January, 1913 



American Vae Journal 



San Francisco, Dec. 20.— The demand for 

 comb honey has not been so marked, al- 

 though plenty has been offered, and the 

 prices are as follows: Fancy No. i. isfs'ibc; 

 No. 2. ii;2@i4'4c; dark comb, n@i2C: water- 

 white extracted, 8@8'.2C; light amber. 7;2@8c 

 per lb: amber. 6@7.'2c: lower grades, 5@(}C 

 Beeswax. 27@3oc for nice yellow wax. and 

 23@26c for dark. .ToHN C. Frohliger. 



Los Angeles. Dec. 18.— There is only a 

 small quantity of honey on the Coast unsold, 

 but it should move out rapidly, as it can be 

 bought at very reasonable prices, consider- 

 ing that the market is bare of white and 

 water-white sage honey. Wequote: Light 

 amber sage, 6Kc per lb. : light amber alfalfa. 

 6c per lb. : white to water-white alfalfa, 7@- 

 7/<c per lb. All f. o b. Coast, dollar freight 

 rate by rail. 



Light amber sage, b'A@(>Hc per lb. ; t. 0. b. 

 Steamer San Diego, with boc freit'ht rate to 

 New York. Honey has been moving forward 

 steadily, and the indications are that stocks 

 will be practically exhausted long before 

 any new honey is available. 



Hamilton & Menderson. 



Cincinnati. Dec. 17.— There is a big sup- 

 ply of both comb and extracted honey, and 

 the sales are slower than they have been 

 for some time back. This is quite natural. 

 for Christmas candies and nuts have the 

 attention of the buying public at this time 

 of the year. We are selling fancy comb 

 honey at $3.75 to $4.00 a case; and our best 

 grades of extracted honey in bo-pounds cans 

 at from SJs^ioc a lb., according to the quan- 

 tity and quality purchased. For choice 



bright yellow beeswax we are paying 28c a 

 pound delivered here. 



The Fred W. Muth Co. 



Kansas City. Mo . Dec. 18.— The supply of 

 honey is equal to the demand. The demand 

 is fair tor both extracted and comb. We 

 quote as follows: No. i white comb. 24 sec- 

 tion cases. $3.15 to J3.25; No. 2. $3 00; No. i 

 amber. S3.00; No. 2. $2 50 to {2.75. Extracted, 

 white, per pound. 8@85»c; amber. 7@8c. Bees- 

 wax, 25@28c. 



C. C. Clemons Produce Co. 



Indianapolis. Dec. 17.— White comb sells 

 at 18c in lo-case lots; No. i white, one cent 

 less. Amber comb in slow demand, and at 

 lower figures. Best extracted sells at Ii@i2c 

 in s-gallon cans. Comb honey seems to be 

 in excessive demand, and very little is now 

 being offered by producers. Beeswax is in 

 good demand, and producers are being paid 

 30c per pound. ' Walter S. Pouder. 



Chicago. Dec. 18,— Honey has sold well 

 during the first half of December, but stocks 

 are stilt heavy, and prices being made at less 

 than quotations herein yiven by people who 

 do not make a specialty of honey. Hence, 

 it is difficult to give exact figures. No. i 

 white comb honey ranges from I5('j ibc per 

 pound, with the fancy bringing 17c per lb. 

 No. 2 white from io<5i4c per lb. No. i to 

 fancy amber. I3@isc per lb. Dark grades 

 of comb and lots out of condition sell at 

 from 8@ioc per lb. Extracted honey in new 

 cans and cases, white clover and linden 

 brings o@ioc per lb. Other grades of white 

 honey about 8c per lb. with amber grades 



ranging from 7@!8c per lb. Beeswax stead; 

 at from ,3o@)2c per lb., according to colo: 

 and cleanliness. R. A. Burnett & Co 



New York. Dec. 18.— Comb honey is getting 

 well cleaned up. and prices are very firm on 

 all grades. While some small shipments 

 are coming in. the bulk of the crop has been 

 marketed, and from now on receipts will be 

 next to nothing. We quote fancy white at 

 lyc. No. I white at 15c. No. 2 white at I3<^i4c, 

 dark and mixed at 12c per pound. 



The market is easy on extracted honey, 

 and prices are gradulally declining, espe- 

 cially so on Porto Rican and other West 

 India honey. Receipts of a new crop have 

 been quite large recently, and will probably 

 continue so for several months to come. 

 The demand is very light, hence the decline 

 in prices. We quote West India honey at 

 75c per gallon, white clover at 8/4@oc per 

 pound. California light amber sage at iSoiic, 

 buckwheat at 8c per pound. 



HiLDRETH & SEGELKEN. 



Denver, Dec. iq.— We quote comb honey 

 in a jobbing way at the following figures: 

 Strictly fancy white, $3.15; No, i. S3. 05; 

 choice. $2.85; No. 2, $2. 70. Extracted honey, 

 white, i^c; light amber, 8c; strained, 6:'4@7C, 

 We pay 26c in cash, and 28c in trade for clean 

 yellow beeswax delivered here. 



The Colo. Honey-Producers Ass'n. 

 F, Rauchfuss, A/er. 



Cincinnati. Dec. 20. — The demand for 

 comb and extracted honey is light with a 

 good supply. No. i white comb honey sells 

 in larg:e lots at S3 bo per case of 24 sections; 

 there is no demand for off grades. White 

 extracted honey in bo-pound cans is selling 

 from Q/2@ioc; light amber in barrels, 7@7/^c; 

 in bo-pound cans. .S(38'jc. Beeswax in fair 

 demand, sells at S3i per hundred. 



The above are our selling prices, not what 

 we are paying. C. H. W. Weber & Co. 



Boston, Dec. 18.— tancy white comb hon- 

 ey, ib@i7 per lb. ; No. I. isfG'ibc. Fancy white 

 extracted. io@iic; light amber. g@;oc; am- 

 ber. 8@oc. Beeswax. 30c. Blake.-Lee Co. 



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