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GLEANINGS IN BEE CULTURE. 



Nov. 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 lime of the report in the city mentioned. Un- 

 less 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), cartage, and freight 

 will be deducted, and in addition there is often a charge for stor- 

 ag'^ 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 wholesale houses are usu- 

 ally about ten per cent less than those to retail 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 other- 

 wise; 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 slightly 

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

 wood; wood to be well cleaned; rases 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. 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 pounds 

 net per case of 24 sections. 



Cases of unseparatored honey to average not less than 21 pounds 

 net per case of 24 sections. 



Indianapolis. — While prices are not high, the demand for 

 honey has never been better — a fact that can be attributed to the 

 quality of goods now on our market. This is a white-clover dis- 

 trict, and our market is almost free from honey from other 

 sources. Producers are offering fancy white comb at 1254; No. 1 

 white, 12; white clover, extracted, in five-gallon cans, 7. Some 

 amber honey is being offered, but the demand is not sufficient to 

 establish a price. Beeswax is steady at 28 cts. cash, or 30 cts 

 in exchange fot merchandise. 



Nov. 3. Walter S. Pouder, Indianapolis. 



HONEY-JARS 



from 



New York City 



We consider the No. 25 jar with solid metal cap and waxed 

 liner the best jar made for honey. 



Gross crates .... $5.00; 5 gross, $4.75 per gross. 

 12-oz. screw-cap jar . . 4.50; 2 gross, 8.25 per gross. 

 1-lb. sq. jar with cork . 5.00; 

 Italian queen .... 1.00. Catalog free. 

 Apiaries, Glen Cove, L. I. 



I. J. STRINGHAM 105 ParkPlace. New York 



Carload California Comb Honey. 



Carefully graded. Two-thirds white. 

 A. L. KNISLEY, BISHOP, Inyo Co., CAL- 



CHAS. ISRAEL & BROS. 



486-490 CANAL ST., NEW YORK 



wholesale dealers and commission merchants in 



Honey, Beeswax, Maple Sugar and Syrup, etc 



Consignments Solicited. 



Established 1875. 



Honey Quick. 



Must go by Nov. 15 — 100 cases white and light-amber comb honey. 

 Fancy, $3.50 per case. No. 1, $3.25 per case. No. 2, $3.00 per case. 

 CEO. H. REA, REYNOLDSVILLE, PA., RT. 2. 



Money-saving Bargains in 

 Bee-I<eeping Supplies. 



Small profit and quick sale is my aim. Lowest price at all 

 times. Send list of goods wanted, for best price. Sections of the 

 best Wisconsin basswood, second growth; hives of Michigan 

 white pine, and they a'e dandies. All goods are first-class, and 

 will please you. No orders too large, none too small. Catalog 

 ready Jan. 1. Send for it. 

 H. S. DUBY, ST. ANNE, ILL. 



SAVE EXPRESS ! 

 SAVE FREIGHT! 

 SAVE TIME! 



H. H. JEPSON 



1 82 Friend St Phone Haymarket 1 489-1 . 



by ordering 

 your supplies 



.'^Boston 



Boston. — White fancy comb honey, 15 to 16; No 1 ditto, 13 

 to 14 ; extracted white, 9 to 10; extracted amber, 7 to 8 ; amber 

 in barrels, 6 to 7. Beeswax, 30. Blake-Lee Co., 



Nov 6. 4 Chatham Row, Boston, Mass. 



Liverpool. — The honey market continues steady with a 

 fair inquiry. Stocks are small. Chilian, 45-3 to 6>i; Peruvian, 

 3^A to 4h ; California, 8)4 to 10^ ; Jamaica, 4 to S'/j ; Haiti, 

 5j<j to 7. Beeswax, small sales of Peruvian, firm market — Afri- 

 can, 26 to 28; American, 30 to 33; West Indian, 29 to 32; Chil- 

 ian, 30 to 36; Peruvian, 33; Jamaican, 34 to 35. 



Taylor & Co., 



Oct. 19. 7 Tithebarn St. 



St. Paul. — Receipts of honey are very light; demand moder- 

 ate, and prices steady. The prices below represent those ob- 

 tained for shipment in small lots: Fancy white-clover and bass- 

 wood, new, 13 to 14; buckwheat. 10 to 12^; extracted in 60-lb. 

 cans, 7 to 8. — Board of Trade Bulletin, Oct. 26. 



