THE BEE-KEEPERS' REVIEW. 



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bulging combs to avoid oil the one hand, 

 and light weights 011 the other, it is nec- 

 essary for each bee-kee])er to kmnv what 

 he is about, which he can do, in this case, 

 only by personal observation. 



UKSCRll'TION ol' SECTIONS. 



1 — I. White comb, completely capped; 

 full weight; surface straight, and even 

 clear to the wood all around; two small 

 pop-holes below. 



I — 2. White comb, with a scarcely per- 

 ceptible tinge toward the bottom ( in the 

 photograph, this section is upside down); 

 completely capped, full weight; surface 

 and pop-holes as in i — 1. 



1 — 3. White comb, with a i/Zi,'/// water- 

 soaked appearance along the bottom, and 

 a very slight tinge of yellow; completely 

 capped; good weight; comb slightly 

 rounding, with the outside row of cells 

 along the top and sides on a slightly low- 

 er level than the others. 



1 — 4. Shows a good white appearance, 

 with a slight tinge of yellow; completely 

 capped; good weight; surface slightly 

 tapering next the wood; four pop-holes; 

 two scarcely noticable. 



I — 5. Color not just white, but not 

 much stained — some of the cells show a 

 water color in a small part of their sur- 

 face, which gives a somewhat darker ap- 

 pearance as a whole than the others; all 

 capped except about half a dozen cells at 

 the bottom; good weight; straight surface, 

 clear to the wood, except that the bottom 

 projects a little beyond the surface of the 

 comb, though not beyond the edge of the 

 scallop; four pop-holes. 



I — 6. Very slightly propolis-stained; 

 Noine of outside row of cells unsealed; 

 weight a trifle under medium; .straight 

 surface, roun<ling off around the edges; 

 three fair-sized [K)p-holes. 



2 — I. Slight tinge of yellow; outside 

 row of cells mostly unsealed; weight a 

 trifle under medium; surface straight, 

 roundijig off at edges; four pop-holes, 

 three rather large, one scarcely noticeable. 



2 — 2. I'airly white comb, with slight 

 propolis-stain near top; alx)ut one-half of 

 out-side cells unsealed; weight medium; 



surface mostly straight, a little irregular 

 at edges, with a burr-comb near the top ; 

 one pop-hole; wood slightlj' stained. 



2 — 3. Rather white comb; eighteen or 

 twenty unsealed cells near the top; rather 

 light weight; surface somewhat rounding, 

 and rather far back from the edges of the 

 wood; two pop-holes, one small; some 

 .stain on wood. 



2 — 4. Good white comb, very slight 

 yellow tinge at top; outside cells mostly 

 .sealed; full weight; surface projecting ].% 

 inch beyond wood, showing abrasions, 

 and not quite level; three pop-holes; wood 

 not much stained. 



2 — 5, Dark comb ( from our point of 

 view ) /. e. relatively dark, but not abso- 

 lutely so — prominently yellowed by pro- 

 polis; most of outside cells unsealed; good 

 weight; surface straight, rounding at 

 edges, burr-comb near top; four small pop- 

 holes; some stain on wood. 



2 — 6. Darkish yellow, not quite so in- 

 tense as 2-5; outside cefls sealed except at 

 bottom, where they have no honey at all, 

 which, together with large pop-holes, 

 makes inferior attachment; weight under 

 medium; surface straight, rounding oflF 

 at edges; four pop-holes, one rather large; 

 some stain on wood.' 



The average of the second grade 

 sections shown is rather below the 

 average of our second grade honey as 

 it actually exists; but the sections are well 

 adapted to bring out the points involved. 



The committee did not designate what 

 constitutes cull honey; but on discussing 

 this with Mr. F. Rauchfuss, we agreed 

 that it should include all combs having 

 more than one-third of one side unsealed; 

 those verv badly s])otted with propolis, 

 especially the red variety (this is a very- 

 small percentage i; those not sufficiently 

 attached for shipment, including those 

 in which the top or bottom bar has be- 

 come accidently detached from the comb; 

 wood badly mildewed ( quite exceptional ) ; 

 connected combs, or those very bulging, 

 or having very prominent burr-combs, or 

 leaking badly, or cracked from any cause; 

 and those averaging less than 18 pounds 

 net per case. 



