GLEANINGS IN BEE CULTURE 



Oct. 1 



Honey Markets 



The prices listed below are inteiided 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 tea per cent less than those to retail merchants. 



Boston.— We quote fancy white comb honey, 16 to 

 17; No. 1 ditto, 15 to 16 ; fancy white extracted, 9 to 10 ; 

 light amber, 7 to 8; amber, 6 to 7. Beeswax, 32. 



Sept. 11. Blake-Lee Co. 



Kansas City.— The demand for comb honey is good; 

 receipts not large; demand for extracted is light. We 

 quote No. 1 white comb, 24-section cases, $3.25; No. 2 

 white and amber ditto, $3.00; white extracted, per lb., 

 7. Beeswax, 25 to 30. 



Sept. 20. c. C. Clemons Produce Co. 



Denver.— We quote our local market as follows: 

 Strictly No. 1 white comb honey, per case of 24 sec- 

 tions, $3.30; No. 1 light amber, $3.15; No. 2, $3.00; white 

 extracted, 7 to Sh: light amber, &h to 114. We pay 24 

 cts. per lb. for clean yellow beeswax delivered here. 

 Colorado Honey-producers' Asso'n, 



Sept. 21. F. Rauchfuss, Manager. 



Chicago.— The comb-honey market is quite active for 

 the season of the year. No. 1 to fancy is bringing from 



15 to 16 cts., with other grades from 1 to 3 cts. less. Ex- 

 tracted is moving fairly well, white ranging from 7 to 

 8; amber, 6S4 to 7; dark ambers, about li ct. less. Bees- 

 wax is in excellent demand at 30 cts. 



Sept. 20. R. A. Burnett & Co. 



Buffalo.— The demand for honey is only fair. It is 

 usually slow at this season of the year on account of 

 large quantities of fruit on the market. I expect it to 

 do better by Oct. 1. Buyers seem to think the price is 

 fP°]}} ''iFi'.*- ^ l"ote No. 1 to fancy white comb, 14 to 

 15; No. 2 ditto, II to 12; No. 1 buckwheat, 11 to 12; No. 

 2 ditto, 9 to 10; No. 1 white extracted, lyi to 8- dark ex- 

 tracted, S'A to 7; tumblers, 85 to 90 cents per dozen. 

 Beeswax, 27 to 30. 



Sept. 23. W. C. Townsend. 



Cincinnati.— With the advent of cool weather we 

 can see a brightening-up in the demand for hnney, 

 both comb and extracted. We have so far received 

 but one carload of Western Colorado comb honey, and 

 It IS moving off nicely, as well as white-clover comb 

 honey from the North. Fancy and No. 1 grade, WA to 



16 from our store here; extracted amber in barrels is 

 selling at 6 to 7^ according to the quality and quanti- 

 ty bought; white clover in 60-lb. cans, 9 to 9%. The 

 above are our selling prices, and not what we pay. 

 Beeswax brings 29 cts. per lb. for choice bright yellow 

 delivere here. 



Sept. 18. The Fred W. Muth Co. 



Albany.— The demand for honey is improving. The 

 crop in this vicinity is short, but we do not advocate 

 holding for too high prices. October is the best sell- 

 ing month, when weather moderates and honey is 

 good. Later on the demand is not so good. We quote 

 white No. 1 comb, 15 to 16; mixed, 14 to 15; dark, 13; 

 buckwheat, 13; extracted white, 8 to &i4; dark, 7 to l^i. 

 Beeswax, 32 to 34; commission, 5 per cent. 



Sept. 23. H. R. WRIGHT. 



Indianapolis.— There is a good demand for best 

 grades of honey, with market fairly well supplied. 

 For fancy white comb honey producers are being paid 

 16 cents; for No. 1 white, 14; finest extracted in 5-gal- 

 lon cans, 8. No demand for amber or off grades. 

 Producers of beeswax are receiving 28 to .30 cents. 



Sept. 15. Walter S. Pouder. 



Philadelphia. — Dealers are now laying in their 

 stocks of honey. The amount of honey-dew scattered 

 throughout the East has stiffened up the prices since 

 our last quotation. We quote fancy comb honey at 16 

 to 18; light amber, 14 to 15; fancy water-white extract- 

 ed, 8>2 to 95^2; amber in barrels, 6M. Beeswax is firm 

 at 18. 



Sept. 20. Wm. a. SELSER. 



Cincinnati.— The market on comb honey is exceed- 

 ingly brisk. We have received four carloads, and 

 sold the same in quantities from 100 to 200 cases at 

 14J4; retail, 16. Extracted table honey is brisk, sage 

 selling at 85^ to 9; amber in barrels, fair demand at 6 

 to eV2. Beeswax is slow at $33.00 per 100 lbs. The 

 above are our selling prices, not what we are paying. 



Sept. 18. C. H. W. Weber & Co. 



Zanesville.— The present demand for honey is 

 about normal with little change in prices. Thus far 

 there has been an under supply of No. 1 to fancy 

 white-clover comb, which is what this market de- 

 mands. For honey of this grade producers would re- 

 ceive from the jobbing trade 14 to 16 cts., white-clover 

 extracted bringing 8 to syz. For good clean beeswax I 

 offer 28 cts. cash, and 30 in exchange for bee-supplies. 



Sept. 18. Edmund W. Peirce. 



New York.— The new crop is now coming in freely, 

 and arrivals are quite large. The demand is not quite 

 as heavy as in former years, but we expect it to in- 

 crease within the next few weeks. We quote fancy 

 white at 15; No. 1, 13 to 14; off grades, 11 to 12. No 

 buckwheat honey is on the market as yet, and conse- 

 quently no prices are established. Extracted honey is 

 in good demand, particularly California, of which the 

 receipts are very large. We quote water-white 8 to 

 854; white sage, 8; light amber, 7 to 714. In large lots 

 these prices are being shaded. Clover and basswood 

 bring 8 to 8!<; light amber, York State, 6}4 to 7, South- 

 ern, in barrels, 60 to 75 cts. per gallon, according to 

 quality. Beeswax is dull and declining, quotable at 28 

 to 30. 



Sept. 20. HlLDRETH & SEGELKEN. 



Honey Markets continued on page 21. 



DELICIOUS HONEY. . 



Our second car of Sage Honey has arrived. The first sold lil<e 

 cakes" in crates of two 60-pound cans at 9>^c per pound. 

 Sample, lOc. Truly if you ever ate fine honey 

 you will say this is par excellence. 



THE FRED W. MUTH CO. 



hot- 



51 Walnut Street 



' The Busy Bee-men ' 



Cincinnati, Ohio 



