1901 



GLEANINGS IN BEE CULTURE. 



623 



Contents of this Number. 



Bee Legislation in France 62n 



Cells, Pre-constructed t 2G 



IJrouth in Illinois (i2K 



Kiiitor in Texas ()27 



Heeding Back (148 



Formic Acid in Honey (i'io 



Foundation. Pressed and Rolled 626 



Frame, Hoffman Earless 634 



Ilive-tool, Handy 644 



Honev, Comb and Extracted in One Hive 635 



Honey for Nursing Children ()25 



Honey to Color Agate 625 



Honey-knife, Miller's 626 



Honey-plants of Texas 628 



Horsemint of Texas 630 



Howe, Harry, Health of 644 



NassonoiT's Organ 639 



Organ in Bpc, New 639 



Queens, Keeping Over Extra 644 



Rambler's Talk (M) 



Kauchfuss, Herman 633 



Scholl, Louis 628 



Season for 1901 649 



Separators, Harrison's 645 



Silver Linden and Bees 625 



Stachelhausen, L 628 



Sugar, Beet, for Bees 644 



Super, Queen-mating 633 



Swarms Hived in Roomy Hives 646 



Swarthmore Criticised 630 



Swarthmore System of Queen-rearing 634 



Wiring, Horizontal 625 



Honey Column. 



GRADING-RULES. 



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

 ly attached to all four si de.s, the combs unsoiled by travel 

 Etain, 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-oiehth part of comb 

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

 Bide surface of the wood well scrapod 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.— Threo-fourths of the total surface must be filled 

 and sealed. 



No. S.— 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. 



Chicaoo. -^Choice white comb honey is arriving 

 rather more frtely, and brings 15 cents. There is no 

 accunuilation at this writing, as receipts sell within a 

 week alter 'arriving, some of them on the same day. 

 Ambtr grades bring about 12 cents. Extracted, dull 

 and slow of sale at anything over 5(a/5^. Beeswax 

 steady at 30 cenis, with good demand. 



R. A. Burnett & Co , 



July 18. 199 .South Water St , Chicago, 111. 



Albany. — Honey market quiet, but some inquiries 

 from both buyer and bee-keeper. We look for good 

 demand earlier this season thun usual, as no old hon- 

 ey is rt-maining over. McDotrGAL & Co., 



July 21. Albany, N. Y. 



New York. — Comb and extracted honey market 

 dull and featureless. Some small lots of Southern 

 comb honey arriving, but demand is very limited, 

 quotinj^ llCg^loc per lb. as to quality. The outlook at 

 the pre -^ent is for a good crop, and prices are not like- 

 ly to rule as high as last season particularly extract- 

 ed. Beeswax is not as firm as has been, and prices 

 not ruling as high; fancy, 30(&31, average, 28@29. 

 Chas. Israel & Bros., 

 486, 488, & 490 Canal St., Cor. Watt St. 



July 19. 



Detroit.— Fancy comb, white, 15c; No. 1, 13@14; no 

 dark to quote. Extracted, white, 6(a,7c; dark and 

 amber, 5(a(6c. M. H. Hunt & Son, 



July 18. Bell Branch, Mich. 



San Francisco. — The following are the quotations 

 of the Sau Franci.sco Chronicle, of July 11th: 



Comb honey, per lb., 10(ai2; extracted, water white, 

 5^@6H; light amber, 4^@5^; dark amber, 4@5c. 

 Beeswax, per lb., 25@27. 



Mr. H. J. Wilder, of Riverside, writes me as follows: 



"Riverside, Cal., July 9, 1901.— It is true that a report 

 went ea.tt early in ihe season, to the effect that we 

 were going to have an immense crop, but it came 

 from sensational newspaper correspondents, and not 

 from bee-men ; they knew that with three-fourths of 

 our bees dead the output of honey couldn't be heavy." 



As Mr. Wilder is the president of the Bee-keepers' 

 Exchange of Los Angeles, he can be said to speak 

 with authority. E. H. Sch.effle. 



Murphys, Cal., July 13. 



New York. — Just at present the market is almost 

 entirely cleaned up of all kinds of comb honey. Some 

 few lots of fancy white have been received from the 

 South and sell readily at from 14@15c per lb. Ex- 

 tracted honey is without demand at present, and is 

 selling at from 4^^6, according to grade. Beeswax 

 is in good demand and sells promptly at from 28@29c. 

 Francis H. Leggett & Co., 

 West Broadway, Franklin & Varick Sts. 



July 22. 



Milwaukee. — The receipts of new comb honey 

 thus far have been very fine, showing an improve- 

 ment on receipts of last year, and the demand is very 

 fair considering the season, and sales at good rich 

 values for the producer. We can encourage ship- 

 ments of best qualitv, and assure good sales. We 

 quote fancy 1 lb., 17@18c; A No. 1, 16f^l7; amber, nom- 

 inal, 13® 15. Extracted, in bb s., kegs, pails, or cans, 

 white, 6@8c; amber, 5@6. Beeswax. 26@28@30. 



A. W. Bishop & Co., 



July 20. 119 Buffalo St., Milwaukee, Wis. 



Denver.— New comb honey. No. 1 white, 83.00 per 

 case: No. 2, S2.75 per case. Extracted, white, 7c. 

 Beeswax, 22(a24. 



The Colorado Honey Producers' Ass'n, 



July 20. 1440 Market St., Denver, Col. 



Wanted. — Western honey in car lots, also northern 

 fancy white comb in no-drip cases; state price deliver- 

 ed. We pay spot cash. Reference, German National 

 Bank, Cincinnati. Fred W. Muth & Co., 



Front and Walnut Streets, Cincinnati, Ohio. 



Wanted. — Comb and extracted honey. State price, 

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



1&3 South Water St., Chicago, 111. 



Wanted. — Extracted clover honey in cans ; cans 

 furnished if desired. Quote price. 



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



Wanted — To buy your honey. State your lowest 

 cash price, kind, and quantity. 



Edw. Wilkinson, Wilton, Wis. 



Wanted. — Honey; car lots or otherwise. Will send 

 man to receive when sufficient amount to justify, and 

 pay highest market price, spot cash. Address, stating 

 quantity, quality, and price desired at vour station. 

 Thos. C. Stanley & Son, 'Fairfield, 111. 



For Sale. — Extracted honey in 60-lb. cans. No. 1 

 alfalfa, 7}4c per lb ; partly from other bloom, 6>2C. 

 D. S. Jenkins, Las Animas, Colo. 



We will be in the market for honey the coming sea- 

 son in carloads and less than carloads, and would be 

 glad to hear f> om producers everywhere what they 

 will have to offer. Seavey & Flarsheim, 



1318-1324 Union Avenue, Kansas City, Mo. 



NO MORE SPOILT FRUIT. 



Canning made easy and sure by using miy Standard Patent 

 self-melting, self-sealing wax strings. Very economical, 

 and easy to apply. Valuable fruit information and 100 

 strings, by mail, for (forty-five) 45 cents in stamps. 

 C^. C!- ^fovM-ts, nSiddle^o-wxi, Ohio. 



YL^|.|f a IMp for price if you want 100 or 200 colonies 

 »» 1 lie JTIC Qf bees in 8 frame hives, delivered in 

 New York City or Havana, Cuba. I want 25 Carnio- 

 lan queens October 1st. 



W. L. Coggshall, W. Groton, N. Y. 



