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enters interstate commerce be marked with the net weight. 

 This is construed to mean the weight exclusive of the wood 

 but including the wax. Sections have quite commonly 

 been called "one-pound sections," but unless a comb is 

 exceptionally well filled it does not weigh a full pound. Bee- 

 keepers have usually sold these by the piece but the con- 

 suming public has known little of the actual weights. The 

 name "one-pound section" is incorrect and should be 

 dropped. This law will benefit the beekeepers who use 

 full-size sections and will help to expose the few who have 

 been using undersizes. 



In grading comb-honey some beekeepers place the sec- 

 tions directly into shipping cases, but since the picture of 

 each grade is a mental one only, it is perhaps preferable 

 to make separate piles of each grade where they can be seen 

 throughout the grading. Of course when similar sections 

 enough to fill a case are ready they may be cased, marked 

 and prepared for shipment. It will be found advantageous, 

 especially to the retailer, to make smaller sub-grades to 

 give greater uniformity to the contents of each case. 



Shipping cases. 



The case for shipping comb-honey which is most com- 

 monly used is one holding 24 sections in one tier (Fig. 138), 

 but a two-tier case is preferred by many western beekeepers. 



Other types are used 

 for certain local mar- 

 kets. It is customary 

 also to make the 

 shipping cases with 

 glass fronts so that the 

 case may be used for 

 displaying the honey. 

 A shipping case of 

 corrugated paper with- 

 out glass is gaining in 

 popularity. 



Fig. 



138. — Shipping cases for comb- 

 honey. 



