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GLEANINGS IN BEE CULTURE. 



Oct. 15 



Honey Market. 



GRADING-RULES. 



Fakct.— All sections to be well filled, combs straight, firm- 

 ly attached to all four sides, the combs unsoiled by travel- 

 staia or otherwise ; all the cells sealed exceul an occasional 

 cell, the outside surface of the wood well scraped of propol is. 



ANo.l.— All sections well filled except the row of cells 

 next to the wood ; combs straight ; one-eighth part of comb 

 surface soiled, or the entire surface slightly soiled ; the out- 

 side of the wood well scraped of propolis. 



No. 1.— All sections well filled except the row of cells next 

 lo the wood ; combs comparatively even ; one-eighth part of 

 comb surface soiled, or the entire surface slightly soiled. 



No. 2.— Three-fourths of the total surface must be filled 

 and sealed. 



No. 3.— Must weigh at least half as much as a full-weight 

 ■eotion. 



In addition to this the honey is to be classified according 

 to color, using the terms white, amber, and dark ; that is. 

 there will be " Fancy White," " No. 1 Dark," etc. 



Philadelphia.— The honey market has been quite 

 active in the last ten days. Quite a g-ood many arrivals. 

 There seems to be a bigrger diversity in range of prices 

 than we have seen in this market for years. A number 

 of shipments have been sent to commission men with 

 instructions to clean them out at the best price. This 

 has hardly made an established market price for any of 

 the grades of comb. We quote: Fancy, 16C"17:No. 1. 

 14f'i'15; amber, 12. Extracted, fancy white, 8; No. 1, 7; 

 amber, 6 y2. Beeswax selling freely at 28. We are pro- 

 ducers of honey, and do not handle on commission. 

 Wm. a. Selser, 



Oct. 8. 10 Vine St., Philadelphia, Pa. 



Chicago. —The receipts are now larger than the im- 

 mediate requirements, but no material change in price 

 is noticed. The best lots of white comb bring- ISOi 14. 

 with lower grades ranging Ic to .3c less. E.xtracted 

 white, in cans and barrels, 6Vi'"7M;; amber, 5''-A'G^:'. 

 Beeswax, 28'S30. R. A. Burnett & Co., 



Oct. 8. 199 South Water St., Chicago, 111. 



Albany. — Honey demand good at present time. Rul- 

 ing price for best white clover, 14f"i5; best buckwheat. 

 12V2f(' 13',4. Occasionally some small lots of extra fancy 

 sell higher than above named. Extracted slow. Not 

 much call for it. Buckwheat, HdteV^; clover selling at 

 6y2(anV2. Beeswax, 28<'/ 30. 



MacDougal & Co., 



Oct. 8. 326 Broadway, Albany, N. Y. 



Cincinnati.— Comb honey is now coming in more free- 

 ly, and prices if anything have a little moderated. The 

 sales made and prices obtained were, for No. 1 fancy 

 water-white comb, 13r<;15; No. 2. 121/j''' 14. Extracted is 

 sold as follows: White clover, 6Vl'("8; amber in barrels, 

 5V4(a5V2: in cans, &(<i6''-:. Beeswax, 27. 



C. H. W. Weber, 



Oct. 8. Cincinnati, O. 



San Francisco.— Honey, new crop comb, per lb., 

 10@12; extracted, water-white, 6; light amber, 5V^; dark 

 amber, AV^'b. Beeswax, per lb., 28fu29. 



Sept. 27. Ernest Schaeffle, Murphys, Cal. 



Toledo.— The comb honey market is somewhat im- 

 proved since the last quotations, owing to the cool 

 weather and the ending of the fruit season, the demand 

 is much better. We quote fancy white clover and 

 linden, in a retail way, 15; No. 1, 14: amber, 12. Extract- 

 ed, in barrels, white clover, 6(<'6'/2: in cans, 6M>@7; 

 amber in barrels, 5&5V2; in cans, 5i/l'("6. Beeswax, 

 26(''28. Griggs Brothers, 



Oct. 7. Toledo, Ohio. 



Buffalo.— There is quite an improvement in demand 

 for comb honey during the past two weeks. I think the 

 demand will continue to improve, but do not expect to 

 see prices advance any. Fancy white comb, 14@15; 

 A No. 1, 13r(/ 14: No. 1, 12^'/ 13; No. 2, 1K«/ 12; No. 3, 10@11; 

 No. 1 dark, IK" 12; No. 2 dark, 10f"ll; fancy white ex- 

 tracted, 6'/ -f*' 7; amber, 5'/2fr'6; dark, 5(<i5Vj. Beeswax, 

 32f" 35. Beeswax scarce, and selling very well. 



W. C. TOWNSEND, 



Sept. 26. 178 Perry St.. Buffalo, N. Y. 



Kansas City.— The supply of honey at present is 

 fairly good, but the demand is somewhat limited on ac- 

 count of the continued warm weather. No. 1 white 

 comb, fancy stock, is selling at $2.75 per case of 24 sec- 

 tions. Extracted is selling very slowly at 6(f'6V2. 



C. C. Clemons & Co., 



Oct. 10. Kansas City, Mo. 



Denver.— We quote our local market as follows: No. 



1, white, per case of 24 sections, $2.50; No. 2, $2.25. 

 White extracted alfalfa honey, per lb., 7(''7'/2C. Light 

 amber extracted, 6'' U" 7. Beeswax wanted at 25 cents 

 delivered here for clean yellow stock, dark or dirty wax 

 from 2 to 5 cents less per pound. Local trade in honey 

 is light at present, which is due to the immense amount 

 of fruit on the market. 



The Colorado Honey Producers' Asso'n. 

 * Oct. 11. Denver, Col. 



Boston. — We quoteour market for white comb honey, 

 16("18; No. 1, 14'" 16. There is a good demand, and re- 

 ceipts are not excessive. Extracted honey wanted, with 

 practically no stock on hand. 



Blake, Scott & Lee Co., 



Oct. 11. Boston, Mass. 



Schenectady. — Both comb and extracted honey sell- 

 ing freely. No. 1 buckwheat comb honey is scarce. 

 We quote fancy white paper cartons, 16; Al, 14@15; No. 



2, 12f"13. Buckwheat, 11((M3. Extracted, unchanged. 

 Write us before shipping. Have just received notice of 

 shipment of extracted honey from North Carolina to 

 our old address in Albany, and we left there six years 

 ago. Chas. McCulloch, 



Oct. 8. Schenectady, N. Y. 



For Sale.— Extracted honey. No. 1, from alfalfa, 

 7 Mi cts.; No. 2 alfalfa, partly from cantaloupe, 6V^ cts. 

 Home and bees for sale. Write me. 



D. S. Jenkins, Las Animas, Colo. 



For Sale. — Finest quality, extracted white-clover 

 honey at TJ^c. per pound, in cases of one new 58-lb. 

 can. Sample, 8c. R. & E. C. Porter, 



Lewistown, 111. 



WANTED 



FANCY COMB HONEY 



In No-drip Shipping Cases. 



Also AMBER EXTRACTED 



In Barrels or Cans. 



Quote your lowest price delivered here. WE REMIT PROMPTLY. 

 THE FRED VV. MUTH CO., 



No. 51 WALNUT ST., 



CINCINNATI, OHIO. 



