1896 



GLEANINGS IN BEE CULTURE. 



485 



Contents of this Number. 



Bees Loafing" r)Ol 



Dequeenintr Meth., Ehvood's4!Kt 



Editor in Wooster 506 



Fertilizers, Cliemical 509 



Fonnilation Sticking: 495 



FounHati(.n. How Built 501 



, Freil Andersiin 492 



Great American StrawberrjSOS 



Haml-vveeders 510 



Hive, Non-sH aniiiug 497 



Honey-iiackagre, Phelps' 496 



Martin Brooltnian 500 



Our Own Apiary 5(«) 



Potato. Earliest . . 509 



Potatoes, Northern-grown. .510 



Skylark 488 



Starters in Sections 501 



Strawberries. White's .505 



Snear-Honey Controversy. . .500 

 Syrian Bees 498 



Honey Column. 



CITY MARKETS. 



The quotations in this column are based, as nearly 

 as possible, on the grading- adopted by the North 

 American, and are tlie prices that the commission 

 men get, and on which the commIs.sion for malciug 

 the sales is figured. The grading rules referred to 

 are as follows: 



Fancy.— All sections to be well filled, combs straight, of even 

 thickness, and firmly attached to all fotu' sides, both wood and 

 comb unsoiled by travel stain or otherwise; all the cells sealed 

 except the row of cells next to the wood. 



No. 1.— All sections well filled, but combs uneven or crooked, 

 detached at the bottom, or with but few cells unsealed; both 

 wood and comb unsoiled by travel-stain or otherwise. 



In addition to this the libney is to be classified according to 

 color, using tlie terms white, amber, and dark. That is, there 

 will be '• fanc.v white," " No. 1 dark." etc. 



Dealers are expe<-ted to quote only those grad es a nd classifi- 

 cations to be found in their market. — -, .; 



'"' Albany. — Honey. — Fancy white, 13@14; No. 1 

 white, 12@13; fancy dark, 8@fl; No. 1 dark, 6@7; 

 extracted, dark, 4@4i/2. Since last report we have 

 sold some white California comb at 14, and some 

 two-pound sections of dark at six; but the market 

 generally is very dull and but very little demand. 

 Reports of new crop in New York Slate continue 

 favorable. Chas. McCulloch & Co., 

 June 20. Albany. N. Y. 



MiNNE\POLis.—J7()>iCf/. -Fancy white, 15; No. 1 

 white, It-OlS; fancy amber, 9@10; No. 1 amber, 8@ 

 9; fancy dark, 7@8; No. 1 dark, 6@7; extracted, 

 white, 5H@6; amber, 5@5i4; dark, 4'i,@5. Bees- 

 wax, 27@38. Quotations nominal; actual business 

 very light. S. H. Hall & Co., 



June 20. Minneapolis, Minn. 



St. Louis.— Honey.— Fancy white, \1@,\%V^: No. 1 

 white, 10@11; fancy amber, 9@10; No 1 amber, 8® 

 9; fancy dark, 7'/2®8; No. 1 dark, 6@7X- Extracted, 

 white, in cans, .5@6: amber, 4®4'2 in cans; 3^ in 

 barrels; dark, in barrels, 3. Beeswax, 35V4@26. Dur- 

 ing the past week we have had a good demand for 

 amber honey in barrels from our baker ti'ade 



Westcott Com. Co. 



June 20. St. Louis, Mo. 



Kansas City.— Honew.— No. 1 white, 13@14; No. 1 

 amber, 11@12; No. 1 dark, 8@10; extracted, wliite, 

 5^@6i4; amber, 5@5i/2; dark.4@4!/2. Beeswax, 22@35. 

 C. C. Clemons & Co., 



June 20. Kansa? City, Mo. 



Chicago.— Honey.— Fancy white, 16; No. 1 white, 

 12@13; fancy amber, 9@10; No. 1 amber, 7@8; fancy 

 dark, 7®8; No. 1 dark, 7; extracted, white, 5®7; 

 amber, 4'/2@5; dark, 4;^. Beeswax, 25@27. 



R. A. Burnett & Co., 



June 19. 163 So. Water St., Chicago, 111. 



Cleveland.— Honpv.-Fancy white, 14®15; No. 1 

 white, 1H@14; No. 1 amber, 9@10; extracted, white, 

 6@7; amber, 4@.5. Beeswax, 28@.30. The market is 

 getting a little better— more call for honey and bet- 

 ter prices can be obtained. Beeswax scarce, and 

 would sell readily at quotations. 



Williams Bros., 



June 18. 80 & 82 Broadway, eieveland, O. 



Milwaukee.— Honey.— No. 1 white, 12@14; No. 1 

 dark, 8®10; extracted white, 8@8'i: amber, 7@7V4; 

 dark, 5@6. Beeswax, 22®23 The supply and de- 

 mand for all grades of honey is small. The present 

 indications are that the old crop will all be consum- 

 ed by the time the new crop is ready to market. At 

 the present time there is a liberal supply of small 

 fruits, fresh and attractive, which are the ciioicc 

 food, and honey is not wanted so much. 



A. V. Bishop & Co., 



June 22. Milwaukee, Wis. 



San FKANCiSGO.-HoJiey.— Fancy white, 9@10; No. 

 1 white, 8@9; fancy amber, 7@8; No. 1 amber, 6@7; 

 fancy dark, .5V4: No. 1 dark, 5; extracted, white. B; 

 amber, 41,4; dark, 3. Beeswax, 26. The honey crop 

 in California is uearly a total failure. Stocks are 

 light and prices advancing. 



Henry Schacht, 



June 12. San Francisco, Cal. 



Cincinnati.— Honey.— No. 1 white, ]0@14; No. 1 

 amber, 8@12; extracted, white, 5@7; dark, 3V2@5. 

 Beeswax, 20@25. Chas F. Muth & Son, 



June 2:2. Cincinnati, O. 



Philadelphia.— Hojiey.— Fancy white, 13@14; No. 

 1 white. 10@11; No. 1 dark, 6@7. Extracted, white 

 clover, 8@9; amber, 3@4; dark, 2'2@3. Beeswax, 

 25. Market dull. Wm. A. Selser, 



June 23. No. 10 Vine St., Philadelphia, Pa. 



St. Louis. — Honey.— Fancy white. 10'4@11; No. 1, 

 white, 10®10K; fancy amber, 9@9>^ ;No. 1 amber, 8'/2 

 @9; fancy dark. ,8@8y2; No.' 1 dark, 8; extracted, 

 white, 5H@6; amber, 6@5y2; dark, 3H®4!4. Bees- 

 wax, 2514. D. G. Tutt Grocery Co. 



June 20. St. Louis, Mo. 



Boston.— Ho7iey.— Fancy white, 14@15; No. 1, 12® 

 1.3; No. 2, 9®10; extracted white, 6@7; amber, 5®6. 

 Beeswax, 2.5. E. E. Blake & Co., 



June 18. Boston, Mass. 



Springfield. —Honey. — Fancy white, 14; No. 1 

 white, 12; fancy dark, 10. Slow sale. 



Perkins & Hatch. 

 June 20. Springfield, Mass. 



Detroit.— Honey.— No. 1 white, 11@13; fancy 

 amber, 10@11; No. 1 amber, 9@10; fancy dark, 8®9; 

 No. 1 dark, 7@8. Extracted, white, 6@7; amber, 5® 

 6; dark, 5. Beeswax, 34®25. 



M. H. Hunt, 



June 33. Bell Branch, Mich. 



New York.— Honey.— No demand for comb honey 

 of any kind. New crop Southern extracted arriving 

 freely and sells at 50@53c per gallon for common, 

 and 55@60c per gallon for better grades. Beeswax 

 dull at 36@37. 



HiLDRETH Bros & Segelken. 



June 24. 120 & 123 West Broadway, New Yorji. 



PDirP^s PFniirPn? I* ^^ now an easy 

 KlvCO KCliUV^CU i matter to improve 

 your stock while prices are low and the honey 

 season is on. Good queens, from the best of 

 Italian, pure bred, stock either Leather or Golden. 

 Your choice. My Golden Breeders show all 5-band 

 progeny. Prices as follows: Untested, each, 75 cts. ; 

 per doz., 3*7.00; Tested, $1.00; per doz., $10.00; Breed- 

 ers, each, $2.00. Reference. The A. I. Root Co. 



W. H. LAWS, Lav^a, Seb. Co., Ark. 



WARRANTED 



GOLDEN ITALIAN QUEENS. 



By Return Mail 



Bred from a breeder, tested by Doolittle, out of 

 1000 (jueeus for his own use, and valued at $50. 

 Queens 50c; 6 for $2.75. or $6 per dozen. Leather- 

 colored queens, from Root's best imported stock, 

 same price. Bees from my queens are good work- 

 ers on red clover. Safe delivery guaranteed. 



N. B.— 1 sent more than 300 queens safely to Cal- 

 ifornia last season. 



H. G. QUIRIN, Bellevue, Ohio. 

 Please mention this paper. 



Will pay 23c per lb. cash, or 26c in trade, for any 

 quantity of good, fair, average beeswax, delivered 

 at our R. R. station. The same will be sold to those 

 who wish to purchase, at 33c for best selected wax. 

 Old comhs will not be accepted under any consid- 



Unless you put your name o?i the box, and notify 

 us by mail of amount sent, we can not hold our- 

 selves responsible for mistakes. It will not pay as 

 a general thing to send wax by crpress. 



THE A. I. ROOT CO., Medina, O. 



