. American bee journal. Bee culture; Bees. Jan. 3, 1907 American Hee Journal but when it understands that we were hon- estly of the opinion that it was advocating that DO queen should ever be allowed to live until 2 years old, it may possibly absolve us ?from the charge of hypercriticism in object- ing to such advocacy. It is a thing to be desired to be in accord so far as possible with .our bright contemporary. Shipping Comb Honey We were recently requested to call and ex- amine a shipment of about 160 cases of comb honey that was received from a Wyoming bee-keeper by a Chicago honey-dealer.
. American bee journal. Bee culture; Bees. Jan. 3, 1907 American Hee Journal but when it understands that we were hon- estly of the opinion that it was advocating that DO queen should ever be allowed to live until 2 years old, it may possibly absolve us ?from the charge of hypercriticism in object- ing to such advocacy. It is a thing to be desired to be in accord so far as possible with .our bright contemporary. Shipping Comb Honey We were recently requested to call and ex- amine a shipment of about 160 cases of comb honey that was received from a Wyoming bee-keeper by a Chicago honey-dealer. It was fine alfalfa honey, put up in the usual 24- pound shipping-cases, and then two of the cases were fastened together by light strips at the corners, thus making each package be- tween 50 and 60 pounds. That was all the preparation made to ship that honey perhaps 1500 miles. Well, it arrived just as any experienced shipper of comb honey would expect—fully half of the combs broken out of the sections. We do not find that particular shipper's name among the readers of the American Bee Journal, or he would have known better than to ship comb honey in the way he did. Doubt- less he doesn't read any bee-paper. But he probably has lost enough on that one ship- ment of honey to pay his subscription to all the bee-papers in this country for the next 25 y«ars. We have so often published explicit direc- tions for preparing comb honey for shipment that it would seem hardly necessary to tell it Again, bat we find that on account of the many new readers that are constantly being added to our list, it is well to repeat impor- tant directions that, if heeded, may mean the saving of many dollars to a number of our readers. After comb honey has been put in shipping- eases, the cases should be put into crates, or carriers, holding from 6 to 9 of the shipping- cases. But before putting the eases into a the ends of the crate about 4 or 6 inches. These extensions will serve as handles for th
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