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 men- 

 tioned. Unless otherwise stated, this is the price at which 

 sales ^.re being- made by commission merchants or by pro- 

 ducers direct to the retail merchant. When sales are made 

 by commission merchants the usual commission (from five to 

 ten per cent), cartag-e. and freight will be deducted; and in 

 addition there is often a charge for storage by the commis- 

 sion 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 usually 

 about ten per cent less than those to retail merchants. 



EASTERN GKADING RULES FOR COMB HONEY. 



Fancy.— All sections well filled, combs straight, 

 firmly attached to all four sides, the combs unsoil- 

 ed 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. 



fJKW 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; 

 honey 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 sec- 

 tion 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 cap- 

 pings from white to off color, but not dark; comb 

 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. 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 un- 



Gleanings in Bee Culture 



capped 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.— W« quote fancy white comb at 17 to 18; 

 light amber, 15: amber, 14; fancy white extracted, 

 10 to 11; light amber, 9 to 10; amber, 9. Beeswax, 30. 



Boston, March 18. Blake-Lbe Co. 



Denver.— We have no comb honey to quote. Our 

 market is entirely cleaned up. Our jobbing quota- 

 tions on white extracted are 9 cts.: light amber, 8 ; 

 strained, 6% to 754. We pay 26 cts. in cash or 28 in 

 trade for clean yellow beeswax delivered here. 

 THE Colorado Honey-producers' Asso'n, 



Denver. March 20. F. Rauchfuss. Manager. 



Cincinnati. — The market on comb honey is about 

 cleaned up. No. 1 white is selling in a jobbing way 

 at $3.65 per case, or 14.00 retail. Light-amber ex- 

 tracted in barrels brings 7; in cans, 7>i to 8 ; white 

 extracted in 60-lb. cans, 10. Beeswax is in fair de- 

 mand at S33.00 per 100 lb.s. The above are our sell- 

 ing prices, not what we are paying. 



Cincinnati, March 22. C. H. W. Weber & Co. 



Zanesville. — The market is quiet, with supply 

 fully equal to the demand. White comb of best 

 quality brings 20 cts. wholesale; extracted in 60-lb. 

 cans, 11 to 12. The principal demand for extracted 

 at this time is in 1-lb. and 6-oz. glass packages, 

 which are quoted at $2.25 and S)0 cents per dozen re- 

 spectively. For beeswax, producers are offered 29 

 cts. In cash or 31 in exchange for bee supplies. 



Zanesville, O.. March 21. E. W. Peibce. 



Liverpool.— Since our last report our markets 

 for honey and beeswax have continued firm, with 

 business restricted by small supplies. Retail sales 

 of pile 1 Chilian honey have been made at $7.92. and 

 pile 2 at 86.84. The stock is now almost cleared out. 

 There is a fair quantity of Californian to be had at 

 S10.08 to §10.80, and 65 cases have been sold the last 

 few days within these limits. Stocks of other de- 

 scriptions have sold at different quotations as fol- 

 lows: Haitien, ?5.76 to 87.20 : Peruvian, 83.84 to 84.80; 

 Chilian. 85.52 to 88.16; Jamaican, 86.24 to 87.68; Cali- 

 fornia. 89.60 to 812.92. There is very little Chilian 

 beeswax offering; and we think that, by the end of 

 next mouth, the stock will be exhausted. In the 

 mean time, until the new Chilian wax comes in, 

 about May, Haiti should find a good market. Sales, 

 25 bags of Chilian at 136.88 to 837.78. Quotations for 

 other descriptions are as follows: African, 832.16 to 

 834.48; Jamaican, $37.72; West Indian, $32.64 to 836.28. 



Liverpool, March 15. Taylor & Co. 



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Mr. New Beeman. — "Well, well, nailing up your beehives already? 

 Aren't you rather early?" 



Mr. Successful Beeman. — "Now, 'then, that is just where so many make 

 their mistake; they wait until the last moment and then rush and buy any- 

 thing they can get. You have often asked me the secret of my successful 

 beekeeping. Well, listen! I order early, buy the best beehives and 

 supplies on the market, nail them up, and then I am ready for the bees. 

 All my supplies come from 



THE FRED W. MUTH CO. 



51 Walnut Street. 



" The Busy Bee Men." 

 Send for catalog. 



Cincinnati, Ohio. 



