1890 



GLEANINGS IN BEE CULTURE. 



585 



Contents of this Number. 



Bees and Cereals 589 



Bees Brushing Eyes 601 



Bees for Rheumatism 603 



Bees in Chimneys 595 



Bees, Stingless 605 



Bees, Cross 602 



Boys. Bad 597 



Cicada e"* 



Cow-killer 600 



Cutting, H. D 690 



Detroit Exposition 601 



Dibbern Bee eseape 606 



Distances. Fixed 592 



Ernest's Travels 606 



E-\tractor, Novice 602 



E.xtracting in California 693 



Foul Brood in Ireland 596 



Hives, Number Made Here .6U 



Hives. Painting 602 



Honey in Hive or Sections. .593 



Honey Statistics 598 



Honey, Selling 587 



Ireland, Foul Brood in 596 



Michigan, Northern 603 



Pump, The Best 602 



yueens. Raising (Q.B.).604 



yueens. Judging by Looks. .614 



Queens, Impotent 603 



Ramble 26 591 



Rattlesnakes 601 



Repoits Discouraging 603 



Sand Bees 603 



Sections, Weight o( 597 



Stings, Remedy for 603 



Swarms in California 591 



Tobacco Column 607 



Tobacco for Bee-forage 603 



Top-bars, Thick 602 



Wasps... 600 



Wheat and Tares 610 



CONVENTION NOTICES. 



The Southwestern Wisconsin Bee-keepers' Affiliated Associ- 

 ation will meet Oct. 8, 1890, in Platteville. Wis., at the residem e 

 of E. France, to commence punctually at 10 a.m., sharp. There 

 will be a large turnout of prominent bee-keepers of the State. 

 A question -box, free to all, in which any subject you wish dis- 

 cussed can be presented and answered. Let every one be on 

 hand and bring in his report for 1890, starting at spring count, 

 or May 1. There will be blanks sent to each member for this 

 purpose, in due time, by the secretary. 



N. B.— The (i:>te ut the above convention has been changed 

 from the 1st to the 8th. 



Boscobel, Wis. Benj. E. Rice, Sec'y. 



pajviEY CeiiUMN. 



CITT MARKETS. 



Chicago.— Ho/ic!/.— Selling well for this season of 

 year, and receipts do not keep up with sales this 

 week. 14(516 has been obtained for all fine white 

 comb in lib. sections. Extracted, California, QVi&l 

 cents; and domestic, 7 cents for prime. The quali- 

 ty of honey being offered is fair— not all of it as 

 good as usual. Beeswax, 2o@'Z(}. 



Aug. 7. R. A. Burnett, 



Chicago, III. 



St, Louis.— Hooey. —We find ready sale for ex- 

 tracted and strained honey in barrels, at 6c. Comb 

 honey steady, at Vi^®'lSH. Beeswax, 26J4. 



D. G. TuTT Grocer Co., 



Aug. 8. St. Louis, Mo. 



Albany,— Ifonfj/.— We have received one con- 

 signment of new honey; the quality is only fair. 

 We have sold a part of it at l.")C. From advices re- 

 ceived, the indications are that the crop will be 

 short in New York State. 



Aug. 8. CHAS. MCMULLOCH & Co.. 



339 Broadway, Albany, N. Y. 



Kansas City.— Honey. —The receipts of comb and 

 extracted have been very light. Demand for comb 

 good, at U@.l5 for 1-lb. white; dark 1-lb. is 12@13. 

 Very little demand for extracted yet. 



Beeswax, 32@25. 



Aug. 9. Clemons, Mason & Co., 



Cor. Fourth and Walnut Sts., Kansas City, Mo. 



Detroit.— Honey.— There is a little new honey in 

 the market, and it is held at 15 cents. Extracted, 

 KSS- Beeswax, in fair demand at 26@37. 



Aug. 8. M. H. Hunt, Bell Branch, Mich. 



New York.— Honey.— Southern strained, 60@65c 

 per gallon; Southern extracted, 65@70c per gal.; or- 

 ange bloom, 7@7,'2C per lb, California, effi-Jc. No 

 new comb honey has arrived as yei.— Beeswax, dull 

 and declining, 27c for a choice article. 



HiLDRETH Bros. & Segelken, 



Aug. 11. 28 & 30 West Broadway, N. Y. 



Wanted.— Honey to buy. Please quote prices. 

 F. S. McClelland & Bro., New Brighton, Pa. 



Wanted.— A quantity of light extracted honey in 

 bulk packages; will pay 8c per lb. cash, delivered 

 here. C. W. Dayton, Bradford, Iowa. 



For Sale.— 500 lbs. of good comb honey at 16 cts. 

 per lb. cash, on board cars at Bay City, Wis,, or 

 Kedwing, Minn. Frank Durand, 



Esdaile, Pierce Co., Wisconsin. 



ITALIAN QUEENS CHEAP. 



We will sell Italian queens at the following low 

 prices: Tested, 85 cts.; one-half doz., 14.75; untest- 

 ed, 65 cts. each. Satisfaction guaranteed. 



Leininger Bros., Douglas, Putnam Co., Ohio. 



tSrin responding to this advertisement mention Gleanings. 



CARNIOIiAN QUEENS. ^. a. 



* * 85 Cts. Each, or 4 for $3.00. 



F. H. McFARLAND, St. Albans, Vermont. 



SPECIAL CHOPS. 



A magazine for advanced agriculturists; 25 cts. 



per year; sample 7 cts. Also, Black Minorcas, B. 



Leghorns, and S. Wyandottes; eggs of either, per 



setting, 76 cts. ; 26 at one time, $1.00. 4-.50d 



C. M. GOODSPEED, Skaneateles, N. Y. 



IC^Iu responding to this advertisement nienticjii i.i .. ,.v 



KIND WORDS FROM OUR CUSTOMERS. 



bees arrived safely. 



The bees arrived all safe in due time. I am well 

 satisfied with them. They are doing nicelv, and 

 seem to like their new home. Geo. Fisk. 



Marion, Mich,, July 25, 1890. 



QUEEN VERY NICE. 



My bees came all right. I am well pleased with 

 the change in my order. The queen is very nice. 

 Ottawa, Minn., July 14. Mrs. S. Coffin. 



BEES IN good shape, 



Freceived the queen and bees in due time. She 

 is laying. I am pleased with her. Other goods ar- 

 rived safely; all satisfactory. E. C. Morton. 



Fairview, O., July 15. 



SENDING strawberry-plants IN AUGUST. 



The strawberry-plants ordered just a week ago 

 to-day are now growing nicely in my garden. They 

 came in fine condition, and scarcely wilted a bit. 

 Thanks for the four extra ones. I take several 

 papers, but I like Gleanings best of all. 



Newark, O., Aug. 12. G. H. Taylor. 



LAYING BEFORE SHE HAD BEEN OUT OF THE CAGE 

 10 MINUTES. 



The queen you sent me July 1 was received at 

 3:30 p. M. of the third, and I Introduced her the .same 

 evening. I was very busy, so did not look after her 

 till to-day, when I found her still in the cage. I 

 pulled the cage off and watched to see how they 

 would act. The queen started down toward the 

 bottom of the frame around and half way up the 

 other side, all the time poking her head into the 

 cells, when she stopped and began depositing eggs 

 in the cells, and that before she had been out of the 

 cage ten minutes. Geo. C. Jones. 



Herman, Minn., July 7, 1890. 



A KIND WORD FOR OUR INDUSTRIAL BOOKS, ETC. 



Since your busy season is over, perhaps you would 

 like to know how your abecedarian in this section 

 is getting along. Every book that I have received 

 from you has proved quite a blessing to me, for 

 which I feel thankful to you and the great Giver of 

 all good. We have had plenty of honey, through 

 the instruction of your ABC book, and the carp 

 are ready twice a day for their meal, and I intend 

 to build another pond this fall. So much for the A 

 B C of Carp Culture; and the A B C of Potato Cul- 

 ture helped me to raise 200 bushels last year. Pota- 

 toes were a failure in this section this year. Now, 

 what I want is for you to set me aright on the road 

 of growing strawberries succe8sfull.v, as I want to 

 keep up close to the foot of the class among your 

 scholars. Keep on with your foot-notes and ser- 

 mons, and by all means with your special depart- 

 ment for raising crops. G. H. Knislky. 



Tatesville, Pa., Aug. 8, 



