August, 1917 



GLEANINGS IN BEE CULTURE 



583 



HONEY MARKETS 



The honey market remains a baffling 

 proposition. The season is practically a 

 month late the country over, and what the 

 crop is to be in the white-clover sections may 

 not be fully determined yet for a month. 

 Several weeks of good weather after this 

 date, July 20, thruout the clover country 

 may yet result in a normal crop being har- 

 vested. Eeports of the early crop in the far 

 West and South are not generally good. 

 There is one decided peculiarity of honey- 

 crop reports received this season — they are 

 ' ' spotted. ' ' That is to say, localities very 

 near to each other will report almost ex- 

 actly different conditions — one good, one 

 bad. 



That the price of honey is going to remain 

 high, we cannot doubt. Sugar at this writ- 

 ing is higher, and honey prices are prone to 

 move somewhat with sugar prices. A report 

 comes from California that big bakers are 

 refusing to pay more than 9 cents for the 

 dark baking grades and are out of the mar- 

 ket. But that there is a strong demand for 

 all grades of honey the country over is cer- 

 tain. 



We refer our readers to the prices quoted 

 below and to special reports in our "Just 

 News" department for the best information 

 we can furnish on present prices and on 

 probable future prices. 



CHICAGO. — At this writing, none of the new 

 crop of lioney has appeared on the market with the 

 exception O'f a few cases of extracted from Minne- 

 sota that is little better than sweet water. What it 

 was gathered from, we do not know. At this writ- 

 ing it has not been sold, it having been rejected for 

 the reason given. What little white extracted that 

 has come on the market during the past month has 

 sold at aliout 14 cts. per 11)., without any ambers 

 from which to quote. Advices now coming would 

 indicate that, before the month closes, there will be 

 honey from nearby sections, and the same should 

 meet with a ready sale, for the market is entirely 

 free from offerings of the preceding crops, or that 

 gathered in 1915 and 1916. Beeswax is ranging 

 from 35 to 40 cts., according to color and cleanli- 

 ness. K. A. Burnett & Co. 



Chicago, July 15. 



NEW YORK. — Comb-honey stocks well exhausted, 

 and the little left on the market dragging; prices 

 ranse from 10 to 14 cts. according to quality. The 

 market on extracted honey is very much unsettled, 

 and prices fluctuating. California new crop is 

 quoted at from 9% to 11 for light amber; 12 to 14 

 for white, and we are informed that sales of fancy 

 white have been made at as high as 15 cts. per 

 pound f. o. b. Coast. Receipts of West Indian honey 

 are normal, and uncertain at this time of the year, 

 but find ready sale at from $1.10 to $1.20 per gal- 

 lon, and exceptionally fine lots at even higher 

 figures. Southern honey is in good demand, and 

 sells at from $1.10 to $1.30 per gallon as to quality. 

 It is too early to say, at this date, what the crop in 

 th(> East and Middle W^est will be. 



New York, July 18. Hildreth & Segelken. 



SAN FRANCISCO. — Small lots of both extracted 

 and comb honey, new crop, are now appearing on 

 this market, but the supply is irregular and the de- 

 mand generallv exceeds the supply. We quote fancy 

 comb honey, per case, $3.25; No. 1, $2.75 to $3.00. 

 W^hite extracted honey, per lb., 12 V2 ; light amber, 

 in cans, 10 to 11%; amber, in cans, TV2 to 10. 

 Clean average yellow beeswax brings 40 cts. 



Leutzinger & Lane. 



San Francisco, July 12. 



LOS ANGELES.— Extracted, demand active, sup- 

 ply limited. White, per lb., brings 15; light amber, 

 in cans, 13; ainl;er, in cans, lIVs- The hot winds 

 reached nearly all sections of southern California. 

 Thousands upon thousands of colonies destroyed and 

 many car loads of honey went to waste from combs 

 iiu'lting. Flora dried up. Comb: no new crop yet 

 and little being produced. No reliable quotations 

 available. Geo. L. Emerson. 



Los Angeles, July 12. 



PORTLAND. — No new comb or extracted in mar- 

 ket as yet. Season about three or four weeks late 

 on account of wet spring. Old stocks are nearly de- 

 l)leted. Prosjjects fair to good according to locality. 

 Old comb honey is selling at $3.50 to $4.00 per case 

 of 24 sections. Have no quotations on new comb 

 or extracted. Containers for extracted are hard to 

 get at any price. No beeswax offered. 



Portland, Ore., July 9. Pacific Honey Co. 



TEXAS. — The honey crop is 85 per cent below 

 an average at this time of year. A large per cent of 

 the orders will have to be returned. As only a 

 small portion of the honey-producing area of the 

 state has had rain, prospects for improvement do 

 not seem probable. We have had only one grade of 

 honey this season, that being a very light amber. 

 Bulk comb honey. No. 1, brings 13 cts. in two 60- 

 Ib. cans ; half-cent rise for each of the smaller sizes. 

 Light-amber extracted honey in cans brings 12 cts. ; 

 in barrels, 11 cts. Clean average yellow beeswax 

 brings 40 cts. per lb. 



Sabinal, Tex., July 12. J. A. Simmons. 



ST. LOUIS. — Our honey market is in a very 

 unsettled condition. No new comb honey is being 

 offered here, as it is too early for the new crop now. 

 New extracted honey is just arriving, but none of- 

 fered. We are quoting our market nominally as 

 follows: Extracted honey: light amber, in cans, 



lie; in barrels, lOc; amber, dark, in cans, lOc; in 

 barrels, 9c. Clean average yellow beeswax, per 

 lb., 361/^c. H. Hartman Produce Co. 



St. Louis, July 19. 



HAMILTON. — This market is about clear of all 

 extracted honey. Some comb honey is left. No new- 

 honey has been offered to us yet. Fresh fruit is 

 occcupying the consumer's attention at this season. 

 Fancy "(omb honey brings $2.25 per doz. White ex- 

 tracted honey, per lb., in 60-lb. tins, 13 i,^ cts. 



Hamilton,' Ont., July 16. F. W. Fearman Co. 



KAJSISAS CITY. — We have received no new 

 hni^ey this season; very little on market; only comb 

 h-jney; trade selling from $3.75 to $4.00. Crop of 

 honey around Kansas City very poor. Extracted 

 will sell from 10 to 14c, ac'cording to quality. 

 C lean average yellow beeswax, per lb., 38c. 



C. C. Clemons Produce Co. 



Kansas City, Mo., July 18. 



BUFFALO. — No new honey on this market at all. 

 There is no extracted honey offering, nor is it 

 possible at the present time to buy any white honey. 

 There is a little buckwheat and No. 2 honey still 

 left of last season which is being sold on this mar- 

 ket at from 12 to 13 cts. 



Buft'alo, July 17. Gleason & Lansing. 



PHILADELPHIA. — We are unable at this time 

 to quote satisfactorily on the honey market. No 

 demand whatever at this season, and no offerings 

 as vet to speak of. Chas. Munder. 



Philadelphia, July 18. 



PITTSBURG. — Demand extremely light. Prices 

 remain practically the same. We hear of no new 

 iicnev being placed on the market here as yet. 



Pittsburg, July 19. W. E. Osborn Co. 



TORONTO. — New honey is not yet available on 

 this market. No prices have been fixed, awaiting 

 the meeting of the beekeepers' association. Last 

 fea'on's crop is practicallv exhausted. 



Toronto, July 19. Eby-Blain, Ltd. 



MONTREAL. — No new clover honey being offered. 

 i Stocks pretty well reduced. Buckwheat honey al- 

 I most all gone. Comb honev, extra fancy, 17c; 

 i fancy, 16c; No. 1, 15e; No. 2, 13c; Extracted 



