THE BEE-KEEPERS' REVIEW 241 



NATIONAL GRADING RULES 



Adopted at Cincinnati, Feb. is, 1913. 



Sections of comb honey are to be graded: First, as to finish; second, as to color 

 of honey; and third, as to weight. The sections of honey in any given case are to be 

 so nearly alike in these three respects that any section shall be representative of the 

 contents of the case. 



I. FINISH: 



1. Extra Fancy — Sections to be evenly filled, comb firmly attached to the four sides, 

 the sections to be free from propolis or other pronounced stain, combs and cappings 

 white, and not more than six unsealed cells on either side. 



2. Fancy — Sections to be evenly filled, comb firmly attached to the four sides, the 

 sections free from propolis or other pronounced stain, comb and cappings white and not 

 more than six unsealed cells on either side exclusive of the outside row. 



3. No. I — Sections to be evenly filled, comb firmly attached to the four sides, the 

 sections free from propolis or other pronounced stain, comb and cappings wh te to 

 slightly off color, and not more than iO unsealed cells, exclusive of the outside row. 



4. No. 2 — Comb not projecting beyond the box, attached to the sides not less 

 than tvv'o-thirds of the way around and not more than 60 unsealed cells exclusive of 

 the row adjacent to the box. 



II. COLOR: 



On the basis of color of the honey, comb honey is to be classified as: first, white; 

 second, light amber; third, amber; and fourth, dark. 



III. AA'EIGHT: 



1. Heavy — No section designated as heavy to weigh less than fourteen ounces. 



2. Medumi — No section designated as medium to weigh less than twelve ounces. 



3. Light — No section designated as light to weigh less than ten ounces. 



In describing honey, three words or symbols are to be used, the first being descrip- 

 tive of the finish, the second of color and the third of weight. As for example: "Fancy, 

 white, heavy (F-W-H) ; No. 1, Amber, medium (1-A-M), etc. In this way any of the 

 possible combinations of finish, color and weight can be Ijriefly described. 



CULL HOXEY 



Cull honey shall consist of the following: Honey packed in soiled second-hand cases 

 or that in badly stained or propolized sections; sections containing pollen, honey-dew 

 honey, honey showing signs of granulation, poorly ripened, sour or '"weepnig" hoi:ey; 

 sections with comb projecting beyond the box or well attached to the box less than two- 

 thirds the distance around its inner surface; sections with more than 60 unsealed cells, 

 exclusive of the row adjacent to the box; leaking, injured, or patched up sections; sec- 

 tions weighing less than ten ounces. 



BOSTON— Fancy and No. 1 white comb, 16c Columbus, Ohio, Mav 20th, 1913. 



to 17c per lb. Fancy white extracted, lie to j^Jitor REVIEW : 

 12c. Beeswax, 30c. _,, ... , . 



BLAKE-LEE CO. rlease discontinue my advertisement 



April 7. in the June Review as the orders are 



more than I can fill at present. 



DETROIT, MICH.— Choice to fancy white Yours trulv 

 <:omb, 18 @ 20c; amber, 14 @ 16c; extracted, 



9i4@10c per lb. ToSEPH W. LlEB. 

 May 20. 



KANSAS CITY— Our market is bare of .ir ir • ■«*• ,.• 



comb honey; good demand. Supply of ex- Alialta in Michigan. 



traded fair with light demand. We quote as T„ rpo-ard tn alfalfa i> I'c cr,mpwViat 



follows: Extracted white, per pound, Sc to ,.^" regara to aitaita, it IS somewnat 



8^c; extracted amber, per pound, 7c to IVzc; dltncult to tell JUSt what benefit it Will 



beeswax, per pound, 25c to 28c. have on the future honej' yields in 



Ma 21^'ffl^' ^^^^^^^^ PRODUCE CO. Michigan. Last year I extracted some 



— - — ^ honey which was almost clear alfalfa. 



CHICAGO— The market has cleaned up We have had for several years small 



quite well on extracted honey during the past patches of it, but not until last year 



month, and prices remain about the same as ,i;j t l,r,^,,,;„r,l,r ^^^^:,.„ -,„,. k^^^c* 



in our previous quotation. The clover and ^'^^ -^ knowingly receive any benefit 



linden bringing 9c to 10 per lb. when in every irom same. A great many farmers are 



sense perfect. Other white honeys 8c to 9c putting in from five to twentv acres, 



per lb., amber grades 7c to Sc per lb. No 1 ^nd this vear the seeding will be much 



to fancy white comb honey 17c to 18c per lb., , ^1 " i. r t 1 1 • r 



•other grades from ic to oc per lb. less, with larger than betore. 1 am looking for 



very little on the market. Beeswax 30c to 32c great things from alfalfa in Southern 



per lb. and in good demand. Michie-an in the future 



R. A. BURNETT & CO., iMiv-ingdii luc luiuic. 



May 17. 173 W. South Water St. C. M. NiCHOLS, Addison, Mich. 



