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liad sucli a sliortasi'. in ooinb hoiu'v. Altho the r)iilk 

 of the little honey that was jirodiiced is out of the 

 piodncers' hands, the prices set by the retailer are 

 alniDst prohibitive — consequently slow sales. The 

 late fiows that many apiaries usually fill up from 

 did not materialize this season, with a few excep- 

 tions. Keports say that many colonies arc gatherinK 

 sufficient to stimulate them to breed up a great 

 amount of their stores. — M. H. Mendleson. 



OAIjIFOKNT.V. — Buyers are very scarce; no of- 

 fers that I know of. Market is slow. The Ex- 

 change has most of the honev and is holding for 19- 

 20c for white, l.'5-16c for light amber. Condition 

 of colonies in a nia.jority of the apiaries is much be- 

 low normal. Colonies have plenty of good store.s 

 only in exceptional cases. — L. L. Andrews. 



COLORADO. — Wholesale price producers are re- 

 ceiving: Extracted 17 V^ -18c; comb $5.50-$6.00. 

 Market is quiet. There are a number of sugar fac- 

 tories in Colorado, on account of which we have 

 probably not been limited as much as Eastern States. 

 We can still buy sugar in lOO-poimd lots. About 

 75 per cent of the crop is already sold. We seldom 

 have to feed in fall. Practically all colonies in this 

 locality have plenty of natural stores. — J. A. Green. 

 FLORIDA. — Wholesale price producers are re- 

 ceiving: Extracted $2.00 per gallon f. o. b. ship- 

 ping point; comb 25-30c, 12- to 14-oz. sections. 

 Market is almost bare. Sugar shortage severe 

 enough to affect the honey market as beekeepers are 

 out and have not had any sugar for some time. 

 Prospects poor for any sugar soon, and where there 

 was any it was 17 to 24c. All the crop is already 

 sold, and no honey that I know of is left. Sugar 

 shortage has left the colonies short of stores. Tliere 

 will be 25 to 50 per cent of^bees lost by no atten- 

 tion by lots of the beekeepers. 10 per cent bees 

 lost by the honey dearth. — C. H. Clufe. 



FLORIDA. — Wholesale price producer.? are re- 

 ceiving: Extracted 14c f. o. b. ; comb — none to sell. 

 Wholesale market dull, but a very good local mar- 

 ket. Sugar shortage is severe enough to affect thei 

 honey market. I am having an unusual demand 

 for honey in 5-lb. pails and gallon lots. About 90 

 per cent of the crop is already sold. Most people 

 do not usually depend on feeding bees sugar. In 

 many localities bees will be getting honey early in 

 .lanuary from pennyroyal. — Ward Lamkin. 



IDAHO. — Wholesale price producers are receiv- 

 ing: Extracted, lfi-20c. but little at 16; comb, one 

 car 11 oz. $6.25. Market is poor, but offers increas- 

 ing. Sugar shortage not materially afi'ecting the mar- 

 ket. About 30 per cent of the comb crop is already 

 sold and 5 per cent of the extracted. Sugar short- 

 age( has not left the colonies short of stores. — 

 E. F. Atwater. 



ILLINOIS. — Wholesale price producers are re- 

 ceiving: Extracted 23c, 25c retail ;eomb. No. 1 30c, 

 No. 2 25c per section. Since last report honey has 

 been moving (|uite freely, and as soon as the wea- 

 ther cools look for the honey market to pick up. 

 The sugar shortage does not affect Illinois. We were 

 fortunate enough to have a fall flow that has put the 

 bees in good condition for winter. About 10 per 

 cent of the crop is already sold? — A. L. Kildow. 



INDIANA. — No sales except to retailers and con- 

 sumers. Market is good. Sugar .shortage not se- 

 vere enough to affect the honey market noticeably. 

 About 50 i3er cent of the crop is already sold. Sugar 

 shortage has not left the colonies short of stores 

 in Porter county. Owing to cool nights in Septem- 

 ber, when 1 ees were storing, most of the fall honey 

 was deposited in the brood-chambers, leaving them 

 well supplied. — E. S. Miller. 



MARYLAND. — Wholesale price producers are re- 

 ceiving: Extracted 22-24c ; comb 24-28c. Market 

 very good on account of sugar shortage. Over 50 

 per cent of crop sold. Most colonies are not short 

 of stores because of good fall flow. Have not been 

 able to obtain sugar so far for those that are short. 

 — S. G. Crocker, Jr. 



MASSACHUSETTS. — No honey for sale at whole- 

 sale. Market is rather quiet. Sugar shortage not 

 yet severe enough to affect the honey market. About 

 75 per cent of the crop is already sold. We have 

 secured enough sugar to put the colonies in good 

 condition except in cases where beeikeepers did not 

 wake up soon enough to the fact that the stores 

 were short, and so feed the bees. — O. M. Smith. 



MICHIGAN. — 'Extracted honey is being sold by 

 jiroducers all the way from 20-27c per pound ff)r 

 the white grades. The bulk of sales seem to le 

 around 24 or ?5c. There is not much comb honev 



oll'cn d at the pre.MMit time, but the small amount 

 that is moving is selling at 35c per pound to the 

 l)ro(lucers. The market is only moderately active. 

 .\t the iirescnt time the sugar shortage does not 

 seem to be affecting the honey market. From recent 

 rci>orts at hand from 77 beekeepers who this year 

 pi'oduced 78,000 pounds of extracted and 30^000 

 comb honey, there remains on their hands yet for 

 sale 17,000 pounds. This is less than 15 per "cent of 

 the crop produced. The sugar shortage has re- 

 sulted in a larger number of colonies going into 

 winter short on stores or being fed at a time that 

 is usually considered too late for best results. There 

 will doubtless be a very heavy mortality here, due 

 to the short crop of honev and the scarcity of sugar. 

 — B. F. Kindig. 



MINNESOTA. — ^Wholesale price i)roducers are 

 receiving: Extracted about 20c; comb about $7.50 

 per case (western honey). Market is slow. Sugar 

 shortage is severe enough to affect the honey market. 

 About 60 per cent of the crop is already sold. Sugar 

 shortage has left the colonies short of stores. — Chas. 

 D. B laker. 



MISSOURI. — Wholesale price producers are re- 

 ceiving: Extracted 25c: comb $7.20-$7.50 paid by 

 commission men and sold to retailer at $8.00-$8.4d. 

 Very little honey on the market. Sugar shortage 

 severe enough so that we get fancy prices for our 

 honey. Crop is all sold and we are importing hon- 

 ey from other States. The bees have all the honey 

 that they need and some to spare. — -T. W. Rom- 

 l:erger. 



NEBRASKA. — Wholesale price producers are re- 

 ceiving: Extracted 25c; comb 28. Market is good. 



Sugar shortage was severe enough to affect the 

 honey market up until about 10 days ago. About 

 75 per cent of the crop is already sold. Sugar 

 shortage has not, to my knowledge, left the colonies 

 short of stores. F. J. Harris. 



NEW JERSEY. — Wholesale price producers are 

 receiving: Extracted 20-25c ; comb $7.00 per case. 

 Market is active. Sugar shortage is savere enough 

 to aflfeict the market. About 90 per cent of 

 the crop is already sold. Siigar shortage has left 

 the colonies short of store.s. — Elmer G. Carr. 



NEW YORK. — Wholesale price producers are re- 

 ceiving: Extracted 19-21c for clover, no dark to 

 (|Uote; comb $6.00-$7.50 per case. Comb has drag- 

 ged a little locally, but all will be sold. S'ugar short- 

 age is severe enough to affect the honey market; 

 many consumers buy a 60-lb. can. About 80 per 

 cent of the crop is already sold; no large lots left. 

 Most of the commercial Ijeekeepers were supplied 

 with .sugar. Beginners and some not belonging to 

 the association could not be notified when sugar was 

 ordered and were left out. (.Toin the association.) 

 — F. W. Lesser. 



OKLAHOMA. — Honey all sold, both extracted 

 and comb. Market is good. Sugar shortage has 

 affected the honey market very slightly and has left 

 the colonies short of stores to some extent. — C. F. 

 Styles. 



ONTARIO. — Wholesale price producers are re- 

 ceiving: Extracted 20-27c; comb $3.00-4.00 per 

 dozen. Tlie great majority of beekeepers who' have 

 kept bees any length of time have sold almost all 

 their crop. W^hile wholesalers and .iobbers are not 

 slocking up very heavily, the honey is moving nice- 

 ly. With us the sugar shortage has not yet been 

 acute or for more than a few days at any one period. 

 Almost all beekeepers who have tried to secure sugar 

 for feeding purposes were able to do so. All mem- 

 bers of the Ontario Beekeepers Association received 

 warning in August. About 80 per cent of the crop 

 is already sold. Sugar shortage has not left the 

 colonies short of stores where the beekeepers heeded 

 the warning of the association sent out early in 

 .\ugust. — F. Eric Milieu. 



VIRGINIA. — Wholesale price producers are re- 

 ceiving: for extracted, 28-35c ; no comb on Rich- 

 mond market; priced to commission merchants by 

 producer at $7.50 per case of 24 sections. There 

 is so little honey offered for sale in this State that 

 it can hardly be said that there is a real honey 

 market. A considerable per ceint of the honey sold 

 in this State is from other States. Most of the Vir- 

 ginia honey is usually sold in local markets and at 

 very variable prices. — D. B. Owen. 



NEW YORK. — Wholesale price producers are 

 receiving: Extracted 20c white, have heard no 

 lirice for dark ; comb 25c white, nice buckwheat 

 nearly as much. Market is good, I judge. Do not 

 know of any beekeepers holding. Colonies going 



