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GLEANINGS IN BEE CULTURE 



July, 1917 



honey, we have had a few inquiries as to probable 

 prices on comb, but no shipments worth speaking of. 

 We have had a small quantity of comb from North 

 Carolina of nicely filled combs, but amber in color. 

 No demand at present, but think the same should 

 brinsf 14 to 15 in season. Charles Munder. 



Philadelphia, Pa., June 21. 



PORTLAND. — The stock of old comb honey is 

 about cleaned up, but the demand remains good. 

 At present there is no new comb honey on the mar- 

 ket, on account of the lateness of the season and the 

 excessive freight rate on local shipments by rail — 

 double first class. No quotations from any of local 

 1 eemen yet on new extracted, other than California 

 dealers, who quote water white at 10 cts., and in a 

 few instances 12 ; amber at 9 and 10. 



Portland, Ore., June 11. Pacific Honey Co. 



SAN FRANCISCO. — No honey of the old crop is in 

 the city. Some new lots of honey are coming in 

 from the orange and sage sections, and bring pretty 

 high prices, ranging from 11 ^^ to 12 ^/^ for the 

 lighter grades. It is too early yet here to make 

 regular quotations. The demand for darker grades 

 is not very brisk, and it is only early white honey 

 and light ambers that receive attention. 



Leutzinger & Lane. 



San Francisco, Cal., June 15. 



KANSAS CITY. — There is very little if any old 

 honey on this market. Comb honey is entirely clean- 

 ed up. There is a little new honey on the market, 

 but it is light weight and sells at $3.65 to $3.75 per 

 ease. The demand for comb honey is good. Do not 

 know how the trade is going to accept extracted 

 honey this season at the high prices now being ask- 

 ed for the same. C. C. demons Bee Supply Co. 



Kansas City, June 18. 



CLEVELAND. — Old comb honey is practically 

 used up and there is scarcely any call for it. A 

 small quantity fancy would sell at about $4.00 per 

 case of 24 sections. We have seen no new honey 

 yet except a small sample shipment from Florida. 

 Fancy light and amber — a little of it would probably 

 sell at $4.25 to .'S4.50 for fancy and $3.75 for 

 amber. The extremely high freight rate however 

 is almost prohibitive. C. Chandler's Sons. 



Cleveland, O., June 22. 



BUFFALO. — White honey is about cleaned up 

 and there is a very small amount of dark buck- 

 wheat honey on this market, we hardly believe that 

 there is over 2000 pounds of honey to be found on 

 this market at the present time. The demand is 

 only fair — in fact, sales are being made practically 

 only in sintjle-box lots. Gleason & Lansing. 



Buffalo, N. Y.. June 22. 



DENVER. — Neither comb nor extracted honey in 

 this market. The old crop has been exhausted for 

 some time and it will be at least several weeks be- 

 fore any of the new crop will come in. The pros- 

 pects are only fair. We are in the market for bees- 

 wax and pay 38c per lb. in cash and 40c in trade 

 for clean yellow wax delivered here. 



The Colorado Honey Producers' Association. 



Denver, Col., June 19. F. Rauchfuss. 



ST. LOUIS — Extracted and comb honey are clean- 

 ed up. Good amber honey, in 60-lb. cans, would 

 easily bring from 11 to 13, and in barrels from 8 Vi 

 to 10, according to quality. So far no new honey 

 has arrived here from the South. Beeswax is quoted 

 at 42 for prime. R. Hartmann Produce Co. 



St. Louis, Mo., June 18. 



PHOENIX.— The 1916 crop of honey has been 

 an article of the past for many months. Demand 

 great. The new honey has been on our market for 

 a few days at very high prices, quality fair. Some 

 mesquite of extra quality will move about July 1 at 

 approximately $12.00 and over per case. Many 

 buyers — light crop. Wm. Lossing. 



Phoenix, Ariz., June 13. 



TEXAS. — Terribly severe drouth in southwest 

 Texas for several months, and honey crop here is 

 almost a total failure. No old honey on market for 

 several months. A few small shipments have' been 

 made of huajiUa and catclaw of the new crop that 



finds ready sale at 12 cts. for the bulk comb and 10 

 for extracted, packed in two 60's with half-cent rise 

 for the smaller sizes per pound. The high prices for 

 wax have taken up the surplus. J. A. Simmons. 



Sabinal, Texas, June 13. 



TORONTO. — We are really not in position to 

 state exactly what quantity of old honey remains 

 on this market. Stocks of honey in this city are 

 held by so many different parties who do not make 

 reports on them that it would be quite impossible 

 to make a reasonable guess. The stotk in the hands 

 of the honey-producers, we are informed, is com- 

 pletely exhausted, and the demand, owing to the ar- 

 rival of some new fruits, has slackened up consid- 

 erably. There is at present no new honey on this 

 market, altho we expect the first deliveries about 

 July 1. Eby-Blain, Limited. 



Toronto, Can., June 19. 



MONTREAL. — No new honey has been marketed 

 yet. Buckwheat honey is particularly cleaned up. 

 There is some white-clover honey, but the quantity 

 is not large. No. 1 comb is selling from 17 to 18; 

 extracted, in barrels, 13; tins, ISYz to 14. 



Gunn, Langlois & Co., Ltd. 



Montreal, Can., June 18. 



CUBA. — Have just entered into a honey-flow pre- 

 ceded by a flow from mangle ; and during May I 

 secured 300 barrels of 50 gallons each; and during 

 this month I may get 200 barrels more; and I may 

 even have a flow up to November. This honey has 

 been sold for use in France. The yield of honey in 

 the country will be very light — probably not 1500 

 barrels. Adolfo Marzol. 



Matanzas, Cuba, June 12. 



MEDINA.^ — The 1916 honey crop is practically off 

 the market and worthy of no attention now. The 

 1917 crop has begun to move in a very limited way 

 from the Southern states and southern California, 

 but it is too early to forecast the crop of the United 

 States. Severe winter losses in a few localities will 

 1 e offset by the excellent conditions of bees elsewhere. 

 The season is 10 to 15 days late thruout the entire 

 North, but promises well at this writing, provided 

 favorable weather continues for the next 30 days. 

 If bad weather follows, the crop will be shortened 

 accordingly. For white extracted honey, we believe 

 the price for domestic trade will average 25 to 40 per 

 cent above last year. We are contracting for com.b 

 honey at prices ranging from last year's standard 

 to 10 per cent above. We believe that white extract- 

 ed honey in eastern localities will net producers 10 

 to 12 cts.; comb honey, 14 to 16. The wide varia- 

 tion in quality, as well as the style of package, makes 

 it impossible to quote more definite general prices, 

 and the necessity for well-defined standards is more 

 apparent every day. Advices received just as we 

 write this indicate that more favorable weather has 

 followed in California, and the market is reported 

 easier there. The A. I. Root Co. 



Medina, O., June 25. 



U. S. GOVERNMENT MARKET REPORT. 

 Here is the first semi-monthly honey mar- 

 ket news report from the Office of Markets, 

 U. S. Dep't of Agriculture, date of June 15: 



Kansas City. — No carlot receipts. Old supply 

 practically exhausted. Good demand. No. 1, comb, 

 mostly $3.65 to $3.75 per case. No. 2, cleaned up. 

 Extracted practically exhausted; pails, white, liy2 

 to 12, amber, 11, quoted for Missouri honey. New 

 crop late. Will begin to move about July 1. 



Denver. — No receipts. Old crop exhausted. New 

 crop will start moving about July 15. Season late. 



Philadelphia. — Arrivals approximately 14 barrels 

 Southern and 13 barrels Mexican. Market very un- 

 settled, practically no sales. Cuban and Mexican 

 quoted 12 1/^ to 13. Comb, no arrivals and no sales. 



Chicago. — No receipts. Supply negligible. Occa- 

 sional sales to old customers at 12 to 13. 



Cincinnati. — No carlot receipts. Market bare. 



St. Louis. — No receipts. All honey out of first 

 hands. No recent sales. New crop not available 

 until July or August. 



New York. — Arrivals, 277 barrels Cuban of about 

 50 gallons each. Other receipts light. Extracted 

 Southern, $1.00 to $1.25 per gallon. Some sales. 

 Cuban for export reported as high as $1.80 per 

 gallon. No comb honey. 



