GLEANINGS IN BEE CULTURE 



III. WEIGHT. 

 1. Heavy. — No section designated as heavy 



to 



weigh lass 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 tinish, 

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

 example: Fancy, white, heavy (P-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 secondhand cases or that in badly 

 stained or propolined sections ; sections containing 

 pollen, honey-dew honey, honey showing signs of 

 granulation, poorly ripened, sour, or " weeping " 

 honey; sections with comb projecting beyond the 

 bo.x 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 di- 

 rect 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. 



AT/BANy. — Very little honey is moving on this 

 market now. The extracted honey is all sold, and 

 some comb honey unsold. This is the off month for 

 this market. Demand will not begin again until 

 August. Beeswax brings 28 to 30. 



Albany, May 18. H. R. Wright. 



Indianapolis. — Comb honey as well as extracted 

 is moving very slowly at this time. This, of course, 

 is due to the weather conditions. Comb honev is 

 selling from $3.50 to $4.00 per case. Extracted is 

 bringing 9 to ] 1 cts. We are paying producers 28 

 cts. cash or 30 in trade for good average wax de- 

 livered here. 



Indianapolis, May 20. Walter S. Pouder. 



Chicago.- — Not enough is doing in the comb-hon- 

 ey market to make quotations really on. People 

 who want a little, buy it ; but speculation has ceased. 

 Prices do not vary much, but sales are made chiefly 

 around 13 cts. per lb. for the best white grades. 

 Extracted is also dull, some going to manufacturers ; 

 but most of them are holding off to see what the 

 harvest is to be, and it is difficult to make sales in 

 any quantity. White grades range from 7 to 8, and 

 the ambers 6 to 7. Beeswax brings 30 to' 32. 



Chicago, May 17. R. A. Burnett & Co. 



Kan.sas City.— -The demand for honey, especially 

 comb honey, is very light, and stocks are very light. 

 We quote No. 1 comb honey, 24-section cases, $3.00; 

 No. 2 ditto, $2.75. Regarding extracted honey, the 

 demand is fairly good. Light-amber alfalfa is selling 

 at around 7 to 7% cts. a pound. Some grades of 

 dark amber are selling as low as 6. Stocks are very 

 light, and we expect to see all of the old honey 

 cleaned up before the new comes in. 



C. C. Clemons Produce Co. 



Kansas City, May 15. 



Denver. — Local demand for comb honey light 

 with ample supply. We are selling in a jobbing way 

 as fo'lows: No. 1 per case of 24 sections, $2.93; No. 

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

 8 to 8V4 ; 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. 



St. Louis. — The local demand for comb honey 

 has been very light, but the demand for extracted 

 honey has improved considerably. We quote southern 

 strained amber in barrels, 5% to 6; in cans, 6 to 

 7 ; dark, V> to 1 cent per lb. less ; No. 1 white comb 

 honev, 24 sections to the case, $3.25 to $3.50; 

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

 Beeswax is steady at 30% ; impure and inferior, 

 less. ' R. Hartmann Produce Co. 



St. Louis. May 22. 



Zanesville. — There is no particular change in 

 the honey situation here, the demand beina: about 

 normal for the season, and prices practicallj' unal- 

 tered. In a small way best white comb brings 

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

 ■Tobbers 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 16. E. W. Peirce. 



Matanzas. — Honey today is bringing 45 cts. per 

 gallon. Adolfo Marzol. 



Matanzas, Cuba, May 17. 



Watchful Waitina 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' Beewa re— finest in the world. 

 Send for our 1916 Catalogue. 



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

 for prices. ;\ 



THE FREDW. IVIUTH CO. 



204 Walnut St. THE BUSY BEE MEN. CINCINNATI, O. 



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