}\)e (§ee-)\eepeps' JAeViecu 



A MONTHLY JOURNAL 



Devoted to tl^e Iqterests of Hoqey Producers. 



$L00 A YEAR, 



W. Z. HUTCHJNSOri, EditoP & Prop. 



VOL, V, 



FLINT, MICHIGAN, MAR. 10. 1892. 



NO, 3. 



The special topie of this issue is 



The Grading of Hcqey. 



That of the next issue xjuill be 



The Sliipping of Bees, 



Dealers Object to a Fancy Grade.— Many 



Consumers are Not Particular.— Quality 



and Weight.— Selling by Sample. 



7 9 mm 



JT/HE .subject of 



grading honey 



is a very important 



one, and I was 



pleased when I 



ta^m (Jr learned that the 



^ ^^g&t^^ Northwestern con- 



Jmi irlil^ veution had taken 



'^BBi^SiL. ^^^ subject in hand 



^^3K^^^^^^ as also did the con- 



^^^^^^^^^^^Hl vention at Albany. 



prising that there 

 I was no agreement. It has too many sides to 

 [it with too many men of many minds inter- 

 j ested in it. It is not my intention at this 

 I time to give any set of rules for grading, 

 I but only to throw a little side light on this 

 subject. 



' Of all the intricate problems connected 

 I with bee keeping I believe no one has puz- 

 Izled or perplexed me more than that of 



See biographical sketch at the end of articl 



grading or selling honey. Year after year I 

 have longed to put those perfectly filled and 

 finished sections of snowy whiteness by 

 themselves as my highest grade ; those a 

 little travel-stained or slightly colored or a 

 little imperfect, in the next grade ; those 

 containing some dark honey or badly stained 

 or quite imperfect, next : and light, unfin- 

 ished sections, in still another. I have talked 

 the matter over witii wholesale dealers and 

 almost without exception they have advised 

 me to put my pet first grade with my second 

 as there would be more money in it for me 

 and less trouble in selling for them. (It 

 will be remembered that upon the committee 

 appointed by the North American convention 

 on the grading of honey, four were honey 

 dealers, some of them representing some 

 of the largest houses in the United States. 

 I wonder if there were any dealers on the 

 committee at Chicago ? If not, this may in 

 part account for the marked difference in 

 the rules adopted. ) 



[It contained dealers ; and dealers took 

 part in the prolonged discussions preceding 

 the adoption of the rules. — Ed.] 



Now, this putting those absolutely perfect 

 sections with those a little imperfect has 

 troubled me, and I have from year to year 

 asked those who handle tny honey if my 

 grading was satisfactory, and I do not now 

 remember of any one except myself who 

 was not satisfied. 



I remember some years ago tramping the 

 streets of Boston for the sole purpose of 

 looking up the retailers of my honey to learn 



