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AMERICAN BEE JOURNAL. 



Standard Grades for Comb Honey, 



Query 826.— 1. Is it desirable and feasible 

 to have standard grades for comb honey ? 2. 

 If so, how many grades 3. Epitomize your 

 idea regarding it, if possible.— Randolph. 



No. — Mrs. L. Harrison. 



I am not competent to answer the 

 above questions. — M. Mahin. 



1. Yes. 2. Not more than about 

 three grades. — C. H. Dibbern. 



1. Yes. 2. Three grades. 3. "Fancy," 

 No. 1 and No. 2. — H. D. Cutting. 



I think it will be hard to get a set of 

 grades to suit all locations. — E. France. 



3. It is hardly possible. Most bee- 

 keepers will follow their own inclina- 

 tions. — G. M. Doolittle. 



See late numbers of the various bee- 

 periodicals. I have my doubts. Men 

 differ so much. — A. J. Cook. 



1. It would be very desirable, but 

 exceedingly difficult to perfect a plan 

 that would suit all locations. — J. P. H. 

 Brown. 



1. Yes. 2. "I don't know." 3. I 

 don't want to. I havn't time to fool 

 away on something I know so little 

 about. — A. B. Mason. 



We fear it will be difficult to come to 

 an understanding. We are willing to 

 accept what the majority may wish as 

 standard. — Dadant & Son. 



1. It is feasible, and perhaps desir- 

 able. 2. About five, as follows: Fancy, 

 No. 1 White, No. 1 Amber; No. 2 

 White, No. 2 Amber.— R. L. Taylor. 



1. Yes. 2. Two. 3. So much has 



been written upon this subject recently, 



that I should not feel justified in taking 



• space here to repeat it. — Mrs. J. N. 



Heater. 



1. It is desirable, whether feasible or 

 not. It is feasible, too, I think. 2. As 

 few grades as possible. 3. This matter 

 has already been discussed fully in the 

 bee-papers. — Eugene Secor. 



2. I would have but two grades. 3. 

 The finely capped combs with best 

 quality of honey should constitute 1st 

 grade. All other combo should go into 

 2d grade. — G. L. Tinker. 



1. It is certainly desirable, and I 

 think feasible. 2. I don't know. It will 

 take some discussion to decide. 3. Have 

 grades independent of color or quality, 

 and then add the latter. — C. C. Miller. 



1. Yes. 2. I think four are all that 

 are desirable. 3. My ideas on the sub- 

 ject have been given already in the 

 various bee-periodicals too fully and 

 frequently to repeat them here. — James 

 A. Green. 



1. No. Honey is a natural product, 

 and I protest against the thoughtless 

 attempt to put honey on a level with the 

 painted trash of the dishonest adultera- 

 tors. Nature alone can grade honey. — 

 G. W. Demaree. 



1. Yes ; and also to keep the honey 

 well up to that grade. 2. I think three, 

 though more may perhaps in some cases 

 be advisable. 3. 1st grade, the finest ; 

 2d grade, good, but with some imperfect 

 cells, and a little discolored ; 3d, dark, 

 though clean. — J. E. Pond. 



1. I think that the person running 

 machinery is the one to improve it, as 

 well as the manufacturer of machinery ; 

 so I would refer you to some of the 

 large dealers in comb honey. 2. From 

 my judgment, I would say three grades 

 3. I do not feel able to abridge the idea. 

 — Mrs. Jennie Atchley. 



I have given this lately-agitated sub- 

 ject no thought. I would imagine, 

 however, that different bee-keepers 

 would have about 20 different grades in 

 each "grade," so that, after all, no one 

 could tell where one grade left off and 

 another began. The buyers must fix 

 grades in their minds, and they grade 

 our honey themselves, the same as 

 wheat, etc. — James Heddon. 



1. Yes. 3. Where every section is 

 perfect, call it " Gilt Edge ;" where a 

 little at variance, call it No. 1. Rough 

 and partially filled, stained, etc., No. 2 ; 

 always naming the kind of honey in con- 

 nection with the grade. For instance: 

 Should your honey be clover, grade it as 

 gilt-edge clover honey; No. 1 clover 

 honey ; and No. 2 clover honey. With 

 other kinds, let them be graded likewise. 

 — J. M. Hambaugh. 



1. Yes. 3. Grade according to the 

 rules of the North American Bee-Keep- 

 ers' Association. Two grades of white 

 honey, one of mixed (light and dark), 

 including fall flowers, which is almost 

 always mixed with early honey, and one 

 grade for buckwheat honey. Good, 

 pleasant flavor, of course, is always un- 



