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GLEANINGS IN BEE CULTURE 



March, 1920 



HONEY MARKETS 



There is little or no change to report in 

 the honey market. Export demand is light, 

 but there is a better domestic retail demand. 

 The quotations made by the Bureau of Mar- 

 kets and by producers as printed below re- 

 flect market conditions generally. 



U. S Government Market Reports. 



noXEY AKKIVALS, FKB. 1-14. 



MEDINA, O.— -None reported. 



SHIPPING POINT INFORMATION FEBRUARY 14. 



LOS ANGELES, CALIF. — Cool, clear. Demand 

 and movement slow, market dull, prices slightly 

 lewer. Carloads f. o. b. usual terms. Extracted, 

 per lb., white orange blossom 18-19c; white sage, 

 supplies light, 19c; extra light amber sage nV2- 

 18c; light amber alfalfa 15-16c. Beeswax, in 1. c. 1. 

 lots, 42c per lb. 



SAN FRANCISCO, CALIF. — Cool, clear. Sup- 

 plies light. Cash paid to producers : extracted, light 

 amber sage 14-14^/^0. 



TELEGRAPHIC REPORTS FROM IMPORTANT MARKETS. 



(The prices quoted in this report, unless other- 

 wise stated, represent the prices at which the 

 " wholesale carlot receivers " sell to the " jobbers." 

 Arrivals include receipts during preceding two 

 weeks ; prices are for Feb. 14 unless otherwise, 

 stated.) 



BOSTON. — Supplies light, demand moderate, 

 market steady. Sales by jobbers to grocers in small 

 lots: Comb, New York and Vermont, mostly good 

 quality, some light seictions, best 33-37c per section, 

 few light sections low as 30c per section; extracted 

 and beeswax, no sales reported. 



CHICAGO. — 1 Colorado and approximately 100 

 packages by freight from Illinois arrived. Supplies 

 liberal, demand and movement slow, market dull. 

 Sales to jobbers: Extracted, Idahos, Colorados, and 

 Californias, white sage and alfalfa 19-20c, amber 

 sage and alfalfa 18-18 1/2C per lb.; comb, 24-section 

 cases. No. 1, $7.00-7.25. Beeswax, supplies moder- 

 ate, demand and movemeait moderate, market .steady. 

 Sales to jobbers, per lb., Idahos, Colorados, and 

 Californias, light 40-43e, dark 35-37 1/20. 



CINCINNATI. — No arrivals, demand light, prac- 

 tically no movement, market dull. Sales to jobbers, 

 no honey sales reported. Beeswax, demand limited, 

 market steady. Sales to jobbers, average yellow 

 45-48C per lb. 



CLEVELAND. — Demand and movement good, 

 market steady. Sales to jobbers : Western, 60-lb. 

 cans white clover 25-26c; light amber 22i/2C per lb. 

 DENVER. — Approximate receipts 29,000 lbs. ex- 

 tracted and 60 cases comb. Supplieis moderate, de- 

 mand and movement good, market steady. Sales to 

 jobbers: Comb, 24-section cases. No. 1, $6.75, No. 

 2, $6.30. Extracted: White 18 1/2 -20c, light amber 

 17% -19c. Beeswax, 40c in cash, 42c in trade. 



KANSAS CITY. — Approximately 100 cases ar- 

 rived since last report. Demand and movement 

 good , market firm. Sales to jobbers: Comb, cases, 

 Californias and Colorados, light alfalfa $7.50-8.00; 

 flat cases Missouris, light $8.50-8.75. Extracted, 

 Californias and Colorados, light amber mostly 23c 

 per lb. 



MINNEAPOLIS. — Supplies liberal. Demand good 

 for extracted, demand slow for comb, market steiady. 

 Sales direct to retailers: Comb, Western, fancy 

 light, 24-section cases $7.50; extracted. Westerns, 

 60-lb. cans 21e, few 22e per lb. 



ST. PAUL. — Supplies liberal, demand and move- 

 ment moderate, market steady. Sales direct to re- 

 tailers: Comb, Western, fancy light, 24-section 

 cases $7.25-7.50; extracted, too few sales to estab- 

 lish market. 



PHILADELPHIA. — Practically no demand or 

 movement, no sales reported. 



ST. LOUIS. — Supplies moderate, demand and 

 movement slow, market steady. Sales to jobbers: 

 Extracted, per lb.. Southern, amber in barrels 14- 

 15c, in cans 15-16c; comb, practically no supplies 

 on market, no sales reported. Beeswax, prime, per 

 lb. 39c. 



NEW YORK. — No arrivals reported. Supplies 

 moderate, practically no demand, no sales reported. 



EXPORT DI.STRIBUTION OF HONEY, DEC. 15-31, 1919. 



Total, 141,084 pounds; to Austria-Hungary, 12,- 



000; to Prance, 13,589; to Germany, 55,456; to 

 Netherlands, 26,200; to Switzerland, 23,996; to 

 Canada, 6,798; China, 1,494; to all other countries, 

 1.551 pounds. George Living.ston. 



Chief of Bureau. 



Special Foreign Quotations. 



LIVERPOOL. — We have very few transactions 

 to record since our last report, owing to the dislo- 

 cation caused by Christmas and New Year holidays 

 and, of course, the usual stock-taking, during which 

 period people are disinclined to offer honey. 



Seeing the scarcity of sugar and its high prices, 

 we look forward to a better demand for honey in 

 the future. Chilian extracted honey is worth at the 

 present rate of excharge about 16-17c per lb. A 

 parcel of Cuban beeswax has been sold at about 29c 

 pei- lb. Chilian would be worth 34-35c. 



Liverpool, England, -Jan. 23. Taylor & Son. 



CUBA. — Extracted amber honey, in barrels, $1.15 

 per gallon. Clean average yellow beeswax, 38c 

 per lb. A. Marzol. 



Matanzas, Cuba, Feb. 8. 



Quotations From Producers. 



The following are the opinions and quo- 

 tations of actual honey-producers thruout 

 the country received during the last few 

 days: 



ARIZONA. — Wholesale price producers are re- 

 ceiving: Extracted, 18.00 per case of two five-gal- 

 lon cans; comb, averages about 25c per lb. The 

 demand is fair, but not as good as it sfiould be,- 

 considermg conditions. — W. I. Lively. 



BRITISH COLUMBIA. — Wholesale price pro- 

 ducers are receiving for extracted 30c, comb 32c. 

 The demand for honey increases here at this time 

 of year, owing, no doubt, to the supply of jams, 

 canned fruits, etc., getting depleted. The average 

 wholesale price for the 1919 crop of honey produc- 

 ed in British Columbia, 172 tons in all, was 29c 

 a pound, thei whole value amounting to .$99,760. — 

 W. J. Sheppard. 



CALIFORNIA.- — Wholesale price producers are 

 receiving: Extracted, 19c, 17 1/^, 15, and 16c; 

 comb, $6.50, $5.00, and $5.50. The demand is fair. 

 We need rain. — -A. E. Lusher. 



CALIFORNIA. — Wliolesale price producers are 

 receiving for extracted 14-18c; comb 25-30c. The 

 demand is only fair. — L. L. Andrews. 



COLORADO. — Some sales of extracted honey 

 have been made around 16c. This could have been 

 sold at a higher price only a short time before. I 

 have heard of no large sales of comb honey. Stocks 

 practically cleaned up. The demand is rather quiet. 

 — -J. A. Green. 



FLORIDA. — Wholesale price producers are re- 

 ceiving for extracted is possibly 15c. No comb hon- 

 pv is produced. The demand is not very good. — 

 Ward Lamkin. 



FLORIDA. — Wholesale price producers are re- 

 ceiving: Extracted, $2.00-2.50 per gallon; comb, 

 25-30c, 8-12 oz. The demand is fairlv good. — C. H. 

 Clute. 



IDAHO. — Wholesale price producers are receiv- 

 ing: Extracted, small lots 20c, carloads 18c; 

 comb 10 oz. $6.00 per case, 11 oz. $6.25, 12% oz. 

 $6.50. The demand is not good, but some improve- 

 ment. — E. P. Atwater. 



ILLINOIS'. — Wliolesale price producers are re- 

 ceiving: Extracted 20c; comb 25c. The demand is 

 fairly good. — A. L. Kildow. 



KANSAS. — Wholesale price producers are re- 

 ceiving for extracted 20c; comb all sold. The de- 

 mand is not good. Bees coming fine. All packed 

 hives have commenced rearing V)rood. Maples are 

 beginning to bloom. — A. D. Raffington. 



INDIANA. — No extracted being sold at whole- 

 sale prices; retails at 35c in paiLs, 50c bottled. No 

 comb at any price except what is brought in from 

 outside; retails at 40c per comb. — E. S. Miller. 



MARYLAND. — Wholesale price producers are re- 

 ceiving for extracted 22-24c : comb 28c. The de- 

 mand is not so good as in sugar shortage. — .S. J. 

 Crocker. 



MASSACHUSEITS. — No honey is in hands of 

 producers for sale at wholesale, either extracted or 

 comb. Demand is very light. — O. M. Smith. 



MICHIGAN. — I do not know of anv recent sales. 

 The demand is not good. — B. F. Kindig. 



