•740 GLEANINGS IN BEE CULTURE 



Honey Markets. 



June 1 



GRADING RTILES. 



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

 tached to all four sides, the combs unsoilediby 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 filled 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. 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. 



The prices here quoted are wholesale, or what the 

 honey brings on arrival. 



New York.— White comb honey is practically clean- 

 ed up, and there is very little demand at this time. 

 Some dark and mixed comb is on the market, but no 

 demand to speak of, and some of this will have to be 

 carried over until next season, or sold at a sacrifice; 

 therefore we can not encourage shipments of off g-rades 

 or dark honey at this time. Extracted honey is in fair 

 demand, and prices are ruling firm. There is very lit- 

 tle new crop arriving as yet from the South; and while 

 it is rather early we doubt whether we shall have any 

 large shipments from the Southern States this season, 

 as we fear there will be a short crop, judging from the 

 reports we are receiving. There is quite a good stock 

 of last year's crop still on the market — sufficient to 

 last until the new crop from various States arrives. 

 There is no change in price as to extracted honey since 

 our last. Beeswax is firm, and likely to remain so for 

 the next two months to come. 



May 25. HiLDBETH & Segelken, New York. 



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 5^4 to 6%; fancy 

 table honey in crates of two 60-lb. cans at s to 9; for 

 choice yellow beeswax, free from dirt, we are paying 

 31 cash, and 33 in trade, delivered here. 



May 23. The Fred W. Muth Co., 51 Walnut St. 



Chicago.— Comb and extracted honey supply is ex- 

 hausted so far as choice grades go, with a few lots of 

 off and low grades for which there is no demand. We 

 do not look for any movement until the yield of 1907 

 appears on the market. Beeswax sells upon arrival 

 at 32 cts. R. A. Burnett & Co., 



May 20. 199 So. Water St., Chicago, 111. 



Denver. — This market is entirely bare of good 

 white comb honey, and we could make quick sales at 

 good figures of any consignments made to us now. 

 We have a good .supply of extracted honey which we 

 are quoting at 7% to SYs for strictly No. 1 white, and 

 6"i to IVa for light amber. We pay 24 to 26 cents for 

 good clean yellow beeswax delivered here. 



The Colorado Honey PRODtrcEBS' Ass'n, 



May 22. Denver, Col. 



Philadelphia. — The honey market has been quite 

 brisk for this time of the year. The continued cold 

 weather has made both the comb and exti-acted honey 

 sell much higher than usual. A number of odd lots 

 have been cleaned out of the market. We quote fancy 

 comb, 14 to 1.5; No. 1, 13 to 14; amber, 12tol3; fancy white 

 extracted, 7 to 8; light amber, 6 to 7. Beeswax firm at 32. 



We are producers of honey and do not handle on 

 commission. Wm. A. Selseb, 



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



Schenectady.- O wing to the continued cold weath- 

 er, up to this date, there has been an unusual demand 

 for comb honey, and we are unable to fill orders for 

 fancy white at present, but have some No. 1 buck- 

 wheat still on hand; but very little demand for ex- 

 tracted. Prices unchanged. ! 



May 20. Chas. MacCulloch, Schenectady, N. Y. 



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 sticks to your face and gives the bees 

 a chance to hand you a hot one ? 



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(75c postpaid) 



keeps the bees at a distance because it 

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You get dollars of satisfaction out of it. No doubt about this— it's the 

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THE FRED W. MUTH COMPANY. 



51 WALNUT STREET, 



The Busy Bee Men, 



CINCINNATI. OHIO. 



