Honey Markets 



The prices listed below are intended to represent, as nearly 

 as possible, the averag'e market prices at which honey and 

 beeswax are selling- at the time of the report in the city men- 

 tioned. Unless otherwise stated, this is the price at which 

 sales are being- made by commission merchants or by pro- 

 ducers direct to the retail merchant. When sales are made 

 by commission merchants the usual commission (from five to 

 ten per cent), cartagre, and freight will be deducted; and in 

 addition there is often a charge for storage by the commis- 

 sion 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 usually 

 about ten per cent less than those to retail merchants. 



Boston.— We quote fancy white comb at 17 to 18; 

 Ight amber, 15: amber, 14; fancy white extracted, 

 10 to 11; light amber, 9 to 10; amber, 9. Beeswax, 30. 



Boston, Jan. 18. Blake-Lee Co. 



KAN.SAS City. — The supply of both comb and ex- 

 tracted honey is not large, and the demand is not 

 heavy. We quote: No. 1 white comb, 24-section 

 cases, at $3.25: No. 2 ditto, 83.00; No. 1 amber ditto, 

 $3.00; No. 2 ditto, 82.75; extracted white, per lb., 8J^ 

 to 9; amber, 8 to 8^; darli, 534. Beeswax, 25 to 28. 

 C. C. Clemons Produce Co. 



Kansas City, Jan. 23. 



Indianapolis. — Demand is good for best grades 

 of comb and extracted honey. White comb sells 

 for 18 cts. in ten-case lots, finding ready sale. Am- 

 ber grades ''are in slow demand at much lower 

 prices. Best extracted sells at 11 to 12 in five-gal- 

 lon cans. Beeswax is in good demand, and pro- 

 ducers are being paid 31 cts. per lb. 



Indianapolis, Jan. 18. Walter S. Pouder. 



Schenectady. — There are no new features In the 

 honey market here. The demand is fair, but only 

 in a small way. Dealers do not want to be out of 

 honey, neither do they want much on hand, as the 

 quality is so poor. We note some improvement in 

 demand for dark extracted, and think it will all be 

 cleaned up in a month or so. No change in prices. 



Schenectady, Jan. 20. Chas. MacCulloch. 



Cincinnati.— The market on comb has fallen off 

 somewhat, the only demand being for fancy white, 

 selling in a retail way at 84.00; to jobbers, at 83.60 

 to 13.75, according to quantity. Extra white ex- 

 tracted, in 60-lb. cans, brings 10 cts.; light-amber 

 ditto. 8%; amber in barrels, 7 to 7^. Beeswax is in 

 fair demand at 833.00 per 100 lbs. The above are our 

 selling prices, not what we are paying. 



C. H. W. Weber & Co. 



Cincinnati, Ohio. Jan. 20. 



Denver. — The demand for honey is now Improv- 

 ing, especially comb, and better prices are ruling 

 than before the holidays. Our stock of comb honey 

 is light; and any shipments made to us can be 

 turned soon, if good white stock, free from granu- 

 lation. We quote prices in a jobbing way, strictly 

 No. 1 white, per case, 83.60; No. 1 light amber, 83.35; 

 No. 2, 83.15. We have a large stock of extracted 



GIe<3nings in Bee Culture 



honey of fine quality on which we are making the 

 following jobbing prices: White extracted, 9; light 

 amber, 8; strained, 6K to 7K. We pay 26 cts. in cash 

 or 28 in trade for clean yellow beeswax delivered 

 here. 



The Colorado Honey-producers' Asso'n, 

 Denver, Jan. 20. F. Rauchfuss, Manager. 



Zanesville.— It is too soon after the holidays for 

 much stir in the honey market ; and this fact, cou- 

 pled with excessively cold weather, has rendered 

 the demand almost nil. Prices remain practically 

 as in previous quotations — about 20 cts. wholesale 

 for best grades of white comb, and 10>4 to 11 for ex- 

 tracted in flve-gallon cans. We quote white only, 

 there being practically no demand for the darker 

 grades. Producers are offered for beeswax 29 cts. 

 in cash or 31 in exchange for bee-supplies. 



Zanesville, C, Jan. 17. E. W. Peirce. 



St. Louis.— Since ours of Jan. 10 there has been 

 no improvement in our honey market. If any 

 thing, the prices are lower, especially if the goods 

 are forced on the market. We quote fancy white 

 comb honey at 17 cts.; No. 1, 15 to 16; light amber, 

 13 to 14: dark, 8 to 11. Broken and leaking honey 

 sells at much less. Extracted white clover brings 

 8^ to 9: alfalfa, 8 to 85^: light-amber Southern, 8 to 

 8% in cans, and 7 to 7J4 in barrels and hall-barrels ; 

 California light amber, in cans, 8 to 8%. Beeswax, 

 prime, brings 30 cts.; impure and inferior, less. 

 R. Hartmann Produce Co. 



Jan. 24. St. Louis, Mo. 



Cincinnati.— The condition of the honey market 

 reminds one of a ship that is beached and must 

 await the high tide to move it. It is useless to of- 

 fer any inducements to make sales; and to cut 

 prices would not only be a loss, owing to the small 

 profit, but would ruin the conditions. Neverthe- 

 less, we do not overlook opportunities to make 

 sales. For the fancy grades of table honey we are 

 getting from 10 to 11 cts. per lb. in 60-lb. cans ; and 

 for amber honey of the better grades from 8 to 9: for 

 the low grades, 6 to 7, according to the quality and 

 quantity purchased. These are our selling prices. 

 Comb lioney is moving somewhat slower than for 

 some time back, and we are now getting from 83.75 

 to 84.00 a case. For choice bright yellow beeswax 

 we are paying 30 cts. per lb., delivered here. 



Cincinnati, Jan. 19. The Fred W. Muth Co. 



New York.— Comb honey is well cleaned up, and 

 prices are well svistained for what few odd lots are 

 coming in. As to extracted, the market is weaken- 

 ing and prices are gradually declining. Strictly 

 fancy clover, California wliite and water-white 

 sage hold their own fairly well on account of there 

 not being much stock around. There are large 

 supplies of all other grades, such as alfalfa, amber, 

 light amber, white, etc., and prices show a decided 

 downward tendency; in fact, in large quantities 

 quotation prices will have to be shaded in order to 

 effect sales. We quote alfalfa at 6^ to iVz, accord- 

 ing to quality; California white sage, 854 to 9: wa- 

 ter-white, 9'-^ to 10; white clover, 9 to 10; buckwheat, 

 6/4 to 7. Beeswax is steady at 30 to 31. 



New York, Jan. 18. Hildreth & Segelkbn. 



HEARD OVER THE FENCE ONE DAY. 



Brown. — **I say, Jones, wish you would tell me where 

 you send your HONEY, you seem to get such good results." 



Jones.— " Sure, glad to. THE FRED W. MUTH CO., 51 WALNUT ST., 

 CINCINNATI, 0., gets every pound I raise, and I always receive my 

 money the day the shipments arrive. They buy my BEESWAX 

 too. And, by the way, they handle the finest BEE-SUPPLIES on 

 the market — Falconer Manufacturing Co.'s make. Write 

 them for a Catalog — am sure they will be glad to send you one." 



