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GLEAN tNGS IN BEE CULTURE. 



Mar. 



P0NEY 0@MJIN. 



CITY MARKETS. 



Cincinnati.— Ho»iej/.— Nothing- new since our last 

 report. There is a fair demand from manufactur- 

 ers for dark honey. And there is a quiet but fair 

 trade for choice comb and extracted clover honey 

 in square g-lass jars. There is a large supply of ail 

 kinds. Extracted honey brings 4@7c in bulk on ar- 

 rival. Choice comb honey sells at ll(gj 14c in a job- 

 bing way. 



Beeswax.— Bem&nd is good. It brings 20@23c for 

 good to choice yellow on arrival. 



Mar. 12, 1887. Chas. F. Muth & Son, 



Cincinnati. Ohio. 



Columbus.— HoHey.— Market dull; white clover 

 is selling for 14(Sj15c in comb: California, 10@12; ex- 

 tracted, white clover, U((>)15c; California, 10(S;12c. 

 Beeswax, 23@2.5 in jobbing waj-. 

 • Mar. 11, 1887. Earle Clickenger, 



117 S. 4th St., Columbus, Ohio. 



Chicago.— Ho?icjy.— Market without much change. 

 A limited demand exists in a single case way. Best 

 grades of white clover in 1-lb. sections, 12f«>13c; not 

 choice, same size, 9(§il0c. Very light demand for 

 extracted. Prices range !j(g6e for best white; dark, 

 3@4c. Beeswax, fair demand at 23(a)25c. 



K. A. Burnett, 



Mar. 10, 1887. 161 So. Water St., Chicago, 111. 



Detroit.— Hoiicj/.-A 11 grades of honey dull and 

 lower, and sales not what they should be at present 

 prices ; best white, 10@llc. Beeswax, 23c. 



Mar. 11, 18H7. M. H. Hunt, 



Bell Branch, Mich. 



St. Louis.— >?o»iew.— Our market is badly over- 

 stocked with honey of all kinds. Choice white clover 

 will not bring over 10c in sections. Rough and 

 broken comb 6@8. California, amber, in cans. 4@4i4 ; 

 .sage4^4 ; white clover extracted, cans, Wi'il'n^/z ; bbls., 

 kegs, etc., 4@i4'/4. Southern honey, bbls., 2^4@3'/2. 



Beeswax, 21. Selected yellow oii orders 2.5e. 

 W. B. Westcott & Co., 



Mar. 11, 1887. 108 a nd 110 Market St. 



Kansas City.— Hoiicj/— There is no change in 

 quotations from our last report. All grades selling 

 slowly. 



Mar. 11, 1887. Clemons, Cloon & Co., 



Cor. Fourth and Walnut Sts., Kansas City, Mo. 



Cleveland.— JJioieiy.— There is no material change 

 in our market. Best Mb. sections, white, sell at 

 12'/i@13; second, 11@12. Buckwheat and dark, 9@10. 

 2-lbs. white, 10(g>12. Extracted, 5@6. 

 Beeswax, 2.")C. A. C. Kendel, 



Mar. 10, 1887. 115 Ontario St., Cleveland, O. 



Boston.— Houej/.— We have no change in prices to 

 note. Moderate sales on account of bad weather. 

 Blake & Ripley, 

 Mar. 11, 1887. 57 Chatham St., Boston, Mass. 



Philadelphia.— Hojiey— Same as last. 

 Mar. 11, 1887. Pancoast & Griffiths, 



242 South Front St., Philadelphia, Pa. 



New York.— Honey.— There is a liberal demand 

 for comb honey, and stocks are reducing quickly. 

 We are entirely out of white honey. We quote: 

 Dark, and buckwheat, 2 lb. sections 5^@6 



1-lb. " 6@,7 



California extracted, white sage, 5@5J4 



Amber 494 @5 



BceAioar, steady at 23Cg(24; receipts increasing. 



Mar. 11, 1887. Thurbkr, Whyland & Co., 



New York, N. Y. 



Fob Sale.— If any of the friends would like some 

 nice white comb honey in 4i,iX 4^4 sections, in Root's 

 48-lb. shipping-crates, we have .50(1 lbs. for which we 

 will take ]2!4c per lb., on board cars. 



Thomas & Benj. Young, LaSalle, 111. 



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