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AMERICAN BEE JOURNAL 



December 



Crop Report and Market Condition 



Since our last report, the report of 

 the bureau of crop estimators has 

 come out. They estimate the aver- 

 age production per colony for 1918 at 

 37 pounds per colony, whereas, in 

 1917 it was 36 pounds per colony, 

 showing that the crop is about the 

 same as last year, with a much 

 greater demand except for foreign 

 markets, which have been cut down 

 by the lack of available shipping 

 space. There is little likelihood of 

 any great change here for some time 

 to come, or until this crop is all sold. 



As stated last month, most of the 

 honey is out of the hands of the pro- 

 ducers, very little being offered for 

 sale otherwise than through commis- 

 sion men and retailers. 



The price ranges about as before, 

 from 19 to 23 cents for amber and 

 from 22 to 25 cents for white in car 

 lots. 



Demand for Bees 



It appears that there is already a 

 great demand for bees in packages 

 for next year. Some breeders state 

 that they already have all the orders 

 they can fill, so that it appears cer- 

 tain that increase will be maintained 

 at least through next season. Opin- 

 ions of experts are that prices of 

 food stufls are not apt to decline for 

 a year or two, owing to the enor- 

 mous quantity of such commodities 

 required to revictualize European 

 countries. 



Relaxation in the sugar restrictions 

 may have some effect on the demand 

 for honey, but hardly enough to af- 

 fect the demand for honey of this 

 year's crop. 



The report of the Bureau of Mar- 

 kets follows : 



UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT 



OF AGRICULTURE 



Bureal of Markets 



Honey arrivals since last report: 



Medina, O.— 11,720 lbs from Ohio, 

 60,030 lbs. from Utah, 58,000 from 

 New York. 



Hamilton, 111. — No carlot arrivals. 



Keokuk, Iowa— No carlot arrivals. 

 Shipping Point Information 



San Francisco, Calif., Oct. 31.— De- 

 mand and movement moderate. Cash 

 to producers at country loading 

 points: Extracted per lb., water 

 white supply very light, 22-23Kic, sage 

 white, supplies moderate, 20-22^c; 

 light amber, supplies light, 18-20!^c. 

 dark amber 18-19c. Beeswax: sup- 

 plies moredate, 35-37}4c. 



Los Angeles,— Receipts very light. 

 Demand moderate, movement lim- 

 ited, little change in prices. Ex- 

 tracted, per lb.: light amber, alfalfa 



Compiled by M. G. Dadant 



and sage, 21-22c, mostly 21^c ; white 

 sage and orange, too few sales to es- 

 tablish market, asking 23c. Bees^ 

 wax, 34-36c. 



Unofficial Shipping Point Informa- 

 tion 

 Caldwell, Idaho, Oct. 31—188,000 

 lbs. shipped. Demand moderate, lit- 

 tle change in prices. Carloads f. o. b. 

 cash track: extracted, alfalfa, white, 

 60-lb. tins, 22-23c lb. ; comb, fancy, 

 $5.50 per case; No. 2, 5.25-5.35; No. 3, 



$5. a 



Telegraphic Reports From Import- 

 ant Markets 



(In many markets in the honey 

 trade the term "jobber" is commonly 

 applied to the original receiver who 

 buys direct from the grower in car- 

 lot quantities. However in these 

 reports we use the term "wholesale 

 carlot receiver" to designate the car- 

 lot purchaser, while the term "job- 

 ber" refers to the dealer who buys 

 in less than carlot quantities from 

 the carlot receiver and who sells di- 

 rect to retailers. The prices quoted 

 in this report, unless otherwise 

 stated, represents 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 — 1 Colorado, approxi-' ' 

 mately 200 crates by freight from 

 Michigan, 100 crates from Ohio ar- 

 rived. Supplies light. Demand anc 

 movement brisk, prices slightly 

 higher. Sales to jobbers: Colorados, 

 Ohios and Iowas, extracted, per lb., 

 white, 24-27c; amber, 23-25c ; comb, 

 No. 1, 29-32c per lb. Beeswax: no 

 sales reported. 



Denver — Approximately 1,800 cases 

 white comb, 70,000 lbs. extracted 

 arrived. Demand and movement 

 good; little change in prices. 

 Sales to jobbers: Colorado, white 

 comb, 24-section cases, No. 1, $6.30; 

 No. 2, $5.85; extracted, white, mostly 

 25c 11). Beeswax: cash to producers, 

 35c lb. 



Kansas City — 1 Colorado arrived. 

 Supplies light. Demand and move- 

 ment moderate. Quality and condi- 

 tion generally good. Sales to job- 

 bers : Missouri, comb, section cases, 

 No. 1, $8.50; Colorado, No. 1, $7.-7.25; 

 No. 2, $6.50-6.75; extracted, per lb., 

 light amber, 27c; amber, 25-26c. Bees- 

 wax : no sales reported. 



Cincinnati — 2 Nevada arrived. L. C. 

 L. and nearby receipts light. Good 

 inquiry, market firm; movement slow 

 on account of high prices; few sales. 

 Sales to jobbers: Extracted, per lb., 

 alfalfa and sweet clover 29c; amber, 

 small lots, 29c. Comb, 24-section 

 cases, No. 1 white, $7-7.25. Beeswax: 

 Demand light, market firm; average 

 yellow, 40-42c lb. 



Minneapolis — No carlot arrivals. 

 No cars on track. Supplies moder- 

 ate. Demand and movement good; 

 little change in prices. Sales to job- 

 bers: Colorado, quality and condi- 



tion good; comb, 24-section cases, 

 white fancy, $7-7.25. Extracted: no 

 supplies on market. 



St. Paul — No carlot arrivals; no 

 cars on track. Demand and move- 

 ment good; prices slightly higher. 

 Colorados, quality and condition 

 good. Comb, 24-section cases, $7.50- 

 7.75. 



Spokane — 1 Idaho arrived, 1 car 

 Idaho due, express receipts liberal. 

 Demand and movement active. Sales 

 direct to retailers : White comb, 24- 

 section glass front cases; No. 1, $7.25; 

 No. 2, $7. Extracted, per lb., light 

 amber, alfalfa and clover, 27-30c, ac- 

 cording to quality. Sales to jobbers: 

 Idaho, extracted in 100-case lots, 

 white alfalfa, 26-27c per lb; Yakima 

 Valley, light amber and alfalfa, 

 quality and condition fine, 27}4c per 

 pound. 



Philadelphia — 276 cases containing 

 10 gallons each of extracted from 

 New York, 150 from Vermont, 2 bar- 

 rels from Florida, 883 24-section 

 cases comb from Vermont, 296 from 

 New York, 8 from New Jersey, 24 

 from Virginia, 46 from Pennsylvania 

 arrived. Few sales to manufactur- 

 ers. Extracted, per gallon, Porto 

 Rico, $2.40; New York comb, dark 

 amber, 22-23c per lb. 



St. Louis — Supplies very light. De- 

 mand and movement good. Sales to 

 jobbers: Extracted, per lb., South- 

 ern, barrels, amber, 25-26c; cans, 26- 

 28c. Comb : No supplies on market. 

 Beeswax, 41c lb. 



New York — 279 barrels and 25 

 tierces from Porto Rica arrived, 149 

 bags beeswax from Porto Rica ar- 

 rived. Receipts moderate. Demand 

 and movement good. Market firm. 

 Sales to jobbers: Porto Rica, ex- 

 tracted, per gallon, $2.25-2.40; Cali- 

 fornia, light amber, $3.00-3.25; South- 

 ern extracted, per lb., 18-25c; buck- 

 wheat, comb, 24-29c. Beeswax: De- 

 mand and movement good; market 

 firm; yellow, 38-45c per lb. 



This is Jubilee Day, and so I am 

 sending you a sprig of sweet clover 

 plucked the 11th day of November, 

 1918. This looks good for a crop 

 next year. We have had fine rains 

 this fall and everything looks fine 

 here. Democracy is assured for the 

 world; let the Lord be praised. 

 Yours in the work, 



R. A. MORGAN. 



Vermillion, S. D., Nov. 11, 1918. 



Many thanks for the letter. It is 

 certainly wonderful to have blos- 

 soms of sweet clover on November 

 11. in South Dakota. That gives the 

 lie to the old saw, that the Dakotas 

 have only two seasons — winter and 

 the 4th of July. 



Yes, the 11th of November will re- 

 main as an international Jubilee, and 

 the finest part of it is that it will be 

 as much of a jubilee for the Central 

 Empires, which will have become 

 republics. We will certainly cele- 

 brate it regularly. — Editor. 



