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money, regardless of what the third or 

 fourth purchaser may do with it. As 

 Mr. Cornell lias said, the oblong section 

 is the most pleasant to the eye, and 

 looks like containing more honey. 



Next carae a discussion on the sub- 

 ject of 



The Grading of Honey. 



W. Z. Hutchinson said that the North- 

 western Association of bee-keepers had 

 adopted a set of rules for grading 

 honey, and had requested him to bring 

 these rules to the notice of the North 

 American Society for criticism and dis- 

 cussion. He then read the rules, which 

 are as follows : 



First Grade. — All sections to be well 

 filled ; combs straight, of even thick- 

 ness, and firmly attached to all four 

 sides ; both wood and comb to be un- 

 soiled' by travel-stain, or^'otherwise ; all 

 the cells sealed, and the honey of uni- 

 form color. 



Second Grade. — All sections well 

 filled, but with combs uneven or crooked, 

 detached at the bottom, or with but few 

 cells unsealed ; both wood and comb 

 unsoiled by travel-stain, or otherwise, 

 and the honey of uniform color. 



Third Grade. — Sections 1^ with wood 

 or comb, or both, travel-stained or other- 

 wise much soiled, and such as are less 

 than three-fourths filled with honey, 

 whether sealed or unsealed ; and crates 

 containing two or more colors. 



O. L. Hershiser — I notice that in the 

 last grade there is a place for sections 

 that are "much soiled," but where is 

 the place for those that are only slightly 

 soiled '? 



C. P. Dadant — That omission was 

 noticed at Chicago, after the rules had 

 been adopted, but it was not thought 

 best to open up the discussion again. 



W. Z. Hutchinson — ^We ought to have 

 something better than first grade. The 

 great bulk of honey should go into the 

 first grade, but the requirements of the 

 first grade of the^Uhicago rules are too 

 exacting for that. We ought to have a 

 different name for that grade. Call it 

 " fancy," or something of that sort, then 

 call the se'cond First, etc. 



J. E. Crane, E. R. Root and C. P. 

 Dadant all agreed with the views ex- 

 pressed by W. Z. Hutchinson, except 

 that Mr. Crane thought we ought to 

 have a greater number of grades. 



N. D. West— I think it will be well- 

 nigh impossible to get up a grading that 

 will suit all4)ersons and places. 



W. E. Clark— We cannot offord to 

 have very many grades. I think three 

 grades are enousrh. 



E. R. Root — Tt seems to me that some- 

 thing ought to be said about color. The 

 first grade ought to be white. 



W. Z. Hutchinson — That point was 

 the one that gave the Chicago folks the 

 most trouble, some taking the view ex- 

 pressed by Bro. Root, while others con- 

 tended that there was first-class buck- 

 wheat honey just as truly as there was 

 white clover or basswood. The same 

 was equally true of golden-rod, heart's- 

 ease or any colored honey. 



Upon motion of E. R. Root, a commit- 

 tee of seven, including the commission 

 men present, was appointed to formulate 

 a set of rules for grading honey. The 

 members of the committee were : G. M. 

 Doolittle, P. H. Elwood, J. E. Crane, 

 Henry Segelken. H.'R. Wright, Mr. Mc- 

 Kullough, and Mr. Killraer, of Thurber, 

 Whyland & Co. 



Next was brought up the question of 



What Ought the Government to Do in 

 Apiculture ? 



O. L. Hershiser— As the placing of a 

 bounty on sugar has lowered it in price, 

 and the price of honey is affected by the 

 price of sugar, the producer of honey 

 ought to have a bounty on honey. 



R. McKnight — Our Government grants 

 our bee-keepers' society $500 annually. 



On motion of P. H. Elwood, it was 

 voted that the Department of Agricul- 

 ture be requested to add a department 

 devoted to apiculture, and that this 

 department report to bee-keepers 

 through the North American Bee-Keep- 

 ers' Association ; also that an appropria- 

 tion be asked for to enable the North 

 American Bee-Keepers' Association to 

 meet the expenses of publishing a report 

 of its proceedings. To look after this 

 matter, the following committee was 

 appointed: P. H. Elwood, O. L. Her- 

 shiser, and J. E. Hetherington. 



Next came an essay by R. F. Holter- 

 raann, entitled : 



Some Facts Not Generally ~ Known 

 About Rendering Beeswax. 



[This was published last week on 

 page 50. — Ed.] 



E. R. Root — What is meant by a high 

 temperature and long heat ? 



R. F. Holtermanu — I am not scientific. 



C. P. Dadant— I cwould not like to 

 keep wax as hot as boiling water for a 

 long time. 



E. R. Root — We cannot keep it much 

 over 180- for a long time. 



S. Cornell — I saw some of the editors 

 were talking about boiling wax, and I 

 wanted to see if they knew what they 



