1890 



GLEANINGS IN BEE CULTURE. 



513 



Contents of this Number. 



ABC Scholar's Experience. .521 



Alley's Di'one trap 532 



Apliis, Blue and Green 525 



Apiary, plan for .524 



Bees Assessable 531 



Black Bees, Gentle .520 



Carniolans, Favorable to. ..5*3 

 Chart' Hive, Wider £nt'e... .5'29 

 (.'ue's Swarniiiigr Arrang:m't.,520 

 Commission. Selling on. 515, 516 



Covers, Hive 526 



Diamond Rattlesnake 517 



Double-Nvalled Simplicity... 51S 



Dovetailed Hive 529 



Editors and Questions 518 



Foundation. Heavy, Best... 532 



Gardening: iti July 533 



Gift of Spirit 5'J6 



HellKrammite 516 



Hermaphrodite, Another. ,.518 

 Holfman Frame, Our Ap'y.5:!2 

 Home of T. B.Terry 522 



Honey, To Improve 528 



Hybrids and Propolis . .532 



Keeney's Wiring 5';9, 532 



Labels. To Stick to Tin 527 



Miller's Proposed Apiary. . .52i 

 Pert 'd Zmc Not a Failure. . .529 



Poison Honey and Bees .'i29 



Quern, Fertile, Flying Out. .530 



yueriis stoiipiiiM: Laving .530 



Querns Failiiii^ to Hatch ...531 

 Queen c's. Damaged, How?. 519 

 Sections, Weight v. Piece. . , 5'28 

 Sections, Starling Bees in ..517 

 Selling on Commission. 515, 516 



Shade for Hives or Not 525 



Spacing Brt>od-fi'ames 516 



Stinging. Fatal 528 



Strawberries. Terry's 523 



Thick Top -bar, Failure 5'29 



Thick Top-b's in Our Apiay.532 



Thick Top-bar 518 



Width of Top-bars.. (Q.B.). 527 



P0NEY 0@MJilN. 



CITT MARKETS. 



Columbus.— Ho»ifi/.—Houey scarce, and selling 

 at ITc for choice white clover. Twelve or fifteen 

 hundred pounds would meet with ready sale. 



July 8. Earle Clickenger, Columbus, O. 



Chicago.— Hofiej/.— Market is bare of honey of all 

 kinds, both comb and extracted. New comb will 

 bring 13c. A little fancy has been sold at 15c. Ex- 

 tracted fi-om 6@8. Weather warm but there is some 

 demand, and consignments would sell. 



July 8. 11. A. Burnett, 



161 So. Water St., Chicago, 111. 



New York. --7i(Uicj/.— New Southern strained ar- 

 riving freely. Quality poor, and prices declining. 

 We (juote from tiiKgid.jc per gallon. New extracted, 

 orange blossom, 7f" 7 ':: . New California, white sage, 

 6(S6'2. California light amber, r)>4@,")i4. 



Beesit'aa;.— Scarce umJ lirm at2!l@30. 



July 7. HiLDRETH Bros. & Segelken, 



28 & 30 West Broadway, New York. 



Cincinnati.— HoHcy.— Demand is good for new 

 crop extracted and comb honey. Judging by pres- 

 ent arrivals, there has been a good crop harvested. 

 Extracted hone.v brings 5i(2 8c on arrival. Comb 

 honey 13@]5 in the jobbing way, for best white. 

 Bee.su.'((2;.— There is a good home demand at 24(ai26c 

 on arrival. Chas. P. Muth & Son, 



July 9. Cincinnati, O. 



Detroit.— Hojiey.— No new honey in the market, 

 and no denirable old left; it is quoted at ll;(3)13c. 

 Extracted, 7(®8c.— B( csiraa; wanted at 37®28c. 



Bell Branch, Mich., J uly 8. M. H. Hunt. 



St. Louis.— H(j?iej/.— Trade quiet at unchanged 

 prices. D. G. Tutt Grocer Co., 

 July 9. St. Louis, Mo. 



New York.— Honey.— Market is unsettled, it be- 

 ing now between seasons. We quote common 

 Southern, strained, at 6(J@:65c per gal. New Califor- 

 nia extracted, 6@6!4c per lb.; new Cal. comb, 11@12. 

 Beesnax, scarce, 27(a;28. 



F. G. Strohmeyer & Co., 



July 9. New York. 



Boston. 

 wax. 



July 9. 



-Honey.— T^o change in honey or bees- 

 Blake & Ripley, 

 57 Chatham St., Boston, Mass. 



For Sale.- 2000 lbs. very fine extracted honey; 

 also 3000 section honey, all white clover. 



G. L. Jones, Grand Ridge, III. 



Wanted.— I shall need thirty or forty thousand 

 lbs. of comb and extracted honey this coming fall. 

 Give particulars as to quality, kind, and price. 



J. A. Buchanan, Holliday's Cove, W. Va. 



QUEENS from imported mother; untested, 75c; 

 tested, $1.35: three-frame nucleus, with queen, 

 $3.00. Safe arrival guaranteed. 13-14d 



Thomas & Kissel, Horatio, Darke Co., Ohio. 



Yellow Carniolans. 



I have a new strain of bees. They are Yellow 

 Carniolans. Queens are large and extra prolific. 

 Worker bees show three yellow bands; are very 

 gentle and the best honey-gatherers. One queen 

 mailed (safe arrival guaranteed) on receipt of one 

 dollar. Those who sra looking for a new strain of 

 bees should try the Yellow-banded Carniolans. 

 14-15d H. ALLEY, Wenham, Mass. 



ll^"In responding to this advertisement mention Gleanings. 



*< Now Ready to Ship >» 



Full colonies of pure Italian bees, with tested 

 queen, in A. 1. Root's Simplicity hive, only S-1.00 

 each. Every thing first-class. Pure Poland China 

 pigs, eligible to Ohio record, from f 5 to $12 per pair. 

 Safe delivery guaranteed. I shall do by all as I 

 would be done by. N. A. KNAPP, 



13tfdb Rochester, Lorain Co., Ohio. 



t^"Iii responding to thi.s adverti.senient mention Glkanings. 



Rheumatism ^^ Bees. 



No doubt the best bees for curing rheumatism 

 are pure-bred Italians that prove to be good work- 

 ers and work on red clover. 



We have such if you want good stock to work 

 with and to secure you plenty of honey. 



Tested queens in May, - $1.50; in June, - $1.25 



Unt'd " " " - - l.n0;3for - - 2 50 

 " June, - 75; 3 for - 2.00 



For wholesale prices, nuclei, lbs. of bees, and all 

 kinds of bee-supplie9, write for our IB p. circulnr. 

 9tfdb JNO. NEBEL & SON, High Hill, Mo. 



Mention this paper. 



1 C COLONIES in 10-frame L. hive at $3.00 each, or 

 '" the lot for $40. P. H. Fellows, Broadhead, Wis. 



Wants or Exchange Department. 



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

 usual rates. All ad's intended for this department must not 

 exceed 6 lines, and you must say you want your ad. in this de- 

 partment, or we will not be responsible for any error. You 

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

 Ave lines will cost you according to our regular rates. This 

 department is intended only for bona-flde exchanges. Ex- 

 changes for cash or for price lists, or notices offering articles 

 for sale can not be inserted under this head. For such our reg- 

 ular rates of 20 cts. a line will be charged, and they will be put 

 with the regular advertisements. 



WANTED.— To exchange all kinds of wall paper, 

 for honey. Itfdb J. S. Scoven, Kokomo, Ind. 



W 



ANTED.— To exchange 1 lb. of thin fdn. for 2 lbs. 

 of wax. 7tfdb C. W. Dayton. Bradford, la. 



WANTED.— To exchange Italian bees in portico L. 

 hives for a good set of tinner's tools. 

 IStfdb J. A. BucKLEW, Warsaw, Ohio. 



WANTED.— To exchaoge a 14-inch Foundation- 

 mill, good as new. with dipping tanks and 

 boards, for beeswax, tin plate, metal rabbets, T 

 tins, or offers. A. A. Weaver, Warrensburg, Mo. 

 13-14d 



WANTED. — Second - hand foundation machine. 

 Give description and price. J. F. Michael, 

 13-14-15d German, O. 



WANTED.— To exchange fine young Carniolan 

 queens, for foundation, or supplies, or other 

 offers. F. A. Lockhart, Pattens Mills, N. Y. 



WANTED.— 1000 lbs. of nice white clover bees' 

 honey, in 1-lb. sections. Will pay cash, or ex- 

 change supnlies for the apiary. Address with 

 price, A. D. Ellingwood, Milan, N. H. 



U15d 



WANTED.— To exchange one 1!4 in. single express 

 harness, 1 saddle, for shotgun, incubator, thor- 

 ough bred poultry hand garden culiivator. or of- 

 fers. A. F. Ames, Tamasoa, Pvny.Co., 111. 14d 



