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row next to the wood. Honey, comb and cappings from white to 

 amber, but not dark. Wood to be well cleaned; no section in this 

 grade to weigh less than twelve ounces. 



No. 2. 



"This grade is composed of sections that are entirely capped, 

 except row next to wood, weighing from ten to twelve ounces, also 

 of such sections that weigh 12 ounces or more and have not more 

 than 50 uncapped cells altogether, which must be filled. Comb and 

 cappings from white to amber in color and not dark ; wood to be 

 well cleaned. 



No second hand cases to be used for any of the above grades. 



ZIXTBACTED HONEV. 



"]\Iust be thoroughly ripened, weight 1'3 pounds per gallon. It 

 must be well strained and packed in new cans. It is classed as 

 white, light amber and amber. 



STRAINED HONEY. 



'Ts honey obtained from combs by all other means except the 

 centrifugal extractors and is classed as white, light amber, amber 

 and dark and must be thoroughly ripened and well strained. It 

 may be put up in cans that previously have contained honey. 



GRADING INSTRUCTIONS. 



''The aim of establishing grading rules is to secure uniformity 

 in the methods of packing and grading and thereby make it pos- 

 sible to put on the market a product of such excellence that careful 

 buyers will pay top prices for it. 



"A few brief directions are deemed necessary to the parties 

 doing the actual work of preparing, grading and packing. 



"In removing filled supers the smoker must be kept well filled 

 so no ashes will spot the cappings. Robber bees must be kept from 

 them and when piling supers up in the honey house, one or several 

 sheets of newspaper should be used between supers, to catch any 

 possible drip and keep out dust and ants. 



"The shipping case adopted as the standard by the Colorado 

 State Bee-Keepers' Association is the double tier case with glass 

 front, holding S-t sections, 4^'" x 4>:j/' x l^/g" each. L'se slim cement 

 coated flat-head nails one inch long for nailing cases, put the best 

 looking side of grooved front strips to the outside and select the 

 best and smoothest finished boards for covers. If bottoms or cover 

 boards should project, they must be planed off. This is necessary 

 for proper loading. A sheet of plain paper goes into the bottom of 

 the case, forming a tray. On top of this belongs a sheet of corru- 

 gated cardboard, corrugations up. On top of the lower tier of sec- 



