1896. 



THE AMERICAN BEE JOURNAL. 



575 



to reduce their breeding. A colony which 

 has not a great plenty will be much less 

 prone to breed early, and the swarm will 

 be much more likely to dwindle during 

 the early spring. The bee-keeper who 

 is so fond of his bees that he will not 

 pass three days without examining them, 

 may be able to remedy any shortage in 

 good time, and feed when he sees it 

 necessary, but to those who make bee- 

 culture a matter of earnings, and who 

 have also other things to occupy their 

 minds, or their hands, it is more prefer- 

 able to leave the supply sufficient, and 

 trust in the little creature's wisdom as 

 to the consumption of the food. I do 

 not believe that the bees will waste any 

 of this food, and with each warm day 

 their breeding will increase, and they 

 will furnish a much stronger army for 

 the honey season than if their board is 

 controlled and scantily supplied by the 

 stingy apiarist. — C. P. Dadant, in Bee- 

 Keepers' Review. 



Marketing Honey — Its Price. 



As to the best method of selling, sell 

 as much as possible in your home mar- 

 ket. Peddling will do if only a small 

 crop is to be disposed of, and if the api- 

 arist has nothing better to do. As a 

 rule, it takes too much time in propor- 

 tion to the amount sold. For my part, I 

 should prefer to keep more bees, and 

 work in the apiary. Instead of spending 

 most of my time in peddling out a 

 smaller crop. 



To avoid unnecessary expenses, sell 

 directly to the grocers of your nearest 

 cities. Do not sell too much to any one 

 until you find out whether he is reliable, 

 unless, of course, it be a cash sale. In 

 the beginning you will have, in most 

 cases, to begin by leaving a few pounds 

 to be sold on trial, and returned to you 

 if not found satisfactory. After a line 

 of customers is established, it, will be as 

 easy to dispose of a large crop that way 

 as it would be to send it to a commission 

 merchant ; and you will not only save 

 the commission, but probably get a little 

 above the market price, provided, of 

 course, your honey is not too bad, or 

 badly put up. 



The question has been asked lately 

 why the price of honey is now almost in- 

 variable, no matter whether the crop is 

 large or small. The answer is not hard 

 to give. Glucose (or, rather, corn syr- 

 ups) are now produced in enormous 

 quantities, and sold at a close margin. 

 As they can be produced in unlimited 

 quantities, their price cannot vary, even 

 if the demand should increase. The re- 

 sult is, that the price of honey is gov- 

 erned by the price of the corresponding 

 quality of the corn syrup. I say " cor- 

 responding quality," because there are 

 differeut qualities of corn syrup as well 

 as different qualities of honey. As the 

 honey is decidedly superior, it will 

 always sell a little above the corn syrup, 

 but not much ; for if the difference were 

 too great, people would rather buy the 

 somewhat inferior substitute. On the 

 other hand, should the production of 

 honey increase considerably, it would 

 not decrease the price materially, but 

 simply displace a corresponding quan- 

 tity of syrup, from the fact that at equal 

 or even slightly superior prices, people 

 will take honey in preference. — Adbian 

 Getaz, in Gleanings. 



See the premium ofler on page 574 



HDBEY and BEESWAX 



iHAKKirr < J (JOT AXIOMS. 



The following rules for grading honey were 

 adopted by the North American Bee-Keepers' 

 Association, and, so far as possible, quota- 

 tions are made iiccordingto these rules: 



Fancy.— All sections to be well filled; combs 

 straight, of even thickness, and flrmly at- 

 tached to all four sides; both wood and comb 

 iinsoiled by tr«vel-staln, 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 uusolled 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. Tbat Is. there will be "fancy 

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



Chicago. Ills., Aug-. 31.— Fancy white clo- 

 ver, l.'ic. ; No. 1 white. ll@12c ; fancy amber. 

 9@10c.; No. 1 amber. (iiaSc; fancy dark, 8@ 

 9c.; No. 1 dark. 7c. Extracted, white, 5@7c. ; 

 amber. o(5l.5!4c.; dark, 4S4@5c. Beeswax. 

 2o@27c. 



The month closes with some offerings of 

 new comb honey, for which 14-15C. is assed 

 for best lots— but there are no sales of coose- 

 quence to report. There is usually a good 

 deal of it moved in September, thus establish- 

 ing the early market. 



FUiladelphia, Fa., Aug, 14,— Extracted, 

 white, 8-10!.; amber, •l-5c. ; dark, 3-lc. 

 Beeswax, 25c. 



No new comb in this marlset yet. Old comb 

 cleaned out. 



Detroit, Mich.; Aug. 8.— No. 1 white, 12- 

 VlVic; fancy amber. lU-llct No. 1 amber. 9- 

 10c. ; fancy dark, 8-9c. Extracted, white, SH 

 -6c.; amber, 5-5 i4c.; dark. 4-.'jc. Beeswax, 

 24-250, 



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

 13@14c; fani'y amber. 12@13c; No. 1 amber, 

 10@12c. White, extracted, 5@Tc; amber, 5lS 

 6c; dark, 3^4-5c. Beeswax. 20-25c, 



Indianapolis, Ind., July 28.— Fancy white 

 15-lbc.; No. 1 white. 1:3-I4c. Extracted, 

 white. 6-7c. Beesv/ax. 25-27c. 



No demand at all for off grades of either 

 comb or extracted honey. Large fruit crop 

 and warm weather are opponents to the de- 

 mand for honey at present. 



New York, N. Y , Aug, 8 —No. 1 white, 12 

 @13c. ; fancy amber. Il(a>l2c. ; No. 1. 10@llo. 

 Extracted, white. 5!i@5=aic.; amber, 5c.; dark. 

 50c. per gallon. Bct-swax. 2oc. 



Our market has not opened up as yet and 

 we would not advise nhlpping comb hooey be- 

 fore Sept. 1. or latter part of this month. 

 Extracted is selling fairly well at prices 

 quoted. Beeswax verj dull and declining. 



St. Zionis, Mo., Aug. 8.— Fancy white, 1 3® 

 14c.; No. 1 white, f^(gH2S4c.; fancy amber, 

 lltailHc.: No. 1 amiier. 10@10'/2C.; fancy 

 dark, 8@9c.; No. 1 dark, 7@7!/2C. Extracted, 

 white, in cans. 5c. : in barrels. 4@414c. : amber, 

 3@:i!4c.: dark, 2!4<a>:)c. Beeswax, 19(&20c. 



Very little honey coming in at present, and 

 the weather is too warm to handle to advan- 

 tage if it were here. 



Albany, N. Y., Aug. 25.— Fancy white, 14- 

 lou.; No. 1, 12-13c:.; fancy amber, ll-12c.; 

 No. 1 amber. 10-llc.; fancy dark, 9-lOc.; No. 

 1 dark. S'/j-gc. 



Receipts ot comb honey are quite large, and 

 there is some demand. l)ut we think producers 

 make a mistake in ur'jj-lng immediate sales, as 

 it tends to lower prices. There is quite a de- 

 mand for comb honey put up in paper car- 

 tons. 



San Prancisco, Calif., Aug. 19. — White 

 comb, ll-l'iyic; amln-r, 7V4-IOC. Kxtracted, 

 white, 5-5^c.; light umber, 4V5-49ic.; amber 

 colored andcHudled. :i?4-4c ; dark tule. 2^4-3.^. 



Small quantities o' new crop are coming 

 forward, mainly from the San Joaquin valley, 

 where most of this season's honey was pro- 

 duced. The bee distiii-ts in the southern coast 

 counties, usually large producers, are this 

 year turning? out little or nothing. Market Is 

 firm at the qnotatl-ms. but only on local ac- 

 count are cuiTent figures obtainable. Letters 

 were received here this week ■ rom Europe, 

 offering Austrian honey at $f.80 per 100 

 pounds, ex-duty, laid down In New Vork. 



Beeswax, fair to ctiiilc. 22-25C. Not much 

 arriving, and only a small proportion is of 

 fine quality. Buyers a'e not numerous, how- 

 ever, and market is rather easy in tone. 



Milwaukee, Wis., Aug. 8.— Fancy white, 

 14-15C.; No. 1. 12-13C.; No. 1 amber, 8-lOc. 

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

 4-5c. Beeswax. 22-24c. 



New crop of honey begins to come forward. 

 ThP demand is very poor and quotations al- 

 most nominal. Weather Is very warm and 

 the consumption of honey Is very small. 

 Plenty of fruit, and hence the appetite is sat^ 

 Isfled with same in preference. Later on we 

 expect an improved demand for honey of all 

 kinds. 



Minneapolis, Minn., Aug. 8. — Fancy 

 white. 12^ac.; No. 1 white. lOtailc; fancy 

 amber. 9@10c.; No. 1 amber. 8@9o.; fancy 

 dark. 7@8c. : No. 1 dark. 6-8c. Extracted, 

 white. 5i4@6l4e.: amber, 5@5!4c.; dark. 4@ 

 oc. Beeswax, 23®26o. 



The demand for both comb and extracted is 

 verj' quiet, and for the latter, nominal. The 

 hot weather of the past week or so has checked 

 demand for comb honey. 



Cleveland, Ohio, Aug. 8.— Fancy white, 

 14(4(ai5c.: No. 1 white. 12!4@l3c. Extracted, 

 white, 6@7c.; amber, 4^@5'/Je. Beeswax, 22 

 @25c. 



There is not very much honey in our mar- 

 ket Selling rather slow. Demand beginning 

 to he a little better. Think trade will be fair 

 in this line this fall. 



Kansas. City, Mo., Aug. 8.— Fancy white 

 comb. 15c. ; No. 1 white, 13@14o.; fancy 

 amber. lC-13c.; No. 1 amber. ll-rJc; fancy 

 dark. lO-llc; No. 1, S-lOo. Extracted, white, 

 6-6i4o.; umber, 5-5^c.; dark, 4-4^c. Bees- 

 wax. 22-25C. 



Boston, Mass., Aug. 10.— Fancy white, 14 

 -loc: No. 1, 12-13C.: fancy amber, 9-lOc. 

 Extriicted, white, 6-7c.; amber, 5-6c. Bees- 

 wax. 25c. 



Good supply of new honey, but demand la 

 light this very hot weather. 



Buffalo, N. Y., Aug, 28.— Fancy comb, 1- 

 pound. quiet, ll-12c.; No. 2. quiet, 8-lOc.; 

 No. 3. 4-Bc. 



Old honey Is almost unsala'^le, as well as 

 lots in poor order. Too early for much de- 

 mand. IJon't advise shipments before Sep- 

 tember to Bufl!alo and then classify according 

 to actual value. 



List of Honey and Beeswax Dealers. 



Most of whom Quote in this Journal. 



Ctalcago, Ills. 



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



New York, N. Y. 



HiLDRETH Bros. & Segelken, 



130 & 123 West Broadway 

 Chas. Israbl & Bros., 486 Canal St. 



Kansas City, Mo. 



0. C. Clemoms & Co., 433 Walnut St. 



Buflalo, N. Y. 



Batterson & Co.. 167 & 169 Scott St. 



Hamilton, Ills. 



Chas. Dadant & Son. 



Pblladelpbla, Pa. 



Wm. a. Selser, 10 Vine St. 



Cleveland, Ohio. 



Williams Bros., 80 & 83 Broadway. 



St. Lonls, lUo. 



Westcott Com. Co.. 313 Market St. 



minneapoUs, Kllnn. 



S. H. HALL & Co. 



inilwaukee, WU. 



A, V. Bishop & Co. 



BoHton, lYIass. 

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



Detroit, Ifllcli. 



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



Indianapolis, Ind. 



WALTER S. PouDER, 162 Massachusetts Ave. 



Albany, N. Y. 



Chas. McCulloch & Co., 380 Broadway. 



Cincinnati, Oblo. 



C. F, MnTH & SON, cor. Freeman & Central ava. 



