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GLEANINGS IN BEE CULTURE. 



Aug. 



trial of the Given press was not thorough 

 enough. We make 8 square feet to a lb. and 

 I am afraid I should not be satisfied with 

 only 5. Our press did not have plates large 

 enough to emboss the wax clear out to the 

 full size of the inside of the frames. Do you i 

 let the bees build this out ? or is your press [ 

 larger? Worst of all, our sheets of wax J 

 would not stick to the wires but came off, I 

 and tore apart where the wires were, until ! 

 I despaired of ever getting erne nice sheet, | 

 such as the girls were putting in rapidly 

 our usual way. I agree with yon, that we 

 must have wired frames. No accidents in 

 shipping have resulted, even in hotweather, 

 with them: but with the oldest and toughest 

 combs unwired, we have had 1 "bad troubles. '' 

 If our friends do not make the"dipping" 

 go nicely, I shall want friend Given to make 

 me another press, but I want to pay more 

 money for it, and have it just to my liking, 

 and if possible, 1 would like it l 'broken in" 

 before it is sent to me. 



MOW TO GET PLENTY OF CHOICE 

 QUEEN CELLS. 



Thanks, friend B. Our neighbor Clark 

 raises cells for us for 10c each, on a plan 

 quite similar. 



goteg fodHRR. 



ANOTHER WAY. 



fp^ROCEED as directed on p. 322, July No., until 

 r|r* you have cut the comb of brood iuto strips; 

 — ' but, instead of fastening the strips to empty 

 combs, turn the strips up on their edge, and with a 

 sharp knife cut off one side of the cells, down to the 

 base or septum, as only one side can be used for 

 queen cells. Now prepare an ordinary brood frame, 

 by nailing in two or more top-bars as shown in the 

 drawing. Having your strips of brood ready, togeth- 

 er with some melted wax, set the frame with the top 

 bar down, and put your strips of brood in place, fas- 

 tening with melted wax, or passing a hot knife 

 blade under them, so as to melt wax enough to unite 

 the strips to the wood. 



HOW TO KAISE GOOD QUEEN CELLS. 



As friend Townsend has covered the whole ground, 

 I will only say that I think this plan has several ad- 

 vantages: viz., we get as many oells from one frame- 

 as he does from three; we have no empty combs to 

 handle or mutilate; these frames hang in the hive 

 as an ordinary brood frame; the other frames do 

 no* have to be spread apart, as with his plan; three 

 of these prepared frames can be placed in the cen- 

 tre of the brood nest, allowing the bees to get all 

 around and through the eells; they have more room 

 to cluster, keeping them warmer, and give us more 

 cells in less space; the frames can be lifted out at 

 any time with ease; we can "steal" out the larvae 

 ffrom cells uot wanted to be finished, and hang the 

 frames back quickly; by using— say 3 frames, we 

 can keep a strong colony building cells quite a while, 

 by giving them frames at different dates. 



Columbus, Ind., July 5, 1880. JOS. M. BROOKS. 



Under this bead will be inserted, free of charge, the names of 

 .mi those having honey to sell, as well as those wanting to buy. 

 Please mention bow much, what kind, and prices, as far as pos- 

 sible. Asa genera] tiling 1 , l would not advise you to send your 

 honey ".way in be sold on commission. If near borne, where 

 you can look after it, it is often s very good way. By all means, 

 develop your home market. For 26 nuts we can furnish little 

 boards to hang up in your dooryard, with the words, " Honey 

 for Sale, " neatly painted, it wanted bymail, 10 cents extra for 

 postage. Boards saying "Bees and Queens for salt-,'' same 

 price. 



CITY MARKETS. 



Cincinnati.— Honey.— For several small lots of 

 Comb Honey, we have paid 16c. Quotations for Ex- 

 tracted Honey are the same as for last month. 



Beeswax Is 20-' 25c per lb. on arrival. 



Cincinnati, O., July 21, 1880. C. F. Moth. 



Chicago.— Honey.— No Comb Honey yet on the 

 market worth mentioning. Prices are nominally 

 held at 14@16c, but will doubtless be much higher. 

 Exi racted, 6(§ 9c, 



Beeswax. — Prime choice yellow, 21(5 23c; darker 

 grades, 15@17c. 



The following from the editor of the Amer- 

 ican Bee Journal is just at hand : 



The Commercial Reports of this morning give a 

 few lots of new Comb Honey on the market, and 

 quote it at lG@18c, but it will be much higher yet; 

 no doubt it will l-each 25@30c, unless the fall crop 

 should be unusually heavy. Thos. G. Newman. 



974 West Madison St., Chicago, 111., July 21, 1880. 



St. Louis. — Honey. — We quote Comb Honey 

 scarce, and considerable inquiry at 20@21c for nice, 

 bright clover, in 1 and 2 lb. sections, and 15@17c for 

 darker grades in sections. Large packages comb 

 not wanted at over 10@13c. Extracted dull, but look 

 for better inquiry with cold weather; salable at 

 8@9c for bright, and 5@7c for dark. 



We will say to a great many letters asking what 

 we give for honey, that "see do not huy honey at all;" 

 we handle honey on commission alone. 



July 22, 1880. R. C. Greer & Co. 



No. 117 North Main St., St Louis, Mo. 



New York.— Honey.— Best white comb, small, 

 neat packHges, 14@15c; Fair, ditto, 12(§U3; Da> - k, 

 ditto, 10@llc. Extracted, white, 7&(g>8c; Fair, 7(5'. 

 I'Ac; DarK, no demand. Southern strained, per gal., 

 80@85c. 



Beeswax.— Crude, 23@25c. 



New York, July 23, '60. A. Y'. Thubbeb. 



I took my first honey to Tioy, the 10th inst. It 

 brought 10c at wholesale, and 18@20c at retail. 



C. R. VlCKEKY. 



Hoag's Corners, N. Y., July 12, 1880. 



I would like to buy one barrel of Extracted Honey, 

 white clover or bass wood; I will pay 8c per lb. cash, 

 delivered in Darlington, Wis. D. C. Abraham. 



Fayette, Wis., July 20, 1880. 



I would like to buy a few barrels of choice ex- 

 tracted basswood honey, for which 1 will pay 10c per 

 lb., if the quality is right. M. E. Mason. 



Andover, O., July 14, 1880. 



I want 5C0 lbs. of section box honey, not over 2 lbs. 

 in a section, for which I will pay in cash 12! ic. per 

 lb., delivered at Ada, Hardin Co., Ohio. 



July 19, 1880. J. B. Murray. 



I have about 1.000 lbs. of Extracted Honey for 

 sale; 500 white clover, and 500 linden honey. It is 

 yery thick and white. I will sell for 10c per lb. in 

 330 lb. or 30 gallon barrels, barrels thrown in. The 

 barrels are waxed and painted. I have also some 

 500 lbs. of very white Comb Honey, all white clover, 

 which I will sell for 15c per lb., at wholesale. 



W. L. Woodward. 



Salford, Ontario, Canada, July 8, 1880. 



