GLEANINGS IN BEE CULTURE 



July 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 tbe 

 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.— There is very little doing in the honey 

 line at present, with a tendency to lower prices than 

 prevailed this time last year. White extracted honey 

 is selling at 6^ cts. in carload lots, and a little higher 

 in small ways. There is no trade in comb honey. 



June 22. R. A. Burnett & Co. 



Zanesville.— Considering the season and the gen- 

 eral condition of business, the demand for honey is 

 not far from normal. White-clover comb, grading 

 No. 1 to fancy, brings on arrival 12 to 13 cents, and 

 goes to the retail grocery trade at 16^2 to 17 in one-case 

 lots. Practically no demand for extracted. I offer for 

 clean beeswax, 29 cents cash, 31 in exchange for bee 

 supplies. Edmund W. Peirce. 



June 21. 



Kansas City.— There is nothing new to report on the 

 honey market except the first appearance of a ship- 

 ment of new comb honey. The old crop of comb and 

 extracted is not all sold. We quote: New, No. 1 white 

 comb, 24 sections per case, $3.25; old, No. 1 white 

 comb, 24 sections per case, $2.50; old. No. 2 white and 

 amber, 24 sections per case, $2.00. White extracted, 

 per pound, 6}4 to 7; amber, 6 to 6H. Beeswax, 25 to 28. 



June 21. C. C. Clemons Produce Co. 



Cincinnati.— The first arrival of new comb honey 

 will find quick sale at 14 to 16 cts. by the single case, 

 and we advise bee-keepers to rush it to the market be- 

 fore it is flooded. We would pay WA cts. for the first 

 500 cases fancy and 13 for the No. 1 grade of comb hon- 

 ey delivered here. Extracted honey is selling quite 

 well at 6 to Hi4 for amber in barrels, according to qual- 

 ity and quantity bought. For white-clover extracted 

 we are getting 8 to 85^2 in 60-lb. cans. We are paying 

 28 cts. in cash and 30 in trade for nice choice yellow 

 beeswax delivered here. The F. W. Muth Co. 



June 21. 



Chicago.— At present dealers are busy with fruits, 

 and honey seems to be forgotten for the time being; 

 sales are very few and far between, prices ruling very 

 1 ow. Do not expect to see much of a reaction until the 

 fall of the year. There is no doubt but that consider- 

 able old honey will be carried over, which will have a 

 tendency to lower prices on the new crop. We quote 

 Fancy white comb honey, 12 to 13; No. 1 white, 10 to 11 

 No. 2 white, 9 to 10; light and medium amber, 8 to 9, 

 white extracted, 7 to 7^; amber, 5 to 6. Beeswax, 28 to 

 30. S. T.iFisH & Co. 



June 23. 



Cincinnati.— The comb-honey market is bare for 

 fancy goods, and there is but little demand, as the sea- 

 son is over. Some new crops have arrived, and sold 

 at 14 cts. Amber in barrels, for which the demand is 

 good, sells at 6'/{ to Q'A; white clover, IVz. Beeswax is 

 slow at $33.00 per 100 lbs. C. H. W. Weber & Co. 



June 21. 



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. 



June 22. WALTER S. POUDER. 



Boston.— We quote fancy and No. l white comb 

 honey, 14 to 15; white-clover extracted, 9; light-amber 

 extracted, 7; Florida and other Southern extracted, 6 

 to 7. Wax, 30. We advise moderate shipments of new 

 white honey as soon as ready, as our market is well 

 cleaned up on all old lots. Comb honey should be 

 crated to secure careful handling and to prevent 

 breakage. Blake-Lee Co. 



June 21. 



Buffalo. — Nothing new to report in our market. 

 No. 1 to fancy white comb honey pretty well cleaned 

 up. The local trade here will not buy much more 

 until the new comes in. No new in yet. No demand 

 for lower grades. Some demand for extracted. Fancy 

 white comb honey, 13 to 14; No. 1 to choice, 12 to 13; No. 

 2 comb, 8 to 10; dark comb, 9 to 10. Jelly-tumblers, 85 

 to 90 per dozen. Extracted, white, 714 to 8; dark, 6 to 7. 

 Beeswax, 28 to 32. - . W. C. TOWNSEND. 



June 23. 



Denver. — Owing to a fairly good local demand, stock 

 of comb honey has been pretty well worked off, so 

 there will be but little carried over. Demand is fair 

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

 comb at $3.00 per case; No. 1 light amber, $2.75; No. 2, 

 $2.50. Best white extracted, 8>3 to 9; light amber, 754 

 to 8. We pay 26 cents for clean yellow beeswax de- 

 livered here. 



The Colorado Honey-producers' Asso'n, 



June 22. Frank Rauchfuss, Mgr., Denver. 



New York— We are now having a little better demand 

 for No. 1 and fancy white comb honey, and our stock is 

 nearly exhausted. Wewould adviseSouthern bee-keep- 

 ers who have fancy and No. 1 white comb honey formar- 

 ket to let it come along now. Very little call for dark 

 honey and off grades. We quote fancy white and No. 

 1 white, 13 to 14; off grades, 10 to 11; dark, 9; extracted 

 in a moderate demand at unchanged prices. Receipts 

 are quite plentiful from the South, and West Indies. 

 Beeswax firm and steady at 30. 



June 21. HiLDRETH & SEGELKEN. 



St. Louis.— The receipts of comb as well as of ex- 

 tracted honey, are very small. There is, however, no 

 urgent demand for the article. We quote: Fancy white 

 comb honey, 12 10 13; choice amber, 11 to 12; dark or 

 granulated, nominal at 7 to 9; broken or leaking honey 

 sells at much less. Extracted, firm. Amber color, in 

 5-gallon cans, at 6J4; in barrels, at 5)4 to 6. Beeswax, 

 30 for choice pure. All impure and inferior, less. 



June 22. R. Hartmann Produce Co. 



OW is the Time You Don't Want 

 to be Stung 



Bee-keepers tell us our Ideal Bee-veils are the best 

 veils made. We mail one to you for 75c, postpaid. 



THE FRED W. MUTH CO. 



51 WALNUT STREET The Busy Bee-men CINCINNATI, OHIO 



**"' We buy fancy comb honey, and remit the day the shipment arrives. 



