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 di- 

 rect 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 storage by the commission merchant. When sales 

 are made by the producer direct to the retailer, 

 commission and storage and other charges are elim- 

 inated. Sales made to wholesale houses are usually 

 about ten per cent less than those to retail mer- 

 chants. 



EASTERN GRADING RULES FOE 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 siu'f ace 

 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 

 fulI-\\ eight 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 HONEY-GRADING RULES ADOPTED BY THE COL- 

 ORADO STATE BEEKEEPERS' ASSOCIATION, 

 DECEMBER 13, 1911. 



Fancy White. — Sections to be well filled, comb 

 firmly attached to all sides and evenly capped, ex- 

 cept the outside row next to the wood. Honey, 

 lomljs, and cappings white, and not projecting be- 

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

 in this grade to weigh less than 13 Vz ounces. 



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

 attaclied 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- 

 tirely 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 

 I hat 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 ripen- 

 ed; 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. — Fancy and No. 1 white comb honey, 

 16 to 17; fancy white extracted 12 to 13. Beeswax, 

 30. 



Boston, March 18. Blake-Lee Co. 



Denver. — We quote comb honey in a jobbing way 

 at the following figures: No. 1, |3.05; choice, $2.90; 

 No. 2, $2.70, per case of 24 sections. Extracted 

 honey, white, 9; light amber, 8; strained, 6% to 7. 

 We pay 28 cts. in cash and 30 in trade for clean 

 yellow beeswax delivered here. 

 The Colorado Honey-Producers' Association. 



Denver, March 18. Frank Rauchfuss, Mgr. . . 



Cincinnati. — The demand for both extracted and 

 comb honey is very good, and we are selling fancy 

 double-decker comb honey at $3.75 to $4.00 a case; 

 fancy extracted honey in 60-lb. cans, at 9 to 10 ; 

 amber extracted in barrels, 6% to 8, according to the 

 quality and quantity purchased. For choice bright 

 yellow beeswax we are paying from 28 to 30 cts. a 

 lb. ; and if taken out in trade, 2 cts. per lb. more. 



Cincinnati, March 20. The Fred W. Muth Co. 



Liverpool. — We quote set California honey at 

 $9.60 to $10.20, and $11.04 to $12.00 for liquid. 

 Retail sales are at the latter figure. Thirty kegs of 

 Jamaican sold at $6.72 to $7.20. There have been 

 no sales of Chilian on spot. Some 250 barrels of 

 March and April shipment sold at $6.24, O. I. F. 

 continent. New-crop basis pile 3. Of beeswax, 30 

 bags of Chilian sold at $38.88 per cwt. One ton, 

 March and April shipment, sold at $34.22 per cwt., 

 C. I. F, 



Liverpool, March 1. Tayloe & Co. 



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