1921 



AMERICAN BEE JOURNAL 



113 



Crop and Market Report 



Compiled by M. G. Dadant 



AMOUNT OF HONEY ON HAND 



The amount of honey still remaining on hand varies 

 greatly with different localities. Practically all small bee- 

 keepers report honey all disposed of, ot only a small 

 portion on hand, which can be sold before the new crop 

 comes on. This is true from the Missouri River eastward 

 except for some large producers in Pennsylvania, New 

 Yiork, and a few in Michigan, Wisconsin and Minnesota. 

 Even sortie of these claim they will be able to dispose of 

 tlieir crop by extra effort, selling same at retail. There 

 is, of course, some honey left in the southeast, but not a 

 large quantity, probably IS per cent of the total crop 

 wooild catch it. 



A few reporters in Iowa, Nebraska and Kansas still 

 have some honey on hand. 



Texas reports practically the entire crop disposed of, 

 probably not 5 per cent remaining in the hands of the 

 beekeepers. In the Inter-mountain territory and in the 

 West Coast region is where most of the honey is still held. 

 Colorado, Montana and Idaho still report some 20 to 40 

 per cent of the honey on hand, as does Washington and 

 Oregon. The reports from these States vary, however, 

 some beekeepers with large crops having disposed of the 

 entire amount. Many of them are encouraged by the ef- 

 forts they have made toward increasing local sales. 



In California it is probable that at least 25 per cent ot 

 the honey still remains to be sold. 



HOW IS HONEY SELLING 



Honey has be'en selling very slowly, both wholesale and 

 retail, although in the last two or three weeks there has 

 been an increased activity. Within the last few days 

 sugar has advanced from one to three cents a pound, and 

 this, of course, will have an influence upon the honey mar- 

 ket, especially if the sugar prices continue to rise. 



RETAIL PRICES OF HONEY 



The prices reoommcnded and asked for honey are very 

 similar over the entire United States, with an average of 

 about $1.35 for a S-p!ound pail and $2..S0 for a 10-pound 

 pail. The very lowest prices suggested were 85c for 5- 

 pound and $1.60 for lO-'piound, and the highest were $2 

 for a S-pound pail gnd $3.75 for the 10-pound. One party 

 reporting suggested that a 10-pound pail of honey should 

 never sell at less than $2.50, and that it would be better 

 to spend the extra 50c advertising than to make a sacri- 

 fice and sell at $2. No doubt he is right. 

 SUMMARY 



It does not seem in any way impossible that the pres- 

 ent supply of honey should be disposed of before the new 

 crop comes on. There is a tendency towards export of 

 honey just now, and more has been exported within the 

 last mtonth than in any like period within the past few 

 months. Sugar is on the advance and probably there will 

 be added tariff pult on sugar and on honey also. Very 

 likely the large amounts of honey coming in fnom foreign 

 countries to the Eastern markets have had a depressing 

 influence upon our markets here. Cuban honey is now 

 selling as low as 4c to 5c per pound in the New York mar- 

 kets. This being the case, buyers of honey will, of course, 

 insist that prices on domestic honey be shaded, and we 

 have heard frtom one source that some beekeepers in 

 Arizona were offered as low as Sc per pound for amber 

 honey. The usual prices at which car lots are selling are 

 from 8c to 12c for amber honey and from lie to 15c for 

 the light grade. 



Our idea would be that beekeepers should take advan- 

 tage of a rising market to dispose of their honey. We 

 are of the impression, and we ho'pe, that such a rising 

 market will develop within the next month to six weeks. 



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