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GLEANINGS IN BEE CULTURE. 



Feb. 



P0]VEY O0MJIN. 



CITY MARKETS. 

 Boston.— Honey.— We notice a little improve- 

 ment in sales, and one-pound fancy white lioney is 

 wanted; tiie supply is not equal to demand; price 

 for same, from 14@15c. No change in other kinds. 

 Blake & Ripley, 

 Feb. 11, 1887. .57 Chatham St., Boston, Mass. 



Kansas City.— Honey.- No chang-e in quotations 

 since our last. 

 Feb. 11. 1887. Clemons, Cloon & Co., 



Cor. Fourth and Walnut Sts., Kansas City, Mo. 



New York.— Honey.— There is no material chang-e 

 in the honey-market. There is a good demand for 

 line white comb honey, but the demand for poorer 

 gi-ades is limited, with plent.y of stock. We make 

 no change in our quotations. Extracted honey in 

 fair demand, with the exception of buckwheat. 



Beeswax, a little firmer, with good demand. 



Feb. 11, 1887. Thukber, Whyland & Co., 



Reade and Hudson Sts., New York. 



St. Louis.— Honey.— The movement of honey Is 

 very light; few orders from country, and they are 

 very small. Stock in the city is large, and seems to 

 be still accumulating. 



White-clover honey in 1-lb. sections, dull, 11@12; 

 same in cans, dull, 5@6; Southern honey in bbls, as 

 to quality, 3@4; California honey, in cans, amber, 

 iM; sage, 5. Beeswax, i-eflned, 38@30; selected yel- 

 low, 38. Dark and mixed, 31. 



W. B. Westcott & Co., 



Feb. 13, 1887. 108 a nd 110 Market St. 



Columbus.— Honey.— Demand light. Best white 

 clover. 14@15. Extracted, 10@12H. Beeswax, 'i'iCgi^o 

 in a jobhing way. Earle Clickenger, 



Feb. 10, 1887. 117 S. 4th St., Columbus, Ohio. 



Cleveland. — H<m.ey. — There is no material 

 change in the market. Sales continue very slow at 

 13c for best white in 1-lb. sections. Dark 1-lb., dull 

 at 10; 3-lbs., white, 11@13. Extracted, 6. 

 Beeswax. 35c. A. C. Kendel, 



Feb. 10, 1887. 115 Ontario St., Cleveland, O. 



Cincinnati. — Honey. — There is nothing new 

 worthy of note in the market. Demand is slow for 

 all kinds and shapes of honey, Prices remain the 

 same as quoted last. 



Beesit'a:c.— There is a good demand for this, which 

 brings 30@23c for good to choice yellow on arrival. 



Feb. 10, 1887. Cha.s. F. Muth & Son, 



Cincinnati, Ohio. 



Detroit.— Honey. —Best white comb honey in 

 one-pound sections, IS'^c; other grades, 10(5,11. 

 Beeswax. 33c. M. H. Hunt, 



Feb. 11, 1887. _Bell Branch, Mich. 



Chicago. — Honey. — Sellers ask from 7@10 for 

 dark and crooked to good l^-lb. sections; good 1-lb. 

 sections, white, but not scraped, 10@,11. Fancy 

 white in apparent good order, and scant pound sec- 

 tions, 13@]3. Very little sold at the outside quota- 

 tions. Extracted comb honey, lifeless. No sales to 

 quote from this week. Beeswax, 35. 



R. A. Burnett, 



Feb. 10, 1887. 161 So. Water St., Chicago, 111. 



For Sale.— 3000 lbs. best clover honey in Root's 

 " raised-cover pails." One set, 30% lbs., |3.50; ] set, 

 132 lbs., $9.35. Boxed, they ship same as bbls. 



Oliver Foster, Mt. Vernon, Iowa. 



For Sale.— 1 bbl. of 550 lbs. net, and 5 kegs of 115 

 lbs. net each, all of which is No. 1 white-clover 

 honey, well ripened. Will take 6^40 per lb. for bbl. 

 and 7c for kegs. Sample sent for 3-cent stamp. 

 R. J. Barber, 818 E. Washington St., 



Blooming-ton, 111. 



For Sale.— 4 cases of 43 lbs. each, net, of the finest 

 white-clover honey, in 1-lb. sections. Price 13'/2e 

 per lb.; has been kept in a warm room, and is in 

 good order. Henry Willson, 



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