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GLEANINGS IN BEE CULTURE. 



Oct. 



pejMEY (jeiiUMN. 



CITY MARKETS. 



New York.— Iloncu —New comb lioney is coming' 

 in qiiito lively, and we liiul it to be of very nice 

 quality. VVeijuote: 

 Fancy white, 1-lb. sections, - - . - I4f/>,16 



'• ' " aih. •• ... - y^Ca.U 

 Mb. " l^iCmU 



2-ib. " .... wm-z 



]-lb. " IW'VZ 



3 1b. " ... - miO 



California e.\tracted 5(5i5(2 



We find a good demand lor lioney, and expect to 

 handle large quantities. 

 Sept. 22, l)^8fi. Thukber, Whyi.and & Co., 



Read and Hudson Sts., New I'orlc. 



Fair 

 Buckwheat 



Kansas Ci'iy.— Honey.— Thv market is good 

 grades, and sales are larg-e, while the supply 

 same. Prices are uncbang-ed. 

 White clover, 1-lb. sections . . . - 



2-lb. " .... 

 Dark 1-lb. " .... 



3-lb. " .... 



Light '2 lb. " .... 



Extracted, white clovei 



" dark 



'* white sage .... 



Beexwax, - - 



Sept. 24, 1886. Cr.EMONS, Cloon & Co., 



Cor. 4th and Walnut St's, Kansas City, 



for all 

 is the 



13(«]4 

 llgil2 

 11@,12 

 9@M 

 14(0.15 



f;@,7 



4(5i5 



r,@.hy<, 



2uC'2i 

 Mo. 



St. Louis.— /Jonfj/.— Honey is still dull. Califor- 

 nia is offering white sage, extracted, put up in two 

 5-gallon cans in case, at $i.>'!'>, Jaid down hei-e i 1 cur- 

 load lots. Amber, same packages, $'4 Til). For white 

 clover comb sections we are getting- IKSiI^iliC'A; ex- 

 tracted, in cans, lots, t/o^ijc; single; cans, 6('ai7c. 

 Southern honey, in bbis , 'i^iOt.w, us to qualiiy. 

 There is a good demand tor uoinn honey. BeeKWiix, 

 21@:i.5c. \V KSTCi ) I T Hi Mali,, 



Sept. 23, 18i^6. I(;8 and IIU Market Street. 



DETHOiT.—/7o)te}/.— Honey is I.eing shijiped in 

 more freely of late, and prices are lo" er. All sizes 

 larger than one pound are selling at 12 cts. Found 

 size. 12i4@13c for best white. lierswax. 23c. 



Sept. 23, 1886. M. H. Hunt, Uell Branch, Mich. 



CiiiCAOO.-Hoiitjy.— There is nioro demand for 

 comb honey, and prices are firmer -U'';2<''rUJc Ipeing 

 at-ked for best grades of white eonih honey; e.v- 

 tractc d, 5@7c. Beeswax, 'Z3e, R. A. Buknett, 



Se|)t. 21, 1886. 161 So. Water St., Chicago, 111. 



Ceeveeanu.— 77o)i('f/.— The market has not im- 

 proved of late, but [iiices' are steady at 14 cts. lor 

 best white 1-lb. unglassed sections; 12 cts. for 2 lbs , 

 best white; 8(a9c lor 2 lbs. and 1 lb. old. Extracted, 

 6@7c. Beeswax, 'iac. A. C. Kenuei.. 



Sept. 22, 1886. 115 Ontario St., Cleveland, O. 



Boston.— Ho?ief/-— We note no change in prices, 

 but an improved demand. Blake & Ripi.ev, 



Sept. 23, 1886. 57 Chatham St., Boston, Mass. 



Fo« Sale.— 13,000 lbs. clover honey, first class, 

 and well ripened before extracting. Delivered at 

 depot in barrel lots at 7 cts. II. W. Funk, 



Box 11.56. Bloomington, III. 



Foil Sale —3000 lbs. extracted hone.v, in ten-gal- 

 lon kegs, 117 lbs. net; 7 cts. for white clover; 652 

 for rasi)berry. M. Isbell, Norwich, N. Y. 



Cheap IIo.ney. — 1 have about 3500 lbs. of honey 

 in nice 22 gallon kegs. It is dark, but very thick, 

 and is splendid bee-feed, or good for factory-men. 

 1 have to mn\e soon, and must sell it. You may 

 have it for 3 cts. jier pound, liy the keg of 250 lbs., 

 at depot here. M. J. H aukis, 



(lav Cilv. Clny Co., HI. 



Foundation - Mill For Sale. 



One ten-inch Root c(;mb-mill, second hand. The 

 mill has, however, been completely fitted up, paint- 

 ed, and varnished, and is, to all appearances, both 

 in looks and quality of work, e(jual to a new one. 

 Price $15.00. The list price of a new mill of this 

 kind is $20.00. A. I. ROOT, irfediiin, 4». 



Black and Hybrid Queens For Sale. 



For 'he benefit of friends who have blafk or hybrid queens 

 which they want to dispose ot, we will inseit notices free of 

 charge, as below. We do this becuse there is ha'-dly value 

 enough to these queens to pay f'T buying them up and keep- 

 ing 1 hem in stock; and yet If. is oftentimes quite an accommo- 

 dation to those who can not afford higher-priced ones. 



I still have a goodly number of black and hybiid 

 queens for sale. Black, 18 cts ; hjbrid, 25cts. 



W. G. Haven, Plessant Mound, 111. 



Do not by any means insert hybrid queen adver- 

 tisement again. I am returning money evey day, 

 but have to withhold some, from the iact that [ 

 can't make out where in the U. S. to return if, no 

 definite address accompan\ ing it. V. L. Hill. 



Dcnnison, O., Sept. 21, isyc. 



4 H.-P. ENGINE FOR SALE. 



A liiirifiii II for the mail irlut i.v ('*( tieil of a 

 I'' ii;<it~Clti .<>,•< I'Jiif/liii- aiifl l!<;iJcr. 



This is one of B. W. Payne & Son's Eureka en- 

 gines, the same that we advertise in our catalogue. 

 It has run 3 months since it was new; has had a 10- 

 foot galvanized-iron smoke-stack added, and is in 

 perfect i-unning order. The man who is holding it 

 had to put in a larger one to meet the demands of 

 his trade. The price of a new engine and boiler 

 complete, no stack, is $275. OJ; but to make a quick 

 sale w<! will sell this one with the stack for $2.'5.( 0, 

 free on board cars at HigginsviUe, Mo. 



A. 1. KOOT, ITIcdliia, Oliio. 



T 



HREE untested Italian queens at 50 cents each. 

 M. Isbell, Norwich, N. Y 



CONVENTION NOTICES. 



The Sheboygan Co. Bee Keepers' Association will hold its 

 next meei ing at Chandler's Hall, at the village of Sheboygan 

 Falls, on S iturd ly . Oct. 16, at 10 A. M. Mrs. H. Hn.i.s. 



Shebi.ygan Falls, Wis^ 



The Southern 111. Boe-Keepers' Association wUl hold its ne.\t 

 meeting at Benton, Franklin Co., III., Thursday, Oct. 21, 1880, 

 at 10 A. M. F. H. Ke.-Tnedy, Sec. 



The annual meeting of the Western Bee-keepers' As'^ociation 

 "ill be hi-ld in Pythian Hall, coiner of Main and 1Hh Streets, 

 Kansas City , Mo.', Oct. z7, 28, 29, 1886. P. BALDWIN, Sec. 



The Illinois Central Bee-keepers' Association will hold its 

 next ni' eting at Mt. Sterling, 111., on Tues-day and Wednesday, 

 Oct. 19 and 20. J. M. Hambavhh, Sec. 



The 4th annual meeting uf the Progresflve Hee-K-ccpers' As- 

 sociation will be held in the Town Halt at Bainbiidge Center, 

 O., on Thursday. Oct. 7, 1880. Parties wishing cnivi-v.incc! fruin 

 (Jeanga Lake fetation, 3 miles distant, on tt.c N Y..P. & O 

 K. R., will please notify me so that aiiangenients can be 

 made for the same. All interested are invited to come and 

 bring their lunch-basket. Miss Dljia Dennett, Sec 



Bedford, Cuyahoga Co., O. 



There will be a bee-keepers' convention in K. fif P. Hall. No. 

 lli>8 Main St., north of 12 St , Wheeling, W. Va., on Oit. 1.'). 1880. 

 Bring samples of honey and other thingt. Henry I.ewedau. 



Wheeling, W. Va. 



The semiannual meeting of the Centr.1l Michigran Bee Keep- 

 ers' Association will convene in Pioneer H ill, .'it the Capitol 

 Building, in Lansing, on the third T.iesd ly of October, at 10 

 o'clock A. M. J. ASHWO.i.Tii, Pros. 



Lansing, Mich. 



THE No«TlI AMERICAV BnE-KERrElW' aOClETY. 



The sdiiftv will hold its 17ili annual convention, Oct. 13, 13, 

 and U. l.'-Ki'i, lit liiili:iiiapolis, Ind. 



The iHiM.iing will lie h' Id in rfiirin's Mu.sie Hall, 82 and f* 

 North i'eniisylv;uii:i St.. (iiii- i.l Oie most pleasantly situated 

 halls in the city. (Imal ventilation and pleniy of light. 



The socicly In-ailiiiuiriers will lie at the Occidental Hotel, 

 comer of VViishinglon ami Illinois Sts, in the heart of the city, 

 ami but a short distance 1 loni the hall. The regular rates at 

 this hotel are S:! 00 a day. Siiecial rites for those in altcn- 

 d:iiiee at the convention will be Sl.'iO per day. 



The North-Western Bee Keepers' Society, The Indiana State, 

 The K.-istcni liiiliana, with vai imis ci unity and .joint sueieties, 

 will inret in union with I lie N. A ., making it oiie of the most 

 fonniclalile meeting's of be., kiepi-rs ever lield in this ciuiiitiy. 

 ICvery thing |iMS>.ible will U- done to make the meeting pleat- 

 ant ;ind i iilei tainiiig. .\ conli;il iiivitf.tit.n is extended to all. 



