GLEANINGS IN BEE CULTURE 



POULTRY 



Pure-lji-ed S. C. B. Orpingtons; 2-lb. cockerels, 

 $1.00 each. Harrv Selders, Rt. 1, Oakland, Md. 



White Orpingtons. — Fine healthy young stock 

 for sale K?gs and baby chicks from prize stock. 

 Piper's Poultry Plant, Elkville, 111. 



Strictly fresh eggs, direct from our own poultry- 

 yards, in" both wliite and brown color. Also laying 

 pullets. Illustrated catalog free. Write to 



Taylor's Poultry Yards, 



(Sales Department.) Lyons, N. Y. 



BEEKEEPERS' DIRECTORY 



Nutmeg Italian queens, leather color, after June 

 1, $1.00. A. W. Yates, Hartford, Ct. 



Well-bred bees and queens. Hives and supplies. 

 J. H. M. Cook, 70 Cortlandt St., New York. 



Improved golden-yellow Italian queens for 1912; 

 beautiful, hustling, gentle workers. Send for price 

 list to E. E. Lawrence, Doniphan, Mo. 



Queens. — Improved red-clover Italians, bred for 

 business: June 1 to Nov. 15, untested queens, 75 

 cts.; select, $1.00; tested, $1.25 each. Safe arrival 

 and satisfaction guaranteed. 



H. C. Clemons, Boyd, Ky. 



Quirin's famous improved Italian queens nu- 

 clei, colonies, and bees by the pound, ready in May. 

 Our stock is northern-bred and hardy ; five yards 

 wintered on summer stands in 1908 and 1909 with- 

 out a single loss. For prices, send for circular. 

 Quisin-the-Queen-breeder, Bellevue, O. 



reports on our bees. 

 Dear Sirs: — I received the bees in good order, 

 and they are doing finely. 



Warwick, O., June 17. George J. Hbrtle. 



The A. I. Boot Co.: — I should ue pleased to have 

 your price on 7>^ pounds of bees; also the price on 

 three queens. C. W. Dewre. 



Lexington, 111., June 14, 1912. 



The A. I. Root Co.: — I am in receipt of yours of 

 the 11th, and wish to say that I received the bees in 

 good condition, and that they are now working very 

 nicely indeed. G. C. Wilber. 



Elnora, N. Y., June 17. 



The A. I. Root Co.: — I have had those bees you 

 shipped me a week now, and they are doing finely. 

 There were less than 25 bees lost in coming from 

 Medina until they were comfortably at work in the 

 hive. Now they have brood well under wav. 



Montfort, Wis., June 16. J. W. Owens. 



The A. J. Root Co.: — The order shipped to me 

 under date of June 11, 1912, has been received, 

 and I am well pleased with it. I examined the 

 frames this morning, and find the queen has been at 

 work. They have built about a third of a comb in 

 the new frame, which I think extraordinary for 

 only a two-frame nucleus. 



Archie B. Miller. 



Rochester, Ind., June 16. 



m HAND -MOORE STRAIN 3-BAND ITALIANS 



Aro the best hoiic.v-aatlK'i-ers. Tliev spoil our 

 white-clover honey by mixing: it witii red-clover 

 tiur .|iieens are bred strictlv for honev-iralherine' 

 (jualitirs. Untested 1m-. 12 for $8.00; 50 for S'i5 00 

 LATSHAW HONEY CO.; CARLISLE, INDIANA 



TT'iiieu Mark''1s enntinued from page 2. 



Kansas Citv. — Everybody is anxiously waiting 

 for some new honey, and we believe that the first 

 No. 1 24-section white comb honey will bring $.3.75 

 per case, while, of course, oflf grades will bring a 

 little less. For extracted honey there is only a little 

 demand, and it is selling for 7V^ to 9, according to 

 quality. C. C. Clemons Bee Supply Co. 



Kan.sas City, Mc, June 21. 



Cincinnati. — There is very little- demand for 

 honey at the present time ; nevertheless, for the fan- 

 cy comb honey we have we are getting $3.75 a case 

 from the wholesaler, and $4.00 from the retailer. 

 Light amber honey in large quantities we are selling 

 at 61/^ to 7^/^, and fancy table at from 8^/^ to 10, 

 according to the quantit.v and ciuality purchased. 

 Owing to the great loss of bees, no doubt there will 

 be a fall in the price of beeswax, and only for the 

 choicest wax can we pay 28 to 29. delivered here. 



Cincinnati, June 19. The Fred W. Muth Co. 



St. Louis. — We have no change to report In our 

 honey market. No new honey has arrived so far, 

 and we do not expect any before the fore part of 

 next month. _ The quotations are nominal as follows: 

 Franey white comb honey, at 16 to 17: No. 1 white, 

 15 to 16; light amber, 13 to 14; dark, 8 to 11. 

 Broken and leaking hone.v sells at much less. Ex- 

 tracted light amber California brings 8% to 9 ; 

 Southern light amber, 8 to 8%; Southern, in bar- 

 rels and half-barrels, 7 to 7^ for light amber; dark, 

 6 to 6 V2 . Beeswax prime brings 29 V2 ; inferior and 

 impure, less. 



R. Hartmann Produce Co. 



St. Louis, Mo., June 18. 



Chicago. — The sales of honey, both comb and ex- 

 tracted, have been light during .tune, but we should 

 have some of the new crop during July. This mar- 

 ket, however, does not care for it to any extent 

 .prior to August. Prices on comb are from 15 to 18, 

 where it grades from No. 1. to fancy white. The 

 ambers range from 10 to 12, and some of the fancy 

 light ambers 13 to 15. Extracted white, according 

 to kind and quantity, sells from 8 to 9, and the 

 ambers from 7 to 8. Beesw-ax is steady at from 30 

 to 32 for the average grade. 



Chicago, June 20. R. A. Burnett & Co. 



New YorIv. — There is nothing new in comb hon- 

 ey. Small shipments of the new crop are coming in 

 from the South, and are selling at from 13 to 16 

 cts. according to quality. Arrivals of new crop of 

 extracted honey from the South are now coming in 

 quite freely, as well as from the West Indies. Prices 

 are rather unsettled as yet, ranging all the way from 

 70 to 90 cts. per gallon, according to quality. Re- 

 j)orts from California arc rather conflicting, some 

 of them estimating this year's crop at 500 cars, 

 while others claim a very short crop. No offerings 

 have been made as vet that we know of, and no 

 prices established. Beeswax is steady at 30 to 31. 



New York, June 19. Hildreth & Segelken. 



Chicago. — There is nothing specially interesting 

 to report so far as the honey business is concerned. 

 There is practically no demand for comb honey. 

 There are occasional sales made of extracted. We 

 do not look to see comb honey move in any quanti- 

 ties to speak of until about August. We quote No. 1 

 white Wisconsin clover comb honey, packed in 24- 

 section flat cases, glass fronts, 16 to 17; choice 

 quality and light amber, 14 to 15 ; medium amber 

 and other inferior grades all the way from 2 to 5 

 cts. per pound less, depending on quality. Fancy 

 water-white alfalfa extracted honey, packed in 60- 

 pound cans, two cans to the case, 9 ; choice alfalfa 

 extracted, same as above, but not quite as white, 

 8 14 ; choice southern Californian, light-amber ex- 

 tracted honey, 8 to 8 1/4 . Bright pure beeswax is 

 selling from 30 to 32. 



Chicago, June 8. S. T. Fish & Company. 



The summer meeting of the New Jersey Beekeep- 

 ers' Association will be held at the apiary of Mr. 

 Chas. H. Root, Red Bank, N. J., on Fridav, Julv 

 12, 1912. E. G. CAKR,"Sec. 



New Egypt,, N. J., June 17. 



