22 BULLETIN 296, U. S. DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE. 



HONEY AND BEESWAX. 



The quantity of honey exported has not been stated, but the yearly 

 export value for the five years ending with 1899 was $77,323, which 

 was doubled during the five years ending with 1914 and amounted to 

 $154,325. Germany and the United Kingdom have received more 

 than one-half of the honey exported during the last 20 years. Other 

 countries receiving important consignments of this product since 

 1905 were Canada and the Netherlands. 



The quantity of honey imported has ranged from 66,432 gallons in 

 1897 to 287,696 gallons in 1903. The annual imports during the last 

 five years have averaged a little more than 100,000 gallons. Mexico 

 and Cuba supplied 83.2 per cent, of which 40.3 per cent came from 

 Mexico and 42.9 per cent from Cuba. The average annual imports 

 of honey during the last 20 years was 140,990 gallons. 



The exports of beeswax to all countries for the last 20 years have 

 averaged a little over 100,000 pounds annually. Prior to 1900 this 

 product was consigned principally to the United Kingdom, but dur- 

 ing the five years ending with 1914 Canada received nearly as much 

 as all other countries combined. During the five years, 1895-1899, 

 56.7 per cent of the beeswax exported was sent to the United King- 

 dom and 1.1 per cent to Canada ; 1900-1904, 49.3 per cent was sent to 

 the United Kingdom and 8.7 per cent to Canada ; 1905-1909, 49.7 per 

 cent was sent to the United Kingdom and 26 per cent to Canada ; 

 1910-1914, 35 per cent was sent to the United Kingdom and 49.6 per 

 cent to Canada. 



Cuba has been the chief source of our beeswax supply during the 

 last 20 years, supplying annually more than any other country and 

 more than all other countries combined for most of that period. 

 The imports in 1895 were 288.001 pounds, of which 180,742 came 

 from Cuba. The imports in 1914 were 1,412,200 pounds, of which 

 484,989 came from Cuba. The imports from Germany have greatly 

 increased, being 223 pounds in 1895 and 322,578 pounds in 1914. 



FEATHERS. 



The exports of feathers from this country in 1910 were valued at 

 $312,784 and in 1914 at $640,020. During this period more of this 

 product has been consigned to Canada than to any other country. 

 Other countries receiving large quantities for the same period were 

 Denmark, France, Germany, Itaty, and the Netherlands. Begin- 

 ning with 1895 the annual imports of feathers, crude and undressed, 

 have been valued at more than 1 million dollars. For the five years 

 ending with 1899 the average annual imports were valued at 

 $2,074,745, of which 60.8 per cent came from the United Kingdom. 

 For the five years ending with 1904 the average imports werq 

 $2,102,512, of which 69.7 per cent came from the United Kingdom. 



