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GLEAMNGS iN BEE CUl/lURE. 



Sept. 1 



Honey Markets. 



Tlie prices here (juoted are ^vholesale, or what the 

 honey brings on arrival. 



New York —We are now beginning to receive small 

 shipments of the new crop of White comb honey, but 

 do not expect to have any large lots until a few weeks 

 from now. While the crop is certainly very short in 

 some sections of New York State, and in the East in 

 general, there are some sections where they pr.iduced 

 a larger crop than that of last year, but, of course, 

 not enough to offset the shortage in other localities. 

 The quality is.reported to be fine. The demand is 

 good. No doubt white comb honey will find ready 

 sale all through the early fall, providing prices are 

 not prohibitive. Let us bear in mind the fact that 

 comb honey is not a necessity, but a luxury; and un- 

 less people can buy it at a certain price they will do 

 without it. This we have experienced more than 

 once heretofore. Fancy stock will find ready sale at 

 16; No. 1 at 14 to 15; No. 2, 13. Prices on dark and 

 buckwheat are not established as yet. The season is 

 very backward, and we do not expect to have any 

 buckwheat until the middle of next month, if then. 

 Extracted is in good demand, and prices are very firm. 

 We quote California white sage at SVs to 9; light am- 

 ber, 7 to 1%,; choice grades in barrels or kegs at 7 to 

 iVi; average common Southern at 60 to 65 per gallon. 

 Beeswax is steady at 30 to 31, according to quality. 



HiLDBBTH & SKGBLKBN, 



Aug. 22. New York. 



Philadelphia.— The outlook in the honey market 

 is as yet unsettled. Some sections report a good crop 

 and other sections report a shortage. We find bee- 

 keepers at this time of the year very often hold back 

 the full information in order to have a bearing on the 

 market; but would I advise all parties, having honey 

 to sell, to dispose of it early in the season, for the 

 prices rule higher now than later on. There have 

 been very few arrivals. We quote fancy white ex- 

 tracted, 7%; light amber, 7; amber, 6 to 6%. There 

 has been but little comb honey received in this mar- 

 ket — not enough to fix the price. Some few sales at 

 14. Beeswax firm at 28. We are producers of honey, 

 and do not handle on commission. 



Wm. a. Selser, 



Aug. 9. . 10 Vine St., Phila., Pa. 



Schenectady.- There are quite a few lots of white 

 honey arriving, but of only fair quality, and selling 

 freely in small lots at 15. No buckwheat on our mar- 

 ket as yet. The buckwheat crop promised to be large 

 a few days ago; but continued dry weather is curtail- 

 ing production very rapidly in this locality. 



Chas. MacCulloch, 



Aug. 20. Schenectady, N. Y. 



Chicago.— The demand for honey is taking receipts 

 as fast as they arrive; that which grades choice in 

 comb brings 16; the off grades are not wanted. We 

 had a consignment of strictly fancy comb, in all senses 

 of the word, which sold at 18 cts.; white extracted 

 clover, 8. Beeswax, 32. 



R. A. Burnett & Co., 



Aug. 19. 199 So. Water St., Chicago, 111. 



St. Louis.— The arrivals of both comb and extract- 

 ed honej are coming in more freely, and the demar.d 

 for fancy white comb honey is pretty fair. We quo.e 

 fancy white comb honey, 15 to 16; No. 1, 14 to 15; light 

 amber. 12 to 13, as this grade is a very slow seller. 

 The trade here caters more to the extra white than to 

 any other grade, and it commands the best price of 

 all. Extracted light amber honey, in five-gallon cans, 

 would bring 654 to 7; in barrels, from 4% to 5%; and 

 Southern, in barrels, from 4 to 5; in 5 gallon cans, one 

 cent higher. Beeswax, firm at 28. 



R. Habtmann Produce Co.. 



Aug. 21. St. Louis. Mo. 



Cincinnati.— Fancy and No. 1 comb honey finds 

 ready sale at from 15 to 16. The present supply is 

 about equal to the demand. The price of extracted 

 honey is steadily advancing. We have quite a big 

 stock on hand, and for that reason continue to (luote 

 amber in barrels at from 5!4 to eVa, according to the 

 quality. Fancy white-clover honey in 60-lb. cans, at 

 from 8 to 9. For choice yellow beeswax, free from 

 dirt, we are paying 30 in cash and 32 in trade, deliver- 

 ed here. The Fred W. Muth Co., 



Aug. 22. 51 Walnut St , Cincinnati, O. 



Kansas City.— The demand for comb honey is good; 

 receipts light: no new extracted in market. We quote 

 No. 1 white comb, 24-section cases, $3.50; No. 2 whiBe 

 and amber, 24-section cases, $3.00; extracted white, h; 

 extracted amber, 7. Beeswax, 28. 



C. C. Clemons & Co., 



Aug. 19. Kansas City, Mo. 



Detroit.— Very little honey in the market yet, and 

 prices are not settled. Most of the commission men 

 seem to be holding off for a little time yet, though of- 

 fers are not numerous. Fancy comb honey, white, 15 

 to 16; No. 1 and A No. 1, 13 to 14. No dark honey in. 

 Beeswax, 27 to 29. M. H. Hunt & Son, 



Aug. 12. Redford, Mich. 



San Francisco, Aug. 17.— Honey is in a firmer po- 

 sition than before, higher prices being quoted on all 

 grades of extracted. New arrivals are very light, and 

 all that comes in is quickly taken. Amber, extracted, 

 &Vs to 7; new fancy white comb, 16 to 17; water white, 

 extracted, 8. — Pacific Rural Press. 



Zanbsvillb.— The market is still practically bare 

 of comb honey, only small lots coming in from local 

 producers. Demand is very brisk — far in excess of 

 supply— and prices range from 19 to 22. according to 

 grade. There is also a good demand for extracted in 

 retail packages. For beeswax I offer 29 cash or 30 in 

 exchange for bee-supplies. Wax brings, wholesale, 

 40 to 45, according to quantity. 



Edmund W. Pbibce, 



Aug. 20. 136 W. Main St., Zauesville, O. 



Indianapolis.— New fancy white comb honey sells 

 to the retail grocery trade in lots of one to five case 

 lots at 19 to 20. Best grades of extracted in five-gallon 

 cans sell for 11 to 12 Some foreign extracted offered 

 at slightly lower prices. Beeswax plentiful, and sells 

 at $35 per 100 pounds. 



Walter S. Poudbb, 



Aug. 21. Indianapolis, Ind. 



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THE FRED W. MUTH CO., 



NO. 51 WALNUT ST. THE BUSY BEE MEN. CINCINNATI, OHIO. 



