1918 



AMERICAN BEE JOURNAL 



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or jobbing prices. A canvass of the 

 members of the association present 

 at the convention showed that nearly 

 all were obtaining for their honey 

 prices not less than those recom- 

 mended by the committee, whereas, 

 a year ago a similar canvass showed 

 selling prices varying from 10c to 25c 

 a pound. 



All interested in receiving reports 

 and price recommendations of the 

 committee should write to Mr. Bull. 

 E. S. MILLER, Pres. 



Meeting of Ontario County Bee- 

 keepers. — The Ontario County Bee- 

 keepers' Society cf New York will 

 hold its regular meeting in Canandai- 

 gua court house on Tuesday, Jan. IS, 

 1918. F. GREINER, Sec'y. 



Missouri Apicultural Society (In- 

 corporated) — The fifteenth annual 

 meeting of the Missouri Apicultural 

 Society, being the third as an incor- 

 porated body, will be held in Colum- 

 bia, Mo., during Farmers' Week, Jan. 

 IS to 18, 1918. The following program 

 has been prepared and important 

 business will be transacted. All mem- 

 bers are urged to attend and to bring 

 others interested in beekeeping. 



Tuesday, Jan. IS — "Spraying and 

 Bees," T. J. Talbert; "Some Adversi- 

 ties in Beekeeping," E. E. Tyler; "Ex- 

 tension Beekeeping," K. C. Sullivan ; 

 "Fruit Growing and Bees," E. H. Fa- 

 vor. Inspection of Department Api- 

 ary. 



Wednesday, Jan. 16 — "Extracted vs. 

 Comb Honey," J. F. Diemer ; "History 

 of Missouri Beekeeping," R. A. Hole- 

 kamp ; "Missouri Honey Plants," H. 

 B. Parks ; "Commercial Production of 

 Comb Hone}'," A. B. Crandall. Dem- 

 onstration in handling bees under 

 screen, extracting honey and prep- 

 aration of hives and hive fixtures, E. 

 E. Tyler, L. Haseman, A. H. Hollinger 

 I and K. C. Sullivan. "Commercial 

 Beekeeping," C. P. Dadant. Business 

 meeting. 



Thursday, Jan. 17 — "Thirty-three 

 Years in Beekeeping," Wm. J. Pres- 

 ton; "Beekeeping in Japan," George 



O. Shinji; "Using Honey to Save 

 Sugar," Louise Stanley; "The Chem- 

 istry of Honey," Prof. W. G. Brown ; 

 "The Anatomy of the Honey Bee," A. 

 H. Hollinger. Demonstration in 

 handling bees under a screen, E. E. 

 Tyler. Question Box, W. C. Camp- 

 bell. Business meeting and election 

 of officers at 3 p. m. 



Friday, Jan. 18 — "Wintering Bees," 

 H. M. Fort; "Shipping and Marketing 

 Honey," George Conaway; "Queen 

 Rearing," A. V. Small; "Farm Bee- 

 keeping," L. Haseman ; "Missouri 

 Beekeepers," A. D. Wolfe. Annual 

 Farmers' Week banquet at 8 o'clock, 

 at which a special table for beekeep- 

 ers will be reserved. 



UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT 

 OF AGRICULTURE 



Bureau of Markets 



Semi-Monthly Market News Bulletin 



Honey arrivals since last report : 



Keokuk, Iowa — 20 Pounds Missouri. 



Hamilton, 111. — 2,500 pounds Minne- 

 sota. 



Medina, Ohio — 5,995 pounds Michi- 

 gan, 11,040 pounds New York, 30,900 

 pounds Oregon, 3,016 pounds Ohio. 

 Telegraphic Reports From Today's 

 Markets — Jobbing Prices 



(In many markets in the honey 

 trade the term "jobber" is commonly 

 applied to the original receiver who 

 buys direct from the grower in carlot 

 quantities. However, in these reports 

 we use the term "wholesale carlot re- 

 ceiver" to designate the carlot pur- 

 chaser, while the term "jobber" refers 

 to the dealer who buys in less than 

 carlot quantities from the carlot re- 

 ceiver and who sells direct to retail- 

 ers. The prices quoted in this report 

 represent the prices at which the 

 "wholesale carlot receivers" sell to 

 the "jobbers.") 



Note: Arrivals include receipts 

 during preceding two weeks. Prices 

 represent current quotations. 



Chicago — Receipts and supplies 

 very light. Demand good, market 

 firm. Stock from nearby States : 



PART OF THE APIARY OF A. L. BEAUDIN IN QUEBEC. BEGINNING WITH 250 

 COLONIES IN THE SPRING, MR. BEAUDIN FINISHED WITH 400 COLONIES 

 AND HARVESTED 26,000 POUNDS OF EXTRACTED HONEY. 



Comb honey, fancy clover and bass- 

 wood, 22-24c per pound ; off grades as 

 low as 18c ; extracted in tins, best 

 \Sy2-\6y2 per pound; California, am- 

 ber mostly Idyic per pound. Bees- 

 wax: Supplies practically exhausted, 

 no sales reported. 



Denver — Approximately 900 cases 

 comb, 15,000 pounds extracted. De- 

 mand and movement good; market 

 firm. Comb honey: Colorado, white, 

 quality and condition generally good; 

 24-section cases No. 1, $4.05, No. 2, 

 $3.65. Extracted honey, white to light 

 amber, 16c per pound. Beeswax: Re- 

 ceipts light. Price to producer, 40c. 



Kansas City — No fresh arrivals ; 

 light demand, movement moderate, 

 market firm, few sales. All sales in 

 small lots. Comb honey: Colorados : 

 white, quality and condition good, 

 No. 1, $4.35; No. 2, $4.20 per 24-section 

 case. Extracted honey, Colorado, 

 quality and condition generally good; 

 white and extra light amber, mostly 

 15c per pound; dark, no sales report- 

 ed. Beeswax: Receipts light; light 

 demand, market firm; all sales in 

 small lots; few sales, 30-35c per 

 pound. 



Minneapolis — Local receipts very 

 light ; supplies moderate ; demand 

 moderate; market firm; all sales in 

 small lots. Comb honey: Minnesota 

 and Wisconsin, white. 24-section 

 cases, $4.50-5.00; 12-section cases 

 mostly $2.25. Extracted honey: Min- 

 nesota, white in 10, 20 and 60-pound 

 pails, mostly 19c per pound. Beeswax, 

 no sales reported. 



St. Paul — Receipts, one box, and 

 one crate Minnesota comb honey (to- 

 tal weight 140 pounds), and two casks 

 of Wisconsin extracted honey weigh- 

 ing 1,530 pounds. Demand moderate, 

 market firm; few sales reported. All 

 sales in small lots. Comb honey: 

 Minnesota and Wisconsin, white, 24- 

 section cases mostly $4.50. Extracted, 

 no sales reported. Beeswax: no sales. 



New York — Arrivals, 256 barrels 

 Porto Rican, 6 barrels Florida. Sup- 

 plies light ; market steady. Extract- 

 ed honey: West Indies, $1.50 1.60 per 

 gallon. Beeswax: 40 bags Porto 

 Rican arrived. Demand good; mar- 

 ket steady. Yellow, 37- 38c per pound; 

 dark, 36-37c per pound. 



St. Louis — No fresh carlot arrivals. 

 Supplies light. Practically none being 

 sold. Extracted honey : In cans, 

 light amber, 12c per pound; in bar- 

 rels, llj^c per pound. Comb honey: 

 No sales reported. Beeswax: Sup- 

 plies practicaly exhausted ; no sales 

 reported. 



Philadelphia — 23 kegs, 2 barrels, 

 mostly from New York, and approxi- 

 mately 300 cases local comb arrived. 

 Practically no sales. Very active de- 

 mand ; market very strong. Comb 

 honey: Few sales; light amber, 22c 

 per pound. Beeswax: No sales ^ no 

 offerings. 



Cincinnati — Extracted honey: One 

 car California, 4 barrels from Florida. 

 Comb honey: 1 car Colorado. De- 

 mand and movement good; market 

 very strong. Extracted honey: Do- 

 mestic light amber, 16-17c per pound; 

 orange and white sage, 18c per pound. 

 Comb honey: Fancy white, heavy, 

 $5.00-5.75; No. 1. white, heavy, $4.75 



