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GLEANINGS IN BEE CULTURE. 



June 



P0NEY CSMMN. 



CITT MARKETS. 



New YoKK.—Ho/ie}/.— Prices for comb honey in a 

 small way remain about the same as our last quota- 

 tions; yet tor job lots we are refusing no reasona- 

 ble offers. This spring has been the dullest one for 

 comb honey we have seen in several years. We are 

 using our utmost endeavoi-s to work our stock 

 down so as to be ready for the next crop. 



Hir.DRETH Bros., 



May 21. 38 & 30 West Broadway, N. Y. 



The nartnershi)) lieietofoif existing between . J. M. McCaul. 

 L. S Hildreth, ami H. P. Hildieth, under the firm name of 

 McCnul .t Hildretli Brn!.., exjiires this day by limitation. 



The undi'rsit.'iie(l will si'ttle all business conneeted with the 

 late firm ol jMeCaiil A- Hildreth Kr<is.. and continue the busi- 

 ness a.- n>annr:i<-tnrers of jfroeers' specialties and dealers in 

 honey, maple supar, imported and domestic salad oils, etc., at 

 ■iS (t :iO West Bro.adwav. the location formerly occupied by the 

 late rivm. .V continuance of your patronage is solicited, and 

 all oiders will be carefully and promptly filled. 



Respectfully, Hildreth Bros. 



Unparalleled Offer! 



I will have about 15 tested Italian queens to mail 

 in May, at $1.00 each. Also queens for season, and 

 nuclei very cheap. State what you want, and ad- 

 dress S. F. REED. N. Dorchester, N. H. 



gPECI^Ii ]SI@¥ICEg. 



St. Louis.— Honey.— We have to report increased 

 receipts of honey. The demand is also better. 

 Prices range from 5H @ ti!4, for very choice, light 

 color, 7c. We look for a good trade this season. 

 D. G. TuTT Grocer Co., 



May 31. 306 N. Commercial St., St. Louis, Mo. 



Cincinnati.— Honey.— No change in the market 

 worthy of note from our last quotations. Supply 

 is good and demand fair for extracted honey. 

 Prices as last quoted. Beeswax.— No change in the 

 market, which brings 30@33 on arrival for good to 

 choice yellow. Chas. F. Muth & Son, 



May 3H. Cincinnati, O. 



Kansas City.— Honey.— We quote 1-lb. comb, 

 white. lH@,18c; 2-lb. white. lofT' W. Extracted, "©TVa. 

 BeesK'ax, No. 1, 30c; No 3, 17. 



Clemons, Cioon & Co., 

 May 31. Kansas City, Mo. 



New York.— Honey.— Market very dull. No de- 

 mand for comb honey. Extracted in better de- 

 mand again. New Southern extracted honey arriv- 

 ing. Beeswax scarce, and brings 24@37c, according 

 U) quality. F. G. Strohmever & Co., 



May 21. 133 Water St., N. Y. 



Chicago. — Honey. — Our market is very quiet in 

 the way of honey .sales; still there is a little selling 

 all the time. Prices range from U@lo for the better 

 grades; extracted, 6@8. Bcesit'aa;, 33. 



K. A. Burnett, 



May 33. 161 So. Water St., Chicago, 111. 



BEE-KEEPERS' HATS. 



We now have a good supply of these light, airy, 

 broad-brim hats for working among the bees. 

 Price 20c; by mail, 23c. We expect in next issue to 

 give cut. 



JAPANESE buckwheat ADV.\NCEU. 



After this date we are compelled to advance 

 prices to the following: 1 lb.. 1.5 cts.; '/^ peck, 75; 

 1 peck, $1.25; '4 bushel. #3.35; 1 bushel, *4.00. We 

 have sold over 100 bushels of seed, and have to pay 

 more for what we now offer, at above prices; hence 

 we are obliged to advance. 



UOUBI.E-POINTED TACKS FOB T SUPERS. 



These are illustrated and described elsewhere in 

 this issue. They are made of No. 16 wire, % wide 

 by 1 inch long before being folded, and there are 

 about t30 to a pound. We can furnish them folded 

 at 10 els. for 3-oz. pkg.; 40 cts. per lb.; $3..50 for 10 

 lbs. Not folded, at one-half these prices. 



Detroit.— Honey.— No change since last quota- 

 tions in prices; the market will be bare of tirst- 

 class comb honey before the new comes in. 



Heecirax, 33fr;.24. 



Bell Branch, Mich., May '.i2. M. H. Hunt. 



Albany.— Hojiey.— Light stock, all grades, and 

 prices steady, but demand light now. 



H. H. Wright, 

 May 28. 338 Broadway, Albany, N. Y. 



Columbus.— Honey.— Quote market dull; no par- 

 ticular change since last writing. 



Barle Clickenger, 

 May 31. 119 E. Town St., Columbus, Ohio. 



Boston.— Honey.— No change in prices. Sales 

 slow. Blake & Ripley, 



May 21. 57 Chatham St., Boston, Mass. 



WANTED. — To exchange Root Simplicity bee- 

 hives for beeswax. 

 lid C. E. BoYER, Ainger, Williams Co., Ohio. 



WANTED.— To exchange one 10-in. Pelham fdn. 

 mill, eggs from Wyandottes, S. S. Hamburgs, 

 W. P. Rocks, or English rabbits and pouter pigeons, 

 for Japane.se buckwheat, lop-eared rabbits, Italian 

 queens, or offers. 



A. D. D. Wood, Rives Junction, Mich. 



WANTED.— To exchange chaff hives, ail com- 

 plete, or other hives, for queens, or bees by the 

 pound. Make offers. 



8. F. Reed, N. Dorchester, N. H. 



BEE-VEILS ADVANCED. 



We are compelled to advance the price of bee- 

 veils again, owing to the higher cost of material. 

 Advanced prices will take effect June 15. and will 

 be as follows : 



Best veil, grenadine, with silk Brussels net face, 

 80 cts. each ; $6.(X) for 10. 



All grenadine veil, 65 cts. each ; $4.75 for 10. 



Mosquito-bar veil, with Brussels net face, 40 cts. 

 each; $3.00 for 10. 



All mosquito-bar veil. 35 cts. each; $3.00 for 10. 



A bee-hat will be added to any of the above for 

 30 cts. extra, postpaid. 



A NEW PLANT-PROTECTOR. 



This first day of June, the bugs poured on to us 

 all of a sudden, and a good deal as they did last 

 year. Well, now, there are two objections to the 

 plant-boxes for bugs: They cut off the light, mak- 

 ing the plants grow long-legged in trj'ing to get out 

 of that hole at the top, and they also keep off the 

 dews of night more or less. Another thing. It needs 

 a horse and wRgon to carry them to the field and 

 back again. After siudying over the matter about 

 three hours, I went into our packing-room and ask- 

 ed them if they had any damaged wire cloth 18 

 inches wide. This I took to the tinners, and direct- 

 ed them to cut off square pieces. These would be 

 18 Inches square, of course. Well, when this was 

 done, the foreman in the saw-room made me a box 

 much like our plant-boxes, but it was square, and 

 measured one foot each way on the top edge. The 

 tinners were now instructed to take the squares of 

 wire cloth and lay them on top of this box. or form, 

 while they turned the corners down in the way you 

 see bread-pans, made of tin. The result was a wire- 

 cloth tray, or pan. 13 inches square at the bottom, 

 with sloping sides nearly six inches high. The sides 

 were made sloping so the.y can nest one into the 

 other. A man can carry 100 of these to the field, 

 and it is a very quick job to drop them over the 

 hills of mellons and squashes. The plants have al- 

 most as much air and light as if nothing at all were 

 over them. Thej' also have the full benefit of the 

 dews of night; and when you are done with them it 

 is but a small job to nest them up and put them 

 away. With our facilities wc can afford them for 

 5 cents each. We can furnish a smaller size for sin- 

 gle plants, for 4c each. By mail, 35c postage for 10; 

 the larger size, by mail, in lots of 10, for 50 cents 

 additional for postage. You may have to straight- 

 en the kinks, however, after receiving them. We 

 should not like to be responsible for the doubling- 

 up which might happen in the mail-bags. We will 

 try to give you an engraving of the plant-protector, 

 and the wooden form we use to make them on, in 

 our next issue. 



