April 28. 1904. 



THE AMERICAN BEE JOURNAL. 



319 



enough that the comb will not melt he crum- 

 bles the comb honej' into the mixture in fine 

 particles and mixes thoroughly. He then sells 

 this mixture from house to house, as pure 

 honey, and it is no surprise that the purchaser 

 of such an article concludes that he does not 

 like honey. The knowledge of such practioe 

 being imposed upon persons not competent to 

 protect themselves against such frauds, demon- 

 strates to my mind that a great amount of 

 good can be done by the honest producers in 

 protecting the innocent buyer, and at the 

 same time increasing the consumption of 

 pure honey. As in the fraud just described, a 

 person familiar with pure honey could not 

 have been deceived, as the very point that ef- 

 fected the sale to the unsophisticated buyer 

 (the'small pieces of comb in the mixture) 

 would have appealed to the mind of one 

 familiar with pure honey, as put up by an 

 honest producer, that there was a fraud, with- 

 out tasting of it, as chunk honey has more 

 than a sprinkle of comb in it, while extracted 

 honey is free from the presence of comb. 

 Now if producers of honey would each per- 

 sonally use their influence to expose all adul- 

 terations sold for honey, coming under their 

 notice, not only through the bee-papers, but 

 in local publications, it would serve a double 

 purpose, by educating the consumers to judge 

 of pure honey, and thus prevent their being 

 imposed upon and cheated, and at the same 

 time increase the demand for the purest, best 

 and nearest to nature of all sweets on earth — 

 honey. R. H. Bucuner. 



Jackson Co., Iowa. 



CONVENTION NOTICES. 



New York.— The annual spring meeting^ of 

 the Fulton and Montgomery Counties Bee- 

 Keepers' Society will be held in the parlors of 

 the Central Hotel, at Amsterdam, N. Y., Tues- 

 day, May 3, at 10 o'clock a.m. 



West Galway, N. Y. T. I. Dugdale, Sec. 



Illinois.— The Galesburg and Knox County 

 Bee-Keepers' Association will hold its spring 

 meeting- April 30th, beginning at 9 a.m., at the 

 Court House at Galesbnrg, 111. All bee-keepers 

 are cordially invited to attend. 



E. D. Woods, Sec 



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 the mail by April 20. Tested, Jl.OO; Untested, 

 75c; 5 for$3.2S; 10 for $6.00. Prices on larger 

 qnantities and Nuclei given on application. 

 ■' Prompt service; fair treatment " is our motto. 

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The accompanying engraving will give our 

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HONEY AND BEESWAX 



MARKET QUOTATIONS 





' Chicago, April 7.— The market is heavilv 

 supplied with comb and extracted noney, 

 neither of which are meeting with any demand, 

 especially is this true of the comb. Prices are 

 uncertain, as those having stock are anxious to 

 sell it; therefore it is difficult to quote ptics. 

 The best grades of white comb bring H^Uc; 

 anything off from choice to fancy is not wanted". 

 Extracted, white, according to quality, sells at 

 eOy'c; amber, Sfa6c. Beeswax, 306 32c. 



R. A. Burnett & Co. 

 Cincinnati, O., April 18.— The honey market 

 continues to be dull; if anything, the prices 

 on comb honey are lower; concessions are 

 made on bigger lots. I quote: fancy white 

 comb from 12S^@14c. Sales on extracted are 

 made at the following prices: Amber, in bar- 

 rels, S5i@SKc; in cans, He more; alfalfa, water- 

 white, (>m6iic; strictly white clover, for extra 

 fancy, TH@8c. Beeswax, 30c. 



C. H. W. Weber. 



Philadelphia, April IS.— Never in the his- 

 tory of the comb honey market has there been 

 such a lot of off-qnality of comb honey shipped 

 into this market so late in the season. VVe 

 have sold some of our own honey in the last 

 few days, good No. 1 as low as 6c a box, the 

 same honey we were getting 14c for 60 days ago. 

 It is the old story that when bee-men find the 

 season is closing and thev cannot get shut of 

 the crop themselves, they send it to the com- 

 mission-men to slaughter it at any price they 

 can get. We quote: No. 1 comb, 10c; amber, 

 1(mSc. Extracted, fancy white, 7>4c; amber, 6c. 

 Beeswax sells readily at 31c. 



We are producers of honey and do not handle 

 on commission. Wm. A. Selser. 



Cincinnati, April 18. — The honey market 

 here is reassuming activity, and judging from 

 present indications, and the lateness of the sea- 

 son, the last season's crop will be consumed be- 

 fore the arrival of the new. Amber extracted 

 in barrels and cans, SM@6Mc; white clover, 

 6^@8 cents, according to quality and package. 

 Fancy comb honey sells at Ufa IS c. Beeswax 

 30 cents. The Fred W.MnTB Co. ' 



Albany, N. Y., Mar. 25.— Honey market dull 

 and getting late; demand falling off for comb 

 honey now. So much comb houey is out of 

 condition, being candied hard in the combs 

 makes most unsalable. We quote: 8@12c; 

 nominal now. Extracted, white, 6H@7c; am'- 

 ber, 6@6>^c; buckwheat, S®55ic. Beeswax 

 J8S>30c. H. R. Wright. 



Boston, April 9. —Prices remain same as be 

 fore, which are as follows: White in glass- 

 front cases at l6c; No. 1, at 15c. Supply is am- 

 ple, and demand light at this time. Extracted 

 water-white, 8c; light amber, 7(gi8c; with bat 

 little call for dark Florida. 



Blakb, Scott & Lek. 



Kansas Citv, April 18. — The demand for 

 honey is a little better than it has been. Prices 

 on strictly fancy comb are $2.50 per case, if not 

 candied; the great trouble with the majority of 

 honey coming from the West at present is that 

 it is more or less candied, and about $2 00 to 

 $2.25 is all we can get for it; amber is selling at 

 $2.25 per ca^e. Extracted is dull at S@6c. Bees- 

 wax in good demand at 30c. 



C. C. Clemons & Co. 



New York, April 18.— There are no new fea- 

 tures in the honey market. Some white honey 

 is selling at from 12@13c; off grades at from 

 10@llc, and no demand for dark honey what- 

 ever. Market is very quiet on extracted of all 

 grades, and prices are rather irregular, Beps- 

 wjx verv firm at 2<i@3lc. 



HlLDRBTH & SeGELKBS, 



San Francisco, March 30.— White comb, 1-lb 

 frames, ll>4@12c: amber, 8®10c. Extracted 

 white, SM®S:54c; light amber, 4X®4Hc; amber' 

 3K@4Kc; dark amber, 3ii@3}ic. Beeswax, good 

 to choice, light, 27^^@29c; dark, 2S@26c. . , 



The market is snowing very liule life, buy- 

 ers operatiug slowly, either for shipment or on 

 local account Such transfers as are effected 

 are at much the same prices as lately current, 

 although ibe general tone is by no means firm. 



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