Sept. 15, 1904. 



THE AMERICAN BEE JOURNAL. 



639 



ping-cases, but that is not the motive. 

 But it does hurt our business when 

 bee-keepers fail to get good prices, and 

 honey is a drug on the market. 



But this is not all. No matter how 

 much honey may be properly graded 

 and scraped, if it is left on the hive till 

 it is travel-stained it is liable to be 

 lumped off as No. 2. Of course, we 

 bee-keepers know that honey that has 

 been on the hive for some time after it 

 has been gathered, acquires a richness 

 that it will not have if taken off at 

 once. But that is not the point. The 

 public demands, and will pay a better 

 price for clean white goods than it will 

 for soiled and dirty honey that possi- 

 bly may have a better flavor; for of 

 this fact the public knows nothing, 

 and it therefore has no weight. Peo- 

 ple are in the habit of buying by sight ; 

 and if the goods do not look as good as 

 the best they do not want them. 



I tell you, brother bee-keepers, and I 

 say it with all kindness, if you but 

 knew how much good money you are 

 losing sometimes, under the delusion 

 that it does not pay to scrape or grade, 

 you would reform your ways very soon. 

 Pick out an honest commission house 

 or honey-buyer, then follow his sug- 

 gestions. Do not imagine that you 

 know more about it than he does as to 

 what the public wants and will pay for. 



And, again, do not send your No. 2 

 and off grades to market — better by far 

 sell around home, where you can ex- 

 plain that ydur travel-stained honey is 

 just as good as or even better than the 

 " Fancy white " which you ship to the 

 city. If the sections are poorly filled 

 out and unscraped you will probably 

 get a better price by cutting the combs 

 out entirely and mixing with them a 

 good grade of extracted honey, and 

 selling to your neighbors as bulk comb 

 honey. But do not attempt to ship 

 this to the northern cities, at least. 



where it will be sold as a glucosed con- 

 coction. 



Now, dear friends, if you will take 

 these suggestions in the spirit in which 

 they are written, you and the honey- 

 man in the city will both profit ; and 

 you will at the same time stimulate the 

 comb-honey market. There is no 

 trouble at all io selling No. 1 and 

 "Fancy" comb honey — bear that in 

 mind. — Gleanings in Bee-Culture. 



J WANTEPT 



\ Comb and Extracted 



mONEY 



On Commission. 



Boston pays good prices for a fancy 

 article. 



F. H. FARMER, 



182 Friend St., BOSTON, MASS. 



•-'lea.'^B meataon Bee Juamai wnwa writing. 



VVANTED — CoMH Honey, Wholesale.— 

 ^' Will buy your crop outright, cash at your 

 depot anywhere in the U. S., if price and qual- 

 ity are right. We have salesmen in nearly 

 every market in U. S., but buy only through 

 Thos. J. Stanley, Manzanola, Colo., our honey- 

 man who spends the season in the West super- 

 intending our apiaries and looking after West- 

 ern car-lots of honey. Address us there direct, 

 stating what your honey is gathered from, what 

 grade, the average weight of section, how 

 packed, color, etc.; quantity, when yon can de- 

 liver, and lowest cash price per pound properly 

 crated and delivered to your depot. Would like 

 to know about what the freight rate to your 

 nearest city. We believe that our purchases 

 are larger than any other firm or association. 

 Yours lor business, THOS, G. STANLEY &. SON, 

 Manzanola, Oiero Co., l-olo. 



29Atf 



WANTED 



FANCY COMB HONEY 



In No-drip Shipping Cases. 



Also AMBER EXTRACTED 



In Barrels or Cans. 



Quote your lowest price delivered here. WE REMIT PROMPTLY. 

 THE FRED W. MUTH CO., 



No. 51 WALNUT ST., CINCINNATI, OHIO. 



WANTED-HONEY 



EXTRACTED AND COMB. 



Mail sample and state price expected delivered Cincinnati. 



Queens Now Ready to Supply by Return Mail 

 Golden Italians, Red Clovers, Carniolans, 



Price for Untested : 



One, 75 cents. Six, S4.00. Twelve, $7.50. 



SAFE ARRIVAL GUARANTEED. 



C. H. W. WEBER, 



CINCINNATI, OHIO. 





HONEY AND BEESWAX 



:WAKKHT QUOTATIONS 





Chicago, Sept. T.— The market is now show- 

 ing more activity. Some small lots of fancy 

 white clover have been soirt at 14c per pound, 

 with No. 1 ranging at 12(a>13c; very little call 

 for other graces. Extracted, white, brings 

 6@7c; amber, 5(a'(,c, according to quality, flavor 

 and style of package. Heeswax .iHfe2'^c. 



R. A. BORNETT &. Co. 



Kansas City, Sept. 8.— The honey market 

 has improved a little, but prices are not ad- 

 vancing as fast as we expected. Fancy comb 

 honey is selling slowly at «.00 per case. No. 1 

 moving readily at $2.75, but there is very little 

 demand for amber and the darker shades of 

 stock. The extracted market is slow at 6@7c. 

 Beeswax in good demand at J>o-. 



C. C. Clemohs & Co. 



Cincinnati, 0., Sept. 7. — The tone of the 

 comb honey of this year's stock is becoming 

 stiffer, producers claiming it to be not so plen- 

 tiful and therefore ask higher prices. I quote 

 fancy white comb honey from 13Si(a 15c. 



Extracted is showing no change. Amber, in 

 barrels, 5^@5^c; in cans, He higher; water- 

 white alfalfa in cans, OHic; fancy white clover 

 in barrels, bW^ic. Beeswax more plentiful! 

 and brings 28c per pound. C. H. W. Weber. 



Boston, Aug. 20. -The honey market is in a 

 very unsettled condition; or, rather, we might 

 say that the absence of any demand practically 

 makes no market. As a general thing, we do 

 not look to see a demand until from the middle 

 of September to the first of October. By this 

 time, cooler weather creates a certain demand. 

 Prices at this time are, therefore, practically 

 normal. The very finest thing is bringing I6c 

 and from that down. Stocks are coming in very 

 slowly, but that is to be expected at this time. 

 Blake. Scott & LebJ 



New York, Sept. 8.— Arrivals of new crop 

 comb honey are very light as yet, none to speak 

 c f, nor does there seem to be much demand as 

 yet and prices are unsettled. We think, how- 

 ever, that when arrivals begin to be more plen- 

 tiful, within the next 10 days or 2 weeks, there 

 will be a demand for fancy white at 15c; No 1 

 at 14c. and No. 2 at 12@13c. 



Extracted honey is selling fairly well at 

 6@6>ic for white, and 5)4 c fur light amber and 

 amber, and dark ai 5c. Southern average qual- 

 ity in barrels, at 52(a58c per gallsn. 



Beeswax dull and declining: choice grades 

 selling at 28@29c. Hildreth & Segelken. 



Cincinnati, July 15.— The supply of honey at 

 the present time is limited, with but moderate 

 demand. New hcuey is beginning to arrive. 

 We quote our market to-day as follows: Am- 

 ber extracted in barrels and cans, SM®(,}ic\ 

 white clover, 6^(^8c. Comb honey (demand 

 limited), 13@l4c for fancy and No. 1. Beeswax, 

 29c. TbbFred W.Muth Co. 



Albany, N. Y., Aug. 25. — Honey demand im- 

 proving some now. Receipts of new crop are 

 light as yet, but we hear of quite liberal offer- 

 ings at country points, indicating lower prices 

 later when the " behind time " fellows get their 

 crop ready. We quote fancy white, 16'^17c; A 

 No. 1, 15c; No. 1, 14c; mixed and buckwheat, 

 12@14c. Extracted, white, 7@7Vsc; buckwheat 

 and mixed, b(S!b%c. H. R. Wright. 



Philadelphia, Sept. 7.— Very little comb 

 honey has arrived in the market as yet, but ex- 

 tracted honey has come in quite freely for the 

 last two months, both from the South and 

 West. There seems to be quite a crop of ex- 

 tracted honey throughout the country. Comb 

 honey has not all been graded up yet, and we 

 can hardly tell at this early date definitely 

 about the price. We quote: Fancy comb, 

 15@16 cents; No. 1, 14(a.i5c; amber. 10(ai2c; ex- 

 tracted, white, 7M(38c; amber,6H@7c; dark,t.c. 

 Beeswax, 27c. 



AVe are producers of honey and do not handle 

 on commission. Wm. A. Selser. 



San Francisco, Aug. 17.— White comb, 1-lb. 

 sections, 12!>«(#13c; amber, O^lic. Extracted, 

 white, 5H@f>c; light amber, 5@5i..c; amber, 

 4@4>^c; dark amber, 3)i@3>ic. Beeswax, good 

 to choice, light, 28ffl30c; dark, 26@27Hc. 



The first noteworthy shipment by sea for 

 some time was made the current week, a 

 steamer taking 2iX) cases extracted for Ger- 

 many. Market for amber grades is without 

 special firmness, but tendency on water-white 

 honey is to better average prices than have been 

 prevailing the past season. 



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