68 GLEANINGSIN 



HONEY MARKETS 



U. S. GOVERNMENT MARKET REPORTS. 



Information from Producing Areas (First Half of 

 January). 



CALIFORNIA POINTS. — Recent heavy rains 

 have strengthened the prospects for a heavy flow 

 of high-grade honey next season. Many bee- 

 keepers who have been holding back some of 

 their higher-priced honeys are now offering them, 

 due to the outlook of a heavier crop. The move- 

 ment has been limited during the past two weeks 

 and the market has been dull. Low prices of 

 sugar and syrups thought to have an adverse ef- 

 fect on honey prices. Competition with cheaper 

 honeys from Inter-Mountain districts also les- 

 sening the movement of white sage and white 

 orange from California. It is believed that the 

 old crop will all be cleaned up before the new 

 crop is harvested, but local demand will be an 

 important factor in the amount of honey that is 

 left. Large shippers quote to outside buyers, in 

 carlots and less, f. o. b. shipping points per lb.: 

 White orange blossom, offered at 12c, but no 

 sales; white sage, nominally lOV^c; light amber 

 sage, 8 Vac; light amber alfalfa, 6y2-6%c. The 

 whole range of prices can be considered nominal, 

 as sa few sales were made. Little demand is also 

 experienced for Hawaiian honey, which is offered 

 in carload lots, f. o. b. San Francisco at ZVzc per 

 lb. for honevdew grade. 



INTERMOUNTAIN REGION. — Bees with ample 

 stores are wintering well, as the temperature to 

 date has been moderate, while not so mild as to 

 induce activity. The holiday business has been 

 light, but conditions are now expected to im- 

 prove, and some buyers are making slightly im- 

 proved offers. Considerable honey from some 

 sections being consigned. Carlot sales of white 

 sweet clover and alfalfa are reported at 8-8 %c, 

 most 8l^c per lb., with 1. c. 1. sales of 5-gallon 

 cans at 9-lOc, few ll-12c per lb. Carlot sales 

 No. 1 white comb are reported at $4.75 per 24- 

 section case, with No. 2 grade selling at $4.25-4.40 

 per case. L. c. 1. transactions in No. 1 grade are 

 reported at $5.00-5.50 per case. Beeswax has 

 been purchased for 20c cash or 22c trade, with 

 some transactions at higher prices. In Salt River 

 Valley, Arizona 6 ^/i c per lb. is quoted for a car- 

 lot of amber alfalfa honey. Heavy rains in the 

 Valley point to a big crop next year. Due to the 

 presence of alfalfa weevils and the low prices of 

 alfalfa hay in some sections of Idaho, a consider- 

 able alfalfa acreagew ill be plowed up in the 

 spring, reducing the feeding area for many colo- 

 nies. 



TEXAS POINTS. — Crop outlook not favorable, 

 due to long drouth in the fall. Bees considered 

 in normal condition. Some light amber extracted 

 honey is selling at 7%c per lb., but the 1921 crop 

 is about exhausted in many localities. Most of 

 the honey in the state was disposed of in the 

 summer and fall at 8%c per lb. for extracted and 

 I2V2C for bulk comb honev. 



EAST AND NORTH CENTRAL STATES. — 

 Prospects good for next season as fields are gen- 

 erally well covered with snow. Conditions con- 

 sidered ideal for bees which were properly pre- 

 pared for winter. Cellar-wintered colonies re- 

 ported in good condition; colonies wintered in 

 summer stands have, in favorable localities, en- 

 joyed a few hours of flight since last report. While 

 moving more freely than last season, comparative- 

 ly little honey has been sold during the past 

 month, as the attention of buyers has been more 

 closely centered on candy than on honey Bottlers 

 are offering 9-lOc per lb. in carlots, but few 

 sales were made at those figures. Less than car- 

 lot sales of white clover reported at 12-14c per 

 lb. in 5-gallon cans. White comb ranges $4.80- 

 5.25 per case in small lots. Comb honey is so 

 nearly exhausted in Wisconsin that western hon- 

 ey is now being shipped into that state. Further, 

 western extracted honey is being bought by Wis- 

 consin bottlers for blending as the delivered price 

 is cheaper than local goods can be purchased at. 



NORTHEASTERN STATES. — The crop outlook 

 for next season is reported as fair, altho the lack 

 of snow in some areas is harmful to clover. Bees 

 are wintering well, l)Ut the (q)])ortunity for a 



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February, 1922 



cleansing flight is badly needed by some colonies. 

 The honey movement is light, as is usual at this 

 time of year. The supplies of most beekeepers 

 are already largely exhausted. No. 1 white comb 

 is reported at $5.00 per case, and No. 1 buckwheat 

 at $4.00-4.25 per case. No large transactions 

 were reported for extracted white clover in 5-gal. 

 cans, but in 5-lb. pails it has sold freely. Buck- 

 wheat honey in barrels is reported as moving at 

 7c per lb. 



SOUTHEASTERN STATES. — Supplies light. 

 Few sales reported of amber extracted at TVz-^c, 

 white 10-12C per lb. Abundance of cane syrup 

 around 50c per gal. is held partly responsible for 

 the light demand this season. In Mississippi and 

 Louisiana rain has been plentiful, and crop out- 

 look and colonies are both good. In Georgia and 

 Florida recent cold weather has kept bees inside 

 the hives except on favorable days. Bees are 

 bringing in pollen from the maple for brood- 

 rearing. 



Telegraphic Reports from Important Markets for 

 January 14, 1922. 



CHICAGO. — Since last report 1,000 lbs. each 

 Wisconsin, Kansas, Iowa and Texas arrived. Ex- 

 tracted: Demand and movement very slow, most 

 sales in small lots. Operators taking inventory 

 and not pushing sales. Better movement ex- 

 pected. Market about steady. Sales to bottlers, 

 bakers and candy manufacturers, per lb., Colorado 

 and Idaho, alfalfa and clover, white 11-11 V^c 

 light amber 9i^-10c, mixed flavors dark 8% -9 14 c. 

 California, white sage 11-11 i/^c. Michigan and 

 Wisconsin, basswood and clover, white 12-12 %c. 

 Comb: Demand and movement very slow, market 

 weak. Michigan, Ohio and Minnesota, clover and 

 alfalfa, 24-section cases No. 1, $5.25-5.75; No. 2, 

 $4.00-4.50. Beeswax: Receipts moderate. Demand 

 and movement moderate, market barely steady. 

 Sales to wholesale druggists, laundries and ship- 

 supply houses, African and South American, 

 crude 15-16c. 



NEW YORK. — Domestic receipts limited, for- 

 eign receipts moderate. Supplies limited. Demand 

 light, market dull but slightly better feeling. Ex- 

 tracted: Spot sales to jobbers, wholesalers, con- 

 fectioners, bakers and bottlers, domestic per lb. ■ 

 California, light amber alfalfa 7-8c, light amber 

 sage 81/2-lOc, mostly 9-lOc, white sage ll-12c, 

 white orange blossom 13-14c, mostly 13c. New 

 York, white clover ll-12c, buckwheat 7-8c. West 

 Indian and South American refined 60-70c per gal. 

 Comb: Supplies light. New York 24-section cases 

 white clover No. 1, $6.00-7.00; buckwheat, mostly 

 $4.50. Beeswax: Foreign receipts moderate. Sup- 

 plies limited, sales to wholesalers, manufacturers 

 and drug trade. South American and West Indian 

 crude light, best 23-24c, few 25c, slightly darker 

 18-22C. African, dark 15-17c, few 18c. 

 From Producers' Associations. 



There has been little movement of honey in the 

 past 30 days, but there is developing a better de- 

 mand for extracted honey. Bulk comb is no longer 

 on the market, and only a few producers still 

 have honey to sell. The price to producers on the 

 60-lb. basis, is stationary at 8 to 9 cents. The 

 last month has been so warm that the bees have 

 consumed large amounts of stores. If spring does 

 not come early, wholesale feeding will be neces- 

 sary. Rain is badly needed over the southwest 

 part of the state. 



Texas Honey Producers' Association. 



San Antonio, Texas. E. G. LeStourgeon. 



Do not expect much business ordinarily the lat- 

 ter half of December, therefore were n- t disap- 

 pointed on the small volume during this period. 

 If retailer will offer honey on a fair margin of 

 profit and will push it, there should be a large 

 movement between now and April, as fruits and 

 pantry stores are getting well cleaned up. 

 The Colorado Honey Producers' Ass'n., 



Denver, Colo. P. Rauchfuss, Secretary. 



THE A. I. ROOT COMPANY'S QUOTATION. .*} 



Medina, O., Jan. 24, 1922. j'ij 

 We are in the market f''r three carlots of \yhite-"';' 

 to-water-white western extracted honey for which;)) 

 we will pay SV^c cash, f. o. b. shipping point, on '■ 

 api)roval of samples submitted. Above quotation ,' 

 based on carlots. We have ample stocks of vvhite 



