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GLEANINGS IN BEE CULTURE. 



May 15 



Honey Markets. 



GRADING RULES. 



Fancy.— All sections well filled, combs straight, firmly at- 

 tached to all four sides, the combs unsoiled,by travel-stain or 

 otherwise; all the cells sealed except an occasional one, the 

 outside surface of the wood well scraped of propolis. 



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

 to the wood; combs straight; one-eighth part of comb surface 

 soiled, or the entire surface slightly soiled; the outside sur- 

 face 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-eighth part of 

 comb surface soiled, or the entire surface slightly soiled. 



No. a.— 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. 



The prices here quoted are wholesale, or what the 

 honey brings on arrival. 



Zanesville.— The honey market is very riulet, clue 

 in part to the advent of maple syrup. Fancy white 

 comb brings 17 cents wholeale. There is some little 

 demand for extracted in retail packages for table use. 

 The visible supply of comb and extracted is small at 

 the present time. For beeswax I offer 32 cts. in trade, 

 30 cts. cash. Wax wholesales at 40 cts. 



E. W. Pejrce, 



April 23. 136 West Main St., Zanesville, O. 



Philadelphia.— The comb-honey market, on ac- 

 count of the lateness of the season, has grown just a 

 little weaker in the last ten days, although extracted 

 honey is kept very firm. We think, however, there 

 will be comparatively little comb honey carried over 

 except in very small lots. We quote fancy comb 

 honey, 14 to 15c; No. 1, 13 to 14; amber, 12 to 13; fancy 

 extracted honey, 7 to 8c; light amber, 32. We are 

 producers of honey and do not handle on commission. 

 Wm. a. Selsbr, 



April 25. 10 Vine St., Philadelphia, Pa. 



Chicago.— Very little honey on the market of any 

 kind. Prices are therefore nominal. A little choice 

 white-clover comb sold at 17 cts., and would bring that 

 at present, but supply seems to be exhausted. Even 

 with this scarcity there is no demand for No. 2 grades. 

 Extracted white, 7 to 8; amber, 6 to 7. Beeswax in 

 good demand at 32. R. A. Burnett & Co., 



May 9. 199 So. Water St., Chicago, 111. 



Kansa.s City, Mo.— Receipts of comb and extracted 

 honey are light; in fact, the market is almost bare. 

 Demand for comb is good; for extracted, light. We 

 quote: No. 1 comb, 24 sections, $3.25; No. 2 comb, 34 

 sections, $2.75; No. 2 amber comb, 24 sections, $2.50, 

 $2.75. Extracted: white, per lb., 8 to 9; amber, per 

 per lb., 7 to 8. Beeswax, per lb., 30. 



May 4. C. C. Clemons & Co. 



Indianapolis.— Market on comb honey is very 

 quiet, and a strictly fancy article is very scarce. I 

 quote fancy white at 17; No. 1, white, 14; amber, 12; 

 demand for best grades of extracted honey is excellent! 

 and I quote white clover 9 to 9%; amber, 6 to 7. Pure 

 beeswax sells here at 35. Walter S. Pouder, 



May 6. 513-515 Mass. Ave., Indianapolis. 



Cincinnati. — There is no material change in 

 the honey market at this writing. Extracted honey 

 is not moving as rapidly as it might, owing to the cold 

 weather. Quote amber in barrels at 5^ to 6%; fancy 

 table honey, in crates of two 60-lb. cans, 8 to 9. For 

 choice yellow beeswax, free from dirt, we are paying 

 32c per lb., cash, and 35 in trade, delivered here. 



May 9. The Fred W. Muth Co., 51 Walnut St. 



Denver.— Our market is now entirely cleaned up of 

 a good quality of comb honey. We have a good stock 

 of fine extracted honey which we are quoting at 7^ to 

 SVa for No. 1 white, and 6% to 754 for light amber. We 

 are paying 25 to 27 for clean yellow beeswax delivered 

 here. The Colorado Honey Producers' Ass'n, 



April 20. Denver, Col. 



Buffalo.— Demand for white-clover comb honey is 

 extra good at top quotations. Other grades are very 

 much neglected, and buyers will not buy lower grades 

 unless the price is low, and forced to buy it. No. 1 to 

 fancy white comb. 16 to 17; No. 2 white, 11 to 13; buck- 

 wheat and amber, 10 to 11. Beeswax, 33 to 35. 



W. C. TOWNSEND, 



April 22. Buffalo, N. Y. 



Detroit. — The market is quiet with no great de- 

 mand, and not a very large supply. Prices range as 

 follows: Fancy and A No. 1 white comb honey, 15 to 

 15%; No. 1, 12% to 13; fancy and A No. 1 dark, II to 12 

 Beeswax, 28 to 29. M. H. Hunt & Son, 



May 10, Redford, Mich. 



St. Paul. — Honey supply is limited. Fancy white, 

 No. 1, in 1-lb. sections, new, 15 to 16; No. 2 white clo- 

 ver, in 1-lb. sections, 13 to 14; extracted white, in 60- 

 lb. cans, per case, 9 to 10. W. H. Patton, Sec, 



April 22. St. Paul, Minn. 



Liverpool, England.— Ninety packages of Chilian 

 at the following prices: Pile X at 6; pile 1 at 5%; pile 

 2, iVi to 4?i. Small sales of Peruvian at 39* to 4. The 

 word pile means grade. Taylor & Co., 

 7 Tithebarn St. 



Marseilles, France. — Honey is now selling at 

 about 10c per lb., wholesale; beeswax, 31% to 33 for 

 French; Morocco, 31; Algerian, 31. 



Antwerp, Belgium. — Beeswax from Benguella (W. 

 Africa), 32%; Zanzibar, 32%; Portugal, 32%; British 

 India, 30; Mozambique, 33. 



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CINCINNATI, OHIO. 



