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GLEANINGS IN BEE CULTURE 



July 15. 



TIN CANS. 



We can furnish 60-lb. or 3-gallon srjuare cans, with 

 screw-cajts, two in a box, at 60c per box, in lots of 35 

 boxes or over; less quantities at piices quoted in 

 catalog. Special prices by the carload. 



NEW HONEY FOR SALE. 



We already have choice new comb honey to offer 

 at 16c per lb.; 100-lb. lots at 15c; extracted in 60-Ib. 

 cans at 8c; 3 cans in case at IMi two-case lots at Tc. 

 Old extracted honey, just as good as the new, but 

 candied, at ^c per lb. less. 



BEESWAX STILL LOWER. 



The tendency of the beeswax market is still down- 

 ward, and offerings are plentiful. Until further 

 notice our price will be 22c cash, 25c trade, for aver- 

 age wax delivered here. Selling price in round lots 

 win be 28c for average, 30 for select refined wax. 



BUSINESS AT THIS TIME. 



The demand for sections and shipping-cases still 

 continues brislt. We have shipped half a carload of 

 frames and sections to England, and another half- 

 car of goods to Australia. We aie now getting a 

 little stock ahead of orders, so as to be able to ship 

 any thing without a day's delay, as far as possible. 



HONEY-TUMBLERS. 



The factory which makes our honey-tumblers has 

 made a reduction in the price, so that we are now 

 able to offer tlie 10-oz. tumbler, No. 788, at $5.00 per 

 bbl. of 2.5(1, and the Mb. size. No. 789, at $5.00 per bbl. 

 of 200. The two, nested together, 200 of each in a 

 barrel, for $8 75. No change in price of other glass 

 honey-packages listed in our catalog. 



THE HONEY-MARKET. 



A comparison of the quotation on honey in the 

 different markets from which we publisli quotations 

 in this Issue, with those of the same markets a year 

 ago, shows very nearly the same prices. In not 

 more than two or three cases are they higher now 

 than at the same time last year, while in quite a few 

 the price is some lower, with the general average a 

 little below last year's quotations. A little later in 

 the season prices improved a little last year, wliile 

 by November or December there was a downward 

 tendency, which continued till spring. Aside from 

 the far West, from which we have but meager re- 

 ports, tliere is undoubtedly a better crop of honey 

 generally this year than tor several years past. In 

 view of this, and the low price of commodities gen- 

 erally, we shall not be surprised to see prices of 

 honey lower than we )Kive ever known them to be 

 before by the time the present crop is marketed. 

 Do not be in haste to crowd your honey into market, 

 and prematurely crowd prices down. Strictly fancy 

 white comb honey will always command a good 

 price and a ready sale. In preparing your honey for 

 market, bear in mind that it always pays to take 

 great pains in grading, selecting, and packing. See 

 tliat the sections are scraped clean and bright, and 

 packed carefully into bright and ch an cases, the 

 fancy white all by themselves, and other grades l:)y 

 themselves. Even if you have only a few cases, 

 grade it; and each grade should be so uniform that 

 the sections placed next the glass will fairly repre- 

 sent the entire contents of the case. If every bee- 

 keeper would take the necessary pains in preparing 

 his honi'y pi'operly for market before he ships it, 

 there would be less disappointment in the returns, 

 and less complaint of commission men. The use of 

 cartons oti comb honey is becoming more general. 

 It is desirable, also, to use a light case, blight and 

 clean, and as nearly uniform in weight as possible. 

 The sale of many a lot of fancy honey is often 

 greatly injured if not ruined by the makeshift cases 

 improvised at home, to save a few cents in first cost. 

 The amount lost on the sale of such lots would have 

 more than paid for liright new cases of proper con- 

 struction to pack the honey in. I could cite as 

 proof of this a number of cases that have been 

 tarought to our attention by dealers in honey in no 

 way interested in the sale of shipping-cases. 



Cut 

 Prices. 



Dull 

 Times. 



As the "rush" is over, and I have 

 lots of queens, I will send queens 

 warranted purely mated, from either 

 3 or 5 banded strains, for 60 cts. each ; 

 six or more, .50 cts. ; dozen, $5.50. 

 Tested, 80 cts.; safe arrival guaran- 

 teed. 

 J. B. CASE, Port Orange, Vol. Co., Fla. 



Five L. frames, heavy 

 with bees and brood, 

 with hybrid queen, in 

 light shipping box, for $3.00. 



E. D. BARTON, East Hampton, Conn. 



I will sell 



'VX/'ANTED.— In view, a purchaser for my crop of 

 '~ Maule's Early Tiioroughbred potatoes. Plant- 

 ed in June on virgin soil. Superb seed. Will sellln 

 bulk reasonable. 



W. J. MANLEY, Sanilac Center, Mich. 



A Great 

 Deal Depends 



On having good queens, and getting them prompt- 

 ly when you order them. Now is the time to re- 

 queen your colonies and queens are cheap. 



We can send you No. 1 queens of this season's 

 rearing whose workers can not be surpassed as 

 honey-gatherers; and as we have a large numberon 

 hand, we can fill your orders by return mail. 



Queens warranted purely mated, -50 cts.; $5.50 per 

 doz. Young tested queens, 75c; f 8.00 per doz. 



J. W. K. SHAW & CO., Loreauville, La. 



CUT PRICES. 



Save money by getting our estimate on what 

 supplies you need. Our rock-bottom prices 

 and good goods are bringing us a flood of 

 orders. 



YOU SHOULD KNOW 



what those prices are. Catalogue now ready. 

 Address 



JOS. NYSEWANDER, Po^^a^*""*^ 



Equal to X Rays. 



Our strain of Italians penetrate Red 

 clover blossoms. Choice untested queens 

 75 cts. ; 3 for $3 00 by return mail. The 

 A. I. Root Cos goods kept in stock. 36- 

 page catalog free. 



JOHN NEBEL & SON, High Hill, Mo. 



For Sale at a Bargain, 



A Hammond typewriter, Hawkeye camera, "Victor 

 safe, copying press, 4 h. p engine and boiler, rotary 

 pump, a lot of Dovetailed bee-hives, complete, an 

 8x10 rotary printing-press and outfit of type and 

 fixtures, electrotypes of vegetables, fruit, bee-hives, 

 and fixtures, poultrv, etc. Write tor prices. 



CHRISTIAN WECKESSER. Niagara Falls, N. V. 



Yell, OYeH.O' YELLOWZONES. 

 YELLOWZONESfor PAIN and FEVER. 



Hardy Prolific Queens. 



Gray Carniolans or Golden Italians, bred in sepa- 

 rate apiaries. One untested queen, 65c; six for J3.50. 

 Tested, $1.25. Select tested, *3.25. Best imported, 

 $4.00. Never saw foul brood or bee paralysis. Sat- 

 isfaction guaranteed. Descriptive price list free. 

 F. J\.. T^nCIiNART * CO., 



Lake George, N. Y. 



Q 



I Either 3 or 5 banded, 60 cts. each; 



ueens ! « ^^^^ ^^-oo. 



CHAS. 



Hives and sections 

 very cheap. Catalog free. 



H. THIES, Steeleville, 111. 



