AMERICAN BEE JOURNAL. 



751 



your honorable' body to allot, for a 

 creditable exhibit of the products and 

 appliances of the apiary, a just propor- 

 tion of the amount appropriated by the 

 Illinois State Legislature for the display 

 of the agricultural products of this State 

 at the Columbian Exposition, to be held 

 in the city of Chicago, in 1893. 



J. M. Hambaugh, Chairman. 

 Adopted. 



The Grading- of Honey. 



The committee appointed to formulate 

 a set of rules for the grading of honey 

 was called upon to report, when it was 

 found that not even two members could 

 be found who could agree. It seemed a 

 hopeless task to try to do anything. 

 Finally each member was called upon to 

 read over the rules for grading honey 

 which had been presented to the com- 

 mittee. After some discussion the rules 

 given by Mr. Baldridge seemed to meet 

 with the least opposition, and the Presi- 

 dent suggested that Mr. Baldridge read 

 the first section, and the Convention 

 would dicuss and vote upon it. By going 

 step by step it might be possible to agree 

 upon somethiJig — enough to make a start. 

 The point upon which there seemed to 

 be the greatest disagreement was 

 whether the wordivhite should be applied 

 when describing the first grade, it being 

 argued, with a good show of reason, that 

 there were first-grades of buckwheat 

 and Spanish-needle honey, as well as of 

 clover and basswood. On the other 

 hand it was asserted that by common 

 consent it came to be understood that 

 only white honey was first-class. The 

 following are the rules as they were 

 amended and finally adopted by the 

 Convention, for honey in the comb, 

 crated : 



First Grade. — All sections to be well 

 filled ; combs straight, of even thickness, 

 and firmly attached to all four sides ; 

 both wood and comb to be unsoiled by 

 travel-stain or otherwise ; all the cells 

 sealed, and the honey of uniform color. 



Second Geade. — All sections well 

 filled, but with combs uneven or crooked, 

 detached at the bottom, or with but few 

 cells unsealed ; both wood and comb 

 unsoiled by travel-stain, or otherwise, 

 and the honey of uniform color. 



Thied Geade. — Sections with wood or 

 comb, or both, travel-stained or other- 

 wise much soiled, and such as are less 

 than three-fourths filled with honey, 

 whether sealed or unsealed ; and crates 

 containing two or more colors. 



The Society voted to adopt the fore- 

 going rules as a whole, and to request 



the Secretary to present them to the 

 North American Bee-Keepers' Associa- 

 tion, at its next meeting, at Albany, for 

 consideration, revision, and adoption. 



Following the above rules, Mr. Bald- 

 ridge had a note, which read as follows : 



Note. — The color of the honey to be 

 known as light, medium, and dark ; the 

 crates to be unsoiled, but if otherwise, 

 the honey in such crates to be classed in 

 the next grade below the one indicated 

 in the instructions. 



Fourth Geade.— All crates filled with 

 honey not described in any of the fore- 

 going grades. 



The Convention did not see fit to 

 adopt these "notes." It felt that it had 

 done enough without that. It had made 

 a commencement. Now we have some- 

 thing to work on, to discuss, and to free 

 from fault. The adoption of these rules 

 was really the most important work done 

 by the Convention, and perhaps the most 

 important that will be done by any con- 

 vention this year. 



Best Size for Shipping-Crates. 



Very properly following the discus- 

 sion on the grading of honey, came the 

 question of the most desirable size for 

 shipping-crates. 



E. T. Abbott moved that the crates 

 should hold a single .tier, ranging in 

 weight from 12 to 4:8 pounds. 



R. A. Burnett — I should advise no 

 crates to hold more than 21: pounds. 



M. H. Mandelbaum — I quite agree with 

 Mr. Burnett in that. 



B. Walker— I would not think of using 

 any crate holding two tiers. 



Mr. Abbott's motion was then finally 

 amended and carried in this revised 

 form : 



Resolved, That the Northwestern Bee- 

 Keepers' Society advise the use of single 

 tier crates, holding 12 to 21 pounds. 



Package for Extracted-Honey. 



Mr. Mandelbaum advocated the use of 

 tin cans (60 pounds) for shipping ex- 

 tracted honey, putting two cans in a 

 case. 



O. O. Poppleton — Chas. F. Muth wants 

 nothing but barrels. 



A, N. Draper — I use empty glucose 

 barrels. I get them at the candy factory, 

 where they cost me only 50 cents. 



E. T. Abbott— My business is largely 

 the selling of honey. It is put up in the 

 Muth jars, and is sold in the liquid state. 

 If I find any beginning to candy in the 

 hands of a dealer, I take it away and 

 liquefy it. I do not like to buy honey in 

 barrels, because if the honey is candied 



