GLEANINGS IN BEEtCULTURE. 



June 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- 

 ig" 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. 



Cincinnati. — The comb-honey market for fancy 

 goods is bare, and there is little demand, as the season 

 is over. Some new crops have arrived, and sold at 14. 

 Amber in barrels, for which the demand is good, sells 

 at 6K to 6h; white clover, TV?.. Beeswax is slow at 

 $33.00 per 100 lbs. C. H. W. WEBER & Co., 



June 6. Cincinnati. 



Chicago.— There is absolutely nothintr new to report 

 in the comb-honey situation, except that stock is mov- 

 ing out very slowly, and only in small quantities, 

 while extracted has been moving more readily. We 

 quote fancy white comb honey at 12 to 13; No. 1 white, 

 11 to 12; No. 2 white and light amber, 10 to 11; medium 

 and dark amber, 8 to 9; white extracted, 7 to 8. Bees- 

 wax, bright pure, 28 to 30. S. T. FiSH & Co., 



June 7. Chicago. 



Buffalo.— Our honey market is nearly at a stand- 

 still. There is a little demand for nice clear white 

 comb. Stock is small here, especially white comb. 

 We quote No. 1 to fancy white comb, 12 to 13; No. 2 

 white comb, 9 to 10; dark comb, 8 to 10; white extract- 

 ed, 7 to 8; dark extracted, 6 to 7; tumblers, 80 to 90 cts. 

 per dozen. Beeswax, 28 to 30. W. C. TOWNSEND, 



June 5. Buffalo. 



Kansas City.— The market is unchanged; demand is 

 not as good as we should like to see it on both extract- 

 ed and comb. We are expecting the market to clean 

 up on comb with the exception of what is granulated. 

 We quote No. 1 white comb, 24 sections. S2.50 per case; 

 No. 2 white and amber, 24 sections, $2.00 to $2.25 per 

 case; extracted white, per lb., 6 to 65=; extracted am- 

 ber, 5 to 6. Beeswax, 25 to 28 cts. per lb. 



C. C. Clemons Produce Co., 



June 7. Kansas City. - 



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

 the situation on comb honey. There is some demand 

 for fancy and No. 1 white, and these grades we are 

 gradually working off, and do not expect to carry any 

 over. Off grades, however, are not wanted, and are 

 almost unsalable at any price, hence we can not en- 

 courage shipments of dark or low grades. Extracted 

 honey is in fair demand, with sufficient supply. We 

 quote California white, 8 to S'A; light amber, 7 to 7^^; 

 amber, 6 to 6^2; new-crop of Southern, 60 to 75 cts. per 

 gallon. Beeswax is firm.'and steady at 30 cts. per lb. • ; 



HiLDRETH & SEGELKEN, 



June 7. New York. 



Chicago. — The market is still dull. Few sales of 

 comb honey are being made, with best grades ranging 

 from 11 to 12 — the off grades from 1 to 3 cts. less; occa- 

 sional sales of small quantities at 125^2 to 13 for fancy; 

 extracted white, 7 to 8 — the latter price being for bass- 

 wood; ambers, 6 to 7. Beeswax, 30. 



R. A. Burnett & Co., 



June 6. Chicago. 



Indianapolis. — This market is practically bare of 

 comb honey. Some high-grade extracted is being of- 

 fered by jobbers at 9 cts. New honey is being offered 

 from the South, but as yet new prices are not estab- 

 lished. Bee-keepers are getting 29 cts. cash for their 

 wax, or 31 in exchange for merchandise. 



Walter S. Pouder, 



June 2. Indianapolis. . 



Cincinnati.— For strictly fancy and No. 1 white-clo- 

 ver comb honey we get 1254 to 1454 by the single case 

 from the store. It would be a good idea for parties 

 having the new crop to rush it on in order to get the 

 best possible price this season. The demand for ex- 

 tracted honey is not very good, and prices seem to be 

 topheavy. We are selling amber honey by the barrel 

 from 6 to 7 cents, according to quality and quantity: 

 white-clover extracted honey, 854 in crates of two 60- 

 Ib. cans. Choice yellow beeswax, 29 cents cash deliv- 

 ered here; 31 in trade. THE Fred W. Muth Co., 



June 8. Cincinnati. 



St. Louis.— Since ours of May 26 this market has 

 been cleaned up of old extracted honey; and as the re- 

 ceipts of new honey are small it created a demand for 

 the article. The market for comb honey, however, 

 has not improved. We quote fancy white comb hon- 

 ey 12 to 1254; choice amber, 10 to 1154; dark or granu- 

 lated, nominal at 7 to 9; broken or leaking honey sells 

 at much less. Extracted honey is firm. Amber, in 

 five-gallon cans, brings 654; in barrels, 552 to 6. Bees- 

 wax is worth 30 for choice pure; impure and inferior, 

 less. R. Hartmann Produce Co., 



June 7. St. Louis. 



Denver.— Local trade on both comb and extracted 

 honey has of late been fairly good for this time of the 

 year; but as stocks on this market are heavy, prices 

 have been lowered in order to clean up. We quote 

 No. 1 white comb, per case of 24 sections, $3.00; No. 1 

 light amber, $2.75; No. 2, $2.50; no demand for candied 

 comb; best white'extracted, 8'3 to 9; light amber, 754 

 to^S'.i. We pay 26lcts. for clean yellow beeswax deliv- 

 ered here. 



,^~ SiThe Colorado Honey-producers' Asso'n, 

 - June 5. Frank Rauchfuss, Mgr., Denver. 



Liverpool. — The honey market keeps steady with a 

 fair amount of supplies. We quote Chilian, $4.80 to 

 §9.50 per 100 lbs.; Peruvian, $3.85 to $4.80 per 100 lbs.; 

 California, $9.10 to $9.85; Jamaican, $6.70 to $7.90 per 

 100 lbs.; Haitien, $6.40 to $10.00 per 100 lbs. Beeswax is 

 firm. Sales of African are made at $31.40 to $34.40, and 

 Peruvian at $40.00 to $41.00 per 100 lbs. Nominal waxes 

 of other kinds are as follows: African, $30.00 to $.34.35 

 per 100 lbs.; American, $;a.60 to $37.20; West Indian, 

 $32.40 to $36.00;'Chilian, $33.60 to $40.80. 



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