276 GLEANINGS IN BEE CULTURE 



HONEY MARKETS 



May, 1919 



The honey market remains inactive and 

 not much honey is moving in the retail mar- 

 kets at the high prices still asked. In the 

 large centers, there is possibly a little more 

 inquiry about honey. Editor E. E. Eoot, un- 

 der date of Apr. 10, sums up the California 

 situation as follows: "The general feeling 

 is that the California crop of honey will be 

 lighter than last year, and, if so, the market 

 will take an upward trend as soon as the 

 fact is confirmed. ' ' 



The quotations printed below reflect the 

 general condition of the market: 



U. S. Government Market Reports. 



HONEY ARRIVALS SINCE LAST RUJ'ORT. 



Medina, O., Keokuk, la., and Hamilton, 111. — 

 No arrivals reported. ' 



SHIPPING POINT INFORMATION. 



San Francisco, Calif. — Too few sales to establish 

 markeit. 



Los Angeles, Calif. — 'Supplies exhausted. No sales 

 reported. Continued dry weather indicates prob- 

 able light yield of new crop sage honey. 



TELEGRAPHIC REPORTS FROM IMPORTANT MARKETS. 



(The prices quoted in this report, unless other- 

 wise stated, represent the price at which the 

 "wholesale earlot receivers" sell to the "jobbers." 

 Arrivals include receipts during preceding two 

 weeks. Prices represent current quotations.) 



Minneapolis. — Supplies liberal. Demand and 

 movement slow. Sales direct to retailers : comb, 

 market weak, prices lower, western fancy white, 24- 

 section cases, $7.25. Extracted: market steady, no 

 change in prices. Western 60-lb. cans, fancy 20- 

 23c per lb. 



New York. — Arrivals: 387 cases California, in- 

 complete, 278 barrels West Indies, 31 barrels Mexi- 

 co. Exported: To Belgium 198 barrels; to Hol- 

 land 10 barrels; to France 480 cases, 30 barrels; 

 to Denmark 28 barrels, 220 cases, 20 kegs; to 

 England 500 eases. Supplies liberal. Demand 

 and movement slow. Sales to jobbers: extracted. 

 New York, per lb., buckwheat ll-14c, clover 17-20c; 

 Cuban and Porto Rican $1.65-1.90 per gallon. 

 California, per lb., light amber 16-17c, white 18-20c. 

 Beeswax, demand and movement moderate; per lb., 

 dark 35-37c, light 38-40c. 



Denver. — No arrivals, supplies liberal. Sales to 

 jobbers, demand and movement slow. Extracted, 

 white, 17-20C per lb. Beeswax: cash to producer, 

 light, 36c per lb. 



Philadelphia. — No arrivals since last report. No 

 demand or movement. No sales reported. 



St. Paul. — Supplies liberal. Demand and move- 

 ment slow, market weak, prices lower, very few 

 sales. Sales direct to retailers: comb, western, 

 fancy white, 24-section cases $7.25. Extracted, 

 western fancy, 60-lb. cans 24-25c per lb. 



Cleveland. — No arrivals. No demand or move- 

 ment, no sales. 



Chicago. — No earlot arrivals, receipts moderate. 

 Sales to jobbers: extracted, demand poor, movement 

 draggy, market weak; white No. 1, 17-20c per lb., 

 in small lots 22-25c, amber 17-19c. Comb, demand 

 active, market firm; No. 1, 24-section cases $6.50- 

 7.00, dark broken $3.50 up. Correction: Last re- 

 port should have read, "Demand and movement slow 

 for extracted, good for comb," instead of the reverse 

 as issued. Beeswax, demand and movement moder- 

 ate, market dull, dark 37 1/2 -40c per lb. 



Kansa.s City. — No arrivals since last report. Sup- 

 plies moderate. Demand slow, movement draggy, 

 market dull, prices slightly lower. Sales to jobbers: 

 comb No. 1 light, 24-section flat cases Colorado 

 $6 50-7.00, Missouri $7.50-8.00. Extracted, Colo- 

 rado, 60-lb. cans 18-21c per lb. Beeswax, 30-35c 

 l)er lb. 



Cincinnati. — No arrivals. Supplies liberal. Practi- 

 cally no demand or movement. No sales reported. 

 Eeelswax, supplies light, no sales reported. 



St. Louis. — No arrivals, supplies light, market 

 weak, demand and movement slow. Sales to job- 

 bers: extracted, southern, amber per lb, in barrels 



]8e, in cans 19-20c. Comb, practically no supplies 

 on market, no sales reported. 



EXPORT DISTRIRUTIOX OP HONEY FROM MARCH 1-10 



Total, 463,951 lbs.; to Belgium, 50,040; to Nor- 

 way, 55,200; to Sweden, 355,893; to Canada and 

 Newfoundland. 76; to South America, 326; to 

 China, 656; to Hongkong, 160; to all others, 1,600. 

 Corresponding ten-day period, 1918, 319,601 lis. 

 Charles .J. Brand, 

 Chief of Bureau. 

 Washington, D. C, Apr. 15. 



General Quotations of Wholesalers. 



[These firms are asked to quote the whole- 

 sale price they make to retailers. Accord- 

 ingly their prices must be figured at least 

 one profit higher than the price paid the pro- 

 ducer. The large dealers do not quote prices 

 in print that they will pay futurely to pro- 

 ducers.] 



NEW YORK. — We quote from several of the 

 leading honey dealers in New York Citv, under date 

 of Apr. 15: 



"The market is undoubtedly lower; but it is ex- 

 pected, as soon as peace will be signed, (which 

 will be, I hope, before the new crop comes in) that 

 the demand for shipment abroad will be enough to 

 keep prices at least at their present level . Extracted 

 honey, white, per lb., 16c; light amber in cans 14c, 

 in barrels $1.80; amber in cans 12c, in barrels 

 $1.60. Beeswax, 38c." 



"The honey market is quiet, offerings are plenti- 

 ful, but buying is going on from hand to mouth 

 only. Beeswax is steady with a fair demand and 

 almost all arrivals are promptly bought up. Ex- 

 tracted honey, light amber in barrels $1.70 to $1.80; 

 amber in barrels $1.50 to $1.60. Clean average 

 yellow beeswax, per lb., 35-36c." 



"Market dull and weak. Extracted honey, light 

 amber, in cans, 20-22c." 



LIVERPOOL. — Forty barrels No. Pile Chilian 

 have been sold at 15 to 16c per lb. We have now 

 more inquiry and we expect shortly that licenses 

 will be given freely and we shall be getting more 

 orders. Low prices have been taken for Australian 

 down to 15 to 16c per lb. Beeswax market remains 

 dull and at the moment there is little or no inquiry. 

 Business done is only retail. Taylor & Co. 



Liverpool, England, March 25. 



ST. LOUIS. — Our honey market is very dull and 

 unsettled. Little demand for comb honey and ex- 

 tracted very hard to move. Comb honey, fancy, per 

 case, $6.50; No. 1, per case, $5.50. Extracted^ light 

 amber, in cans, 17-20c; amber, in cans 15-18c, in 

 barrels 15c. Clean, average yellow beeswax, per lb. 

 34c. R. Hartman Produce Co. 



St. Louis, Mo., Apr. 15. 



CHICAGO. — Not, any surplus of comb on the 

 market, which sells upon arrival in a small way. 

 Extracted meets with so little call that prices are. 

 uncertain. All holders anxious to sell. Comb honey, 

 extra fancv, per case, $8.00; per lb. 33-35e; fancv, 

 per case, $7.50; No. 1. $7.00; No. 2, $6.00-6.50. 

 Extracted, white, per lb., 17-20c; light amber, in 

 cans, 15-16c; amber, 12-13e. Clean, average yel- 

 low beeswax, per lb. 40c. 



R. A. Burnett & Co. 



Chicago, 111., Apr. 15. 



DENVER. — ^Extracted honey moving slowly in 

 small lots. Comb honey sold out entirely. Ex- 

 tracted, white, per lb., 19-20c; light amber, in cans, 

 18c. Clean, average yellow beeswax, per lb., 36c 

 cash, 38c trade. 



The Colorado Honey Producers' Ass'n. 



Denver, Colo., Apr. 14. 



KANSAS CITY. — Honey market very slow, both 

 extracted and comb. Offerings heavy. No demand 

 for comb honey. Comb honey. No. 1, per case, $6.50. 

 Extracted honey, light amber, in cans, 16-18c. 

 C. C. demons Produce Co. 



Kansas City, Mo., Apr. 16. 



SYRACUSE. — Practically nothing doing with us. 

 Have no comb, and extracted moving slowly. Ex- 



