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GliEANlNGS IN BEE CULTURE 



.TuLY, 1920 



HONEY MARKETS 



The honey market is not stronger than 

 last month, and large buyers report offer- 

 ings at somewhat lower figures than a 

 month ago. The Bureau of Markets' report, 

 date of June 15, printed below, seems as a 

 whole to confirm the buyers' statement, al- 

 tho honey retains a strong market position. 

 In the press there is considerable talk of 

 Government action to reduce sugar prices. 

 An embargo on all sugar export from the 

 United States is one of the announced plans 

 of the Department of Justice to relieve the 

 nation-wide sugar shortage, which has lent 

 largely to high prices for honey. This possi- 

 bility of Government action to curb sugar 

 prices has doubtless had some reaction on 

 the honey market. 



U. S. Government Market Reports. 



TELEGRAPH REPORTS FROM IMPORTANT MARKETS. 



(In many markets the term "jobber" is commonly 

 applied to the original receiver who buys direct from 

 the grower in carlot quantities. However, we use 

 the term "wholesale carlot receiver" to designate 

 the carlot purchaser, while the term "jobber" refers 

 to the dealer who buys in less than carlot quantities 

 from the carlot receiver and who sells direct to re- 

 tailers. The prices quoted in this report, unless 

 otherwise stated, represent the prices at which the 

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

 Arrivals include receipts during preceding 2 weeks. 

 Quotations are for June 14, unless otherwise 

 stated.) 



BOSTON. — No arrivals since last report. De- 

 mand and movement limited, market firm. Sales 

 to jobbers, per lb., extracted; Californias, sage, few 

 sales 22-24c. Comb, no sales reported. 



CHICAGO." — Supplies moderate, less than carload 

 receipts of xVnstralian, Cuban, Hawaiian ; domestic 

 receipts very light. Demand and movement moder- 

 ate, market dull. Sales to jobbers, per lb., extract- 

 ed, Oklahomas, Colorados, Californias, white 20- 

 22c, light amber 19-20c, imported dark amber 15c. 

 Comb, no sales reported. Beeswax, receipts in- 

 creasing, much foreign wax being offered. Demand 

 and movement slower, market weaker. Missouris, 

 Oklahomas, Colorados, light 43-45c, dark 40-41c. 



CINCINNATI. (June 15) — 1 car Nebraska, I 

 car Wyoming arrived. Demand good, movement 

 light, market steady. Sales to jobbers, per lb., 

 extracted, Western, white 20-21c. Beeswax, de- 

 mand and movement moderate, market weaker. 

 Average vellow 42-44c. 



CLEVELAND. — Supplies very light, demand 

 good, movement limited. Sales to jobbers, per lb., 

 extracted. Western, 00-lb. cans light amber 22-23c, 

 white clover 25-2 6c. 



KANSAS CITY. — Supplies moderate, demand and 

 movement moderate, market steady. Sales to job- 

 bers, comb, 24-section cases Western, light, No. 1, 

 $7.00-7.50. Extracted Western, white sage 24c, 

 light amber 15-17c per lb. Beeswax, mostly 55c 

 per lb. 



MINNEAPOLIS. — Demand and movement light, 

 market firm. Sales direct to retailers, comb, sup- 

 plies cleaning up, too few sales to establish market. 

 Extracted, supplies light. Western, 60-lb cans light 

 amber 21-23c per lb. 



NEW YORK. — Approximately 25,000 lbs. Georgia 

 arrived since last report. Supplies -light, demand 

 and movement limited, market steady. Sales to 

 jobbers and large wholesalers, extracted, domestic, 

 per lb., Californias, light amber alfalfa 19-21c, 

 mostlv 20c; white orange blossom 21-23c, mostly 

 211/^ -"22c; white amber sage 21-22c. West Indies, 

 refined, $1.70-$2.00, mostly $1.85-1.90 per gal. 

 Comb, supplies very light. Californias, 24-section 

 cases mostly $6.50. ' Beeswax, no domestic arrivals 

 reported, demand and movement limited, market 

 steady. Sales to jobbers and large wholesalers, 

 per lb., South American and West Indian, light 

 40-42i4c, mostly 40c, dark r'4-37c. African, crude, 

 light 32-33C. dark 30-31c. 



PHITiADELPHIA. (.Tune 15). — Since last re- 



port, approximately 800 gallons Porto Rico, 3,000 

 lbs. Florida arrived. Demand and movement light, 

 market strong. Sales to jobbers, Western, light 

 19 %c per lb. Sales direct to retailers, Porto Riean, 

 light amber $2.29 per gallon; Floridas, extra light 

 24c per lb. 



ST. LOUIS. (June 15). — No arrivals. Supplies 

 light, demand and movement slow, market steady. 

 Sales to jobbers, old stock, extracted, in cans. 

 Southern, light amber 16-17c per lb.; dark 15-16c. 

 Comb, no sales. Beeswax, 35-36c par lb. 



ST. PAUL. — Supplies very light, demand and 

 movement slow, market dull. Too few sales to 

 establish market. 



LOS ANGELES, CALIF. — Unreported. 



George Livingston 

 Chief of Bureau of Markets. 



Special Foreign Quotations. 



LIVERPOOL. — Since our last report there has 

 been a little more movement in this article, which 

 was only to be expected seeing the scarcity of sugar 

 and the advance of it in price. Still, we cannot 

 say that honey has in any way responded as one 

 would have expected it to have done, for we can 

 only report a small advance on the prices last 

 quoted. It would appear that as long as people 

 can obtain sugar at any price they are so conserva- 

 tive that they will not increase their use of honey. 



125 packages sold in London out of 826 packages 

 offered, and in Liverpool about 1100 packages 

 were disposed of. 



There has been no Californian quality offering. 

 The value of extracted honey in American cur- 

 rency we reckon to be 14 to 15 cents per lb. 



BEESWAX. The market has remained very 

 quiet indeed. The value in American currency for 

 good quality we make to be about 38 cents per lb. 



Taylor & Co. 



Liverpool, England, June 4, 1920. 



CUBA. — I quote honey today at $1.40 to $1.50 

 per gallon; yellow wax, $37.00 per cwt. 



Adolf o Marzol. 

 Matanzas, Cuba, June 7, 1920. 



Opinions of Producers. 

 Early in June we sent to actual honey-pro- 

 ducers in the southern part of the country 

 the following questions: 



1. What is the source or sources of your 

 first surplus honey flow? 



2. Has this first crop now been harvested? 



.3. How does the crop compare with the 



normal crop? 

 4. What proportion of the entire season 's 

 crop is now harvested? 

 Answers, as condensed by the Editor, aro 

 as follows:: 



LOUISIANA. — Better than normal crop from 

 willow, tupelo, and white clover now harvested : 

 white clover still blooming; one-third of season's 

 crop harvested. — E. C. Davis. 



GEORGIA. — Two-thirds of normal crop from 

 poplar, gallberry, blackberries, black gum, titi, anil 

 black tupelo now nearly harvested ; about one-half 

 of season's crop now secured, with baj', cotton, peas, 

 velvet beans, and Mexican clover coming in late 

 summer. — F. M. Baldwin. 



GEORGIA. — One-third of normal crop mainlv 

 from gallberry, mixed with some tupelo, harvested 

 in my 525 colonies in the counties of Miller ami 

 Early; two-thirds of my season's crop harvested. 

 — N. L. Stapleton. 



GEORGIA. — Not over one-half (nearer one-third) 

 normal crop from titi, black gum, tupelo gum, pop- 

 lar, and gallberry harvested; nine-tenths of season's 

 crop harvested. — .1. .T. Wilder. 



FLORIDA. — Crop much below normal from citrus 

 bloom harvested; about 20 per cent of season's 

 crop harvested. — Harry Hewitt. 



LOUISIANA. — Three-fourths of normal crop 

 from willow, thistle, blackberry, locust, and clover, 

 but not sufficient to give a surplus. Practically 

 none of season's crop from surplus sour((>s har- 

 vested. Principal honey flowers in the fall from 

 goldenrod, smartweed, and a little Mexican vine 

 that grows in low damp places. — -G. O. Pbarr. 



