Bee Culture

VOL. XXXVII

January 1, 1909

No. 1

The Rapid Destruction of a Bee Flora by Forest Fires

How To Raise Them? That's the question!

Nearly every person can hatch chicks with hens or an incubator, but very few can raise the chicks. Very few know how to get them through the chick period to the dollar bringing time. Very few know how to make money by raising p ultry. But there is big money in poultry and we can tell you how to get your share.

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Honey Markets.

The prices listed below are intended to represent, as nearly as possib e, the average market prices at which honey and beeswax are selling at the time of the report in the city mentioned. Unss otherwise s'ated, this is the price at which sales are being m de by commission merchants or by p oducers direct to he retail mr. bant. When sales are made by commission merchants, the us al commission (from five to ten per cent), cartage, and freight will be dedacted, and in addition there is often a charge for storag by the commission merchant. When sales are made by the producer direct to the retailer, commission and storage, and other charges, are eliminated. Sales made to wholesale houses are u-ually about ten per cect less than those to retail merchants.

INDIANAPOLIS. As a rule, the honey market is dull during December; but the demand is holding up remarkably well this season. Producers are not now offering honey freely; and while wholesale houses are well stocked, the indications are that honey will be scarce before the arrival of the new crop. Some fancy white comb is being offered by producers at 12; No. 1 white at 12; white clover, extracted, in 5-gallon cans, at 7. Some amber honey is being offered, but the demand is so slight that the prices are irregular. Beeswax is steady at 28 cts. cash, or 30 in exchange for merchandise. Dec. 15.

WALTER S. POUDER, Indianapolis.

KANSAS CITY.-We quote extracted honey as follows: Fancy white in 24-section no-drip flat cases, $3.00 per case; No. 1, from $2.75 to $290; No. 2, $2.50. Extracted No. 1 white, in 60-lb. cans, 8 cts. per lb.; amber, 7%. Our market is well supplied at present with both comb and extracted honey. While there is a fairly good movement of honey, there is enough to supply the demand for some time to come. Beeswax is in demand at 25 to 28. C. C. CLEMONS PRODUCE Co.,

ZANESVILLE.-The fact that money is being spent in other channels now immediately before Christmas has made the demand for honey abnormally light. For fancy to No. 1 white comb the jobbing trade are offering 13 to 14 delivered, and 8 for the best grade of extracted. There is not much change in the wholesale market. For good clean beeswax 1 offer 29 cts. cash or 30 in exchange for bee-supplies. E. W. PEIRCE, Dec. 19. Zanesville, O.

SAN FRANCISCO.-There is no stock of water-white honey, either comb or extracted, on this market, and the white grade is moving fairly well at prices formerly quoted. Prices are still maintained on the lower grades, but they are moving off very slowly. We quote white comb at 15; white extracted, 7 to 8; light amber, 61⁄2 to 7; dark amber, 4% to 5%; candied, 4% to 5.-Pacific Rural Press, Dec. 19.

CINCINNATI.-With the close of the year the demand for both comb and extracted honey is very quiet, for all buyers wish to rid themselves of their stock to begin anew when business opens up again. Our prospects for the future are b ignt, and we look forward to a marked increase over the past four or five months' business. Amber extracted honey is selling by the barrel at from 5 to 62. according to quality and quantity pur hased. Extracted white-clover honey sells at 8. Fancy comb honey is moving freely at 14 to 142. We can use quite a lot of that a ticle; and if any one has some to dispose of, he will find us buyers. For good to choice yellow beeswax we are paying 27 to 28 delivered here. THE FRED W. MUTH CO., Cincinnati, O.

Dec. 22.

NEW YORK.-The demand for comb honey is only fair, and that only for fancy and No. 1 white. Low grades are dragging. and the demand for these, even at low figures, is next to nothing. While we have no overstock of No. 1 and fancy white, we can not encourage shipments of mixed or off grades. If the demand for white honey will continue fairly good during the next four months we do not think that there will be any carried over so far as our market is concerned, unless some shipments should arrive from the West, where, as we understand, there are large quantities held back. Extracted honey is in fair demand with sufficient sufficient supply. We quote California white sage at 9 to 92; light amber, 8 to 8%; amber, 7 to 7%. Southern and other grades, in barrels, 60 to 75 cts. per gallon, according to quality. Beeswax is quiet at 28 to 29.

ST. LOUIS.-The honey trade during the last few months has been dragging, and the little that was sold changed hands at low rates. Stocks are not large, but somewhat in excess of the limited demand. We quote fancy white comb honey at 12 to 122: choice amber, 11 to 12; dark amber, 9 to 10. Broken or leaking honey sells at considerably less. Choice amber honey, in barrels and half-barrels, sells at 5% to 6; in five-gallon cans, 6 10 62. Dark and inferior grades are entirely neglected, and would sell at considerably less. Beeswax sells at 29 cts. for choice pure; all impure and inferior, less. St. Louis, Dec. 21.

R. HARTMANN PRODUCE CO.

BUFFALO. The honey market is about as dull as I ever saw it. No one seems to want honey. There may be a little demand after New Year's day. We quote No. 1 to fancy whiteclover comb at 14 to 15; No. 2 ditto, 10 to 12; No. 1 buckwheat. 11 to 12; No. 2 ditto, 9 to 10; white extracted, 8 to 9; dark, 61⁄2 to 7; white honey in jelly-tumblers, 85 to 90 cts. per dozen. Beeswax, 28 to 30. W. C. TOWNSEND, Buffalo, N. Y.

Dec. 21.

CHICAGO. The past two weeks trade in comb honey has eased off considerably, but we look for a reaction after the first of the year. as a good many of the stores and jobbers are reducing their stocks as much as possible for the inventory period. The Chicago market is amply supplied with comb honey, but there seems to be a shortage of white-clover and basswood extracted. Demand for these is quite active at the present time. We quote extra fancy white comb honey at 14 to 14%; fancy and No. 1 white. 13 to 14, No. 2 white and light amber, 11 to 12%; other inferior grades at correspondingly low prices. White-clover and basswood extracted, in 60-lb. cans, two to the case, 7% to 8; in barrels. 1⁄2 ct. per lb. less. Bright pure beeswax, 30 to 32. Chicago, Dec. 22. S. T. FISH & Co.

LIVERPOOL.-The market for all descriptions of honey is very firm, and stocks are still small. Chilian, 41⁄2 to 6 cts.; Peruvian, 3 to 42; California, 8% to 10%1⁄2: Jamaican, 4 to 5; Haitian, 5 to 7. Beeswax-African, 26 to 2; American, 30 to 33; West Indian, 29 to 32; Chilian, 30 to 36; Peruvian, 33; Jamaican, 34 to 35. TAYLOR & Co.. 7 Tithebarn St. It ap

Dec. 16.

ELKIN. Comparatively little honey is on the market. pears that this year's crop is about all exhausted. White section honey sells at 25; sourwood chunk honey, 16 to 17; red or dark honey, none offered at present. This town has about 1800 inhabitants, and I have sold 3500 lbs. this fall; and while I am entirely out, orders are coming for more sourwood honey. There was a fine crop of honey in this section this year. Beeswax is firm at 26. G. F. JONES. Dec. 14. Elkin, N. C. See next page for balance of Honey Market reports.

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