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GLEANINGS IN BEE CULTURE. 



t)EC. 



P0NEY C@MMN. 



CITT MARKETS. 



Albany.— Honey.— Market is unchanged. Stocks 

 lair, and prices steady; could use more white ex- 

 tracted than am receiving, to good advantage. 



Dec. 12. H. R. Wright, 



Albany, N. Y. 



Dktroit.— HoTjej/.- Best white comb in one-pound 

 sections, lt)(§ 18c. Supply not large, but equal to 

 the demand. Beeswax, 22@2:\. M. H. Hunt. 



nell Branch, Dec. 12, 1888. 



Chicago. Honej/.-Honey Is selling quite well. 

 One-pound sections range from l.')@18. according 

 to color, style, etc. A little fancy has sold up to r'O. 

 Dark comb works off slowly at 13cail'>. Extracted, 

 without special change. White ranges about eight 

 cents in barrels, and extracted honey, as a class, 

 fi@9. K. A. Burnett, 



Dec. 13. 161 So. Water St., Chicago, 111. 



New York.— Horier/-— Business is quiet as usual 

 around the holidays, and only nominal prices can 

 be given. We quote: Fancy 1-lbs., 15(«a7. Fair 

 1-lbs., 13. Fancy 2-lbs.. liifTrU. Fair 2-lbs., 11-12. 

 Buckwheat 1-lbs., ll@12; same, 31bs.. 1011. E.v- 

 tracted, unchanged. F. G. Strohmeyer & Co., 



Dec. 11. New York. 



Boston.— Hoiu'i/.— No change in prices. Sales 

 are good and from present indications all the honey 

 In the country will be sold by Feb. 1. 



Dec. 12. Blake & Kipley, 



Boston, Mass. 



Columbus. — Honey. — Honey market dull — no 

 change in prices since my last. 

 Dec. 11. Earle Clickenger, 



(Jolumbus, Ohio. 



St. Louis.— Hojiej/. — Comb, U^lti; strained and 

 extracted, 51406; if in cans, "U'??'^. Strained, in bar- 

 rels, scarce, and would command ready sale. 



Dec. 12. D. G. Tutt Gkocer Co., 



St. Louis, Mo. 



Cincinnati. — Honey.— There is in our market 

 a good supply of honey of all kinds but Northern 

 clover. Trade is dull. Extra'd honey brings '>@S on 

 arrival. Comb honey sells at 12i4@lfi in the .iobbing 

 way. Beeswax is in good demand, and brings 2t)@,*i 

 on arrival for jiood to choice yellow. 



Dec. 13. Chas F. Muth & Son, 



Cincinnati, Ohio. 



Kansas City.- Ho/iejy.— Honey moving slow. We 

 quote, white 1-lb. comb, lfi(« 17; falU-lb. comb, 14@,15; 

 California white 2-lb., 14(5/15; amber, do., 2-lb., 12@13: 

 extra white, do., 1M\ extra amber, dc, 7. Beeswax, 

 none in market. Clemons, Cloon & Co., 



Dec. 11. Kansas City, Mo. 



St. Louis.— Honej/.— The receipts of honey have 

 been very light for the month, with good demand, 

 and little better prices for extracted in bbls., which 

 is now bringing ti(fl 6' 2 ; choice stocks, dark, .5@,5(4 in 

 cans; demand light at anything above. Barrels, 

 choice white clover, comb, 1-lb., single-tier cases, 14 

 ©1") cts. Beeswax, steady. 



Dec. 12. W. B. Westcott & Co., 



St. Louis, Mo. 



CONVENTION NOTICES. 



The Nebraska State Bee-Keejiers 

 at Lincoln. Jan. », 10. and 11, 1889. 



Delation will convene 

 J. N. Heater, See. 



The annual meeting of the Ontaiio Bee-Keepers' Association 

 will l)e held in Owen Sound on the 8tli and 9tli of .lanuavy, 1889. 



W. CousE, Se<'y. 



The annual meeting of the Vermont State Bee-lieepei-s' Asso- 

 ciation will lie helil in the Court-house, at Middlebury, Tues- 

 day. .Ian. 1.'), 1889. MARtIA .\. DoUGI.AS, Sec., Shoreliani, Vt. 



rui OalCi also a few breeding-pens and trios, 

 at a i-easonable _price. Stock extra good. Address 

 24-l-2d J. W. GRISWOLD, Kose, Wayne Co., N. Y. 



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