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AMERICAN BEE JOURNAL. 



above zero. That pleasing, low 

 murmur can be heard with satisfaction by 

 the experienced bee-keeper, for his bees are 

 all right so far. 



Bees in this part have never gone into 

 winter in better condition. They had plenty 

 of bees, and abundance of the very best of 

 winter stores. The prospect is that bees 

 will come out in good condition next 

 spring. C. Theilmann. 



Theilmanton, Minn., Dec. 22, 1893. 



Wintering Very Well So Far. 



My bees are wintering very well so far. 

 As yet there has not been niuch cold 

 weather, but it may come yet and freeze 

 some of them out, who knows ? My crop 

 of honey this year was 250 pounds of comb 

 and extracted. I sold .$19 worth this year. 

 A. C. Babb. 



Greenville, Tenn., Dec. 23, 1893. 



Results of the Past Season. 



Honey sells here at CKj cents for best 

 clover, or about 5} o cents net. I am only 

 offered 3 cents a pound for buckwheat, or 2 

 cents net. I got 9.000 pounds of honey 

 from 150 supers, and 300 pounds of comb 

 honey from 8 hives, run for section honey. 

 R. F. Whiteside. 



Little Britain, Ont., Dec. 16, 1893. 



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Honey & Beeswax Market Quotations. 



Rules for Orading:. 



The following rules for grading honey were 

 adopted by the North American Bee-Keepers' 

 Association, in Washington, and, so far as 

 possible, quotations are made according to 

 these rules : 



Fancy.— All sections to be well filled ; combs 

 straight, of even thickness, and firmly at- 

 tached to all four sides; both wood and comb 

 unsoiled by travel-stain, or otlierwise; 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 otber- 

 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 " fan- 

 cy white." •• No. 1 dark," etc. 



CHICAGO, III., Dec. 4, 1893.— There were 

 but few shipments of honey to this market 

 last week. The cold wenther started business 

 up, and honej' moved some better than here- 

 tofore. Fancy and No. 1 is getting scarce, 

 and prices are on the upward tendency. Fan- 

 cy, 16c. ; No. 1 white, 15c.; lair, 14c. Ex- 

 tracted is moving slowly with plenty to 

 satisfy demand. Beeswax, 20@22c. J. A. L. 



ALBANY, N. Y., Dec. 2:2.— Honey market is 

 verj' quiet and dull. All prices are nominal 

 and demand very light. We look for abetter 

 demand after the Holidays, but the past 

 mouth has been the slowest honey trade we 

 ever saw in this market. H. K. W. 



CINCINNATI, O.. Dec. 19.— There is a good 

 demand for honej' in the small way, while de- 

 maud from manutacturers is still slow. Ex- 

 tracted honey brings 5@8c. Comb honey, 12 

 @16c. in a jobbing way for fair to best white. 



Beeswax is in fair demand at 20®23c, for 

 good to choice yellow. C. F. M. & S. 



CHICAGO, III., Nov. 1.— Fancy white comb 

 honey brings 15c. per lb. Grades not grading 

 first-class are not selling at over 14c., as there 

 has been quite a quantity of California honey 

 received here, and is offered at 14c. The 

 quality is superior to most of that we receive. 

 Dark comb honey sells slowly at 12(3»13c. 

 Extracted ranges from 5@7c., according to 

 color, quality, flavor and style of package. 

 The trade in honey has been large this season. 



Beeswax, 22c. K. A. B. & Co. 



NEW YORK. N. Y., Dec. 22.— Our market 

 for comb honey is unusally dull and shows no 

 activity whatever. The supply has been 

 large, while the demand has been very light, 

 hence the stocks have accumulated. We 

 quote: Fancy white. 1-lb., 12@13c.; off grades, 

 lie; buckwheat, 10c. It is necessary to 

 shade even tliese prices to effect calls for 

 round lots. Extracted is in fair demand with 

 plenty of suppl> of all grades. We quote: 

 White clover and basswood, 6c. : California, 

 5'/i@6c. ; Southern, 55@60c per gal.; buck- 

 wheat, no demand. 



Beeswax, is in very good demand at 25@26c. 

 for good average quality. H. B. & S. 



CHICAGO, III., Nov. 23. — The Chicago 

 market has plenty of honej'. and 14c. seems 

 to be the outside price obtainable. Anything 

 that will not grade strictly No, 1 must be sold- 

 at 12@13c. Large quantities have teen sold, 

 but the supply is at present in excess of the 

 demand. Extracted finds ready sale at 6@ 

 elector Northern honey; Southern, in bar- 

 rels, 5c. Beeswax, 22@24c. S. T. F. & Co. 



KANSAS CITY, Mo., Dec. 21.— The demand 

 for comb and extracted honey is not as good 

 as we would like to see it. We quote : No. 1 

 white 1-lb. comb, 14(^15c. ; No. 2 white, 13® 

 14c.; No. 1 amber, 13@13i4c.; No. 2 amber 

 10®12c. Extracted, white, 6®7c.; amber, 5® 

 51/^c. C.-M. C. Co. 



List of Honey and Beeswax Dealers, 



Most of whom Quote in this Journal. 



Cliitago, Ills. 



J. A. Lamon, 44 and 46 So. Water St. 



K. A. Burnett & Co., 161 South Water Street 



New York, N. Y. 

 P. I. Sage & Son, 183 Reade Street. 

 HiLDRETH Bros. & Segelken. 



28 & 30 West Broadway 

 Chas. Israel & Bros,, 110 Hudson St. 



Kansas City, JVIo. 



Hamblin & Bearss. 514 Walnut-Street. 

 Clemoms-Mason Com. Co., 521 Walnut St. 



Albany, N.Y. 



H. R. Wright, 326 & 328 Broadway. 



Hamilton, Ills. 



Chas. Dadant & Son. 



Cincinnati, Ohio. 



C F. MuTH & Son, cor. Freeman & Central av8 



