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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 
tourteen ounces. 
2. Medium. — No section designated as medium 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 weight. As for example : Fancy, white, heavy (F-W-H) • 
No 1, amber, medium (1-A-M), etc. In this way any of the pos¬ 
sible combinations of finish, color and woight can be briefly 
described. 
Cull honey. 
Cull honey shall consist of the following: Honey packed in 
soiled second-hand cases or that in badly stained or propolizod 
sections; sections containing pollen, honey-dew honey, honey 
showing signs of granulation, poorly ripened, sour or “ weeping ” 
honey ; sections with comb projecting beyond the box or well at¬ 
tached to the box less than two-thirds the distance around its inner 
surface; sections with more than 60 unsealed cells, exclusive of the 
row adjacent to the box ; leaking, injured, or patched-up sections • 
sections weighing less than ten ounces. 
The Colorado Honey Producers’ Association on December 
13,1911, adopted a set of grading rules which are well adapted 
to the market conditions which Colorado beekeepers meet. 
They are not suitable for grading all comb-honey because the 
requirements on color, weight and finish are not sufficiently 
separated. These rules have recently been revised. 
In the grading rules of the National Bee Keepers’ Associa¬ 
tion the weight is classed in three divisions, but, since the 
net-weight amendment is in force (since September 3, 1914) 
and since comb-honey in a section is considered a package 
of food, these divisions are no longer suitable. It is now 
necessary under the law that each section of honey which 
