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GLEANINGS IN BEE CULTURE. 



Aug. 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 m'ade by commission merchants or by producers direct 

 to the retail merchant. When sales are made by commission 

 merchants, the usual commission (from fiveito 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-RtTLES 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 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 oflf 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. 



San Francisco. — Several cars of new honey have been sent 

 east from El Centre, and practically all of the Orange Co. ex- 

 tr;icted honey has been bought by a San Francisco packer. The 

 prices to growers on new crop extracted range from 5 to 6 cents. 

 The crop in nearly all sections is very short, and prices are fully 

 as firm as they have been for several months past. Packers 

 prices, as quoted below, show no change. Water-white comb, 

 16 to 17; white, 16 ; water-white, extracted, 8 to 8/4; light am- 

 ber, 7 to iVz; dark amber, SK to 5M; candied, 5^ to 5%. 



July 18. Pacific Rural Press. 



Buffalo. — The season for old honey is about closed. Very 

 little is on the market not sold. But little new honey is arriv- 

 ing. The trade will probably buy sparingly until the weather is 

 cooler and honey becomes more plentiful. No. 1 to fancy white 

 clover, 16 to 1/; No. 2 will not sell now. 



July 17. W. C. TOWNSEND. 



Cincinnati. — Quite a number of shipments of fine honey are 

 now coming in, but prices are ruling lower than last season. In 

 fact, we have never seen buyers so disinterested in a new crop of 

 honey. We are offering the choicest at 14 and 15 by the single 

 case. The demand for extracted honey is dull, which we attrib- 

 ute to the lack of activity in the business world ; and, secondly, 

 this is one of the dullest months in the year. We are selling 

 amber extracted at 5/4 to 6/4 according to quality and quantity 

 purchased. Fancy white extracted honey brings from 7 to 9 cts. 

 Beeswax is somewhat easier, and we are paying 27 cts. cash and 

 29 in trade, delivered here. The above quotations on honey are 

 the prices at which we sell — not what we are paying. 



July 21. The Fred W. Muth Co., Cincinnati, O. 



Zanesville. — Some honey is arriving on this market from 

 local producers, but practically none from outside except Cuban. 

 For clover honey jobbers are offering 14 cts. for fancy, and 13 lor 

 No. 1. The wholesale price is scarcely established. There is a 

 much improved demand for native honey, but scarcely any for the 

 imported. Extracted in small retail packages is moving slowly. 

 For good quality of beeswax I offer 30 cts. in exchange lor bee- 

 supplies. Edmund W. Peirce, 



July 22. Zanesville, O. 



Cincinnati. — There is an abundance of comb honey arriving 

 daily, but no demand for it. We can give no other reason than, 

 perhaps, hard times. People do without it. There is a fair de- 

 mand for extracted white clover, which is selling at lYz to 8. 

 Amber in barrels is selling at 5j4 to 6. Beeswax, light demand, 

 is selling at 33. 



July 22. C. H. W. Weber, Cincinnati, O. 



Indianapolis. — The demand is good, but prices very irregu- 

 lar and unsettled. Producers are offering fancy white comb as 

 low as 12 cts., and white-clover extracted in rive-gallon cans as 

 low as 7 cts. Amber grades are not mentioned here at present. 

 Beeswax remains steady at 28 cts. cash and 30 in exchange for 

 merchandise. 



Indianapolis, July 18. Walter S. Pouder. 



Philadelphia — This has been unquestionably the greatest 

 honey season we have had in the East for a quarter of a century. 

 The first lot, of 3000 lbs., arrived in Philadelphia on the riv- 

 er boat yesterday, and was offered at 1054 for the amber and 12^ 

 for white, no other sales being made. The market is not as yet 

 established; but we are looking for low prices. Beeswax is firm 

 at 28. Wm. a. Selser, Philadelphia, Pa. 



July 24. 



Kans.\s City.— The honey market has been somewhat slow 

 on account of the abundance of cheap fruit. Fancy white comb 

 honey in 24-section cases is selling for $3.35. Now and then a 

 few cases go for $ j.50; but $3.35 is the ruling price. Amber and 

 other off grades are selling as low as $2.75. We do not look for 

 much improvement in the honey market until after the first of 

 September. White extracted is selling at "54. 



July 23. C. C. Clemons & Co. 



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, 6K to 7J4. We pay 25 for clean 

 yellow wax delivered here. 



The Colorado HONEv-pRODtrcERS' Ass'n, 



Denver, June 23. F. Rauchfuss, Manager. 



Boston. — 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. 



July 1. Blake-Lke Co., Boston, Mass. 



Liverpool. — Honey is steady. Market prices are fully main- 

 tained. Chilean extracted, 4 to 6 ; Peruvian, 354 to 5/4 ; Cali- 

 fornia, 7 to 9 ; Jamaican, 4 to 5 ; Haiti, 554 to 6. Beeswax is 

 quoted, African, 29; American, 30 to 33; West Indian, 29 to 32 ; 

 Chilean, 30 to 36; Peru, 33 to 34; Jamaican, 33 to 34. 



July 18. Taylor & Co., 7 Tithebarn St. 



A FULL LINE 



of Bee-keepers' Supplies. My 

 patent Section-machine at half- 

 price. A new queen-nursery, and 

 queen-rearing outfit. Queens from imported Italians, Cau- 

 casians, Carnlolans; and Adel queens. Send for catalog and 



Rr Chas. Mondeng, Z^'r-" 



Minneapolis, Minn. 



