1921 



AMERICAN BEE JOURNAL 



77 



Crop and Market Report 



Compiled by M. G. Dadant 



IiKlitutions were when the last report was written, that 

 by the time February arrived there wo. Id be a change 

 in the market conditions, so that honey would be moving 

 m'. re ireciy. Unfortunately, this has not Iieen the cast, 

 and many beekeepers are still with considerable stocks 

 of honey on their hands. This applies, of course, to the 

 larger producers who were not able to sell their honey 

 through local channels. Practically all of the smaller bee- 

 keepers have disposed of their entire stocks, and, of 

 course, many of the large beekeepers have also. The con- 

 dition is better than it was a month ago, although it has 

 not moved with any great speed. 



With reference to honey prices, these are lower than 

 they were a month ago, with no indication of any rise 

 in price, since sugar also has maintained a very low level. 

 The only redeeming factor is that foreign e.xchange has 

 risen considerably and there should be a larger market 

 for honey in the foreign field before long. 



We have seen an offer of Chilian honey put up in five- 

 pound cans at 16c per pound, or 80 cents for five-pound 

 cans. This is indeed very low. The quotations of one 

 California commission merchant are as follows: fancy 

 white sage honey, ISc; fancy white orange honey, 16c; 

 choice light amber sage honey, 13c; fancy white sweet 

 clover honey, lie. 



Thej' also quote some special trade in a few cars of 

 honey which they fish to move promptly and which are 

 as follows : Fancy light amber alfalfa honey 8c, Hawai- 

 ian honeydew Sc. All of these are f. o. b. common ship- 

 ping points California. 



The reader will note from these that the honey price 



has dropped very materially, and my private opinion 

 would be that right now is hardly the best time to sell, 

 since the above prices very likely reflect the quotations as 

 made by beekeepers who are forced to move thir honey 

 and are willing to sacrifice the same at a considerable re- 

 duction. The large co-operative associations are not in 

 line with the offers quoted above and are holding consid- 

 erably higher. 



Comb honey has moved very well and there will be lit- 

 tle of this left after the first of March. 



Naturally, we are going through very peculiar times at 

 present and it is difficult to say what the honey market 

 will do. It hardly seems plausible, however, that prices 

 should remain at the present low ebb unless all other 

 produce does. 



There has been decided improvement in the prices of 

 grain and some other farm products and evidently honey 

 will follow in turn. 



No doubt that a great deal of the unfavorableness in 

 the honey situation is due to the low price of sugar and 

 the fact that many manufacturers are returning to sugar 

 in their products instead of using honey as was done 

 during war times. However, probably the main reason for 

 the surplus of honey is the fact that our exports are so 

 very low. 



We understand that there is under consideration an in- 

 creased duty on honey which would tend to raise the price 

 of foreign honey entering these markets. However, the 

 United States is ordinarily a honey exporting country 

 rather than a honey importing, and these will only have 

 a temporary influence. 



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