Honey Markets 



Th» prices listed below are Intended to represent, as nearly 

 as possible, the aTeragre market prices at which honey and 

 beeswax axe selling- at the time of the report In the city men- 

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

 sales are 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 flvo 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 GRADING RULES FOR COMB HONEY. 



Fancy.— All sections well filled, combs straight, 

 Qrmly 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. 



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; 

 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 1354 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 13K 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- 



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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.— We 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, April 4. Blake-Lee Co. 



Albany.— The honey market is slow, with no re- 

 ceipts of comb honey to sell at any price. Extract- 

 ed is dull, and prices are weak at 6 to &% for buck- 

 wheat extracted. 



Albany, April 3. H. R. Wright. 



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, 6M to 7%. We pay 26 cts. in cash or 28 in 

 trade for clean yellow beeswax delivered here. 

 The Colorado Honey-producers' Asso'n, 



Denver, April 4. F. Rauchfuss, Manager. 



Indianapolis.— White comb sells at 18 cents in 

 ten-case lots. Amber grades are in slow demand 

 at lower figures. Best extracted sells at 11 to 12 in 

 five-gallon cans. Jobbing houses are well stocked, 

 but producers are not now oflfering any honey. 

 Beeswax is in good demand, and producers are be- 

 ing paid 31 cts. per lb. 



Indianapolis, April 2. Walter S. Pouder. 



Zanesville.— The effect of voting back the sa- 

 loons in Muskingum and adjacent counties last 

 December is becoming very marked, local business 

 generally being demoralized, the honey trade, of 

 course, .sharing in the general depression. Though 

 weather conditions have improved perceptibly, 

 which ought to stimulate the demand, sales for 

 three weeks past have been exceptionally light — 

 no change in prices since last quotations — 20 cents 

 for best grades of white comb, and 11 to 12 for best 

 white extracted in 60-lb. cans. Producers are offer- 

 ed for beeswax 29 cts. in cash, or 31 in exchange lor 

 bee-supplies. 



Zanesville, O.. April 3. E. W. Pbirck. 



St. Louis.— There is nothing new to report in our 

 honey market. The stocks of all grades of honey 

 are small, and coinb honey is almost exhausted; so 

 the quotations are more or less nominal on both 

 grades. We quote fancy white comb honey at 16 to 

 17; No. 1 white, 15 to 16 ; light amber, 13 to 14; dark, 

 8 to 11. Broken and leaking honey sells at much 

 less. Extracted light-amber California brings 8^ 

 to 9; Southern light amber, 8 to 8^ In five-gallon 

 cans; Southern in barrels and half-barrels, 7 to 7% 

 for light amber. Dark sells for less. Beeswax, 

 prime, brings 30 cts. per lb.; impure and Inferior, 

 less. R. Hartmann Produce Company. 



St. Louis, April 5. 



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