1894 



GLEANINGS IN BEE CULTURE. 



041 



Honey Column. 



CITY MARKETS. 



Boston.— Hojie}/.— We quote you our market on 

 Mb. comb lioiiey at 14@16; extracted honey at 6@6. 

 Demand liMbt. Beeswax wanted; mme on hand. 

 E. E. Blake & Co., 



Aug-. 10. Boston, Mass. 



Cleveland. -Hmiey.-Little demand for either 

 <-omb or extracted honey at tliis time. No. 1 wliite 

 1 lb. sections aie selling at 13c p.-r lb. Meeswax, 

 prime, 25c. Williams Bros., 



Aug-, y. 80 & 82 Broadway, Cleveland. O. 



St. Louis.— Ho/iey. -Market inactive. Stocks are 

 hg-ht. We quote comb, 10@14; extracted, in barrels, 

 oH@4; in cans, .5@.5'^. Primu beeswax, 2,5 Sh. 



D. G. TuiT GuoCEit Co.. 



Aug-. 9. St. Louis, .Mo. 



New York.— Ho/iej/.- Our market is well sun- 

 plied with extracted honey of all kinds, and tmde 

 remains quiet. White clover and linden, (i@6>^c; 

 teouthern, .50@6oc per gal., according to quality. A 

 tew lots of new comb honey arrived, but the trade 

 lor these goods li;is not i pened up yet. In the next 

 issiie shall be able tu name pii'jes. Beeswax quiet 

 and easy at 26^@27c. 



HiLDRETH RnoS. & SkGELKEN. 



Aug:. 11. 28 & 3(1 West Broadway, N. Y. 



K.A.NSAS CiTir.—HoJiey.— Demand is slow for all 

 grades and kinds of honey. A few cases of new re- 

 ceived. The range of priors is r.@7c for extracted, 

 tancy wliite lib. comb, l;.(a,16c: amber, 12@13: 

 dark, 10. Beeswax, 22c. Hamblin & Bearss, 



A iig- 10. Kansas City, Mo. 



BuFFALO.-Ho7iey.— As is usually the case at this 

 tmie of the year, it is too early to encourage ship- 

 ments of liberal amounts of honev; but we can 

 place quite a quantity right aloiiK of stiictly fancy 

 No. lat about 1^@13, atid other grades proportion- 

 ately lower. There is xw demiind as yet for extract- 

 ed honey, and very little at anytime of the vear 

 We can not encourage shipments of extracted 

 honey at any time, al; hough we can sell it at some 

 price, of course; and those who can not do better 

 can forward it. and we will do our best with it We 

 shall need a great cle..l of faiu-v huiiey durii'g the 

 season, and will advance two-thirds on it. 



Battekson & Co., 



Aug. 9. BnttaU), N. Y. 



Chicago.— Hodcy.- Comb honey is coming- for- 

 ward, and best consignments sell at 15@16 cts. per 

 lb., with a very .aood demand so far. extracted 

 ranging- from 5@7, as to kind and quality Bees- 

 wax, 2;j@25. R. A. Burnett & Co 



Aug. 9. 163 So. Water St., Chicago, III. 



Milwaukee.— Ho/ity.— The honey trade continues 

 small; demand for both sections and extracted is 

 quiet. The supply of old is well cleared off and we 

 are in good order for new crop; but while so much 

 fresh fruit takes the taste, honey is not called for- 

 yet we expect a fair trade to follow. We now quote 

 Mb. sections, white, in cases. 14@15; 2d best 12@13- 

 extracted, in barrels and kegs, d)^®?'/,: in cans, 7 

 ■%,h. Besswax, 23@26. A. V. Bishop & Co., 



•^uly '^l- Milwaukee, Wis. 



CiNCiNNATi.-Ho)!f{/ —There is a slow demand for 1 

 extracted honey at 4@6 cts. per lb. on arrival ac- ' 

 i-ording to quality. Demand is g-ood for comb lio.i- 

 •ey at 13(ail5 in the .iobbing- way for choice whi^e 

 Arrivals are insutlicient . Beeswax is in fair de- ' 

 mand at 20@23 for good to choice yellow. 



, „ Chas. F. Muth & Son, 

 Aug. 9. Cincinnati, O. 



San Francisco.— H(>»ie;/.-Our market is almost 

 laiv of comb honey, and stocks of extracted are 

 light; Ijut the trade so far has been mncflir.-.f .^ 



laie or como noney, and stocks of extracted are 

 light; but the trade so far has been mostly of a 

 local nature only. We quote white extracted honey 

 Ht 6%i; liu-ht amber, 6i4'@6!/2; amber, 5i4@5^' ; with 

 no tlem:inrl, liowever, for the latter grade Comb 



oney, Mb. triime, white, VZ(^V2\: amber. S'«;9. 



^ , Schacht, Le.vickk & steiner. 



Julv28. «.. ,1 Tj'........jo..„ o„i 



Kansas City.— Homcj/.— A few shipments of ir-w 

 honey in the market. We quote No. 1 white Mb.. 

 1.5@16; No. 2, 13@14; No. 1 amber, 14. Extracted, 5 

 @7. Beeswax, 22@25. Clemons, Mason & Co., 



Aug 10. Kansas City, Mo. 



Detroit.— Honey.— Best new comb honey, 15 cts., 

 with very little in sight. Extracted. 6@7. Bees- 

 wax, 24@25. m. H. Hunt, 



Aug. 9. Bell Branch, Mich. 



Alfalfa honey, very -white, "dead ripe," thick and 

 rich; $8.25 for two 60-lb. cans. Address 



Oliver Foster, Las Animas, Colo. 

 (Late of Mt. Vernon, Iowa.) 



For Sale.— Choice white-clover comb honey, 14c; 

 other grades less. A. P. Lawrence, 



Hickory Corners, Barry Co., Mich. 



Wanted.— Comb and extracted honey. Will pay 

 cash. Make oflers and state quantity. 



Jos. Nysewander, Des Moines, la. 



5 tons choice comb honey for sale in 1 and IX lb. 

 sections at 13 and 11 cts. per lb.; 24 sections in each 

 (Show) ca.se; good goods in 200-lb. lots, f. o. b. 

 S. J. Smith's Apiary and Stock-farm, 



Padelfords, N. Y. 



BUFFALO, N. Y. Unsurpassed Honey Market. 

 BATTERSON & CO. Responsible. Reliable, 

 Commission Merchants. ,gtf,u, and Prompt. 



EDWIN ROBINSON. \N . M. GRAY. 



ESTABLISHED 1866. 



Robinson & Gray, 



SUCCESSORS TO 



B. F. Southwick & Co., 

 Foreign and Domestic Fruits, Canned Goods. 



47 & 43 South Market and 5 4 6 Chatham Streets. 



Headquarters for Vermont Shipments 



of White=Clover Honey. 



It will be the endeavor of the new firm to meet 

 the wishes of their patrons in the future as the late 

 firm has in the pMst. 



Thanking you ft)r the many past favors received 

 by the late firm, we hope to be favored with a liberal 

 share of your patronage in the future 



All orders and inquiries by mail or otherwise will 

 receive prompt attention. Verv respectfully. 



Boston, April 2, 1894. ROBINSON & GRAY. 



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r;i.KAMN(i«. 



San Francisco, Cal. 



Hon(>y is lieing offered freely, and we h;ive bought 

 a number of lots, but liave secured very little so far 

 except basswood, or that of which basswood forms 

 the largist part. We have rc-eived one lot of 

 choice York State comb in cartons, which we offer 

 at the same price as the rest. We quote choice 

 white comb honey, 1-lb. .sections, 16c, in case lots or 

 more; 200-lb. lots or over, 15c per lb. Choice ex- 

 tracted honey, in 6l>lb. cans, 9c per lb.; 2 cans in a 

 case, at S14 ; or lots of 2 cases or more, 8c. We have 

 some 20 gallon kegs of choice Wisconsin honey, 

 which we otter in keg lots or more, 235 to 240 lbs. to 

 the keg. at 7<-Ac per lb., f. o. b. here. If your bees 

 did not gather enough to supply your home market, 

 let us hear from you. Others have secured more 

 than the home market leijuiies, and we can help to 

 even things up a little. 



A. I. ROOT. MEDINA, OHIO. 



