GLEANINGS IN BEE CULTURE 



Dec. 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 

 asual 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 osn- 

 ally about ten per rent 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 

 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 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% 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. 



Cincinnati. — The market on comb honey is exceed- 

 ingly brisk, and has made an advancement. We quote 

 comb honey, 24 sections to a case in large lots at $3.50 

 per case. The market on extracted honey is good; 

 sage, 8 to 8%; amber, in barrels, 6% to 6%. Beeswax 

 is fair at 33 cts. per lb. These are our selling prices, 

 not what we are paying. C. H. W. Weber. 



Nov. 26. 



Schenectady.— The active condition of our market 

 as last reported still prevails; but we are expecting a 

 lull for a time after the rush of the Thanksgiving trade 

 is over. There is no change in quotations. Receipts 

 continue quite heavy, but the stock is not accumulat- 

 ing to any great extent, owing to the favorable condi- 

 tions. 



Nov. 16. Chas. MacCulloch. 



Zanesville.— There is a moderate demand for hon- 

 ey, and not much change in prevailing prices, though 

 the tendency now is rather upward than otherwise. 

 For No. 1 to fancy white comb, producers would re- 

 ceive from the jobbing trade 14 to 15%. Best grades of 

 comb go to the retail grocery trade at 16 to 18 in one or 

 two case lots; 8% delivered is oflFered producers for 

 best white-clover or raspberry extracted in five-gallon 

 cans, jobbers selling at 1 to 1% cents advance on this 

 price in small lots. Producers of beeswax are offered 

 28 cts. cash, or 30 in exchange for bee-supplies. 



Nov. 22. Edmund W. Peirce. 



Chicago.— No material change in the honey situa- 

 tion, except trade on this commodity is keeping up re- 

 markably well on both comb and extracted honey. 

 This especially applies to Wisconsin white-clover 

 comb honey, of which there is a scarcity; and judging 

 from the amount of inquiries and sales we seem to be 

 the only firm that has any stock of that kind to offer. 

 Colorado and California comb honey is also selling 

 very freely. Quote our market as follows: Fancy white 

 Wisconsin clover comb honey, put up in 24-section 

 flat cases, style of section 4^x4^4, at 16% to 17. No. 1, 

 white, 15% to 16%. No. 1, white Colorado comb honey, 

 24-section double-deck cases with glass fronts, at $3.50 

 per case. No. 1 white California comb honey, 24-sec- 

 tion cases with wood slides, 14 to 15. Off grades of 

 comb honey at correspondingly less prices, depending 

 upon condition and quality. Extracted fancy water- 

 white alfalfa, 60-lb. cans, two cans to the case, at 7%. 

 Southern California light-amber extracted honey, 60- 

 lb. cans, two cans to the case, lli to 7%. Fancy Wis- 

 consin white-clover and basswood extracted honey, 

 60-lb. cans, two cans to the case, or kegs, 8% to 9. 

 Bright pure beeswax, firm at 30 to 32. 



Nov. 8. S. T. Fish & Co. 



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" 



Oncinnati, Ohio 



