1902 



GLEANINGS IN BEE CULTURE. 



539 



Contents of this Number. 



Advanced Bee Culture 551 



Asphalt King 501 



Apis Mellifica 567 



Apium Virum 567 



Bee in Sarcophagus 5-lo 



Bees at World's Fair 551 



Bees Shipped with Horses iu Car 566 



Bees, l,ong-tongued, Gerstung ou 5-15 



Bee-growers 551 



Bee-keeper, Millionaire 561 



Bee-keepers' Associations, Benefits of 546 



Bee-smoker, Knapsack 567 



Bee-spaces 550 



Bisulphide of Carbon 568 



Bleaching, Value of 544 



Blood win Tell 56S 



Cell-dipping 564 



Clover, Sweet, as Restorative of Soils.... 544 



Cockroaches 56S 



Danzenbaker, Mrs., Death of 551 



Dialogue, Daily 560 



Doctoring without Medicine 569 



Drones, Markings of .566 



Extractor, Mclntj're's .555 



Formalin for Foul Brood 544 



Frames, Closed-end .5.50 



General Manager, Who is? .553 



Hives, Shallow, Morrison on 563 



Honey, Prospects of 553 



Honey-house, Palm .559 



Jouncer, Rambler's 553 



Manual, Cook's .551 



Queens whose Bees Winter 567 



Queens, Rearing, to Italianize Apiary .546 



Queen-rearing ,564 



Rambler and Two Harrys 5.5S 



Sage, Black .555 



Sladen's Visit to Medina 546 



Spraying to Thin Fruit 544 



Swarming, Sure Preventive of .545 



Swarthmore's Reply to Queen Breeder 548 



Texas as a Bee-state .562 



Tobacco Question .568 



Wax in Cell-bottoms .543 



Honey Column. 



GKADING-RULES. 



Fancy.— All sections to be well tilled, 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 ol 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. — There is very little demand for last sea- 

 son's comb honey now, and prices have to be shaded 

 in order to effect sales. No. 1 comb, J2.40(r(S2.65 per 

 case of 24 sections; off grades and partlv candied, $1.75 

 @%t 00. Extracted No. 1 white, 7(&>7}^. ' Beeswax, 24@ 

 27, and .scarce. 



Colorado Honey-Prodvcers' Ass'n, 



June 21. 1440 Market St., Denver, Col, 



Philadelphia. — No comb honey in this market at 

 present. While producers are offering some new crop 

 extracted honey, there has been none shipped as yet. 

 We quote California in carload lots at 5^^^; in small 

 way, 7; white clover, 7(3j8. We are producers of hon- 

 ey, and do not handle on commission. 



Wm. A. Selser, 



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



San Francisco.— Comb honey, 10@12. Extracted, 

 water-white, 5K@6^ ; light amber, 4@5^ ; dark, 4@5. 

 Beeswax, 27J^@30. E. H. Schaeffle, 



June 13. Murphys, Calif. 



Cincinnati.— There is hardly any change in the 

 honey market. Comb is not moving "much, and what- 

 ever is left can be bought at cut rates. Water white is 

 selling at \\<a\T^. Extract' d is in fair demand, and 

 finds steady sales iu liarreis at 5f«5i4; water-white 

 alfalfa, 6@C;j; white clover, (i^W'". Beeswax is com- 

 ing in more f reelv, and sells for 28. 



C. n. W. Weber, 



June IS. 214ii Ceiilra! Ave.. Cincinnati. Ohio. 



Chicago. — The market is practically over in comb 

 honey until the new crop comes forward. So far 

 none has appeared in this ciLy. A little of the extract 

 ed is on sale, but it is chiefiy of a low grade of amber 

 selling at about .5c a pound. There is a large amount 

 of the white extracted honey of the crop of lOul still 

 on sale bringing 5'a6, according to body and flavor. 

 Beeswax sells upon arrival at 32. 



R. A. BfRNETT & Co., 



June 18. U)9 South Water St., Chicago, 111. 



Kansas CiTV.— There is very little doing in honey 

 at this time. The suppl3- of comb on the market is 

 not very large, although there is a good supply of 

 extracted. We quote comb honey 13(al4; extracted, 

 o^iwii; beeswax, 25ra30. No new honey in the market. 

 C. C. Clemn'ns & Co., 



June 23. 306 Grand Ave., Kansas City, Mo. 



Wanted. — Extracted white-clover honey. Will pay 

 highest price for the right article. 



H. B. Phillips, Auburn, Me. 



For Sale. -Exy;acted honey. Finest grades for ta- 

 ble use. Prices (fiioted on application. Sample by 

 mail, 10 cts. to pay for package and postage. 



Orel I,. Hershiser, 

 ;301 Huntington Ave., Buffalo, N. Y. 



For Sale. — I,ot of fancy white-clover honey, also 

 some basswood, new. 3001b. barrels at <i%c: 60-lb. cans 

 at 7;2C. E. R. Pahl & Co., 



Broadwaj' & Detroit Sts., Milwaukee, Wis. 



For Sale — 50. COO lbs extracted honey white, 5l4c: 

 light amber, nc- amber A^c^. in barn-Is of about 3fiO 

 lbs. uiiC. Paitics wanting large amouuLs wnlc for 

 samples. R. I,. Tucker, Blountstown, Fla. 



Wanted.— Honey and beeswax. Mail sample, and 

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



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.— Comb honey in Danzenbaker sections. 

 We can use both white and amber. 



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



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

 pound. Send for sample. 



D. S. Jenkins, 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, I,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. 



The Best Stock. 



I have had 18 years' experience in the production of 

 honey, and during that time I have always tried to 

 improve my stock by buying queens from breeders 

 who breed for honey-gathering instead of color; then, 

 by crossing these different strains, and selecting the 

 best, and breeding from them, I have secured a strain 

 of stock that is the equal of any for honey-gathering. 

 This year I am breeditig from a daughter of Root's fa- 

 mous $200 queen, and from the stock of J. P. Moore. 

 Warranted queens, in any quantity, will be sold at 55 

 cts. each, and satisfaction will be guaranteed in every 

 case, or money will be refunded. 



L. H. Robey, Worthington, W. Va. 



