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GLEANINGS IN BEE CULTURE. 



Mar. 



P0NEY 06MJ1N. 



CITY MARKETS. 



Kansas City.— Honey. —We quote choice white 1- 

 lb. sections, 18@30c; dark, 1-lb., 16(5)18. White, 2-lb., 

 18c; darlf, 10. Extracted, in cans, white, 9c: in 

 bbls., 8c. Calllornia, 3-lb. sections, 18c; extracted, 

 in 60-lb. cases, 8(a9c. Beeswax, 18(§)20c. Supply of 

 honey is larger than the demand, and sales are 

 slow; the trouble seems to be, that prices are too 

 hiffh. Clemons, Ci.oon & Co., 



Feb. 24. Kansas City, Mo. 



CcNCiNNATi.—Hojiew. —There is a g-ood demand for 

 extracted honey, which brings 4(5iftc on arrival. 

 Comb honey bri rig's 16(g'20O in the jobbing way. De- 

 mand for the latter is slow, while bup|)ly is larger 

 than usual at this time of year. Beeswfj.r.— There is 

 a good home demand, which brings 20@22c for good 

 to choice yellow on arrival. 



Chas. F. Muth & Son, 



Feb. 20. Cincinnati, O. 



New York.— Homcj/. — The honey market contin- 

 ues dull. We quote: Fancy white 1-lb. sections, 

 1.5@18o; 2-lbs.. ]3(r/l.''.: btickwheat, 2-lb. sections, 10(5), 

 11; 1-lb., 11@12. Extracted, white. 8@9; dark, oVi@.f>. 

 Bees waj;.— 22(0*23. McCaul & Hildreth Bros.. 



Feb. 21. 28 & 30 West Broadway, N. Y. 



Chicago.— Ho/iej/.— Working off more freely at 

 prices that are ranging from 16(gil8c for best grades, 

 while the less desirable are slow at a lower range of 

 prices. Extracted steady, but demand limited. 

 Becsit'aa^.— 22@25c. R. A. Burnett, 



Feb. 21. 161 So. Water St., Chicago, 111. 



Albany. — Honej/.— Market is quiet. Buckwheat 

 comb honey clearing out, and market rather over- 

 stocked with medium grades of clover and mixed 

 honey, which may have to be sold at buckwheat 

 prices, as the season for luxury honey is nearly over. 

 Some more movement in extracted. Consignments 

 solicited. H. R. Wright, 



Feb. 21. 328 Broadway, Albany, N. Y. 



Cleveland.— Ho?iey.— Market is very dull. We 

 are offering the best white- jomb lib. sections at 16c, 

 with but very few sales. Demand is very dull. 

 A. C. Kendel, 



Feb. 21. Cleveland, Ohio. 



Boston. — Honey.— ^Ve quote: 1-lb. sections, white, 

 16@17; 2-lbs., 14@16. Beeswax. —2:^0. Sales slow. 

 Blake & Ripley, 

 Feb. 24. 57 Chatham St., Boston, Mass. 



New York.— Honey.— We have nothing new to re- 

 port in the honey-market; limited demand, and a 

 fair stock. F. G. Strohmeyrr & Co., 



Feb. 21. 122 Water St., N. Y. 



St. Louis.— Honej/.— Extracted and strained hon- 

 ey scarce and in demand, at from 6i/4@Ti4 in barrels. 

 Comb, 18@20c. BeesuJaa:.— Prime, 21i4c. 



Feb. 24. D. G. Tutt & Co., 



206 N. Commercial St., St. Louis, Mo. 



Detroit.— Honejy.— Best white comb honey, in 

 1-lb. sections, 17(5' 19c: extracted, dy^CaiQ. Market 

 weaker, with only a fair supply. Beesumx.—2'2(fTi2Sc. 



Bell Branch, Mich., Feb. 22. M. H. Hunt. 



You who are in need of a few cans of choice hon- 

 ey, 65 lbs. to the can, 8c per lb., address 



J. B. Murray, Ada, Hardin Co., Ohio. 



ALSIKE. 



I sold more alsike seed last season than all the 

 supply-dealers combined. Write to headquarters 

 for prices. No poor seed in stock. Also 2') large 

 pkts. of garden-seed, fresh and No. 1 in all respects, 

 for 65 cts., pnstpaiil. Write for further particulars, 

 to C. M. GOODSPEEl), Box 27, Thorn Hill, N. J. Be 

 sure and name Box 27 in answering this adv't. 



FOUNDATION, 10-lb. lots or more, 35 cts. per lb. 

 J4S. iTfcN^i]^, itudf^on, N. y. 



DO YOU KNOW 



that I am headquarters for Cliieen ITIotliers, and 

 full Colonies? 12 years in originating a superior 

 strain of Italian Bees. If you mean business, I will 

 cheerfully respond. Price list free. 



F. BOOITIHOWER, 

 Galliipville, N. ¥. 



foTiJOK, nmi nmm co„ ill, 



MAiJUFACTUEEE OF AND DEALER IN 



APIARIAN SUPPLIES, 



AND ItREEDEK OP 



Send for Price List. 



WE have sold and made tons of FOUNDATION. Not 

 one dissatisfied customer. 36 cts. a lb. New 

 Jersey Hive our specialty. $2.'t{) buys one. 



ITI. B. HIVE CO., AV. Flilla., Pa. 



ITALIAN BEES AND QUEENS. 



1 untested queen .fl.OO; three for .s2.(l0. Bees by 

 the pound and nucleus. Send for price list. 



a. «. FRAME, 

 5-15 d North Maiicliester, Iiid. 



MINNESOTA 



We are selling 100 all-wooil L. brood-frames, for 

 $L00. Langstroth hives with supers, for .")5 cents. 

 When sending for circular, make out a bill of what 

 you will want for the season, and we will quote 

 prices to suit the times. 



5-6d 



WM. K. BRIGHT, Mazeppa, Minn. 



He Supple Sugar-Busli 



THIS IS A NEW BOOK BY 



IPI^OI^. ^=^- J. COOI^, 



AUTHOR OF THE 

 liEIS-KEEPJSR'S OUIDJE, IX.TURIOVS IN- 

 SECTS Ol' MIC Hid AN, ETC. 



The name of the author is enough of itself to rec- 

 ommend any book to almost any people; but this 

 one on Maple Sugar is written in Prof. Cook's hap- 

 piest style. It is 



->s PROFUSELY 4 ILLUSTRATED, s<- 



And all the difficult points in regard to making the 

 very best quality oif Maple Syrup and Maple Sug' 

 ar are very fully explained. All recent inven- 

 tions in apparatus, and methods of making 

 this delicious product of the farm, are fully 

 described. 



Published by A. I. Root, Medina, Ohio. 



Cash for Beeswax! 



Will pay 20c per lb. cash, or 2;ic in trade lor any 

 quantity of good, fair, average beeswax, delivered 

 at our R. R. station. The same will be sold to those 

 who wish to purchase, at 2.oc per lb., or 28c for hc»i 

 selected wax. 



Unless you put your ntuiie on the hox, and notify 

 us by mail of amount sent. 1 can not hold myself 

 responsible for mistakes. It will not pay as a gen- 

 eral thing to send wax by express. 



A. I. ROOT, Medina, Ohio, 



