1896 



GLEANINGS IN BEE CULTURE. 



245 



Contents of this Number. 



Aiii)les, Sliipping: Colli •^74 



Beads as Spacers 2m 



Bees as Fertilizers 2M 



Benton's Book •-'f.s 



Breath in"n- fur Health 271 



Clover. Criinsoii -.'74 



CiiniijHssiiin Men 2r>:! 



Drone-Kuard, Me Nay's 2(>I 



Elect ru'al Quacks 27(1 



Feeding;. Spring i!('>7 



Fertilizers, Value of 271 



Food Law, Canadian •IM 



Foundation, New. Touu'li . . . .'ititi 



Frames, Closed-end 2«0 



Frames. Hoffman, to Nail...2.iS 



Freehoin, 



Freik'ht, Prepaying ■-'7(i 



Freight on Honey 2i;ti 



Grailint; Honey 'ii'ii> 



Granulation, To Prevent '-Jiiii 



Ciuano ';7.' 



Hive, Myers' 214 



Hives, Numbering 2r.> 



Honev, Low Prices 2.52 



Hone.v, California, Clieap. . .259 



H. >ney Exchanue 249 



Hoii^e apiar.v Ventilation... 264 



Introilucing 2.58 



Ka fli r C' irn 27.'! 



Malted Milk 26.5 



Miller on North American. . .2.54 

 National B. K. Association.. 25] 



Nurserv for Chickens 265 



( )nioiis. Wliittaker 274 



Potato Seal> 272 



Potatoes. Many Kinds 274 



Poultry and Bees 2.57 



Queens Mating 262 



Queen's Presence 257 



Sacaline 273 



S.aslr in Clay 272 



Section pi-ess. Magic 262 



.Sections Crosswise of Hive. .265 



Skvhiik 248 



S|iiriael, nil, let- Glass 273 



Sirl.-iiim.-rtiori 273 



Thoioi, -111, reds in Greenh'e.272 

 WaslriiiKtoii, Climate of.... 265 



Wa.x from Honey 264 



Yams ". 275 



New Comb=Honey Hive 



containing 10 closed -end standing brood - frames, 

 15V^x6i4 net comb space, and 32 5-inch Prize sections 

 3Jix5in.; adapted to furnish standard Langstroth 

 hives as bodies or supers witli full space for top 

 packing for safe wintering and promoting worii in 

 supers; forming solid double walls with interven- 

 ing air-spaces tightly covered, and perfect bee- 

 escapes, with all free of cost; manufactured by The 

 A. I. Root Co., Medina, Ohio. Orders and remit- 

 tances should be sent to me. care their address. 



One complete sample hive ready for bees, $2.50: 

 10 complete in tiat, with nails and starters, $15.00. 



For f urtlier information, address 



F. DANZENBAKER, Miami, Dade Co.. Fla. 



Please mention this paper. 



Honey Column. 



CITY MARKETS. 



Boston.— Honey.— Our honey market remains 

 without any special change as to price, but with a 

 trifie better demand. No. 1 comb, 14@15; No. 2, 10® 

 12; extracted, 5@6. E. E. Blake & Co., 



Mar. 17. Boston, Mass. 



Chicago.— flonej/.— White clover and basswood 

 comb are sought in preference to any other, and 

 command a better price, and now sell at 14c for 

 clover, and 12@13 for basswood. Other white comb 

 honey sells at ll(rf-12; dark, 8@9; amber. fl®10; and 

 very slow of sale. Extracted is unusually dull, with 

 large amounts on sale. White clover and linden, fi 

 @"; dark and amber grades, 4i4@5. Beeswax. 28@30. 

 R. A. Burnett & Co., 



Mar. 18. 163 So. Water St., Chicago, III. 



Detroit.— Ho?iejy.— Best white comb honey is sell- 

 ing at 12@13. Market is dull: considerable inferior 

 honey in stock. Extracted, 6@,7. Beeswax in fair 

 demand at 26@28. M. H. Hunt, 



Mar. 18. Bell Branch, Mich. 



Philadelphia.— JJo/iej/.— Honey Is not selling so 

 well as last quotations, the demand for comb honey 

 having fallen off; but extracted honey finds a steady 

 market, but low prices. We quote extracted, 4J4@ 

 5'^; white clover, 10; fancy comb, 14@15: fair to 

 good, 8@11. Beeswax, .30. Wm. A. Selser, 



Miir. 18. No. 10 Vine St., Philadelphia, Pa. 



New York.— Ho?!e(/.— There i- a fair demand for 

 white comb honey, and the market is well cleaned 

 up. We have secured another car from California, 

 now in transit. We quote 12@14. There is quite a 

 stock of buckwheat comb on the market, which is 

 selling slowly at 8. Extracted, all kinds, very quiet 

 at unchanged prices. Beeswax Arm at :iO@31. 



Hildreth Bros. & Segelken. 



Mar. 23. 120 & 122 West Broadway, New York. 



Albany.— Honey.— Our stock of comb honey is 

 now limited to a few lots of nice buckwheat in 1 and 

 2 lb. sections, and some odds and ends of broken 

 and inferior cases. We quote buckwheat at 8@9. 

 No clover on hand. Extracted, dark. 4@5; light, 6@ 

 7. Every ladj' reader of Gleanings should send 

 for one of our tinique Scripture Honey Cake recipes, 

 inclosing two 2-cent stamps. 



Chas. McCulloch & Co., 



Mar. 18. Albany, N. Y. 



Denver.— Ho?iej/.— The demand for honey in our 

 market is rather quiet, there being so much granu- 

 lated offered at this season of the year. We quote 

 No. 1 white comb honey in 1-1 b. sections, put up in 

 our cartons, at 11; No. 2, in 24-lb. cases, 10; extract- 

 ed, No. 1 white, in 60-lb. cans, 2 in a case, 6@7. Bees- 

 wax. 20@25. R. K. & J. 0. Erisbee, 



Mar. 25. Denver, Col. 



Minneapolis.— Jfo/ie;/.— Since last writing you 

 there has been little oi' no change in honey quota- 

 tions. We renew our last figures. Water-white ex- 

 tracted, in 60-lb. cans, f)@r).!i ; in barrels. 5H@6; gold- 

 en amijer, in 60-lb. cans, 5'4@6; light amber, 5@5^; 

 comb honey, white clover or basswood, 13@14; other 

 white, 11@12; dark, 8@10. Both extracted and comb 

 are In very poor demand, and slow selling. 

 S. H. Hall & Co., 



Mar. 19. Minneapolis, Minn. 



San Francisco.— //ojiej/.— Honey neglected at 4® 

 5 for extracted, and 8®10 for lib. comb. Beeswax 

 scarce at 26@28. Henry Schacht, 



Mar. 23. San Francisco, Cal. 



Cleveland.— Honey.— Our honey market is about 

 the same as when we last quoted you, but we have 

 more frequent calls for it. No. 1 white comb honey 

 is selling at 1.3@14; No. 2, 11@12; buckwheat, 9; 

 e.xtracted. No. 1 white, 6; light amber, 5. Beeswax, 

 28®30. Williams Bros., 



Mar. 17. 80 & 82 Broadway, Cleveland, O. 



Kansas City.— Honej/.- Demand for both comb 

 and extracted honey is only fair. We quote No. 

 1 white 1-lb. comb, i:i@14; No." 2, 10@11; No. 1 amber, 

 1I@12; No. 2, 8@10; e.xtracted, white, 6y2@6; amber 

 5@5y2. Beeswax, 20@22. 



C. C. Clemons & Co., 



Mar. 18. J Kansas City, Mo. 



Cincinnati. — Honey. —There is a fair demand for 

 best white comb honey at 12@14. Demand is fair 

 for extracted honey at 4@7. Supplies of both are 

 fair. Demand is good for beeswax at 25@30 for good 

 to choice yellow. Arrivals are not adequate to the 

 demand. Chas F. Muth & Son, 



Mar. 19. Cincinnati, O. 



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

 cans in each box. Price 6c per lb. 



Jno. a. Thornton, Lima, 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. 



For Sale.— Five 40-gallon barrels choice extract- 

 ed basswood lioney, 6c f. o. b. here. 



(". H. Stoudock, Durand, 111. 



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