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AMERICAN BEE JOURNAL, Hamilton, Illinois 



HONEY AND BEESWAX 



Chicago. Nov. i8— Sales in the agsregate 

 have been fair during the past month, but 

 the supply is quite heavy, and prices are 

 weak. It is difficult to obtain more than i;- 

 @t6c per pound for the A N'o. i to fancy 

 grades, and lower grades are more or less 

 neglected, prices ranging from i@5c per 

 pound less according to kind, condition and 

 color. Consignments have not sold readily 

 owint' to these conditions. Extracted is 

 also freely offered with prices of the best 

 grades of white ranging from 8(scc per pound, 

 and ambers from 7^8c per pound, with the 

 undesirable flavors difficult to market. 

 Beeswax is steady and sells upon arrival at 

 from 3o(s32C per pound, according to color 

 and cleanliness. R. A. Burnett & Co. 



San Francisco. Nov. 15.— The comb honey 

 market is overstocked, and little or no de- 

 mand at present, and prices have dropped 

 accordingly. No. i fancy. I3@i5c: No. 2. io@- 

 12c; dark, 8@ioc. E.ttracted, water-white. 

 gc: white, ■;W®Sc; amber. 6@7c; darker 

 grades. 5@5/4c. Beeswax. 306320 per pound. 

 Very little offered. John C. Frohliger. 



Kansas City. Mo.. Nov. 10.— Receipts of 

 comb honey are large: demand fair. Re- 

 ceipts of extracted not large; demand good. 

 We quote as follows: No. i white comb. 24 

 sections per case, $2.75; No. 2. $2.50. There 

 is a limited demand for light amber at the 

 same price of white. White extracted, per 

 pound, 8(a'8;ic; amber, 7@8c. No. i beeswax. 

 per pound. 30c; No. 2, 25c. 



C. C. Clemons Produce Company. 



Cincinnati. Nov. 3.— The demand for both 

 comb and extracted honey is not as brisk as 

 it should be for this time of the year. We 

 are receiving quantities of both comb and 

 extracted honey. Fancy white clover comb 

 honey is selling at i6c per pound. No t white 

 is selling at $3. 50 per case of 24 sections. Off 

 grades do not sell. White clover extracted 

 honey in 60-pound cans is selling from 9(ao!4c 

 per pound. Amber graaes are selling from 

 7;2a8;2C per pound, according to grade and 

 quantity purchased. Beeswax issellingfrom 

 $33 to $35 per hundred. 



The above are our selling prices, not what 

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



Boston. Nov. 10.— hancy and No. i white 

 comb. i6@i7c per pound. New fancy white ex- 

 tracted in 5-gallon cans. logiic. Beeswax. 

 30c. Pure white honey in barrels, oc per 

 pound. Blake.-Lee Company. 



Los Angeles, Nov. 10.— The market on 

 California honey has been inactive recently, 

 on account of the failure of the sage honey 

 crop and the scarcity of other fancy varie- 

 ties in this State. We think this is largely 

 accounted for by the fact that there has 

 been plenty of other kinds of honey pro- 

 duced both in the western States and in the 

 East. There is a car of fancy white orange 

 honey still to be had at Q'A&ohc. f. o. b. Los 

 Angeles, and there are a few cars of alfalfa 

 light amber honey which could be sold at 

 about be per pound f. o. b. shipping point: 

 also one car. possibly two. of fancy light 

 amber mountain honey at about 7C. Outside 

 of this small quantity the honey business in 

 the extreme West depends upon the sweet 

 clover and white alfalfa honey produced in 

 the States lying just cast of California. This 

 is held now at ti'4@7C f. o. b. shipping point. 



There has been a lively demand for bees- 

 wax at prices higher than usual, and on this 

 account the producers have sold rather 

 freely. Eastern buyers are bidding 39c per 

 pound and upwards f. o. b. California. 



Hamilton &Menderson. 



Cincinnati. Nov. ig.— The demand for 

 honev is good. We sell fine table honey in 

 t)0-pound cans from 8gioc a pound, accord- 

 ing to the quality and quantity. Amber 

 honey in barrels from 5H@8c. Comb honey, 

 the very fanciest we are getting, from $3 75 

 to $4 00 a case. For choice bright yellow 

 beeswax we are paying 30c a pound deliv- 

 ered here. The Fred W. Muth Co. 



Indianapolis. Nov. 18.— Honey is moving 

 freely. F"ancy white comb is selling at iti@- 

 17c; No, I white, one cent less Finest ex- 

 tracted. g@ioc in 5-gallon cans. Beeswax is 

 in good demand, and producers are being 

 paid 32c, cash or trade. 



Waltsr S. Pouder. 



Denver, Nov. ig.— Our local market is well 

 supplied with honey, and our jobbing quo- 



