GLEANINGS IN BEE CULTURE 



Nov. 1 



Honey Markets 



The prices listed below are intended to represent, as nearly as 

 i>ossible, 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 GRADING RULES FOR COMB HONEY. 



Fancy.— All sections well filled, combs straight, firm- 

 ly attached to all four sides, the combs unsoiled by 

 travel-stain or otherwise, 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 

 liropolis. 



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 section. 



In addition to this the honey is to be classified ac- 

 cording 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 



COLORADO STATE BEE-KEEPERS' ASSOCIATION. 



No. 1 White.— Sections to be well filled and evenly 

 capped except the outside row, next to the wood; hon- 

 ey white or slightly 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% 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 off color, but not dark; comb not project- 

 ing 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!^'2 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. 



Boston.— We quote fancy white comb honey, 16 to 

 17; No. 1 ditto, 15 to 16 ; fancy white extracted, 9 to 10 ; 

 light amber, 7 to 8; amber, 6 to 7. Beeswax, 32. 



Oct. 22. Blake-Lee Co. 



Indianapolis.— There is a good demand for best 

 grades of honey, with market fairly well supplied. 

 For fancy white comb honey producers are being paid 

 16 cents; for No. 1 white, 14; finest extracted in 5-gal- 

 lon cans, 8. No demand for amber or off grades. 

 Producers of beeswax are receiving 28 to 30 cents. 



Oct. 18. Walter S. Pouder. 



Albany.— The honey market is firmly held on short- 

 crop news; but the consumptive demand will not stand 

 very high prices in these days of cheap sweets. We 

 think it is better to sell at 15 to 16 in quantity for best 

 clover or white grades of comb, and 14 to 15 for mixed, 

 and 13 to 14 for buckwheat and dark, rather than to 

 lose sales. The demand for extracted is better than 

 usual this season, at 8 to 8/2 for white; amber, TVi; 7 to 

 7>^ for buckwheat extracted. Beeswax is scarce at 

 any price. 



Oct. 23. H. R. Wright. 



Zanesville.— There is a good average demand for 

 best grades of honey. There have been some arrivals 

 of Western honey, but prices remain firm. For white- 

 clover comb, grading No. 1 to fancy, producers would 

 receive from the jobbing trade 14 to 16 cts., delivered 

 here. Such honey goes to the retail grocery trade at 2 

 to 2>2 cts. advance over the above prices. The chief 

 demand for extracted honey on this market is for that 

 in glass packages, which I quote at $2.25 per dozen for 

 full pound jars, and 90 cts. for the ten-cent size. For 

 best white-clover or raspberry honey in five-gallon 

 cans I offer S'A delivered. Good yellow beeswax now 

 brings on arrival 28 cts. in cash or 30 in exchange for 

 bee-supplies. 



Oct. 18. Edmund W. Peirce. 



New York.— The demand is good for comb honey 

 of all grades, especially for No. 1 and fancy white 

 stock. While receipts are not quite as heavy as in for- 

 mer years they are sufficient to meet the demand. We 

 quote fancy white at 15; No. 1, 14; No. 2, 13; amber and 

 mixed, 11 to 12; buckwheat, 11 to 13,. according to qual- 

 ity. Strictly fancy lots, in a small way, bring a little 

 more than the above. The demand for extracted hon- 

 ey is good. Receipts are quite heavy, especially from 

 California. We never saw the quality better. Water- 

 white sage is quotable at 85^2; white sage, 8; light am- 

 ber, 7 to 7!4; amber, 6 to 6%; clover and basswood, 8 

 to 854; dark and buckwheat, 7 to 7'/2; Southern in bar- 

 rels, 65 to 75 per gallon. Beeswax is dull and quiet— 28 

 to 29, acccording to quality. 



Oct. 23. HiLDRETH & SEGELKEN. 



Honey Markets continued on page 5. 



DELICIOUS HONEY. . * . 



Our second car of Sage Honey has arrived. The first sold like 

 cakes" in crates of two 60-pound cans at 9>^c per pound. 

 Sample, lOc. Truly if you ever ate fine honey 

 you will say this is par excellence. 



THE FRED W. MUTH CO. 



hot- 



51|Walnut Street 



"The Busy Bee-men" 



Cincinnati, Ohio 



