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THE AMERICAN BEE JOURNAL. 



July 



-o. 



HDNEYand BEESWAX 



IflARKET QUOTATIONS. 



The following rules for grading honey were 

 adopted by the North Amerioan Bee-Keepers' 

 Association, and, so far as possible, quota- 

 tions are made according to these rules: 



Fancy.— All sections tobe well filled; combs 

 straight, of even thickness, and firmly at- 

 tached to all four sides; both wood and comb 

 unsoiled by travel-stain, or otherwise: all the 

 cells sealed except the row of cells next the 

 wood. 



No. 1.— All sections well filled, but combs 

 uneven or crooked, detached at the bottom, 

 or with but few cells unsealed: both wood 

 and comb unsoiled by travel-stain or other- 

 wise. 



In addition to this the honey is to be classi- 

 fied according to color, using the terms white, 

 amber and dark. That is. there will be "fancy 

 white," "No. 1 dark." etc. 



Chicag-o. Ills., July 7.— We quote : Fancy 

 white Clover. 1.5c.; No. 1 white, 12@1.3c : 

 fancy amber. 10@llc.: No. i amber. T@9c.; 

 fancy dark, 9@10c.: No. 1 dark. 7c. Ex- 

 tracted. white, o@7c. ; amber, 5@5i4c.; dark, 

 4'/5@5c. Beeswax, 25@27c. 



Philadelphia, Pa , July 10.— No. 1 amber, 

 9-lOc.; fancy dark, 8-9c.; No. 1 dark, 7-8c. 

 Extracted, white, 8-10 \; amber, a-oUc; 

 dark. 3(4-lc. Beeswax, 25-26c. 



Honey very dull. Beeswax in fair demand. 



Buffalo, New Tork, July 1st.— We quote: 

 Fancy white, 15@16c.: No. I white, 13@14c. : 

 fancy dark, 8@9c.; No. 1 dark. 7(87^^0. Bees- 

 wax. ■.35@28c. Trade very dull and honey not 

 moving, except a few fancy lots; anything 

 dark is hard to sell. 



Cincinnati, Ohio, July 10.— No. 1 white, 

 l,'!@14c; fancy amber. 12@i:ic; No. 1 amber, 

 10@12c. White, extracted, 5@7c; amber, 3@ 

 6c; dark, 3'/4-5c. Beeswax, 20-25C. 



New York, N, Y , June 24th— No demand 

 for comb honey of any kind. New crop of 

 (Southern extracted Is arriving freely, and 

 sells fairly good at 30@.")2c per gallon for 

 common, and 55@60c per gallon for better 

 grades. Beeswax dull at 26@27e. 



Kansas City, Mo., July 8th.— We quote: 

 Fancy white cumb, i:i@l-tc.; No. 1 white. 12 

 @13c.; fancy amber. ll@lic.; No. 1 amber. 

 lOOllc; fancy dark. 9@10c.; No. 1. 8@9c. 

 Extracted, white, 6@6!^c.; umber, 5@5i^c.; 

 dark. 4@4J^c. Beeswax, ■:2@2oc. 



Cleveland, Ohio, July 9—We a note: Fancy 

 white, 15(ai6c.; No. 1 white. 14®15c.; fancy 

 amber, lOOlXc. Extracted, white, 6@6^c.; 

 amber, 4@5c. Beeswax. 20@2.")c. 



Our market Is nearly bare of honey. We 

 think early shipments would meet with ready 

 sales at about quotations. 



St. i;ouis. Mo., July 9.- We quote : Fancy 

 while, llS4®i2c.; No. 1 white, 10i4@llc.; 

 fancy amber, 10@lO!.ic.: No. 1 amber. 9@10c.: 

 fancy dark. 8'/2@9c.; No. 1 dark, 7@8c. Ex- 

 tracted, white, in cans. 5c.; in barrels. 4e.: 

 amber, 3^@4c.; dark. 3@3Hc. Beeswax, 25 

 @25Hc. 



This week we sold 4.700 pounds of Southern 

 extracted in barrels at 3i.^c. Honey is in fair 

 demand. Very little fancy new comb coming 

 in. and what has been ofl'ered not well cured 

 as yet. 



Minneapolis, Minn., July 9.- We quote: 

 Fancy white. 15c.: No. 1 white. 13@14c.; fan- 

 cy amber. 10@!2c.: No. 1 amber. 8@10c.; 

 fancy dark, 7@9c.; No. 1 dark. 8c. Extracted, 

 white, 5?i@G?4c.; amber. 5'4@5^c.; dark. 4^^ 

 @5^ic. Beeswax, 26(a28c. 



Actual transactions both in comb and ex- 

 tracted very light. Minnesota and Wisconsin 

 comb will commence arriving In moderate 

 quantities about August, and will probably 

 supply the market until cool weather, which 

 usually stimulates a demand. Considerable 

 extracted Is now here on the spot, suflicient 

 to supply immediate wants. 



Albany, W. Y., July 10.— Fancy white, 13 

 -14c.: fancy dark, 8-9c.; No. 1 dark, 6-7c. 

 Extracted, dark, 4-5c. 



Stock of old comb honey is reduced to a few 

 casesof 2-pound buckwheat and some 1-pound 

 white California, which we expect to close 

 out before new crop arrives on market. Con- 

 ditions are favorable in this section foragood 

 crop of white honey. 



Milwaukee, Wis., July 13.— No. 1 white, 

 12-l:Jc.; No. 1 amber, 8-lOc. Extracted, 

 white. 7-7-4C.; amber. 6-6J40. ; dark, .5-6c. 

 Beeswax, 20-24C. 



The supply of honey is not large and nearly, 

 all old crop, as the receipts of new are ex- 

 tracted: quality fair. The demand is limited, 

 as the supply of small fruits Is laree and the 

 consumption of honey is small. The market 

 will be in good condition for shipments of the 

 new crop, both comb and extracted, and we 

 look for a good demand later. 



Detroit, Mich.; July 13.— No. 1 white, 11- 

 12'^c.; fancy amber. lO-llc; No. 1 amber, 9- 

 lOc; fancy dark. 8-9c.; No. 1 dark, 7-8c. 

 Extracted, white. 6-7c.; amber. 5-6c. ; dark. 

 5c. Beeswax, 24-25c. 



There is very little old honev on the market 

 that is desirable. New honev will sell slowly 

 in this market until October" 



Boston, Mass., July 15.— Fancy white, 14 

 -15c.: No. I white. 12-13c,: fancy amber, 9- 

 10c. Extracted, white. 6-7c. ; amber. 5-6c. 

 Beeswax, 2o-26c. 



Fancy new white honey now in stock: de- 

 mand fair. Old stock nearly closed out. 



List of Honey and Beeswai Dealers. 



Most of whom Quote In this Journal. 



Cblcago, Ills. 



R, A. Burnett & Co.. 163 South Water Street. 

 New York, N. Y. 



HiLDRETH Bros. & Sboelken. 



120 & 122 West Broadway. 

 CHA8. Israel & Bros., 486 Canal St. 



Kansas City, mo. 



0. C. Clbmoms & Co., 423 Walnut St. 



BuSalo, N. Y. 

 Batterson & Co.. 167 & 169 Scott St. 

 Hamilton, Ills. 



CHA8. DADANT & SON. 



Phlladelphta, Pa. 



Wm. a. Selser, 10 Vine St. 



Cleveland, Obio. 



Williams Bros., 80 & 82 Broadway. 

 St. Iionis, Mo. 



Westcott Com. Co.. 213 Market St. 



minneapolls, minn. 



S. H. Hall & Co. 



milwaukee. Wis. 



A. V. Bishop & Co, 



Boston, mass. 



E. E. Blake & Co., 57 Chatham Street. 



Detroit, micb. 

 M. H. HnNT. Bell Branch, Wayne Co.. Mich. 

 Cincinnati, Oblo. 



C. F, MtTTH & SON, cor. Freeman & Central avs. 



North Amerioan Bee-Keepers' Association 



OFFICERS FOR 1896. 



President— A. I. Root Medina, Ohio. 



VicePres.— Wm. McEvoy.-.Woodburn. Ont. 

 Sec— Dr. A. B. Mason. ...Sta. B, Toledo, Ohio. 



Treas.— W. Z. Hutchinson Flint, Mich. 



Convention at Lincoln, Nebr. 



National Bee-Keepers' Union. 



PREbiDENT— Hon. R, L. Taylor.. Lapeer, Mich. 

 Gen'l Mgr — T. G. Newman. ..San Diego, Cal. 



C^onTention iVotlces. 



Texas.— The Central Texas Bee-keepers' 

 Association meets at Cameron, Tex., Aug. 7 

 and 8, 1896. No hotel bills to pay. 



C. B. Bankston, Cor. Sec. 



Chrlesman, Tex. 



Texas.— The third annual convention of the 

 Southwest Texas Bee-Keepers' Association 

 will be held at Beeville, Tex., on Sept. 16 and 

 17, 1896. All are invited. No hotel bills to 

 pay. Low rates on railroads. 



Beeville, Tex. J. 0. Grimsley, Sec. 



Pmmts to be Emmed, 



By Dli. II. S. PEPpON, 



936 Belleplaine Ave.. Station X. Chicago, III. 



Day-Flow^er. 



The plant sent by a Texas reader be- 

 longs to the same family as our common 

 "spiderwort" or "snakeweed," and is 

 usually known by the name of " day- 

 flower," from the fact that its bright 

 blue but short-lasting flowers open only 

 during bright sunshine. It is a plant 

 that thrives on sandy soil (the more sand 

 the better), and could be very easily 

 grown from cuttings, after the manner 

 of the cultivated "wandering Jew," a 

 near relative. 



'Willoiv-IIerb or Fire-weed. 



I send a sample of a weed which is 

 very plentiful around here. The bees 

 work on it for all they are worth. It 

 grows on sandy soil the next year after 

 it has been burnt over. Some call it 

 "fireweed," others "milkweed," and 

 others something else. Please give its 

 correct name in the Bee Journal. 



I have been keeping bees six years, 

 and have been very successful with 

 them. C. P. C. 



Boyne City, Mich. 



This showy plant is known by the com- 

 mon names of " willow-herb," and es- 

 pecially by "fireweed," from its habit of 

 growing in burned districts. It particu- 

 larly delights in low grounds, choosing 

 newly-cleared lands by preference. It 

 is a perennial, but easily grown from 

 seed, and belongs to the same family as 

 the "evening primroses." 



Partridg-e-Pea . 



I send a plant to name. When abun- 

 dant it is one of the most valuable 

 honey-plants we have. It used to be very 

 abundant in the wheat and oat fields, 

 after harvest, but continued fallowing 

 has about eradicated it except- along the 

 roadsides and in the low grounds that 

 are rarely cultivated. It is a beautiful 

 flower, and the honey it yields is second 

 to none. One year I secured about 

 5,000 pounds of it. The color is almost 

 as light as white clover honey, and in 

 qualily it is, in my opinion, fully equal 

 to it. It is just beginning to bloom (July 

 4) and fits in nicely between white clo- 

 ver and the fall flowers. It usually 

 grows about a foot to 20 inches high, 

 and the color of the blossom is a beauti- 

 ful yellow, with a dark center. I know 

 of no common name for it, but call it 

 the "locust plant," because its leaves 

 resemble somewhat those of our common 

 black locust, only on a smaller scale. 

 Belleville, 111. E. T. F. 



This plant is the "partridge pea," or 



Cassia chamaxrista, and belongs to the 



pea or pulse family, and is a relative of 



the locusts, peas, beans, clovers, etc. It 



flourishes especially in rather sandy 



soils, and doubtless could easily be 



grown from seed, as it is an annual 



plant. It is particularly at home on 



bottom-lands that have a dryish, sandy 



soil. 



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