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GLEANINGS IN BEE CULTURE. 



June 15 



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-RULES 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 GRADING-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 15]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 off 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. — With the exceptions of a few lots of old 

 comb honey the local market is practically bare of honey. Deal- 

 ers are awaiting arrival of new crop, but as yet no prices are 

 established. Beeswax brings 28 cents cash or 30 in exchange 

 for merchandise. Walter S. Pouder, 



June 2. Indianapolis, Ind. 



Philadelphia. — Very little doing in the honey market for 

 the last two weeks, with the prospect ahead of an unusually big 

 crop in the East. Buyers are holding back for the new crop, 

 old crop of comb being packed away for fall trade. Not enough 

 sales being made of comb honey to make any quotation. Ex- 

 tracted honey. Southern, arriving freely. Bright amber sells in 

 barrels at 6; white honey in 60-lb. cans, in a small way, 8. 



W. A. Selsek, 



May 25. 10 Vine St., Philadelphia, Pa. 



New York. — Comb honey: The demand is next to nothing, 

 and has been so for the past four months. A few crates of fancy 

 No. 1 white are called for once in a while, while off grades and 

 dark are entirely neglected. As there is practically no demand, 

 quotations are simply nominal. We have more in stock than we 

 can dispose of. The honey will have to be carried over until 

 next fall. We can not encourage shipments of comb honey, as 

 we do not think we shall be in position to render account of sales 

 within reasonable time. Extracted honey: Demand better and 

 market slightly improving. New crop is arriving quite freely 

 from the South, where the yield seems to have been pretty large. 

 We quote California white sage at S% to 9; light amber, 7% to 

 8; amber, 6 to 6j'2; new crop Southern from 58 to 75 per gallon, 

 according to quality. West India honey is arriving in fairly 

 good-size lots and finds ready sale at from 60 to 62 per gallon, 

 duty paid. Beeswax in good demand and firm at 30 to 31. 



June 4. Hildreth & Segelken. 



265-7 Greenwich St., 82-6 Murray St., New York. 



San Francisco, Cal. — The first offerings of the new crop of 

 honey have arrived and have been picked up eagerly by the deal- 

 ers as soon as they arrived. There has not been a sufficient 

 amount of this to make any marked difference, and the market is 

 still in a very bare condition. The dealers are still anxiously 

 awaiting the arrival of substantial shipments. Prices remain as 

 last stated. Water-white, comb, 16 and 17; white, 15; water- 

 white, extracted, 8 and 814; light amber, extracted, 7 and 7/4; 

 dark amber and candied, 5K and 5%. — Paciiic Rural Press. 



June 6. 



Denver. — Our market is now entirely cleaned up of comb 

 honey, and the first consignments of the new crop should find a 

 ready sale at good figures. We quote extracted white, 8 to 9; 

 light amber and strained, 6% to 7^. We pay 25 cents per pound 

 lor clean yellow wax delivered here. 



The Colorado Honey-producers' Ass'n, 



May 26. F. Rauchfuss, Mgr., Denver, Colo. 



Liverpool. — The market for honey and beeswax is steady 

 and quiet. We quote honey, Chilian, 4 to bYi cents; Peruvian, 

 3>4 to SYz; California, 7^4 to 9; Jamaican, 4 to SYi; Haiti, bYi 

 to6M. 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. 



St. Louis. — 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 8/4; amber, 7 to 754; in barrels, 5/4 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. 



Zanesvillb. — 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 remnantof last 

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

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

 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 6/4 ; California white sage, 9^ ; 

 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, III. 



