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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. 
