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GLEANINGS IN BEE CULTURE 



July, 1918 



HONEY MARKETS 



U. S. Government Market Reports. 



HONEY ARRIVALS SINCE JUNE 1 AT IMPORTANT 

 COMMERCIAL POINTS. 



Medina, O. — 2,092 lbs. Florida; 2,565 lbs. Colo- 

 rado; 1,080 lbs. Ohio; 85,700 lbs. California. 



SHIPPING POINT INFORMATION, JUNE 14. 



San Francisco, Cal. — Mild, clear. Demand and 

 movement moderate, market fair. Cash to produc- 

 ers, white orange, few sales, 20-21c, light amber 

 15-18c. Beeswax, 33-36c; sales to jobbers l%c 

 higher; for export 2c higher. Unofficial report of 

 crop prospects : light amber and alfalfa prospects 

 good; lack of rain in a large section of the State 

 will probably reduce the sage crop. 



Los Angeles, Cal. — Shipments light. Demand 

 and movement very slow, market weaker, subma- 

 rine scare limiting the export demand ; local buy- 

 ers holding oft" on advice from East; many grow- 

 ers holding for higher prices; few sales; cash to 

 producer on farm ; best, white orange, extracted, 

 20c lb. ; light amber, extracted, lC-18c lb. Bees- 

 wax 34-35C lb. 



TELEGRAPHIC 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 represeint 

 current quotations.) 



Denver. — No fresh arrivals. No comb honey on 

 market; extracted honey, supplies practically ex- 

 hausted; demand good; white to amber, 17-20c per 

 pound; cash to producer on farm 13i/^-16c per 

 pound. Beeswax, receipts and supplies very light ; 

 market slightly weaker; price to producers, 35- 

 3TV2C per pound. 



New York. — Arrivals, 113 barrels Florida, 19 

 barrels Hayti. Receipts light; demand slow; mar- 

 ket weak. Comb honey, no sales reported. Ex- 

 tracted honey, Porto Rican, $2.40-2.50 per gallon, 

 mostly $2.50 ; Cuban, on hand previous to embargo, 

 $2.40-2.65 per gallon, some $2.00; Florida, $2.00- 

 2.50 per gallon, some higher. Beeswax, arrivals, 22 

 sacks, 5 bales from Hayti. Receipts light. Good 

 demand and movement, market steady. Yellow 40- 

 42c per pound, mostly 41-42c; dark 38-41c, mostly 

 40-41 p. 



Minneapolis. — Receipts and supplies very light. 

 Demand and movement slow, market weaker. Min- 

 nesota, Wisconsin, and Iowa ; comb honey, white, 

 fancy, 24-section cases, mostly $5.50 ; sisecial 

 brands, cartons, $7.00-7.20. Extracted, Minne.sota 

 and Wisconsin, white, fancy, 60-lb. pails 21c per 

 lb. Beeswax, no sales reported. 



St. Paul. — Receipts light; supplies very light. 

 Demand slow, market fair. Minnesota and Wis- 

 consin, comb honey, white, fancy, 24-section cases, 

 few sales; all sales in small lots, mostly $6.00; 

 special brands, cartons, $6.75. Extracted, supplies 

 exhausted. Beeswax, no sales reported. 



Philadelphia. — Receipts light; supplies very 

 light. Demand slow, movement moderate. Sales 

 to confectioners, principally in bulk. Southern, 

 domestic, extracted, 20-23c per pound; $2.25-2.50 

 per gallon. 



Chicago. — Practically no supplies. No sales re- 

 ported. 



St. Louis. — No fresh arrivals. Sales insufficient 

 to quote. Beeswax, no supplies. 



Cincinnati. — 9,714 lbs., Florida; 693 lbs., Ken- 

 tucky; 60 lbs. Tennessee arrived. Arriving sup- 

 plies are very light, no sales reported. Beeswax, 

 demand good, market strong, average yellow, 45- 

 48c per lb. 



Kansas City. — No fresh arrivals. Supplies prac- 

 tically exhausted. Pew sales, all sales in small lots. 

 Native Missouri, quality and condition generally 

 good, 24-comb, flat cases. No. 1, light, $7.50. Beies- 

 wax, receipts light, buyers paving 38-40c per lb. 

 CHARLES J. BRAN'Di, 

 Chief of Bureau of Markets. 



Wasliington, D. C, June 17, 1918. 



General Quotations of Wholesalers. 



[These firms are asked to quote the wholesale 

 prices they make to retailers. Accordingly, their 

 ))-i'-os must 1 e fi'.:ure(l at Iciust one profit higher 

 than the price, paid the producer. The large deal- 



ers do not quote prices in print that they will pay 

 futurely to producers.] 



CHICAGO. — No comb honey. Extracted honey, 

 white, per lb. 22c; light amber, in cans, 20c. Clean, 

 average yellow beeswax, per lb., 40c, 



R. A. Burnett & Co. 



Chicago, 111., June 17. 



ST. LOUIS. — Our market is entirely cleaned vp 

 of old crop of both extracted and comb honey. 

 Little new crop honey has arrived in this market 

 but quite a quantity in transit now headed this 

 way. There is some little demand for comb honey 

 and receipts will meet with ready sale. (!omb hon- 

 ey, extra fancy, (per case) $5.50; fancy, $5.00; No. 

 1, $4.50; No. 2, $4.00. Extracted honey, white 

 (per lb.) 19c; light amber, in cans, 16c; amber, 

 14-15c. Clean, average yellow beesw.ax, per lb. 39c. 

 R. Hartman Produce Co., 



KANSAS CITY. — There is no new honey on this 

 market, and it is very hard to give reliable quota- 

 tions on same. Feel confident any new honey \\ould 

 sell around $5.00 per case or more. Extracted 

 honey, white (per lb) 17 to 21c, according to qual- 

 ity and kind. Clean, average yellow beeswax, per 

 lb., 30-35c according to quality and kind. 



C. C. Clemens Produce Co. 



Kansas City, Mo., June 17. 



BUFFALO. — There is no honey offering in this 

 market at the present time. Cannot quote you on 

 comb honey. There is very little extracted to be 

 offered, which we have sold in 50-pound cans at 

 22c per lb. for light amber. There is quite a de- 

 mand, and believe either comb or extracted would 

 sell at extreme prices if offered on tiiis market. 

 Gleason & Lansing. 



CLEVELAND. — Our market is practically bare 

 of comb honey. A little has arrived from Florida 

 and Alabama but nearly all of it in bad order and 

 there is no market price established. A limited 

 quantity of comb honey in good order would prob- 

 ably sell. Comb honey, extra fancy (per case) 

 $6.00-6.50; fancv, $5.50-6.00; No. 1, $5.00-5.50; 

 No. 2, $4.00-4.50. C. Chandleir's Sons. 



Cleveland, O., June 17. 



PORTLAND. — Prospects for honey crop very 

 good at present writing. Old stocks of extracted 

 honey cleaned up. No new honey offered a^s yet, 

 rather early. No comb honey on thus market, either 

 old or new. Extracted honey, white (per lb.), 

 21-22c; light amber, in cans, 19-20c; amber, 18-19c. 

 No beeswax offered. Pacific Honey Co. 



Portland, Ore., June 11. 



TORONTO. — New honey has not yet arrived. 

 Stocks of old honey are completely exhausted. No 

 market quotations available as yet. 



Eby-Blain Limited. 



Toronto, Ont., June 17. 



MONTREAL. — Very little honey on this market. 

 Comb honey, extra fancy, per lb., 26e; fancy, 25c; 

 No. 1, 23c; No. 2, 20c. Extracted honey, white, 

 per lb., 22c; light amber, in cans, 21c; amber, in 

 cans, 19c. Gunn, Langlois & Co., Ltd. 



HAMILTON. — No honey offea-ed yet. Have none 

 in stock so will be ready for the new crop when 

 offered. F. W. Fearnian & Co., Ltd. 



Hamilton, Ont., June 15. 



MEDINA. — Since our last report, the offers of 

 southern and western stocks have increased mater- 

 ially, and shipments of considerable importance con- 

 signed to us are on the way. Our prices to pro- 

 ducers have run about as follows: Palmetto, 18- 

 20o; mesquite, 18-19c; California orange, 20-2 Ic; 

 all of these have been for immediate acceptance and 

 shipment, as we are making but very few con- 

 tracts for later shipment. While we have been 

 able to make the above prices for immediate ship- 

 ments thus far, we feel apprehensive of a slump in 

 the market due to the restrictions on export trade, 

 possible food regulation price in England, the ex- 

 cessive freight rates, etc. Crop prospects in most 

 places are favorable and dea'ers and consumers 

 generally are not taking readily to the prevailing 

 high prices. The A. I. Root Company. 



