GLEANINGS IN BEE CULTURE 



Feb. 1 



Honey Markets. 



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

 possible, the average market prices at which honey and beeswax 

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

 less otherwise stated, this is the price at which sales are being 

 made by commission merchants or by producers direct to the retail 

 merchant. When sales are made by commission merchants, the 

 usual commission (from five to ten per cent), cartage, and freight 

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

 age 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 usu- 

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



Indianapolis. — There is a very favorable demand for best 

 grades of both comb and extracted honey; and while jobbing 

 houses are fairly well stocked, very little honey is now being of- 

 fered by producers. I note some arrivals of fancy comb at 125^; 

 No. 1 white, 12; white-clover extracted, in five-gallon cans, 7. 

 Some amber honey is being offered, but the demand is so slight 

 that the prices are irregular. Beeswax is steady at 29 cents cash 

 or 31 in exchange for merchandise. 



Jan. 18. Walter S. Pouder, Indianapolis. 



Toledo. — The market on comb honey is rather quiet as usu- 

 al at this season of the year. We are quoting fancy and No. 1 

 at 15/4 to 15 cents, in a retail way. We have no other grades to 

 offer. Extracted white clover, cans or barrels, is worth 8 to 8}i: 

 alfalfa, light amber, 7^ to 8. For beeswax we are paying 28 

 cts. cash or 30 in trade for first-class yellow; off grades, 2 cents 

 less. The Gkiggs & Nichols Co., 



Jan. 21. Toledo, O. 



Schenectady. — But very little is doing in comb honey, and 

 prices would have to be shaded to induce sales. There is some 

 demand for extracted in 60-lb. cans and 160-lb. kegs, especially 

 buckwheat. We quote fancy white, 14 to 15 ; No. 1, 13 to 14 ; 

 No. 2, 12 to 13 ; buckwheat, 11 to 12 ; extracted, light, 7 to 8 ; 

 dark, 6/4 to 7. Chas MacCulloch, 



Jan. 21. Schenectady, N. Y. 



Zanesville. — The demand for honey continues abnormally 

 light, though indications are that stocks will be exhausted some 

 time before the arrival of a new crop, as little or no honey is be- 

 ing oflered. For strictly No. 1 to fancy white-clover comb, de- 

 livered here, producers would receive from the jobbing trade 13 

 to 14 cts.; and for best extracted, 8, which prices are higher than 

 those prevailing elsewhere. 1 offer for good clean beeswax 29 

 cents cash or 30 in exchange for bee-supplies. Extra-fine wax 

 would bring a little higher price. Edmund W. Peirce, 



Jan. 20. Zanesville, O. 



Kansas City. — We quote fancy white in 24-section cases 

 from $2.75 to $2.90 per case; No. 1 at $2.75, and No. 2 at $2.50; 

 extracted. No. 1 white, in 60-lb. cans, at 8 cts. per lb.; amber, 

 7/4. There has been very little trade in honey for the past two 

 or three weeks. The market is well supplied with both comb 

 and extracted. Beeswax, 25 to 28. 



C. C. Clemons Produce Co., 



Jan. 22. Kansas City, Mo. 



Denver. — We quote strictly No. 1 white comb honey at 

 $3.15 per case of 24 sections; No. 1 light amber, $3.00; No. 2, 

 $2.75; white extracted honey, S/i to 9; light amber, 754 to 8/3; 

 strained, 6% to 7. The market is overstocked on both comb and 

 extracted honey, and demand is light. We pay 24 cts. cash for 

 clean yellow beeswax delivered here. 



The Colorado Honey Producers' Ass'n, 



Jan. 21. Denver, Col. 



Columbus. — The demand is somewhat better, but supplies 

 are still heavy, and further shipments are not advisable at pres- 

 ent. We quote fancy white comb at 14 ; No. 1, 13 ; No. 2, 12 ; 

 amber, very slow sale at 11. 



Jan. 21. Evans & Turner, Columbus, O. 



Cincinnati. — The market on comb honey is exceedingly 

 dull. Fancy white comb honey is selling at 14. There is no 

 demand for off grades at any price. Amber honey is selling in 

 barrels at 6 to 6K; California sage, 9; white clover, 8 to 8H. 

 Beeswax, slow at 33. C. H. W. Weber, 



Jan. 21. Cincinnati, O. 



New York. — The demand has fallen off considerably during 

 the past month, and very little honey is moving. While we 

 have some demand for No. 1 and fancy white. No. 2 white and 

 lower grades are entirely neglected and almost impossible to sell. 

 While our market is not overstocked, still the supply is sufficient 

 to last for some time to come, and therefore we can not encour- 

 age shipment of any grade for some time to come. We quote 

 No. 1 and fancy white, 13 to 14; off grades. 9 to 11, according to 

 the quality. The demand for extracted is fair, but not up to that 

 of former years; however, there is no overstock of this, and with 

 a fair demand during the next few weeks the market will be 

 fairly well cleaned up. We quote California white sage, sVi to 

 9; light amber, 7 to 8 ; amber, 6/4 to 7 ; white clover, 8 to 8^4 ; 

 dark, 6 to 7; Southern in barrels, 60 to 75 per gallon, according 

 to the quality. Beeswax is quiet at 29 to 30. 



HlLDRETH & SEGELKEN, 



Jan. 22. 265 Greenwich St., New York. 



Chicago. — There is nothing especially interesting to report, 

 different from what we said in our last. Trade on comb honey 

 is still very unsatisfactory, and is selling in only a small way 

 Extracted is moving more readily. This applies mostly to white 

 clover and basswood; and there does not seem to be a big de- 

 mand for California extracted. Weather conditions for the past 

 week or so, also, have been very unfavorable for the selling of 

 comb honey — entirely too warm. We quote fancy white, 14 ; 

 No. 1 white, 13 to 13j4; No. 2 white and light amber, 11 to 12}4; 

 medium amber and buckwheat, 9 to 10}4; white-clover and bass- 

 wood extracted, 60-lb. cans, two cans to the case, 7}4 to 8; same 

 in barrels or half-barrels, % ct. per lb. less; Southern California 

 light-amber extracted, 60-lb. cans, two cans to the case; 7 to 

 7^; Utah water-white alfalfa extracted, in 60-lb. cans, two 

 cans to the case, 714 to 8. Bright pure beeswax, 30 to 32. 



Chicago, Jan. 23. S. T. Fish & Co. 



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