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GLEANINGS IN BEE CULTUllE. 



July 



anybody will want them? Almost every thing-, this 

 season, has been piled up ahead in such nuantities 

 that we have found it difficult to climb throug-h 

 some of the I'ooms; but once in awhile wc find we 

 have not nearly enough after all, and then there will 

 be delay. A good many complaints have been made 

 because of delays on goods we do not advertise. We 

 try to be prompt on every thing in our catalogue, 

 and, in fact, we do not put an article in' the cata- 

 logue until it is in stock ready to ship. Bees and 

 queens have all the season gone by return mail or 

 express, and I tell you it is a pleasure to do business 

 in that way. More room would enable us to fill 

 orders much more expeditiously, and we are now 

 thinking of a new building, of the same size as our 

 present one, some time in the dim future, if it bo 

 God's pleasure to continue to prosper us. 



Because the queen you receive docs not lay, after 

 her trip through the mail-bags, is no good reason for 

 insisting that she was a virgin queen. To send out 

 a queen before she has commenced to lay would be 

 about on a par with passing counterfeit money, and 

 I hardly know of anything you can say more unkind 

 than to accuse one of doing such a thing. Say the 

 queen never laid an egg, if you choose, and also say 

 you think you should have another under the cir- 

 cumstances, if you think so; but please do not add 

 to the trials and disappointments of the one who 

 sent her, by accusing him of dishonesty. Quite a 

 number of old tested queens have this spring re- 

 fused to lay, after a long trip through the mail. 



'gcmy, %dmv(n. 



Under tbis head -n-ill be inserted, free o£ charge, the names or 

 all those having honey lo sell, as well as those wanting to buy. 

 Please mention how much, what kind, and prices, as far as pos- 

 sible. As a general thing, I would not advise you to send your 

 honey away to be sold on commission. It near home, where 

 you can look after it, it is often a very good way. By all means, 

 develop your home market. For 25 cents we can furnish little 

 boards to hang up in your dooryara, with the words, ' ' Honey 

 for Sale, " neatly painted. If wanted by mail, 10 cents extra for 

 postage. Boards saying "Bees and Queens for Sale," same 

 pi.-ice. 



CITY MARKETS. 



Chicago.— 7/onfy.— There is no change in the 

 honey and Becmvax market since my last quotations 

 in June Gleanings. Alfued H. Newman. 



Chicago, 111., June 21, 1883. 



Boston.— Honey.— New honey, 25c. for 1 lb., and 

 23 for 2 lbs. More new honey is wanted in this 

 market, 'j-lb. honey,30 cts. Good refined Bnswa.r, 

 32 cents. Cuocker & Blake. 



Boston, Mass., June 22, 1882. 



Cincinnati.— Honey.— The market for honey is 

 quiet, with no change in prices. But, ditferent from 

 lormer years, sales are made every day. New ar- 

 rivals of extracted honey have become more fre- 

 quent. We pay 7®10c. on arrival. Prices for comb 

 honey nominal. Becswa.v is scarce, and brings 20® 

 28c. on arrival. Chas. F. Muth. 



Cincinnati, O., June 21, 1882. 



Dethoit.— Hmicii.— The honey market is very 

 dull; hardly anything iloing. Quotations are l.j@.18c. 

 Breswa.r brings"20@,22c,. and is held in stock at 2.5@26c. 



Detroit, Mich., June 25, 1882. A. B. Weed. 



New York.— Honey.- Your postal of the 20th at 

 hand; and in reply, allow us to quote: Southern 

 strained honey, 85@O0c. per gallon; extracted buck- 

 wheat. 7c. perlb.; extracted clover, fancy, lie. per 

 lb.; comb honey, buckwheat, ll@l3c. per lb. Pure 

 Bcesivax, prime yellow, 25@26c. per pound. 



H. K. & F. B. Thuhber & Co. 



New York, June 22, 1882. 



Cleveland.— Honri/.— We regret to say there is 

 nothing to report in honey, there l>eing no comb in 

 market; 1 bbl. of old extracted sold tj-day at 10 cts. 

 Bd'.x'U'rt.r very scarce, none offering. 



Cleveland, O., June 21, 1882. A. C. Kesdel. 



C'lRClJLiARS, ETC., KECEIVED. 



Joseph D. Enas, Napa. Cal., sends us a postal-card 



circular relative to Italian bees and queens. 



From T. S. Hall. Kirby's Creek. Ala., we have re- 

 ceived a circular, 5 x 16 inches, giving prices of Italian queens 

 and bees. 



KIND WORDS FROM OUR CUSTOMERS. 



My advertisement In Gleanings has paid very 

 well. J. H. Rebo. 



Orleans, Orange Co., Ind., June 13, 1883. 



The specs are a marvel of cheapness. Thanks. I 

 shall send another order. G. H. Child. 



East Killingby,Conn., May 20, 1882. 



I am delighted with the " Little Detective " sc lies 

 bought of you last year. L. A. D.vhsev. 



EUaville, Ga., F.b. 15, 1882. 



I received your .50-cont smoker all O. K. Tt works 

 like a steam-engine. It. Ghinnell. 



Baden,Mo., June fi, 1882. 



The maple sugar came to hand all right, and the 

 friends are greatly pleased. It wouM have cost at 

 retail $24.00 more than It did. J. S. Hughes. 



Mt. Zion, III., April 22, 1882. 



The A B C book is full of information, explained 

 in a pleasant way not to be found in any other book 

 1 have read. J. Uuthekford. 



Strathroy, Oat., May 13, 1'-^'^ 



1 send you 5 names to get a new Waterbury watch. 

 Last year I purchased 13 of yuu (and now wish this 

 one for myself). All are sold, and give s^itisfaction. 



J. \V. K. Shaw. 



Lorcauville, Iberia Par , La . F»'b. 9, 1882. 



I want to write as soon as I can get time, and tell 

 you how well satistied I am wuti eviry thing 1 have 

 received from you, and 'jow 1 am getting along with 

 mv first lessons in bee-keeping. W. \V. Tavlok. 



Lehi City, Utah, May 24, 1^82. 



The Waterbury watch came duly to hand. I have 

 delayed writing, "that 1 might speak as to its time- 

 keeping qualities. In a word, it gives me entire nat- 

 ii<f actum; and whai more does a body want? 



Elora, Neb., March 10, 1882. J. F. Adams. 



THE 50c. smoker. 

 The bee-guards and smok-er at hand. It seems 

 that this reaches the acme in the smoker business. 



J. E. LAY. 



IlallettsviUe, Lavaca Co., Tex., May 10, 1882. 



I got one queen and a pound of bees from you one 

 year ago last September; they made a good hive last 

 year. This spring they are working well, it was a 

 dollar queen. Hichard Edmunds. 



Grand Crossing, HI., April 2L 1882. 



Send me another of Clark's coil-blast smoker. 

 The one you sent me takes the eye of my friends. I 

 shall have to order one or give up the one you sent 

 and use my old one. A. W. Si'R.ACKLbW. 



Cowden, 111., April 26, 1883. 



Inclosed you will please find 7.') ctnts, for which 

 you will plea.*e send me one of jour Clark smokers. 

 1 saw one at Mr. I. A. Fitzgerald's a lew dajsago, 

 which I was very much pleased witli. 



Linwood, N. C, May 14, 1882. G. F. Smith, Jr. 



Last night, while visiting at a neighbor's, he 

 showed lue a very beautiful stem-winding Water- 

 bury watch, which he received by mail from you. It 

 just tills my eye. 1 think I could sell dozens of 

 them. H. E. J ODD. 



Kanob, Utah, March 16, 1883. 



