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GLEANINGS IN BEE CULTURE. 



Aug. 



pejiEY O0MMN. 



CITY MARKETS. 

 Kansas Cvvy.—Himei/.— There is beginning- to be 

 some demand for new honey now at somewliat bet- 

 ter prices, choice 3 and 1 lb. sections bringing- 17(gll8c. ; 

 choice old honey, 1 ct. less. I am having- more in- 

 quiry for 'i-lb. sections than I anticipated, and I 

 ' could use a few hundred pounds at pretty good flg-- 

 ures. Who hits any? Extracted dull and unchanged, 

 7@8c. Bcrsira.r, ;t(l to lioc. 



A WOKK TN' FAVOK OF ONE-PIECE SECTIONS. 



In answer to IVicnd Hoot's question in the last is- 

 sue of (icKAMNCs, as to whi'tltep or not I would 

 class the OIK -|)i<'c<' s(■^■lil)ll with tlir dovetailed as 

 being- ob.jcctionaljlc loi- shipjiing- purposes, I M'ould 

 say that ncarl\- all the oiic-i)ieee sections I have seen 

 were more i-it^iil than the (Io\etailed, though one of 

 my sliipiK rs wi-itcs nic that he is now gluing his 

 dfivctaili'd boxes, and they are then veiT stiff and 

 firm. It sti-iliis iiicthis ought to be a verygood bo.x 

 when put tog-ether tills wa>-, and I think the same 

 treatment would also make the one-piece sufficient- 

 ly strong, though nailing- would, perhaps, be the 

 surer i)lan. Of eoui-se, the Ix'tter the box is tilled 

 with comb, the less liable it is to bi-eak out, and 

 none but well-lilled l)oxes should be i.aeked; for 

 even if they arrive at destination all right, they will 

 spoil the sale of the crates they li,-i)>iien to be in. I 

 have never seen the " Coinbined crate and shijijiing- 

 case," so can't speak of its merits. The jniiiie ob- 

 ject is to have the honey appear as inviting- as pos- 

 sible in the hands of the dealer, and this should be 

 the aim of every one sending honey to market. 

 Jerome Twicheli-, 



July 24, 1884. 514 Walnut St., Kansas City, Mo. 



New York.— Honcjy.— In regard to honey, allow 

 tis to state: Onr stock of comb honey is getting- low; 

 for the Inst two weeks we had a lair demand, and 

 worked oir more than we exjieeted. WcMpiote Irom 

 ]2to ITie., aeeording to(|ualitv. We i-eeeived a tew 

 shiimients of unr r.rlraclril }vhilr-,l,,rir Innini, t^umc 

 from Wisconsin, some from New York, l)otli of ex- 

 cellent (Hiality. We (jiiote same at Ite. per lb. 

 in bills.; IDc. in kegs. New Southern strained is 

 coming- into the market in large lots, and selling at 

 from 80 to 8.5c. per gallon. 



Brriiwnx. — 'No change in beeswax. We quote 

 prime Southern at 31 to 33c. per lb. The market is 

 pretty Avell stocked, but very little demand. 



Thurber, Whylani) & Co., 

 W. Broadway, Reade, and Hudson Sts., 



July 24, 1884. New York. 



Cincinnati.— /fodc)/.— There is no new feature in 

 the honey market. The retail and .jobbing demand 

 for extracted hone.v is good, and there is a fair de- 

 nmnd from manuraeturers for dark grades. It 

 l)ring-s tifaSc. on ari-ival. We get oiil\- an occasional 

 small shii.nient of comb honey, ami make an occa- 

 sional small sale. Peoiile do without comb honey 

 very easily, unless there is an extra invitation. A 

 good article brings Ific-. in the .iolibing wa.y. 



7{*'r.s)/'((.r.— There is a slow demand for" beeswax, 

 which brings 30C' ;i2e. on arrival. C. F. Muth, 

 S. E. Cor. Freeman and Central Ave., 



July 34, 1884. Cincinnati, O. 



Mii.w.\.UKEE.— /iojiej/.— This market is just now 

 in a sort of " between hay and grass," or, perhaps, 

 to apply to honey, sweet and sour, asthe old stock is 

 nearly out of sight, and new not mueli in sight. The 

 market is in a nomimil condition, and state. White 

 comb, 1-Ib. sections, IffT/ l.^ic. ; 2-lb. sections, I'.'i" Hie. 

 Extracted, white, in tin, <sr<a(lc.; extracted, colored, 

 in keg or pail, Hf^itc. New might bring for l-lli. sec- 

 tions, 16 cts. 

 Bectfwax wanted at 3.5(rfl38 c. A. V. Bishop, 



July 14, 1884. 143 W. Water St., Milwaukee, Wis. 



Detroit.— Honcj/.— The honey market has chang- 

 ed but little if any since last quotations. The de- 

 mand is very light, a good article bringing about 

 IVf^'li'c. 

 Ber.'iiva.r, scarce at 3.5c. A. B. Weed, 



July 25, 1884. Detroit, Mich. 



ClevTsland.— J/oHcj/.- New honey is beginning to 

 come in, but the demand for it has not opened, and 

 consequently no price is established. We are aim- 

 ing to get 18c. for best Mb. sections, 20 for 'i-lb.; 

 but no sales have been made. A. C. Kendel, 



July 33, 188f 115 Ontario St., Cleveland. (), 



New York.— Honrty.— Sales of comb hone.y are slow 

 as yet; no arrivals of new comb honey in this mar- 

 ket. We have received a few shipments of ex- 

 tracted hone.y, which sold readily. The present 

 outlook for prices on this season's crop is as fol- 

 lows: 



Fancy white-clover, in 1-lb. sections, - - - 16@,18 

 " 3 " " - - - 15®16 

 Fair to good white-clover, in 1 and 2 lb. sec- 

 tions, vmu 



Fancy buckwheat, in 1-lb sections, - - 12®13 



" 3 " " ... ii@i2 



Extracted white-clover, kegs or small barrels, 8i4@9 



" dark grades, ' " 7(§'7'4 



Beeswax, prime yellow, 30@o3 



McCaul & Hiedreth, 

 34 Hudson St., Corner Duane St., 

 July20, 18S4. New York. 



St. Loris.— //(lufiy. — There is no improvement in 

 our honey market. Extracted in barrels, worth 

 6 to tp -,(•. : in cans, 7' 2 to '.)c. retail. 



No demand lor comb honej'. Dai'k, 10 to 12c. re- 

 tail. Choice brings more when a sale can be made. 

 Look for 110 iiiii)rovement for a month yet. 



]}■< mcd.r.—ihii- market broke on beeswax last 

 week. (^)uotc choice yellow, 31c. ; mixed. 38 to 30c. 

 W. T. Anderson & Co., 



July 25, 1884. No. 104 N. Third St., St. Louis. 



Chicago. — Hodfjy.— Honey market is without 

 much change since last report. The white comb, 

 1-lb. size, sells at 16c., when choice in appearance; 

 the larger frames bring IJC-'l-^c., but there is very 

 little (lemauii for either. I'.xtracted honey, very 

 little deiiiaiid. Imt jirices are without change. 



Bo-sinir, ;;i:(-';!T. l{ecei|Us larger. 



K. A. Burnett, 



July 24, 1884. 161 South Water St., Chicalgo. 



I have about OCOO lbs. of white-clover honey lu 

 sections for sale. It is very nice. 



G. W. Church, 

 July 33, 1884. Benton Harbor, Mich. 



1 have several barrels of honey, for which I will 

 take 8 cts. per lb. ; barrels hold about 35 gallons, and 

 are well waxed. Honey nice and good. If you pre- 

 fer, you may send the money to A. I. Root. 



Chas. Kingsley, 



July 18, 18S4. Benton, Bossier Co., La. 



For Sale.— Two barrels of nice hone.y, for 9 cts. 

 per lb. No charge for the barrels, and delivered on 

 board cars at Battle Creek, Mich., free. 



In allowing notices of honey for sale, also black 

 and li.\-brid (jiieeiis. in Cr.F. AM nc*;, Ivrr of charge, 

 you confer a much-needed prixilege to x'our cus- 

 tomers, fen- which .>'ou dcser\e maii,\- thanks. 



W. t>. WUIGHT. 



July 15, 1884. Battle Creek, Mich. 



NOTES imm TJIP^ BI^IGPT-B^ND ^PI- 

 /Il^Y /IBOaT TKK C0jaiJ«6 BEM. 



KIND FRIENDS, I am glad to state that I never 

 sold queens that gave as much satisfaction as 

 does the cross between Italians, Cyprians, and 



Holv-T>ands. Thevare undoubtedly less apt testing 

 than any race of bci*; and for lioiiev, 1 shall not 

 hesitate for a moinent to state f hat tliev beat them 

 ail; and for iicaiity, I (inl.\- ask .vou to send two letter 

 stamps for a saiiiiik' of li\e u'orkers, and see for 

 yourself. 1 can also furnish the very best (pieens, 

 raised from imported Italians, to those who iircfer 

 them. Price of either race, untested, but laying, 

 90 cts. each. Tested, .-tP 1.50 each. Full instructions 

 sent with each (lueen, and safe arrival guaranteed. 



FOUNDATION BY MAIL. 



I will furnish u-ood foundation bii mail, post pa iil, 

 atC5cls. por Ih. This is to be 7 inches wide, and 

 whate\-er length .\-ou want. Samiik- free. Make 

 money orders )>ayable at Shrevei)ort, and address 

 CHAS. KINGSLEY, 



1.5-tfdb. Benton, Bossier Co., La. , 



For Italians at GO Cts., 



Or $5.00 Per Dozen, Address 



m, JOim 11. PEIOE, TAMPA, EILLSBOKO CO., FLORIDA. 

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