300 THE BEE-KEEPERS' REVIEW 



The committee for preparing the rules and regulations in ac- 

 cordance with the provisions of this act has been appointed. The 

 Bureau of Chemistry is investigating and collecting certain data for 

 presentation to this committee. In order to obtain information 

 which we think particularly applicable, I am giving a number of 

 questions on which I should like your opinion. I would deem it a 

 great favor if you would reply to each question under its specific 

 number. Any further information or suggestions other than covered 

 in these questions would be greatly appreciated and would receive 

 careful consideration from the committee. 



(The quest'ons submitted here follow, and it is hoped that our 

 readers who are posted along the line of information requested will 

 write the Bureau of Chemistry at Washington, the desired informa- 

 tion. 



It is important that the needs of our industry be properly set 

 forth at this time, for it will be much easier to get our wants at the 

 start, than it will to get some mistake correced laer. The questions 

 can be answered by number and are as follows:) 



1. What is your custom in regard to the selling of extracted 

 honey and comb honey? Do you sell the former by weight or 

 measure? Do you sell the latter by section or by weight? 



2. What is the custom in regard to the buying of the bulk pro- 

 duct, whether by weight, measure or so many sections? 



3. From your experience, what do you find are reasonable tol- 

 erances in regard to weight or measure, and are these variations 

 always on one side or are they as often above as below? Can you 

 explain why your condition in this regard exists? 



4. We should be very glad to have a copy of any record of 

 actual experimental weighings or measurings of the individual pack- 

 ages of your product, viz., extracted honey and comb honey. 



5. Do you pack your extracted honey by hand or by machine? 

 If by machine, what one is used? Have you had any experience 

 from which you could give an opinion as to the process (by hand 

 or by machine) which gives the greatest range of variation in the 

 individual package? 



G. Are there any trade usages with which you are familiar re- 

 garding the weight of a gallon of extracted honey? 



7. What would you consider constituted a gallon of extracted 

 honey ? 



a. Would it be a certain volume? 



b. Would it be a certain weight? 



c. Would it be a certain volume of a certain density? 



d. Would it be a certain weight of a certain density? 



