1921 



AMERICAN BEE JOURNAL 



161 



Crop and Market Report 



Compiled bj M. G. Dadant 



CONDITION OF BEES 



Througliout the whole of the Uiiitcil States the condition 

 of bees is excellent. In fact they are a little too forward 

 for this time of year, and the warm weather has induced 

 so much brood-rearing that precautions must be taken to 

 prevent starvation among the bees during the later spring. 

 We advise all beekeepers to look carefully after their bees 

 at every available opportunity and make sure they have 

 plenty of stores, so that brood-rearing will not be ham- 

 pered through lack of honey. 



HONEY PLANTS 



It is too early yet to make any guess on honey plants in 

 the Rocky Mountain region and in the northern half of 

 the United States. 



California, however, has had abundant rain and pros- 

 pects seem very flattering out there. Throughout the 

 white clover region immediately north of the Ohio River, 

 rain has. in part, offset the lack of snow, and clover is 

 coming forward rapidly, conditions seeming very much 

 better than a month ago. The Southern States predict a 

 very good year, as prospects seem excellent. 

 HONEY 



Contrary to expectations, honey has not risen any in 

 ■price since our last report. In fact, California is now 

 transporting honey in carload lots as follows: White al- 

 falfa Syic, amber alfalfa 7c. Package honey is being 

 quoted in carloads, also as follows : 24 2-lb. cans $9.50, 12 

 5-lb. cans $10, 6 10-lb. cans $10, with carload freight rate 

 allowed to destination. 



In the central West honey prices are holding up fairly 



well, althoug'h there is practically no sale in carload lots 

 and only small sales in a wholesale way. 



The main stumbling-block on honey prices seems to be 

 the glutted condition of the New York market, which has 

 large quantities of foreign honey still unsold and which is 

 being offered as low as SOc to 60c per gallon. 



In fact, the price is now so low in New York that very 

 little honey is coming in, the tendency being to ship di- 

 rectly to Europe at a price which will -net as much as ship- 

 ment through the New York market into the United 

 States. 



There is a tendency throughout the whole country for 

 retailing of honey. In fact many producers have bought 

 a stock of friction-top pails and are now putting up their 

 honey in 2'/2, 5 and 10-lb pails. 



The bulk of honey left in the hands of producers remains 

 in the Inter-mountain States, Arizona and New Mexico, 

 and in California, with scattering lots held by large bee- 

 keepers in the Southeast, in Michigan and Wisconsin, and 

 some in New York and Pennsylvania. In other parts of 

 the country conditions seem to be favorable towards a 

 disposal of all honey before the new crop comes in. 



It is probably at its lowest point now and there will likely 

 be a tendency for prices to stabilize at a little higher 

 value as soon as foreign stocks are disposed of. 



Recommendations have also been made for duty on 

 honey coming into this couwtry of 40c to 60c per gallon. 

 Without much doubt some duty will be placed upon 

 honey in the new tariff bill. This, of course, will tend' to 

 raise the price of all honey in this country. Just where 

 the market will stabilize is a hard question. 



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