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to other sections if it comes in contact with them, it is best 
to have a bench made with a box or tray into which the 
propolis will fall or to raise the sections an inch or two above 
the table top on a block while they are being cleaned. These 
appliances also make it possible to reach the bottom of the 
section in scraping. Propolis is usually scraped by hand, a 
sharp steel case-knife being used. If the knife does not 
remove all propolis and stain, sandpaper will complete the 
work. The scraping of sections requires care to prevent 
damaging of the honey. 
Grading. 
In no other type of honey package is so much care needed 
to grade properly as in comb-honey. The grading rules 
which are most applicable to all conditions of comb-honey 
production throughout the United States are those adopted 
by the National Bee Keepers’ Association, February 13, 1913, 
which are here given. 
Sections of comb honey are to be graded : First, as to finish; 
second, as to color of honey ; and third, as to weight. The sections 
of honey in any given case are to be so nearly alike in these three 
respects that any section shall be representative of the contents of 
the case. 
I. Finish: 
1. Extra Fancy. — Sections to be evenly filled, comb firmly 
attached to the four sides, the sections to bo free from propolis or 
other pronounced stain, combs and cappings white, and not more 
than six unsealed colls on either side. 
2. Fancy. — 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, and not more than six unsealed 
cells on either side exclusive of the outside row. 
3. No. 1. — Sections to be ovenly 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 forty 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 
sixty unsealed cells exclusive of the row adjacent to the box. 
