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GLEANINGS IN BEE CULTURE, 



Sept. 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 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 usiuUy about ten per cent less than those to re- 

 tail merchanta. 



EASTERN GRADING-RULKS FOR COMB HONHY. 



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 cise of 24 sections, no section in 

 this grade to weigh less than liH 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 gra'.e 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. 



San Francisco. — Honey is still being shipped to the mar- 

 kets, but several of the producing districts are now about cleaned 

 out. There is a fair demand in the East, and a liberal move- 

 ment in that direction, but the local market is rather quiet. The 

 growers are getting from 5 to 6 cts. for average lots of extracted. 

 Sales in this market are made at the following figures: Water- 

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

 8%; light amber, 7 to 7l4\ dark amber, SM to 5%; candied, 5K 

 to 5%.— Pacific Rural Prtss, Aug. 25. 



Indianapolis. — The demand for the best grades of honey is 

 good. Producers are offering fancy white comb honey at 12j^ ; 

 No. 1 white at 12; white-clover extracted, in five-gallon cans, at 

 7; very little demam, for amber at any price. Many bee-keepers 

 seem to be holding their honey for higher prices. Beeswax is 

 steady at 28 cts. cash, or 30 in exchange for merchandise. 



Aug. 18. Walter S. Pouder, Indianapolis. 



New York. — The new crop of Yoik State comb honey is now 

 beginning to arrive in small quantities, and the quality appears 

 to be very fine, esp'ecially choice white stock. While our mar- 

 ket has not opened up as yet, and will not before about the first 

 week in September, prices are unsettled and uncertain. We are 

 having some demand for fancy and No. 1 white at prices ranging 

 from 13 to 15, according to quality and style of package. No 

 new buckwheat is on the market as yet, but we are informed 

 that the crop will probably be quite large. A great many bee- 

 keepers seem to think that comb honey ought to sell at the same 

 price as last year and before, not taking into consideration the 

 fact that comb is a luxury and not a necessity, nor do they seem 

 to take into consideration the general depression in business. 

 We do not expect as good a demand as last year, nor do we think 

 that last year's prices can be realized. 



Arrivals of extracted honey have been quite free from the 

 West Indies and the South, and the demand is fair. Prices ob- 

 tained w^ consider full marftet value. We quote average grades 

 from 58 to 65 cts. per gallon; fancy grades, 70 to 75. No new 

 crops from near by are on the market yet, nor California. We 

 have several cars now in transit, due here the first of September. 

 We quote California sage at 9 ; orange, 8 to 8 54 ; light amber, 

 7^2 to 8. 



Arrivals of beeswax are quite heavy, and the market shows a 

 downward tendency. Prices are likely to go still lower. We 

 quote 28 to 30. HiLDRETH & Skgelkin, 



.\ug. 22. New York. 



Schenfctady. — No new comb honey on our market yet, and 

 but little demand, as many dealers carried over some stock which 

 ihey are anxious to work off before buying the new crop. How- 

 ever, it is well to have some on hand for first customers. 



ChAS. MACCtJLLOCH, 

 Aug. 25. Schenectady, N. Y. 



Cincinnati. — Extracted honey, for which there is a fair de- 

 mand out not a high price, is selling, amber, in barrels, at 5 to 

 5/4 ; white clover brings //4 in barrels, 8 in cans; comb hon 

 ey, for which there is practically no demand, is selling at 14. 

 Beeswax is selling slowly at 33. These are our selling prices. 



Aug. 24. C. H. W. Weber. Cincinnati, O. 



Kansas City. — The demand for comb honey is increasing, 

 and the demand exceeds the supply. No. 1 honey is selling at 

 $3.25; light amber, $3.00; dark amber, $2.75; extracted, iVi to 

 8. C. C. Clemons & Co., 



Aug. 21. Kansas City, Mo. 



Boston. — We quote: Fancy white-clover comb honey, 16 to 

 17; No. 1 white comb, 15 to 16; extracted white honey, 9 to 10; 

 extracted light amber, 7 to 8; same in barrels, 6 to 6/4. Bees- 

 wax, 30. Blake-Lee Co.. 



.Aug. 20. Boston, Mass. 



Denver. — The crop in Northern Colorado is almost a failure. 

 There will be but little more than what the home market re- 

 quires in this section. We quote No. 1 white comb honey, in 

 24-section cases, at $3.15 per case ; No. 1 light amber, $3.00 per 

 case; No. 2, $2.85 per case; strained and amber extracted, 6K to 

 7ji; light amber. 7^ to 8^; white extracted, 8V4. We pay 24 

 cts. for clean yellow beeswax' delivered here. 



The Colorado Honey-producers' Ass'n. 



Denver, Aug. 25. F. Rauchfuss. Manager. 



Buffalo. — New honey is arriving now quite freely. Quali- 

 ty is very good. Buyers seem slow to buy. They are holding 

 off for lower prices. In order to get it to moving, prices must go 

 lower. No. 1 to fancy white-clover comb, 14 to 15; No. 2 ditto. 

 10 to 12 ; No. 3 ditto, 9 to 10 ; white-clover extracted, 7 to 8 ; 

 ditto amber, 6 to 654. No dark honey is arriving. Beeswax, 28 

 to 30. 



Aug. 11. W. C. Townsbnd. 



Liverpool. — The honey market here is steady with a fair 

 demand and a good export inquiry. A better demand is expect- 

 ed next month and October. Stocks in the market are small, 

 chiefly old crop. Values to-day are as follows : Chilian. 4/4 to 

 6!4; Peruvian, 3j4 to 5^; California, 854 to 10%; Jamaican, 4 

 to 554; Haytian, 5/4 to 654. No change in beeswax. 



Aug. 19. 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 



fi^sr Chas. Mondeng, Z^r'" Minneapolis, Minn. 



