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WESCOBEE YELLOW HONEY DRUM
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Overview
Yellow cylindrical metal drum with screw cap covered hole and handle on top.
In black lettering is "WESCOBEE PURE HONEY AMBER/ PRODUCT OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA/ PACKED BY/ THE W.A. HONEY POOL/ 60LB. NET WEIGHT"
Historical information
Associated with the Cook family, who had established an apiary at Coondle in the Toodyay district by 1902.
Details
Details
Registration number
cwa-org-37-2001.899
Item type
Width
360 mm
Height or length
267 mm
Inscriptions and markings
SIMPSON and ADELAIDE is pressed into the base.
Contextual Information
27.2 kilograms = 60 pounds weight
Western Australian beekeepers created the WA Honey Pool in 1924 in order to offer an alternative avenue to market their produce which was, until that time, sold under merchant (buyers) brand names.
Within a few years, a plant had been constructed on the site of the Westralian Farmers Co-Op headquarters.
A competition to obtain a suitable name to “brand” the honey was conducted through the newspapers with the result that “Wescobee” brand was decided. The new brand name was made up of the words West Australian Co-operative Beekeepers.
