1896 



GLEANINGS IN BEE CULTURE. 



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Honey Column. 



CITY MARKETS. 

 Albany. — Honey. — The market for both comb 

 and extracted is very quiet. There is a large sioek 

 of buckwheat comb on liaiid, and uriees less flim jit 

 8@10; white scarce and sells at U@15 We are look- 

 ing' for an irnpnived demand for extracted soon. 

 We quote, light, 6(36/2; dark, OOti. 



CUAS. McCUbL.OCH & Co., 



Jan. 8. Albany, N. Y. 



Cincinnati. — Honey.— The demand is slow for 

 comb and extracted honey. Best white comb brings 

 IS^Uin the jobbing way. Extracted honey sells at 

 4(g(7 on arrival. There is a good demand for beeswax 

 at 22@27 for good to choice yellow. 



Chas F. Muth & Son, 



Jan. 7. Cincinnati, O. 



Detroit.— Hojiey.— Best white comb honey is sell- 

 ing readily at 15; amber and darker grades, 13@13; 

 extracted, 6@.7. Beeswax, ^6@27. 



M. H. Hunt, 



Jan. 7. Bell Branch, Mich. 



Cleveland. — Honey.— Oar honey market is very 

 slow at present. We quote No. 1 white in Mb. sec- 

 tions, 13^14; No. 2, 12c; buckwheat, 9c. No. 1 white 

 extracted, 6c; light amber, 5c. Beeswax, 2.5. 

 WiLiiiAMS Bros., 



Jan. 7. 80 & 82 Broadway, Cleveland, O. 



San FitANCisco. — Hirtiey.— Honey is quiet, but 

 firm. I quote extracted honey at 4@.5J4 as to quality. 

 Comb honey not plentiful at 8@lllc. Beeswax, is 

 scarce at 26@27. Henky Schacht, 



Dic, 24. San Francisco, Cal. 



Kansas City.— Hodey.— The demand for comb 

 and extracted in our market is fair. We quote No. 

 1 white Mb. romb, i:!@14; No. 2, 12@13; No. 1 amber, 

 lir§12; No. 2, 1(1; extracted, wliiie, 6(a.6U; amber 

 5@oyz ; dark, 4@4^. Beeswax, 22@2.5. 



C. C. Clemons & Co., 



Jan. 8. Kansas City, Mo. 



St. Louis.— Honey —We quote choice white 1-lb. 

 sections, 11(^^12: fancy, 12i4@,13; dark, 6@10. Extract- 

 ed and strained, choice white in cans, t)@6'4; good, 

 5@.5i4; dark, 3'4@4. Same grades in barrels, V4 to 1 c 

 less. Beeswax, prime, 28',2&29. 



Westcott C(;mmission Co., 



Jan. 8. 213 Market St., Sr. Louis, Mo. 



Buffalo.— Ho?iey. — The honey market is very 

 quiet— very little doing in any kiud. Fancy, mostly 

 15@1H; choice. 12(0)13; buckwheat, 8@10. Do not ad- 

 vise shipments of extracted honey here. Beeswax, 

 25@28. Battekson & Co., 



Jan. 8. Buffalo, N. Y. 



Extracted honey in barrels at 6 cts.. or in 60-lb. 

 cans at 7c. Chas. Dadant & Son, 



Hamilton, Hancock Co., 111. 



For Sale.— 20 boxes extracted honey, two 60-lb. 

 cans in each box. Price 6c per lb. 



Jno. a. Thornton, Lima, HI. ' 



Parties wanting first-class extracted honey in 60- 

 lb. new tin cans will do well to correspond with 



Ei^iAS Fox, Hillsboro, Wis. 



Minneapolis.— Ho/iey— Since last writing you 

 there has been little or no change in the honey 

 market. The dullness of tlie holiday season is not 

 quite over. We quote choice white Mb, liJOU^o; 

 dark, U@V2. Water-white extracted, ()®6i4.; extra 

 amber, hv4@,9%; amber, 5@.5'". 



S. H. Hall & Co.. 



Jan. 8. Minneapolis, Minn. 



Philadelphia. — Honey. — Honey is selling a lit- 

 tle better than last quotations, but the continued 

 arrival of California goods keeps tlie price low and 

 grocers are looking for comt) lioney that thi'ycan 

 retail two for a quarter and make 20 per cent. We 

 quote extrac ted.414@.5Vi; extracted white clover, 10. 

 Comb honey, 8@12. Beeswax, 30. 



Wm. a. Selser, 



Jan. 8. No. 10 Vine St., Philadelphia, Pa. 



New York. — Honey. — Demand for fancv comb 

 honey is very good, and supplj' limited. Demand 

 for buckwheat comb is limited, with good supply. 

 We quote fancy Mb., clover, 1.5@,16; wiiite, 1-lb., 

 clover, 13@14; fair, Mb., clover, 11@13; buckwheat, 

 9@9'/4 Extracted buckwheat, 5, with slow sale, and 

 supply fully equal to demand. Extracted white 

 clover and basswood, 6)^@7'/2, with supply short 

 and demand good. Beeswa.x in good demand, and 

 firm at 29@32. Chas. Israel & Bros. 



Jan. 10. 486-490 Canal St., New York. 



Boston.— Honey.— We beg to quote our market on 

 honey as follows: comb, 14®].'); extracted, .t@6, with 

 a good demand and fair supjily. 



E. E. Blake & Co., 



Jan. 11. Boston, Mass. 



For Sale.— 5 40-gallon b:irrels choice extracted 

 basswood honey, 6'/4c f. o. b. here. 



C. H. Stordock, Durand, 111. 



Wanted.— To sell quantity lots of fancy comb 

 honey. Also to sell water-white extracted honey in 

 60-lb. cans. B. Walker, Evart, Mich. 



Alfalfa IN Arizona.— We will sell you alfalfa 

 honey F. O. B. Phoenix at 4i4c in lOuO - lb. lots or 

 more. Less than 1000 lbs. at 5c in flve-gallon cans. 

 Car lots a specialty. J. P. Ivy, 



Secretary Bee-keepers' Association, 

 Phoenix, Maricopa Co., Arizona. 



Wants and Exchange Department. 



Notices will be inserted under this head at one-half ourusual 

 rate. Advertisements intended tor this department must not 

 exceed five lines, and you must say you want youradv't in tliis 

 department, oi' we will not be responsible lor errors. You can 

 have the notice as many lines as you please; but all over five 

 lines will co-t you according to our regular rates. This depart^ 

 mentis intended only for bona-flde exchange-'. Exchanges for 

 cash or for price lists, or notices offering articles for sale, can 

 not be inserted under this head. For such our regular rates of 

 2U c. a line will be charged and they will be put with the regu- 

 lar advertisements. We can not be responsible for dissatisfac- 

 tion arising from these " swaps." 



WANTED.— To exchange safety bicycles, and an 

 Odell typewriter, for honey, beeswax, or gas- 

 oline or kerosene engine. J. A. Green, Ottawa, 111. 



ANTED.— To exchange hives for nursery stock, 

 plums, gooseberries, etc. 



J. F. Michael, Greenville, Ohio. 



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ANTED. — To exchange spring-motor talking- 

 machine and 40 records for offers. Write to me. 

 Bert W. Hopper, Elmo, Mo. 



ANTED.— To exchange foundation-mills and 

 honey-extractors for honey or wax. 

 I. J. Stringham, 105 Park Place, New York. 



ANTED.— To exchange 200 colonies of bees for 

 anything useful on plantation. 



Anthony Opp, Helena, Ark. 



WANTED.— To exchange 26-in. planer and matcher 

 and scroll-saw (for power) for wood-working 

 machinery or cash. Geo. Rall, Galesville, Wis. 



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WANTED.— To exchange peach-trees, and Abon- 

 dance, Burbank, and Satstima plum-trees, for 

 Italian bees and extracted bonfy. 10 peach-trees 

 by mail. 60 cts.; 5 plum-trees by mail, 60 cts. 



John Cadwallader, North Madison, Ind. 



WANTED.— To exchange for bees or any thing 

 useful on ti farm or in bee-yard, Scotch Collie 

 shepherd pups, bied from trained parents of im- 

 ported stock. Address Wynn Smith, 



Box 245, Aurora. 111. 



WANTED.— To exchange Williams incubator, 

 good as new, 6U0-egg capacity; new comb, 

 Barnes saw. Want honey or wax. 



O. H. Hyatt, Shenandoah, Page Co., la. 



WANTED.— A location for a custom saw and feed 

 mill, with a good apple district, to run cider- 

 mill. W. S. Ammon, Eeading, Pa. 



