260 GLEANINGS IN BEE CULTURE 



HONEY MARKETS 



May, 1920 



Since Apr. 15 there has been a decidedly 

 better demand for honey because of the 

 runaway price of sugar. The inquiry from 

 large buyers has been active, and the in- 

 terest in the market has been keen. What 

 the price of honey is or is to be rests large- 

 ly with the immediate future of the sugar 

 market. What that is to be, nobody knows. 

 All kinds of predictions are heard as to 30c 

 and even 35c sugar prices. This has resulted 

 in a very decided strengthening of the hon- 

 ey market that makes the U. S. Government 

 Market Eeport (date of Apr. 15) printed 

 below seem rather stale. As late as Apr. 10 

 The Market Keporter, published by the Bu- 

 reau of Markets, U. S- Dept. of Agriculture, 

 heads its latest discussion of the honey 

 situation with "Dullness in Honey Mar- 

 ket-" This condition has passed — at least 

 so long as sugar prices continue to soar. 

 U. S. Government Market Reports. 



HONEY ARRIVALS, APR. 1-15. 



MEDINA. O. — 1,000 pounds from Pennsylvania 

 arrived. 



SHIPPING POINT INFORMATION — APK. 15. 



LOS ANGELES, CALIF. — Demand and move- 

 ment improving on account of sugar shortage, mar- 

 ket active, little change in prices. Carloads f. o. b. 

 usual terms, per lb., white orange blossom 17-17 i,^c, 

 white sage supplies cleaned up, light amber sage 

 supplies very light 16c, extra light amber sage sup- 

 plies cleaned up, light amber alfalfa, supplies light 

 15 1/^ -16c, white Shasta 16 %c. Beeswax, demand 

 and movement moderate ; in less than carload lots, 

 42-43C per lb. 



SAN FRANCISCO, CALIF. — Demand and move- 

 ment good, market active, prices slightly higher on 

 account of high price of sugar. Cash to beekeepers, 

 per lb., extracted, light amber alfalfa 14-14 i/^c. 

 Beeswax, 39-41c. 



TELEGRAPHIC REPORTS FROM IMPORTANT MARKETS. 



BOSTON. — Supplies light, demand very limited, 

 market dull. Sales by jobbers to grocers, per lb., 

 comb. New York and Vermont, best 33-37c per sec- 

 tion; some light sections 30c. Extracted, Cali- 

 fornia, light amber in 60-lb. cans 22-23c per lb. 

 Beeswax, no sales. 



CHICAGO. — No carlot arrivals, supplies moder- 

 ate, moderate inquiry, demand and movement slow, 

 market sterady. Sales to jobbers, extracted, per lb., 

 California, Idaho, Colorado, Wi.sconsin, white 18- 

 20c, light amber mostly 17c, dark amber 16-16%c, 

 Cuban "light amber 14-14 y2C. Comb, supplies light. 

 Idaho, Colorado, Wisconsin, No. 1, 24-section cases 

 $7.75-8.00. Beeswax, receipts light, supplies moder- 

 ate, demand and movement good, market steady. 

 Sales to jobbers, per lb., California, Colorado, Min- 

 nesota, light 42-45c, dark 40-41c. 



CINCINNATI. — No arrivals, demand improving 

 but practically no movement, no supplies on market. 

 Beeswax, demand and movement good, market 

 steady. Sales to jobbers, per lb., average yellow 

 44-46C. 



CLEVELAND. — S'upplies liberal, demand and 

 movement moderate. Sales to jobbers, per lb.. 

 Western, 60-lb. cans dark amber 22c, light sage 

 20-25C. 



KANSAS CITY. — Since last report 1 car Oregou, 

 1 car Idaho arrived. Supplies liberal, demand and 

 movement moderate, market steady. Sales to job- 

 bers, comb, 24-section flat cases Missouri light 

 $8.00-9.00, Western light No. 1 mostly $7.50. Ex- 

 tracted, per lb., Western, light amber 20c, dark 

 15-17C. 



MINNEAPOLIS. — Supplies liberal, demand and 

 movement limited, market .steady. Sales direct to 

 retailers, comb. Western, No. 1 white, 24-section 

 cases $7.25. Extracted, Western, 60-lb. cans light 

 amber 20-21c per lb. 



NEW YORK. — No domestic arrivals since last 

 report on account of strike and embargo. Supplies 

 light, demand and movement slow, market dull and 

 unsettled. Sales to jobbers, per lb., extracted, do- 



mestic, California, white orange blossom 18-19c, 

 light amber sage 15-16c. New York, sweet cloveiT 

 15V^-16c. Comb, supplies exhausted. Beeswax: 

 No domestic arrivals since last report on account 

 of strike and embargo, supplies light, demand and 

 movement light, market dull. Sales to jobbers, per 

 lb.. New Yorks and Middle Westerns and Califor- 

 nias, light 38-39c, dark 37-38c. South American, 

 light 41-45c; African light 33-36c, dark mostly 33c. 



PHILADELPHIA. — No arrivals, no sales re- 

 ported. 



ST. LOUIS. — Supplies moderate, demand and 

 movement slow, market dull. Sales to jobbers, per 

 lb., extracted. Southern, 60-lb. cans light amber 15- 

 16c, dark 13%-15c. Comb, no supplies on market. 

 Beeswax, no sales. 



ST. PAUL. — Supplies moderate, demand and 

 movement limited, market steady. Sales direct to 

 retailers, comb. Western, No. 1 white, 24-section 

 cases $7.25-7.50. 



George Livingston, 

 Chief of Bureau of Markets, 



U. S. Dep't of Agriculture. 



Special Foreign Quotations. 



LIVERPOOL. — During the past month the mar- 

 ket has been very quiet, with a limited trade. The 

 following sales have been made: 170 barrels Chilian, 

 chiefly No. 2 at $21.25 per cwt. No. 1 at $23.75 

 to $21.35 per cwt.; 60 cases Guatemala at $23 per 

 cwt. Other honey has been selling at late rates. 



The beeswax market is also quiet; 230 bags of 

 Chilian have been sold at $54 witli. retails of fine 

 yellow to bleached at $54.50 to $60.00. 



Taylor & Co. 



Liverpool, England, March 30, 1920. 



CUBA. — Honey today is worth $1.15 a gallon; 

 wax brings $37.50. Adolfo Marzol. 



Matanzas, Cuba, Apr. 7, 1920. 



Our corps of actual honey-producers were 

 not called upon for their opinions as to 

 prices and conditions for this month, as so 

 little honey remains in the hands of pro- 

 ducers. 

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BEES WANTED. — I have customers for nearly 

 500 colonies of bees. Prefer apiaries of 25 colo- 

 nies and more. Shall be glad to hear at once from 

 apiarists having bees for sale in Michigan, Indiana, 

 Kentucky, Ohio, Pennsylvania, or New York. Give 

 full particulars in first letter. Address H. G., care 

 of Gleanings in Bee Culture, Medina, Ohio. 



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