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GLEANINGS IN BEE CULTURE 



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-A-M), etc. In this way any of 

 the possible combinations of finish, color, and weight 

 can be briefly described. 



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. 



HONEY MARKETS 



The prices listed below are intended to represent, 

 as nearly as possible, the average market prices at 

 which honey and beeswax are selling at the time of 

 the report in the city mentioned. Unless otherwise 

 stated, this is the price at which sales are being 

 made by commission merchants or by producers 

 direct to the retail merchants. When sales are made 

 by commission merchants the usual commission 

 (from five to ten per cent), cartage, and freight will 

 be deducted; and in addition there is often a charge 

 for storage by the commission merchant. When sales 

 are made by the producer direct to the retailer, 

 commission and storage and other charges are elim- 

 inated. Sales made to wholesale houses are usually 

 about ten per cent less than those to retail mer- 

 chants.. 



Matanzas. — Honey is now selling at 45 cents per 

 gallon in this city. 



Matanzas, April 24. Adolpo Maezol. 



St. Louis. — Our local demand for honey is very 

 light, with ample supplies. Altho quotations remain 

 unchanged since our last letter, they are only nom- 

 inal. We quote southern strained bright amber in 

 barrels, 5 to 5% ; in cans, 6 to G'V2 \ dark, Vz to 1 

 ct. per lb. less; comb honey, amber, 10 to 12; dark 

 and inferior, 9 to 11; broken and leaky, 7 to 8 ; 

 fancy clover from 14 to 17; western comb honey in 

 neat clean cases, fancy clover, $3.25 to $3.50; bright 

 amber, $2.50 to $3.00; under grades less. Prime 

 beeswax, 29 V2 cts. ; impure and inferior, less. 



St. Louis, May 6. R. Hartmann Produce Co. 



Chicago. — There is very little movement in honey 

 of any kind at the present time. Comb honey drags, 

 and prices are quite uncertain. Extracted remains 

 steady without any change in price from our recent 

 quotations. Beeswax sells at 30 to 32 upon arrival, 

 if yellow and free from sediment. 



Chicago, May 3. R. A. Burnett & Co. 



Buffalo. — There is some improvement in the de- 

 mand for white-clover honey. Other grades and 

 extracted are selling slow. Stocks are not heavy, 

 and we think white comb will clean up soon. No. 1 

 lo fancy white clover in sections is selling at 15 to 

 17; white extracted, 8 to 10; amber, 5 to 6; dark, 

 5 to 6 if good and pure. Buckwheat, about 7 to 

 71/2. Beeswax, 28 to 30. 



Buffalo, May 9. W. C. Townsend. 



Kansas City. — The honey market seems a trifle 

 Letter on extracted honey, but there is no change in 

 prices. We quote No. 1 white comb, 24-section cases, 

 $3.00; No. 2 ditto, $2.50 to $2.75; No. 1 amber 

 ditto, $2.75 to $3.00; No. 2 ditto, $2.50 to $2.75; 

 white extracted, per lb., 7 to 7%; amber ditto, 5% 

 to 7; No. 1 beeswax, 28; No. 2, 25. 



C. C. Clemons Produce Co. 



Kansas City, May 5. 



New York. — There is no demand for comb honey 

 to speak of; and while No. 1 and fancy white are 

 cleaned up, there is quite a stock of otf grades still 

 on the market, for which there is practically no 

 demand, and hard to dispose of. The market on 

 extracted honey is in a little better shape, and prices 

 HOW show an upward tendency, especially on fancy 

 West India honey. Supplies are sufficient to meet 

 .t11 demands. Beeswax is steady at from 29 to 31, 

 according to quality. 



New York, May 8. Hildreth & Segelken. 



Denver. — Local demand for comb honey light 

 with ample supply. We are selling in a jobbing way 

 as follows: No. 1 per case of 24 sections, $2.93; No. 

 2, $2.70. White extracted, 8i/^ to 8% ; light amber, 

 8 to 81/4 ; amber, 7 to 8. We pay 26 cts. per lb. in 

 cash and 28 cts. in trade for clean yellow beeswax 

 delivered here. 



The Colorado Honey-producers' Association. 



Denver, May 6. P. Rauchfuss, Mgr. 



Zanesville. — There is no particular change in 

 the honey situation here, the demand being about 

 normal for the season, and prices practically unal- 

 tered. In a small way best white comb brings 

 around $4.00 a case. Some western sells for $3.75. 

 Jobbers are allowed usual trade discount. Extracted 

 is in limited demand at prices as heretofore, 9 to 10 

 cts. for best white; darker grades correspondingly 

 less. For good clean beeswax we pay producers 29 

 cts. cash, 31 trade, and invite shipments on this 

 basis. 



Zanesville, May 6. E. W. Peirce. 



Watchful Waiting Causes You to Get Left 



So Buy your Bee Supplies Now. 



Promises to be a Honey year. Ship on day of receipt of order. 

 Lewis' Beeware— finest in the world. 

 Send for our 1916 Catalogue. 



We do Beeswax rendering. Ship us your old Combs. and Cappings. Write 

 for prices. 



204 Walnut St. 



THE FRED W. MUTH GO. 



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