December, 1921 



GLEANINGS IN BEE CULTURE 



781 



HONEY MARKETS 



(Continued from page 736.) 



currency is about 7 ^^ to 8 cents per lb for extracted 

 honey. There has been very little doing in beeswax 

 during the past month. The value per lb. at today's 

 rate of exchange is about 24 cents. Taylor & Co. 

 Liverpool, England, Nov. 1. 



CUBA. — Honey today is selling at 40c per gal- 

 lon, and yellow beeswax at 20c per pound. 

 Matanzas, Cuba, Nov. 8. Adolfo Marzol. 



Prices Received by Beekeepers as Reported 



to the Bureau of Markets 



Nov. 1, 1921. 



In a long tabulated report, giving prices received 

 in every State, date of Nov. 1, the Bureau of Mar- 

 kets gives the average for the United States as 

 follows : 



Wholesale (and in large packages) : White comb 

 per section, 24.2c; dark comb per section, 20.6c. 

 Extracted, per lb., white, 14.4c; extracted amber, 

 12.7c: extracted dark, 10.9c. 



Retail: White comb per section, 28.4c; dark comb 

 per section, 24c. Extracted, per lb., white, 20.8c; 

 extracted amber, 18.2c; extracted dark, 15.5c. 



The variation in the individual prices reported 

 ■was large, ranging often as much as a third lower 

 or higher than the average. As always, the bee- 

 keepers in the eastern United States reported re- 

 ceiving considerably more for both their comb and 

 extracted honey, retail and wholesale, than did the 

 western beekeepers. 



From Producers' Associations. 



We find inquiry for both comb and extracted 

 honey steadily active, but buyers are unwilling to 

 pay prices we are quoting. Comb honey is being 

 placed in coast markets at extremely low figures by 

 independent producers in near-by States. Extracted 

 honey is being sold by independents in eastern Ida- 

 ho and in near-by States at much lower prices than 

 we have quoted to date. Both comb and extracted 

 stock may be sold readily when we meet current 

 market prices, and our members are now showing 

 inclination to move what they hold. 



We believe local honey should be sold now 

 what it will bring, or held until next spring. 

 Idaho-Oregon Honey Producers' Ass'n. 

 P. S. Parrell, Sec'y 



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The price of honey remains unchanged, altho pro- 

 ducers who yet have honey on hand expect to ad- 

 vance the price soon. The demand has increased 

 steadily since the first of September and is now 

 strong. The bulk of the honey is sold. The small 

 amount remaining in the 'hands of the producers 

 is not large enough to fill the demand. The pre- 

 vailing price to the producer is 8-9c, extracted, 60 

 lbs. basis, and 12-14c bulk comb, same basis. Con- 

 trary to former years, the great demand this year 

 was for 3's and 5's bulk comb. On account of honey 

 crop failure in other States, Texas has placed much 

 honey in territory new to her. 



Texas Honey Producers' Ass'n. 



San Antonio, Tex. E. G. LeStourgeon. 



HONBY PRODUCTION OF 1921 WITH COMPARISONS. 



Usual 

 States or per cent 



Territories, of U. S. 

 crop. 



Maine *-l 



New Hampshire. . *-l 



Vermont *-l 



Massachusetts .... *-l 



Rhode Island *-l 



Connecticut *-l 



New York 5 



New Jersey *-l 



Pennsylvania .... 4 



Delaware- *-l 



Maryland *-l 



Virginia 3 



West Virginia. ... 1 

 North Carolina . . 3 

 South Carolina . . 1 



Georgia 3 



Florida 2 



Ohio 3 



Indiana 3 



Illinois 5 



Michigan 4 



Wisconsin 4 



Minnesota ....... 3 



Iowa 5 



Missouri 3 



North Dakota *-l 



South Dakota .... 1 



Nebraska 1 



Kansas 2 



Kentucky 4 



Tennessee 3 



Alabama 3 



Mississippi 2 



Louisiana 1 



Texas 5 



Oklahoma 1 



Arkansas 1 



Montana 1 



Wyoming 1 



Colorado 3 



New Mexico 1 



Arizona 1 



Utah 1 



Nevada 1 



Idaho 2 



Washington 2 



Oregon 1 



California 10 



United States. . .100 



* -Less than one per 



