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GLEANINGS IN BEE CULTURE. 



Feb. 



temn ^cluntn. 



Under this head will be inserted, f ree ot charge, the names or 

 all those having honey to sell, as well as thos.e wanting to buy. 

 Please mention how much, what kind, ajid prices, as far as pos- 

 sible. As a general thing. 1 would not advise you to send your 

 honey away to be sold on commission. If near home, where 

 you can look after it. it is often a very good way. By all means, 

 develop your home market. For 25 cents we can furnish little 

 boards to hang up in your dooryara. with the words. " Honey 

 for Sale, " neatly painted. If wanted by mail, 10 cents extra for 

 postage. Boards saying ' ' Bees and Queens lor Sale, ' ' same 



CITY MARKETS. 



New York.— Honey.— Since our last report we 

 tlnd no improvement in comb honey. The general 

 depression in all branches of mercantile business 

 the past month, no doubt, has kept honey from 

 moving off more rapidly; retailers supply only their 

 wants in a hand-to-mouth way, buying only as they 

 have need, and no large lots moving at all. Prices 

 are quite irregular, and the tendency on nearly all 

 grades is in buyer's favor. We quote as follows: 

 Fancy white-clover in 1-lb. sect's, no glass, 18 @20 



Fair to good " " '" 16 ®17 



Fancy white-clover in 2-lb. sect's, glassed, 17 @17i4 



Fair to good " 15 @16 



Fancy buckwheat " 1-lb. " no glass, 1.5 ©16 

 Fancy " " 3-lb. " glassed, 13V2@14 



Ordinary grades, " 2-lb. " T' 



Ext'd honey, best white-clover, in kegs or 



smallbbls., 9 @ 91/2 

 " " buckwheat, " " S'A® 9 



Beeswax is very scarce; and what there is in this 

 market is selling readily at. prime yellow, from a5@ 

 36'Ac per lb. McCadi. & Hildreth, 



Jan. 19, 1884. 80 Hudson Street, New York. 



CiNCtNNATt.— Hynci/.— Nothing new to report of 

 the honey market since my last. Prices of extracted 

 honey have not changed, but there is some Improve- 

 ment in the deinand. Comb honey is in good suppl.v, 

 and prices are lower. A choice article in l-lo. sec- 

 tions does not bring above 16c. from store. Bees- 

 wax in fair demand, and brings 28@32c. on arrival. 

 Chart.f.s F. Muth. 



Jan. 22, 1884. 976 Central Ave., Cincinnati, O. 



Place a sheet of stiff manilla paper between each 

 row of sections in the case, which will prevent one 

 comb from falling against another when it becomes 

 loosened in the frame. When a comb breaks loose 

 and falls against the next one it is liable to force 

 that one out of place too. The stiff paper between 

 will prevent all this, and save many a pound of 

 honey which otherwise would have to be removed 

 and put in pails, and sold as broken honey. 1 dis- 

 covered this idea in overhauling the cases which on 

 arrival showed any loose combs, and found that by 

 straightening them up and putting the paper be- 

 tween them I could save all that were not broken or 

 mashed. If this plan is adopted, shippers will re- 

 ceive very few complaints of honey in bad condition. 



It seems to me that the above, although a simple 

 matter, is a most excellent suggestion. We can 

 furnish heavy manilla paper, ctit into sheets and 

 strips, to exactly fill our shipping-cases, any of the 

 different sizes, at 1.5c per lb. I do know that a sec- 

 tion is often spoiled, in appearance at least, by hav- 

 ing the honey drip from some other one on to it. 

 The above plan would almost give each section a 

 box by itself, and would aid very materially in keep- 

 ing them from getting out of place, and bruising 

 each other. 



Bees For Sale! 



15 STANDS ITALIAN BEES, 



All are vkry strong (having been 2 and 3 story hives 

 last summer), plenty of good honey, to last till June; 

 will guarantee safe arrival and healthy condition. 

 Simplicity or VanDeusen-Nellis hive; wired frames, 

 li4-8tory hives. Price $S 50, 1. o. b. cars here. 



Address,- 

 35-7 9d i. A. POMTEB, roplat- Bluff, Mo. 



Cr^F.VFLAND.—Honei/.— The honey market is a little 

 dull just now, as iisual, after the holidays, but values 

 are unchanged. Best quality 1-lb. sections sell at 

 18@l9c.; 2-lb. sections, 16@l7c.; second quality, 12® 

 He, but the latter is very dull. Extracted, no sale. 

 Beeswax wanted at 28@30c. A. C. Kendel, 



Jan. 22, 1884. 115 Ontario St., Cleveland, O. 



Boston.— 7Ionciy.— Please quote our market as fol- 

 lows: Demand light; 1-lb. comb selling lg@20c.; 

 2-lb., 16@18c. Extracted, 9@llc. Beeswax. 35c. 

 BivAiCE & Ripley, 



Jan. 23, 1884. 57 Chatham St., Boston, Mass. 



THE ALL-PDRPOSE HIVE. 



Arranged fur continuous passoge-ways. continu- 

 ous combs, no honey-board, no bee-space, chaff and 

 single-walled, no patent. Sample in flat. Given 

 Idn., sections, etc. GEO. F. WILLIAMS, 



2-3-4-5-6-7d New Philadelphia, Ohio. 



MiLWAUKEE.-H07iey.—The honey market here is 

 very fairly supplied with a good quality of section 

 comb, and I thinkfbetter than in the seasons past. 

 Can quote 1-lb. sections, white, 17c; 2-lb. sections, 

 white, 16c. Extracted in liquid, put up in pails or 

 cans, white. 10c; extracted in kegs or barrels, and 

 candied, 8@9c, Dark-colored common honey not 

 wanted. A. V. Bishop, 



Jan. 24, 1884. 81 & 83 Detroit St., Milwaukee, Wis. 



St. Louis.— Honey.— Extracted honey continues 

 dull; nominal, 7*4 to 8 cents in barrels and half-bar- 

 rels; in cans, at retail, 10 cents. There is very little 

 doing In comb honey, unless at low Hgurcs; 15 to 17 

 cents at retail, if in good order. 



Bee»wax is scarce, there being none coming in 

 worth speaking of. A good article is worth 35 to 37;2 

 cents. Stock is very small. 



W.T. ANDERSON & Co . 



Jan. 26, 1884. 104 N. Third St., St. Louis, Mo. 



SEEDS. 



Our IlliiSitratod Price List of Select Gartlen 

 Seeds will be sent FKEK to all applicants. Send 

 for it, and buy your seeds direct from the growers. 

 We will sell you no seeds but those we would be will- 

 ing to plant in our own Gardens. Address 



GKAH AITI A: JOHINSON, Seed Growers, 

 3d KKYNOL.DSBIIRG, OHIO. 



Kansas CiTY,'Mo.—HoJ!eiy.— Receipts liberal, and 

 sales satisfactory. White comb, 1 and 2 lb. sections, 

 17®18c. I could place a few thousand pounds of fall 

 extracted honey at 8 to 9c. Jerome Twtchelt,, 



Jan. 22, 1884. 536 Delaware St., Kansas City, Mo. 



Our friend Jerome Twichell, who gave us such 

 good advice last month, adds the following: 





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