(J LEANINGS IN BEE CULTURE. 



Contents ot this Number. 



Airalfn Honey 614 



Apple, Porter MS 



Bees HRiiKinir 0(it .Ml 



Bottoml)«is. Narrow ..BIT 



Cans for Honov SSS 



Conil.s. When to Replace. . . .625 

 roiiil. .-.-I't- . .M7 



Honey. Comb v. Extracted.. 624 



Honey lus Food 519 



House aiiiarie^ 520 



Jadoo Fiber 6.16 



Lar<l-can> lor Honey 518 



Mexico. Prices in 624 



Oiiloii>. Winter .«7 



r.i I, ,. , I'niforni 626 



r. ' 1- : 'i , I'lants 5.V 



y ' ' ^ 523 



1 ~ I: n . ':>ii;!enbaker ...519 



li' ' - ■'I'a M^.,- , k,ii,„ir MT 



ll..ri. •^. All;«il;i .".H ."^vvai in -. To Catch 535 



Honey. Poisonous 52;{ Sweet Clover Defended 536 



Honey. Yellow-jes.samine.. . ..5241 Voifel, Deatli of 522 



United States Bee=keepers' Union. 



Orgrnnized to ndvanoe the purs 



mote the interests of bee kec 



bers: to prevent the adulter 



prosecute tlie disbonesi 



;■; to pro- 

 [- mem- 

 md to 



Membership Fee-$i.OO Per Annum. 



/i-veotif it'e Co/jiiiiit tee. 

 President— George W. York. 



Vice-Phes.— E. Whitcomb. 

 Secretary— Dr. A. B. Mason. 



Station B, Toledo, Ohio. 



Hoard of IJirectors. 



E R. Hoot. E. WhitcoiMB. W. Z. Hutchinson. 



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



C»ener«/ J\/arjfioer and Treasurer. 



EfOENE Secor, Forest City, Iowa. 

 Next Annual Meeting at Buffalo, N. Y., Aug. 24— 



Honey Column. 



CLTT MARKETS. 



MiLWAnKEE.— Ho?iew.— The marliet is quiet. The 

 supply is equal to all demands. There is quite a 

 little stock of old c.-.mb honey, but nearly all of the 

 common erades. The faacy nearly all sold otf, 

 while the common quality is hard to move at any 

 price. Can quote white choice 12@]3; white com- 

 mon, 7@11; extracted white, in pails and cans. .5(4® 

 6: dark, in pails and cans. 4'4@5; white, in btrrile, 

 5@n!'2: dark, in barrels, mi'i: beeswax. 2.5@28. 

 A. V. Bishop & Co.. 



July T. Milwaukee, Wis. 



Cleveland— /Jonej/.— Fancy white. 12V4; No. 1 

 white, 10(^11; fancy amber, 9; fancy buckwheat, 6 

 @" ; beeswax, 28@30. 



A. B. Williams & Co., 



July 7. 80-82 Broadway, Cleveland, O. 



COLUifBCS — Honcjy. — Old crop white clover, 12® 

 12',4: amber. 7'/4; dark, 6@7. No new honey offered. 

 Market extremely quiet. 



The Columbus Com. & Storage Co. 



July 7. 409-413 N. High St , Columbus. O. 



Cincinnati.- iJoney.- There is a fair demand for 

 old !ind new extracted honey, and prices-range from 

 3V2@6, according to quality. New honey is coming 

 in plentifully, and some of the finest clover we ever 

 saw. We are receiving the best light honey from 

 the Southern States we ever did. We had a number 

 of arrivals of fine new comb honey which wp quote 

 at 12@13. Demand for beeswax is fair at 22@2.5 for 

 good to choice yellow. Chas F. Muth & Son. 



July 7. Cincinnati. O. 



Boston. — Honey. — Fancy white, 13; No. Ill® 

 12: amber, 10; white extracted. 7; amber. o@6. Bees- 

 wax. 26. E E. Blake & Co., 



July 7. .57 Chatham St.. Boston. MaS" 



Kansas City.— Woney.— Fancy white. 13@14: No. 

 1 white, 12@13; amber, lir4>12; dark. 8@10: extract- 

 ed, white, 5@5H; amber, 4!4®5; dark. 4@4^i. Bees- 

 wax, 30. C. C. Cl.. MONS & Co., 



July 8. 423 Walnut, Kansas 'Mty. Mu 



Chicago.— Hojiej/.— Not any new comb honey on 

 the market. Extracted Is offered freely. A few 

 sales are being made on a basis of 5X@') for best 

 white. Amber. 4(015. with dark grades selling equal- 

 ly well as the white. Beeswax, 26®27— all offer- 

 ing being taken. R. A. Burnett & Co., 

 ■ ~ 163 So. Water St.. Chicago, 111. 



ng bei 

 July 



St. Louis. — Honey.- Fancy white. 12®12^ ; No. 1 

 wh.te, WIVA: No. 2 white. Kl@10'/2; dark to 

 amber. 7®!); extracted while, 4 ^©6^; ambt-r, 4^@ 

 Hi: dark, 3H@4; beeswax lower, 24'4®25. The hot 

 weather restricts demand. No movement. 



Westcott Commission Co., 



July 8. 213 Market St., St. Louis, Mo. 



.Albany. -f/onej/. - Fancy white, 11@12: No. 1 

 whit<>, 9@10: fane* dark, 6®7: No. 1 dark, .5@6; 

 extracted white, 5; dark. 4 Th,ie is but a small 

 amount of comb honey on our market, and that is 

 of an inferior quality. We do not look for any new 

 bel ore next month. We lave quite a stock of ex- 

 tracted, both light and dark, on hand. 



Chas. McCulloch & Co., 



July 2. Albany, N. Y. 



Philadelphia.— Ho/iey. — Old comb honey mostly 

 cleaned up. Odds and ends sold at any reiisonable 

 offer. Very little new in yet— not enough to estab- 

 lish a price, and will be no call till September. Ex- 

 tracted dark, 3i/j®4: amber, 4@4!/2; light. .5@5^. 

 Prices will rule low; big crop everywhere. Bees- 

 wax, 25. Wm. A, Selser. 



July 10. 10 Vine St., Philadelphia, Pa. 



Minneapolis.- HoJiew. — The demand for comb 

 honey Is very light, and prices more or less nom- 

 inal. We quote choice white clover at 12@14; light 

 amb r, 8®10. Extracted in fair cemand, and prices 

 lower. Choice white clover, 5V2®6; choice amber, 

 4i/j@6. S. H. Hall&Co., 



July 10. Minneapolis, Minn. 



Detroit. — Honey.— New comb honey is being 

 ofler.'d, and brings in®ll; old honey, 7®10; extracts 

 ed, 4@6. Beeswax, 2.5@26. 



M. H. Hunt, 



July 7. Bell Branch, Mich. 



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

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

 Market on extracted rather weak Demand slow 

 ot late, and arrivals plenty. Southern, average 

 common grade, .50c per gallon; better grades. 55®60c 

 per gallon: Califor ia, light amber, 4'/2®4^c per 

 lb.; white, 5@5Ji. Beeswax remains steady at 26@27. 



HiLDRETH BKOS.&SEGELKEN, 



July 7. 120-122 W. Broadway, New York. 



For Sale.— Fancy exti acted in 601b. cans, and 

 fancy comb (Danzy sections) mangrove honey in 

 30-lb. cases. Cash offer>; wanted, f. o. b. here. 



H. Price Williams, Miami, Florida. 



Honey Leaflet 



Dr. C. C. Miller. 



Why honey is more wholesome than 



cane sugar. 

 Honey as an article of diet; honey 



cooking recipes. 



This leaflet is written for the benefit of consumers, 

 and is put out at an extremely low price so that 

 honey producers may distribute them free to their 

 customers. Prices:" 10. 5c: 100. 20c; .500, 75c; all 

 postpaid; 1000, 75l', carriage extra. 



The A. I. Root Co., Medina, O. 







pnpnc filled by return mail for the cholc- 

 iVL/ivlVO est untested Italian queens at 60c 

 each. Can furnish 1, 2. and 3 frame nuclei. 



A. I. Root Comi'a.ny'S supplies. Send for 

 36 page catalog. 



JOHN NEBEL & SON, High Hill, Mo. 



