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GLEANINGS IN BEE CULTURE. 



July 15 



Honey Markets. 



Ihe prices lisled 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 t5ve;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 bouses are usually about ten pei cent less than those to re- 

 tail merchants. 



EASTERN GRADING-RITLES FOR COMB HONEY. 



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

 uched 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 1354 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 Ameer. — 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 13/4 

 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. 



Cincinnati. — The market on comb honey is very slow; 

 some new goods have arrived, but there is no demand, and it is 

 selling slow at 14. There is some new white-clover extracted 

 honey coming in, selling at 7^4. Amber in barrels is selling at 

 6 and 6K. Beeswax is selling at $33.00 per 100 lbs. 



July 1. C. H. W. Weber, Cincinnati, O. 



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 854; amber, 7 to 7/4; in barrels, 5/4 to 6; 

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

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



July 1 St. Louis, Mo. 



New Vokk. — 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 of? 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 8/4 to 9; light amber, 7/4 to 

 8; amber, 6 to 654; 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 24. Hildreth & Segelken, 



265-7 Greenwich St., New York. 



Zanesville. — There is a little better demand for honey on 

 this market. No. 1 to fancy white comb brings wholesale about 

 17 cts. for Cuban and 18 for native. For clover honey grading 

 No. 1 to fancy, jobbers are paying 15 cts. on arrival. There is a 

 very limited demand for extracted. For good yellow beeswax I 

 offer 30 cts. f. o. b. here in exchange for bee-supplies. 



Edmund W. Peirce, 

 ' July 7. Zanesville, O. 



Indian.\polis. — A large crop of honey has been secured 

 throughout the clover belt, and the quality is above the average. 

 The demand is excellent, but thus far no established schedule of 

 prices can be named. I would urge producers who ship their 

 honey to have an understanding about prices, and not consign 

 their goods to commission houses, as it is the commission house 

 that beats down the prices in competition. Beeswax brings 28 

 cts. cash or 50 in exchange for goods. 



Indianapolis, July 4. Walter S. Poudek. 



Denver. — We are entirely closed out of comb honey, and 

 ready to receive consignments of new-crop comb, the first arrivals 

 of which should move quickly at good prices if fancy stock. Ex- 

 tracted honey is in fair demand. We quote white extracted, 8 

 to 9; light amber and strained, 6;'4 to 754. We pay 25 for clean 

 yellow wax delivered here. 



The Colorado Honey-proijucers' Ass'n, 



Denver, June 23. F. Rauchfuss, Manager. 



S,\N Francisco. — The receipts of honey are still quite light, 

 and every one is preparing for a short crop. Prices remain un- 

 changed but firm. All honey is sold readily on arrival. Water- 

 white comb, 16 to 17 ; white, 15 ; water-white, extracted, 8 to 

 8/4; light amber, 7 to 754; dark amber, 55i to 5->4; candied, 5% 

 to 5^A.— Pacific Rural Press. 



Liverpool. — Our market is firm, though no business hat been 

 done. Only a little inquiry, and quotations remain unchanged. 

 Chilean, 4 to 6/i ; Peruvian, 5]4 to 55'3 ; California, 7^2 to 9; 

 Jamaican, 4 to 55i ; Haiti, 6/'3 to 6/4. Beeswax is firm. Afri- 

 can, 30 to 32 ; American, 31 to 34; West Indian, 29 to 32 ; Chi- 

 lean, 31 to 36; Jamaican, 34 to 35. 



Taylor & Co., 7 Tithebarn St. 



Cincinnati. — The demand for comb honey has fallen off 

 considerably in the past twelve months. Last year the comb- 

 honey market was bare in February, but this season finds an 

 abundance of that article everywhere at this date, which is late 

 for last season's crop. We can not tell at present what effect 

 this state of affairs will have upon the market when the new 

 honey comes in. The market on extracted honey shows some 

 life, but is not moving rapidly. Quote amber in barrels at 6 to 

 65^, according to the quality; fancy extracted honey, 75^ to 9. 

 For choice yellow beeswax, free from dirt, we are now paying 

 28 cts. cash and 30 in trade, delivered here. 



June 25. The Fred W. Muth Co., Cincinnati, O. 



Philadelphia — The prospects at present are for one of the 

 largest crops of honey we have seen in the East for the last ten 

 years. The result is, prices are uneasy and have a strong down- 

 ward tendency. Some few little lots of comb honey are being 

 offered, but not enough to establish a price. We are looking for 

 very low prices the coming season. Beeswax is firm at 28. 



June 30. %Vm. A. Selser, Philadelphia, Pa. 



BoSTf N. — Fancy white comb honey, 17; No. 1 white comb, 

 16; California white sage, extracted, 9; California light amber, 

 8; Southern honey in barrels, slow sale, 5 to 6. 



June 22. Blake-Lee Co., Boston, Mass. 



