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GLEANINGS IN BEE CULTURE. 



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around and never touch the glass at all, void, and go 

 right back. I believe Mr. Bidwell tells the exact truth 

 about it. I thought I could "gleau" a knowledge ot 

 the fact that, that plan could be made a success, Irom 

 what I saw during my experiment. I think it will 

 become practical only when a voiding room is "kind- 

 er" attached to the wintering house. A glass over the 

 hives is incomparably better than one ia front, asji 

 window for instance. 



James Heddox, Dowagiac, Mich. Oct. 6t&, 1874. 



We think enough has been done to make it 

 pretty certain that dysentery can be arrested, 

 if not entirely cured by this means. Mr. Burch 

 has given all needful directions for making the 

 pits "unless it be that they must be most thor- 

 oughly drained ; if not naturally then artific- 

 ially. The sash 3x6 feet can be purchased in 

 Cleveland of B. H. Stair & Co. for $1.25 each 

 in quantities, perhaps a little more singly. 

 The glass can be purchased of B. L. Fahen- 

 stockT who advertises in thisNo., for $3.50 per 

 box of 90 lights, net ; a little less for large 

 'quantities. This is second quality gla<>s but 

 we presume it is just as good for this purpose. 

 Each sash will require 28 lights and the ex- 

 pense of material will therefore be not far from 

 $2.50 per sash, or $10.00 for a 0x12 bed such as 

 were used by Mr. Bidwell. Will Mr. Burch 

 please accept thanks for the information given. 



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REPORT FROM ADAM GRIMM. 



- |-j DITOR Gleanings:— Yesterday I shipped the 

 Sri I second car load of honey from my this year's 

 < • ■ I crop with some few small lots from other bee- 

 raisers. This cleans me all out and since I get a little 

 more time now, I comply with your request to report 

 hit this year's bee business. 



I had after the spring's sale, and a loss of 48 during 

 Winter and spring, 700 colonies left. 

 From them I got of box honey lbs. - - 14887 



And of extracted, net weight " 1033-2 



In all 



Add to this amount in unfinished boxes 



"Previously sold and given away 



•25210 

 600 

 100 



Making a sum total of " 25919 



Or an average of about '21 lbs. box honey, and 16 ex- 

 tracted. The extracted honey however was all from 

 7o hives making it about 147% lbs. as an average from 

 ■each of these. 



It will be natural for your readers to inquire, to 

 whom I sold all my honey, and what price I got. Well. 

 I contracted the whole amount to Mrs. S. E. Spaids, 

 Xew York, who bought all my honey last year and 

 paid me for it, as agreed. The price I am promised is 

 ■25c per lb. net weight, for white and yellow honey in 

 the cotob, 15c for buckwheat honey, and l'2c for ex- 

 tracted. This is a low price, but I am satisfied, since I 

 got rid of that large lot of honey at once. 



My bees, which increased to 1158 colonies, are in 

 very good -condition to go Into winter quarters and if 

 they should go through the winter and spring in good 

 condition I will have 300 or 400 to spare or can stock 

 some more apiaries. Bees are considered very good 

 and sau- property here and sold at full prices if offered 

 for sale. I have'gone into banking, but cannot think 

 of neglecting my bees. I have not been at the bank 

 more than one week's time in live months. Bee busi- 

 ness is =0 much more profitable that I cannot get a 

 notion yet to leave it. 



" ADAM Grimm, Jefferson, Wis. Oct. 21st, 1874. 



Shall we not have to acknowledge friend 

 Grimm with his 1158 colonies, the largest bee- 

 keeper in the world ? and judging from his 

 yearly reports, is he not also as a rule the most 

 successful? 



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.. ,KR. A. I. ROOT:— What is your best figures for 

 i*Y" Honey in, say from 2 to 5000 lb. lots ? Give 



*a» your closest price for cash. 



Sarbek & Stout, No's 32 a 31 Main St. Cincinnati, O. 



We are happy to say that Messrs. Barber & 

 Stout are both prompt and reliable. 



Mr. ROOT, Dear Sir:— Through the assistance of 



your and other Bee Journals, and my old acquaint* 



ances, I have already procured 73000 lbs. of honey and 



hope to be able to handle 50000 lbs. more this season. 



S. E. Sraids, N. Y. City, 



A-s an item of interest, I will say that I have just 

 ree'd from a St. Louis Dealer the generous offer ot 

 12% c for Pure Linden Honey, ext'd, for which I have 

 a home market at 25c, and a demand for more than I 

 can furnish, from my hives. 



E. M. Hayiiurst, St. Clair, Mo. 



Could I buy Honey Jars cheaper of the manufactii' 

 rers Aran of -dealers here? If I can could you send 

 me the address of a manufacturer? 



I have 4 barrels of Linn honev, I would like to get 

 15c for it. Robert Bielev, Colfax, Iowa. 



You can buy cheaper of the manufacturers 

 usually, but you will have to take a whole 

 case. B. L. Fahenstock whose advertisement 

 appears this month is a manufacturer. Send 

 to him for a circular. 



To your readers please say that I do not buy hone} 

 at all," but if they will send "me a sample (say 2 or "3 

 ounce vial) I will sell it for them where they" will get 

 their money on the delivery of their honey here. 

 Thei-e is no demand here at present, or at least very 

 little and I now advise holding for a short time. My 

 object has been to keep up the price of ext'd honey. 

 Good nice comb in good shape will bring 30c very 

 readily here now. 



W. G. Smith, 419 Main St. St. Louis. 



DEAR XOVICE:— I have about 1500 lbs. white clo- 

 ver ext'd honey, put up in 14 gallon casks, well waxed, 

 a choice article of honey. What shall I do with it ? I 

 can get 16c in Milwaukee, but freight and commission 

 out (3c) leaves me only 13c, a poor price. I will get 

 about 500 lbs. golden rod and buckwheat enough to 

 stock the local market here, with what is raised by 

 others. Box honey sells readily at 25c, and I would 

 like to realize 17 or"l8c clear, or 1 am afraid I will get 

 crowed over. Some of my neighbors already proph- 

 esy sour honey and no sale. The honey weighs 12 lbs. 

 per gal., so there's no danger of souring. I Will tell 

 you how I got it some time. 



R. L. Joiner, Wyoming, Wis, 



At present the market price for light honey 

 seems to be only about 15 or 16c. As this 

 price is for delivery in the principal cities it is 

 generally best to sell near home. The figures 

 you mention for comb honey are probabty re- 

 tail. Does not extracted honey sell at retail 

 for nearly as much? In '71 we sold our whole 

 crop for 12c, in '72, 13c, and last Reason we sold 

 4 barrels for 15, 16, 18 and 20c respectively, and 

 could have sold all for 20 had we kept it until 

 Feb., as we did the last barrel. Although we 

 are not justified in thinking it will bring any 

 more in Feb. than it does now, yet we should 

 be in no hurry about selling at less than 16 

 unless we needed the money badly. If the 

 bees "jest wouldn't die" we should be quite 

 content to raise honey for 12 or 13c. 



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Pertaining to Bee Culture. 



[We respectfully solicit the aid of our friends in 

 conducting this department, and would consider it 

 a favor to have them send us all circulars that have 

 a deceptive appearance. The greatest care Mill lie at 

 all times maintained to prevent injustice being done 

 any one.] 



M LTHOUGH we might prefer to dispense, 



for all time to come with this department, 

 we fear public safety as well as our own, de- 

 mands that we should mention the names of a 

 few who are hindering the cause of bee-culture. 



