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GLEANINGS IN BEE CULTURE. 



Aug. 15 



Honey Markets. 



GRADING-RULES. 



FANCY.-All sections to be well AHed combs straight firm 

 Iv attached to all fours des, the combs unsoiled by travel 

 stain Sr otherwise ; all the cells sealed except an occasional 

 ceH the outside surface of the wood well scraped of proiiolis 



A No 1 -All sections well filled except the row of cells 

 next to the wood ; combs. straight ; o°?-"sl^t'^I?»^^°l^°™t. 

 surface soiled, or the entire surface slightly soiled ; the out 

 aidfisurfaceof the wood well scraped of propolis. 



No T-All sections well filled except the row of cells next 

 to the wood ; combs comparatively even ; one-eignth part ot 

 comb surface soiled, or the entire surface slightly soiled 



No. 2.-Three-fourths of the total surface must be filled 



*'No!'l!'-Must weigh at least half as much as a full-weight 

 ^*In addition to this the honey is to be classified according 

 to color, using the terms white, amber, and dark ; that is, 

 there will be '^Fancy White," No. 1 Dark." etc. 



Cincinnati.— We are receivinK numerous shipments 

 of comb honey at the present time, and And ready sale 

 here for fancy and No. 1 at 14 to 15, in a jobbing way. 

 This is a poor market for grades lower than No. 1. 

 The receipts of extracted honey are normal, althoutfh 

 the demand is not so good as it was sixty days ago. 

 Nevertheless, there is no material change in prices. 

 We are selling amber in barrels and cans at 5 to 6/4. 

 Fancy white at 6% to 8/4. For choice beeswax, free 

 from dirt, we are jiaying 30 cts. per lb. delivered here. 

 The Fbed W. Muth Co., 



Aug. 3. 51 Walnut St., Cincinnati, O. 



BUFFAXO. — Demand for new honey is very slow; 

 selling in a slow way to grocers who buy one case at 

 a time. The price is higher than buyers want to pay, 

 and are waiting, thinking it will be lower. As soon 

 as the fall price for this year's crop is established I 

 look for quite a good demand for white comb. Our 

 market is not much for extracted except to the baker 

 trade and peddlers. We quote fancy white comb 14 

 to 15: No. 1, 13 to 14; No. 2, 11 to 12; No. 1 dark, 11 to 

 12; No. 2 dark, 9 to 10. Extracted, white, 6% to 7; 

 dark, 534 to 6. Beeswax, 28 to 30. 



Aug. 8. W. C. TowNSEND, Buffalo, N. Y. 



Philadelphia.— Advices from different points are 

 rather conflicting in regard to the honey crop this sea- 

 son, and consequently there is no market price estab- 

 lished. Some new arrivals of comb honey sell at 13 to 

 15, according to quality, and extracted honey at 6 to 7. 

 Beeswax, firm at 28. We are producers of honey, and 

 do not handle on commission. 



Wm. a. Sblseb, 



Aug. 9. 10 Vine St., Phila., Pa. 



Boston.— As usual, the demand for honey is very 

 light; but some inquiry is being made for new crop. 

 Prospects are looking good, and our market ranges 

 with light supplies from 15 to 16 for strictly new fan- 

 cy white, and from 5 to 8 for extracted, according to 

 quality. Bl.\ke, Scott & Lee, 



Aug. 8. . 31-33 Commercial St., Boston, Mass. 



Toledo.— The market on comb honey remains 

 about the same as last quotations. Very little comb 

 honey is being received, and no stated price has yet 

 been fixed. Bee-keepers seem to be holding their 

 crops to find out what the price will be. We are get- 

 ting in a retail way 15 and 16 for fancy white comti 

 honey and 14 to 15 for No. 1, with not much of a 

 demand at present. Extracted white clover in bar- 

 rels is worth from 6 to 634, cans the same. Beeswax. 

 26 and 28. Griggs Bros.. 



Aug. 7. Toledo. Ohio. 



Chicago.— There are now offered some good lots of 

 comb honev; and while the trade in it is not active it 

 is taken at 15 to 16 for fancy; 14 to 15 for No. 1; 12 to 

 13 for fancy amber, and 8 to 10 for fancy dark. Ex- 

 tracted is slow of sale, with prices according to quan- 

 tity and quality. White extracted is 634 to 734: am- 

 ber, 534 to 634; dark, 5 to 534. Beeswax wanted at .30. 

 R. A. Burnett & Co.. 



Aug. 6. 199 So. Water St., Chicago, 111. 



Schenectady.— The exceedingly hot weather of the 

 past week has checked the sale of honey considerably. 

 At present indications are that prices will range about 

 the same as last season, possibly a little lower if 

 buckwheat should be a large crop. 



Aug. 8. C. MacCulloch, Schenectady, N. Y. 



Kansas City. — On account of the heavy receipts of 

 all kinds of fruit, the demand for honey, both comb 

 and extracted, is very limited. We are quoting No. 1 

 fancy white in 24-section cases at $3.00: No. 2 at $2.75 per 

 case. There is no new extracted in market, old sell- 

 ing at 5% to 6. Beeswax, 25. 



Aug. 9. C. C. Clemons & Co., Kansas City, Mo. 



For Sale.— Choice extracted clover honey. Extra 

 choice, selected from all new combs, in round-jacketed 

 five-gallon cans, for family use; $5.ai per can. Prices 

 on larger quantities in 60-lb. square cans, two cans in 

 case, on application. Sample, 5 cts. 



G. A. Bleech, Jerome, Mich. 



For Sale.— -Light extracted honey, good quality; 

 two 60-lb. cans, 834c per lb., barrel at 734c; amber, 60- 

 lb. cans at 734c, barrel at 6c: sample. 10c. We pay 29c 

 for beeswax. I. J. Stringham, 105 Park PL, N. Y. 



Fob Sale.— Well-ripened fancy extracted clover 

 and basswood honey in 60-lb. tin cans, two in a case. 

 at $10.00 a case f. o. b. here. Sample on request. 



Ernest W. Fox, Hillsboro, Wis. 



Fob Sale.— 100 cases extracted honey, white and 

 light amber, at 534c per pound, f. o. b. Kansas City. 

 Will mail sample upon request. 



C. C. Clemons & Co., Kansas City, Mo. 



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For Sale.— 3000 or 4000 pounds white comb honey. 

 R. J. Smith, State Road, Essex Co., N. Y. 



Wanted.— Comb and extracted honey. State qual- 

 ity, quantity, and price. 



JuDsoN Heard & Co., Atlanta. Ga. 



STANDARD BRED QUEENS. 



BUCKEYE STRAIN RED CLOSER, j GOtpEN ITALIANS 

 By Return Mall. Safa Arrrval Gu«rant««d. 



^IZflG'BlS. 'ONC - SIX TWELVE 



Untasted - $6.75 $4-00 -S7.50 



Salact Unteatad 1.00 5.00 9 00 



Tested 1.50 8 00 15.00 



Select Tested • 2.00 10 00 18,00 



Select Breeders, each ..... $3.00 



Two-frame Nucleus and Red Clover Queen - . • . . 3.00 



THE FRED W. MUTH CO., 



No. 51 WALNUT ST., CINCINNATI, OHIO. 



