1903 



GLEANINGS IN BEE CULTURE. 



12/ 



Honey Market. 



GRADING-RTTLES. 



Fancy.— All sections to 1>.- w« 1 1 filled, combs straicht, firm 

 ly atcaclud to all four siuvs, ihc combs uusoiled bytravel- 

 Btain or otherwise ; all thi' cells scaled oxcuut an occasional 

 cell, t ho outside surfaceoft In- wood well scraped of propolis 



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

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

 surface soiled, or the entire surface slightly soiled the out 

 Bide of the wood well scraped of propolis. 



No. 1.— All sect'oi'.s well tilled except the row of cells next 

 to the wood ; combs comiiaratively even ; one-eiehth part of 

 comb surface soiled, or the entire surface slightly soi.cd. 



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 ig, 

 there will be " JEiaucy White," " No. 1 Dark," etc. 



Cincinnati. — The comb-honey market continues to 

 be draggy, and hardly any demand, and therefore 

 price- have weakened. Fancy white clover sells for 

 15(0; ■'■>[4- For amber there is no demand. The mar- 

 ket for extracted is fair, and prices rule as follows: 

 Amber, o}i(a.o'/2. tty the barrel in cans it brings a lit- 

 tle more; alfalfa, "7J^; white clover, 8®8!4. Beeswax, 

 '2S(a:M). C. H. W. Weber, 



Feb. 7. 2146 Central Ave., Cincinnati, O. 



Chicago.— The market is in a rather unsettled 

 state. The offerings of late have been numerous, and 

 there is a tendency toward lower prices owing to the 

 supply being much larger than expected at this sea- 

 son of the year. Ihe fancy grades of white will sell 

 at l">''l(icts. per lb., but any thing below this grade 

 is difficult to place at anything above 10® 12. E.Ktract- 

 ed honey is also easy, with the best grades of white 

 obtainable at 7(aS. and atnbers at 6^7. Beeswax is 

 sttaJy at 30 cts., upon arrival. 



R. A. Burnett & Co., 



Feb. 7. 199 Sotith Water St.. Chicago, III. 



Schenect.\dy —Our stock of both comb and ex- 

 tracted is greatly reduced, and we look for an increas- 

 ing demand at the opening of the Lenten season. 

 Producers still having honey on hand should now send 

 it forward. No change in prices. X->. 1 \vhite clover, 

 15; off grades. Ti'il}, buckwheat. I2fal8. Extracted, 

 light. 7«S; dark, ()!4 T 7J4. Ch.-\s. McCulloch, 



Feb. S. .523 State St., Schenectady. N. Y. 



S.AN Fr.\ncisco —Honey market as follows: Comb, 

 per lb.. lO^a 13. F;xtracted," water white, H'oCa"; light 

 aiTiber, G®6^; dark amber, Jfaio. Beeswax, per lb., 



28 cts. E. H. SCH.-VKFFLE, 



jan i^. San Francisco, Cal. 



Ai-it.\NY. — There is very little honey here of either 

 comb or extracted, and prices oti good-condition stock 

 remain firm, and think will do so. there being no 

 stock to carry over. We quote while-clover comb, 15; 

 mixed, 14; daik or buckwheat loo 11; extracted, w-hite. 

 7J4@8; buckwheat, 7;^. Beeswax 30. 



MacDougal & Co., 



Feb. 2. 375 Broadway, Albany, N. Y. 



Phil.\delphi.\. —Comb honey has been moving fair- 

 ly wt 11 the last ten days. The supply is getting 

 scarce, but the demand is equally decreasing, so the 

 prices are maintained about tlie same We quote fan- 

 cy comb. ItJalTc. No. 1, lo.'alti; amber. It. Extracted. 

 fancy white. 8; amber, 7. Beeswax in good demand, 

 29c We are producers of honey and do not handle on 

 commission. W.m. A. Selser, 



Feb. 9. 10 Vine St., Philadelphia, Pa. 



Kansas City. — The demand for honey has bfen 

 very lieht. with receipts fair. We quote as follows: 

 Extra fancy, per case of 24 sections, j3 40; strictlv No. 

 1. J-3.30: No. 1 amber. $;5.O0(a53.25. Extracted white, 

 per lb., 7; amber, t)(S6J^. Beeswax. 30. 



C. C. Clemons & Co., 



Jan. 31. 30(5 Grand Ave , Kansas City, Mo. 



New York — The demand has not improved, and 

 the supply is more than the demanrl. I,arge sales can 

 not be forced, even at cut prices. Fancy comb, 15; No. 

 1 comb, 13(0,14; buckwheat comb. 12'a 13; mixed, 11@1'2. 

 Beeswax firm at 30, and good demand. 



Francis H. Legoett St Co., 



Feb. 7. Franklin and Varick Sts., New Ycfrk. 



Buffalo.— The stock of honey in our market is 

 quite light No extracted here, and some call for it. 

 F'ancy white comb, 15'*1H; A No 1, I4'a'5; No. 1 13^@ 

 14; No. 2, 12;,i'n)13; No. 3. 12(&12^; No. 1 dark,' ll(ai'i2; 

 No. 2 dark, lOrail. Extracted, white, 7^@8; amber 

 "@7^; dark, 6@6J^. Beeswax, 28(5. 30. 



W C. Townsend, 



Feb. 3. 1P7 Scott St., Buffalo, N. Y. 



For Sale — We are sold out on alfalfa honey, but 

 have ten 3'0-lb. bbls. of light amber and buckwheat at 

 7c; forty 250-300 lb. bbls fancy basswood at 8c: 60-lb. 

 new cans, two iii a case. 9c. E. R. Pahl & Co., 



294. 291) Broadway, Milwaukee, Wis. 



For Sale.— One barrel partly full (near 400 lbs.) of 

 extracted honey mixed with honey-dew, but light 

 color; good for feeding or factory purposes. Price 5^^ 

 cts. per lb. John A. Thornton, Lima. 111. 



For Sale. — Choice alfalfa honey, two 60-lb. cans to 

 the case, at 7Hc f. o. b.. Cedar Rapids. la., or Spring- 

 field, 111. H. L,. Weems, Cedar Rapids, Iowa. 



For Sale. — White extracted honey from alfalfa in 



60-lb. cans, at $4.50 each; light amber honey mixed 



with Rocky Mountain bee-plant, fine flavor, $4.20 



each. Prices on small cans and pails on application. 



M. P. Rhoads, Box 216, L,as Animas, Colo. 



Wanted. — Beeswax ; highest market price paid. 

 Write for price list. 



Bach, Becker & Co., Chicago, 111. 



Wanted — Comb and extracted honey. State price, 

 kind, and quantity. R. A. Burnett & Co., 



199 South Water St., Chicago, 111. 



For Sale. —Extracted honey. Finest grades for ta- 

 ble use. Pinces quoted on application. Sample by 

 mail, 10 cts. to pay for package and postage. 



Orel L,- Hershiser, 

 301 Huntington Ave., Buffalo, N. Y. 



We will be in the market for honey the coming sea- 

 son in carloads and less than carloads and would be 

 glad to hear from producers everywhere what they 

 will have to offer. Seavev & Flarsheim, 



1318-1324 Union Avenue, Kansas City, Mo. 



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 Bee Culture. 



of interest to POILTRV-R-AISERS. 

 When I commenced feeding fresh cut green bone, 

 about the first thing I did was to find iis feeding value 

 by actual test. Hens under like conditions with 

 fresh-cut green bone added to their feed, la'd nearly 

 twice as many eggs during the winter sea.son and a 

 third more iii the .summer sea.son than did the lot 

 without bone. Fiftveight chicks hatched at the .same 

 time, from the sam'e kind of eggs, were divided into 

 two lots and treated the same, except that one lot was 

 fed bone extia. The lot with bone extra to their feed 

 grew much faster, and at the f nd of thirteen weeks— 

 the end of the test — a person would never have 

 thought thcv were once the sime lot. The lot fed the 

 bone were tiot onlv larger but had clearer and bright- 

 er plumage. The "lot that ate the bone went through 

 the test with a loss of but one, while the lot without 

 the bone sustained a loss of five. This, witli other 

 observations, leads me to believe feeding bone will 

 lessen the death-rate in chicks and that old hens will 

 be heaUhier.— fVm Jack. Martinsbiirg. Ind., in Fann- 

 ers^ Guide. 



