GLEANINGS IN BEE CULTURE 



Mar. 15 



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 lime 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 ihe 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. . 



COLUMBtrs. — No activity in honey. Fancy white comb, 14 

 to 15; No. 1 white comb, 13; No. 2 white comb, 11; amber. 10. 

 March 11. Evans & Turner, Columbus, O. 



Boston. — We quote fan y white'comb honey, 15; No. 1 dit- 

 to, 14; white extracted, in five gallon cans, 9; light-amber ditto, 

 8. Beeswax, 28 to 30. Blake-Lke Co., 



March 10. 4 Chatham Row, Boston, Mass. 



Cincinnati. — The market on comb honey is fair. Nothing 

 but fa^cy goods is wanted, and they are selling at 14. Amber 

 honey in barrels is selling slowly at 6K, and 6% in cans. Sage 

 honey, white, is selling at 9 cts. in 60-lb. cans. Beeswax, fair, 

 is selling at 32. C. H. Weber, 



March 9. Cincinnati, O. 



Zanbsville. — There is some demand for honey, though the 

 market is still rather inactive. Best white-ctever comb would 

 bring on arrival 13 to 14, and sells in a wholesale way at 15 to 

 16/4. Best clover extracted wholesales at 9/4. For beeswax I 

 offer 30 cts. cash or 32 in exchange for bee-supplies. 



E. W. Peirce, 



March 9. Zanesville, O. 



New York. — We have nothing new to report as to comb 

 honey. The demand is next to nothing for even fancy goods, 

 and we can not encourage shipments of any kind. Extracted 

 honey is in fair demand, with sufficient supplies. Prices are un- 

 changed. Beeswax is steady at 29 to 30. 



HiLDRETH & SEGELKEN, 



March 9. 265 Greenwich St., New York. 



Chicago.— Comb honey sells slowly, and there is a good 

 supply on the market. Best grades are selling at 13; other 

 grades from one to three cents less. In extracted honey the 

 basswood and clover grades are about cleaned up, and bring TVi 

 to 8 for the clover in new cans and cases, and 8 lor the basswood. 

 Beeswax is in good demand at 30 cts. 



R. A. Burnett & Co., 



March 9. Chicago. 



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. 1 note some arrivals of fancy comb at 12H ; 

 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. 



March 2. Walter S. Pouder, Indianapolis. 



San Francisco. — Little honey is arriving in the local mar- 

 ket, and Eastern buyers are paying but little attention to Califor- 

 nia offering. With a lighter local demand than usual, the mar- 

 ket is dull. Packers are quoting the following prices to growers: 

 Comb, 10 to 13; extracted, water-white, 7^; white, (iM to 6%; 

 light amber, 5 to 5/4; dark amber, 4^. 



Pacific Rural Press, March 6. 



St. Louis. — Tne honey market is unchanged since our last 

 report. We quote fancy white comb, 13 to 14; choice amber, 12 

 to 13; dark amber, 10 to 11. Broken or leaking honey sells at 

 much less. Amber extracted honey, in cans, sells at6to6j4; 

 in barrels, 554 to 6. Beeswax sells at 30 for choice pure; all im- 

 pure and inferior, less. 



March 11. R. Hartmann Produce Co., St. Louis. 



Schenectady. — There is but very little improvement in the 

 honey market here. The Lenten season has stimulated the re- 

 tail trade to some extent; but most of the retailers have plenty 

 of stock which they are anxious to work off and not carry any 

 over. About the only demand we are naving is for dark extract- 

 ed. No reasonable offer would be refused for comb honey, 

 is not large. Ch.'^s. MacCulloch, 



March 9. Schenectady, N. Y. 



Kansas City. — The honey market continues in about the 

 same condition as at the time of our last report. The supply is 

 liberal, demand only fair. We quote No. 1 white comb honey 

 in 24-section cases, $2.65 to $2.75; No. 2 ditto, $2.40 to $2.50. 

 Extracted white, 7J4; extracted amber, bYz to 7. Beeswax, 25 

 to 28. C. C. Clemons Produce Co., 



March 12. Kansas City, Mo. 



Toledo. — The demand for honey is only nominal, owing to 

 dull times. We look for a better movement soon. We quote 

 fancy white comb, 15^ to 16; No. 1, 15 to 15^; no demand for 

 lower grades; extracted white-clover honey in cans, 7}4 to 8; 

 California amber, 654 to 7. Beeswax, 28 to 30. 



The Griggs Bros. & Nichols Co., 



March 12. Toledo, O. 



Buffalo. — There is no change here in the honey situation. 

 The demand is very slow, and prices steady. On job lots buy- 

 ers could get a liberal discount from asking prices. We quote 

 No. 1 to fancy white-clover comb honey, 12 to 14; No. 2 ditto, 

 9 to 11; buckwheat, 9 to 11; white extracted, 8 to 9; amber dit- 

 to, 5 to 6; buckwheat ditto, 654 to 754; white, in jelly-tum- 

 blers, 85 to 90 cts. per dozen. Beeswax, 28 to 30. 



W. C. Townsend, 



March 9. Buffalo, N. Y. 



Cincinnati. — There is not much doing in the honey market 

 just at the present time. We are selling amber honey in barrels 

 at 6 to 754 according to quality. White-clover honey is selling 

 at 754 to 9. Comb honey is moving better than it did one year 

 ago, and we are getting 14 to 1454 by the single case. We are 

 paying 12 to 1254 for fancy comb honey delivered here, and we 

 could use some 300 or 400 cases before the close of the season. 

 For beeswax, ranging from good to choice, we are paying 29 cts. 

 cash and 31 in trade, delivered here. 



The Fred W. Muth Co., 



March 9. Cincinnati, O. 



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