1889 



GLEANINGS IN BEE CULTUEE. 



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I had a moccasin snake this week for Prof. Cook, 

 but it bit itself and died. S. C. Corwin. 



Sarasota, Fla., Nov. 7, 1889. 



.JAPANESE - BUCKWHEAT FLOUR SELLING AT $3.00 

 PER 100. 



We have had a good honey crop here this season. 

 I rented ten acres of land and sowed six acres to 

 buckwheat. 1 received 120 bushels of seed. The 

 flour will bring $3.00 ptr hundred. I think it has 

 paid me well for my trouble. Honey will average 

 12 cts. per lb. J. W. Morrison. 



Oswego, 111., Nov. 1, 1880. 



[Friend M., I should say that you were getting 

 very good prices for your buckwheat flour. It is 

 selling here at from $2.25 to $2.50 per 100 lbs. The 

 Japanese buckwheat will, without question, break 

 down both the price of the grain and flour.] 



OVER 1100 BUSHELS OF JAPANESE BUCKWHEAT FROM 

 40 ACRES. 



I have raised this year 1170 bushels of Japanese 

 buckwheat from about 40 acres, the best of it aver- 

 aging 40 bushels per acre. This crop is from seed I 

 bought of you in 1888; $3 00 per bushel is the price 

 I paid. As there is no market here for buckwheat 

 will 6<>me one advise me how I can dispose of it to 

 the best advantage ? Milton Parker. 



Quick, la., Nov. 9, 1889. 



KNOCKING PRICES DOWN WITH HONEY-DEW. 



Bees here have been a complete failure this year. 

 One man sold a lot of honey-dew at one of the 

 stores. He sold it, I suppose, for good honey. That 

 is what smashes the home market. People eat 

 such stuff as that, and they are sick of honey, when 

 perhaps ihey do not know how good honey tastes. 



Fred C. Fuller. 



Montague, Mass., Oct. 22, 1889. 



PREVENTING INCREASE. 



I am interested in methods of preventing in- 

 crease when working for comb honey. Have we 

 had all the available information about methods of 

 proceeding, and of the success of the plan of re- 

 moving the queen to prevent swarming? Can we 

 not try Mr. Doolittle's new plan of preventing in- 

 crease without transferring the bees to half-depth 

 hives? J. S. Hunt. 



Charlestown, N. H., Oct. 29, 1889. 



0a^ QaEgJFi0N-B@& 



With Replies from our best Authorities on Bees. 



RHEUMATISM, ETC. 



I used to have it a good deal, but have been prick- 

 ed a good many times by the little " varmints." I 

 don't have it now; and whether it is the stings or 

 honey that I eat, I can not say. 



The Ignotum tomato seeds were received late, and 

 the ground was rather wet from so much rain; but 

 they did quite well. I think, all things considered, 

 they are the best tomatoes I ever raised— nearly 

 solid, no rot, and fine flavor. C. S. Walker. 



Grafton, Vt., Nov. 1, 1889. 



I send the latest quotations on honey and wax, 

 from the Sao Francisco Bulletin. 



Honey— We quote: White comb, 10@12c; amber, 

 7@9c; white liquid, extracted, h l A%6o; amber, colored 

 and candied, \ l A&oc per lb. Beeswax— Quotable at 

 I9@aicperlb. 



St. Helena, Cal., Nov. 2, 1889. W. C. Aiken. 



[Thanks, friend A. By the way, will not some of 

 our Calfornia readers send us the names of one or 

 more reliable honey commission men in their state? 

 No one quotes the California market in Gleanings. 

 We should like the names of one or two in New Or- 

 leans also.] 



All queries sent in for this department should be briefly 

 stated, and free from any possible ambiguity. The question 

 or questions should be written upon a separate slip of paper, 

 and marked. " For Our Question-Box." 



Question 149.— a. How much per pound can we af- 

 ford to pay for retailing-packages (of a capacity of, 

 say, from one to five pounds) for extracted honey? b. 

 Which do you prefer— glass or tin for the purpose? c. 

 What sort of a label do you prefer for each; that is, 

 large or small? 



Where 1 have retailed extracted honey, the par- 

 ties buying furnish their own packages. 

 New York. C. G. M. Doolittlk. 



a. A cent a pound in our town; a 5 and 3 lb. pack- 

 age sells the best. b. We use tin pails without la- 

 bels. 



Wisconsin. S. W. E. France. 



a. That depends entirely upon the advantage the 

 package is in securing a price for the honey, b. 

 Glass is the most attractive, or may be so. c. Medi- 

 um size, and plain. 



Ohio. N. W. H. R. Boahdman. 



a. I never sold my honey in a market that requir- 

 ed such small packages, so I can not answer from 

 experience, b. I prefer tin for larger packages, c. 

 I never used large labels. 



Cuba. O. O. Poppleton. 



a. I allow one cent per pound. I deliver the goods 

 at the store, b. Tin pails, holding 3, 5, and 10 

 pounds c. A large label, well printed, with direc- 

 tions how to bring the honey back to a liquid state 

 when granulated, etc. 



Vermont. N. W. A. E. Manum. 



a. My experience is limited. The whole affair de- 

 pends much upon how your customers have been 

 educated, b. At the same price, I should prefer 

 glass, c. On glass, a small label; on tin, the larger 

 the better. 



Illinois. N. C. C. Miller. 



a. I never have honey retailed in less than 10-lb. 

 packages, on which 1 feel free to pay 10% for the 

 selling, b. I use tin only. c. A large label, giving 

 a number of brief points of information in refer- 

 ence to our occupation. 



California. S. W. R. Wilkin. 



I can not answer. It depends on the market. I 

 prefer useful glass cans like fruit-jars, or else jelly- 

 cups, or else cheap tin pails. That is, I can market 

 such most readily here. The Muth jars do not sell 

 well. People say they don't wish to pay so much 

 for a " bottle." 



Michigan. C. A. J. Cook. 



a. We must buy vessels as cheap as we can get 

 them, consistent with the style we want. b. We 

 prefer glass jars for small packages up to 2 pounds; 

 tin, for packages from 3 to 50 pounds, c. The label 

 should always be in proportion to the package. 

 Our tin cans cost f rom 1 to 2 cents per pound for 

 honey. 



Ohio. S. W. C. F. Muth. 



I always sell extracted honey in the 25 to 50 gallon 

 barrels, therefore I can't say; but as you have 

 quoted prices of all kinds of receptacles for honey, 



