1901 



GLEANINGS IN BEE CULTURE. 



215 



Contents of this Number. 



Absorbents v. Sealed Covers 241 



Keer Poisoned hv Glucose 230 



Bees and Allalfa Hay 241 



Bees, Long-tongued, Are they Wanted? 220 



Broom Sedge 241 



Clover, Yellow Sweet 217 



Combs, Loading Crosswise 241, 243 



Commissioners, Pure food 246 



C'lntraction and Belgian Hares 225 



Cough Medicine, Honey 242 



Cover, Brodbeck's 232 



Cuba, Glimpses of 228 



Dominica. Morrison in 235 



Drones, Number Needed per Colony 242 



Dzierzon as an Inventor 219 



Entrance-contractor, Poile's 2.->8 



Extractors with Double Pockets 243 



Feeding Back for Comb Honey 2J2 



Forming Nuclei 22(i 



Foul-brood Law, California 247 



Found tion on a Curve 243 



Foundation, Thin, tor Brood-frames 223 



Frame, Movable, Inventor of 219 



Gleanings Family 242 



Glossometer, Swarthm ore's 233 



Glucos" as a Poison 230 



Heat, Effects of 231 



Hives, Elevated 218 



Hiving on Drawn Combs 239 



Honey, Bottling 220 



Honey. Extracted, from Dark Combs 242 



Honey, Selling Extracted 222 



House-apiary and Shop Combined 237 



Medicine dropper a Success 241 



Partnership in Bees 238 



Poison of Sling, Antidote for 238 



Pjllen, Too Much 23(i 



Queens Mated in Confinement 218. 247 



Questions Answered 244 



Rambler at Work 231 



Sections, Size of 220. 240 



Strainer, Kuehne's 2.S9 



Sugar, Beet v. Cane 2l8. 245 



Swarming, To Pievent 235 



Tank. GiUtrap's 243 



Tongues, Long, snd Longtvitv 234 



Top-bars. Origin of Wde and Ihick 227 



Uncapping. How Deep? 229 



W'iley on Glucose L30 



Wintering Indoor 2-10 



Wintering, Que-tion<oii 240 



Honey Column. 



(iRADING-RULE.S. 



Fancy.— All sections to be well fillerl, combs straight, firm- 

 ly 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 tlie row of cells 

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

 surface soiled, or the entire surface slightly soiled ; the out- 

 side surface of the wood well scrapeil of propolis. 



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

 to the wofid : combs comparatively 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.— 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, using the terms white, amber, and dark ; that is, 

 there will be " Fancy White," " No. 1 Dark," etc. 



CITY MARKETS. 



San Francisco. — Fancy comb. 125^; A No. 1. 11; 

 No 1, 914; No. 2, 8; No. 3, 7. Extracted, light amber, 

 oJ4: amber, 5. Guggenhime & Co. 



Feb. 26. 



Chicago. — Fancy white comb honey sells readily at 

 10; but all other grades are weak at the following 

 ram e of prices: No. 1 white. 14(S)15; fancy amber, 

 r2<a'13; fair amber grades, 10(511; buckwheat fancy, 

 10; off grades, 8(a9. Extracted white, ranges from 7 

 @8 amber grades, 654&7^; buckwheat. 6?8(s6; South- 

 ern dark, 0(3, 6. Beeswax in demand at 30. 



R. A Burnett & Co., 



Mar. 8. 103 South Water St., Chicago, 111. 



Philadflphi.a.— Honey selling freely, but sufficient 

 supply to till the demand. Job lots of comb honey 

 selling at buyers' offers. We qucte No. 1 comb, 13&14; 

 no fancy in market; amber. 10(211. Extracted white, 

 8; amber, 6(3/7. We are producers of honey — do not 

 handle on commission. Wm. A. Selser. 



Mar. 9. 10 Vine St., Philadelphia, Pa. 



Alb.any. — Honey, quiet, with light stock. White 

 comb. 15(0)16; mixed, 13(3)14; biickwheat, 11(3)12; am- 

 ber, 11(3.42 Extracted, buckwheat, 0(0.0%; mixed, 6@ 

 6%; clover, 7(gi8. MacDougal & Co., 



Successors to Chas. McCulloch & Co , 



Mar. 9. Albany, N. Y. 



Cincinnati. — The demand for comb honey is near- 

 ly rver The stock also well cleaned up. Fancy white 

 brings 16c. Extracted is in fair demand; dark sells 

 for 5%; better grades bring 6 to 7^; fancy white 

 clover from 8^ to 9. C. H. W. Weber, 



Mar. 9. 2146-8 Central Ave , Cincinnati, Ohio. 



Buffalo. — Honey is selling very slow in our mar- 

 ket. Prices steady and I think we can clean up before 

 the new crop, at or near these prices. Fancy comb, 

 15(3)16; A No. 1. 14(5)15; No. 1, 13(a).14; No. 2 12(a'13; 

 No. 3, 11@12; No 1 dark, Um\l: No. 2 dark, 8(g9. 

 Beeswax, yellow, 29(3)30; dark, 24(520 



Feb. 27. W. C. Townsend, Buffalo, N. Y. 



Columbus — Honey market very quiet ; fancy West- 

 ern white, selling at 17; amber, 14. 

 Mar. 8. Evans & Turner. 



Detroit. — Fancy white comb, 15(g,16; No. 1, 14@15. 

 dark and amber,' 10(3)13. Extracted white, 6J^(g.7; 

 dark and amber, 55^(56. Beeswax, 27(3)28. 



Mar. 8. M. H. Hunt & Son, Bell Branch, Mich. 



For .S.ale. — 20.000 lbs. extracted honey from alfalfa 

 and light amber from Rocky Mountain bee-plant. 

 Two cans, 120 lbs. net. 18 40; also 5 and 10 lb pails. 

 In ordering state if you want white or amber. 



M. P. Rhoads, Las Animas, Col. 



Wanted. — 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, 89 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 ; 6J-lb. 

 cans at 7 cts., and smaller cans. 



D. S. Jenkins, Las Animas, Co!o. 



For Sale. — 3000 pounds fancy comb honey. Write 

 for prices. William Morris, 



Las Animas. Col. 



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* HONEY, WAX, ♦ 



i Wanted! 



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MAPLE SUGAR, % 

 SYRUP, AND ♦ 

 • ••• POPCORN. ♦ 



A. L JENKS, 42 W. Market St., Buffalo, N Y. 



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PURE MAPLE SYRUP. 



MEDINA is the home of the honev-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 our 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. 



