30 AMERICAN BEE JOURNAL January 



Crop and Market Report . 



Compiled by M. G. Dadant 



The shortage of sugar still continues, and its price has lack of demand on the part of European countries. The 



risen in the larger cities as high as 20 cents retail, though demand from there has greatly fallen off. England is 



,, . , , -I- ■ r .> 11... 1-j „„k„ now able to import from its colonies, and large amounts 



there is a stabihzmg of the market at or near 13 cents. ^^^ ^^.^^ received from Australia and New Zealand. In 



Yet, with the shortage of sugar, there is not an exces- t^esg countries the price of honey has ruled relatively 



sive demand for honey. In fact the price has dropped off low throughout the war, owing to lack of shipping 



about one cent per pound on the California market. Or- space. Just now, we are feeling the effects of such honey 



ange honey is being quoted at 19 cents, sage at 18 cents competing with our higher priced products, 



and sweet clover white honey at 17 to 171/2 cents per No doubt the prices will in time stabilize, though it is 



pound f. o. b. California common points. doubtful if we will, at least for some time, see honey 



The rate of freight is lower from California east than approach the prices which have been realized by pro- 



from interior points, as Salt Lake City, Phoenix, Ariz., ducers during the last two or three years, 



etc., so that the price at these points would have to be Honey dealers and retailers report excellent demand 



shaded a little. for honey from the consumer, but the tendency is to- 



There seems to be quantities of honey in the hands of wards a cleaning up of all old stocks on hand before 



the producers yet waiting disposition. Beekeepers who buying more. It may be possible that the price will 



were holding, expecting to realize 20 cents for their stiffen when old stocks are exhausted and more honey is 



honey, net, would be glad to realize 17 to 18 cents. needed for filling current orders. 



Probably the greatest contributing cause of this is the The larger bottlers seem to be fairly well supplied. 



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