GRADING COMB HONEY 
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CULL COMB HONEY. 
Cull honey shall consist of the following: 
Honey packed in solid second-hand cases or 
that in badly stained or propolized sections; 
sections containing pollen, honeydew honey, 
honey showing signs of granulation, poorly 
ripened, sour, or “ weeping” honey; sec¬ 
tions with combs projecting beyond the box 
or well attached 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 10 oz. net. 
EXTRACTED HONEY. 
This must be well ripened, weighing not 
less than 12 lbs. per gallon. It must be well 
strained, and, if packed in five-gallon cans, 
each can shall contain 60 lbs. The top of 
each five-gallon can shall be stamped and 
labeled, “Net weight not less than 60 lbs.” 
Bright clean cans that previously contained 
clean light honey may be used for extracted 
honey. 
EXTRACTED HONEY NOT PERMITTED IN 
SHIPPING GRADES. 
Extracted honey packed in second-hand 
cans, except as permitted above. 
Unripe or fermenting honey, or weighing 
less than 12 lbs. per gallon. 
Honey contaminated by excessive use of 
smoke. 
Honey contaminated by honeydew. 
Honey not properly strained. 
It will be noted that while these rules 
are somewhat similar to the Colorado rules, 
they go further in providing an “extra 
fancy” or sections weighing not less than 
14 ounces net, and a case not less than 22 
lbs. net. That of course means some of the 
combs will weigh more than 14 ounces in 
order to bring up the entire weight to 22 
pounds. The “fancy” grade goes a little 
further than the Colorado fancy in making 
the net weight % ounce higher, and provid¬ 
ing that the weight of all sections in the 
case shall not be less than 21 pounds net. 
This means that the average weight will be 
exactly 14 ounces. This provision of the 
net weight per case puts the grading where 
many producers will not or cannot meet it; 
but if they can they will get paid for it, as 
there is a fancy trade that is willing to pay 
for a high standard. 
There is no doubt that the Colorado rules 
as written will cover 95 per cent of all comb 
honey produced; but they do not coa er 
special lots that will meet certain require¬ 
ments* and for which a correspondingly 
higher price will be secured. 
GRADING BY PICTURES. 
Some effort has been made to grade 
honey by means of-pictures; but nothing 
definite has been accomplished, as it is 
difficult to make photos flexible enough to 
take in the various comb surfaces and cap¬ 
pings of honey that can be included in one 
grade. It is possible engravings may be 
used in connection with the rules, to enable 
one to determine what section will grade 
Fancy, No. 1, and No. 2. It must be un¬ 
derstood that different persons would have 
a different notion as to whether one section 
should be graded as No. 1 or Fancy, and 
a set of pictures showing the idea of an 
expert on grading might be helpful to. a 
novice. A few half tones are here shown 
that may give an idea of what is meant. 
But it should be understood that in the 
pictures the unsealed cells show black — 
much more in contrast than in the actual 
combs themselves; or, to put it another 
way, in any thing but an extra fancy, 
where no empty cells show, the pictorial 
representations do not show up as well as 
the real article. 
The honey sent to the late King Edward 
would be what is called “extra fancy 
white,” according to the Root grading, for 
it is white honey put up in plain sections, 
and, as the illustration shows, it is evenly 
and nicely filled. When cells next to the 
wood are all sealed, or nearly so, it should 
be designated as “extra fancy”; but as 
such comb honey is the exception rather 
than the rule there will be very little “extra 
fancy” on the market, altho such honey is 
generally shown at exhibitions when com¬ 
peting for a prize. 
In the half-tone engraving above shown 
the honey in the top case, with its sample 
section opposite, would, by the Root grad¬ 
ing, grade Fancy; that in the middle case 
Fancy or No. 1, according to the amount 
of soiled surface, and that in the bottom 
case would be about No. 2. 
travel-stained and other soiled 
SECTIONS. 
There are really four classes of discol¬ 
ored sections, each due to a distinct and 
separate cause. T irst there is what is 
