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GLEANINGS IN BEE CULTURE 



August, 1919 



HONEY MARKETS 



From the majority of reports, honey is 

 moving rather slowly as is to be expected 

 at this time of the year. The New York 

 market, however, is becoming stronger and 

 prices advancing somewhat. On the whole 

 we consider prospects improving. 

 Crop Report. 



Under date of July 24, E. R. Root tele- 

 graphed from Washington, D. C, as follows: 



' ' I have seen several hundred croi) reports 

 from the Bureau of Crop Estimates, covering 

 the whole of the clover area of the country. 

 Many of the reports are from men I know. 

 These reports are later than ours and show 

 that there will be no shortage of clover hon- 

 ey this year. Probably a lighter crop than 

 last year, and crop little short in Ohio, In- 

 diana, and Illinois but good in other clover 

 States. ' ' 



U. S. Government Market Reports. 



HOXEY ARRIVALS. .lULV 1-14. 



Medina, O. — 2,575 lbs. Mass. and 82,920 lbs. 

 Kentucky. 



Keokuk, la., and Hamilton, 111. — No arrivals. 



SHIPPING POINT IXFORMATIOX. 



Los Angeles, Calif. — New crop; supplies light, 

 demand and movement good, market firm, little 

 change in prices. Carloads f. o. b. usual terms. 

 Californias, orange blossom 18-20c ; light amber 

 sage 17-19c ; light amber alfalfa 15-16c per pound. 



San Francisco, Calif. — Old stock ; no sales report- 

 ed. New stock : not yet on market. 



TELEGRAPHIC REPORTS FROM IMPORTANT MARKETS. 



(The prices quoted in this report, unless otherwise 

 stated, represent the prices at whicli the "wholesale 

 carlot receivers" sell to the "jobbers." Arrivals in- 

 clude receipts during preceding two weeks. Prices 

 represent current quotations.) 



Chicago. — Reiceipts light, demand and movement 

 slow, market weak. Sales to jobbers : extracted, 

 white 17-18c, light amber 15-16c per lb. Beeswax: 

 demand and movement good, market firm. Refined, 

 bleached 62-72c, unbleached 50c, unrefined 45-46c. 



Philadelphia. — Extracted: approximately 2,700 

 lbs. freight N. Y. arrived. Beeswax: 100 lbs. freight 

 N. Y. and 200 lbs. freight N. C. arrived. S'upplies 

 not cleaning up, market oversupplied. Practically 

 no demand or movement. Sales to jobbers — ex- 

 tracted, California light amber 13-14c per lb. 



Denver. — New crop: receipts and movement slow, 

 market steady. Sales to jobbers — Colorado, comb : 

 white, 24-section case $7.50. Extracted: white 18c 

 per lb. Beeswax: cash to producer on farm — light 

 38c per lb. 



St. Louis. — Supplies light, practically no demand 

 or movement, market weak, very few sales. Sales 

 to jobbers — extracted: Southern amber, per lb., in 

 barrels ll-12c, in cans 13-16c. Beeswax, prime 

 37 %c per lb. 



Kansas City. — ^Approximately 150 packages Mis- 

 souri arrived. Demand slow, moveiment dragg^, 

 market steady, no chanse in prices. Sales to job- 

 ber.s — comb: Missouris No. 1 light, 24-section flat 

 cases 17.50. Extracted: Colorado No. 1 light, 15c 

 per pound. Beeswax: 35-40c per pound. 



Cincinnati. — No arrivals. Extracted: supplies 

 liberal, no demand, market weak, no sales reported. 

 Comb: supplies practically exhausted, no jobbing 

 sales. Beeswax: supplies moderate, demand and 

 movement slow, market steady. Sales to jobbers — 

 pure vellow 40-42c per pound, dark yellow 38c per 

 pound. 



Minneapolis. — Supplies very light. Too few sales 

 to establish market. 



St. Paul. — Supplies very light. Too few sales to 

 establish m.trket. 



New York. — Arrived: 10 barrels from Florida. 

 Imported: 120 barrels from Porto Rico, 225 barrels 

 from Cuba, 135 barrels from West Indies. Export- 

 ed: 1,000 cases to Sweden, 100 barrels to England. 

 190 barrels to Italy, 100 cases to Norway, 50 cases 



to France and 360 cases to England. Export move- 

 ment good, local demand and movement very slow, 

 few sales reported. Sales to jobbers — extracted: 

 Porto Rican and Cuban, per gallon $1.25-1.50. 

 California, white per pound 17-17 ^/^c. Beeswax: 

 arrived, 30 tons from Pennsylvania. Imported: 

 150 bags from West Indies. Demand moderate. 

 Sales to jobbers — light, 41-43c, dark 38-40c per lb. 

 Cleveland. — Supplies light. Demand and move- 

 ment slow. Extracted: sales to wholesale confec- 

 tioners and bakers — Western 60-pound tins white 

 clover mostly 16-18c, some fancy high as 20c per 

 pound. Ohio white clover mostly 20c. Comb: 

 sales to jobbers — Ohio, mostly $3.75-4.00 per dozen 

 combs. Beeswax: too few sales to establish market. 



EXPORTS OF HONEY, JUNE 1-20, 1919. 



Total, 476,207 lbs.; to Sweden. 123,340 lbs.; to 

 United Kingdom, 109,067; to Belgium, 63,000; to 

 Netherlands, 42,000; to Switzerland, 30,000; to 

 Prance, 28,440; to Canada and Newfoundland, 6,- 

 665; to Denmark, 6,000; to Norway, 4,400; to all 

 other countries, 63,355 lbs. 



Geo. Livingston, 

 Acting Chief of Bureau. 



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 City, under date 

 of July 16: 



"Market improving owing to better export demand 

 and small spot stocks. Extracted honey, white 19- 

 21c; light amber, in cans 15 ^^ -21c." 



"There is a good supply of honey on spot, princi- 

 pally Cuban, San Domingo, Haiti, and Porto Rico 

 in barrels with a considerable quantity of case goods 

 in addition. There are big inquiries in the market, 

 and a fair business has been done, with the result 

 that prices have been advanced and the future pros- 

 pects are good. Beeswax is firm but quiet and spot 

 stocks are very small. Extracted honey, light amber 

 in cans 14-15c, in barrels $1.50; amber in cans 

 14-1 5c, in barrels $1.50. Clean, average yellow 

 beeswax, per lb. 42-43c." 



"Demand slow, stocks of amber plentiful, of 

 light moderate. Extracted honey, white 17c; light 

 amber in cans 15; in barrels $1.25; amber in cans 

 14. in barrels $1.10." 



"Decidedly stronger with good demand for export. 

 Extracted honey, white 16c; light amber in cans 

 14c: in barrels 12c; amber in cans 13c, in barrels 

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



LIVERPOOL. — Since our last report business 

 has been very slow and scarcely any transactions 

 have transpired. Values are nominally unchanged 

 and we therefore repeat them as follows: Australian, 

 in cases, 14-15c per lb.; West Indian and Cuban, 

 14-16c; Jamaican, 15-16c per lb.; Chilian, Pile No. 

 1, good quality, 17%-18y2C per lb.; No. 2, 17 l/3c ; 

 No. 3, 15 %c. Tliere has been a little more activity 

 in beeswax and prices have advanced somewhat. 

 The value of good quality beeswax is about 47 to 

 48 cents per lb. Taylor & Co. 



Liverpool, England, June 24. 



CHICAGO. — Up to this date none of the new 

 crop of comb has come on the market, but it will 

 likely bring 35c per lb. At present there is very 

 little call for extracted and prices are unchanged. 

 There continues to be a good demand for clean bees- 

 wax at 40c per lb. R. A. Burnett & Co. 



Chicago, 111., July 15. 



KANSAS CITY. — Market on comb honey very 

 light here, selling around $7.50 per case, 24-section. 

 Extracted honey moving fairly well. Stock not 

 large, with no new honey on the market. Last 

 Year's stock moving at 15c for light amber. 



C. C. Clemens Bee Supply Co. 



Kansas City, Mo. 



