1902 



GLEANINGS IN BEE CULTURE. 



219 



Contents of this Number. 



Alfalfa Cut Early 2^1 



Alfalfa, Gilstrapon 242 



Bean, Soja 252 



Bean, Tongan 253 



Cigarettes and Students 224 



Colossal l,adino 251 



Comparisons, Explosive 239 



Cuba, Views of 236 



Dandelions "nd Honev 223 



Doolittl 's Four Colonies 213 



Extractors Discussed for California 245 



Ext'actors, Use of 225 



Flora Home 248 



Foul Brood, Ease of Curing 224 



Ginseng 252 



Hailstorms, Preventing 247 



Hav V Honey 241 



HeddonHive 242 



Hive, Swinson's Jumbo 231 



Hives, Rambler's 242 



Hoe-cakes 249 



Honey, Marketing 228 



Honey, Quantity Gathered by a Bee 225 



Honey, Selling 233 



Italians, Five-banded 245 



Jouncer, Rambler's 244 



King-birds and Bees 225 



I^ettuce, Grand Rapids 251 



l,iquor and Burlington Railroad 224 



Medicine, Value of 216 



Paris Green 251 



Potato, New Russet 252 



Purity of Queens 224 



Queens Reared under .Swarming Impulse 229 



Queen Good when Old 223 



Rambler in Havana '235 



Sweet Clover for Fodder 252 



Telegony 237 



Tobacco and our Schools 249 



Water, Pure, Distilled 252 



Wax, Dark, from the South 221 



Honey Column. 



GRADING-RULES. 



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

 ly attached to all four sides, the combs unsoiled by travel- 

 stain 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-eighth part of comb 

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

 side of the wood well scraped 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.— Three-fourths of the total surface must be filled 

 and sealed. 



No. 3.— 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, am <er, and dark; that is, 

 there will be " Fancy White," " No. 1 Dark," etc. 



CITV MARKETS. 

 New York. — Comb honey is now pretty well clean- 

 sed up, and what remains on the market is nearly all 

 fancy and No. 1 white honey. The demand is fa rly 

 good at the following quotations : Fancy white, 14; 

 No. 1, 13; No. 2, 12. Extracted remains dull at un- 

 changed prices with plenty of supply. Beeswax firm 

 at 29. We have just received the first large shipment 

 of new crop Cuban honey; some in tall sections pack- 

 ed 20 combs to the crate, and some in square sections 

 packed 32 combs to the crate, glassed front on one 

 side, p'ain, no-beeway section. The honey was pack- 

 ed in shipping-carriers, containing eight of the large 

 and nine of the sniall crates respectively, and arrived 

 in first-class condition. The flavor of this honey is 

 very fine; and as to the quality, some of it is fancy 

 white, while others is of a yellowish tint. We shall 

 be glad to heir from anj' bee-keeper interested in this. 



HiLDRETH & SEGELKEN. 



March 8. 265-7 (Greenwich St., New York City. 



Chicago. — The decline noted in last quotations are 

 still more pronounced at this time; large offerings of 

 Western comb are pressing for consumption, which 

 are difficult to place Prices are nominallv l.^fa 14 for 

 best white, with travel-stai> ed and light amber 10@12. 

 That which is candied is selling as low as 7, with the 



partially candied at 9®10 No great amount of dark 

 honey is offered. Extracted is steady in price but 

 slow of sale ; white, 5J4@7 ; amber, 5'4(a!53-i ; dark. 5, 

 according to what it is gathered from, and quality. 

 Beeswax in urgent demand at 30. 



R. A. Burnett & Co., 

 March 7. 199 South Water St., Chicago, 111. 



Cincinnati. — The general tone of the honey market 



is lower. Water-white comb honey .sells from 14@I4^, 



and is hard to obtain; extra fancy, 15. Extracted has 



weakened a little, and sells from 5@5'/4; fancy, 6@6J^. 



C. H. W. Weber, 



March 7. 2146 Central Ave., Cincinnati, Ohio. 



Denver. — Demand for comb honey has been slow 

 of late, but market shows some improvement now. 

 No. 1 white comb honey, |2 65 to $2.85 per case of 

 24 sections; No. 2, $2.40 to «2.65. Extracted, 7@7J4. 

 Beeswax, 22(0 26. 



Colorado Honey-Producers' Ass'n, 



Mar. 10. 14^10 Market St., Denver. Col. 



San Francisco.— Comb honey, 10(3)12. Extracted, 

 water white, 5^(3 6;^ ; light amber, 4@554 ; dark, 4@5. 

 Beeswax, 27}^fe30. 



Feb. 27. E. H. Schaeffle, Murphys, Calif. 



Buffalo. — Price of honey holds about steady, but 

 demand slow. Fancy white comb, 1.5(5)16; A No. 1. 14 

 (a,15; No. 1, ViV.(w.\A: No. 2, 12^ra>13; No. 3, r2(Si,\2}4\ 

 dark. 11@12. Extracted white, 6>4(a)7J4; amber, 5%@ 

 6J4; dark, 5(ai5!4. Beeswax, 28(aS0. 



W C. Townsend, 



March 8. 84, 86 West Market St., Buffalo, N. Y. 



Boston. — We beg to report a fairly good spring de- 

 mand for comb honey, and from present indications 

 stock will clean up in good shape Prices range as 

 follows: Fancy, Ki; No. 1, 13@13K; No. 2, none. Ex- 

 tracted is in good supply and moves slowly. Califor- 

 nia, 7'2. Blake, Scott & L,ee. 



March 8. 31, 33 Commercial St., Boston, Mass. 



Schenectady.— No buckwheat and but very little 

 white comb honey in our market, but owing to late- 

 ness of the .season'prices remain unchanged. Ample 

 stock of white and some dark extracted still on hand. 

 Prices unchanged We quote fancy white, 15; No. 1, 

 13@.14 ; buckwheat, 12(gil3. Extracted, light, 6>4@7 ; 

 dark, 6rt7(i^. Chas. McCulloch, 



March 7. 1 Eagle St., .Schenectady, N. Y. 



Detroit.— Fincy white comb honey, 14@1.5c ; No. 1, 

 13(a,14; dark and amber, 11@13. Extracted white, 6^4 

 (&7; dark and amber, 5'/4(5>6 Beeswax 28(3- 29. 



Mar. 8. M. H. Hutnt & Son, Bell Branch, Mich. 



For Sale— a quantity lot of well-ripened clover 

 honey in 60-lb. cans. B. Walker, Clyde, 111 



For Sale. — 8000 lbs. fancy and No. 1 comb honey. 

 Walter Martin, Globeville, Colo. 



For Sale. — Extracted honey from alfalfa, in 60-lb. 

 cans, tinted or white, 7 cts. a lb. Also honey in small 

 friction-top pails. M. P. Rhoads, I,as Animas, Col. 



For Sale. —Whitest alfalfa honey, $9.00; tinted. 

 $7.80, per case of two 60-lb. cans, net. 



Arkansas Valley Apiaries, L,as Animas, Col. 



For Sale. — Two grades fine amber honey at 6 and 

 6J4c respectively, and white honey at 7^2C per lb., f. o. 

 b. here. Sample free. 



O. H. Townsend, Otsego, Mich. 



For Sale.— Fancy and No. 1 comb honey; about 

 2000 Ibs.or more. Wm. Morris, I«as Animas, Col. 



For Sale.— Extracted honey, from alfalfa, at 7c per 

 pound. Send for sample. 



D. S. Jenkins, I,as Animas, Col. 



For Sale. — Clover and sweet-clover extracted honey 

 at 7c, in kegs and cans. Dr. C. L,. Parker 



Sta. A, R. F. D., Syracuse, N. Y. 



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

 son in carloads and less than carloads and would be 

 glad to hear from producers everywhere what they 

 will have to offer. .Seavey & Flarsheim, 



1318-1324 Union Avenue, Kansas City, Mo. 



