GLEANINGS IN BEE CULTURE 



Oct. 15 



Honey Markets 



The prices listed below are intended to represent, as nearly as 

 possible, the avemge market prices at which honey and beeswax 

 are selling at the time of the repon 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 

 asual commission (from five to ten per cent), cartage, and freight 

 will be deducted, and in addition there is often a charge for stor- 

 ag-? 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 booses are usu- 

 illy about ten per cent less than those to retail merchants. 



Boston.— \\'e quote fancy white comb honey, 16 to 

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

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



Oct. 6. Blake-Lee Co. 



K.\NSAS City.— The receipts of comb honey are more 

 liberal; demand good. We quote No. 1 white comb, 24 

 sections, S3.10 to S3.25; No. 2 white and amber. $2.90 to 

 $3.00; extracted white, per lb., eh to 7. Heeswax, 25 to 

 30 cents. 



Oct 6. C. C. Clemons Produce Co. 



INDL\XAP0US.— There is a good demand for best 

 grades of honey, with market fairly well supplied. 

 For fancy while comb honey producers are being paid 

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

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

 Producers of beeswax are receiving 28 to 30 cents. 



Oct 2. Walter S. Pouder. 



CixciNXATL- The market on comb honey is exceed- 

 ingly brisk. We have had four carloads, and sold the 

 same in quantities of from 100 to 200 cases at 14'2; re- 

 tail, 16. Extracted table honey is brisk— sage, Sh to 9; 

 amber in barrels, fair demand at 6 to 6^2. Beeswax is 

 slow at $33.00 per 100 lbs. The above are our selling 

 prices, not what we are paying. 



Oct 6. C. H. W. Weber & Co. 



Schenectady —The demand is good. ' Our sales for 

 September were much larger than a year ago, espe- 

 cially in extracted honey. \\ e could have sold more 

 if producers had gotten their crop ready for shipment 

 in time. Buckwheat seems to be short in this State, 

 and sells as high as second quality clover. We quote 

 fancy white clover, 15 to 16; No. 1, 14 to 15; fair, 12 to 

 13; fancy buckwheat, 12 to 13; fair, 11 to 12; light ex- 

 tracted, 7=2 to 8?2; dark, 7 to 7J4. 



Schenectady, Oct 1. Chas. MacCulloch. 



New York.— We are having a good demand for all 

 grades of comb honey, and quote fancv white at 15: 

 No. 1, 14: No. 2, 12 to 13; dark, 12. Some exceptionally 

 fancy lots of white will bring more. Buckwheat comb 

 honey seems to be rather scarce, and fancy stock is 

 selli .g at 12 to 13; No. 2, 10 to 11. Extracted honey is 

 in fair demand, mostly California, which we quote, 

 water-white, 8h; white sage, 8; light amber, 7^4; am- 

 ber, 6>2 to 7; white clover and basswood, 8 to 854; buck- 

 wheat, 6 to 6=2. Beeswax is verj- quiet — 28 to 30, ac- 

 cording to qualitj'. 



Oct 6. HiLDRETH & SEGELKEN. 



CmCAGO.— Comb honey has been selling quite well 

 at 15 to 16 for No. 1 to fancy. Some lines of extra fan- 

 cy have brought 17 where they were practically per- 

 fect in every respect Off colors and grades range 

 from one to three cents less, ac'ording to flavor and 

 condition. White extracted honey ranges from 7 to 8; 

 amber, 6 to 7. Beeswax, 30. 



Oct. 7. R. A. Burnett & Co. 



Phil.\delphia.— There is now a heavy demand for 

 both comb and extracted honey. As the bulk of the 

 comb honey in our large cities is sold within the next 

 ninety days, we would urge all who have any honey 

 to sell to get it into the market as soon as possible. 

 Prices are Mrm. We quote fancy white comb, 16 to 18; 

 No. 1 white. 14 to 15; amber, 13 to 14; extracted white 

 honey in five-gallon cans, 9; amber, 6 to 7. Beeswax, 

 firm at 29 cents. 



Oct 7. Wm. a. Selser. 



Livfrpool. — The honey market is steady, with sales 

 of California at $10.56 and Haitian at $7.02 to $7.20 per 

 cwt. Values of other kinds are unchanged. Chilian. 

 $7.02 to $7.26 per cwt; Peruvian, $3.84 to $4.80; Califor- 

 nia, $9J2 to $9.84; Jamaican, $6.72 to $7.92; Haitian, 

 $6.72 to $7.68. Beeswax has a rather quiet market with 

 a slow demand. We quote African at $32.64 to $33.88 

 per cwt.; American, $33.88 to $37.48; West Indian, $32.64 

 to $36.30; Chilian, $33.88 to $41.14. 



Sept 22. Taylor & Co. 



Zanesville.— The present demand for honey is 

 about normal for this season of the year. The market 

 is somewhat better supplied than at the time of last 

 quotations. Producers would receive from the job- 

 bing trade for white comb 14 to 16 cents, according to 

 grade and quality. Better grades of comb sell to the 

 retail grocery trade at 16 to 175-2. Producers are offer- 

 ed 8^4 ets. for best white-clover or raspberry extract- 

 ed. For good clean beeswax I offer 28 cts. in cash or 

 30 in exchange for bee-supplies. 



Oct 6. Edmund W. Peirce. 



Cincinnati.— The demand for both comb and ex- 

 tracted honey is very good, with prices, however, not 

 as high as they should be. We are booking orders 

 now for our fourth car of comb honey, which will be 

 here in the next ten days, at 14H wholesale in lots of 

 50 to 150 cjses. We get from 16 to 17>2 from the store 

 by the single case. Amber extracted honey brings 6 

 to 7^2 by ihe barrel, and white-clover and sage honey, 

 choice, 9^2. We are paying 29 cents cash for beeswax 

 delivered here. 



Oct 6. The Fred W. Muth Co. 



St. Lons.— Our honey market is in good condition, 

 especially for the extracted grades, for which we have 

 a good demand. The supply of extracted honey is ex- 

 ceedingly small. There is enough comb honey in this 

 market to meet the demand. We quote fancy white 

 comb honey at 16 ; choice amber, 13 to 14 ; granulated 

 or dark, nominal at 7 to 9. Broken or leaking honey 

 sells at much less. White extracted Colorado, in five- 

 gallon cans, brings 9 to 10; amber, 7^2 in cans and 6^2 

 in barrels. Beeswax, choice pure, brings 29; inferior 

 grades, less. 



Oct. 8. R. Hartmann Produce Co. 



DELICIOUS HONEY. ' . ' . 



Our second car of Sage Honey has arrived. The first sold like 

 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. 



hot- 



THE FRED W. MUTH CO. 



51 Walnut Street 



"The Busy Bee-men" 



Cincinnati, Ohio 



