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GLEANINGS IN BEE CULTURE. 



June 1 



Honey Markets. 



The prices listed below are intended to represent, as nearly 

 as possible, the average market prices at which honey and 

 beeswax are selling at the time of the report in the city men- 

 tioned. Unless otherwise stated, this is the price at which sales 

 are being made by commission merchants or by producers direct 

 to the retail merchant. When sales are made by commission 

 merchants, the usual commission (from five:to ten per cent), cart- 

 age, and freight will be deducted, and in addition there is often 

 a charge for storage by the commission merchant. When sales 

 are made by the producer direct to the retailer, commission and 

 storage, and other charges, are eliminated. Sales made to whole- 

 sale houses are usually about ten per cent less than those to re- 

 tail merchants. 



EASTERN GRADING-RULKS FOR COMB HONEY. 



Fancy. — All sections well filled, combs straight, firmly at 

 tached to all four sides, the combs unsoiled by travel-stain or oth- 

 erwise; all the cells sealed except an occasional one, the outside 

 surface of the wood well scraped of propolis. 



A No. 1. — All sections well filled except the row of cells next 

 to the wood; combs straight; one-eighth part of comb surface 

 soiled, or the entire surface slightly soiled; the outside surface of 

 the wood well scraped of propolis. 



No. 1. — All sections well filled except the row of cells next to 

 the wood; combs comparatively even; one-eighth part of comb 

 surface soiled, or the entire surface slightly soiled. 



No. 2. — Three-fourths of the total surface must be filled and 

 sealed. 



No. 3. — Must weigh at least half as much as a full-weight sec- 

 tion. 



In addition to this the honey is to be classified according to 

 color, using the terms white, amber, and dark; that is, there will 

 be " Fancy White," " No. 1 Dark," etc. 



NEW COMB-HONEY GR ADING-RULES ADOPTED BY THE COL- 

 ORADO STATE BEE-KEEPERS' ASSOCIATION. 



No. 1 White. — Sections to be well filled and evenly capped 

 except the outside row, next to the wood; honey white or slight- 

 ly amber, comb and cappings white, and not projecting beyond 

 the wood; wood to be well cleaned; cases of separatored honey 

 to average 21 pounds net per case of 24 sections, no section in 

 this grade to weigh less than 13/4 ounces. 



Cases of half-separatored honey to average not less than 22 

 pounds net per case of 24 sections. 



Cases of unseparatoied honey to average not less than 23 pounds 

 net per case of 24 sections. 



No. 1 Light Amber. — Sections to be well filled and evenly 

 capped, except the outside row, next to the wood; honey white 

 or light amber; comb and cappings from white to of} color, but 

 not dark; comb not projecting beyond the wood; wood to be well 

 cleaned. 



Cases of separatored honey to average 21 pounds net per case 

 of 24 sections; no section in this grade to weigh less than 13^ 

 ounces. 



Cases of half-separatored honey to average not less than 22 

 pounds net per case of 24 sections. 



Cases of unseparatored honey to average not less than 23 pounds 

 net per case of 24 sections. 



No. 2. — This includes all white honey, and amber honey not 

 included in the above grades; sections to be fairly well filled and 

 capped, no more than 25 uncapped cells, exclusive of outside row, 

 permitted in this grade; wood to be well cleaned, no section in 

 this grade to weigh less than 12 ounces. 



Cases of separatored honey to average not less than 19 pounds 

 net. 



Cases of half-separatored honey to average not less than 20 lbs. 

 net per case of 24 sections. 



Cases of unseparatored honey to average not less than 21 lbs. 

 net per case of 24 sections. 



Indianapolis. — Jobbers are fairly well stocked, but very 

 little honey is being offered by producers. Best grade of ex- 

 tracted honey is in good demand, but comb honey is finding slow 

 sale. Jobbers are oflfering the following prices, delivered here; 

 No. 1 and fancy comb, 15 to 17; extracted white clover, 8 to 9; 

 amber, in barrels, 6 to 6/4. Beeswax, 28 cts. cash or 30 in ex- 

 change for merchandise. Walter S. Fouder, 



May 16. Indianapolis, Ind. 



Philadelphia. — The call for both comb and extracted hon- 

 ey has fallen off considerably in the last two weeks. Quite a 

 few job lots on the market, which parties will sell at almost any 

 reasonable offer. This makes the prices very unsteady. We 

 quote: Fancy white comb honey, 17 to 18; No. 1, 15 to 16; am- 

 ber, 13 to 14; extracted honey, fancy white. 8 to 9; amber, 6 to 

 7. We do not handle on commission. Wm. A. Selser, 



April 24. 10 Vine St., Philadelphia, Pa. 



Liverpool. — The market for honey and beeswax is steady 

 and quiet. We quote honey, Chilian, 4 to 6''3 cents; Peravian, 

 354 to 5>3; California, 7!4 to 9; Jamaican, 4 to 5h; Haiti, bVi 

 to 6/4. Beeswax is very firm — African, 30 to 32; American, 30 

 to 33; West Indian, 29 to 32; Chilian, 30 to 36; Jamaican, 34 to 

 35. Taylor & Co., 



May 13. 7 Tithebarn St., Liverpool. 



San Francisco. — The market is a!most bare of first-class 

 old-crop offerings of comb honey, and the little that has been 

 gathered of the new crop does not appear in this market. We 

 quote: Comb, water-white, 16 to 17; white, 15; water-white, 

 extracted, 8 to 8}4; light amber, 7 to 7%; dark amber and can- 

 died, 5^ to 5%.— Pacific Rural Press, May 16. 



St. Loi;is. — The honey market is very quiet. There is abso- 

 lutely no demand for comb honey. Extracted honey is also 

 neglected, consequently the prices have declined. Quote as fol- 

 lows: Fancy white comb honey, 15 to 16; No. 1, white and 

 amber, 12 to 14; broken and defective, less. Extracted white, in « 

 cans, nominal at 8 to 854; aniber, 7 to iVi: in barrels, 554 to 6; 

 granulated extracted honey sells at less. Beeswax, 29 for prime; 

 impure and inferior, less. R. Hartmann Produce Co., 



May 11. St. Louis, Mo. 



Zanesville. — So light is the demand for honey at the present 

 time that it is almost useless to quote the market. Stocks are 

 pretty well reduced, and there is a tendency to cut prices, espe- 

 cially on the part of one-horse dealers. While the remnant of last 

 year's crop is moving very slowly, some revival is anticipated 

 with the arrival of the new crop. For good quality beeswax 1 

 offer 30 cts. in exchange for bee-supplies. Wax wholesales at 

 40 to 45. Edmund W. Peirce, 



May 18. Zanesville, O. 



Buffalo. — There has been no change in the price of honey 

 since last quoted. The demand is fair for pure white comb and 

 good No. 1 buckwheat comb. We think that about all the 

 honey in the market will be cleaned up before the new crop is 

 ready. W. C. Townsend, 



May 11. Buffalo, N. Y. 



Cincinnati. — The market on extracted honey is light. We 

 quote light amber in barrels at 656 ; California white sage, 9/4 ; 

 practically no demand for comb honey. Beeswax sells at 33. 



C. H. W. Weber, 



May 23. Cincinnati, O. 



Kansas City. — We have nothing to quote in the way of 

 comb honey; but we quote extracted white at 7/4. Beeswax, 25 

 to 27. C. C. Clemons & Co., 



May 9. Kansas City, Mo. 



Chicago. — The honey market is without volume — no special 

 change in price of either comb or extracted. Much of the ex- 

 tracted from Utah will be unsold when this year's crop is harvest- 

 ed unless it is sold to bakers. Beeswax is steady at 30. 



R. A. Burnett & Co., 



May 9. Chicago, 111. 



Schenectady. — We have had a few calls for dark extracted 

 honey from manufacturers, but did not have any stock on hand. 

 Of course, they will not pay fancy prices. Nothing is doing in 

 comb honey. Chas. MacCulloch, 



May 9. Schenectady, N. Y. 



Boston. — White comb honey, fancy, 17; No. 1 white comb 

 honey, 16; white extracted honey, 10; light amber, 9; amber, 8. 



Blakk-Lbe Co., 

 April 10. 134 State St., Boston, Mass. 



St. Paul. — Receipts are very light; demand moderate and 

 prices steady. The prices below represent those obtained for 

 shipment in small lots: Fancy white-clover comb, new, per lb., 

 18; fancy California, 24 combs per case, $4.00; strained, in 60-lb. 

 cans, per lb., 10. W. H. Patton, Sec. Board of Trade, 



April 22. St. Paul, Minn. 



Denver. — The market on comb honey is slow, and prices are 

 declining. We quote to our trade. No. 1 white, per case of 24 

 sections, $3.00; No. 1 light amber, $2.85; No. 2, $2.70; exUact- 

 ed, white, 8 to 9; light amber, strained, 6K to 7. We pay 25 

 cts. for clean yellow beeswax delivered here. 



The Colorado Honkv-producers' Association, 



April 22. F. Rauchfuss, Mgr. 



