1897. 



THE AMERICAN BEE JOURNAL. 



143 



HONEY and BEESWAX 



MARKK'r <HJOXAXIO.KS. 



The following rules for grading: honey were 

 adopted by the North American Bee-Keepers' 

 Association, and. so far as possible, quota- 

 tlons 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 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 unsulled 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. 111., Feb. 18.— Fancy white. 12c,; 

 No. 1, lOOllc: tancy amber, 8@9c.; No, 1, 

 7c.; fancy dark. 7@8c. ; No. 1, 7c. Ex- 

 tracted, white, 5@7c. : amber. 5(^6c. ; dark. 

 4@5c. Beeswax, *25@'2Gc, , 



Very little demand, considering season of 

 the year. 



Albany. H. T., Jan. 29.— Fancy white. 12- 

 13c.; No. 1. 11-12C. ; lancy dark. 7-8c, ; No. 1, 

 6-7c.; Extracted, white. -T^-ec; dark, 4-5c. 



The honey miirket la very quiet and stock 

 moving very slowly, even at rednoed prices. 

 White clover is not plentiful. Extracted is 

 moving very slowly, but we hope for an Im- 

 proved demand goou. 



Indianapolis, Ind., Feb. 20.— Fancy white. 

 14-150.: No. 1 while, 12-i:ic. Extracted, 

 white, 6-7c. Beeswax, 22-25c. 



Demand Is fair for grades quoted, but no 

 demand for inferior grades. 



Boston, Kass., Peh. 20.— Fancy white. 13 

 14c.; No. 1. 11-12C. Extracted, white, 6-7c.; 

 amber, 5-6c, Beeswax. 25c. 



Cleveland. Ohio, Feb. 20,— Fancy white, 

 14i4@15c, : No. 1 white. 12H@13c. Extracted, 

 white. 6@7c.; amber. 4 ^©5 Vic. Beeswax, 22 

 @25c. 



There is not very much honey In our mar- 

 ket Selling rather slow. Bemand beginning 

 to be a little better. Thjnk trade will be fair 

 In this line this fall. 



Kansas City, Mo,,Feb. 19.— No. 1 white. 12 

 @i3c.; fancy amber. ll@12c.; No. 1 amber. 10 

 ®llc.; fancy dark. 9@10c.; No. 1 dark, 8® 

 10c, ; Extracted, white, 5i4@6c.: amber, 5@ 

 5V4c. ; dark, 4@4!4c' Beeswax, 20@2oc. 



St. Iionis, Mo., Feb. 19,— Fancy comb, 12® 

 @13c.; No. 1 white, \\&).\V%c.\ amber, 9® 

 lO^c; dark, 7@8i4c. Extracted, white. In 

 cans. 6®Tc. ; amber, in barrels, 4@4i4c: extra, 

 5o.; dark, 3@tc Good demand for barrel 

 stock— comb slow sale. Beeswax, 23@23)4c. 

 -prime finds ready sale at 23!4c. 



San Francisco, Calif., Feb. 10.— White 

 comb, 9-1 Oc; amber, 5-7c. Extracted, white. 

 5-o^c.; light amber, 4-4i4c.; amber colored 

 and candied, 3?ic ; dark tule, 2?lic, 



Beeswax, fair lo choice, 23-25C. 



Fhiladelpbia, Pa., Feb, 2.— Fancy white 

 comb. 12-l,ic : fancy amber. 8-9c.: No. 3. 8c.; 

 fancy dark, 7-8o. Extracted, white, 5-7o.: 

 amber, 4-5c. ; dark, 3V4-4C. Beeswax, 25c. 



Season is getting over for com b honey— very 

 little demand. Extracted in good demand. 



Detroit, Mich., Jan. 9.— Fancy white. 13- 

 14c; No. 1, I2-13C.; fancy amber. H-12c.: 

 No. 1 amber. 10-1 Ic; fancy dark. 9-lOc.; No. 

 1, 8-9c. Extracted, white, 5V4-6C.; amber, 

 5c. : dark. 4-4!4c. Beeswax. 25-26c. 



Cincinnati, Ohio, Feb. 20.— No. 1 white, 

 12ai3c.; No. 1 amber. 10ai2c.; dark. 8@10c. 

 Extracted. 3i^@6c.. according to quality. De- 

 mand is slow for all kinds of honey. 



Beeswax is in fair demand at 22@25c, for 

 good to choice yellow. 



Hew York, V. Y , Feb. 20 —There has been 

 a little better demand lor comb honey during 

 the last two weeks. Prices, however, will not 

 Improve, as the season Is too far advanced 

 and plenty ol stoi k laying on the market. 

 We have a good demand for extra'-ted buck- 

 wheat, candied, and bee-keepers having their 

 crop on band yet, should now market It. 



Beeswax is quiet at 26 28c., according to 

 quality. 



Minneapolis, Minn,, Feb. 20. — Fancy 

 white. 11(3120.; No. 1 white, 10@llc.; fancy 

 amber. y@10c.: No. 1 amber, 8@9c.; fancy 

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

 white. 6@7c. : amber, 5®5!4c. : dark. 4®5c. 

 Utah white extraotLd, 5@5Hc. Beeswax, 2.1® 

 26c. Market fairly steady for comb and bet- 

 ter for extracted than for some time. 



Buffalo, TS. Y , Feb. 19.— Fancy white comb, 

 mostly 9 and 10 cis., and in moderate de- 

 mand, while other jjrades are very hard to 

 sell unless prices are made very low, ranging 

 from 7@5c. There Is stock that is poor enongn 

 to not brinir over 4c. Extracted in moderate 

 demand at 3®4c. 



List of Uoney and Beeswax Dealers. 



Most of whom Quote In this Journal. 



CblCBKO, Ilia. 



K. A. Burnett & Co.. 163 South Water Street. 



New York, IV. Y. 

 HiUJRETH Bros. & Seqblkien, 



Kansan City, Mo. 

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



Buflalo, N. V. 

 Batterbon & Co., 167 & 169 Scott St, 



Hamilton, Ilia. 

 Cbas-. Dadant & Son. 



Pblladclphla, Fa. 

 Wm. a. Selser, 10 Vine St. 



Cleveland, Ohio. 

 Williams Bros , 80 & 82 Broadway, 



St. lioiiis, mo. 



Westcott Com. Co.. 213 Market St 

 MlnueapollH, Iflinu. 

 S. H. Hall & Co. 



Milwaukee, Wis. 

 A. V, Bishop & Co. 



Boston, ITIaeg. 

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



Detroit, inicb. 

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



Indianapolis, Ind. 

 Walter S, Pohder, 162 Massachusetts Ave. 



Albany, N. V. 

 Chas, MCC0LLOCH & Co., 380 Broadway. 



CtnctnuatI, Oblo. 

 C. r, Muth & Son, cor. Freeman* Central avi, 



Confention rVotices. 



Texas.— The next annual meeting of the 

 Texas State Bee-Keepers' Association will be 

 held at Greenville, Wednesday and Thursday, 

 April 7 and 8, 1897. All are cordially invited 

 to attend. 



Qiieens and <tiieen-Rearins:. — 



U you want to know how to have queens 

 fertilized in upper stories while the old 

 queen is still laying below ; how you may 

 safely introduce any queen, at any time of 

 the year when bees can fly ; all about the 

 different races of bees ; all about shipping 

 queens, queen-cages, candy for queen- 

 cages, etc. ; all about forming nuclei, mul- 

 tiplying or uniting bees, or weak colonies, 

 9tc. ; or, in fact, everything about the 

 queen-business which you may want to 

 know — send for Doolittle's " Scientific 

 Queen-Rearing" — a book of over 170 

 pages, which is as interesting as a story. 

 Here are some good offers of this book: 



Bound in cloth, postpaid, $1.00; or clubbed 

 with the Bee Journal for one year — both 

 for only $1.75 ; or given free as a premium 

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ZTatlonal Bee-Keepera' Union, 



President— Hon. K. L.Taylor.. Lapeer, Mich. 



Gen"l Mob — T- G. Newman 



Sta. B, 2096 Market St., San Francisco, Cal. 



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Doctor^s fi\r)is 



Tiy Dr. PEIRO, 



100 State Street, •» Chicaoo, III. 



Diphtheria. 



This is another of the household terrors 

 most usual to occur at this season. Here, 

 too, the hot bath and warm room and bed 

 should be the first things thought of. If 

 the head aches and throbs and considerable 

 fever is on, breath heavily tainted, and 

 ulcers forming in the throat, put a tea- 

 spoonful of cooking soda in a big glass of 

 water, and give the patient a tablespoonful 

 as frequently as every hour, 



A drop of aconite tincture must be given 

 every half hour until the fever is gone. 

 After that a powder of mere, bin iodide 

 every two hours for a few days is likely to 

 end the trouble. A gargle of one-quarter 

 teaspoontul of boracic acid in a glass of 

 water, used frequently — say, every hour — 

 greatly relieves and hastens the cure. 



Croup. 



This is another source of great anxiety to 

 mothers. But happily h-iic croup is not of 

 frequent occurrence. The s/uismndic variety 

 is by far the most common, and can 

 scarcely be termed dangerous. The visible 

 distinction is that true croup has deposits 

 of membrane In the mouth and throat, as 

 in diphtheria (and should be treated in the 

 same way); whereas, in spasmodic croup 

 no membrane forms, hence the danger is 

 not to be compared. The child with this 

 latter form of croup often recovers without 

 medical attention. The lips, throat and 

 chest of the little one should be well 

 anointed with camphorated lard; one 

 drop of tincture of aconite given it every 

 ten minutes, and a powder of spongia given 

 it every half hour. Throwing a sheet over 

 wire hoops over the crib— like the canvas 

 often seen over wagons— and placing under 

 it the spout of a boiling kettle of water, so 

 that the child can inhale the warm steam, 

 is another excellent procedure in either 

 case. The steam has a soothing and bene- 

 ficial effect. Usually the patient is quite 

 recovered in an hour or two, the breathing 

 having again assumed its normal condition. 

 But if the peculiar choking or whistling 

 occurs again, the same proceedings should 

 at once be attended to. 



It is impossible to describe this sound, but 

 when once heard it can never be forgotten. 



Whooping Cough. 



This might almost be called a winter dis- 

 ease, though it does occasionally occur in 

 other seasons of the year. It has a certain 

 time to run, it is true, but the patient may 

 be made vastly more comfortable by the 

 treatment just suggested for spasmodic 

 croup— and by it the serious complications 

 which might arise, can, with considerable 

 certainty, be prevented. 



The same remedies may be given, but 

 much less frequently after the first or sec- 

 ond day. Much depends upon sensible, 

 careful nursing. The child should be en- 

 couraged to play, in a warm room, to 

 divert its attention and so prevent more 

 frequent spasms of severe coughing. Those 

 who live where chestnuts grow may try a 

 tea made from the leaves. It is said to 

 greatly aid recovery. It should be drank 

 several times per day. 



Castor-Oil In Honey. 



You know how horrible to take is one of 

 the best of remedies — castor-oil ? But if 

 you will add to it a tablespoonful of honey, 

 and give in hot milk, that little youngster 

 will never suspect that he is taking any- 

 thing bad. 



Wanted— A Situation 



And wages as learner In aplarj'. Prefer North 

 Central States. in. F. !.., Box 67, 



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