1905. 



THE AMERICAN BEE-KEEPER. 



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Providence, R. I., Feb. 16, 1905. 



THE HONEY MARKETS OF 

 GERMANY. 



By F. Greiner. 



■ TPON THE SOLICITATION of 

 A our editor I have made a stren- 

 ^ uous effort to obtain honey-quo- 

 itions from our foreign markets in 

 amburg, Amsterdam and other ports, 

 ut my efforts have practically proved 

 itile. After exchanging many letters 

 ith different parties, I have come to 

 le conclusion that to attempt busi- 

 BBS transactiouvs Avith German ports, 

 regards sales of honey, is useless, 

 ugars, syrups, adulterated honeys, 

 c, are in the markets but pure honey 

 not quoted anywhere. The bee 

 urnals do not quote it, the city 

 ipens are silent on this point. Agri- 

 iltural papers do not mention honey, 

 ne of my correspondents from Ber- 

 a say* this: "We have no regular 

 mey market in Germany simply, be- 

 .use bees are not kept, honey is not 

 •oduced in that whole-sale way as 

 und in America. I aim to regularly 

 ive honey upon my table at 

 eakfast and receive my supply 

 m a small farm bee-keeper 

 a little village near B., some 

 miles from here. One has to 

 on time though or the honey is sold 

 t, for there is but little of it to be 

 d. The honey obtainable is of 

 arly straw-color, perhaps a little 

 ihter in color and is extracted. The 

 Iney is sent me in glass fruit cans 

 nich I have to furnish myself. I pay 

 1:^ producer 25 cents per pound to 

 Mich must be added five cents trans- 

 Ittation charges. Of counse I piir- 

 Mse only the very best article procur- 

 ;Ie, of which but little is produced. 

 ' e inferior grades from heath, alf- 

 : a, etc., come cheaper but the retail- 

 *^ have asked 37 cents for clear un- 

 ' idterated extracted honey in glas-s." 

 [y correspondent continuing says: 

 he facilities of tran-sportation from 

 t • United States must be wonder- 

 fly favorable. American apples for 

 lance are brought here in great, 

 il. shiploads and are sold on the 

 -^ 'ets by peddlers at 2 1-2 cents per 

 I'md, while our own apples, (we have 



no extensive orchards,) bring from 4 to 

 U cents per pound. The tran-sport of 

 fruits from the farms to the cities here 

 *;eems to be difficult and expensive, so 

 that California and other American 

 products can be sold here for less 

 money than our own.''' 



Some years ago I shipped a small 

 quantity of honey to some friends in 

 Germany. The honey arrived in good 

 shape but it was an expensive experi- 

 ment which we did not care to repeat. 

 The honey did not prove to be nearly 

 so good as the genuine German prod- 

 uct, at least it was not liked as welL 

 However, this might have been owing 

 to the individual taste. I cannot think, 

 but that oiu" best clover honey is equal 

 to any other honey prodiiced any- 

 where; and, considering the price ob- 

 tainable, we ought to be able to supply 

 consumers in Germany to our profit. 



Naples, N. Y., Jan., 13, 1905. 



Etiwanda, Calif., Feb. 12, 1905. 

 Editor American Bee-Kieeper: 



Herewith ffnd money order for 50c to 

 pay up my subscription to American 

 Bee-Keeper for one year. 



The letters now being published in 

 American Bee-Keeper re Punic bees 

 are getting very interesting. I receiv- 

 ed from Mr. Hewitt a fertile Punic 

 queen last fall but too late for the 

 bast honey flow. I introduced her to a 

 colony of native bees. Now thej^ are 

 nearly all Punic's. Thy are the easiest 

 bees to handle that I ever saw. and 

 they are al-so excellent workers. I 

 shall give them a fair trial this year, 

 then will report how they do. Things 

 look fine for a good honey flow this 

 year. Over ten inches of rain since 

 July 1, 1904. The sage is looking in 

 fine condition. 



Yours truly 



O. F. Martin. 



William, Mo., January, 28, 1905. 

 Editor American Bee-Keeper: 



I desire to ask you a question regard- 

 ing bees: 



I shoveled the snow up against my 

 hives leaving the entrances open and 

 the bees could hardly be heard, but a 

 minute after the snow was piled 

 around them, I could hear the noise^ 



