hold his honey until granulated and then ship, there will be considerably less danger from loss on the road, and he could afford to use a little less strong package, although it is not desirable. In any instance, honey that is to be shipped should be of high grade, not only to guarantee its safe transport, but that it may give satisfaction at the other end. The Honey Container It would hardly be advisable for the 1" i keeper to insist upon a heavier grade of glass in choosing his glass packages. Glass containers, as made by (lie large factories, conform to certain standards and are sufficiently strong to stand freight shipments if i operly packed. Of course, there will be the usual breakage, as with all shipments of glass. In tin honey containers, the bee- keeper lias a little more choice. The ordinary friction-top pail, in the small-size pails is, of course, the bi il e. The other style of tops. loose fitting, should not be used in making shipment. All friction-top pails are usually made of the same standard of tin, so that the beekeeper cannot go far wrong if he orders any of the standard friction-top packages. It is in the S-gallon or 60-pound con-. Please note that t
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