STRAINED HONEY 



This must be well ripened, weighing not less than 

 12 pounds per gallon. It must be well strained; 

 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-hand cans. 



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 GKADINGRULES 



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 ten ounces. 



In describing honey three words or symbols are 

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

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

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

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

 the possible combinations of finish, color, and weight 

 can be briefly described. 



GLEANINGS IN BEE CULTURE 



CULL HONEY. 

 Cull honey shall consist of the following: Honey 

 packed in soiled second-hand cases or that in badly 

 stained or propolized 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 than two-thirds 

 the distance around its inner surface; sections with 

 more than 60 unsealed cells, exclusive of the row 

 adjacent to the box; leaking, injured, or patched-up 

 sections ; sections weighing less than ten ounces. 



Kansas City. — The supply of comb honey is not 

 large, and the demand is light. The supply of ex- 

 tracted is large and the demand very light. The 

 market is really overstocked. We quote No. 1 white 

 comb, 24 sections per case, $3.00; No. 2 ditto, 

 $2.75; No. 1 amber ditto, $2.75 to $3.00; No. 2 

 ditto, $2.50 to $2.75; No. 1 white extracted, per lb., 

 7 1/2 to 8 ; amber ditto, 6 to 7 ; No. 1 beeswax, 28 ; 

 No. 2, 25. C. C. Clemons Produce Co. 



Kansas City, Feb. 16. 



Buffalo. — Business in honey in this market is 

 small. The retail trade is fully as good as usual at 

 this time of the year. A great many of the retailers 

 send to the country for their supply, thinking they 

 can buy cheaper from the producer. The demand 

 here is about equal to the supply in good white 

 comb, lower grades pretty slow ; extracted slow sale, 

 unless offered at very low price. Choice to fancy 

 white comb brings 15 to 16; No. 2 and 3, 10 to 12; 

 extracted white, 7 to 9 ; dark, 6 to 7. Beeswax, 28 

 to 30. 



Buffalo, Feb. 19. W. C. Townsend. 



New York, — The market on comb honey is prac- 

 tically at a standstill at present, and of late the 

 demand has been next to nothing, there being some 

 little demand, however, for No. 1 and fancy white, 

 but there is no demand for off grades whatever. 

 Our stock is not heavy, but it is more than sufficient 

 to fill the present demand. We have letters coming 

 in right along from producers asking what we can 

 get for comb honey, and we write them that, as the 

 season is practically over, we would not feel justi- 

 fied in stocking up. As to extracted, the market is in 

 pretty good shape, with a fair demand. There seems 

 to be plenty of supply of all kinds, with the possible 

 exception of California water-white sage ; but we 

 would not encourage shipments without first writing 

 us. We quote nominal: California, 6% to 8, ac- 

 cording to quality ; clover and basswood, TV2 to 8 ; 

 off grades, amber and light amber, QVz to 7 ; buck- 

 wheat, 6 to QVz; West Indian, 55 to 65 per gallon, 

 according to quality. Beeswax is in fair demand 

 from 29 to 30. 



New York, Feb. 17. Hildreth & Segelken. 



Honey reports continued on page 5. 



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