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 

 direct to the retail merchant. When sales are made 

 by commission merchants the usual commission 

 (from fi^e to ten per cent), cartage, and freight will 

 be deducted: and in addition there :s often a charge 

 for storing by the commission merchant. When sales 

 are made by the producer direct to the retailer, com- 

 mission and storage and other charges are eliminat- 

 ed. Sales made to wholesale houses are usually 

 about ten per cent less than those to retail mer- 

 chants. 



EASTEEX GHAIiIXG EULE.* FOB COMB HOXET. 



Faxcv. — All sections well filled, combs straight, 

 firmly attached to all four sides, the combs unsoiled 

 by travel-stain or oiher\rise, all the cells sealed ex- 

 cept an occasional one. the outside surface of the 

 wood well scraped of propolis. 



A No. 1. — AU sections well filled except the row 

 of cells nest 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 straight : one-eighth 

 one-eighth part of the 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 

 fall-weisrht section. 



In addition to this the honey is to be classified 

 according to color, using the terms white, amber, 

 and dark; that is, there wiU be "Fancy white," 

 "No. 1 dark," etc. 



XEW HOXET-GE-\DIXG RULES ADOPTED BY THE COI.- 



OKAI*0 ST.4TE BEEKEEPEKS' ASSOCIATIOX, 



DECEMBER 13, 1911. 



Faxcv White. — .Sections to be well filled, comb 

 firmly a- ' ' all sides and evenly capped, ex- 



cept t! ■ .w next to the wood. Honey, 



combs, .'s white, and not projecting be- 



yond th<- I'-^ol. \.ix>d to be ■well cleaned: no section 

 in this grade to weigh less than 13^ ounces. 



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

 attached on all sides and evenly capped, except the 

 outside row next to the wood. Honey white or very 

 light amber: comb and cajjpings from white to 

 ^n^htly off color. Coral) not projecting beyond the 

 wood: wood to be well cleaned; no sec-tion in this 

 i-r.i ?i ■» . -n-c--:;!; '.-ss than 13% ounces. 



- '.s to be well filled; combs firmly 



f-ting beyond the wood, and en- 



• pt the outside row next to the 



V, ...<i. Hi.-,,. •:omb. and cappings from white to 



amWr, but not dark: wood to be well cleaned: no 



sectjon in this grade to weigh less than 12 ounces. 



Ko. 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. 



EsTBACTED HoxEY. — Must be thoroughly rip- 

 ened: weigh 12 pounds per gallon. It must be well 

 strained, and packed in new cans. It is classed as 

 white, light amber, and amber. 



Stkaixkd 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 r:p-;ned and well 

 strained. It may be put up in cans that previously 

 have contained honey. 



BosTOX. — Fancy white comb honey brings 17 

 to 18; No. 1 ditto, 16 to 17; fancy white ex- 

 tracted, 10 to 11: light amber, 9 to 10; beeswax, 

 30. 



Boston, Aug. 5. Blake-Lee Co. 



Ixdiaxapolis. — Extracted honey of finest qual- 

 ity in five-gallon cans is selling at 10^4 to 12, 

 according to quantity. No. 1 and farcy white 

 comb sells for 16 to 17. Beeswax is in good 

 demand, and producers are being paid 30 cts. per 

 pound. 



Indianapolis, Aug. 2. Waxteb S. Poudeb. 



Schexkctadt. — Local producers are bringing 

 a few cases of early honey to oar market, and 

 disposing of it in a retail way at 16 and 18 cts. 

 The quality seems to be good compared ■with last 

 season. No shipments worth while are in sight, 

 and there is no special demand. 



Schenectady, Aug. 5. Chas. MacCxtlloch. 



Albaxt. — The honey demand is beginning to 

 open here now, and a few lots of white comb 

 honey have sold on arrival at 16, which is prob- 

 ably a better price than will be had a month later ; 

 for, although not a general demand yet, an early 

 market usually pavs best prices. 



-Albany, N. T., July 25. H. R. Weight. 



CixcrxxATi. — Several shipments of new comb 

 honey have arrived, but it is not moving very 

 fast, prices ranging for No. 1 and fancy, according 

 to the quantity bought, from 14 to 16 cents. Ex- 

 tracted white is selling from 9 to 9%; amber in 

 barrels at 7; cans, 8 cts.- Beeswax, fair demand 

 at f33 per hundred. The above are our selling 

 prices, not what we are paving. 



Cincinnati, O., Aug. 3. c! H. W. Webeb & Co. 



Zaxesville. — The new crop of honey is be- 

 ginning to arrive: and the demand, which is a 

 little brisker than it has been, is fairly well sup- 

 plied for the present. For best grades of comb, 

 producers are offered 13 to 16. Wholesale prices 

 are not established, but there is likely to be a 

 little weakening for the time being, on account 

 of small lots brought in and sold direct to retailers. 

 Producers should receive, for best qualitj" extracted, 

 8 to 8^4. For beeswax, 28 cts. cash, 30 in trade, 

 is being offered, first-hand. 



Zanesville, O., -\ug. 2. E. W. Peibce. 



SURE, OLD COMBS ARE VALUABLE 



IF shipped to u.s for rendering. . . WE EXTRACT 99/'2 per cent 

 OF WAX. and then pay vou Highest Market Prices, or 2 cents addi- 

 tional in trade. . . . YOU CANT .\PPRO-\CH THAT FOP 

 PROFIT. . . We need great quantities of Comb and Extracted 

 Honey. . Write us. 



51 Walnut Street 



THE FRED W. MUTH CO. 



"The Busy Bee Men" 



Cincinnati, Ohio 



