GLEANINGS IN BEE CULTURE 



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. Unless otherwise 

 stated, this is the price at which sales are being 

 made by commission merchants or by producers 

 direct to the retail merchants. 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 storing by the commission merchant. When sales 

 are made by the producer direct to the retailer, com- 

 mission and storage and other charges are eliminat- 

 ed. Sales made to wholesale houses are usually 

 about ten per cent less than those to retail mer- 

 chants. 



EASTERN GRADING RULES FOR COMB HONEY. 



Fancy. — All sections well filled, combs straight, 

 firmly attached to all four sides, the combs unsoiled 

 by travel-stain or otherwise, all the cells sealed ex- 

 cept 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 the 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 straight ; one-eighth 

 part of the comb surface soiled, or the entire sur- 

 face slightl.v 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 

 according to color, using the terms white, amber, 

 and dark; that is, there will be "Fancy white," 

 "No. 1 dark," etc. 



NEW HONEV-GRADING RULES ADOPTED BY THE COL- 

 ORADO STATE BEEKEEPERS' ASSOCIATION, 

 DECEMBER ±3, 1911. 



Fancy White. — Sections to be well filled, comb 

 firmly attached on all sides and evenly capped, ex- 

 cept from the outside row next to the wood. Honey, 

 combs, and cappings white, and not projecting be- 

 yond the wood. Wood to be well cleaned; no section 

 in this grade to weigh less than 13 1^ ounces. 



No. 1. — Sections to be well filled, combs firmly 

 attached on all sides and evenly capped, except the 

 outside row next to the wood. Honey white or very 

 light amber; comb and cappings from white to 

 slightly off color. Combs not projecting beyond the 

 wood ; wood to be well cleaned ; no section in this 

 grade to weigh less than 13% ounces. 



Choice. — Sections to be well filled ; combs firmly 

 attached; not projecting beyond the wood, and en- 



tiiely capped, except the outside row next to the 

 wood. Honey, comb, and cappings from white to 

 amber, but not dark ; wood to be well cleaned ; no 

 section in this grade to weigh less than 12 ounces. 



No. 2. — This grade is composed of sections that 

 are entirely capped, except row next to wood, weigh- 

 ing from ten to twelve ounces, also of such sections 

 that weigh 12 ounces or more, and have not more 

 than 50 uncapped cells all together, which must be 

 filled. Combs and cappings from white to amber in 

 color, but not dark ; wood to be well cleaned. 



Extracted Honey. — Must be thoroughly rip- 

 ened ; weigh 12 pounds per gallon. It must be well 

 strained, and packed in new cans. It is classed as 

 white, light amber, and amber. 



Strained Honey. — This is honey obtained from 

 combs by all other means except the centrifugal ex- 

 tractors, and is classed as white, light amber, amber, 

 and dark ; it must be thoroughly ripened and well 

 strained. It may be put up in cans that previously 

 have contained honey. 



Boston. — We quote fancy white comb at 16 to 

 17; No. 1 white comb, 15 to 16; fancy white ex- 

 tracted, 10 to 11; light amber, 9 to 10; amber, 8; 

 beeswax, 30. 



Boston, Dec. 18. Blake-Lee Co. 



Albany. — Honey market is quite bare of any lots 

 of comb honey that are not candied and in good 

 order — such as is of nominal value only. White 

 honey in good condition sells high for both comb and 

 extracted. 



Albany, Dec. 16. H. R. Wright. 



Indianapolis. — Fancy white sells at 18 in ten- 

 case lots; No. 1 white 1 ct. less; amber comb is in 

 slow demand and at lower figures. Best extracted 

 sells at 11 to 12 in five-gallon cans. There is an ex- 

 cessive demand for comb honey, but very little is 

 now being offered by producers. Beeswax is in good 

 demand, and producers are being paid 30 cts. 



Indianapolis, Dec. 17. Walter S. Pouder. 



New York. — Comb honey is getting well cleaned 

 up, and prices are very firm on all grades. While 

 some small shipments are coming along as yet, the 

 bulk of the crop has been marketed, and from now 

 on receipts will be next to nothing. We quote 

 fancy white at 16; No. 1 white, 15; No. 2 white, 

 13 and 14; dark and mixed 12. The market is easy 

 on extracted honey, and prices are gradually declin- 

 ing — especially so on Porto Rican and other West 

 Indian honey. Receipts of new crop have been 

 quite large recently, and will probably continue so 

 for several months to come. The demand is very 

 light, hence the decline in prices. We quote West 

 Indian at 75 cts. per gallon; white clover at 8 % 

 to 9 per pound; California light-amber sage, 9 to 

 9 1/2 ; buckwheat, 8. 



New York, Dec. 17. Hildeeth & Segelken. 



DISTRIBUTING 

 HOUSES 



FOR LEWIS BEEWAR 



Send for Annaal Catalog which will tell 

 you who is your nearest Distributer. 

 G. B. Lewis Company, Watertown, Wis. 



SURE, OLD COMBS ARE VALUABLE 



IF shipped to ua for rendering. . . WE EXTRACT 99 >^ per cent 



OF WAX, and then pay you Highest Market Prices, or 2 cents addi- 



■ tional in trade. . . . YOU CAN'T APPROACH THAT FOR 



PROFIT. . . We need great quantities of Comb and Extracted 



Honey. . Write ua. 



51 Walnut 8tre«t 



THE FRED W. MUTH CO. 



" Th« Busy B«e Man " 



Cincinnati, Ohio 



