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THE BEE-KEEPERS' REVIEW 



Honey Quotations 



The following rules for grading honey were 

 adopted by the North American Bee-Keepers' 

 Association, at the Washington meeting, and, 

 so far as possible, quotations are made accord- 

 ing to these rules: 



Fancy — All sections to be well filled; combs 

 straight, of even thickness, and firmly attached 

 to all four sides; both wood and comb unsoiled 

 by travel-stain or otherwise; all the cells sealed 

 except the row of cells next the wood. 



No. 1. — All sections well filled, but combs 

 uneven or crooked, detached at the bottom, or 

 with but few cells unsealed; both wood and 

 comb unsoiled by travel-stain or otherwise. 



In addition to this the honey is to be classi- 

 fied according to color, using the terms white, 

 amber and dark. That is, there will be "fancy 

 white," "No. 1, dark," etc. 



The prices given in the following quotations 

 are those at which the dealers sell to the groc- 

 ers. From these prices must be deducted 

 freight, cartage and commission — -the balance 

 being sent to the shipper. Commission is ten 

 per cent; except that a few dealers charge 

 only five per cent, when a shipment sells for 

 as much as one hundred dollars. 



BOSTON — Fancy white comb honey 17c to 

 18c. Light amber 16c. Amber 15c. Fancy 

 white extracted 10c to lie. Light amber and 

 amber extracted Sc to Oc. Wax 30c. 



BLAKE LEE CO., 

 Nov. 2-lth. i Chatam Row. 



CHICAGO— The comb honey market has 

 been well supplied by quite heavy receipts dur- 

 ing the past month, and there is an easement 

 in price on everything e.xcept strictly fancy. 

 Sales are made for A No. 1 to fancy at 17 to 

 18c per lb., other grades at from Ic to 3c less. 

 Amber grades are slow of sale at from 12 to 

 1.5c per lb. Extracted white 8c to 9c, amber 

 7c to 8c per lb. Beeswax steady at 32c per lb. 

 if clean and of good color. 



R. A. BURNETT & CO.. 

 Nov. 23. 173 W. South Water St. 



DENVER — Our market is heavier stocked 

 with extracted honey than comb. Demand for 

 both is fair only. We are quoting our local 

 market in a jobbing way as follow-s: No. 1 

 White Comb, per case of 24 sections, $3.15; 

 No. 1 Light Amber, $2.90; No. 2, $2.70. White 

 Extracted Honey per pound 9c; Light Amber 

 8c; Amber and strained 6|4-7'/2C. We pay 26c 

 in cash and 28c in trade for clean yellow bees- 

 wa.x delivered here. 



Yours very truly, 

 THE COLORADO HONEY 

 PRODUCERS' ASSN. 

 Nov. 24. F. Randefuss, Manager. 



CINCINNATI— The market on comb honey 

 is firm and is selling in jobbing lots according 

 to quantity from $3.65 to $3.75 per case. There 

 is no demand for off grades or amber comb 

 honey. Extracted fair demand, light amber 

 8c to 8^c in 60-lb. cans. White honey 10c 

 and lie. Beeswax in fair demand, selling at 

 $33.00 per 100 lbs. The above are our selling 

 prices, not what we are paying. 

 Nov. 17. C. H. W. WEBER & CO. 



KANSAS CITY— The supply of both Comb 

 and Extracted honey is not large; demand fair. 

 We quote No. 1 White Comb. 24 section cases, 

 $3.2o-$3.35; No. 2 White Comb, 24 section 

 cases, $3.00; No. 1 Amber, 24 section cases, 

 $3.00-$3.25;- No. 2 Amber, 24 section cases, 

 $2.75-$3.00; Extracted White per pound, 

 S^c-9c; Extracted Amlier per pound, 7c-Sc; 

 Beeswax per pound. -^oc-iSc. 

 Nov. 24. C. C. CLEMONS PRODLTE CO. 



CINCINNATI— There is considerable honey 

 coming in. Strictly fancy comb honey is sell- 

 ing from IGyic to ISc. Amber Comb Honey 

 is a detriment to the honey business, and we 

 discourage its sale for the reason buyers buy 

 it just because of price and are unconscious 

 of the great harm they are doing to the trade 

 in geenral. Extracted honey is plentiful, while 

 the price holds up pretty well, there is a world 

 of it to be bought. We are selling amber ex- 

 tracted honey from 6c to TVzC according to the 

 quality and quantity purchased, and for strictly 

 fancy water white fancy table honey, 10c and 

 lie per pound. We are paying from 2Sc to 

 30c per pound for bright yellow beeswax de- 

 livered here. 



THE FRED W. MUTH CO., 



"The Busy Bee Men." 

 Oct. 21. 31 Walnut St. 



TOLEDO — There is not much change since 

 our last quotations, except that the demand for 

 honey both comb and extracts has increased, 

 and will as the season advances, as the fruit 

 is about gone, and honey will sell well until 

 about Dec. 1st, but the shipments are coming 

 forward more freely and are equal to the de- 

 mand, owing to the prevailing prices, sales are 

 made in a retail way as follows: No. 1 to 

 Fancy White 18c, very little to be had; Light 

 Amber, 15c to 16c; No. 2 grades of White 

 bring from 16c to 17c per lb.; no demand for 

 dark grades. Beeswax is steady at from 30 

 to 33 cents. Extracted is in good demand and 

 white honey sells at 10c per lb. Amber and 

 off grades sell at from 7^ to S^ac. 

 Oct. 21. S. J. GRIGGS & CO. 



NEW YORK— Comb Honey is in good de- 

 mand for all grades. On account of the short 

 crop, receipts are rather light and hardly suf- 

 ficient to fill demands. No. 1 and fancy white 

 find ready sale at from 15c to 17c, according 

 to quality and style of package; No. 2 white, 

 14c; mixed and amber, 13c; buckwheat at from 

 10c to 12c, according to quality. 



Extracted, fair demand. Early in the sea- 

 son reports from California and the northwest, 

 indicated a short crop. These reports, how- 

 ever, have been misleading, as it is now gen- 

 erally conceded that the crop in California, as 

 well as in the far West, was much larger than 

 the reports given out indicated, consequently 

 prices show a downward tendency, and are 

 likely to go still lower. On account of the 

 high prices asked in the beginning of the sea- 

 son, some large concerns have cut honey out 

 altogether, while others have been able to se- 

 cure their supply in foreign honey, at consid- 

 erably lower figures. Extracted, from the 

 above mentioned points is now being offered 

 freelv. and it is evident that there are large 

 quantities yet to be disposed of. We quote: 

 California white sage, 9c to 9^c; light amber 

 at from 8c to 8^c; amber at from 7c to lyic; 

 alfalfa at from 7^c to 8c; white clover and 

 linden at from 9c to 9^c; buckwheat and 

 dark at from 7c to 7V^c. possiblv Sc. 

 Nov. 23. HILDRETH & SEGELKEN. 



