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. Unless otherwise 

 stated, this is the price at which sales are being 

 made by commission merchants or by producers 

 direct to the retail merchants. 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 storage by the commission merchant. When sales 

 are made by the producer direct to the retailer, 

 commission and storage and other charges are elim- 

 inated. Sales made to wholesale houses are usually 

 about ten per cent less than those to retail mer- 

 chants. 



Boston. — Fancy and No. 1 white comb, 16 to 17; 

 fancy white, 11 to 12. Beeswax, 30. 



Boston, May 17. Blake-Lee Co. 



Kansas City. — Our market is bare of comb hon- 

 ey ; good demand ; supply of extracted is fair, light 

 demand. We quote extracted white, per pound, 8 to 

 SVz ; extracted amber, 7 to 7%. Beeswax, 25 to 28 

 C. C. Clemons Produce Co. 



Kansas City, Mo., May 21. 



Denver. — No more comb honey to offer. We quote 

 extracted honey in a jobbing way at the following 

 figures: White, 9; light amber, 8; strained, 6% to 

 7. We pay 28 cts. per lb. in cash and 30 in trade 

 for clean yellow beeswax delivered here. 

 The Colorado Honey-Producers' Association, 

 Frank Rauchfuss, Manager. 



iNDlAN.'iPOLiS. — Market is now practically bare of 

 fancy white comb honey. No. 1 white is selling at 

 16 10 17; amber comb is in slow demand, and at 

 varied prices. Best extracted sells at from 11 to 12 

 in five-gallon cans, according to quantity. Beeswax 

 is in good demand, and producers are being paid 

 30 cents cash or 32 in trade. 



Indianapolis, May 17. Walter S. Pouder. 



Zanesville. — .\ little of last season's honey is 

 still offered, though it is presumed this is now pretty 

 well I leaned up. While the demand is not brisk, 

 some .'ales are being made right along on comb and 

 on extracted honey in glass packages, there being 

 few tails for the extracted in tin. No. 1 to fancy 

 white-clover comb brings 18 to 19; extracted, 10 to 

 12. For beeswax, producers are now offered 30 cts. 

 in rash, and 32 in exchange for bee-supplies. 



Zanesville, May 17. Edmund W. Peirce. 



GLEANINGS IN BEE CULTURE 



Cincinnati. — There is a fair supply of comb 

 honey on the market, and we are selling our fancy 

 double-decker comb honey at $3.75 to $4.00 per case; 

 fancy extracted honey in 60-lb. cans at 9 to 10, and 

 amber extracted honey in barrels at 6i/^ to 8, ac- 

 cording to the quality and quantity purchased. For 

 choice bright yellow beeswax we are paying 28 to 

 30 cts. delivered here; and if taken out in trade we 

 allow 2 cts. per lb. more. 



Cincinnati, May 23. The Feed W. Muth Co. 



Chicago. — The market has cleaned up quite well 

 on extracted honey during the past month, and prices 

 remain about the same as in our previous quotation. 

 The clover and linden brings 9 to 10 per lb. when 

 in every sensfe perfect. Other white honeys 8 to 9 

 per lb. ; amber grades from 7 to 8 per lb. No. 1 

 to fancy white comb honey 17 to 18 per lb. Other 

 grades from 1 to 5 per lb. less, with very little on 

 the market. Beeswax, 30 to 32 per lb., and in good 

 demand. 



Chicago, May 17. R. A. Buenett & Co. 



Liverpool. — There has been nothing doing in 

 Chilian honey this month. A fair quantity is ex- 

 pected to arrive soon, and we think prices will fall. 

 Sales have been made of Cahfornian at $9.96; New 

 Zealand at $10.80; Old Jamaica at $6.24 to $6.48, 

 and New Jamaica at $8.16 to $8.64. The market is 

 quiet. The beeswax market is very firm; no stock of 

 Chilian on spot. A good business has been done in 

 T. A. Q., for shipment at $37.02 to $40.32 per cwt., 

 c. i. f. 



Liverpool, April 30. Tayloe & Co. 



St. Louis. — Since our last, of May 2, the honey 

 market has been in an unchanged condition. The 

 stocks of comb honey, as well as extracted, are light, 

 and quotations are more or less nominal. We quote 

 fancy white comb honey at 16 to 17; No. 2 white, 

 15; light amber, 13 to 14. The same grades by the 

 ca.se, fancy white comb, $3.65 to $3.75; No. 2 white 

 at $3.25 to $3.40; amber at $2.75 to $3.10, accord- 

 ing to quality. Dark and broken honev is unsalable, 

 as there is no demand for it. Extracted honey, South- 

 ern, in barrels and half-barrels, for choice light- 

 amber, 6^ ; dark, 6; same grades in five-gallon cans 

 generally bring half a cent more; California, Utah, 

 and Colorado honey, white, at 9 to 9 ^/^ ; light amber, 

 81/4, all in five-gallon cans. Beeswax is in good de- 

 mand at 31 cents for prime; inferior and impure 

 sell for less. 



St. Louis, May 17. R. Hartmann Produce Co. 



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