GLEANINGS IN BEECULTURE 



May 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 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. 



Chicago. — The market is dull. F'ew sales of comb honey 

 are being made, with best grades ranging from 11 to 12 — the off 

 grades from 1 to 3 cts. less; occasional sales of small quantities 

 at 12/4 to 13 for fancy; extracted white, 7 to 8 — the latter price 

 being for basswood; ambers, 6 to 7. Beeswax, 30. 

 in good demand at 30. R. A. Burnett Co., 



May 5. Chicago, III. 



ToLPDO. — There is practically no charge in the honey mar- 

 ket from our last quotations. Comb honey sells in a retail way 

 from 14 to 15 for fancy; not much demand for any off grades. Ex- 

 tracted is very quiet, moving in only a very small way. White 

 clover would bring, perhaps, from 7 to 7^; amber extracted in 

 cans or barrels, 5% to 654. Beeswax is quite firm at 26 to 28. 

 The Griggs Bro's Co., 



May 8. Toledo, O. 



St. Louis. — Since our report of April 23 we can not report an 

 improvement in our honey market. In fact, the demand is very 

 slow, and prices are easier. We quote fancy white comb hon- 

 ey, 12J4 to 13; choice amber. 11 to 12; dark or granulated hon- 

 ey, 7 to 9. Broken or leaking honey sells at much less. Ex- 

 tracted amber honey, in five-gallon cans, brings 6 to 654; in bar- 

 rels, Sli to 5%. Beeswax, 30 for choice pure; all impure and 

 inferior, less. R. Hartmann Produce Co., 



May 6. St. Louis, Mo. 



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. Jobbers are making sales at the following 

 prices: Fancy white comb, 14 to 15; No. 1 white, 12; white- 

 clover extracted, in five-gallon cans, 8% to 9. Amber honey is 

 in poor demand, and prices are not established. Bee-keepers are 

 being paid 29 to 31 cts. for their beeswax. 



Walter S. Pouder, 



May 3. Indianapolis, Ind. 



Liverpool. — A firm honey market is looked for. Chilean 

 honey has been sold for April and May shipment at 5 cts., c. i. 1. 

 here. Haiti is offered at 6}4; Cajifornia honey, no sales. We 

 quote other kinds, Chilean, 4J4 to 654; Peruvian, 3)4 to 4}{\ 

 California, 8% to 1054; Jamaican, 45i to 654; Haitian. 6 to 654. 

 Beeswax is steady. African, 27 to 29; American, 3054 to 34; 

 West Indian, 29 to 33; Chilean, 3054 to 32. 



Taylor & Co., 



April 26. 7 Tithebarn St., Liverpool. 



Kansas City. — The demand for extracted honey is very 

 light and the supply good. Demand for comb is fair, and supply 

 decreasing every day. We believe the market will clean up be- 

 fore the new crop begins to come in, but some low prices will 

 have to be made on granulated comb. We quote No. 1 white 

 comb, 24 sections, case, $2.50 to $2.60; No. 2, white and am- 

 ber, 24 sections, case, $2.25; white extracted, per lb., 654 to 7; 

 amber extracted, 6. Beeswax, 25 to 28. 



C. C. Clemons Produce Co., 



May 8. Kansas City, Mo. 



Cincinnati. — The demand for honey is not up to expecta- 

 tions for this time of the season. However, we are selling am- 

 ber honey in barrels from 6 to 754 cts., according to the quality 

 and quantity purchased; white-clover honey in 60-lb. cans from 

 754 to 9. Fancy comb honey is moving only fairly, and we are 

 selling it from the store at 14 to 15 cts. by the single case. There 

 is no demand from the jobber for this article, owing to the warm 

 weather. This maiket will not accept dark comb honey at any 

 price. It is a mistake even to offer dark comb honey in a devel- 

 oped market like this. We are paying 29 cts. cash and 31 in 

 trade for good choice yellow beeswax delivered here. 



The Fred W. Muth Co., 



May 5. Cincinnati, O. 



Zanesville. — While there is some demand for honey, on 

 the whole it is moving rather slowly. There are still a few of- 

 ferings of last season's crop, and it would seem that the demand 

 is hardly equal to the supply, save, perhaps, on extra-fine quality. 

 For strictly No. 1 to fancy white-clover comb (the only grades 

 which sell well here), the jobbing trade would pay 1254 to 1354. 

 The wholesale market is about as last reported; practically no 

 calls for extracted at the present time. I offer for good clean 

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



Edmund W. Peircb, 



May 6. Zanesville, O. 



Denvep. — Owing to the unusually cool weather we have had, 

 the demand for honey has held up better than expected; but as 

 berries are now becoming plentiful the consumption of honey 

 will be lighter. We now quote strictly No. 1 white comb hon- 

 ey at $3.00 per case of 24 sections; No. 1 light amber, $2.75; 

 No. 2, $2.40; extracted honey, white, SV^ to 9; light amber, 754 

 to8!j; strained. 654 to 6%. We pay 26 cts. per lb. for clean 

 yellow wax delivered here. 



The Colorado Honey-produckrs' Association, 



Mav 7. F. Rauchfnss, Mgr., Denver, Col. 



New York. — We are gradually reducing our stock of No. 1 

 and fancy white comb honey, and believe that we shall be able 

 to dispose of what we have in stock during this month. Off 

 grades, however, are in no demand, and some of these will have 

 to be carried over. Prices are nominal at 14 for fancy white: 

 No. 1, 12 to 13. Extracted honey is in fair demand. We quote 

 California, 7 to 854; West India and Southern, 60 to 65 cts. per 

 gallon. Beeswax is steady at 30. 



Hildreth & Segklken, 



May 6. New York. 



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

 to, 14; light extracted, 9; light amber, 754; amber, 654. Bees- 

 wax, 30. Blake-Lee Co., 



May 6. 4 Chatham Row, Boston, Mass. 



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