1885 



GLEANINGS IN liEE CULTUKE. 



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Contents of this Number. 



Bees (ioingforAVater 639 Home, A Permanent 627 



Bees for Medicine 6W Honev Column 619 



Bees StincriiiK Cirj) 610 Honev Loealitv. Best 623 



BeesStealiiij; KiJirs fiw H..ncv . I., (i.-t M..-t 621 



Beeson Bii.-kwh,.;,t fll Ho, -r stiiiitr t.. |.,.,,tl, 639 



Bees, No. Tic<-c>s;ir\ rMrC..l.fi:;:i Ilnt.-ln h-mu'- L.tl it 635 



Bees,I'rp|.;iiiiik'. ^ <'"- .luv.nil.' I;n,;,i,\ fi.,~~ 636 



Boes.Moviiitr in SuiniiHM- .,iV.':i Kin.lW.T.N 618 



Bimililc Ikm-^, to I'.it.Ii . iVM\ M..|<„i- ^^. I',,., s 640 



Cirp vv i;.-,.ciiliiii.- ,. i;,;ii ^]^ .-li an.l Nriirlil>..rs 633 



ChiMn.n ii-iiiL' IwoK •iir, \u> ,•!« ..v tn s«arni Bees- .610 



Cider-mills li-;:', Nu.-l.j, l;uil. link' tip 629 



Clarke's Comments 6'j; I'nll.'ii Sn-.ipr i- 611 



Clipping Wings 627 rn..r S.;i-.in, 623 



Clover, Alsike 63(i ri-..|'<'lis ot l';,iiit 641 



Columbus Convention 622 rrott-l Iimhi Alabama 629 



Col's in one Locality .No. of 623 Que. us, liaising 637 



Combs necessary to Wlnter623 i Refeience Book 63] 



Drone-Excluders 632 i Secretion, What is it! 621 



Dwindling, Cause of 621 Separators 621 



Editorials 617 Size of Cory to Winter well.623 



Egg, Where From? 628 I Skepticism. Wave of 637 



Exhibits .Tt Colninbus 62t Sorgliimi for Bees 621 



Exprcs (■..iiipanies 627 i Slings, a.") ..ti Head 611 



Int- N'irgin V'lcens 625 ' Stung 13 Titih-s 639 



Fc^^l,., -s Hies 638 Swarming. Signs of 621 



I'r.unes, Wired 627 I Throwing Dirt at Bees, 610 



Heddons Ext. Honey 6-25 Tobacco Column 612 



Hives. Various 627 , When to Feed 623 



Hives, Whitewashing 629 I Wint'g on Summer Stands. .627 



PONEY GdMW' 



CITY MARKETS. 



Cincinnati.— J/ojiej/.— No change has taken place 

 in the general feature of the market. Demand is 

 slow for extracted houe.v, with an abundance on 

 the market. Depression in other branches of busi- 

 ness, and low prices, have their ticariiiH- upon honey. 

 Better prices will, in my •■stirnatimi, noi bf nbtained 

 until a general revival ol business takes place; our 

 most ardent desires to the coiil rary not withstand- 

 ing. Custom has to be made, even at the short crop 

 of this season. Small lots only of new comb hon e.v 

 make their appearance, and are sold readily, but 

 demand is slow in proportion. E.xtracted ho'^iey 

 brings 4(?ij8c on arrival, and choice comb honey ISf^' 

 16c in a jobbing way. 



Bccswar is in fair demand, and arrivals are good. 

 We pay SO-T/^Me for good yellow. 



The fdllowing e.xpiaiiation in regard to markets 

 seems to be neeessai \ in order to post some of our 

 bee-keeping frieixls, iind save them from disap- 

 pointment. Wlien (|noting prices " on arrival" I 

 mean to say that honey \vill hrin.u abotjt the price 

 quoted, or that a li;;ine within tlie range given will 

 appear reasonable or acceptable to a purchaser. I 

 quote, as near as possible, the prices at which I am 

 buying and selling. I do not mean to say that pur- 

 chasers are waiting for the arrival of honey, and 

 arc anxious to bnv at those i)rices (pioted. nor that 

 I UH) willing to pay those prices on arri\al for all 

 the honey that may be shippeil liere. This latter 

 would recpiire a larger capital than I and two more 

 ot the laigest dealers in .\mei-ica i>ossess. It Is un- 

 pleasant tor us to be o\-eriiin with honey for which 

 1 uill not jiay on aii-i\al, unless agreement has 

 been made previous to shipment. 



Chas. F. Muth, 

 S. E. Cor. Freeman and Central Avenues. 



Sept. 13, 1885. Cincinnati, O. 



New York.— /fo/ifiy.— There is very little change 



to note in the honey market since our last, except 



more activity. New ci-op comb honey is arriving 



quite freel.v, and selling readily at following prices: 



Fancy white clover, Mb. sections, per lb. 14(S1.5c 



2-lb. " " mrVic 



Fair to good 1 and 3 lb. " " lOtollc 



Fancy buckwheat, 1-lb. " " U(fi 13e 



2-lb. " " mwc 



E.xtracted white clover, " aO; 7c 



" buckwheat, " ,5(5 <5e 



Sept. 8, 1885. McCaiti. & Hildheth Rros., 



34 Hudson St., cor. Duane St., N. Y. 



Cleveland.— Hour?/.— The market at present is 

 pretty well supplied with new honey by neighbor- 

 ing apiarists from wagons, which makes the demand 

 I from our stores rather light. The price of 14@15c 

 I per lb. for best white lib. sections is well main- 

 ] talned, however, and we may look for better sales 

 I in the future, particularly if the clouds of dull 

 times, which are predicted to be breaking, leave the 

 commercial horizon bright and clear before long. 

 Extracted, 6 to 7c. Beeswax, 22c. A. C. Kendel, 

 Sept. 10, 1885. 115 Ontario St., Cleveland, O. 



CHicAGo.-JF/onfy.— Market is quite good for this 

 season of the year; receipts are heavier, and sales 

 also larger than at last writing; 15@16c per lb. is 

 the price obtainable at present for comb honey of 

 best style and quality. Extracted, .5'l' 8c. Beeswax, 

 21c. R. .\. Burnett, 



Sept. 10, 1885. 161 So. Water St., Chicago, 111. 



St. Louis.— Hone;/. —Our market continues quiet, 

 a small demand for extracted in barrels; 4(rti4'4c for 

 Southern. New white clover in cans, retail, 8'4@9c. 

 Comb honey, some light inquiry for white clover, 

 choice, 16@17c retail. Beeswax— very dull; stock 

 large, 21(g22c. W. T. Anderson & Co., 



Sept. 10, 1885. 104 N. Third St., St. Louis, Mo. 



Milwaukee.— Ho»(C!/.—New honey not very plen- 

 tiful. Demand good. Extracted, quick sale at 8c 

 per lb. Comb, 1 and 2 lb. sections, white, 15(0 l"c; 

 dark, 12<5(14c. A. V. Bishop, 



Sept. 10. 142 W. Water St., Milwaukee, Wis. 



Wanted.— .500 lbs. comb and 1000 lbs. extracted 

 honey. I will pay cash, 14c for comb and 7c for ex- 

 tracted. Honey must be delivered here in good 

 shape; must be all clover or basswood; comb may 

 be in anysl/,e of section less than 2 lbs.; all well 

 filled, sealed, and straight. Extracted must be 

 thick. Oliver Foster, Mt. Vernon, Iowa. 



W.VNTEi).- Extracted basswood honey, in lots con- 

 venient to handle (lOJ-lb. lots preferred). 



J. G. Lehde, Gardcnvllle, Erie Co., N. Y. 



For Sale.— 2000 lbs. of white-clover honey (extract- 

 ed), in barrels. I will deliver it on cars at lonia, on 

 the C. M. & St. V. K. K., or at Nashua, on the 1. C. 

 U. H., at 7 cts. per lb., net. 



Henry L. Rouse, Ionia, Iowa. 



For Sale.— 4 barrels of fine linn extracted honey, 

 ripe, and of the best quality, seven cents per lb., de- 

 livered on board cars here. 



.1. B. Murray, Ada, Hardin Co., Ohio. 



Black and Hybrid Queens For Sale. 



For fhe benefit of friends who have black or hybrid queens 

 which they want to dispose of. we will insert notices tree of 

 charge, as below. We do this becuse there is hardly value 

 enough to these queens to pay f"r buying them up and keep- 

 ing them in stock: and yet it is oftentimes quite an accommo- 

 dation to those who can not afford higher-priced ones. 



I have 15 prolific hybrid queens to dispose of, at 

 35c each, in stamjjs; 5 for one dollar. 



W. A. Sanders, Oak Bower, Hart Co., Ga. 



I have 8 hybrid queens, this year, 2 nearly black, 

 others choice (|ueens; :?2 25 for the lot, and safe ar- 

 rival guaranteed; 3 for $1.00. Who wants them? 

 B. F. Carroll, Dresden, Texas. 



I Ten fine large jellow hybrid queens, six weeks 



! old, bred from pure Italian mothers, which I have 



taken from a neighbor's aplarj', at 3.5c each ; five 



dark, at loc each, ready to go by first mail. Safe 



arrival. V. H. Scattergood, Winona, O. 



Detroit. — H(»nc!/.— The market is improving; 

 good honey is bringing 17(5 18c. A. B. Weed, 



407 Woodward Ave., Detroit, Mich. 

 Sept 11, 1885. 



Boston.— Ho)iey.— Best white Mb. sections, ].5Tf 

 18c; 3 lbs., 14@15c; extracted, very slow at any price. 

 Peeswax, 2oii'}S0Q. HhAHV & Ripley, 



■ Sept. 11, 1885. 57 f^Kafb^nj Sr.. Boston, Mass. 



I have several black and hybrid queens that I 

 will sell at 35 and 35c respectively. Safe arrival 

 guaranteed, J. H. Gindling, 



Ohlman, Montgomery Co., 111. 



DADANT'S FOUNDATION FACTORY, Whole- 

 sale and retail. See advertisement in another 

 column. Bbtfd 



(iress THPS. E, SMI^H, Luna Landing, Chicoi Cc. Ark, 



