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GLEANINGS IN BEE CULTURE. 



Feb. 1. 



Contents of this Number 



Alfalfa-roots 101 



Ants. Black 101 



Apiaries. Manum's 86 



Bees Roaring 85 



Boards or Quilts 98 



Bricks on Hives 89 



Carp 90 



Cellars, Temperature 108 



Combs Dark 98 



Comb Honey and Propolis.. 99 



Dove'd Hive in Oregon loi 



Ernest at Dr. Miller's 91 



Foundation, Full Sheets.... 91 

 Frame, Against Hotfman... 96 



Frame. Hoffman 100 



Frame to Adopt ICO 



Frames Lengthwise 99 



Garden-seeds. Reducing list. 106 



Garden. Making it Pay 109 



Gleanings and Trusts 92 



Gloves in Apiarv 88 



Hair Packing 99 



Heat in Cellar (Q. B.).102 



Hive, Dovetailed 87 



Hives, Double-walled 99 



Hoffman Frame 99 



Honey like wet Sugar 100 



Idea, The Kew 101 



Indiana Paint Co 107 



Japanese Buckwheat 100 



Kegs vs. Cans 96 



Manum at Barber's 85 



Moth.Tmeid 88 



Nails, Bejit-point 100 



()il-l■an^ for honey 101 



Onion Culture 1I19 



Outer Case for Wintering.. 97 



Outside Show in Goods 98 



Queens (rum Cell-cups 84 



Rambler at Dr. Merchant's. 91 



Record on Hives 89 



Rent for Apiary 101 



Road-making 98 



Sections Sold by the Piece.. 97 



Spacing. Close 100 



Spanish Needle 100 



Sjiring Dwindling 99 



Tunis, Letter from 95 



Pl^NBY GeMJIN. 



CITY MARKETS. 



Milwaukee.— Ho (try. —Tlio demand for honey, 

 both comb and e.\ti;icte<l. lias been ruling' dull, and 

 supply has accumulated somewhat. But during- the 

 past week a better trade has been enjoyed. Can 

 quote market fairly easy. For 1-lb. sections, best, 

 18@19e; good, 16@18; common, 10(a.iJ2. Extracted, in 

 barrels, kegs, and cans, white, 8>o(2'9i4; amber, 6>^@, 

 8. Beeswax, 2."@28. A. V Bishop. « 



Jan. 17. 142 W. Water St.. Milwaukee, Wis. 



Cincinnati.— i?o?icj/. — There is a fair demand for 

 comb honey at lP(ajl8c a lb. in the jobbing way for 

 choice white. Demand is good for extracted honey 

 at 6(Sj8c a lb. on arrival. There is a good supply of 

 all but Southern honey, which is scaice. Beeswax. 

 —Demand is good toi- beeswax at 24@.26c a lb. for 

 good to choice yellow on arrival. 



Jan. 16. Chas. F. Muth & Son, Cincinnati, O. 



New York.— Honey.— Market quiet and unchang- 

 ed. We quote extracted light Fla. at from 8@8V2 ets. 

 per lb., and California from TOTVjc per lb. Beeswax 

 from 27@29 cts. per lb. 



F. G. Strohmeyer & Co.. 



Jan. 2d. New York City. 



Albany. — Honey.— We have received up to date 

 21.50 cases of comb and 234 packages of extracted 

 honey. As we expected, there is an increased de- 

 mand for dark extracted honey, and we are nearly 

 out of stock. Comb honey is moving otf slowly with 

 no change in prices. White, 16@18c; mixed, lifffloc; 

 buckwiieat, llSiac. Extracted light, 9@10: dark, 

 7@8. Chas. McCulloch & Co., 



Jan. 21. 339 Broadway, Albany, N. Y. 



St. Louis.— Wo/icy.— We quote to-day's honey-mar- 

 ket: Choice white-clover comb, 1-lb. sections, l8c; 

 good, 17c; fair, IStSuB: broken comb, l(i(gil2. Ex- 

 tracted, white clo\er, in cans, 9@lUt; dark, "©"'c; 

 Southern, in barrels. Ti^gitii^. /Jecsu'air.— Se ecied, 

 25X@2H; prime. 25@2.5>^ ; dark and hui-aed, less. 



Jan. 10. W. B. VVestcott & Co.. St. Louis, Mo. 



San FHANCisco.—Honcy.— Extracted honey firm 

 5%@6>^. Comb honey scarce; :Mb.. 12@14c; 1-lb., 14 

 @16. Beeswax in demaml a. '24 't.24i«c. 



SCHACHT, LeMCKE & StEINEK, 



Jan. 12. San F'rancisco, Cal. 



Detroit.- Ho?ietf.— Comb honey is selling slowly 

 at ]5@lBc; white clover and ha.sswood scarce. Ex- 

 tracted, 7@8c. Hei.-w<ix. 2T@28c. 



Bell Brand), Mich., Jan. 19. M. H. Hunt. 



St. Louis.— Honey.- Market unchanged. Demand 

 quiet f(/r comb. Extracted in good inquiry at 6@7c 

 ill barrels, lieesuax, prime, 25c. 



Jan. 19. D. G. Tutt Gro. Co.. 



St. Louis, Mo. 



C(JLUMBUS.— Honey.— White clover in demand at 

 19@2uc. Extracted himey very dull. 

 Jan. 19. Earle Clickengeh, Columbus, O. 



For Sale.— 4 60-lb. cans white-clover and basswood 

 extracted honey, on cars at Morrison, Mo., at $6 per 

 can. Miller Brothers, 



3-4-5-6-d Bhitfton, Montgomery Co., Mo. 



For Sale.— 50 cans of light extracted honey, at 8X 

 cts. per lb. Entire lot at *d.UO per can. 



S. A. Shuck, Liverpool, 111. 



For S.A.LE. — 1200 lbs. extracted white-clover honey 

 in barrels or 60-lb. cans, as desired, l 

 Itfdb E. J. Baxter, Nauvoo, 111. 



For Sale.— Choice honey in sections, cans, and 

 C. pails. Send for price list to Oliver Foster, 

 12-tfdb. Mt. Vernon, la. 



CONVENTION NOTICES. 



The Northeastern Michigan Bee-kt'epers' Association will 

 hold its annual meeting on Wednesday. Feb. 4, at the Commer- 

 cial House, Port Huron. W . Z. Hutchikson, Sec'y. 



The 8th semi-annual meeting of the Susquehanna County 

 Bee-keeper.s' Association will be held at Montrose. Pa.. Thurs- 

 day. May 7, 1891. H. M. Sekley, Sec'y. 



Harford, Pa. 



The Eastern Iowa Bee keepers' Association will meet Feb. 11 

 and 12. 1891, in Maquoketa, Iowa, at the Dobstn lown-clock 

 Building, to commence punctually at 10 .\.M. There will be a 

 large turn-out of the pniminent bee-keepers of the State. 

 There will be a question-box, free to all, in which any question 

 tuat you wish discusseti can be presented and answeied. Let 

 all be on hand, and bring in your report for 1890, spring count, 

 or from May 1. The people of Maquoketa kindly furnish us a 

 free hall. Frank Covbbd.\le. Sec. 



Albany.— 7-/o?ic.i/.— The stcck of lioney here never 

 was so lif.ht as now so early in the seas-on, and nowis 

 the time to .sell. Light comb, 1.5@18c; dark, 12@14c. 

 Light extracted. 9@lUe; dark. t@8c. 



Jan. 15. H. R. Wright, Albany, N. Y. 



The following is the program of the proceedings of the an- 

 nual convention of the Ohio State Bee-keepers' Association, to 

 be held at the Merchants' Hotel, Toledo, Feb. 10, 11. 

 First Day, Tuesday. Feb. 10. 



Convention called to order b.y the President. Reading min- 

 utes of previous meeting. Receiving members, and payment 

 of annual dues — 50 cents. 



How can this convention be made interesting and ptoflta- 

 ble?— Volunteers. Recess. 



"The relation of honey-eating to longevity.— E. E. Hasty. 



Appointment of committees. 



AFTERNOON. 



Address of the President, Dr. A. B. Mason. 



Bee-laws.— Dr. C. C. Miller, Marengo, 111. Recess. 



Getting used to a thing.— E. R. Root, Medina, O. 



Question box. 



EVENING. 



The principal cause of the failure of the honey-crop in my 

 neighborhood.— C. F. Muth. Cincinnati. Recess. 



How can honey-producers best reach the trade? or. Do we 

 need a Union trade-mark?— Miss Dema Bennett, Bedford, O. 



Question-box. 



WEDNESDAY MORNING. 



Queen-rearing.— Dr. G. L. Tinker. New Philadelphia, O. 



Spacing of frames, and its relation to brood-rearing and 

 swarming.— J. B. Hains, Bedford. Recess. 



Reports of committees. Deciding place of next meeting. 

 Election of Officers. 



Freight classification for bee-keepers.- J. T. Calvert, Medina. 



.Advantages of foundation.— W. Z. Hutchinson, Flint, Mich. 

 AFTERNOON. 



Moving bees to catch the honey-flow.— H. R. Boardman, East 

 Townsend. O. 



Perforated zinc in extracting— Volunteers. 



Unfinished business. Recess. Question-box. 



Bedford, O. Miss Dema Be.vnett, Sec'y. 



The Southwestern Wisconsin Bee-keepers' Association will 

 hold its next convention in the Court-house, at Lancaster, 

 Grant Co., Wis., March 25 and 26,1891. All who are interested 

 in apiculture, and conventional work on the same, are cordi- 

 ally invited to attend. The following are the topics for essays. 



1. Spring dwindling and cure— Edwin Pike, Boscobel. 



•2. Enemies, and how to avoid— N. E. France, Platteville. 



3. Foul l)iood and cure-N. E. France. 



4. What are the most destructive birds that kill beet— Edwin 

 Pike, Boscobel. 



5. Queens, introducing and raising— A. E. Coolie, Mt. Hope. 



6. What is the best way to ventilate a cellar for bees to win- 

 ter in!— H. Evins, Wauzeka. 



7. How shall our membership manage to sell our honey crop 

 to the best advantage?— Edwin Pike. 



8. Does it in.iure a queen to be clipi>ed?— M. M. Rice, Marion. 



9. Which will produce more honey — a colon.v allowed to 

 swarm, counting in the work of the swarm, or one kept from 

 swarming?- Delos Ricks, Boscobel. 



10. Which is the most profitable way for increase— by artifi- 

 cial swarming or by natural swarming?— M. M. Rice. 



11. Robbing, cause and cure— H. Gilmore, Georgetown. 



12. Is it profitable for a farmer to keep bees!— E. S. Morse,. 

 Fennimore. 



13. Location of apiary and stands, tools, etc.— B. E. Rice. 



14. Other occupations for bee-keepers, that pay well to com- 

 bine with apiculture— Mr. Prideaux, Bloomingion. 



E. Pike, Pies. B. E. RiCE. Sec'y. 



