August, 1922 



G L K A N I N G S IN BEE CULTURE 



497 



to wholesalers and jobbers, per lb. in 5-gal. cans, 

 California light amber alfalfa 7% -9c. Beeswax: 

 No receipts reported since last report. No change 

 in market. Ungraded average country run quoted 

 nominally to jobbers at 26c per lb. 

 H. C. TAYLOR, 



Chief of Bureau of Markets. 



Special Foreign Quotations. 



Liverpool. — Honey market dull, very little in- 

 quiry. The price is from 9 to 9V^c per pound in 

 American currency. 



The price of beeswax is 28 to 29 cents per lb. 

 London, Eng., July 5. Taylor & Co. 



The A. I. Root Company's Quotation. 



The following are prices we have paid since our 

 last quotation, P. O. B. shijjping point, for honey 

 in car lots: White orange, 9 ^^ c ; water white sage, 

 9c; water white catsclaw, 8 >^ c ; white mesquite, 

 6c; water white alfalfa, probably mixed with 

 sweet clover, IVzC We are in the market for 

 one or two cars of white clover honey for which we 

 can pay F. O. B. shipping point lO^/ic. 



The A. I. Root Company. 



The Opiuious of Honey Producers Themselves as Reported to Gleanings in Bee Culture. 



Early in July we sent to actual honey producers 

 and some associations the following questions: 



1. What is the average yield per colony to date 

 this season in your locality? (a) Extracted 

 honey? (b) Comb honey? 



2. How does this compare with the average yield 

 for your location? Give answer in per cent. 



3. What portion of the entire crop of surplus hon- 

 ey does this represent in your estimation? Give 

 answer in per cent. 



4. What price are producers being offered for the 

 new crop of honey at their station for honey 



in large lots? (a) Extracted honey, per pound? 

 (b) Comb honey, per case? 



5. What are prices to retailers in small lots? (a) 

 E.xtracted in 5-pound pails or other retail pack- 

 ages ? (b) Comb honey, fancy or No. 1, per 

 case ? 



6. What per cent of the honey produced in your 

 locality is sold locally ? 



7. How is honey now moving on the market in 

 your locality? Give answer in one word, as 

 slow, fair or rapid. 



The answers as returned by our honey and bee 

 reporters are as follows: 



