THE BEEKEEPER'S REVIEW 



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National Grading Rules 



Adopted at Cincinnati, Feb. 13, 1913 



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

 as to color of lioney; and third, as to weight. Tlie sections of honey in 

 any given case are to be so nearly alike in these respects that any section 

 shall be representative of the contents of the case. 



I. FINISH: 



1. JOXTRA FANCY — Sections to be evenly filled, comb firmly attaclied 

 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 fiee from piopolis 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. 1 — 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 to slightly off color, and not more than 40 unsealed 

 cells, exclusive of the outside row. 



4. NO. 2 — Comb not • projecting beyond the box, attached to the sides 

 not less than two-thirds of the way around and not more than 60 unsealed 

 cells exclusive of the row adjacent tC) 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. WEIGHT: 



1. HEAVY — No section designated as heavy to weigh less than four- 

 teen ounces. 



2. MEDIUM — No section designated as mdium 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 descriptive of the finish, the second of color and the third of weiglit. 

 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 finisii, color 

 and w-eight can be briefly described. 



CULL HONEY 



Cull honey shall consist of the lollowing: Honey packed in soiled 



second-hand cases or that in badly stained or propolized sections; sec- 

 tions containing pollen, honey-dew lioney, honey showing signs of granula- 

 tion, poorly ripened, sour or '''wee! ing" honey; sections with comb pro- 

 jecting beyond the box or well attached to the box less than two-third.3 

 the distance around its inner siuface; sections with more than 60 un- 

 sealed cells, exclusive of the row ai jacent to the box, leaking, injured, oi 

 patched up sections; sections weigi ing less than ten ounces. 



DENVER— J3emand for well graded 

 Comb Honey has been very good and 

 we are pretty well cleaned up. Our 

 Jobbing pi'ices are $3.00 per case lor 

 number one white. $2.85 for choice and 

 ?:i.70 for number two. 



Jobbing prices on extracted honey are 

 now 8%c, 9c for white, 7M>c, SVic for 

 light amber. Beeswax, we pay 3Uc per 

 pound in cash and 32c in trade for clean 

 yellow, delivered here. 



The Colorado Honey Producers' Assn. 

 F. RAUCHFUSS, Mgr. 



CHICAGO— Comb honey is firmly 

 held, all grades selling fairly well. Tlie 

 choice to fancy grades bringing lOc to 

 17c per lb. where the wood attached to 

 the comb is allo\\ed foi'. The amber 

 grades range from Ic to 3c per lb. less. 

 There is no surplus of desirable grades 

 up to the present time. 



Extracted white clover, linden and 

 water white sage sells at 9c per lb. to 

 to 10c. with other white grades ranging 

 from 7c to Sc per lb. Ambers of fine 

 flavor 7c to 8c per lb. with the less de- 

 sirable grades and flavors from 5c to 



6c per lb. Beeswax 31c to 33c per lb. 

 Yours truly, 

 R. A. BUIINETT & CO., 

 173 W. South Water St. 

 Nov. 19. 



Honey AVanted 



The list below are Producers who 

 have sold out their own production 

 and desire to buy honey to supply 

 their increasing demand, listed in 

 this column without charge. Dealers 

 can be listed in this department at 

 the regular advertising rate of 50c 

 each insertion. 



James T. Johnson, R. F. D. No. 1, 

 Percy, 111. 



Henry J. Zinn, 1135 Who. Ave., P'orty 

 Fort, Pa. 



Rocky Mountain Bee Co,. Forsythe, 

 Montana 



H. H. Thale, Maywood, Mo. 



E. S Smith, Westville, Ind. 



