GLEANINGS IN BEE CULTURE. 



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Contents of this Number. 



1 Cook....4W 



Eilitiu- at BaiiuiK-k. 



United States Bee=keepers' Union. 



Organized to advance the ))uisuit nf Aiiicultuie; to pro- 

 mote the interests of bee keepers; to protect its mem- 

 bers; to prevent the adulteration of honey; and to 

 lirosecute the dishonest commission man. 



Membership Fee-$i.OO Per Annum. 



Hxec^titii'e C'nniniil tec. 

 President— George W. York. 



Vice-Pres.— E. Whitcomb. 

 Secretary— Dk. A. B. Mason, 



Station B. Toledo, Ohio. 



-Board of -directors. 



E R. Root. E. Whitcomb. W. Z. Hutchinson. 



E. T. Abbott. Dr. C. C. Miller. C. P. Dadant. 



General Afanag-er and Treasurer. 



Eugene Secor, Forest City, Iowa. 



Next Annual Meetin? at Buffalo, N. Y., Aug. 24— 



26, 1,S97. 



Honey Column. 



CITT MARKETS. 



San Francisco.— Ho/icy.— Fancy white, 9@10; No 

 1 white. 8@9; fancy amber. 7: No. 1 amber, 6®7; 

 fancy dark, 5@6: No. 1 darii, 4@-5: white extracted, 

 iii&i''.: amber, 3i4@3?j : dark, 2®)^; beeswax, 24® 

 2.5. Honey crop is of unusually fine quality, and 

 yield is fairly large. The demand is not active, and 

 apiarists are unwilling to sell at prevailing prices. 

 Henry Schacht, 



June U. San Francisco, Cal. 



Chicago.— Honey.— Not any new comb honev on 

 the market. Some new extracted is offered without 

 sales of consequence, yet tho«e effected are such as 

 to establish a decline of half a cent per pound from 

 our previous quotation. Beeswax without special 

 change. R. A. Burnett & Co., 



June 24. 163 So. Water St., Chicago, 111. 



New York. — Honey. — No comb honey on our 

 market. Some demand for white comb at 10@11. 

 Extracted is arriving freely from the South, and 

 selling fairly well at 50-.52o per gallon for average 

 grade, finer grades at 5.5-60c per gal. New Califor- 

 nia is beginning to come in. and sells at 4yt@iK for 

 Hght amber, and hli.^Vi for white. Beeswax in 

 fair demand at 26@27 



Hildreth Bros. & Segelken, 



June 22. 120-122 W. Broadway, New York. 



Milwaukee.— Hon«i/.— The supply of honey in 

 this market continues to hold out equal to the de- 

 mand, altliough the choice quality is getting reduc- 

 ed, and ihe demand exists for sui-h. while the com- 

 mon and poorer grades are hard t'i move at any 

 price. Can quote white choice 12@14; white com- 

 mon, 10@11; dark, 8@10; extracted white, in barrels 

 and half-barrels, 5'4®6i/4; ext. amber, in barrels 

 and kegs, 5@5V»; ext. dark, 4@4H; beeswax, 2.5@27. 

 A. V. Bishop &Co., 



June 23. Milwauiiee, Wis. 



Kansas City.— Honey.— Fancy white, new, 1.3@14; 

 No. ) white, new, 12@13; fancy amber, new, lir(512; 

 No. 1 amber, new. )0@11; fancy dark, new, 9@10; 

 No. 1 dark, new. 8@9; No. 1 white, old. 10@11; No. 1 

 amber, old, 8@9; No. 1 dark, old, 7@8; extracted 

 white, old. 5@.JH : amber, old, 4!/2@.5; dark, old, 354 

 @4; beeswax, 35@30. C. C. Clemons & Co., 



June 22. 423 Walnut, Kansas City, Mo. 



Philadelphia.— Honey.— Old conil) honey mostly 

 cleaned up. Odds and ends sold at any reasonable 

 offer. Very liltlc new in yet- not (Miougli to estab- 

 lish a price, and will 1». no call till Scptetiiber. Ex- 

 tracted dark, :i';r,;t; amber, 4@4'i; liglit, .5@.5'/2. 

 Prices will rule low; big crop everywhere. Bees- 

 wax, 25. Wm. A.Selser, 



June 22. in Vine St., Philadelphia, Pa. 



Cleveland.— Honey. —Fancy white, 12@13; No. 1 

 1 white, 10@11; fancy amber, 9; fancy buckwheat 6 

 @7; beeswax, 28@30. Honey is moving very slowly. 

 A. B. Williams & Co., 



June 21. 80-82 Broadway, Cleveland, O. 



Cincinnati.— Woney.— There is a fair demand for 

 extracted honey at 3!-4@l), according to quality. De- 

 mand for comb honey is slow at 8@13. Consider- 

 able new extracted honey has been arriving for the 

 past two or three weeks, and finds a pretty ready 

 sale. Demand for beeswax is fair at 22@2.5 for good 

 to choice yellow. Chas F. Muth & Son, 



June 22. Cincinnati, O. 



Boston. — Honey. — Fancy whitte. 13: No. 1, 11® 

 12; No. 2, 10; white extracted 7; amber. 6@6. 

 E. E. Blake & Co., 

 June 2.5. 67 Chatham St., Boston, Mass. 



St. Louis. — Ho?iey.— Fancy white, 12®13!4 ; No. 1 

 white. 11@11»»; amber. 9@10y2; extracted amber, 

 4^®4u; while, ^%@o}i\ beeswax, 25'/2@26. We 

 quote you nominal price, of honey. Not much be- 

 ing sold at present, and what is. is a speculative 

 way. Westcott Commission Co., 



June 26. 213 Market St., St. Louis, Mo. 



Detroit. — Honejy.- Fancy white, 10®12; No. 1 

 white, 10@11; fancy amber, 8®9: No. 1 amber. 7@8; 

 white extracted, 5@6; amber, 4@6; beeswax, 25®36. 

 M. H. Hunt, 



June 25. Bell Branch, Mich. 



Columbus. — Honey. — Very limited demand for 

 honey. No new crop on the market, but expect 

 small lot next week. Do not look for very good 

 prices. White clover selling at 12Vi@13: amber, 7® 

 8. The Columbus Com. & Storage Co. 



June 33. 409-413 N. High St., Columbus, O. 



Minneapolis.— Honey.— Best white-clover comb 

 honey. 14; amber, 10®12; water white ext.. Wis., BM 

 @6^; amber, ext.. Wis , o®nVi: Cal. water white, 6 

 @6V^; Cal. amber, .5@5;^. Market nominal. 



S. H. Hall & Co.. 



June 22. Minneapolis, Minn. 



For Sale.— Fancy extracted in 60-lb. cans, and 

 fancy comb (Danzy sections) mangrove honey In 

 30-lb. cases. Cash offers wanted, f. o. b. here. 



H. Price Williams, Miami, Florida. 



1 1_ <• nKoonc either golden beauties 



It^ll^n VU*'*'"=»» or 3-banded imported 

 **-"■■*"•" stock. Tested, 90c each; untested, 

 .55c each: 6 for ¥3.00. One -ample queen to new cus- 

 tomer. .50c: breeders. $3.00 to f;!..5ti ea<-h. P. O. M. O. 

 office, Lavaca. E. A. SEELEV. Bloomer, Ark. 



nilFFM^ Pure Italians, 3 or 5 banded, tested, 

 V^ULLrl'^O, $100; untested, .50 cts. I have 500 

 nuclei. Can send queens bv return mail. 



DANIEL WURTH, Paimouth, Rush Co., Ind. 



Tested ^ By mail, in July and 

 Italian ^ August, 60 cts. each. 



Queens ^ J. C. Wheeler, Piano, 111. 

 Headquarters for Red=clover Bees. 



Tons of honey are wliat they are gathering now. 

 Queens wholesale and retail. One queen, 50c ; 3 for 

 $1.35. 0. ROUTZAHN, Menallen, Pa. 



w 



ARRANTED Three and Five Banded Italian 

 Queens at 50 Cents each. 



GEO. W. COOK, Spring Hill, Kan. 



