THE BEE-KEEPERS' REVIEW 



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I enclose photographs of my grading- samples, and you will 

 observe, mv "fancy" is not as good as yours, but the No. 2 is better. 

 I carried these sections as samples to sell by. The tall sections were 

 3->4 X 4^4 X 15-2, and the "fancy'' weighed 13 ounces when as well 

 filled as the one in the photo. 



I wish to say to J\Ir. Burnett that when he finds a section of 

 honev with no imperfection in it, I will send him a hen's tooth to 

 mark it with, and if Fred IMuth ever raises any section honey, and 

 gets wise to the business, he will not try to produce fancy honey in 

 that kind of section — or any other kind. There is more money in 

 raising No. 2. Oh! of course I hear that roar from the experts, the 

 authorities, who harp on one string: "Get better honey, and sell 



Fancy 



No. 1 

 Niver's Grading Samples. 



No. 2 



higher than your neighbor." but to get that fanc}' grade means in 

 actual practice, to crowd your l)ees until they "loaf" or swarm, and 

 you must yank ofif a section quick, when capped, or it will get trav- 

 eled over and stained, which reduces it to No. 1. no matter how well 

 filled and finished otherwise. 



No, sir! I will not strive for "fancy, but pile on the supers, get 

 a big lot of lightweights, and get more money per swarm, with less 

 work. 



The next point is, I would not produce comb honey at all. \\'hy? 

 Because the majority c)f the people cannot aliord to l)uy it as food, 



