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GLEANINGS IN BEE CULTURE. 



Feb. 1 



Honey Markets. 



Cincinnati. — The market oq comb honey is rather 

 easy. Prices rule in jobbing ways from 14 to 14%c. 

 single cases. 16c for No. 1 white. Off grades not want- 

 ed at any price. Extracted is very firm. Light amber, 

 barrels, 6 to 6%; white clover, in barrels, 7^; in cans, 

 SVi. We are paying for beeswax, .SOc per lb. delivered 

 at Cincinnati. C. H. W. Webeb, 



Jan. 25. 3146 Central Avenue, Cincinnati, O. 



New York.— The stock of white comb honey is 

 pretty well exhausted, and we do not expect any more 

 arrivals of large lots from now on. Prices are firm, 

 and we quote from 15 to 16 for fancy white, 13 to 14 for 

 No. 1; 12 for light amber. There is some dark and 

 buckwheat on the market, but no overstock, and we 

 think that all of it will be disposed of before long at 

 present prices, which we quote from 10 to 12, accord- 

 ing to quality. Extracted honey is very firm, with 

 sufficient supply to meet demand. California white 

 sage is bringing from 8 to 8%; light amber, 7M; am- 

 ber, 6% to 7; buckwheat extracted is in fairly good de- 

 mand at 6 to 6^. Beeswax firm aifd steady at 31. 



HiLDRBTH & SEGEDKEN, 



Jan. 18. 265-267 Greenwich St., New York. 



St. Louis.— There is no change in the situation in 

 the honey market, except that the demand is very 

 tame. Prices are unchanged, and we quote as follows: 

 Fancy white comb honey, 16; No. 1. 15; light amber, 14 

 to 15; broken and inferior, less. Extracted light am- 

 ber, California, 754; Spanish needle, 7%. 



R. Haktmann Prodttce Co., 



Jan. 18. St. Louis, Mo. 



Kansas City.— The receipts of comb honey have 

 been more liberal during the last week or two, and the 

 demand light, market weaker. Market is practically 

 bare of extracted, and there is quite a little inquiry. 

 We quote. No. 1 white comb, 24-section cases, $3.10; 

 No. 2, $2.75; amber, $2.50. Extracted, white, per lb., 

 iVi to 8c; amber, 6% to 7c. Beeswax, 27. • 



Jan. 25, C. C. Clemons & Co., Kansas City, Mo. 



Detroit.— The demand for honey is somewhat light 

 at present, but with no particular change in prices; 

 also very little honey is offered. Fancy and A No. 1 

 comb honey, 15 to 16; No. 1, 12 to 13; No. 1 dark comb, 

 11 to 12; extracted honey, white, 8 to SYr, darker 

 grades, 6% to 7%. Beeswax, 29 to 30. 



Jan. 21. M. H. Hunt & Son, Be ll Branch, Mich. 



Cincinnati.— The comb-honey market, at the pres- 

 ent time, is very quiet. Holders of this article are not 

 trying to realize a profit — merely disposing of what 

 they have, at cost. Fancy comb honey is selling at 

 14M to 16. Quote extracted amber honey in barrels at 

 6 to 7; fancy light amber in cans at 7 to 8; fancy white, 

 9. For strictly choice beeswax we are paying ,30, de- 

 livered here. TheFrbd W. MuthCo., 



Jan. 9. 51 Walnut St., Cincinnati, O. 



ZANE!3ViLLB.— The demand for honey, both whole- 

 sale and retail, has been very light, though there has 

 been some revival within a week. No change in prices 

 since last quotation, fancy white bringing $3.85 to $4, 

 and No. 1 $3.75 to $3.85 per case. Little honey of off 

 grades is being offered. I quote light extracted at 8 

 to 12%, according to quantity; pound jars, $2.20 per 

 dozen, wholesale. Beeswax, 29 to 30. 



Jan. 19. E. W. Peibc e, Zanesville, O. 



Chicago.— As stocks are moderate, especially of the 

 best grades of honey, we find the maket a steady one, 

 but the volume of sales is small. No. 1 to fancy comb 

 brings 15 to 16; the off grades, 1 to 3 cts. less; extract- 

 ed, white, iVz to 8; amber, 7 to 7%; dark, 6 to 6%. 

 Beeswax, 30. R. A. Burnett & Co., 



Jan. 18. 199 So. Water St., Chicago, 111. 



Buffalo.— All grades of honey are selling slowly in 

 our market. Dark, No. 2 white, and all off grades, are 

 much slower than white; hardly any white comb here, 

 but plenty of buckwheat. Fancy white comb, 16 to 17; 

 A. No. 1, 16 to 17; No. 1, 15 to 16; No. 2, 13 to 14; No. 3, 

 11 to 12; No. 1 dark comb, 10 to 11; No. 2, 9 to 10; mix- 

 ed dark comb, 10 to 11; White-clover extracted, 7 to 8; 

 amber, 6% to 7; dark, 6 to 6V2; jelly-tumblers, 85 to 90 

 per dozen. Beeswax, 30 to 32. 



Jan. 21. W. C. Tovtosen d. Buffalo, N. Y. 



Toledo.— The demand for comb honey does not 

 seem to be as good as it did a month ago. We are 

 getting, in a retail way, 16 for fancy white comb, 

 with very little demand for lower grades. Buckwheat 

 goes begging at 14. Extracted is in better demand, 

 and would bring 7 cts. in barrels and cans, delivered 

 here. Beeswax is firm at 26 to 28. 



The Griggs Bros. & Nichols Co., 



Jan. 18. Toledo, O. 



Indianapolis.— Market on comb honey is very 

 quiet, regardless of the short crop. Fancy white comb 

 brings 16 to 17; No. 1 white, 14; amber, 12 to 13. Best 

 grades of extracted honey bring 8 to 9; amber, 6 to 7. 

 Good average beeswax sells here at $33 per 100 pounds. 

 Walter S. Poudbr, 



Jan. 18. 513 Mass. Ave., Indianapolis, Ind. 



Schenectady. — Comb honey continues to sell very 

 slowly. There is some demand for both light and dark 

 extracted in 60-lb. cans and 160-lb. kegs, and stock on 

 hand is very small. Producers still having either 

 should forward the same at once, as the season will 

 soon be over. Chas. MacCulloch, 



Jan. 21. Schenectady, N. Y. 



St. Paul —Fancy white. No. 1, in 1-lb. sections, 

 new, 15 to 16; No. 2 white clover, in 1-lb. sections, 13 

 to 14. Extracted white, in 60-lb. cans, per case, 9 to 10. 



Jan. 19. W. H. Patton, Sec, St. Paul, Minn. 



Boston.— Our market on honey continues to be 

 about the same figures. Fancy cartons, 16 to 17; No. 

 1 white, 15 to 16; No. 2, 14 to 15; extracted, 7 to 8%. 



Jan. 19. Blake, Scott, & Lee Co. 



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