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GLEANINGS IN BEE CULTURE. 



.Jan. 



flWJSIEY (30MMN. 



CITY MARKETS. 



Chicago.— Honey.— The new year opens up with a 

 quiet trade generally. Honey sells in a single-case 

 way. Prices are lower than in November on all 

 grades, excepting, perhaps, choice white comb in 

 small sections and cartons. This is not plentiful, 

 and brings L7@18c. But there is so much graded 

 "white" by the producer that doe6 not meet the 

 views of purchasers as to cause more or less dissat- 

 isfaction ; and such prices as can be obtained are 

 accepted for the " off " grades. Extracted remains 

 about the same: demand light. Beeswax, 22. 



Jan. 7. R. A. Burnett, 



161 South Water St., Chicago, 111. 



New York.— Honey. —We are forced to report a 

 dull market. Stocks are light, but demand very 

 limited, which we presume is due to the mild and 

 unseasonable weather. We quote: Fancy white, 1- 

 1b. sections. 14@15c; 2-lb., 12c; fair white, Mb., L2@ 

 13; 2-lb., Italic; buckwheat, Mb., 10®11; 2-lb.. 9@ 

 10c: extracted, white, 7 l /S@8; buckwheat, do., 6@6y 2 . 

 The latter is in fair demand, and we would advise 

 bee-keepers who have any on hand to ship here. 



Jan. 10. Hildreth Bros. & Segelken, 



28 & 30 West Broadway, New York. 



Kansas City.— Honey.— Choice Mb. sections, 15® 

 16; dark 1-lbs.. 12; 2-lbs., 14; dark, 11. White ex- 

 tracted in 60-lb. cans, 8; amber, 7; in barrels and 

 kegs. 5@8. Demand good, prices steady, and stock 

 large. Beeswax.— None in market. 



Jan. 4. Hamblin & Bearss, 



514 Walnut St., Kansas City, Mo. 



Cincinnati.— Honey. There is no change in the 

 market. Demand slow, with a smaller supply than 

 ever before at this season for the last 10 years. Ex- 

 tracted honey brings 5@8 on arrival. Comb honey. 

 12 Mi, in the jobbing way. 



Beeswax.— Demand is good; it brings 20@22 for 

 good to choice yellow on arrival. 



Jan. '». Chas. F. Muth & Son, 



Cincinnati, Ohio. 



Kansas City.— Honey.— Honey is moving more 

 freely. We quote white Mb. comb, 16@17; fall, Mb. 

 comb. 14@1">. California, Mb. comb, 16@17; same, 

 2-lb.. 12ft 15. Extracted. 7@s. Beeswax, 30. 



Clemons, Cloon & Co., 



Jan. 7. Kansas City, Mo. 



Albany.— Honey.— Market very slow, as usual 

 after holidays. May do better a month later, but 

 will depend on how much stock is left over. 



Jan. 8. H. R. Wright. 



Albany, N. Y. 



St. Louis.— Honey.— Our market is well supplied 

 with California in cans. Local shipments scarce; 

 demand fair. We quote, barrels, 5'/4@6!4. Cans, 

 7@7'/ 2 . Comb, 14ft 16. Beeswax, 20. 



Jan. 7. D. G. Tutt Grocer Co., 



St. Louis, Mo. 



Columbus.— Honey.— No change in our market. 

 Sales very slow. No. 1 white clover, in 1-lb. sec- 

 tions, 11 << 18. Dark, 15ft 16. 



Jan. 9. Earle Clickenger, 



Columbus, Ohio. 



Detroit.— Honey.— White comb, in one-pound 

 sections, quoted at 16ft 18c; sales slow, but the sup- 

 ply is gradually decreasing. Extracted dull at 7@8. 

 li> eswax, M;.''" '.':;. M. H. Hunt, 



Jan. 7. Bell Branch, Mich. 



No change in honey. 

 Jan. 7. 



Blake & Ripley, 



Boston, Mass. 



For Sale.— A few cases of choice white comb 

 honey in sections at 16c per lb., delivered at ex- 

 press or freight office here. Cases weigh 22 to 27 

 lbs. A. Fiddes, Centralia. Marion Co., 111. 



For Sale.— 800 lbs. or more of a good quality of 

 white honey, in crates holding 12 sections, weighing 

 about 11 lbs. to the crate. I will take 14 cts. per lb., 

 f. o. b. here. John Handel, 



Savanna, Carroll Co., 111. 



DADANT'G FOUNDATION FACTORY, WHOLESALE AND 

 RETAIL. See advertisement in another column 



gPECI7ID ^OTICEfS. 



price ok clover seed advanced. 

 Both alsike and peavine clovers have advanced in 

 price recently, so that we can not furnish seed at 

 the prices named in our catalogue. Prices for the 

 present will be as follows: Alsike, 20 cts. per lb.; 

 82.25 per peck; $4. 40 per ^bushel; #8.50 per bushel. 

 Peavine, or mammoth clover. 15 cts. per lb.; #1.80 

 per peck: #3.50 per i-bushel; #6.50 per bushel. 



JAPANESE BUCKWHEAT. 



Any one who is not satisfied by this time of the 

 gre^; superiority of this new grain over the com- 

 mon, or, in fact, all other kinds, has only to read 

 the reports in our agricultural journals. We have 

 at present on hand, ready for the season's trade, 

 between 300 and 400 bushels; and, judging from the 

 prices at which it is offered in the various seed 

 catalogues, compared with the prices we give, it 

 would be nothing strange if every pound should be 

 gone before time for sowing, and very likely we 

 shall be compelled to advance prices as we have 

 done for each season since it came out; therefore it 

 behooves you to get your orders in early. Get 

 your seed by freight, so as to save express charges, 

 and then when you get your ground ready you will 

 not have to telegraph for seed hy express, and per- 

 haps then be told that it is sold, and no more can 

 be had. Compare the prices you And in the vari- 

 ous seed catalogues with our own, which are: 

 Bushel, #2.00; half bushel, #1.25; peck, 75 cts.; 

 pound. 10 cts. By mail, add 9 cts. extra for each 

 pound. Remember, our prices also include bags. 



A WATERBURY WATCH ESPECIALLY KOR LADIES 

 AND MISSES. 



We are just in receipt of the first lot of small- 

 sized watches designed especially for school-teach- 

 ers or little girls. 1 have often thought that, when 

 the hoys were getting so much enjoj ment and real 

 profit by having a watch that would keep time for 

 a very small amount of money, it was a pity that 

 their sisters could not have one just a little small- 

 er, to help them to be prompt and energetic. Well, 

 friends, we have got it. It is a perfect little daisy- 

 only 1% inches in diameter, stem-winding and 

 stem-setting. In this latter respect the girls will 

 have a big advantage over boys. It is also short- 

 wind, and won't take all the time a girl or boy can 

 spare before breakfast time to get his watch 

 wound up. Then if our little friend should forget 

 to wind it every morning, and let it run down, she 

 can set it with the family clock by simply pushing 

 in the winder which turns the hands, instead of 

 winding the watch. When I was in the jewelry 

 business, if I could hnve offered such a watch to 

 school-teachers for #10.00 T should have called it 

 wonderfully reasonable. The price of this little 

 watch is only #4.00. Sent by mail, registered, post- 

 paid, for 15 cts. extra. Now, then, my friend, if 

 you have got a good little girl at your house to 

 whom you wish to make a good and useful present, 

 I do not know of any thing in the whole wide world 

 that will hit the nail right squarely on the head like 

 the misses' Water-bury. When you order it.be sure 

 to say " Letter L." Letter J is exactly like the one 

 I have just described, only it has a second-hand, 

 and is the size of the ordinary Waterbury — 2% 

 inches across, and is the same price, #4.00. 



CONVENTION NOTICE. 



The Northeastern Ohio, Northwestern Pennsylvania, and 

 Western New York lice keepers' Association will hold its tenth 

 annual convention in City Hall. Franklin, Pa., "Wednesday and 

 Thursday, January 30th and 31st, 1889 Good hotel accommoda- 

 tions have been secured at SI no per day. C. H. Coon, Sec'y. 



New Lyme, O. 



PftlCE LISTS RECEIVED. 



Price lists I'm- ISS'.i have been received as follows: 



P Kauffman. Needy, Oregon. Bees and queens. 



W. P. Soper, Jackson. Mich., an 18-page list of bee-supplies. 



E B.Cook, Indover.Ct. Club list to bee-keepers. . 



M. II. Hunt, Bell Branch, Mich. Bee-keepers' supplies. 



We have just printed for S. H. Colwick, Norse, Texas, a four- 

 paee price list of bees and queens. 



We have also just printed Paul L. Viallon's eleventh annual 

 price list of bees, hives, etc. Bayou Cloula, La. 



We have now in press a catalogue of articles pertaining to 

 the bee ■business, for (i. E. Hilton, Fremont, Mich. 



