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G I. E A N I N G S IN BEE C U L T f R fi 



December, 1919 



"We get the quotations of the Government 

 as well as bee journals, wholesalers and re- 

 tailers, and producers. We try to learn all 

 we can from everybody interested. Editori- 

 als of bee journals perhaps give us the best 

 ideas of conditions. ' ' 



E. F. Holtermann says: "My estimate as 

 to the price that should be set upon honey 

 is based upon: The available supply; the 

 value and amount of produce entering into 

 competition with honey; the purchasing 



Scene shifts to the honey house, wher 



power (in other words, the temporary pros- 

 perity) of likely customers and their esti- 

 mate" of the need for it; and the amount that 

 can be asked for it without putting it out- 

 side of the consumer's consideration." 



S. H. Burton of Washington, Ind., writes: 

 ' ' Honey quotations are secured thru the 

 Government market reports and the bee 

 journals. We also ascertain the wholesale 

 selling price to the retail trade by asking 

 our local grocerymen what they pay for 



the huyer looks at the comb honey, — 



honey from the wholesaler. I am also ac- 

 quainted with several traveling grocery 

 salesmen who are willing to give me their 

 latest prices to the retail trade. ' ' 



The Pettit Apiaries (Morley Pettit), 

 Georgetown, Ont., says: "We follow close- 

 ly every available source of information — 

 the Government reports, the bee journals, 

 the prices recommended bj' the crop report 

 committee, quotations in the leading daily 

 ]>apers, etc. ' ' 



F. Eric Millen (formerly State Apiarist 

 of Iowa, now Provincial Apiarist of On- 

 tario), Guelph, Can., says: "Members of the 

 Ontario Beekeejjers ' Association are in po- 

 sition to secure fairly complete reports of 

 both light and dark honey crops, as over 

 ],20() members are circularized regarding 

 the honey crop, and then the 'committee on 

 honey crop reports ' meets and advises the 

 beekeepers as to what price they feel honej^ 

 should sell for, taking into consideration the 

 crop both in Ontario and in the States so 

 far as can be ascertained, crops of small 

 fruit, supply of sugar, and any other factors 

 that will enable them to arrive at a fair 

 price. ' ' 



"Do You Rely on the Quotations Printed 

 in the Bee Journals"? 

 To this question, N. E. ]\Iiller of Logan, 

 Utah, says just plain "No." Edward Has- 

 singer, Jr., of Greenville, W^is., sa^'s "Part- 

 ly. " F. W. Lesser of East Syracuse, N. Y., 

 says "bee journal quotations I have not 

 found to be very accurate and usually too 

 late to help in selling to the jobbers." T. 



and proceeds to the extracted, wliich — 



W. Burleson of Waxahachic, Tex., writes: 

 "Yes, I think the quotations in the bee jour- 

 nals are very accurate and just." Fred 

 Leininger & Sons, Delphos, O., say: "We 

 are perfectly satisfied with the quotations. 

 We sell our honey to some of the largest 

 honey-buyers in the world and rely on the 

 prices they quote. " E. F. Atwater of Meri- 

 dian, Ida., says: "I place some reliance on 

 the quotations by dealers in the bee jour- 

 nals. " W. E. Elam of Greenville, Miss., 

 writes: "Of course, some quoted prices in 

 papers are high and some are low, depending 

 on who makes the price." 



F. Eric Millen tells us: "I receive the 

 Federal reports and as these come to hand 

 before the bee journals, I do not rely on the 

 bee journals for quotations, altho helpful in- 

 formation is often obtained from the bee 

 journals, as reports dealing with various 

 factors which are not mentioned else- 

 where. ' ' 



R. F. Holtermann of Brantford, Ont., 

 speaks right out in open meeting on this 

 question as follows: "No, I do not rely 

 upon the quotations printed in bee journals 



