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THE AMERICAN BEE-KEEPER. 



January 



Freeport, Me., Nov. 2, iSqg. 



American Bee-Keeper: A short note in 

 regard to honey crop in some parts of 

 Maine from my own observation : 



E. H. Gammon, Yarmouth, 75 colonies 

 of bees, not any surplus honey. K. F. 

 Wells, New Gloucester, 55 colonies, no 

 surplus, 25 colonies taken up and de- 

 stroyed, no honey to winter on. George 

 Clark, New Gloucester. 10 colonies, very 

 little honey. D. W. Alexander, Rich- 

 mond, 32 colonies, a few colonies with a 

 little surplus, most of them very light for 

 winter. Mr. Grant, Clinton, exhibited 

 at Maine state fair, reports very little 

 comb honey My bees — nine colonies — 

 40 lbs. comb honey. Several others that 

 I have not visited give varying reports, 

 from 40 lbs. per colony to none« — most of 

 them none. 



Yours very respectfully, 



Willis Snow. 



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Money and Beeswax Market Report. 



Below we give the latest and most authentic 

 report of the Honey and Heeswax market in dif_ 

 A.'rent trade centers: 



W.\SHINGTON GRADING Kt'LKS. 



Fancy. — All sections to be well filled; combs 

 straight, of even thickness, and firmly attached 

 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. I. — All sections well filled, but coml)s un- 

 even or crooked, detached at the bottom, or 

 with but few cells unsealed; both wood and 

 comb unsoiled by travel-stain or otherwise. 

 . In addition to this the honey is to be classified 

 according to color, using the terms white, amber 

 Jind dark, That is. there will be "fancy white," 

 No. I, dark, etc. 



Chicago, Dec. 15 — We quote best white comb 

 at 15c; an occasional small lot of fancy sells at 

 )6c; off grades of white, 12 @ i4c;anibers,iofS', 12c. 

 Kxtracted, S («i 9c for fancy white, 7 fe 8c for am- 

 ber; 6 (Si 7c for dark grades. 



Receipts are larger and the demand is not as 

 good as it has been; most of the retailers have 

 laid in a supply to carry them over the Christ- 

 mas time. R. A. Burnett & Co. 



Ci.NciNNATi, Dec. 15. — There is a good demand 

 for all kinds of extracted honey. White clover 

 and basswood sell at 8 (d\ S'/^c; amber and South- 

 ern, 6 @ 7c, according to quality and package. 

 Fancy comb honey in no-drip shipping cases 

 sells at 15 @ i6c; darker grades hard to .sell at 

 any price. Beeswax, 26c. C. H. W. Weber. 

 Successor to Chas. K. Muth & Son and .\. Muth. 



Kansas City, Dec. iS. — We quote No. 1 white 

 comb: 13^ @ 14c; No. 2, 13 (S^ 13^^; No. i amber, 

 13 @ 13KC; No. 2, 12 (Si 13c. Extracted, white 

 lM («i He: amber, 7 (??, 7'/2c; dark, 5^ @ 6c. Bees- 

 wax, 20 @ 22c. C. C. CLEMONS& Co. 



New York, Dec. 20. — Demand is very good for 

 all grades of comb honey. Receipts are some" 

 what light and not up to former years. We 

 quote: 



Fancy white, i.sc; No. i, white; 13 @ 14c; amber, 

 II @ 12c; and buckwheat, 9 @. iic, as to quality. 

 Extracted remains firm at following prices: 

 California white, S^sc; light amber, 8c; white 

 clover and basswood, Sc; amber, "jYiC. Very lit- 

 tle trade for extracted buckwheat as yet. South- 

 ern, fancy, 7^c per pound; other grades, as to 

 quality, from 70c to 75c gallon. Beeswax quie^. 



at 26 @ 27c. HiLDRETH & SEGELKEN. 



Omaha, Dec. 19. — The November trade has up 

 to the present not been as good as was expected, 

 and shows a falling off from October. It seems 

 that somewhat higher prises this fall are affect- 

 ing the consumptive demand to some extent^ 

 still tlie warm weather yet prevailing in this 

 part of the country may also be responsible for 

 part of it. While trade has been light, prices 

 have been well maintained, nobody being burd- 

 ened with stouk tv) such an amount as to become 

 oppressive. 



Fancy white still going at I4@ji4}'jC. and light 

 amber i cent less. K.\tracted, white, 8@8J^c.— 



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