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COMB HONEY. 



IIONKY SENT BY THE ONTARIO BEE KEEl'ERS' ASSOCIATION TO KING EDWAIJD. 

 [Note. — This would grade as Extra Fancy by the Eastern grading- rules.] 



('asi'S of unsuparatcred houty (o average not Ic s 

 ihan 23 pounds net per case of 24 sections. 



No. 1 Light 4m/(e)-.— Sections to be well filled and 

 evenly capped, except the outside row, next to the 

 wood; honey white or light amber; comb and cap- 

 plngs from white to off color, but not dark; comb 

 not projecting beyond the wood; wood to be well 

 cleaned. 



Cases of separatored honey to average 21 pounds 

 net per case of 24 sections; no section in this grade 

 to weigh less than 13!4 pounds. 



Cas(>s of half-separatored loney to average not 

 less thiiii 22 pounds net per t-ase of 24 sections. 



Cases of unseparatored honey to average not less 

 than 23 jiounds net per case of 24 sections. 



iVo. -'.—This includes all white honey, and amber 

 honey not injludcd in the above grades; sections to 

 be fairly wellfilled and capped, no more than 35 un- 

 capped cells, exi-lusive of outside row, permitted in 

 this grade; wood to be well cleaned, nu section in 

 this grade to weigh less ihan 12 ounces. 



Cases pf sejjaratored honey to average not less 

 tlian lit pounds net. 



Cases of half separatored honey to average not less 

 than 20 lbs. net per case of 24 sections. 



Cases of unseiiaratored honey to average not less 

 tlian 21 lbs. net per case of 24 seel ions. 



Notice that these rules provide for no 

 "fancy" nor No. 1 A. Some honey would 

 l)ass for one or two grades higher than that 

 provided for in the Colorado No. 1. Notice 



also that the rules discriminate against honey 

 produced without separators. This is right. 



GRADING BY PICTURES. 



Some effort has been made to grade honey 

 by means of pictures ; but nothing delinite 

 has been accomplished, as it is diflicult to 

 make photos flexible enough to take in the 

 various comb surfaces and cappings of honey 

 that can be in hub d in one grade. Tt is possi- 

 bly true plates may be used i?; connection with 

 the rules, to enable one to determine what 

 section will grade No. 1, " fancy," or No. 2; 

 for it must be understood that different 

 persons would have a different idea as to 

 whether one section should be graded as 

 No. 1 or "fancy," and a set of pictures 

 showing the idea of an expert on grading 

 might be helpful to a novice. We have giv- 

 en here a few plates that may give an idea 

 of what is meant. l>ut it should be under- 

 stood that in the pictures the unsealed cells 

 show black— much more in contrast than in 



j the actual combs themselves ; or, to put it 

 another way, any thing liut an extra fancy, 

 where no empty cells show, the pictorial 

 representations do not show up as well as 



I the real articles. 



