GLEANINGS IN BEE CULTURE. 



June 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 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- 

 age 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 GRAUING-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 ^-apped 

 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^ ounces. 



Cases of half-separatored honey to average not less than 22 

 pounds net per case of 24 sections. 



Cases of unseparaiored 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 135^ 

 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. 



Toledo. — There is practically no change in the honey mar- 

 ket from our last quotations. Comb honey sells in a retail way 

 from 14 to 15 for fancy; not much demand for any of? grades. Ex- 

 tracted is very quiet, moving in only a very small way. White 

 clover would bring, perhaps, from 7 to 7/4; amber extracted in 

 cans or barrels, 5}4 to 6j^. Beeswax is quite firm at 26 to 28. 

 The Griggs Bro's Co., 



May 22. Toledo, O. 



Chicago. — Tkere is no material change in the honey situa- 

 tion from our previous report. We can hardly expect any reac- 

 tion in comb honey until the new crop comes in. From present 

 indications it looks as if considerable 1908 comb honey would be 

 carried over, both by receivers and producers, which will have 

 quite a beating on the new crop. We quote fancy white comb 

 honey at 12 to 13; No. 1 white, 11 to 12; No. 2 white and light 

 amber, 9 to 11; medium amber and buckwheat, 8 to 9; extract- 

 ed, fancy white, 8 to 8j^; California white amber, 7 to 7/4. 

 Beeswax, 28 to 30. S. T. Fish & Co., 



May 13. Chicago. 



Zanesville. — While there is some demand for honey, on 

 the whole it is moving rather slowly. There are still a few of- 

 ferings of last season's crop, and it would seem that the demand 

 is hardly equal to the supply, save, perhaps, on extra-fine quality. 

 For strictly No. 1 to fancy white-clover comb (the only grades 

 which sell well here), the jobbing trade would pay 12/4 to 13/4. 

 The wholesale market is about as last reported; practically no 

 calls for extracted at the present time. I offer for good clean 

 beeswax 30 cts. cash or 32 in exchange for bee-supplies. 



Edmund W. Peirce, 



May 21. Zanesville, O. 



Indianapolis. — There is a very favorable demand for best 

 grades of both comb and extracted honey; and while jobbing- 

 houses are fairly well stocked, very little honey is now being of- 

 fered by producers. Jobbers are making sales at the following 

 prices: Fancy white comb, 14 to 15; No. 1 white, 12; white- 

 clover extracted, in five-gallon cans, 8/4 to 9. Amber honey is 

 in poor demand, and prices are not established. Bee-keepers are 

 being paid 29 to 31 cts. lor their beeswax. 



Walter S. Poudbr, 



May 20. Indianapolis, Ind. 



— New York. — There is very little demand for comb honey. 

 We have a little trade for fancy white No. 1 ; off grades not want- 

 ed. The small quantity sold hardly warrants us in making quo- 

 tations. Extracted honey is in good demand, and we expect a 

 better demand during the next lew months. We quote Califor- 

 nia white at 8 to 8/4; light amber, 7 to 7/4; amber, 6 to 6/4; 

 Florida and other Southern honey, 60 to 75 cents per gallon ac- 

 cording to the quality. Hildreth & Segelken, 

 L May 24. 82-84 Murray St., New York. 



^Boston. — We quote fancy white comb honey, 15 ; No. 1 dit- 

 to, 14; light extracted, 9; light amber, 7^; amber, 6/4. Bees- 

 wax, 30. Blakb-Lke Co., 

 May 24. 4 Chatham Row, Boston, Mass. 



St. Louis. — Since our report of April 23 we can not report an 

 improvement in our honey market. In fact, the demand is very 

 slow, and prices are easier. We quote fancy white comb hon- 

 ey, 12j4 to 13; choice amber. 11 to 12; dark or granulated hon- 

 ey, 7 to 9. Broken or leaking honey sells at much less. Ex- 

 tracted amber honey, in five-gallon cans, brings 6 to b]^o; in bar- 

 rels, 55<i to 554. Beeswax, 30 for choice pure; all impure and 

 inferior, less. ^^ R. Hartmann Produce Co., 



May 6. _i, St. Louis, Mo. 



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