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HONEY AND BEESWAX MARKET. 



DETROIT, Feb. 16. -Comb Honey is selling 

 slowly at 14@15c. Extracted, 7@8c. Beeswax 

 in fair demand, 27@28c. 



M H. HUNT. Bell Branch, Mich. 



NEW YORK, Feb. 14.— Market is very qui«t, 

 especially on comb honej\ We quote: Fancy 

 white 1-lbs., 15@16c; 2-lbs., 13@14c; off- 

 grades, 1-lbs., 13@14c; 2-lbs., 12c; buckwheat, 

 1-lbs., ll@12c; 2-lbs., 10c. Extracted, bass- 

 wood and white clover, 8@8!/2c; buckwheat, 

 6!4@7c; California, 6 M@7J4c; Southern, 65@ 

 70c per gallon. Beeswax, 25@27c. 



HILDRETH BROS. & SEGELKEN, 

 28-30 West Broadway. 



KANSAS CITY, Feb. 14.-The demand for 

 honey is improving; receipts and supply very 

 light. We quote: White 1-lb. comb, 16@18c; 

 dark, 12@14c. California white, 2-lb., 14(^15c; 

 dark, ll@12c; extracted, 6@7c. Beeswax, 

 22@25c. CLEMONS, MASON & CO., 



Cor. 4th and Walnut Sts. 



CINCINNATI, Feb. 14.— Demand is good for 

 all kinds of extracted honey, with a full sup- 

 ply on the mai-ket of all but Southern, which 

 is still scarce. It brings 6@8c per pound, on 

 arrival. Demand is fair for choice comb-honey, 

 at 16@17c, in the jobbing way: no sale at all 

 for dark comb honey. 



Beeswax is in good demand at 24@26c., for 

 good to choice yellow. C. F. MUTH & SON, 

 Corner Freeman & Central Aves. 



CHICAGO, Feb. 16.— Demand at present not 

 very active on comb honey. Fancy white, 18c; 

 white, 17c; white 2-lb. sections, 15c; buck- 

 wheat, 1-lb. sections, 13c; extracted, 7@9c. 

 Beeswax, 28c. 



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



KANSAS CITY, Feb. 14.-Fancy white 1-lb. 

 comb, 18c; lair to good, 17c; dark 1-lb., 14@ 

 15c; 2-lb. white comb, 15@16c; 2-lb. dark, 13@ 

 14c; extracted, white, 7c; dark, 5@6c. 



HAMBLIN & BEARSS, 514 Walnut St. 



CHICAGO, Feb. 16.— The yolume of trade in 

 honey is very small. A few of the best lots are 

 taken at 17@-18c; but where the condition and 

 appearance of honey is a little off, 16c is about 

 the top. The supply is not large, but there 

 seems to be about enough for the trade. Ex- 

 tracted, is selling at 7@8c, with fair trade. 



Beeswax, 27@28c. 



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



BOSTON, Feb. 16.— Honey is in fair demand; 

 supply short. Fancy, 1-lb. comb, 19@20c; fair 

 to good, 18@19c; 2-lb. sections, 16@17c. Ex- 

 tracted, 8@.9c. There is no beeswax on hand. 

 BLAKE & RIPLEY, 57 Chatham Street. 



ALBANY, N.Y., Feb. 14.— The honey market 

 is quiet, with small stocks and light demand; 

 prices steady. We are selling white at 16@18c; 

 mixed, 14@15c; dark, 12@14c. Extracted, 

 white, 8@9c; dark, 6(^70. Beeswax, 28@29c. 

 H. R. WRIGHT, 326-328 Broadway. 



Bec=K:ccping for Profit, by Dr. 



Gr. L. Tinker, is a new 50-page pamphlet, 

 which details fully the author's new system 

 of bee-management in producing comb and 

 extracted-honey. and the construction of 

 the hive best adapted to it — his ' 'Nonpareil. ' ' 

 The book can be had at this office for 25c. 



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