THE BEE-KEEPERS' REVIEW 



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The place where J. B. Holsinger of Johnstown, Pa., keeps sweet. 

 A nice looking apiary, friend Holsinger. 



"You say that the Colorado rules might be unjust to the Col- 

 orado bee-men when Number 1 honey is sold as fancy grade. There 

 may be something in this but very little. Colorado honey sold intel- 

 ligently brings as near what it is worth as any. We now have a 

 fancy grade, however, which is just our Number 1 white, called a 

 fancy grade. It may help the buyers some in knowing what they 

 are getting. Of course now our Number 1 grade may be sold as 

 fancy too, but if the principle of giving the buyer no better goods 

 than he expects from the average honey producer is adopted by all, 

 where is the improvement in methods to come in? There is one 

 thing sure : the bee-keepers of the country never march as one solid 

 phalanx. There are some who have to do the pioneering in intelli- 

 gent grading, and out in the west we have found that it pays when 

 the buyers once find out what you have got. Maybe you will get 

 the shiftless man's price one year, but it don't last forever. 



■'I believe that National grading rules are a possibility, but they 

 should recognize the standard section, full separatored and packed 

 in the double tier shipping case only. Grading rules cannot be made 

 for every size and style of section. 



"The Colorado rules may not be perfect, but they have been 

 adopted, amended and discussed by more extensive producers than 

 any others. They are the result of experience both on the producing 

 and selling side with the market at the best price ever in mind." 



Mr. Isaac V. Lobdell, of Troy, N. Y., is well pleased with the 



