NOVKMBER, 1917 



GLEANINGS IN BEE CULTURE 



825 



BUFFALO. — Supplies are very light. Not much 

 is ofl'ered. Prires are fairly tirm at following quo- 

 tations: Comb honey, fancy clover, per lb., 22 cts. ; 

 extracted honey, white, per lb., brings 15. 



Buflalo, N. Y., Oct. 16. Gleason & Lansing. 



PTTTSBURG.^No improvement in demand as 

 yet. We expect that trade will open up within the 

 next few weeks. We quote comb honey, extra fancy, 

 per case, $4.00; fancv, $3.75; No. 1, $3.50. 



Pittsburg, Pa., Oct. 19. W. E. Osborn Co. 



CLEVELAND — Demand is improving, not very 

 active. Supply is only modeiate. " Comb honey 

 does not appear to be as uniform in appearance as at 

 other seasons. We quote : comb honev, extra fancv, 

 per case, $5.25; fancv, $4.75 to $5.00; No. 1, $4.50. 



Cleveland, O., Oct. 18. C. Chandler's Sons. 



BOSTON. — Demand good; supply difficult to get. 

 The quality of extract-ed is as good as we have ever 

 had. Comb is fancy. We quote comb honey, extra 

 fancy, per case, $4.50; No. 1, $4.00. Extracted 

 honey, white, per lb., 18 cts. in cans; light amber, 

 in cans, 16. Blake-Lee Co. 



Boston, Mass., Oct. 18. 



TORONTO. — The crop of honey was nearly 50 per 

 cent below the normal, and prices ruling now are 

 the highest known for years. Stocks in the hands 

 of the producers are practically exhausted. Pure 

 while-clover honey in five and ten pound tins is 

 selling to the retail trade at 19 cts. per pound. 

 Honey in gla.ss is almost off the market. 



Toronto, Oct. 17. Eby-Blain Limited. 



MONTREAL. — There is a good demand for all 

 lines of honey. Stock on spot is small; big con- 

 sumption among the country trade. Tliis holds 

 honev back from the citv. We quote comb honev, 

 extra fancy, 21 cts.; fancy, 20; No. 1, 18; No. 2, 

 16. Extracted honey, white, per lb., brings 16 cts.; 

 light amber, in cans, 15, and in barrels 14; amber, 

 in cans, 14, and in barrels ISVz. 



Montreal, Oct. 16. Gunn, Langlois & Co., Ltd. 



H.VMILTON — Honey is selling well. Only small 

 shipments are coming forward. Sample is good. 

 We quote comb honey, extra fancy per case of 15 

 sections, $4.00; fancy, and No. 1 and No. 2, none in 

 market. Extracted honev, white, per lb., brings in 

 60-n>. tins, 17 cts.; in I'ight amber 10-lb. tins, 18; 

 and amler, none in market. No beeswax is offered. 



Hamilton, Ont., Oct. 16. F. W. Pearman Co. 



MATANZAS. — ^Extracted honey, light amber, in 

 Irarrels, $1.30 cts. per gallon; amber, in barrels, 

 $1.30. Beeswax, clean average vellow, brings per 

 lb. 38 cts. ■ A. Marzol. 



Matanzas, Cuba, Oct. 13. 



LIVERPOOL. — The beeswax market is steady. 

 Of Chilian, 30 bags have been sold at $52.10 to 

 $53.35 from store. Honey is in good demand at 

 steady prices. Sales of 800 barrels have been made. 

 We quote Chilian at $22.20 to $22.80 per 100 lbs., 

 pile X; $21.60 to $21.84 for pile 1; $19.68 to 

 $19.92 for pile 2; $19.20 to $19.44 for pile 3; 

 $15.60 to $16.80, no pile. Of Haiti, 195 barrels 

 were sold at $20.40 to $24.84; of Argentine 50 bar- 

 rels at $18.12 to 519.20; of Californian, 500 cases at 

 $25.20; of Jamaica, 305 barrels at $20.04 to $22.80. 



Liverpool, Oct. 4. Taylor & Co. 



U. S. Government Market Report. 

 This is the eighth of a series of similar 

 reports, dated Sept. 29, issued by this Bu- 

 reau of Markets on the first and fifteenth of 

 each month during the honey-shi})ping sea- 

 son. The information is secured by repre- 

 sentatives of the Bureau located in the mar- 

 kets, and is transmitted to Washington by 

 wire. For the present the bulletins will 

 be issued only from Washington. These 

 bulletins will be sent by mail free to any 

 person requesting them. All inquiries should 

 be addressed to Cliarles J. Brand, Chief. 



I;ess-than-car-lot prices on large lots to 

 jobbers: 



Cincinnati.- — -Arrivals, 1 car Wisconsin comb; 5 

 barreLs and 6 cases Iowa; 28 cases Michigan; 10 

 cases Alabama ; 1 barrel and 9 crates Kentucky ; 

 nearby receipts are light; demand good, market 

 very strong, movement moderate on account of high 

 prices. Extracted honey, light amber, 15 cts. ; 



orange and white sage, 17. Comb honey, fancy 

 white, heavy, $4.75; No. 1, white heavy, $4.50 per 

 24-section case. 



St. Louis. — Extracted honey, Southern light am- 

 ber, in barrels, 11*72 to 12 cts. per pound; in 

 cans, 12 to 121-^. Beeswax, light supplies, 36 to 



37 cts. per pound. Honey arrivals — 1 car Porto 

 Rico and moderate L. C. L. Southern. 



Minneapolis. — Light local receipts ; no rail ar- 

 rivals ; demand and movement slow, market steady. 

 Colorado — white comb honey, 24-section cases, $4 00 

 to $4.25; extracted honey, white, in 60-lb. cans, 

 mostly 14 ct«. per pound. Minnesota, comb honey, 

 24-section cases, fancy, mostly 18 cts., choice, most- 

 ly 16 to 17 cts. per section. Extracted honey, 

 white, in 5 and 10 lb. pails, mostly 15 to 16 ctis. 

 per pound. Beeswax, no sales reported. 



St. Paul. — Arrivals, approximaitleily 700 c»ses 

 Minnesota comb, 10 cans extracted and 2 barrels; 

 approximately 1020 lbs. mixed comb and extracted 

 from Wisconsin, 1 car from Ohio, mostly ex- 

 tracted and light local comb receipts. Demand 

 is moderate, market firm. Minnesota and Wiscon- 

 sin — white comb, 24-section cases, 18 to 19 cts. 

 per section ; extra fancy, smaU lots, 20 cts. per 

 section ; no sales of extracted honey reported. 

 Beeswax, no sales reported. 



Chicago. — No carlot arrivals ; receipts from 

 nearby states very light. Demand is active, mar- 

 ket strong. Comb honey, white clover, fancy, 

 mostly 22 cts. per pound; No. 1, 20 to 21. Extract- 

 ed honey, fancy white clover and basswood, mostly 

 15; other stock, ISVa to 14%. Extracted honey, 

 California, practically cleaned up ; no sales re- 

 ported. Beeswax, 35" to 38 cts. per pound accord- 

 in? to purity. 



Denver. - — Arrivals, approximately 3500 cases 

 white comb and 60,000 lbs. white to light amber 

 extracted. Demand and movement moderate for 

 comb; demand light, movement draggy for extracted 

 honey ; market firm. Quality and condition gener- 

 ally good White comb honey, firsts, $4.05 per 24- 

 section case; seconds, $3.60. Extracted houeijs 

 white to light amber, 14 1^ to 15. Beeswax re- 

 ceipts very light; price to producer, 34 cts. per 

 pound. 



Philadelphia. — Arrivals, 300 cases and 35 kegs 

 extracted, approximately 1200 cases comb, all from 

 New York state; approximatetly 100 cases local 

 conib ; no imported stock arrived. Demand moder- 

 ate, market steady. Pew sales Southern extracted; 

 amber, 11 to 11 Vk- New York, quality only fair; 

 very few sales of mixed grades; light amber to white, 

 19. Beeswax, demand slow, market steady; 37 to 



38 cts. per pound. 



New York. — Arrivals, 1 car California, 5 barrels 

 Florida, 15 barrels Key West, 9 barrels Texas, 39 

 half-barrels Texas, 408 barrels Porto Rico, 871 

 barrels Santo Domingo, 216 barrels Cuban, 30 

 cases British Honduras. Market fair, demand 



moderate. Extracted honev, West Indian, $1.25 to 

 $L.50, mostly $1.35 to $1.40 per gallon; California, 

 dark, 12 y2 to 13 cts. per pound; light, 14 to 14 y2. 

 Comb honey, per 12 sections, $3.00; export, demand 

 slow ; market quiet ; no prices reported. Beeswax 

 arrivals, 328 packages Cuba, 421 packages Santo 

 Domilnga. Marlcet quielt-, demand (slow. Yellow 

 stock, 38% to 40 cts. per pound; dark stock, 36 to 

 38. 



Kansas City. — Comb honey arrivals, 1 car Colo- 

 rado, approximately 100 cases native by express; 

 extracted, 120 cans Colorado. Demand and move- 

 ment moderate, market firm. Colorado comb honey, 

 quality and condition good, 24-section cases, few 

 fancy, $4.50; No. 1, $4.35; No. 2, $4.15; e-xtracted 

 honey, white and extra light amber, 14 to 15 cts. 

 per pound; dark and extra dark, 10 to 12; native 

 comb honey, all sales in small lots; quality and con- 

 dition good; 24-section cases, mostly $4.50. Bees- 

 wax approximately 400 pounds arrived; demand 

 limited, market steady, all sales in small lots; most- 

 ly 40 cts. per pound. 



.Arrivals include receipts during preceeding two 

 weeks. Prices represent current quotations. 



