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GLEANINGS IN BEE CULTURE. 



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A friend not far awuy has gut all his last sea- 

 son's crop — about o barrels — besides the pres- 

 ent one, on hand at this time, and yet there is 

 a country store within a few rods of his Apia- 

 r}'. Said we, "Have you any for sale at your 

 store V" He replied in the negative. 



"But could they not sell considerable V" 



"Yes I know tliey could, but it is so much 

 trouble to get it out of the ])arrels." 



Now this is not a solitary instance ; we have 

 had some such work ourselves. It has been 

 said that it is too much bother to sell it out in 

 siua'il quantities, but is it really any more so 

 than to sell butter and milk V Much depends 

 <Mi having things corveniently arranged. 

 Stand one of your barrels on end, and then 

 bore a hole in the head, and screw in a molas- 

 ses gate, now tip it 'oack, and you can till jars 

 witii rapidity, and without any daubing. Af- 

 ter tlie weather gets cold, you had better have 

 something like a large tin dish pan with a 

 "nose" on one side. If you use a large sized 

 gate the honey will run out of the barrel into 

 this pan even if candied ; now heat it gradual- 

 ly nearly to the boiling point, pour it into your 

 jars while hot, and seal up just as you do fruit, 

 and you can keep it for years without any 

 more trouble, and in this shape it will sell 

 when it once gets started, and at a good rate 

 too. 



"Mother can't we have some honey for sup- 

 ])i'r, we haven't had any for so long ?" 



"Why, my chihlren, we cannot get honey at 

 this season." 



"Yes we can too ; I saw it at Mr. Smith's 

 grocery. It is put in glass jars." 



"But do you think it is real honey ?'' 



"Why mother, of course it is, for every jar 

 has got Mr. Jones' name on it, and he keeps 

 ^ttch lots of bees, antl it says 'pure honey.' Mr. 

 Jones is a good man, is he not mother V" 



Dear readier, are you Mr. Jones, are you a 

 good man, does every urchin in your vicinity 

 know what your honey tastes like, and that 

 you would not use any deception in the mat- 

 ter for all the honey in the world y "I'll work 

 for you all day among the bees, and I won't 

 chai'ge nothin'," said a small boy a few days 

 ago, after we had given him a small "chunk," 

 that had been built between the upper and 

 lower frames. 



Good honey will always sell, as surely as 

 l>utter and milk will sell. So long as we have 

 such trouble wintering our bees, we are almost 

 obliged to charge a good price for it, but who 

 would be sorry to see it retailed for a price 

 that would put it on every table V How many 

 housekeepers have honey at their disposal the 

 year round V We retail it here at 20c., or if 

 over 50 lbs. are taken, 18c. A self sealing quart 

 fruit jar, jar and all retails at 75c. 



This year like all the rest, seems to demon- 

 strate that while box honey only now and then 

 succeeds, those using the extractor, are ma- 

 king a sure and safe business of it year after 

 year as reports below will show. 



OlR jNlKOINA Co. JIONKY CHOI'. 



1 have up to this time extracted and put in i)aeka- 

 ges nieely for shipment I'WO lbs. G. W. 1)i:.vn'. 



J'. S.— Honey is of an excellent iiuality. 

 lliver Styx, o., July iOth, '75. 



Mr. Dean had al)oat 40 stocks in the spring, 

 and has now we 'oelieve about 51). As he 



makes a business of Queen rearing, we can 

 hardly expect a large honey crop. 



Dear Sir:— I call this a jioor year for honey in this 

 locality. I have taken about MJOO lbs., all white clover 

 honey of good quality; have made (50 new swarms, 

 will probably collect honey enough to winter on, will 

 have some l.iO good swarms. Honey is not plenty in 

 tliis section. 



Wm. H. Shank, Cha tham Centre, O., July ■2'i, 75. 



My yield of honey this season will be about 800 lbs. 

 extracteil, and 150 comb honey. I might liave given 

 you a much larger report if I did like a good manv 

 who extract too early and get ))oor thin watery stutl" 

 and tlien put it on the market, and thus reduce the 

 price of good honey. I will have two barrels of good, 

 choice, thick, clover lioney. I want 18c. per lb. Mv 

 honey was about all capped and ought to command 

 the highest market price. 



Wm. Tayne, Spencer, O., July -iist, 75. 



I liave taken between 5 and (iOO lbs. of very nice clo- 

 ver honey. Had 1 relied on box honey as 1 used to do, 

 1 should have had little, or uoue at all for the past 

 three seasons. 



John Williams, Marr, Medina Co., <>., July 23, 75. 



I think you will have to put me in with "Blasted 

 Hopes,'' as 1 was hoping to have not less tlian 3000 lbs., 

 and have had only r200 so far. I think it is owing to 

 so much rain that my bees have not done better. Our 

 neighbors H. & J. St Jolins, have 750 lbs.; their price 

 is 16 cts. A. A. Rice, Seville, ()., July -ioth, '75. 



We have taken about 1150 lbs., all clover, 

 and our hives contain more than enough for 

 winter, even after increasing from 40 to 90 

 colonies. Mr. Blakeslee and Mr. Phelps we 

 think have about one ton, and Mr. Pratt of 

 Y'ork, about 500 as near as we can reccoUect, 

 some other small lots will make something 

 near 12000 lbs., yet we have miles of good pas- 

 turage with scarcely a bee-keeper. One town- 

 ship might easily accommodate all our l)ee 

 men we verily believe, and yet Medina Co., 

 win not average lietter than the rest of the 

 U. S. The rest of the world either do not re- 

 port, or they are not getting honey. The fol- 

 lowing is the oulv delinlte one at hand, at this 

 date, July 28th. 



I have increased from 70 to 10-J; I liave slung 3810 

 lbs. up to this date, and shall extract some more yet. 

 En Cohle, Cornersville, Tenn., July 13th, '75. 



Mr. Muth gives us the following in regard 

 to the .wiling prices of honey in Cincinnati. 



Extracted honey, in shipping order, 1 lb. jars 



(12 cases) per gross :• §39.00 



(12 .jars) per case 3..^0 



( 12 cases) per gross, 2 1 b. j ars 72.00 



(12 jars) per case t)..5(t 



Extracted honey, in bulk, 12 to 20c. per lb., ac- 

 cording to cjuality. 



No transactions yet in comb lioney. 



Cincinnati, O., .July I'Jth, 75. CUAS. F. Muth. 



It will be observed that the above makes a 

 wide dl tt'e I'cnce between honey In bulk, antl 

 that put up in jars, boxed, and ready for ship- 

 ment, but if any one thinks he can do it cheap- 

 er, he is at liberty to try. Where we supply 

 our country stores, and only deliver the honey 

 as fast as sold, the case is different, and we 

 are very well satisfied with 20c. per lb., or 25c. 

 where jar and label are included. Our friends 

 will find that the quart fruit jars are much 

 less trouble, all uroK/id, than smaller packages. 

 Mr. Muth now offers the Mason fruit jar, which 

 we consider the best, at |17. i)er gross. See 

 advertisement. • 



None of the Honey buyers seem disposed to 

 make any oilers for honey at present. We 

 folks in Medina Co., think our honey is worth 

 l()c. bv the barrel; we retail at 20c., or if over 

 50 lbs. 18c. 



