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 merchant. 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 GEADING 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 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 camparatively 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 

 according to color, using the terms white, amber, 

 and dark; that is, there will be "Fancy white," "No. 

 1 Dark," etc. 



NEW COMB-HONEY GRADINGRULES ADOPTED BY THE 

 COLORADO STATE BEEKEEPERS' ASSOCIATION. 



No. 1 White. — Sections to be well filled and 

 evenly capped excent the outside row, next to the 

 wood; honey white or slightly amber, comb and cap- 

 pings 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 

 section of this grade to weigh less than 13 V^ ounces. 



Cases of half separatored hooey 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 ue well filled 

 and evenly capped, except the outside row, next to 

 the wood ; honey white or light amber ; comb and 

 cappings 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. 



GLEANINGS IN BEE CULTURE 



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 

 lie fairly well filled and capped, no more than 25 

 unca—^ed 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. 



Denver. — We have no comb honey to quote, as 

 our market is entirely cleaned up. Our jobbing 

 quotations on white extracted are 9 cts. ; light am- 

 ber, 8; strained, 6% to 7V^. We pay 26 cts. in 

 cash and 28 in trade for clean yellow beeswax de- 

 livered here. 



The Colorado- Honey-producees' Ass'n. 



Denver, June 3. 



San Francisco. — New comb honey is quotable at 

 15 to 16 cts.; water-white extracted, 9 to 9 ^4 ; light 

 amber, 8 to 9 ; amber, 7 to 8 ; dark, 5 to 6. Bees- 

 wax, 23 to 28. A few small shipments of new honey 

 have been received, and the demand for fancy comb 

 exceeds the supply. 



San Francisco, May 31. John C. Frohliger. 



Zanesville. — The local market is bare of comb 

 honey, with no offerings at the present time. Up 

 to this time, for some weeks past the demand has 

 been exceedingly slack; but some revival is antici- 

 pated by the time the new crop arrives. Best white 

 comb would now command about 20 cents — the 

 limit this market will stand. Extracted is quiet, 

 with prices nominally 11 to 12 for white. For 

 beeswax, producers are being offered 29 cts. in cash, 

 or 31 in trade. 



Zanesville, June 3. E. W. Peikce. 



Liverpool. — Since we last reported to you, our 

 market for beeswax has been firm, and about 40 

 packages of Chilian and Peruvian sold at full prices 

 fioni $33.24 to $39.32 per cwt. Further arrivals 

 are expected, and the demand is perhaps not quite 

 so lirisk. Four tons of Chilian, f.a.q., sold at $36.28, 

 c. i. f., net cash. Other descriptions are quoted as fol- 

 lows : African, $32.16 to $34.48; Jamaican, $37.72; 

 West Indies, $32.64 to $36.28. The demand for hon- 

 ey of late has been disappointing. Considerable ar- 

 rivals of Hayti and Jamaican in London have been 

 selling at rather lower prices than we are asking 

 here. Sales of Chilian, pile 3, have been made to 

 the Continent at $6.12 and $6.24, i. f. ; 200 barrels 

 offer for shipment at $6.30, without finding buyers. 

 Californian is quoted at $10.08 to $10.80. Stocks 

 of other descriptions have sold at different quotations 

 as follows: Haitien, $5.76 to $7.20; Peruvian, $3.84 

 to $4.80; Chilian, $5.52 to $8.16; Jamaican, $6.24 

 to $8.16; Californian, $9.60 to $10.92. 



Liverpool, May 29. Taylor & Co. 



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