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AMERICAN BEE JOURNAL 



February 



Crop Report and Market Condition 



Compiled by M. G. Dadant 



is very little new to report. Honey appears to 

 be in much lighter demand, with a consequent easing up 

 in prices offered. There seems to be little desire, how- 

 ever, to sell below a price of 25 cents for best white ex- 

 tracted, with 2 to 5 cents less for amber. One California 

 brokerage firm offers California amber at 23 cents and 

 Hawaii amber at 19 cents. 



Inbound shipments at New York are fairly plentiful, 

 prices ranging at a little less than 20 cents for Cuban and 

 Porto Rican honey, 



\\ e give below market report of the United States De- 

 partment of Agriculture for December 30, 1918: 



Honey Arrivals Since Last Report 

 Medina, Ohio- 3,632 lbs. Florida, 31,900 lbs. Ohio,' 42,000 

 lli~ Pennsylvania, 5,617 lbs. New York, 69,600 lbs. Idaho. 

 65.500 lbs. New Mexico, 800 lbs. Kentucky. 



Shipping Point Information 



San Francisco, Calif.,— Supplies light. Demand and 

 movement slow; no change in prices. Cash to producer 

 at country loading points, extracted, per lb., water white, 

 22 -23c; sage white, 20-22c; white alfalfa, 20-20^c; light 

 amber alfalfa, 19-20c ; dark amber, 16-17c. Comb: Nevada 

 24-section cases, white, $6.50; light amber, $5.50; dark am- 

 ber, $4-4.25. Beeswax, 36-37c per pound. 



Los Angeles, Calif.— Supplies very light. Exchange now 

 controls large share of honey remaining in producers' 

 hands. Demand slow, little change in prices. Cash to 

 producer on farm, extracted, light amber alfalfa, 19-20c 

 per pound; light amber sage, 20j4-21^4c per pound. Comb: 

 24-section cases, No. 1 light, $5-6 per case. Beeswax, 36- 

 38c per pound. 



Telegraphic Reports from Important Markets 



Note: Arrivals include receipts during preceding two 

 weeks. Prices represent current quotations. 



Kansas City— No arrivals. Supplies very light. De- 

 mand and movement slow, few sales. Sales to jobbers, 

 extracted: 60-lb. cans southern amber, 25-26c per pound. 

 Comb : No supplies on margket. 



St. Paul — Home-grown receipts moderate. Supplies 

 moderate. Demand and movement slow. Sales direct to 

 retailers, comb: No change in prices. Colorados and Min- 

 nesotas, 24-section cases fancy, quality and condition 

 good, $7.50-8.00. Extracted: prices lower; Minnesota, 60- 

 lb. cans fancy white, mostly 25c per pound. 



St. Louis — Supplies light. Demand light; movement 

 slow. Sales to jobbers, extracted, per pound, Southern, 

 barrels, amber, 18120c; cans, 20-21c per pound. Comb: 

 Mo supplies on market. Beeswax, prime, 40c per pound. 



Chicago — 1 Colorado arrived. Demand and movement 

 slow; little change in prices. Sales to jobbers, extracted: 

 Western white. 25-26c ; amber, 22-23c per pound. Comb: 

 No sales reported. 



Spokane — No arrivals. Supplies light, not cleaning up. 

 Practically no demand or movement reported. Sales di- 

 rect to retailers, Idaho, extracted: 5 and 10-gallon cans 

 white alfalfa, 20-23c per pound. Comb: White alfaffa, 24- 

 section cases No. 1, $7.25; No. 2, $7. 



New York — 212 barrels Porto Rico arrived. Supplies 

 moderate. Demand and movement slow. Sales to job- 

 bers, extracted: few sales Porto Rico at $2.30-2.60, mostly 

 $2.30-2.40 per gallon. New York buckwheat, 22-23c; clo- 

 ver, 23 j 25c per pound. Comb : Very little market. Cali- 

 fornia, very few sales. Light amber, 25-26c ; white ,25-27c 

 per pound. Beeswax: 18 bales Porto Rico arrived. Sup- 

 plies light. Demand and movement slow; little change in 

 prices. Per pound, light, 43-44'/ 2 c; dark, 42-43^c. 



Philadelphia — Arrivals : Extracted, 102 cases of 10 gal- 

 lons each and 47 kegs New York, 4 cases and 3 barrels 

 Florida. 13 cases New Jersey; Comb, 162 cases New York, 

 767 cases Vermont; too few sales to establish market. 



Cincinnati — 1 California arrived. Demand and move- 

 ment slow. Sales to jobbers, extracted: Few sales, white 

 sage and sweet clover at 27-28c per pound. Comb : 24- 

 section cases, No. 1 white, heavy, $7.00-7.25; fancy white, 

 heavy, $7.25-7.50. Beeswax: Demand and movement mod- 

 erate, No. 1. white, 40-42c per pound. 



Cleveland — No arrivals, supplies not cleaning up. De- 

 mand slow, practically no movement; prices decreasing; 

 few sales. Sales to confectioners and bakers. Extracted, 

 western, 60-lb. tins light amber, 31c; white clover mostly 

 25c per pound. 



Denver — Approximately 1,500 pounds extracted ar- 

 rived. Supplies moderate. Demand light, movement slow. 

 Sales direct to retailers. Comb: few 24-section cases No. 

 1 white at $6.30; No. 2, $5.65. Extracted: Light amber, 

 22-24c per pound. Beeswax: Cash to grower, f. o. b. Den- 

 ver, 38c per pound. 



Minneapolis — Home-grown supplies moderate. Demand 

 and movement moderate. Sales direct to retailers. Comb: 

 no change in prices. Minnesotas and Colorados. quality- 

 and condition fine. 24-section cases fancy white, $7.50 per 

 case. Extracted : Prices slightly lower. California, qual- 

 ity and condition generally good, 60-lb. cans, 26-28c per 

 pound; Minnesota, quality and condition good, 60-lb. cans 

 fancy, mostly 30c per pound. 



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