1901 



GLEANINGS IN BEE CULTURE. 



Contents of this Number. 



Bee and Fruit Men in Session 54 



Bees and F uit — Green on -13 



Bee keepeis, Value to of N. B. K. A 54 



B'ack Bro >d. To Cure 55 



Bro 'ui Se Ige 52 



Buckwheat. Great Yield from 53 



Clover. Sweet 43 



Clove s in Wisconsin 52 



Convention, Geneva 55 



Convention. Ontario 55 



Co-op ration, Aikin on 46 



Dadant in Pari'; .' 45 



Extracting outfit, Gilstrap's 48 



G-afting with Pipette 53 



Hives, nioliltle on 51 



Honev, Bleaching Dark Extracted 56 



Nevada, Hone^- from 45 



Popp eton. O. O 47, 54 



Sections, Thin. Transparent 53 



Sections U.se of PHrlly Filled 43 



Sect •on folder. Mint It's 50 



Space, Proper Bee 44 



Sugar, Beet v. Cane 44 



Uniting in Winter 53 



Utter Ca.sp, Vaue of 44 



Utter Trial, Personnel of 53 



Honey Column. 



GRADING RULES. 



Fancy.— All sections to be well filled, combs straiprht. flrml.y 

 attached to all four sides, the combs unsoiled by travel stain, 

 or otherwise; all the cells sealed except an occasionai cell, 

 the outside surface of the wood well scraped of propolis. 



A No 1.— All sections well filled except the row of cells next 

 to the wood; combs straight; one-eighth part of comb surface 

 soiled, or the entire surface sli(,rhtly soiled, the outside sur- 

 face of the wood well scraped of propolis. 



No. 1.— .\11 sections well filled except the row of cells next to 

 the wood ; combs comparativel.v even ; one-eifrhlh part of 

 comb surface soiled; or the entire surface slightly soiled. 



No. 2. — Three-fourths of the total surface must be filled and 

 sealed. 



No 3.— Must weigh at least half as much as a full weight 

 section. 



In addition to this the honey is to be classified according to 

 color. u>ing the tenus while, amber, and dark; that is, there 

 will t)e •" fancy white." " No. 1 dark." etc. 



CITY MARKETS. 



BuF?\\LO. — Comb honey, fancy, 16(a).17c: A No. 1, 15 

 @16; No. 1, 14(3)15; No 2; IS&U: No.' 3, 12wl3. Ex- 

 traced, white, 7(a8; dark. 5^(5.6; beeswax, 28^30. 

 The remand for honey since the holidays is pretty 

 si w I think h ney is .scarce enough so that it can 

 be all ma'keted at about the prevailing prices. 



Jan. 8, 1901. W. C. Townsend, Buffalo, N. Y. 



Alb.\ny. — Honey market dull, and prices nominal. 

 White coinb, 15rai6; mixed, 13@14; dark, 11@12. There 

 is a good deal of complaint of honey hardening in 

 comb; and when it does, ccnsumers think it is not 

 pure, and it injures the sile. Extracted market quiet; 

 v/hite, 8@,8J^; mixed, 7@754 ; dark, 5^(5 6. 



MacDougal & Co., 

 Successors to Chas. McCulloch & Co., 

 Jan. 11. Albany, N. Y. 



New York. — Both comb and extracted honey mar- 

 ket, dull and featureles-;. No New York State white 

 Comb honey on the market to speak of, but some buck- 

 wheat to t)e had. We quote : Fancy white, 1.5@16; 

 A No. 1. 14@15; No. 1, 14(al5; No. 2, 12@13; fancy buck- 

 v^heat, 11; No. 1, 10; No. 2,9. Extracted, white, 8; 

 light amber, 7(5,7^; amber. 6(2654; buckwheat, 5J4@6. 

 Beeswax, dull but firm, 27'a28. 



Chas. Israel & Bros. 



Jan. 11. 486-8 Canal St., New York City. 



Philadflphia.— As we predicted some weeks ago, 

 the cars of California honey in comb have been unload- 

 ed, and pushed to get returns, and mirket broke 

 down. We quote: Fancy comb. 15; No 1, 13(a.l4. 

 Extracted white, 7 ; amber, 6. Beeswax, 28. We are 

 producers of honey, do rjot handle on commission. 

 Wm. A. Selser. 



Jan. 11. 10 Vine St., Philadelphia, Pa. 



New York. — The demand for all grades of comb 

 honey still continues to be very brisk. Our receipts 

 are rather light. We quote: Fancy white comb, 15(a;16; 

 No. 1, 13'3)14 ; No. 2 12i4®13H ; buckwheat, 10(5/11. 

 There is but a small demand as yet for buckwheat ex- 

 tracted. .Some small sales are repo' ted as low as 5^. 

 Beeswax is in good demand, and firtn at 28. 



Francis H. 1,egoett & Co., 

 Franklin, West Broadway, and Varick Sts., 



Jan. 11. New York City. 



Denver. — Demand not very active Fancy white, 

 83 25 per case of 21 sections: No. 1, S3.00. Extracted 

 white, 7li(qi8. Bee.swax, 22(3)25 



The Colorado Honey Produceks Ass'n. 



1410 Market St. 



Wanted.— Comb and extracted honey. State price, 

 kind, and quantity. R. A. Burnett & Co., 



163 South Water St., Chicago, 111. 



For S.^le. — Light amber extracted honey, in bar- 

 rels, 7}4c a lb.; buckwheat, in kegs, 6c per lb. 



I. J. Stringham, 105 Park Place, New York. 



For Sale. — Choice alfalfa honey. Two cans, 120 

 lbs. net. whitest, S9 01) ; tinted, partly from other 

 bloom, 88.40. Also small cans. 



The Arkansas Valley Apiaries, 



Oliver Foster, Prop., L,as Animas, Btnt Co., Colo. 



For Sale.— Extracted honey from alfalfa ; 60 lb. 

 cans at 7 cts., and smaller cans. 



D. S. Jenkins, I,as Animas, Colo. 



A Honey Market. 



Don't think that your crop 



is too large or too small to 



interest us. We have bought and sold five carloads 



already this season, and want more. We pay spot 



cash Address, giving quantity, quality, and nrice. 



Thus. C. Stanley '& 5on, F^airfield. III. 



CHAS. ISRAEL & BROS., 



486, 488, 490 Canal St., 

 Corner Watt Street, N. Y. 



HONEY & BEESWAX. 



Liberal Advances made on Consignments. 

 Wholesale Dealers and Commission Merchants. 

 E.stablished 1875. 



HONEY FOR SALE. 



strictly pure extracted honey, in original five-gallon 

 cans, as received from the apiary, 2 cans in ca.se, 7^c 

 per lb., f. o. b Provo Utah; or if wante<i East, 8c per 

 lb. f. o b. Chicago Wnte S. T. Fish & Co., Chicago, 

 111., who will ship from there. Honey guaranteed 

 strictly pure. WM. M. ROYLANCE, 



Wholesale Fruits and Produce, 



Established 1885. Provo City. Utah. 



ROCKY FORD CANTALOUPE SEED, grown by one 

 I f the best mclon-groweis in Colorado. The seed 

 is all light Supply limited. Speak s )on. I will sup- 

 ply this seed at 65 cts. per lb , postpaid, in the United 

 States. H. F. HAGEN, Rocky Ford, Colo. 



The HUBBARD HIVE leads 



them all. Easy to op- rate, and 



bees store more honey i i them 



than any other hive. 



Hubbard Hive Co., Fort Wayne, Ind. 





AU I O Bees. 



REVISED EDITION. 



How to get 

 QIL.T-EDGED HONEY 



Send 2c stamp to 



THE A. I. ROOT CO.. 



Medina, Ohio, 



or F. Danzenbaker, 



Box 66, Washington, D. C. 



