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GLEANINGS IN BEE CULTURE. 



May 1 



Honey Market. 



GRADING-RULES. 



Fancy.— All sections to be well filled, combs straight, firm- 

 ly attached to all four sides, the combs unsoiled by travel- 

 stain or otherwise ; all the cells sealed exceot an occasional 

 Bell, the outside surfaceof the wood well scraped of propolis. 



ANo. 1.— All secton^ well filled except the row of cells 

 next to the wood ; combs straiKht ; one-eighth part of comb 

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

 side of the wood well scraped of propolis. 



No. 1.— All sections well filled except the row of cells next 

 to the wood ; combs comparatively even ; one-eiijhth part of 

 comb surface soiled, or the entire surface slightly soiled. 



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

 and sealed. 



No. 3.— Must weigh at least half as much as a full-weight 

 section. 



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.— The conditions of the honey market to- 

 day ai-e not encom-aging. The consumption is lacking, 

 although we are looking forward to brighter days in 

 the honey market. We continue to quote amber ex- 

 tracted, in barrels and cans, bV:>('J<aVi>; white clover, 7(3 8. 

 Fancy white comb, 12@13. Beeswax, 28. 



The Fred W. Muth Co., 



April 20. 51 Walnut St., Cincinnati, O. 



Philadelphia.— There has not been much call for 

 honey in the last two weeks. Prices remain unchanged. 

 We quote fancy white 11('"12: No. 1, 10("11; amber. 9. 

 Extracted, white, 6(f'7; amber, SV^rte. Beeswax, 28. 

 We are producers of honey and do not handle on com- 

 mission. Wm. a. Selser, 



April 19. 10 Vine St., Philadelphia, Pa. 



Chicago. — A carload of comb honey (said to be from 

 Colorado) came on the market about the fii-st of the 

 month. It was placed with a firm that does not make a 

 specialty of honey, and to some extent has upset prices 

 when looked at in print. It is put up in 24-section flat 

 cases with wood slides instead of glass, and is more or 

 less candied. Choice white comb brings 12M.>; No. 1, 11 

 @12; amber, 8(" 10. Extracted white, 6@7: amber, SVif* 

 6%— price being governed by quality, flavor, and pack- 

 age. Beeswax, 30, if clean and of good color. 



R. A. Burnett & Co., 



April 18. 199 South Water St., Chicago, 111. 



Toronto.— Not much honey changing hands just at 

 present. Prices are practically the same as they were 

 a month ago. While the demand has not been extraor- 

 dinarily brisk there is not as much left over this year as 

 there h.^s been some previous years. Good comb honey 

 especially is pretty well e.xhausted, with demand light. 



April 19. E. Grainger & Co,, Toronto, Ont. 



Toledo.— The demand for comb honey is very limited 

 on account of the arrival of new maple syrup. The 

 prices remain the same as the last quotations. Fancy 

 white comb, ISVi, with no demand for other grades. 

 Extracted white clover in barrels, 6Vl:Co7— cans, 7V2<g8; 

 amber, 5@5V2. Beeswax, 26fr'28. 



Griggs Brothers, 



April 18. 521 Monroe St., Toledo, Ohio. 



Albany. — Honey market very dull now. The seafon 

 is about over, with veiy little stock carrying over. We 

 quote nominal price now for comb honey, as follows: 

 Fancy white, 14: mixed, llf?M2; buckwheat, 10("11. 

 Extracted in light demand; buckwheat most in demand 

 at 5M:<ii(). There has been an oversupply of light colors, 

 which have not moved as well as buckwheat and dark 

 grades. The principal demand for extracted honey 

 nowadays is for the Polish Jew trade. They won't use 

 any but dark color. Beeswax wanted at 28'a'32. 

 MacDougall & Co., 



April 20. 375 Broadway, Albany, N. Y. 



Boston.— The demand for comb honey is light, and 

 the supply is, we would consider, heavy for this time of 

 the year. Without question, much will be carried over 

 to another season, as the sales have been, generally 

 speaking, light throughout the entire year. We quote 

 as follows: Fancy white, 16; A No. 1, 15; No. 1, 14. Ex- 

 tracted, 6(38, according to quality. 



Blake, Scott & Lee, 



April 24. 31-33 Commercial St.. Boston, Mass. 



Kansas City. —The market here to-day on honey is 

 J2.00, with a little firmer feeling than there has been for 

 some time. It depends on the stock made in this coun- 

 try whether it will go any higher or not, and we are not 

 in a position to say just what they are. Extracted 

 honey remains about the same— 6 for white and iV-i for 

 dark; best box honey, 28. C. C. Clemons & Co., 



April 19. Kansas City, Mo. 



Cincinnati.— The large stock of comb honey yet of- 

 fered with hardly any demand causes lower prices. I 

 quote fancy water white at 12; other grades lower in 

 proportion. Extracted is in usual demand for this sea- 

 son of the year. We quote white clover, ICqS; amber, in 

 barrels, 5%(t'5Vl'— in cans, 5%(((6. Beeswax, 28. 

 C. H. W. Weber. 



April 18. 2146-8 Central Ave., Cincinnati. O. 



St. Louis.— The honey market continues to be very 

 slow, and there is no change in prices, which are more 

 or less nominal. We quote as follows: Fancy white 

 comb, 13V2(aU: A No. 1. 11(512; No. 1. 9&n. Choice 

 extracted white clover or Spanish needle in 5-gallon 

 cans. 6V2@7; dark and Southern in 5-gallon cans. bfWbVs; 

 in barrels, 4%(5'5. Beeswax, 29V). 



R. Hartmann & Co., 



April 19. 14 So. Second St., St. Louis. Mo. 



New York.— There is no change in the condition of 

 the honey market. Very little comb honey selling, and 

 prices ruling about the same as our last quotations. 

 Extracted in fair demand only Beeswax firm at 30. 



HiLDRETH & SEGELKEN, 



April 19. 82 Murray St.. New York City. 



Denver. — There is some improvement in the honey 

 market, and we are now in hopes that stocks will all be 

 cleaned up before the new crop comes in. We quote 

 No. 1 white comb, per case, $2.20(S$2.40; No. 2, $1.75@ 

 $2.00. Extracted, 6Mi(a'7y2. Beeswax, 25(d 26. 



Colorado Honey- producers' Ass'n, 



April 12. Denver, Colo. 



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