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GLEANINGS IN BEE CULTURE. 



May 



lY (J6MMN. 



CITT MARKETS. 



St. Louis.— Ho/icy.— Our market is pretty well 

 sold out of honey. The demand is only moderate. 

 Prices range from ()(« 7'/^ according- to quality and 

 color. Ouradvices are from the South that a g-ood 

 yield may be o-xpected this season. We look for a 

 good healthy demand during- the year. We will ad- 

 vise you in regard to prices and prospects as the 

 season advances. D. G. Tutt Grocer Co., 



April 25. 206 N. Commercial St., St. Louis, Mo. 



Milwaukee.— HoJiejy. — Market is in a fair con- 

 ilition; and with the continued demand the stock 

 will work otf. We can now quote white choice 1-lb. 

 sections, ItiiS 17; 2-lb., 15@16; 3-lb.,14— not in favor. 

 Dark or broken, not quotable. E.xtracted, in bbls. 

 and kegs, white, 8@814; pails and tin, 9!^@10; bbls. 

 and kegs, dark, 5@7. Beeswax. —Dull, 22@25. 

 A. V. Bishop, 



April 23. Milwaukee, Wis. 



Cincinnati.— Ho»iej/.— Demand for comb honey is 

 slow; prices nominal. It brings 14@17 for the best, 

 in a jobbing way. Extracted honey is in good de- 

 mand, and brings 4(59 cts. per lb. on arrival. There 

 is a good demand for Beeswax, which brings 2(J@22 

 per lb. on arrival for good to choice yellow. 



Chas. ¥. MuTH & Son, 



April 23. Cincinnati, O. 



St. Louis. — Honey. — Saturday we received two 

 bbls. of honey from Mississippi, which is said to be 

 this year's honey. It sold at ti cts. Our advices so 

 far are for a good crop of Southern honey. As yet, 

 we have no change to make in prices. But we think 

 there will be some late in the season. Beeswax.— 

 22@2254 for prime on arrival; 2.5 on order, in small 

 way. W. B. Westcott,°& Co.. 



April 23. St. Louis, Mo. 



Detroit.— Honey.— Best white comb honey in 1-lb. 

 sections, 1.5e, with few sales, and considerable in 

 sight. A good many held their honey for better 

 prices, and, in consequence, some honey will be 

 carried over. Extracted, 9@10. Beeswax, 23@24. 



Bell Branch, Mich., Apr. 24. M. H. Hunt. 



PfllCE LISTS BECEIVED. 



Tho following circulars ami price lists were rcceivt'd since 

 our" last issue: 



S. H. Stoeknian, East .-\uburn, Me.. 20 pages, bees, queens, 

 anri apiarian supplies. 



.1. A. Foster. Tilbury Center, Ontario, Can., 8 jiages relative to 

 bees and honej'. 



Walter Manner, Manistee. Mich., a leaflet relative to forms 

 for making his shaving sections— see our previous issue. 



K. L. C'legg, Peoria, O., 8 pages relative to sections and sup- 

 plies in general. 



M. J. Diekason, of Hiawatha, Kan., sends us a price list of IC. 

 pages, hives and supplies. 



Thomas Gedye, La Salle, 111., a4-page list of bees, hives, and 

 svipplies. 



W. (;. Russell. Millbrook, Ontario, a U-jiage li^l of things 

 pertaining to the apiai-y. 



A. M. Gander, .Adrian, Mi eh., sends us his 16 page list of apia- 

 rian su]ii)lies. 



H. H. Brown, Light Street, Pa., sends ; 

 and supi)lies. 



W. C. (iillett, Le Roy. N. Y., sends us a 4 page list of Italian 

 qui ens and tin points. 



n IS-page list of bees 



New York.— Hojiey.- No demand for comb hon- 

 ey of any kind. Extracted in fair demand. Bees- 

 wax sells readily at from 25@27c. 



r. G. Strohmeyer & Co., 



April 24. 122 Water St., N. Y. 



Chicago.— Hojiey.— Market is very weak, and 

 sales are being made where possible at l.")@,16c for 

 best grades of comb. E.xtracted, quiet; offerings 

 fair, with lower prices as a rule. Beeswax, 23@25. 



R. A. Burnett, 

 161 So. Water St., Chicago, 111. 



Columbus.— Honey.— Market is very dull, ranging 

 in price from 1.5@17c per lb. Beeswax about the 

 same. No demand. Bakle Clickenger, 



April 23. 119 E. Town St., Columbus, Ohio. 



Kansas City.- 

 er; Ic per lb. off. 



FOR ONE-POUND SECTIONS OK 



COMB HONEY. 



This box has a bit of "red 

 tape " attached to it to carry 

 it by. It makes a safe pack- 

 age for a single section of 

 honey for the consumer to 

 carry, or it can be packed in a 

 trunk, if he wants. It can be 

 opened in an instant. The 

 price of the bo.v is 2 cts. each, 

 set up; in the Hat, 15 cts. for 

 10; packufic ni '^r,. 25 cts.; 75 cts. per 100; or $6.00 per 

 1000; 10,000, #55. If wanted by mail, add $1.00 per 

 hundred for postage. Colored lithogiaph labels for 

 putting on the sides, two kinds, one for each side, 

 $3.00 per 1000. A package of 25, labeled on both 

 sides, as above, 45 cts. By mail, 30 cts. more. They 

 can be sold, labeled on one side or iKjth sides, of 

 course. We have only one size in stock, for Sim- 

 plicity sections. Sample by mail, wiih a label on 

 each side, 5 cts. If you want them shipped in the 

 flat, labels already pasted on, the price will be ten 

 cents per hundred for putting them on. 



Your name and iiddress, and the kind of honey, 

 may be printed on these labels, the same as other 

 labels. The charge for so doing will be 30 cts. per 

 100; 250, 50 cts.; .500, 75 cts.; 1000, fl.OO. 



A. I. KOOT, ITTcdliia, Ohl.o. 



April 23. 



■Ho7iey.— Market is weak and low- 

 Market very slow. 

 Clemons, Ci.oon & Co., 



Kansas City, Mo. 



Boston.— H'lTiey. —We quote: 1-lb. sections, white, 

 16@17; 2-lb8., 14@.16. Beeswaa;.— 2.5c. Sales slow. 

 Blake & Ripley, 

 April 23. .57 Chatham St., Boston, Mass. 



CONVENTION NOTICES. 



The next meeting of the N.-W. 111. & S. W. Wis. Bee-keepers' 

 Association will be neld in Rockton, May 38, 1888. 



' D. A. Fuller. Sec'y. 



The Keystone Bee-keepers' Association will hold its sixth an- 

 nual meeting in the Court-house in Scranton, Pa., on Tuesday, 

 May gth, at 10 o'clock a. m. .\11 bee-keepers are invited. 



Ar thur a. Davis, Sec'.y. 



The next meeting of the Susiiuehanna County Bee-keepers' 

 Association will be held at New Milford, on ".May .Ith, 1888. 

 Subjects for cnnsidir.it ion at that time ai-eas follows: 1. Kee- 

 Keeping for l'leas\in- and l'r..lil ; ■-;. Sjiring Work with li<-es; 

 S. Is it advisable to use Koundation,' If so, to what Exli-nt; 

 i. How can we make our Association of the most piaetical 

 L'se to its Members! We especially invite all bee-keepers who 

 can to come and help make the' meeting as interesting a!S 

 possible. H. M. Sebley, Sec. 



PE^DQa^l^TKI^^ I]^ N. Y. ^T^TK. 

 If you want NORTHEKN QITEENS reared 

 from pure Italian stock, imported or golden queens, 

 send me your order. The great popularity of my 

 golden queens last summer has induced me to de- 

 vote my apiary exclusively to bees and queens the 

 coming season. Prices as follows: 

 Untested queens May 1st - - - - $1 00 

 Tested " June 1st . - . . i 50 

 Two-frame nuclei in June and July, with un- 

 tested queen - - 2 GO 



Reference if desired. Send stamps for reply, to 

 A. I. Root, or National Bank. Sherburn. Send for 

 free circular. MRS. OLIVER COLE, 



6tfdb Sherburne, Chenango Co., N. Y. 



Italian |yeens. M 



Select tested ones in May, $2. ,50; June. $2.01); 

 after, $1..50. Queens wRrranted purel\ mated. ifl.OO; 

 6 for $5.00. For further particulai-s see Gi.k.an- 

 ings, April 1st, page 271. 



J. T. WILSON, 

 Nicholasville, Jess. Co., Ky. 



