1893 



GLEANINGS IN BEE CULTURE. 



77 



Honey Column. 



CITY MARKETS. 



Boston.— //n(ifj/.-H()iie.\ i<; selling- very slow, ow- 

 ing: to continued eoM wt'Mllier. We ([uote: IJest one- 

 pound combs sellinji' :it 16(5/17; extinct ed, 8(§il0. 



Beeswax. — None on hand. 



BijAke & Ripley, 



Jan. 19. Boston, Mass. 



Kansas City.— Hoxej/.— There is no change in tlie 

 honey-market; .stoclvs are fairly large with a frood 

 demand. White lib., 16@17; No. 3, lo; darli. No. 1, 

 13@U; No. 3, 13; extracted, 7@8. Beeswax, none on 

 hand. Hamblin & Bearss, 



Jan. 20. .514 Waliint St., Kansas City, Mo. 



Cleveland.— Honey.— Honey offered by N. Y. 

 parties. No. 1, F. O. B. Cleveland. O., 14; No. 3,10. 

 Demand not as good as before holidays. Sales slow. 

 Beeswax, 30. Williams Bkos., 



Jan. 18. 80 & 83 Broadway, Cleveland, O. 



Cincinnati.— HiHiey. —There is no chang-e in the 

 market since our last. Extracted is in fair demand 

 at 6@8, with a limited supply. Tliere is a fair di>- 

 maiid for comb honey at i4@l(i for best white, with 

 no choice honey on the market. Bef,su'rt.r.— Demand 

 g-ood, at 33@35 for g'ood to choice yellow, with a 

 fair supply. Chas. F. Muth & Son, 



Jan. 31. Cincinnati, O. 



Kansas City.— Honey.— The demand for extracted 

 is larger than the supply, and finds ready sale at 8c 

 for white; 6@7 for amber. Comb, 1-lb., 17c for white; 

 13® 14 for amber. Beeswax. 33@2.5. 



Clemons-Mason Com. Co., 



Jan. 30. Kansas City, Mo. 



Albany.— Honej/.- -We have received a couple of 

 consignments of comb honey since our last report, 

 and it is selling off nicely. From present indii'ations 

 we shall be out of stock in a very short time. No 

 material change in prices. Extracted moving off 

 freely, and light is very scarce. We quote: Lig-ht, 

 •9@10; dark, 7@8. Chas. McCulloch & Co., 



Jan. 31. 393-397 Broadway, Albany, N. Y. 



Detroit. — Honey. — Best white comb honey, 14:@1.5; 

 sales slow, supply not large. Extracted, H@8^. 

 Beeswax, 26@27. M. H. Hunt, 



Jan. 18. Bell Branch, Mich. 



Buffalo.— Honej/.— Trade is very quiet, excepting- 



•on small lots of fancy clover selling mostly at 17@18; 



No. 1, 15@16; poorer g-rades, liberal supplies, rangring 



from 10@12; buckwheat mostly 10. Beeswax, 35(2'30. 



Batterson & Co.. 



Jan. 18. 167, 169 Scott St., Buffalo, N. Y. 



St. Louis.— Hiuief/.- Comb slow; white - clover, 

 17@18; dark, 7@10. Extracted, very scarce and in de- 

 mand, at 6)^®6M in barrels; 7;4@73^ in cans. Bees- 

 wax, prime, 2")'/^. 



Jan. 19. D. G. Tutt Gro. Co., 

 St. Louis, Mo, 



Minneapolis. -Ho/ieiy. —There is a fair supply of 

 honey on the market; but it runs to dark honey. 

 There is very little fancy white-clover on the mar- 

 ket. Fine white-clover, 17(rt),18; 3-lb. combs, 16@17; 

 buckwheat, J3@14; extracted. 7@,8. 



Jan. 20. J. A. Shea & Co., 



14&16 Hennepin Ave., Minneapolis, Minn. 



Chicago.— Hofiej/. —The demand for honey is fair 

 ■considei'ing- tlie extreme cold weather. Fancy white 

 brings 17®18; other grades of white, 16; dai'k, 13; 

 extracted, steady at 6@9. The offering's are moder- 

 ate in volume, but will likely increase when the 

 weather moderates. Tiecsiiio.c, 35. 



R. A. Burnett & Co., 



Jan. 18. 161 So. Water St., Chicago, 111 



Albany.— Hoiit'/y. — Oui' honey market is slow on 

 account of cold weather; but our stock was never 

 so light as now. We have less than .50 cases on hand, 

 and only 1 bbl. extracted, when usually we have 

 1000 cases in stock. For honey not granulated in 

 comb, we quote: Small, white comb. 15'5^18; mixed, 

 13@14; dark, 10@11. Lar;;e comb ;uid double glass 

 sell for l@2c less. Extricted, white, 8i@9; aniber, 

 ■7ir@8; buckwheat. Wiilk- H. l{.WRionT, 



Jan. 13. 326, ;328, .'») Broadway. Albany, N. Y. 



5=BANDED 

 3=BANDED 



BEES. 



Nucleus colonies. (Circular free. 

 3-8db .1. F. MICHAEL, German, Darke Co., O. 



Headquarters in the South for 



BEE-K EEPERS' S UPPLIES. 



DOVETAILED HIVES. SECTIONS, 



COMB FDN., EXTRACTORS, <£C. 



ITALIAN QUEENS, NUCLEI, SC. 



SEND FOR PRICE LIST. 



Uiiyaii (iuiilii, J^it. 



VANDERVORT 

 COMB -FOUNDATION MILLS. 



Send for samples and reduced price list, 

 itfd JNO. VANDERVORT, Laceyville, Pa. 



Chicago Bee-Keepers' Supply Go. 



Will furnish every thing used in the apiary, at bot- 

 tom prices. Write for circular price list to 



J. B. KLINE, Secy., Topeka, Kan. 



Job Lot of Sections, $1.50 per M. 



White V-groove, 454. Samples by mail, 10c. All 

 supplies very cheap. Addrt ss 

 3tfdb Oliver Foster, Mt. \'ernon, Linn Co., la. 



Wants or Exchange Department. 



WANTED.— A first-class blacksmith to work on 

 commission; tools, shop, and material furnish- 

 ed; must be temperate and honest. Write. 2d 

 P. P. HiSH, Tower Hill, Shelby Co., III. 



WANTED.— A good young- man to do general farm- 

 work. I will pay $300 per year. Reference, 

 the Larimer Co. Bank of Loveland. Colo. 



J. B. Swan, Loveland, Larimer Co., Colo. 



WANTED.— To exchange for any thing useful to a 

 bee-keeper, one honej' -extractor, good as new; 

 100 T crates in the flat; 40 queen-excluding honey- 

 boards; 10 second-hand bee-hives, all-wood brood- 

 frames. L. Simplicity .size; 800 metal separators; 2 

 mandrels of different size: one 10-in. rip, one 10-in. 

 cut-off saw; one 6-in. rip. one 6-in. cut-off; one 6-in. 

 dovetailing' saw. Address 514 St. George's St., 

 2-5db Ottawa, LaSalle Co., 111. 



ANTED.— To rent an apiary, or a position as an 

 ipiarist in California. Correspond with 



Chas. Brown, Nicolaus, Sutter Co., Cal. 



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WANTED.— To exchange Snyder lilackberry and 

 Gregg raspberry plants, foi' Barnes saw, 6-in. 

 fdn. mill, or wax; saw wanted at once. 



L. B. Bell, Brecksville, Ohio. 



WANTED.— Positicm in an apiary by a young man. 

 Five years' experience; good reconimendations. 

 Lloyd SEtHKisT, 

 3-4-5d Pleasant Home, Wayne Co., Ohio. 



WANTED.— A situation by a practical apiarist in 

 an apiary or Hive manufactory; 13 years' ex- 

 perience. Address (J. C. R., Box 707, 



. Custiii, Minn. 



WANTED.— To exchange (me pen S. S. Hamburg 

 chickens, for breech-loading slu)t-gun, incuba- 

 tor, or honey-extractor. 



J. C. Provins, Masontown, Pa. 



WANTED, 

 wortli $ 

 at $30. 



To exchange photographic outfit, 

 ti, for bee-hives, etc. Will value outfit 

 D. B. Thomas. Odin, Mo. 



