GLEANINGS IN BEE CULTURE 



Jan. 1 



Honey Markets. 



The prices listed below are intended to represent, as neatly as 

 possib e, the average market prices at which honey and beeswax 

 are selling at the time of the report in the city mentioned. Un- 

 l.":s otherwise s'ated, this is the price at which sales are being 

 m id,? by commission merchants or by p oducers direct to ihe retail 

 m-r^hant. When sales are made by commission merchants, the 

 us'ial commission (from five to ten per cent), cartage, and freight 

 will be deducted, and in addition there is often a charge for stor- 

 ag • by the commission merchant. When sales are made by the 

 producer direct to the retailer, commission and storage, and other 

 charges, are eliminated. Sales made to wholesale houses are uju- 

 ally about ten per cent less than those to retail merchants. 



Indianapolis. — As a rule, the honey market is dull during 

 December; but the demand is holding up remarkably well this 

 season. Producers are not now offering honey freely; and while 

 wholesale houses are w^ll stocked, the indications are that hon- 

 ey will be scarce before the arrival of thf new crop. Some fan- 

 cy white comb is being offered by producers at 12 ^; No. 1 white 

 at 12; white clover, extracted, in 5-gallon cans, at 7. Some am- 

 ber honey is being offered, but the demand is so slight that the 

 prices are irregular. Beeswax is steady at 28 cts. cash, or 30 in 

 exchange for merchandise. 



Dec. 15. Walter S. Pouder, Indianapolis. 



Kansas City. — We quote extracted honey as follows: Fancy 

 white in 24-section no-drip flat cases, $3.00 per case; No. 1, from 

 $2.75 to $2 90; No. 2, $2.50. Extracted No. 1 white, in 60-lb. 

 cans, 8 cts. per lb.; amber, 7/4. Our market is well supplied at 

 present with both comb and extractfd honey. While there is a 

 fairly good movement of honey, there is enough to supply the de- 

 mand for some time to come. Beeswax is in demand at 25 to 

 28. C. C. Clemons Produce Co., 



Dec. 24. Kansas City, Mo. 



Zanesvillb. — The fact that money is being spent in other 

 channels now immediately before Christmas has made the de- 

 mand for honey abnormally light. For fancy to No. 1 white 

 comb the jobbing trade are offering 13 to 14 delivered, and 8 for 

 the best grade of extracted. There is not much change in the 

 wholesale market. For good clean beeswax I offer 29 cts. cash 

 or 30 in exchange for bee-supplies. E. W. Pkirce, 



Dec. 19. Zanesville, O. 



San Francisco. — There is no stock of water-white honey, 

 either comb or extracted, on this market, and the white grade is 

 moving fairly well at prices formerly quoted. Prices are still 

 maintained on the lower grades, but they are moving off very 

 slowly. We quote white comb at 15; whif extracted, 7 to 8; 

 light amber, b)4 to 7; dark amber, 4% to 5M; candied, 4% to 

 5y2.—PadJic Rural Press, Dec. 19. 



Cincinnati. — With the close of the year the demand for both 

 comb and extracted honey is very quiet, for all buyers wish to 

 rid themselves of their stock to begin anew when business opens 

 up again. Our prospects for the future are b.ig.Tt, and we look 

 forward to a marked increase over the past four or live months' 

 business. Amber extracted honey is selling by the barrel at 

 from b% to 6^, according to quality and quantity purchased. 

 Extracted white-clover honey sells at 8. Fancy comb honey is 

 moving freely at 14 to 14/-2. We can use quite a lot of that ar- 

 ticle; and if any one has some to dispose of, he will find us buy- 

 ers. For good to choice yellow beeswax we are paying 27 to 28 

 delivered here. The Fred W. Muth Co., 



Dec. 22. Cincinnati, O. 



New Yokk. — The demand for comb honey is only fair, and 

 that only for fancy and No. 1 white. Low grades are dragging, 

 and the demand for these, even at low figures, is next to nothing. 

 While we have no overstock of No. 1 and fancy white, we can 

 not encourage shipments of mixed or off grades. If the demand 

 for white honey will continue fairly good duiing the next four 

 months we do not think that there will be any carried over so far 

 as our market is concerned, unless some shipments should arrive 

 from the West, where, as we understand, th-re are large quanti- 

 ties held back. Extracted honey is in fair demand with suffi- 

 cient sufficient supply. We quote California white sage at 9 to 

 954; light amber, 8 to 854; amber, 7 to 754. Southern and other 

 grades, in barrels, 60 to 75 cts. per gallon, according to quality. 

 Beeswax is quiet at 28 to 29. 



New York, Dec. 21. Hildreth & Sehblken. 



St. Louis. — The honey trade during the last few months has 

 been dragging, and the little that was sold changed hands at low 

 rates. Stocks are not large, but somewhat in excess of the lim- 

 ited demand. We quote fancy white comb honey at 12 to 1254; 

 choice amber, 11 to 12; dark amber, 9 to 10. Broken or leaking 

 honey sells at considerably less. Choice amber honey, in bar- 

 rels and half-barrels, sells at 554 to 6; in five-gallon cans, 6 to 

 654. Dark and inferior grades are entirely neglected, and would 

 sell at considerably less. Beeswax sells at 29 cts. for choice 

 pure; all impure and inferior, less. 



St. Louis, Dec" 21. R. Hartmann Produce Co. 



Buffalo. — The honey market is about as dull as I ever saw 

 it. No one seems to want honey. There may be a litfle de- 

 mand after New Year's day. We quote No. 1 to fancy white- 

 clover comb at 14 to 15; No. 2 ditto, 10 to 12; No. 1 buckwheat. 

 11 to 12; No. 2 ditto, 9 to 10; while extracted, 8 to 9; dark, 654 

 to 7; white honey in jelly-tumblers, 85 to 90 cts. per dozen. 

 Beeswax, 28 to 30. W. C. Townsend, 



Dec. 21. Buffalo, N. Y. 



Chicago. — The past two weeks trade in comb honey has 

 eased off considerably, but we look for a reaction after the first 

 of the year, as a good many of the stores and jobbers are reducing 

 their stocks as much as possible for the inventory period. The 

 Chicago market is amply supplied with comb honey, but there 

 seems to be a shortage of white-clover and basswood extracted. 

 Demand for these is quite active at the present time. We quote 

 extra fancy white comb honey at 14 to 1454; fancy and No. 1 

 white, 13 to 14; No. 2 white anc light amber, 11 to 1254; oih^r 

 inferior grades at correspondingly low prices. White-clover and 

 basswood extracted, in 60-lb. cans, two to the case, 754 to 8; in 

 barrels, 54 ct. per lb. less. Bright pure beeswax, 30 to 32. 



Chicago, Dec. 22. ■ S. T. Fish & Co. 



Liverpool. — The market for all descriptions of honey is very 

 firm, and stocks are still small. Chilian, 454 to bVi cts.; Peru- 

 vian, 35^3 to 45^; California, 854 to 1054; Jamaican, 4 to 5; Hai- 

 tian, 5 to 7. Beeswax — African, 265i to 2(; American, 3o to 

 33; West Indian, 29 to 32; Chilian, 30 to 36; Peruvian, 33; Ja- 

 maican, 34 to 35. Taylor & Co., 



Dec. 16. 7 Tithebarn St. 



Elkin. — Comparatively little honey is on the market. It ap- 

 pears that this year's crop is about all exhausted. White section 

 honey sells at 25; sourwood chunk honey, 16 to 17; red or daik 

 honey, none offered at present. This town has about IsOO in- 

 habitants, and 1 have sold 3500 lbs. this fall; and while I am en- 

 tirely out, orders are coming for more sourwood honey. There 

 was a fine crop of honey in this section this year. Beeswax is 

 firm at 26. G. F. Jones, 



Dec. 14. Elkin, N. C. 



See next page for balance of Honey Market reports. 



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