. The Bee-keepers' review. Bee culture. THE BEE-KEEPERS' REVIEW 293. The place where J. B. Holsinger of Johnstown, Pa., keeps sweet. A nice looking apiary, friend Holsinger. "You say that the Colorado rules might be unjust to the Col- orado bee-men when Number 1 honey is sold as fancy grade. There may be something in this but very little. Colorado honey sold intel- ligently brings as near what it is worth as any. We now have a fancy grade, however, which is just our Number 1 white, called a fancy grade. It may help the buyers some in knowing what they are getting. Of course now our Number
. The Bee-keepers' review. Bee culture. THE BEE-KEEPERS' REVIEW 293. The place where J. B. Holsinger of Johnstown, Pa., keeps sweet. A nice looking apiary, friend Holsinger. "You say that the Colorado rules might be unjust to the Col- orado bee-men when Number 1 honey is sold as fancy grade. There may be something in this but very little. Colorado honey sold intel- ligently brings as near what it is worth as any. We now have a fancy grade, however, which is just our Number 1 white, called a fancy grade. It may help the buyers some in knowing what they are getting. Of course now our Number 1 grade may be sold as fancy too, but if the principle of giving the buyer no better goods than he expects from the average honey producer is adopted by all, where is the improvement in methods to come in? There is one thing sure : the bee-keepers of the country never march as one solid phalanx. There are some who have to do the pioneering in intelli- gent grading, and out in the west we have found that it pays when the buyers once find out what you have got. Maybe you will get the shiftless man's price one year, but it don't last forever. â 'I believe that National grading rules are a possibility, but they should recognize the standard section, full separatored and packed in the double tier shipping case only. Grading rules cannot be made for every size and style of section. "The Colorado rules may not be perfect, but they have been adopted, amended and discussed by more extensive producers than any others. They are the result of experience both on the producing and selling side with the market at the best price ever in ; Mr. Isaac V. Lobdell, of Troy, N. Y., is well pleased with the. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original National Bee-keepers' Association. [Flint, Mich. : s. n.
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