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AMERICAN BEE JOURNAL. 



HONEY AND BEESWAX MARKET. 



CHICAGO, Aug.^19— No choice comb on the 

 market. Some inquiries for new stock, with 

 none to offer. A good article would bring 15 

 @16c. Extracted is very scarce, and plenty 

 of inquiry for same : it would bring 7@8c. 



Beeswax— firm at 26@27c; good demand. 

 J. A. LAMON. 44-46 S. Water St. 



CHICAGO, Aug. 22.— We have inquiries for 

 white 1-lbs. comb honey, and quote it at 16c. 

 for best grade; amber comb at 14c. Good de- 

 mand for extracted, at 7@8c. Beeswax. 26c. 

 S. T. FISH & CO.. 189 S. Water St. 



CHICAGO, Aug. 19.— New comb honey is 

 offered at 15@16c. for best grades of white ; 

 dark, 10@13c, but sales are few. as the 

 weather is hot, and fruit is used for the table. 

 Extracted is selling at 6@7@8c, according to 

 kind and quality. Beeswax, 23@26c. 



R. A. BURNETT. 161 S. Water St. 



NEW YORK, Aug. 19.— Extracted in good 

 demand and fair supply. We quote: Southern 

 per gallon, 65@75c. ; orange bloom, 7@7Y 2 c. $ 

 lb. Beeswax, 26@28c. 



HILDRETH BROS. & SEGELKEN, 

 28-30 West Broadway. 



KANSAS CITY, Mo., Aug. 19.— The old crop 

 of comb honey is all cleaned up. First ship- 

 ment of new comb honey this week, which we 

 quote at 16c. for No. 1 1-lbs. 



CLEMONS, MASON & CO., 



Cor. 4th and Walnut Sts. 



CINCINNATI. Aug. 19.— Demand is good 

 for extracted at 5@8c. Ddemand is slow for 

 comb honey, at 12@15c. for best white. 



Beeswax is in slow demand, at 23@25c. for 

 good to choice yellow. 



C. F. MUTH & SON, 

 Cor. Freeman & Central Aves. 



NEW YORK, Aug. 19.— Demand for comb is 

 very small. Considerable comb honey on the 

 market, of 2nd grade, but no fancy of any ac- 

 count. Some demand for extracted, clover 6 

 @7c. ; buckwheat, 5@5^c. ; Southern, 65@75c 

 per gal.; Calif., 6»4@7c. per lb. Beeswax— a 

 little easier, with supply to meet demand, at 

 25@27c; 1 to 2c more per lb. for extra select. 

 CHAS. ISRAEL & BROS.. 110 Hudson St. 



ALBANY, N. Y., Aug. 19.— Demand is very 

 little, and market quiet. We are selling some 

 Florida new orange-blossom extracted honey 

 to good advantage. Beeswax— 28@30c. 



H. R. WRIGHT, 326-328 Broadway. 



DETROIT, Aug. 19— Best white comb honey 

 12@13c. ; but little left to sell. Extracted, 7 

 @8c. Beeswax. 26@27c. 



M. H. HUNT. Bell Branch, Mich. 



NEW YORK. Aug. 19.— New comb and ex- 

 tracted honey is arriving in small quantities. 

 Comb honey is in very light demand at 15@- 

 16c. for fancy white in one-pound sections. 

 Extracted is selling at 6@8c. for white. De- 

 mand is limited. Comb honey we would ad- 

 vise keeping in the country until say about 

 Aug. 25 to oept. 1. 



F. I. SAGE & SON. 183 Reade St. 



SAN FRANCISCO. Aug. 19.— Demand quiet 

 as old crop is nearly exhausted and new crop 

 not in yet. We quote: Extracted, 5 l ,4@6 cts. 

 Comb, 1-lbs., 10@llc.; 2-lbs., 6@8c. Beeswax 

 — 24@25c. 



• SCHACHT, LEMCKE & STEINER, 



16 Drumm Street. 



BOSTON, Aug. 19.— Demand is light. White 

 1-lbs., 13@15c. No 2-lbs, on hand. No Bees- 

 wax on hand. Extracted, 7@8c. Demand is 

 light for all. 



BLAKE & RIPLEY. 57 Chatham St. 



MINNEAPOLIS. Minn.. Aug. 19.— Market is 

 dull in general, though some is being worked 

 off. but mostly at cut prices. Fancy white, 15 

 @17c, 1-lb. sections; dark, 8@10c. Extracted 

 white, 7@8c. ; dark. 5@6c. 



STEWART & ELLIOTT. 



KANSAS CITY, Mo., Aug. 19.— Old honey is 

 cleaned up, both extracted and comb. New 

 crop will be in about July 10, here. 



HAMBLIN & BEARSS. 514 Walnut St. 



NEW YORK, Aug. 19. — Demand moderate, 

 and supply reduced, with no more glassed l-ft> 

 nor paper cartons, l-fl>. We quote: Comb, 

 1-ft, 14@15c. Extracted— Basswood,7M@'7^c; 

 buckwheat, 5 54@6&; Mangrove, 68@75c per 

 gal. Good demand for dark extracted honey. 

 Beeswax, in fair supply, with small demand, 

 at 26@27c. 



F. G. STROHMEYER & CO.. 120 Pearl St. 



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