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GLEANINGS IN BEE CULTURE 



April, 1918 



HONEY MARKETS 



There is very little new to report as to the 

 honey market. During the last month several 

 carloads of extracted have been sold on tho 

 Pacific Coast at 17i/^e. Several carloads 

 from the Eocky Mountain territory have 

 been sold to Eastern buyers at prices rang- 

 ing from 16%c to 19c. New crop Florida 

 honey, orange and palmetto, is coming onto 

 the market at 16c f. o. b. producers' shipping 

 point. The demand to supply domestic con- 

 sumption is rather irregular and uncertain. 

 The demand for export is good, which jirob- 

 aoly means that as long as the war lasts this 

 demand will continue even at the present 

 high prices. Just here is a matter for 

 thoughtful reflection. It is has been the 

 foreign demand for American honey that has 

 made high prices — not the domestic demand. 

 The consumption of honey in America dur- 

 ing 1917 was not so large as in 1916. Had 

 it not been for the trans-Atlantic need of 

 honey, extracted .honey would not likely 

 have gone above 11 or 12 cents. This is the 

 assertion of one of the best informed honey 

 buyers in the United States. The unfortu- 

 nate circumstance is, that Americans are 

 not learning to eat honey in these days of 

 food shortage nor becoming acquainted with 

 it as a staple food. It is more than ever 

 a luxury — which would be all fine for the 

 beekeeper (from a purely financial stand- 

 point) if the war were to last forever. But 

 it isn 't going to last so long as that. When 

 it ends, a readjustment of honey prices will 

 follow. 



General Quotations of Wholesalers. 



[These firms are asked to quote the wholesale 

 prices they make to retailers. Accordingly, their 

 prices must be figured at least one profit higher than 

 the price paid the producer. The large dealers do 

 not quote prices in print that they will pay futurely 

 to producers.] 



CHICAGO. — Since the weather has moderated 

 quite a showing of comb honey has come forward 

 and the No. 1 to fancy sells at 25c to 27c per pound; 

 eixtracted white, 18c to 20c; amber, 16c to 18c per 

 lb., according to kind and quality. Clean, average 

 yellow beeswax, per lb., 40c. 



R. A. Burnett & Co. 



Chicago, nis., March 16. 



ST. LOUIS. — This market is entirely bare of 

 fancy comb honey. Small shipments of No. 2 local 

 arriving, which sell from $4.00 to $4.25 per case. 

 Very little extracted honey in jobbers' hands. Ex- 

 tracted, amber, 16c to 18c. Clean, average yellow 

 beeswax, per lb., 38c. 



R. Hartman Produce Co. 



St. Louis, Mo., March 15. 



PHILADELPHIA. — We are entirely cleaned up 

 on all grades of honey, both comb and extracted. 

 Clean, average yellow beeswax, per lb., 42c. 



Chas. Munder. 



Philadelphia, Pa., March 15. 



BUFFALO. — No strained or comb honey on this 

 market. No quotations available. Several inquiries 

 for honey, but nothing to offer. 



Gleason & Lansing. 



Buffalo, N. Y., March 15. 



SYRACUSE. — Comb honey practically out of 

 market and extracted pretty well exhausted. We 

 have had a very little honey offered lately at practi- 

 cally prohibitive prices. 



Syracuse, N. Y., March 16. E. B. Ross. 



PORTLAND. — Market is practically bare of comb 

 honey, with no offerings from the producer. Ex- 

 tracted honey in fairly good demand, but stocks are 

 being cleaned up. Comb honey, extra fancy, per 

 case, $5.00; fancy, $4.75; No. 1, $4.50. Extracted 

 honey, white, 18c to 20c; light amber, in cans, 16c 

 to 18c. No beeswax offered. Pacific Honey Co. 



Portland, Ore., March 11. 



MONTREAL. — Stocks light. Comb honey, extra 

 fancy, 25c; fancy, 24c; No. 1, 22c; No. 2, 19c. 

 Extracted honey, white, 21c; light amber, in cans, 

 19e; in barrels, 18 %c; amber, in cans, 18c; in bar- 

 rels, nV2C. Gunn, Langlois & Co., Ltd. 



Montreal, Can., March 15. 



TORONTO. — Stocks of honey are practically ex- 

 hausted, and there is really no market at present. 

 Toronto, Can., March 16. Eby-Blain, Ltd. 



HAMILTON. — There is no honey offering here 

 now and none in stock except a few 10-lb. tins. 

 Extracted honey, white, 23c in 10-lb. tins. 



F. W. Fearman Co., Ltd. 



Hamilton, Ont., March 15. 



CUBA. — Extracted honey, light amber, in barrels, 

 $1.80 per gallon. Clean, average yellow beeswax, 

 per lb., 37 cts. A. Marzol. 



Matanzas, March 10. 



LIVERPOOL. — The good demand for honey still 

 continues and prices are higher. For fine extracted 

 honey we quote 32 cents per lb., wholesale price; 

 for retail quantities the price runs up to 48 cents 

 per lb. The following' transactions have been made : 

 Chilian, 650 barrels have been sold as follows: 

 No. 1, per bbl., $35.75; No. 2., $34.50; No. 3, 

 $33.25; ungraded, $28.50. Spanish, 89 cases sold 

 at $34.75 to $35.50 per cwt. Jamaica, 50 barrels 

 sold at $34.50 to $37.00. St. Lucia, in tins, $34.75 

 to $35.75 per cwt. San Domingo, dark to palish. 

 $33.00 to $34.50 per cwt. Californian, amber in 

 tins, $35.50 to $36.50 per cwt. Beeswax. — Owing 

 to the demand for Russian being non-existent the de- 

 mand for this has gone off, and sales are difficult 

 to make. We quote 49 tO' 59 cents per lb. Chilian 

 has been sold at $52.80 to $55.80 per cwt.; Jamaica, 

 same price; East African is worth $47.50 to $49.88. 



Liverpool, England, F'eb. 6. Taylor & Co. 



U. S. Government Market Reports. 



(The prices quoted in this report represent the 

 prices at which the " wholesale carlot receivers " sell 

 to the "jobbers." Arrivals include receipts during 

 preceding two weeks. Prices represent current quo- 

 tations.) 



St. liouis.- — No arrivals. Supplies very light. No 

 sales reported. 



New York. — 1,120 barrels Cuba and 44 barrels 

 South America arrived. Demand good, market 

 stronger. Extracted honey ; domestic yellow, supplies 

 very light, 21e-23c per pound; West Indian light, 

 19-20c, dark 18-19c per pound. Beeswax, 121 boxes, 

 92 bags, 70 crates from Cuba, and 38 bags South 

 America arrived. Supplies light, demand good, 

 market strong. Yellow, 40-42c; dark 38-40c per lb. 



Philadelphia. — No arrivals, no demand. Comb 

 and extracted honey, and beeswax, no sales. 



Cincinnati. — No fresh arrivals. Extracted honey : 

 demand good, movement brisk, market strong ; do- 

 mestic dark amber, 17c; light amber, 19c; orange 

 and white sage, 23c per pound. Comb honey: sup- 

 plies exhausted. Beeswax: demand good, market 

 firm, average yellow, 43-45c per pound. 



Kansas City. — No fresh arrivals. Practically no 

 demand or movement, market firm. Comb and ex- 

 tracted honey and beeswax, no sales reported. 



Denver. — No fresh arrivals. Demand good, mar- 

 ket strong,' no jobbing sales. Sales direct to retail- 

 ers. Co»nb honey: Colorado, white, 24-section 

 cases, extra fancy $6.00. Beeswax: receipts mod- 

 erate, price to producers, 38c per pound. 



Chicago. — Receipts and supplies very light. De- 

 mand good, market firm. Best northern stock, comb 

 honey, mostly 26-27 ; extracted, mostly 18c per 

 pound. 



Minneapolis. — No arrivals. Supplies very light. 

 Demand good, market firm. Comb honey supplies 

 practically exhausted. No sales reported. Extracted 

 strained honey, few sales direct to retailers, 20c per 

 pound. 



(This honey report will be discontinued with this 



