324 G L E A N I N G S I N 



HONEY MARKETS 



There has been little change in honey 

 prices during the last month. The- export 

 factor of the market continues to make con- 

 ditions abnormal and keeps prices at a high 

 level, and will continue to do so as, long as 

 shipping space can be secured. That the Al- 

 lies want honey and more honey is certain, 

 but it is equally certain that with the rush 

 of American troops and military supplies to 

 the other side shipping space for honey is 

 becoming more and more difficult to secure. 

 How seriously the lack of shipping facilities 

 may yet effect the demand for honey for ex- 

 port is purely problematical. 



The crop outlook, big or little, is not the 

 same determining factor as in normal times, 

 for it is the abnormal export demand that is 

 making the market. If this demand con- 

 tinues (contingent upon the continuance of 

 the war and shipping facilities), there will 

 be a market for every pound of honey that 

 can be produced in the country, however 

 large. 



Judging by reports coming in from Cali- 

 fornia, Texas, and Florida, the honey pro- 

 ducer may calculate the prevailing price of 

 honey, f. o. b. shipping point, for white ex- 

 tracted, at from 17 to 20 cents. Actual 

 sales made by beekeepers in the early-pro- 

 ducing regions confirms this price statement. 



There is one regrettable feature about the 

 present bountiful honey prices — 'they are 

 not made by the home demand, and with the 

 average American family honey is more a 

 luxury today than ever. The high prices 

 are not encouraging the "eat-honey" habit. 

 This fact is most regrettable, considering 

 the future and the great opportunity offered 

 by the present nation-wide advertising of 

 honey to popularize the use of it. There is 

 perhaps no remedy for it, so long as the 

 great export demand continues. Buyers will 

 pay a price that home consumers can 't af- 

 ford, just so long as the foreign demand 

 furnishes the big price, and . just so long- 

 American honey will continue to be con- 

 sumed abroad. 



The Bureau of Markets, U. S. Dept. of 

 Agriculture, has not issued a honey-market 

 report during the past month, but below 

 will be found the quotations of wholesalers 

 from various large cities: 



BEE CULTURE 



June, 1918 



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 pro.ducer. The large deal- 

 ers do not quote prices in print that they will pay 

 futurely to producers. ] 



PORTLAND. — Reports from beemen in various 

 locations indicate good prospects for honey. Pres- 

 ent stocks well cleaned up. No special demand at 

 this time. Comb honey is practically sold out com- 

 pletely. Comb honey, Fancy, per case, $6.00 (very 

 limited quantity). Extracted honey, white, per lb., 

 22c; light amber, in cans, 20c; amber, 18c. 



Pacific Honey Co. 



Portland, Ore., May 11. 



CHICAGO. — Market is practically bare of all 

 kinds of honey. We quote comb honey, extra 

 fancy, per pound, 30c; fancy, 27c; No. 1, 25e ; No. 

 2, 15 to 20c. Extracted honey, white, per lb., 

 18 to 20c; light amber, in cans, 15 to 18c; amber, 

 15 to 16c. Clean, average yellow bee»wa.x, per lb., 

 40c. R. A. Burnett & Co. 



Chicago, 111., May 16. 



CLEVELAND.— Our market is all cleaned up on 

 old honey (crop of 1917), and none of 1918 crop is 

 yet in market; but there is a little Florida honey 

 enroute. There is not much call for honey now, but 

 a small quantity would no doubt bring a good price. 

 C. Chandler's Sons. 



Cleveland, O., May 16. 



SYRACUSE. — Nothing doing with us. There is. 

 not much demand at present. Once in a while comes 

 a small order. E. B. Ross. 



Syracuse, N. Y., May 16. 



BUFFALO. — No comb or. extracted honey oii 

 this market. No quotations can be given. 



Buffalo, N. Y., May 16. Gleason & Lansing. 



HAMILTON. — There is nothing doing here in 

 honey yet. No comb or extracted on the market. 

 F. W. Fearman Co. 

 Hamilton, Ont., May 16. 



LIVERPOOL. — Since our last report the market 

 has continued steady at about the prices we then 

 quoted. Extracted honey is worth 41 to 43 cents 

 per lb. wholesale. Large transactions have taken 

 place both in Liverpool and London at the following 

 prices: Jamaica, $47.50 to $48.75 per cwt. (112 

 lbs.); Argentine, $48.50 to $49.00 per cwt.; Cuban, 

 $47.25 to $48.75 per cwt.; Hawaiian, $46.25 to 

 $48.00 per cwt.; Honolulu, $47.25 to $51.25 per 

 cwt., (in tins) ; Porto Rice, $49.25 to $50.00 per 

 cwt.; Chilian, $46.87 to $47.50 per cwt. These 

 are fabulous prices, and it is quite on the cards 

 that the Food Controller will step in to regulate 

 prices as he has done in the case of treacle and 

 syrup. The result of that, of course, would be to 

 stop the flow of honey to this market and the oper- 

 ation of importers would become limited. The pos- 

 sibility of this happening is already having an ef- 

 fect on buyers' feelings, as no one wants to impori 

 goods on which he may possibly incur a loss of 25 to 

 50 per cent. Beeswax. — There is no change in the 

 market since our last quotation, except perhaps that 

 it is lower on definite sales. The value of good 

 quality is 48 to 50 cents per lb. Taylor & Co. 



Ijiverpool, England, May 3. 



MEDINA. — The fact that most markets are bare 

 of honey would lead us to expect active inquiry for 

 prices. So few sales are made in a jobbing way 

 that it is diificult to report prices for new honey. 

 We have some arrivals of new crop honey from the 

 South for which we have been paying 17 V^ and 18c 

 in carload lots, for well ripened, thick, first qual- 

 ity white honey, and 14c and 16c for amber aiades. 

 No comb honey has been offered ','.s yet. For Ciili- 

 foiiiia orange, purchase price has been 20c. 



May 21, 1918. The A. I. Root Co. 



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