1902 



GLEANINGS IN BEE CULTURE. 



4S1 



Contents of this Number. 



Apiary of E. Bonfoey 473 



Apiary of Julius Gentz 473 



Balling at Entrance 479 



Bees Poisoned by Spraying 473 



Bees, Stingless 4tifi 



Bottom board. Miller Reversible 477 



Brood, Poisoned 479 



California, Southern, Off Year in 437 



Census Report of Bees 478 



Chickens, Hilbert's 481 



Clipping Wings, New Device for 469 



Doolittles Weather Report 478 



Double-deckers, Value of 440 



Editor's California Notes 470 



Entrance-guards During Swarming Season 478 



Flights, Mid-winter 475 



Greenhouse of E Davis 480 



Honey, Annual Consumption per Colony 476 



Honey, Extracted. Producing 461 



Honey, Great Yields of, in California 472 



I/Cttuce-house of Eugene Davis 474 



Orange-growing in California 472 



Pear-blight Situation 437 



Queens by Cell-cup plan 457 



Queen, Death of fiOO 440 



Queen-rearing, Pridgen's Plan 463 



Queetions, Seasonable 478 



Rambler in Cuba 467 



Smoker, Knapsack 456 



Stores, Winter Consumption of 475 



Super v. Sooper 455 



Tongues, Measvaring 457 



Walker's Fall over the Precipice 473 



Honey Column. 



GRADING-BDLE8. 



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, amber, and dark ; that is, 

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



CITY MARKETS. 



Denver. — No change in the price of comb honey; 

 strictly No. 1 white comb, $2.50(ajS2.75 per case; off 

 grades and partly candied, $1.75@82 25. Extracted No. 

 1 white, 7@7^. Beeswax, 24@27, and scarce. 



Colorado Honey-Producers' Ass'n, 



Mav 14. 1440 Market St., Denver, Col. 



Philadelphia. — The present honey season is about 

 over with us in a retail way, and so little call that; 

 theie are not enough sales to fix a price. Car lots of 

 western honey on track, 5^; and in a retail way from 

 6(aJ8. according to quality. Beeswax, 30c. I am a pro- 

 ducer of honey, and do not handle on commission. 

 Wm. a. Selser, 



May 19. 10 Vine St., Philadelphia, Pa. 



Milwaukee. — The honey trade is almost at a stand- 

 still — especially extracted, it seems, will not move; 

 large buyers overstocked, and small dealers have 

 enough for present demands Comb does not sell 

 much better during the last month's time. The sup- 

 ply is fair. For fancy 1-lb. sections we can quote 14(a> 

 15; A No. 1 13(3)14; old or dark, nominal, llCotl3c. Ex- 

 tracted in barrels, kegs, and pails, white, 7@8; dark, 

 5@6. Beeswax, 28@30 A. V. Bishop & Co., 



May 15. 119 Buffalo St., Milwaukee, Wis. 



Buffalo. — Honey is selling very slow now. Fancy 

 white comb, 14rai4J4; A No. 1, 13^(0)14 ; No. 1, 12J4@13; 

 No. 2, 11012; No. 3, 10@11; No. 1 dark, lira>12; No. 2, 

 11(5)12. Extracted white, 6(g6J4 ; dark, 5@5^^. Bees- 

 wax, 28(5)30. W C. Townsend, 



May 26. 167 Scott St., Buffalo, N. Y. 



Chicago. — The market is without special change 

 from that prevailing early in the month with perhaps 

 less doing than was noticed at that time. White comb 

 honey sells in a small way at 14(5)15 for fancy white 

 clover and basswood; other kinds, 12f3)13; ambers of 

 all grades and flavors dull at 8(5)10. Extracted unu.su- 

 ally quiet, with white ranging from 5J4(3)654; ambers, 

 5(aj'5^; dark, 4(g5. Beeswax still in active demand at 

 32. R. A. Burnett & Co., 



May 19. 199 South Water St., Chicago, 111. 



Cincinnati. — As the warm weather sets in, the de- 

 mand for comb honey is as good as over. There are 

 no settled prices; for whatever is left, prices are made 

 to force sales. Extracted honey is in fair demand, and 

 finds steady sales. Amber is sold in barrel lots for 

 5(5)5^; water-white alfalfa sells at 6(5!6i^; white clover, 

 6J^(^7. Beeswax scarce, and brings 30(a31. 



C. H. W. Weber, 



May 19. 2146 Central Ave., Cincinnati, Ohio. 



San Francisco.— Comb honey, 10(^12. Extracted, 

 water-white, 5'^(36^ ; light amber, 4@5^ ; dark, 4(S>5. 

 Receipts are light, and prices well sustained. Bees- 

 wax, 27 ^(§30. E. H. Schaeffle, 



May 17. Murphys, Calif. 



Wanted.— Honey and beeswax. Mail sample, and 

 state price delivered at here. C. H. W. Weber, 



2146, 2148 Central Ave., Cincinnati, Ohio. 



Wanted— Comb and extracted honey. State price 

 kind, and quantity. R. A. Burnett & Co., 



199 South Water St., Chicago, 111. 



Wanted. — Extracted honey, either large or small 

 lots; parties having same to offer, send samples, and 

 be.st prices delivered, Cincinnati, O. We pay cash on 

 delivery. The Fred W. Muth Co., 



Front and Walnut Sts., Cincinnati, O. 



Wanted.— Comb honey in Danzenbaker sections. 

 We can use both white and amber. 



The a. I. Root Co., Medina, Ohio. 



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

 pound. Send for sample. 



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



For Sale. —Whitest alfalfa honey, f9.00 ; tinted, 

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



Arkansas Valley Apiaries, L,as Animas, Col. 



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. 



Why Not 



Buy your supplies of us and get entire satisfaction, 

 as hundreds of bee-keepers are doing? It is a pro- 

 found pleasure to us to have satisfied customers. 



We have car loads of goods and more cars coining. 

 We occupy 3250 square feet of floor space, we have 

 long experience, we are in the best shipping point, 

 we handle Q. B. Lewis Co.'s Goods and Dadant's 

 Comb Foundation, and the best of all kinds of bee 

 supplies. 



We are doing an extensive business in queens this 

 year. We guarantee pure mating and safe arrival. 

 They are all from pure stock, and from mothers who 

 are known to be .some of the greatest "hustlers" in 

 the country. Catalog free. 



C. M. Scott & Co., 



1004 E. Washington St., 



Indianapolis, Ind. 

 A VOIOE FROM ITALY ! 



Pure Italian Queens can be supplied at 10 shillings 

 each. Write in Engli.sh, French, or Italian, and ad- 

 dress Malan Bros. (Waldensian Valleys), I^userna San 

 Giovanni, Italy. Our motto: "Do unto others what 

 you would like to be done to you." 



