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GLEANINGS IN BEE CULTURE. 



Sept. 1. 



never to go again " of a friend of mine. I had 

 known him for three long days and nights as 

 an exemplary citizen and a pattern to the rising 

 generation. In taking a walk to the next town 

 he found a rope and took it with him. He 

 didn't know that a horse had hitched himself 

 to it until after he sold the rope for 150. Then 

 there was a hue and cry raised, and in 15 min- 

 utes my friend found himself at the other end 

 of the rope, dancing on this delicious climate. 

 He didn't know " what a day would bring 

 forth." What a blessed thing is climate, any- 

 way! 



by California honey, except occasional seasons. 

 Its absence should favoralaly affect our markets. 

 G. Receipts somewhat earlier than usual, and 

 a surplus of fruit causes moderate demand as 

 yet, although perhaps slowly increasing. 



Batterson & Co. 



THE HONEY MARKET OF THE UNITED 

 STATES FOR 1896. 



POINTERS ON PUTTING UP HONEY, FROM HONEY - 

 men; PROPER SIZE AND SHAPE OF SHIP- 

 ping-cases; preferred weight of 

 sections; best time of selling, 

 and extent of the honey 



RECEIPTS so FAR. 



[It will be remembered that, in our last issue, 

 I called for answers to a set of questions pro- 

 pounded to commission men and honey-buyers, 

 who render us regularly honey quotations in 

 our Honey Column in Gleanings. The an- 

 swers from the various honey-men are now all 

 or nearly all in; and. taken as a whole, the 

 matter will be found to be exceedingly valuable. 

 .No bee-keeper who expects to send his honey 

 away to market can afford to do so without 

 first reading over these replies. To save the 

 reader the trouble of looking back to our last 

 issue to the set of questions which were pro- 

 pounded, I reproduce them here.— Ed.J 



1. What style and size of shipping-case is test 

 suited for your market ? 



2. What style of package for eitracted honey in 

 bulk— that is, whether square cans or barrels and 

 kegs? 



3. What weight of sections seems to sell best ? 



4. What time in the year do you secure the best 

 prices ? 



5. What effect will the absence of Cahfornla hon- 

 ey have on the price of Eastern honey ? 



6. Prom your receipts so far of honey, how does 

 this season compare with that of last year ? 



Buffalo, N. Y.. Aug. 10. 



1. Best white comb honey should be only in 

 20-lb: cases of twenty 1-lb. combs each as near- 

 ly as can be, and to run under 20 lbs. net rather 

 than over, and the cases with two glass fronts, 

 but no glass on the comb frames. 



3. Extracted should be in 1 or 3 lb. tin cans, 

 same as canned goods, as they can then be 

 readily retailed to consumers. 



3. One-pound combs, light weight, or not to 

 exceed 1 lb., sell best. 



4. Honey sells best usually, from September 

 to December, and drags some at other times. 



5. Buffalo has never been seriously affected 



1. 13-lb., 3 row. 

 3. Square cans. 



3. One-pound. 



4. Fall. 



.5. Can't tell. 

 <3. Much better. 



Detroit, Mich., Aug. 8. 



M. II. Hunt. 



Boston, Mass.. .' ug. 8. 



1. Neat new basswood, 20 combs. ISiu 20 lbs. 

 net; two-thirds cartons, one-third glass fronts. 



2. Five-gallon square cans. 



3. One-pound, but not ov. . 



4. Sept. 1st to Jan. 1st. 



5. Very little, as eastern honey is plentiful. 



6. About the same. 



E. E. Blake & Co. 



Kansas City, Mo., Aug. 10. 

 1. We prefer the 24 sections, single tier. 

 3. The square cans, and barrels or kegs for 

 cheap grade of honey. 



3. Some dealers prefer light sections, and 

 some full weight. 



4. In the fall. 



5. Will have a tendency to make prices firmer. 



6. Our receipts are lighter this year than they 

 were last, up to this time. 



C. C. Clemons & Co. 



Philadelphia, Pa., Aug. 14. 



1. 24-lb. single-tier, glass one side. 



2. For grocer trade, 5 lb. round cans; for 

 manufacturers, kegs. 



3. One pound, full weight. 



4. October and November. 



5. None whatever; cheaper this year than 

 ever. 



I do not class myself as a commission man. 

 I always feel sorry when I hear of any goods 

 being consigned to me. I desire to buy out- 

 right, and desire to quote market so goods will 

 be offered to me. Wm. A. Selser. 



Minneapolis, Minn., Aug. 8. 



1. We think that large cases for shipping 

 comb honey to hold, say, eighteen 24-lb. sec- 

 tions, is perhaps the best arrangement that has 

 come under our observation and experience. 

 By all means avoid miscellaneous boxes. Have 

 uniform sizes all around. 



2. Square tin cans holding five gallons, or 

 about 60 lbs. each, packed two to the wooden 

 case, with a wooden partition between, strong 

 tinware, and good cases, by all means. 



3. One-pound sections. 



4. October, November, and December for 

 comb; and these months, with the early spring 

 months added, for extracted. 



5. The failure of the California crop will ena- 

 ble Eastern producers to market their stocks at 

 better prices. Still, there will be plenty of 

 honey. 



6. Our receipts of local-grown comb honey 

 this year have already been numerous, and are 

 of a much better quality than those we have 

 had in previous years. There is in this section 

 of the country a marked improvement in the 

 method of producing, packing, grading, and 

 shipping honey, which promises well for the 

 future. The flavor of this year's Wisconsin, 

 Minnesota, and Northern Iowa honey is unu- 

 sually good. S. H. Hall & Co. 



