Honey Markets 



The jivii'es listed below are iiitendeJ tii represent, as nearly 

 as possible, the averatre market prices at which honey and 

 lieeswax are selUnff at the time of the report in the city men- 

 tioned. Unless otherwise stated, this is the price at which 

 sales are being made by commission merchants or by pro- 

 ducers direct to the retail merchant. When sales are made 

 by commission merchants the usual commission (from five to 

 ten per cent), cartase. and freig'ht will be deducted; and iu 

 addition there is often a charife for storafre by the commis- 

 sion merchant. When sales are made by the producer direct 

 to the i.'tailer, commission anil storag'e. and other charges, 

 are eliminated. .Sales njade to wliolesale houses are usually 

 about tell per cent less than those to retail merchants. 



EASTERN GRADING RULE.S FOR COMB HONEY. 



Fancy.— All sections well filled, combs straight, 

 flrinly att.ached to all four sides, the combs unsoil- 

 ed by travel-stain or otherwise, all the cells sealed 

 except an oc^'asional one, the outside surface of the 

 wood well scraped of propolis. 



A No. 1.— .VU 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 outside surface of the wood well 

 scraped of propolis. 



No. ].— All sections well filled except the row of 

 cells next to 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. — j\f ust weigh at least half as much as a full- 

 weight section. 



In adilition to this the honey is to be classified ac- 

 cording to color, using the terms white, amber, and 

 dark: that is, there will be "Fancy white," "No. 1 

 Uark," etc. 



NEW COMB-HONEY GRADING-RULE.S .\DOPTED BY THE 

 COLORADO STATE BEE-KEEl'ERS' ASSOCIATION. 



No. 1 White. — Sections to be well filled and evenly 

 cappetl except the outside row, next to the wood; 

 honey white or slightly amber, comb and cappings 

 white, and not projecting beyond the wood; wood 

 to be well cleaned: cases of separatored honey to 

 average 21 pounds net per case of 24 sections, no sec- 

 tion in this grade to weigh less than 13^ ounces. 



( 'ases of half-separatored honey to average not less 

 than 22 pounds net per case of 24 sections. 



Cases of unseparatored honey to a\erage not le.ss 

 than 23 pounds net per case of 24 section.s. 



No. 1 f^tGHT A.viBEK. — .Sections to be well filled and 

 evenly ca])ped. except the outside row, next to the 

 wood; honey white or light amber; comb and cap- 

 pings from white to ott' color, but not dark: comb 

 not projecting beyond the wood; wood to be well 

 cleaned. 



("ases of separatored honey to average 2f pounds 

 net per case of 24 sect u)ns: no section in this grade 

 to weigb less than 13'/2 ounces. 



Cases of half-separatored honey to average not less 

 than 22 pounds net per case of 24 sections. 



Cases of unseparatored honey to average not less 

 than 23 pounds net per case of 24 sections. 



No. 2.— Tills includes all white honey, and amber 

 honey not Included in the above grades: sections to 

 be fairly well filled and capped, no more than 25 un- 



Gleanings in Bee Culture 



capped cells, exclusive of outside row, permitted iu 

 this grade, wood to be well cleaned, no section in 

 this grade to weigh less than 12 ounces. 



Cases of separatored honey to average not less 

 than 19 pounds net. 



( 'ases of half-separatored honey to average not 

 less than 20 pounds net per case of 24 sections. 



Cases of un.separatored lioney to average not less 

 than 21 pounds net per case of 24 sections. 



KoSTON.— Fancy and No. 1 white comb bi;ing 15 to 

 16: white extracted, 12. Beeswax, 30. 

 Boston, Mass., .July 3. Blake-I^ee Co. 



Columbus.— No new honey on the market. The 

 old crop of fancy white is selling at 17. Market is 

 wanting supplies. 



Columbus. < )., .July 3. Evans it Turner Co. 



Buffalo. -There is not much doing in honey 

 now. I'eople do not care for honey in hot weather. 

 If grocers do sell out they try to wait for new honey 

 instead of buying any more old. There is not much 

 white left in our market, and no new arriving. 

 AVhite-clover comb honey brings 14 to 17: dark, 9 to 

 10; white extracted, 8^ to 9: dark ditto, 6% to 7. 

 Beeswax, 28 to 30. 



Buffalo. N. Y., .July 7. W. C. Toavnsend. 



Zanesville. — The excessively warm weather has 

 practicall.v destroyed the demand lor honey, there 

 being almost no call for it at the present time. This 

 is rather unusual, as a healthy demand usually 

 marks the coming-in of the new crop on the local 

 market. Locally the honey yield will be consider- 

 ably heavier than anticipated, and this ma.v tem- 

 porarily lower prices, though indications are that 

 prices are likely to be rather high and firm. Pro- 

 ducers are being offered for beeswax 28 cts. cash, 30 

 in exchange for bee-supplies. 



Zanesville. ().. .July 4, K. W. I'eirce. 



Liverpool. — Since we last reported, most of the 

 stocks of Haitien have been cleared at full prices. 

 In other, hone.v trade has been slow, old pile No. 1 

 Chilian being sold at >(i.00 per cwt. to clear before 

 the new arrival. The first shiijment of Chilian, 

 about 500 barrels, has just arrived, and as yet there 

 are no sales to rejiort, neither are there any fresh 

 features U) report in other descriptions, and the 

 (luotations are: Chilian, .*.5..52 to S6.72; Californian, 

 SH.40 to >10.48: .Jamaican, ?(i.00 to .S6.72; Peruvian, 

 S:'...S4 to >4.,S0; Haitien, -SdOO to .?7.56. Having been in 

 short supply, recent arrivals of wax have sold very 

 well, chielly at 838.72 per cwt. for medium yellow 

 Chilian. Buyers expect a decline as soon as further 

 lots come in. and prices have eased off considerably 

 this shipment. We qtiote to-day, African, S33.64 to 

 ?34.4S: American, 83li.28; West fndian, §32.64 to 

 .*36.48: Chilian, 833.88 to 39.92. 



Taylor & Co. 



7 Tithebarn St., T^iverpool, Eng., .June21. 



Now for 1911 Bee-Supplies 



We have already received several carloads of that "finest of all Beeware" — Falconer 

 make — anticipating the lieavy rush of orders sure to come this spring, Prepare 

 yourself Now, Brother, for we are going to have a heavy honey yield this season, 

 and those who order early are the ones who will profit most. Send for our catalog 

 to-ilay, and see our "MUTH SPECIAL" Dovetailed Hive, and also our "IDEAL 

 METAL" cover — both DANDIES. ^Ye sell you cheaper than the rest; we have 

 the best. I^et us figure on your wants — we will surj^rise you. 



THE FRED W. MUTH CO. 



51 Walnut Street • The Busy Bee Men Cincinnati, Ohlo 



