1901 



GLEANINGS IN BEE CULTURE. 



463 



Contents of this Number. 



Alfalfa, Rambler on 470 



Azaleas 485 



Bees Not a Nuisance , 475 



Bees, Starting in Sections 467 



Bee-brush, Hammond's 475 



Blue Curls of California 471 



Blue-head among Bees 466 



Colonies, Advantage of Strong 478 



Covers for Hives in Colorado 467 



Eaton, E. N., Report of 466 



Editor Hiring Help in Michigan 479 



Eggs, M. iling 466 



Eucalvptus-tree 472 



Florida, Editor in 483 



Foundation, Improvement in 466 



Foul-brood Lav^, Colorado 466 



France, Report of 466 



Goose Wing for Brushing 474 



Greenhouse in March 486 



Hans Pretzel's Interview 469 



Honey, Amount Consumed in the South 466 



Honey, To Load on Wagons 468 



Increase, Doolittle on 473 



lyawn-mower in Apiary 474 



Rambler's Talk 470 



Sections, Wetting, to Fold 467 



Sorrel, Jamaica 484 



Superseding Queens, Mania for ....474 



Syrup, Feeding, in Fall 468 



Tongues, Measuring 477 



Honey Column. 



GRADING-RULES. 



Fanct.— All sections to be well filled, combs straight, firm 

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

 Btaln, 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 

 Burface soiled, or the entire surface slightly soiled j the out- 

 side surface of the wood well scraped of propolis. 



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

 to the wood ; 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. 

 Albany. — No demand for comb honey, with no 

 receipts. Prices same as last quoted. 



MacDougal & Co., 

 May 21. Albany, N. Y. 



Detroit. — Very little desirable honey in sight. The 

 new crop will find the market well cleaned up. The 

 demand is always light in this market at this season 

 of the year. Prices are held as last quoted. Fancy 

 white comb, 14@15; No. 1, 13@14; dark and amber, 10 

 @12. Extracted white. 6^@.7' dark and amber, 5@6. 

 Beeswax in fair demand at 27@28. 



May 21. M. H. Hunt & Son, Bell Branch, Mich. 



Chicago. — Market is nominal in almost all lines. A 

 little comb sells at 1.5@16 for choice white, with dark 

 and amber grades ranging from 2c to 5c less. No 

 movement of any consequence in extracted. All 

 dealers seem to be expecting a lower range of prices. 

 A little fancy white clover and basswood sells at 7@8. 

 depending on flavor, quality, and quantity taken; 

 ambers, 6f(*7; dark and buckwheat, 5@5J^. Beeswax 

 steady at 30. R. A. Burnett & Co., 



May 20. 199 South Water St., Chicago, 111. 



Milwaukee. — The demand for honey is only local, 

 and the limited supply of salable quality prevents the 

 regular consumptive demand; and whenever a ship- 

 ment of fancy grade comes to hand it sells very read- 

 ily at 17(0)18, in 1-lb. sections, while the dark and 

 lower grades do not move. We can now quote fancy 

 l-B). sections, 17@18 ; No. 1, 16@,17; off grades nominal 

 at 12@15 Extracted white, in cans and pails, 9@,9i/2; 

 amber, in kegs, 7@7]4- Beeswax. 28@30. 



A. V. Bishop & Co., 



May 22. 119 Buffalo St. Milwaukee, Wis. 



Boston.— Our market continues dull on honey, with 

 very light stocks on hand. Our nominal prices are 

 as follows Fancy, 1-lb. cartons, 17; A No. 1, 16; No. 1, 

 15; No. 2, 12@14. Extracted, 654@7^. 



Blake. Scott & L,ee, 



May 21. 31, 33 Commercial St., Boston, Mass. 



New York.— There is little if any stock of comb 

 honey on this market at the present moment, and 

 the demand is very slight indeed. Market prices rule 

 as follows : Fancy white, 15; No. 1 white, 13@14; No. 

 2 white, 11@12; mixed and buckwheat, 10. Beeswax, 

 28. Extracted honey of all kinds is ruling at low 

 prices, with little if any demand. 



Francis H. L,eggett & Co., 

 Franklin, West Broadway, and Varick Sts., 



May 22. New York City. 



Philadelphia.— Comb honey entirely cleaned out 

 of this market, except some odds and ends that are 

 sold at buyer's offers. Extracted honey, fancy white, 

 7; amber, 6. Beeswax, 27. We are producers of honey 

 — do not handle on commission. Wm. A. Selser, 



May 23. 10 Vine St., Philadelphia, Pa. 



Cincinnati. — No demand for comb honey, also 

 sto.k of it well exhausted. Extracted very dull. 

 Sales are more or less forced. Lower prices from ]4 

 to Ic per pound. C. H. W. Weber, 



May 20. 2146-8 Central Ave., Cincinnati, Ohio. 



W.\NTED. — Comb and extracted honey. State price, 

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



163 South Water St., Chicago, 111. 



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

 cans at 7 cts., and smaller cans. 



D. S. Jenkins, Las Animas, Colo. 



Northern Italian Queens 



Reared from Imported Mothers. 



Our s-tock is so carefully bred and selected as to 

 secure carloads of honey. Locality free from foul 

 brood and other bee - diseases. Prices: Untested 

 queen, 81.00; 6 for S5.00; tested queen, 81 .50; 6 for $7.50; 

 best imported quten, 86 00; fair imported queen, 85.00. 



Ada L. Pickard, 



Richland Center, Wis. 



The Long Pole 



knocks the persimmon. The man best prepared out- 

 strips his fellows. The bee with the long tongue can 

 reach the honey the short-tongued bee can't get. My 

 bees are long-tongued, large, vigorous, good workers, 

 and gentle. Queens are )fl 00 each; tested, $1.50; se- 

 lected, 82 00; breeding, 83.00 and up; latter tested for 

 tongue-reach, ,Vn to xSa inch, E- R Root's method. 



Last August Mr Morrow bought queens from 8 of 

 the most prominent queen-breeders. He writes: " I 

 put the second queen you sent me in a two-story hive 

 last Saturda) , and she is now laying in 10 frames, has 

 an immense colony of bees, and they are gathering 

 more honey than any colony I ever had in the yard. 

 I would not take 825 for the colony."— Wm. H. Mor- 

 row, 719 Temple Court, Atlanta, Ga. May 1, 1901. 



For particulars see free circulars. 



J. B. CASE, Port Orange, Pla. 



Honey Queens. 



Have you noticed the change in my P. O. address? 



Did you know I am seeking to give my customers 

 the best service possible? 



Did you know that I have as good or better queens 

 than can be bought elsewhere? Many have found 

 this out, and continue my best customers. Golden 

 and leather colored honey queens, bred in separate 

 apiaries. Bees, nuclei, and full colonies for sale. 



Price of queens — March and April — tested or untest- 

 ed, each, $1 00; 6 for $5.00; $10 00 per dozen. Breeders, 

 82.50 to $5.00 each. 



— address — 



W. H. LAWS, BEEVILLE. TEXAS. 



