GLEANINGS IN BEECULTURE 



Apr. 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 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. 



St. Paul. — Fancy white clover and basswood, new, 13 to 14; 

 buckwheat, 10 to 12^; strained, in 60-lb. cans, per lb., 7 to 8. 

 St. Paul Board of Trade, April 5. 



Boston. — We quote fancy white comb honey, 15; No. 1 dit- 

 to, 14; light extracted, 9; light amber, 7/4; amber, 65^. Bees- 

 wax, 30. Blake-Lke Co., 



April 6. 4 Chatham Row, Boston, Mass. 



GOLUMBUS. — The market is very dull, and unchanged in 

 prices from last quotations. Holders of honey are trying to clean 

 up, and are not advising shipments at present. 



Evans & Turner, 



April 3. Columbus, O. 



Cincinnati. ^The market on comb honey here is bare of 

 a fancy article. There is considerable ofF-grade honey now on 

 the market, but no demand. Extracted honey is fair, white sage 

 at 9 in 60-lb. cans; amber, in barrels, 6 to 6%. Beeswax is 

 moving fair at $33.00 per 100 lbs. C. H. W. Weber, 



March 29. Cincinnati, O. 



Chicago. — The demand for honey is not sufficient to absorb 

 the otferiog, and especially is this true of comb, which is being 

 forced on the trade so that fancy grades can be bought at 12 to 

 13; off grades, 2 to 3 cts. less; extracted fancy white, basswood 

 and clover, 8; off in any particular, 7 to 7/4; amber grades, 6 to 

 6/4. Beeswax is active at 30. R. A. Burnett Co., 



April 3. Chicago, III. 



Cincinnati. — The demand for extracted honey is rather 

 slow, although we are getting from 7l4 to 9 for clover honey in 

 60-lb. cans according to quility and quantity. Amber honey in 

 barrels, 6 to 7H, according to quality and quantity. Comb hon- 

 ey is moving off quite lively, and we could U'e a few hundred 

 cases before the season is over, at from 12 to 12/4, delivered here 

 for fancy and No. 1. For beeswax we are paying 29 in cash and 

 31 in trade for good to choice yellow. 



The Fred W. Muth Co., 



April 7. Cincinnati, O. 



Denver. — We quote our local market. No. 1 white comb 

 honey, strictly fancy stock, per case of 24 sections, $3.25; No. 1 

 light amber, case, $3.00; No. 2, $2.75. Partly granulated comb 

 sells from $2.40 per case down, according to its condition. Ex- 

 tracted white sells at 8>3 to 9 cts. per lb.; light amber, 7J4 to 8; 

 strained amber, 654 to 7. Our market is overstocked, and in all 

 probability some honey will be carried over. We pay 25 cts. for 

 average yellow beeswax delivered here. 



The Colorado Honey-producers' Asso'n, 



March 31. Denver. 



Liverpool. — Only small sales have been taking place late- 

 ly. Honolulu white has been sold at 6/4 cents; also Haitian at 

 the same price; Chilian, 45<i to 6/4; Peruvian, 4 to 5; Califor- 

 nia, Sji to I0}4; Jamaican, 4^ to b]4. Beeswax, Sierra Le- 

 one, 2934; African, 29 to 30; American, 30J4 to 34; East Indian, 

 29^; Chilian, 30^4 to 37.. Taylor & Co., 



March 22. 7 Tithebarn St., Liverpool. 



Buffalo. — Our honey market is in a very slow and draggy 

 condition with no better prospect near at hand. There is no 

 large supply in the market, and we keep selling a little at cut 

 prices. No. 1 to fancy white comb, 12 to 14; No. 2 ditto, 8 to 

 10; extracted, white, 7}4 to 8; amber and dark, 6 to 7; in tum- 

 blers, per dozen, 85 to 90. Beeswax, 25 to 30. 



W. C. TOWNSEND, 



April 7. Buffalo, N. Y. 



Kansas City. — We have nothing new to report on the condi- 

 tion of the honey market, except that we are having a little bet- 

 ter demand for both comb and extracted. We quote No. 1 white 

 comb, 24 sections, $2.65 per case; No. 2 white and amber, 24 

 sections, $2.25 to $2.40; extracted white, per lb., 7 to 7}4; ex- 

 tracted amber, per lb., 6 to 6%. Beeswax, 25 to 28. 



C. C. Clemons Produce Co., 



April 5. Kansas City, Mo. 



Zanesville. — The demand for comb honey continues light. 

 Some honey is being offered, but the demand is so slack that in- 

 dications are that honey now being held by producers will have 

 to be disposed of at some sacrifice. No. 1 to fancy white-clover 

 comb should bring on arrival about 1334; best extracted, 7/4 to 

 8. In a wholesale way No. 1 to fancy comb honey brings 15 to 

 16. For good clean beeswax I offer 30 cents in cash or 32 in ex- 

 change for bee-supplies. Edmund W. Peirce, 



April 5. Zanesville, O. 



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 12/4; 

 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. 



April 2. Walter S. Pouder, iDdianapolis. 



New York. — There is nothing doing in comb honey. There 

 is some demand for No. 1 and fancy white, but not to any great 

 extent. Off grades are not wanted. Before shipping we would 

 advise bee-keepers to correspond with us. The demand for ex- 

 tracted has been increasing of late, and we are looking for a still 

 better demand during the spring and summer. The market is not 

 overstocked, but sufficient quantities arrive to meet demands. 

 Prices are ruling about the same as in the last quotations. Bees- 

 wax is steady at 29 to 30. Hildreth & Segelken, 



April 7. New York. 



St. Louis — Since our last, of March 11, there has been noth- 

 ing new to report in regard to our honey market. Trade is very 

 slow. We quote fancy comb honey, 13 to 14; choice amber, 12 

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

 much less. There is no choice white comb honey arriving of 

 late. The small receipts consist of inferior dark or light weights. 

 Extracted amber honey in five-gallon cans is quotable at 6 to 

 634; in barrels, 5/4 to 6. Beeswax, choice pure, 30; all inferior 

 and impure, less. R. Hartmann Produce Co., 



March 27. St. Louis, Mo. 



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