MARKETING THE HONEY CROP 



knife. Unless you are careful, there will be 

 more or less gashing of the surfaces of the 

 sections with its resulting drippings, which 

 will make them sticky and unsightly, and 

 greatly reduce their value. Though there is 

 no reason why there should not be a universal 

 rule for grading comb honey, certain rules 

 prevail of a twofold character, known as 

 "Rules for Western Beekeepers," and "Rules 

 for Eastern Beekeepers." 



The Eastern Grading Rules read as fol- 

 lows : — 



Fancy. — All sections well filled : combs 

 straight, firmly attached to all four sides; combs 

 unsoiled by travel stain or otherwise; all the 

 cells sealed except an occasional one ; the outside 

 surface of the wood well scraped of propolis. 



A No. 1. — All sections well filled except the 

 row of cells next to the wood; combs straight; 

 one-eighth part of the comb surface soiled, or 

 the entire surface slightly soiled; the outside 

 surface of the wood well scraped of propolis. 



No. 1. — All sections well filled except the 

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