1901 



GLEANINGS IN BEE CULTURE. 



179 



Contents of this Number. 



Air, Fresh, for Bees, Ira Barber on 184 



Apple-bloom, Honey from 190 



Barrels, France on 195 



Bees, Preparing for Apple-bloom 190 



Bees, York's Suggestion 195 



California Crop for 1901 194 



California Rains 192 



Combs from Foul-broody Colony 183 



Editor in Florida 196 



Honey in Mason Jars. Marketing 194 



Honey, Bottling and Selling 187 



Honey, to Liquefy 188 



Honey, to Sell 189 



Introducing Dipped Queens 184 



Italians and Black Brood 183 



Michigan Foul-brood Bill 194 



Paraffining Barrels 195 



Peach-orchard, McCubbin's 186 



Rambler at McCubbin's 185 



Smoking Bees with Cloth 184 



Spraying During Bloom 193 



Sugar, Cane v. Beet 192 



Tinfoiling 187 



Tongues, Measuring 193 



Wintei ing, Indoor, in Medina 195 



Wintering, Questions on 193 



Honey Column. 



GRADING RULES. 



Fancy.— All sections to be well filled, combs straight, firmly 

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

 or otherwise; all the cells sealed except an occasional 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 slightly soiled; the outside sui-- 

 face of the wood well scraped of propolis. 



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

 the wood ; combs comparativel.y even ; one-eighth 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.— Mu.st weigh at least half as much as a full weight 

 section. 



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

 •color, using the terms white, amber, and dark; that is, there 

 will be •' fancy white." " No. 1 dark," etc. 



CITY MARKETS. 



Boston. — We quote our market as follows : Fancy 

 No. 1 white in cartons. 17; A No. 1, 16 ; No. 1, 15@16, 

 with a fairly good demand. Absolutely no call for 

 dark honey this year. Extracted, white, 8@8^; 

 light amber, 7J^@8. Beeswax, 27. 



Blake, Scott & I<ee, 



Feb. 19. 31, 33 Commercial St., Boston, Mass. 



Chicago. — Fancy white comb, 16; No. 1 white 14@ 

 15; fancy amber, 12@13; No. 1 amber, lOOll; fancy 

 dark, 10'; No 1 dark. 8@!t. White extracted, 7'4'@8; 

 amber, 65^^(&7'2; dark, 6@6;i. Beeswax, 28. 



R. A. Burnett & Co., 



Feb. 19. 163 South Water St., Chicago, 111. 



Cincinnati. — The market for comb honey is be- 

 coming bare, although the prices did not change. 

 Fancy white comb is still selling for 16. No demand 

 for darker grades. Extracted in fair demand; dark 

 sells for 5^. better grades from 6J4 to S; only fancy 

 white clover brings from 8^ to 9. 



C. H. W. Weber, 



Feb. 18. 2146-8 Central Ave , Cincinnati, Ohio. 



-Schenectady. — The market has been very quiet for 

 the past two weeks, but we note an improvement 

 already with the beginning of Lent — having made a 

 large sale the opening dav. We quote white clover, 

 comb, 14®I(); buckwheat, ri@12, dark extracted, .5(5 6. 



Feb. 20. C. McCULLOCH, Schenectady, N. Y. 



New Vopk — Comb honey is being well cleaned up 

 on our market The demand has lessened to quite an 

 extent on ac ount. we presume, of the hitjh prices 

 which have bfen lu'.ing Fancy white still brings 13 

 (2>16; No. 1 white. lo@,14; amber, 11@,12; buckwheat, 

 10. Extracted rather light and not much doing. Cal- 

 ifornia white honey at 7',(as; light amber, 7; South- 

 ern, 60(5,70 per gallon; buckwheat, 5@r>]4. Beeswax 

 steady at 2.S. Hildreth & Seoelken, 



Feb. 10. 120, 122 West Broadway, New York. 



Miewaukee. — Since our last report this market has 

 maintained a very quiet place, and the demand for 

 honey has not been very active, and the main reason 

 is because the supply of fancy stock is wanting, and 

 the lower grades do not meet with good favor But 

 there is a little better demand exi.sting now, and espe- 

 cially for the extracted shipments of either. Fancy 

 section or extracted white will meet a good market. 

 We can now quote fancy l-Ib. sections 17(2(18: A No. 1, 

 15(®16; No. 1, 15(»,16; No. 1 amber, 13(3.15. Extracted 

 ^vhite, in barrels, cans, pails, and kegs, 9(a;9^; amber, 

 7'A@S. Beeswax, 26(g)28. A. V. Bishop & Co., 



Feb. 18. Milwaukee, Wis. 



New York. — The market for both extracted and 

 comb honey is rather dull. We quote fancy white 

 comb, 15; No. 1, 14 ; No. 2, 12 ; buckwheat, 10. Buck- 

 wheat extracted, 5^. Beeswax, 28. 



Francis H. Leggett & Co., 

 Franklin, West Broadway, and Varick Sts., 

 Feb. 18. New York City. 



New York. — Demand for comb honey is slacking 

 off with stock pretty' well cleaned up, with the excep- 

 tion of a few lots of white Colorado offering on the 

 market. We quote : Fancy white, 15@16 ; A No. 1. 15; 

 No. 1, 14(g,15; No. 2, ll(ai2; fancy buckwheat, 10(§>11; 

 No. 1, 10; No. 2, 9. Extracted honey not in as much 

 demand as there should be at this season of the year. 

 Extracted white clover and ba.'swcod, 7 @ 8 ; light 

 amber clover, 7(®7'^: amber and buckwheat, 5@5%. 

 Beeswax, demand dull, but from 26@28. 



Chas. Israel & Bros. 



Feb. 25. 486-8 Canal St., New York City. 



For Sale.— 20,000 lbs. extracted honey from alfalfa 

 and light amber from Rocky Mountain bee-plant. 

 Two cans, 120 lbs. net, $8 40; also 5 and 10 lb. pails. 

 In ordering state if you want white or amber. 



M. P. Rhoads, Las Animas, Col. 



W.^nted. — Comb and extracted honey. State price, 

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



163 South Water St., Chicago, 111. 



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

 lbs. net, whitest, $9 00 ; tinted, partly from other 

 bloom, S8.40. Also small cans. 



The Arkansas Valley Apiaries, 



Oliver Foster, Prop., Las Animas, Bent Co., Colo. 



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

 cans at 7 cts., and smaller cans. 



D. S. Jenkins, Las Animas Colo 



For Sale. — 3000 pounds fancy comb honey. Write 

 for prices. William Morris, 



Las Animas, Col. 



AHnnpv MjirL-pf Don't think that your crop 

 IIUIIC^ iTldriVCl. 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 quantitv, quality, and price. 

 Thos. C. Stanley '& Son, Fairfield, ill. 



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. 

 Established 1875. 



PURE MAPLE SYRUP. 



MEDINA is the home of the honey bee 

 and also the home of the MAPLE TREE, 

 and the maple tree produces sap in the 

 spring, which is boiled down and makes 

 the finest flavored sweet in existence when 

 you get it pure. One of onr customers call- 

 ed it " Delicious Nectar." We have pure 

 maple syrup to sell to the trade in .several 

 sizes of packages. Write for prices to 



R. E. FRENCH, = MEDINA, OHIO. 



Reference, The A. I. Root Company. 



