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GLEANINGS IN BEE CULTURE. 



Mar. 



JfcpY 06MJIN. 



CITY MARKETS. 



Kansas City.— Honey.— Fair demand for comb 

 honey. Extracted, scarce and in good demand at 8 

 cents for both white and amber. 



Mar. 9. Clemons, Cloon & Co., 



Kansas City, Mo. 



St. Louis.— Honey.— Actually there is no demand, 

 and, with the exception of occasional inquiries, the 

 market is quite dead. D. G. Tutt Gro. Co., 



Mar. 9. St. Louis, Mo. 



Detroit.— Honey.— Sales continue to be slow; 

 supply about equal to the demand. The quality 

 seems rather poorer than usual. Quotations same 

 as last. Beeswax.— There is a little more call for 

 this, but no change in prices. M. H. Hunt, 



Mar. 9. B ell Branch, Mich. 



BOSTON.— Honey. — Our market is very strong and 

 active for white honey. We quote: Best 1-lb. 

 comb, 18@2(); 2-lb., 16@18. Extracted, 8@9. 



Beeswax, 24. Stock on hand very light. 



Mar. 9. Blake & Ripley, 



Boston, Mass. 



Chicago.— Honey.— Honey sells in a small way at 

 16@17 for the best white comb, in pound sections; 

 all other grades of comb are dull. Extracted is 

 steady at 7@8; off color and dark, 6@7. Beeswax, 22. 



Mar. 8. R. A. Burnett, 



161 So. Water St., Chicago, 111. 



Cincinnati.— Honey.— There is no improvement 

 in the market excepting in the demand for dark or 

 extracted honey, which is scarce. We quote ex- 

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

 12@15 in the jobbing way. Bees wax.— Demand is 

 good at 20(T(,22 on arrival for good to choice yellow. 

 Chas. F. Muth & Son, 



Mar. 11. Cincinnati, Ohio. 



For Sale.— Ten 613-lb. cans of first-class extracted 

 honey, at 8c per lb.; has just been liquefied, and 

 will pour readily from cans. Sample for 2-ceut 

 stamp. R. 1. Barber, E. Washington St., 



Bloomington, McLean Co., 111. 



I still have a few 601b. cans of choice light honey 

 that I will sell at $5.0J'per can (60 lbs. net), sample 

 free. Oliver Foster, Mt. Vernon, Linn Co., Iowa. 



For Sale.— 1500 lbs. of clover and heart's-ease 

 honey, mixed; by tbe barrel, 7c; in 60-lb. square 

 cans, 754c, F. O. B. cars at Dixon. Samples free by 

 mail. Ezra Baer, Dixon, 111. 



BEES and QUEENS ! 



Hea.ci.y- to iSlxxj^. 



Friends, if you are in need of queens or bees to 

 replace in hives where they have been lost during 

 the winter, I can accommodate you at the following 

 low prices: Italian bees, -A lb,65cts.; 1 lb., $1.00. 

 Untested queens, f 1.(0; tested, $1 50. Hybrid bees, 

 Y 2 lb., 50 cts.; 1 lb., 90 cts. Hybrid queens, 75 cts. 

 Prices by the quantity will be sent on application. 

 6-7 9-lld W. S. CAUTHEN, 



Heal li Spring', Lancaster Co., S. C. 

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NEW BOOK ON BEES, and DAEANT'S FOUNDATION. 

 See advertisement in another column. 



ITALIAN QUEENS. 



Tested, $2.00, $1.50, and $1.25, in Apr., May and June. 



One untested, May, $1.00; after Ju^e 1st, .75. 



Three untested, May, $2.50; after June 1st, $2.00. 



Three-frame nuclei, with untested queen, May, 

 $3.50; June, $3.00; after, $2.60; with tested queen, 

 add 50 cts. For prices of 2-frame nuclei bees, per 

 lb. and Y 2 lb., full colonies, foundation, and bee- 

 keepers' supplies, write for price list. Address 

 6-lldb J N O. NEBEL & SON, High Hill, Mo. 



2 STORY Langstroth B Hives, $1.00; 1-story Sim 

 plicity B-Hives, 45 cts. These hives have frames 

 and covers, all readv for bees, except they are 

 in fiat. 6-7d T. A. GUNN, Tullahoma, Tenn. 



NEW YORK CITY 



COMB-FO UNDAT'N FACTORY 



Foundation (natural bottom) as good and 

 cheap as theBest. Bee-Supplies of allkindson 

 same plan. Send for price list before you forget it. 



6d A. J. KING, 51 Barclay-st, N. Y. 



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I will sell fine colonies of pure Italian bees, with 

 their queens, in 10 frame Simplicity hives, 10 frames 

 all worker comb and hive new, well painted, and 

 guaranteed to arrive at your express office in good 

 shape. Prices: 1 hive, $7.00; 2 at one time, $13.00; 

 4, same, $24.00. Remember the risk of shipping lies 

 with me. Address JNO. A. THORNTON, 



Lima. Adams Co., 111. 



Express office, Ursa, 111. 6-lldb 



C. M. DIXON, 



Parrish, Franklin Co., 111., 



—manufacturer of— 



BEE-HIVE^ § $!IPPME$ 



New shop and new machinery. Send for my 

 sixth annual price list, free. C. M. DIXON. 



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BRADNER'S FACTORY FOR 



BEE - KEEPERS' SUPPLIES. 



WHOLESALE and RETAIL. 



Best Goods at Low Prices. Price List free. 

 6-8-10d J.J.BRADNER, Findlay, Ohio. 



I HAVE COME 



To say E. Baer will close out 

 the supplies he has on hand, 

 consisting of 100M . sections, 

 100 chaff hives, 2000 separa- 

 tors, 4 M. wide frames, far 

 below cost. They are first- 

 class goods, the same as I 

 have sold in the past, and 

 must be sold. Please state 

 what goods you can use, 

 and I will quote you bottom prices. Also a few 

 choice Italian queens, last year's raising, @ 75 cts. 



ea 6 c t h fdb EZRA BAER) Dixon, Lee Co. , III. 



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Do You Want Knowledge? 



Send a postal for price list of International Ency- 

 clopedia, 15 vols., royal 8vo, over 13,000 pages, with 

 maps and illustrations. It excels all in comprehen- 

 siveness, conciseness, latenesscof information, con- 

 venience, and cheapness, C. O. D. Liberal discount 

 for freight charges. A. H. VAN DOR EN, 



Mons, Bedford Co., Va. 



PRIME & GOVE, 



BRISTOL,, - - VER2£OXTT_ 



—manufacturers of— 



Pee - peepers' Supplies. 



White Poplar Dovetailed Sections and Shipping 

 Crates a Specialty. Price List and Samples free. 

 6JSd 



Italian Bees, Queens, and Eggs 



From Light Brahma and Wyandotte Poultry. Eggs, 

 two dollars for thirteen. 



One untested queen, $1.00; three for $2.00. 



1^-Price List Free. Address 



6-16d H. G. FRAME, North Manchester, I nd. 



