1 ()(! G L 15 A N I N G S T N B E R C U I. T U U R 



HONEY MARKETS 



April, 1921 



While good crop prospects, together with 

 a depressed market, may look discouraging 

 as to future prices, beekeepers should re- 

 member that sugar may be less plentiful 

 next year. Eeports indicate that the acreage 

 of sugar beets, as well as sugar cane, is be- 

 ing greatly reduced. 



U. S. Government Market Reports. 



SHIPPING POINT INFORMATION, MAR. 15. 



LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA. — PracticaUy no 

 wire inquiry. Supplies heavy, demand and move- 

 ment slow, market weak. Few sales being made in 

 60-lb. cans, carloads f. o. b. usual terms, white 

 orange and white sage 12-13 i/^c, white alfalfa 8-9c, 

 light amber alfalfa 6-6% c. Hawaiian, white T^Av, 

 light amber 6c. Due to unsettled market conditions, 

 a large proportion of shipments are consigned to 

 eastern markets to be sold by brokers in le,ss than 

 carlots. Bulk honey is moving a little more freely. 

 PracticaUy no export demand is reported. The 

 heavy recent rains are said to insure a large crop 

 this season. Many producers are still holding last 

 ye.ar's crop for higher prices than the present mar- 

 ket will pay. Monterey County reports most of the 

 old crop sold, with good prospects for the coming 

 year. San Diego County has some 35 cars still in 

 warehouses. A very high percentage of California 

 honey is now disposed of thru co-operative associa- 

 tions. It is reported that contracts for the new crop 

 are being offered for June-Tuly shipment at very 

 low prices. Sacked beeswax of light color is being 

 sold in less than carlots at 33-35c per lb., dark stock 

 being quoted as low as 26c. 



INTER-MOUNTAIN REGION (COLORADO 

 AND IDAHO). — Light shipments of both comb and 

 extracted honey reported. F. o. b. price of 7c per 

 lb. for water-white extracted honey is being quoted 

 out for bulk honey in 1. c. 1. lots, altho some or- 

 ganizations are holding for higher prices. Thei in- 

 quiry is said to be improving somewhat as a result 

 of lower quotations. The selling of extracted honey 

 thru retail st-ores is a noteiworthy movement. Bee- 

 keepers are selling water-white grade in ton lots 

 locally at 6^^c per lb., and bright yellow beeswax 

 at 32c per lb. Some beekeepers are discouraged over 

 the outlook for 1921, seeing little chance for secur- 

 ing even the cost of production out of prospective 

 prices. 



OTHER SECTIONS. — Texas is reported to be 

 moving some light amber extracted honey at 12-14c 

 per lb. in small lots. Considerable stock is being 

 offered, but demand for it is lacking. 25c per lb. 

 is being paid to beekeepers for beeswax. Some new 

 crop honey is already appearing. Wisconsin is said 

 to be holding best extracted clover for 18c per lb. 



TELEGRAPHIC REPORTS FROM IMPORTANT MARKETS. 



BOSTON. — No arrivals since last report. Comb; 

 Supplies light, little activity but prices holding firm. 

 Sales to retailers. New York, 24-section cases white 

 clover No. 1 heavy $8.50-9.00, light $7.00-8.00; 

 Vermont, 20-section cases white clover heavy .$8.50, 

 light $7.50. Extracted: A few .scattering sales in 

 small lots reported. Sales to confectioners and bot- 

 tlers, per lb., California, white sage 19-20c; Porto 

 Rican, no sales reported. Beeswax: Demand and 

 movement very light, no change in prices. Sales to 

 floor wax, shoe polish, and candle manufacturers, 

 per lb., domestic, light 32-35c; African, dark 16-20c. 



CHICAGO. — Car Wisconsin, car Colorado, 3.000 

 lbs. Idaho, 3,000 lbs. California, 1,500 lbs. Michi- 

 gan arrived. Market very weak, prices gradually 

 declining, trading slow, local buyers doing very 

 little f. 0. b. buying and most stock represents con- 

 signments. Extracted: per lb., sales to bottlers, 

 Colorado, Idaho. California, white clover and alfalfa 

 ll-12c, light and dark amber 9i/^-10c. Comb: Sales 

 to retailers, Wisconsin, Michigan, 24-section cases 

 No. 1, heavy $6.50-7.00; dark color, light weight 

 and leaky sections $5.00-6.00. Beeswax, approxi- 

 mately 5,000 lbs. from Oklahoma, Kansas, Missouii 

 and 6,000 lbs. from Central and South America ar- 

 rived. Market dull, movement slow. Sales to whole- 

 salers, drug houses, electrical houses and harness- 

 makers per lb., Oklahoma, Missouri, and Texas, 

 light 27-32C, dark 26-29c: foreign, best liaht 25c. 



CINCINN.VTI. — 1 car unknown arrived since 



last report. Supplies liberal. No jolibing sales of 

 honey reported. Beeswax : Supplies liberal, demand 

 and movement moderate, market weaker. Sales to 

 wholesalers, druggists, and dentists, average yellow 

 32-38C, mostly 35c per lb. 



CLEVELAND. — No arrivals since last report. 

 Supplies moderate, practically no movement of bulk 

 honey except in a limited way to bottlers. Dealers 

 quoted: Extracted, western, white sweet clover, 60- 

 lb. cans in 5 to 10 case lots 16-18c per lb., single 

 cases 20-21c. 



DENVER. — Market continues quiet, demand and 

 movement light. Sales to .iobbers, extracted, per 

 lb., Colorado, white 13-18c, light amber 12%-16c, 

 amber 12c. Comb: Colorado, 24-section cases No. 

 1 white, $6.10; No. 2, $5.65. 



KANSAS CITY. — No carlot arrivals since last 

 report. Supplies liberal, demand and movement 

 slow, market weak on both extracted and comb. 

 Sales to .iobbers, extracted: California, light amber 

 alfalfa 10-lOi^c, extra light amber and white al- 

 falfa 12c. Comb: California, 24-section flat cases 

 No. 1 light alfalfa $6-6.50. 



MINNEAPOLIS. — No carlot arrivals. Supplies 

 very light and little prospect of more being bought 

 before the new season. Demand and movement slow, 

 market dull. Extracted: Sales to retailers, bakers 

 and confectioners, western, 60-lb. cans alfalfa and 

 sweet clover mixed light amber 17c. Comb: Sales to 

 retailers, western alfalfa and sweet clover mixed, 

 24-section cases, verv few sales No. 1, $8.00. 



NEW YORK. — Light 1. c. 1. receipts from New 

 York and California. Practically no demand or 

 movement, market dull, very few sales. Bottlers, 

 bakers and confectioners doing little buying, and 

 practically no activity to market. Spot sales to .iob- 

 bers, wholesalers, confectioners, bakers and bottlers, 

 extracted: Domestic per lb., Californias, light amber 

 and white alfalfa 7-9c. few high as 10c; white or- 

 ange blossom and white sage 12-15c, few 16c; New 

 York buckwheat 9-lOc. Imported, West Indian and 

 South American refined, per lb., 5i^-6%e, mostly 

 6-6%c; per gal. 60-70c, mostly 65-70c. Comb: No 

 supplies, no sales reported. Beeswax : Domestic re- 

 ceipts light, foreign receipts moderate, supplies mod' 

 erate, demand and movement very slow, market 

 dull, few sales, little buying being done by bleachers 

 and manufacturers. Sales to jobbers, wholesalers, 

 and manufacturers. South American and West In- 

 dian, light, best 26-28c, .slightly darker 22-25c, 

 dark 17-18c, African, dark 17-19c. 



PHILADELPHIA. — No carlot arrivals. Supplies 

 moderate but meeting practically no demand, mar- 

 ket very dull. Very few sales in small lots to bakers 

 and manufacturers, extracted: Florida, 60-lb. cans 

 light amber lie, amber 9c per lb.; Porto Rican. 

 light amber 68c, amber 63c per gallon. Comb and 

 beeswax, no sales. 



ST. LOLTIS. — Comb: Moderate supplies, move- 

 ment very slow, market very dull, lack of demand 

 is outstanding feature. Very few sales to retailers in 

 small lots, Colorado, 24-sectioii cases white clover 

 and alfalfa. No. 1 heavy around $8.00. Extracted: 

 Receipts very light but supplies liberal, demand lack- 

 ing. Few sales to bakers' supply houses, large bakers, 

 and wholesale druggists, in 5-gallon cans, per lb., 

 Missouri, Arkansas and Mississippi, light amber 

 various mixed flavors mostlv around 14c. dark am- 

 ber mo.stly around 12c. Beeswax: Receipts very 

 light, supplies moderate, very light demand, market 

 dull, few sales reported. Sales to jobbers and candle- 

 makers, Missouri, Arkansas, Mississippi, ungraded 

 average coxmtrv run mostlv around 24c per lb. 

 GEORGE "LIVINGSTON. 



Chief of Bureau of Markets. 



Opinions of Producers. 



Early in March we sent to actual- honey-produc- 

 ers, scattered over the country, the following ques- 

 tions : 



1 . What per cent of the 1920 honey crop is still 

 in the hands of the producers? 



2 . What is the per cent of winter loss of bees, 

 if any, in your locality ? 



3 . What is the condition of the colonies at pres- 



ent as compared with normal? (Give answer in 

 per cent.) 



4 . What is the condition of the honey plants at 



this time as compared with normal? (Give an- 

 swer in per cent.) 

 This month, the answers of our regular corre- 



