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, com- 

 mission and storage and other charges are elimin- 

 ated. 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 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 

 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 on all sides and evenly capped, ex- 

 cept 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 weigbh less than 13 '/4 ounces. 



No. 1. — Sections to be well filled, comb 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 slight- 

 ly otf color. Combs not projecting beyond the wood ; 

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

 to weigh less than 13% ounces. 



GLEANINGS IN BEE CULTURE 



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 

 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 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 

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

 and dark ; it must be thoroughly ripened and well 

 combs by all other means except the centrifugal ex- 

 strained. It may be put up in cans that previously 

 have contained honey. 



New York. — We have nothing new to report. 

 There is very little comb honey around, and we do 

 not expect any shipments from now on of any con- 

 sequence. Prices rule as formerly. We may say the 

 same as to extracted. Our market is quiet on all 

 grades. There is no change in prices. Beeswax is 

 steady at 31. 



New York, April 5. Hildeeth & Segelken. 



Schenectady. — We have to report a very quiet 

 market; but little stock on hand; bad roads and high 

 water interfering with what might be sent forward. 

 One producer writes us that he was obliged to pay 

 five dollars to have nine cases of extracted honey 

 drawn to a railroad station, a distance of only six 

 miles, on account of the almost impassable condition 

 of highways. No change in prices. 



Schenectady, April 5. Chas. MacCulloch. 



St. Louis. — Since our last, of March 19, the hon- 

 ey market is precisely the same, and we repeat the 

 quotations as follows: Fancv white comb honey, 16 

 to 17; No. 2 white, 15; light amber, 13 to 14. By 

 the case, fancy white sells at $3.65 to $3.75; No. 

 2, $3.40 to $3.50; amber, $2.75 to $3.25, according 

 to quality. Dark or broken honey is almost unsal- 

 able, no matter what concessions are made. Extract 

 ed Southern in barrels and half-barrels is quotable 

 at 61/^ to 7 for light amber; in five-gallon cans, 7 to 

 7I/&; California, Utah, and Colorado honey, white, 

 9 to 9 % ; light amber, 8 Vz , all in five-gallon cans. 

 Beeswax is in good demand at 31 for prime. Infe- 

 rior and impure sells for less. 



St. Louis, April 5. R. Hartmann Produce Co. 



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