GLEANINGS IN BEE CULTURE 



STRAINED HONEY 



This must be well ripened, weighing not less than 

 12 pounds per gallon. It must be well Btrained; 

 and, if packed in five-gallon cans, each can shall 

 contain sixty pounds. The top of each five-gallon 

 can shall be stamped and labeled, " Net weight not 

 less than 60 lbs." Bright clean cans that previous- 

 ly contained honey may be used for strained honey. 

 Honey not permitted in shipping grades. 



Extracted honey packed in second-han deans. 



Unripe or fermenting honey weighing less than 

 12 lbs. per gallon. 



Honey contaminated by excessive use of smoke. 



Honey contaminated by honey-dew. 



Honey not properly strained. 



NATIONAL beekeepers' ASSOCIATION GRADINQRULKS 



Adopted at Cincinnati, Feb. 1913. 

 Sections of comb honey are to be graded : First, 

 as to finish ; second, as to color of honey ; and third, 

 as to weight. The sections of honey in any given 

 case are to be so nearly alike in these three respects 

 that any section shall be representative of the con- 

 tents of the case. 



I. FINISH 



1. Extra Fancy. — Sections to be evenly filled, 

 combs firmly attached to the four sides, the sections 

 to be free from propolis or other pronounced stain, 

 combs and cappings white, and not more than six 

 unsealed cells on either side. 



2. Fancy. — Sections to be evenly filled, comb firm- 

 ly attached to the four sides, the sections free from 

 propolis or other pronounced stain, comb and cap- 

 pings white to slightly off color, and not more than 

 six unsealed cells on either side, exclusive of the 

 outside row. 



3. No. 1. — Sections to be evenly filled, comb firm- 

 ly attached to the four sides, the sections free from 

 propolis or other pronounced stain, comb and cap- 

 pings white to slightly off color, and not more than 

 40 unsealed cells, exclusive of the outside row. 



4. No. 2. — Combs not projecting beyond the box, 

 attached to the sides not less than two-thirds of the 

 way around, and not more than 60 unsealed cells 

 exclusive of the row adjacent to the box. 



II. COLOR 



On the basis of color of the honey, comb honey is 

 to be classified as: first, white; second, light amber; 

 third, amber; and fourth, dark. 

 III. WEIGHT 



1. Heavy. — No section designated as heavy to 

 weigh less than fourteen ounces. 



2. Medium.- — No section designated as medium to 

 weigh less than twelve ounces. 



3. Light. — No section designated as light to weigh 

 less than te nounces. 



In describing honey three words or symbols are 

 to be used, the first being descriptive of the finish, 

 the second of color, and the thord of weight. As for 

 example: Fancy, white, heavy (F-W-H) ; No. 1, 

 amber, medium (1-A-M), etc. In this way any of 

 the possible combinations of finish, color, and weight 

 can be brieflv described. 



CULL HONEY 

 Cull honey shall consist of the following : Honey 

 packed in soiled second-hand cases or that in badly 

 stained or propoized sections ; sections containing 

 pollen, honey-dew honey, honey showing signs of 

 granulation, poorly ripened, sour, or " weeping " 

 honey ; sections with comb projecting beyond the 

 box or well attached to the box less tban two-thirds 

 the distance around its inner surface; sections with 

 more than 60 unsealed cells, exclusive of the row 

 adja,cent to the box; leaking, injured, or patched-up 

 sections ; sections weighing less than ten ounces. 



New York. — The market is very inactive, both on 

 comb and extracted honey, and large buyers are few 

 and far between. Prices rule about the same as in 

 our last report. 



New York, Jan. 22. Hiddreth & Segelken. 



Indianapolis. — Trade has not been very active 

 in comb honey during the past three weeks; how- 

 ever, the demand for extracted is fairly satisfactory. 

 Choice No. 1 white comb honey is selling at $3.75 to 

 $4.00 per case, and $3.50 per case for No. 2. Finest 

 grades of extracted are selling at 9% to 11, accord- 

 ing to quantity. For beeswax we are paying 28 cts. 

 cash or 30 in trade, delivered. 



Indianapolis, Jan. 20. Walter S. Poudee. 



Denver. — Local demand for comb honey light 

 with ample supply. We are selling in a jobbing way 

 as follows: Fancy white, per case of 24 sections, 

 $3.15; No. 1 per case, $2.93; No. 2 per caSe, $2.70. 

 White extracted, per lb., 8 V^ to 8% ; light amber, 8 

 to SM, ; amber, 7 to 8. We pay 25 cts. per lb. in 

 cash and 27 cts. per lb. in trade for clean yellow 

 beeswax delivered to us here at Denver. 



The Colorado Honey-producers' Association. 



Denver, Jan. 22. 



St. Louis. — There is no change since our last 

 quotations, and our honey market is still very dull 

 and slow, with stocks ample for all demands. We 

 are quoting white comb honey, 24 sections to the 

 case, at $3.25 to $3.50 per case; amber, from $2.50 

 to $3.00 per case; extracted in 60-lb. cans, 5 to 

 8 1/^ ; southern amber extracted, in barrels, from 5 

 to 6, according to quality. Beeswax is firm at 28 % 

 for pure ; impure and inferior, less. 



R. Hartmann Produce Co. 



St. Louis, Jan. 21. 



Kansas City. — The supply of both comb and ex- 

 tracted honey is large, and the demand very light — 

 especially on extracted. We quote No. 1 white comb 

 honey, 24-section cases, at $3.10 to $3.25. Some 

 sales of No. 1 comb have been made at $3.00. No. 

 2 white comb honey, 24-section cases, bring $2.75 

 to $3.00; No. 1 amber ditto, $3.00; No. 2 ditto, 

 $2.50 to $2.75; extracted white, per pound, 7% to 

 8 ; ditto amber, light, 6 V^ to 7 ; ditto, dark, 5 1^ to 

 6. Beeswax, No. 1, brings 28; No. 2, 25. 



C. C. Clemons Produce Co. 



Kansas City, Mo., Jan. 17. 



We are in the Market to buy both comb and extracted honey. 



Write us what you have to oner, naming 

 your best prices delivered. Every time an interesting price 

 is named us, we buy, and remit the day shipment arrives. 



Ship Us Your Old Comb We render it into wax, 



1 and nav mart 



and pay market price. 



The Fred W, Muth Co., 204 Walnut Street, Cincinnati, Ohio 



"The Busy Bee Men" 



