.Tanuarv, 1921 



GLEANINGS IN BEE CULTURE 



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30c per lb., comb 42c per section. Retail price is 

 50c in one-pound glass jars for extracted, for comb 

 50c per section or $1.75 in 4'pound cans. — W. J. 

 Sheppard. 



CALIFORNIA. — Buyers are not active. Produc- 

 ers are making very little effort to find a local mar- 

 ket. Retail price of extracted honey is 20-25c; comb, 

 35-45c per section. — L. L. Andrews. 



CALIFORNIA. — Buyers are not active. Produc- 

 ers are making efforts to find a local market. There 

 seems to be no uniform price at wholesale. In 

 fact, no offers. Retail price of extracted honey is 

 25-30c; comb, 30-35e — not any nice white in mar- 

 ket. — M. H. Mendleson. 



COLORADO. — Honey is not moving on to the 

 market to any great extent, and buyers are not 

 active. Efforts in the line of finding a local market 

 have been mostly in the nature of crowding in on 

 others' markets by cutting prices. Wholesale price 

 of comb honey is about $6.50 per case. For ex- 

 tracted honey the retail price is 14c and upward; 

 for comb honey, the price is 20-30c per section. — 

 J. A. Green. 



FLORIDA. — Honey is not moving well, tho buy- 

 ers are active. Producers are m.iking efforts to 

 find local market. For extracted honey the wholesale 

 price is 65c to $1 a quart, and at retail $1.00- 

 1.50. No comb honey at present. Bees are in fine 

 condition for winter over most of Florida. — C. H. 

 Clute. 



FLORIDA. — Honey is moving slowly, and buy- 

 ers are not active. Producers are making efforts 

 to find local market. Wholesale price of extracted 

 honey i.s 15c; at retail, t^e price of some is as 

 high as 25c. — Ward Lamkin. 



IDAHO. — Honey is moving in part; comb all 

 sold, and a few cases of extracted. Producers are 

 trying to find a local market, but local demand can 

 not absorb the big production. For extracted honey 

 the wholesale price is 15-20c; carlots sold at 15c; 

 fancy comb in carlots $7.00 per case. The retail 

 price of extracted is 40-50c per pint jar; comb 

 often sold at or near the car-lot price by small pro- 

 ducers. — E. F. Atwater. 



IOWA. — Honey is moving slowly, and buyers 

 are not very active. Producers are not making any 

 more effort than usual to find a local market, but 

 local demand has been good. No extracted honey 

 at wholesale has changed hands of late. Comb sells 

 at wholesale for $6.50-7.00 per case of 24 sections 

 and retails at 30-35c. Extracted honey retails at 

 25-30c. All honeys here are largely out of first 

 hands. — Frank Coverdale. 



KANSAS.— Honey is moving fairly well. Buyers 

 are not at all active. Producers have already sold 

 out. Wholesale price of extracted honey is 25c, 

 comb $7.00 per case. Extracted retails at 28-30c, 

 and comb at $8.50' per case. — J. A. Nininger. 



MARYL.'VND. — Honey moving very slowly. No 

 buyers in Maryland. Some producers have tried to 

 find a local market. Wholesale price for extracted 

 honey is 22-24c, for comb 28-30c. Retail price of 

 extracted is 35-45c, for comb 40-50c. — S. G. 

 Crocker, Jr. 



MISSOURI. — Honey all sold. Buyers are well 

 supplied, very little demand. We were never able 

 to supply home demand. For extracted honey the 

 wholesale price is $2.50-3.00 per gallon, and for 

 fancy comb $8.50 per case. Extracted is retailing 

 at $3.00-3.50 per gallon, and fancy comb at 40- 

 50c. — J. W. Romberger. 



NEBRASKA. — Honey moving very slowly. 

 Wholesale price of extracted honey is 25c, comb 

 28-30C. Retail price for extracted 35c, comb 33-38c. 

 — F. J. Harris. 



NEW YORK. — Honey is moving slowly. Pro- 

 ducers are making very little effort to find a local 

 market. The prices are about the same as last 

 month. — Geo. H. Rea. 



OKLAHOMA. — Honey is moving slowly. Pro- 

 ducers have made some effort to find a local mar- 

 ket. Wholesale price of extracted honey is 25c, 

 comb 35c. Retail price of extracted is 30c, comb 

 40-45C. — Chas. P. Stiles. 



ONTARIO. — Honey is moving verjr slowly. Buy- 

 ers are very cautious and not stocking to any ex- 

 tent. The smaller producers are working the local 

 market in every way. Some of the large producers 

 produce too much honey for local purposes. Whole- 

 sale price for extracted honey is 24-26c, comb 30- 

 40c. Retail price for extracted is 30-40c, comb 



40-55c. Dark extracted honey is moving slowly at 

 considerably lower prices than light honey. — F. 

 Eric Millen. 



TEXAS, EAST. — Honey is moving slowly. Buy- 

 ers are not active. Honey-buyers are trying to 

 find a local market. The wholesale price of ex- 

 tracted honey is 15 to 20c; at retail, 20-25c. No 

 comb. Strained honey is selling at 5c less than 

 extracted. — T. A. Bowden. 



TEXAS. — No honey in the hands of producers. 

 Demand strong. Local market good. Wholesale price 

 for extracted honey is 14c, comb 18c. Retail price 

 for extracted 16c, comb 20c. Bees are in fine 

 shape, with plenty of stores. — J. N. Mayes. 



TEXAS. — Honey is moving on to the market, and 

 buyers are normally active. Producers are making 

 no effort to create a local market. Wholesale price 

 for extracted honey is 10-14c, and the retail price 

 is 18-20C. — H. B. Parks. 



UTAH. — Honey is moving very nicely locally, 

 but buyers in carlots are not active. Producers are 

 trying, and finding it profitable, to create a local 

 market. Wholesale price for extracted honey is 

 16c; at retail, 20-22c. No supply of comb honey. — ■ 

 M. A. Gill. 



VIRGINIA. — Little demand for honey, and pro- 

 ducers are making very little effort to find a local 

 market. Wholesale price of extracted honey 20c, 

 comb 32-38c. Retail price for extracted 25-35c, 

 comb 50c. — J. H. Meek. 



WASHINGTON. — Honey is not moving nor are 

 buyers active. Producers are trying to find a local 

 market. Wholesale price of extracted honey is about 

 18c. retail about 25c. — Geo. W. B. Saxton. 



WISCONSIN. — Honey is moving in a local way 

 thruout the entire State. I have received no reports 

 from beekeepers concerning offers. Whetre beie'- 

 keepers have attempted to create a local market, 

 practically all of the crop has been disposed of. 

 The wholesale price of extracted honey is 20-25c, 

 practically no comb honey available. Retail price of 

 extracted' is 30-35c, comb 40-50c. — H. F. Wilson. 



Too Late for Classification. 



WANTED — Bees to handle on shares. Address 

 D. P. Hunt, Blum, Texas. 



WILL exchange a new phonograph for an ex- 

 tractor and bee supplies. What have vou ? 



Olf. Hegre, Madison, R. D. No. 2, Minn. 



PACKAGE BEES and NUCLEI with ITALIAN 

 QUEENS, for spring delivery. No disease in our 

 yards. Write for prices and terms. 



The Allenville Apiaries, Allenville, Ala. 



WANTED — Single man, 32, wants work _ in 

 modern apiary to learn business. Had bees eight 

 vears as sideline. South preferred. Start any time. 

 Karl E. Colt, Brocton, N. Y. 



WANTED — First-class county bee inspector, one 

 who knows the business thoroughly. Answer giv- 

 ing particulars of your experience and say what 

 salary you want. Work in California. 



C. P. Dandy, El Centro, Calif. 



WANTED — Beekeeper with some experience for 

 work in our apiary on Key Biscayne during the 

 season of 1921, to begin February 1 under the 

 directions of C. E. Bartholomew, who was former- 

 1\- with the Department of Agriculture. 



Hugh M. Matheson, 1608 Ave. G., Miami, Fla. 



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