.Il'NE 15. 1915 



iiito the cell where eggs 

 are looked for. To find 

 the eggs 1 sometimes 

 have to step out from 

 the shade of a tree and 

 allow the sunlight to 

 shine into the comb- 

 cells. The same advice 

 holds good in looking 

 for the scale on the 

 lower side of the cell. 

 The light should then 

 be allowed to shine on 

 the lower side wall of 

 the cells in the comb. 



If the work is al- 

 ways done in that way 

 a beekeeper is not like- 

 ly to forget the proper 

 way to hold a comb 

 and hold it as in Fia'. 

 6. 



Make a system of 

 handling combs and it 

 will become a habit 

 which will not require 

 much study to main- 

 tain. But as a rule the 



people who forget the most, dislike system, 

 although they need it the most. They would 



Fig. 4. — As the other side 

 comb rests on the top-bar. 



comes into view, lower the left hand. The 



prevent much discomfort to people connect- 

 ed with them. 



Brantford, Canada. 



NET-WEIGHT LAW A STEP IN ADVANCE 



COMMENTS 



CURRENT COLORADO 



BY J. A. GREEN 



The law requiring the marking of net 

 weight on sections of honey seems to be 

 causing a great deal of trouble and much 

 apprehension among some beekeepers. 

 "NVhile there may be some undesirable fea- 

 tures about the law, it is in the main a very 

 good one, and requires practically nothing 

 more than many beekeepers have been doing 

 for years. It will tend to enforce better 

 methods of honey production as well as 

 grading, both of which have been very much 

 needed. Tlie one who has carefully followed 

 the grading rules established by the Colora- 

 do Honey-producers' Association will find 

 it easy to go the step further required by 

 the new law. The apiarist must adopt meth- 

 ods that will result in sections as uniform 

 in weight as possible, and then assort them 

 according to weight so that there will be 

 little variation in weight between the sec- 

 tions in any case. It then becomes an easy 

 matter to stamp every section of that ease 

 with a minimum weight that will fairly 

 represent what the purchaser receives. 



I am glad to see on page 922, Dec. 1, 



1914, that R. A. Burnett is now ready to 

 recommend grading by individual weights. 

 When I advocated this in Gleanings some 

 years ago Mr. Burnett was inclined to poke 

 fun at me for going to the trouble of 

 " weighing the honey for the retailer," but 

 I felt well repaid for it in the higher price 

 I was getting for my honey. " All things 

 come to him who waits," and it is pleasant 

 to see one after another of the things we 

 old timers worked for in the past come into 

 use now, even if we do not get the credit 

 for it. 



Before I leave this subject I wish to say 

 again that it is a great pity that the major- 

 ity of honey-producers still cling to the 

 it's-width section. Many years of experi- 

 ence in comb-honey production, much of 

 this time using both sizes of section, have 

 convinced me that the narrower section, 

 seven to the foot or thereabout, will give 

 more honey, nicer honey, and more uniform 

 weights than the wider section which- was 

 adopted and continued in use merely be- 

 cau.se it happened to fit the hives and su- 



