1898 



GLEANINGS IN BEE CULTURE. 



39 



Contents of this Number. 



Arbitration in War, Mattson's Sermon on 59 



Bees, Do They Pay? t3 



Bee-Iieepers' Union, Report of 57 



Bee-space, Greiner on 45 



California for tlie Sick 48 



Cal ifornia Echoe-i 50 



Cash. Selling- for Spot 62 



Citrarettes, Prof. Wiley on 61 



Clflton Springs Sanitarium 57 



Frame, Marks-Hoffman 57 



Frames. Closed end, for Wintering: 45 



Gardening- in Janiiaiy 63 



Hambaugh's Expeiiehce with Croup 48 



Hives, Box, for Faimers 45 



Honey Consumed in Los Angeles 50 



Honey, Sour, Cau^e of 52 



Manum's Experience in Keeping Bees 44 



Persecution of California Bee keeper 52 



Potatoes, Late-planted, for Seed 63 



Questions Answered 54 



Recipes, Selling 62 



Sections, Tall vs. Square 46 



Selser's Bee-hive Sign on Stilts 52 



Sociable, Honey, at Axtell's .54 



Wasp's Nest in Hive 49 



Honey Column. 



CITY MARKETS. 



Detroit. — Fancy white comb honev, 13 ; A No. 1 

 white, 11@12; fancy dark, 9@10; No.' 1 dark, 8fat»; 

 white extracted, 5(g'() ; dark, 4@5. Beeswax in good 

 demand at 2.5@27. 



Jan. 6. M. H. Hunt, Bell Branch, Mich. 



New York. — There is no material change in onr 

 market. Off grades of white and buckwheat are mov- 

 ing off slowly, with plenty of stock on the market. A 

 fancy white would find ready sale at quotation. We 

 quote : P'ancy white, glassed or in paper boxes, ll@,r2 ; 

 ditto, unglassed, 10(a/ll ; off grades, 9(d'10 ; buckwhaet, 

 6'/2@7. Extracted is .selling lairly well. The demand 

 for extrac ed buckwheat is increasing, and we would 

 advi.se bee-keepers to send it along now. Beeswax is 

 steady at from 'H\Ca'2ii cts. 



HiLDRETH Bros. & Segelken, 



Jan. 8. 120-122 W. Broadway, New York. 



Cleveland. — We quote selling as follows : Fancy 

 white, 12@13 ; No. 1 white, ll(S!l2 ; fancy amber, %(aiAQ ; 

 No. 1 amber, 8@9 ; fancy dark, 7(3 8 ; white extracted, 

 6^ ; amber, 5'/^@6. Beeswax, 28. 



A. B. Williams & Co., 



Jan. 7. 80-82 Broadway, Cleveland, Ohio. 



Chicago. — The best grades of white comb honey are 

 selling at 11 cents ; No. 1 grade at 10 ; light amber, 10> 

 9 ; dai k, 7(a 8 ; white extracted, 5ra)6 ; amber extracted, 

 4@5 ; dark amber, 4, depending on flavor, quality, and 

 pact age, whether it .sells at highest or lowest quota- 

 tion. The volume of tratisactions is small, offerings 

 are liberal. Beeswax, 2()(gj27 cents for the ordinary 

 apiarj' run. R. A. Burnett & Co., 



Jan. 7. 163 South Water St., Chicago, 111. 



Kansas City. — The receipts of comb honey are 

 large ; demand only fair. Fxtracted, light demand. 

 We quote fancy white, 1-lb. comb, 10@11 ; No. 1 white, 

 1-lb. comb, 10; amber comb, 9@.9^ ; dark, 8i4@9 ; ex- 

 tracted white, SJ.'zCaO; amber, 5(a).5^ ; dark, 4@4^. 

 Beeswax, 20(a!22. C. C. Clemons & Co. 



Jan. 8. Kansas City, Mo. 



Columbus. — Fancy white clover, 13 ; No. 1 white 

 clover, ll(al2 ; No. 2 white clover, 10 ; fancy amber, 8@ 

 8^2. No. 1 amber, l^A. 



The Columbus Commission & Storage Co., 



Jan. 10. 409-413 N. High St., Columbus, O. 



New York. — Our market is rather quiet on comb 

 honey, thoiigh fancy white would find a ready sale at 

 full prices. We have a good .stock of fair and mixed 

 honey, and in making sales have to shade quotations 

 some. Extracted honey is selling very well. Fancy 

 white clover and bass'wood would find readv sale. 

 We quote white comb fancy, ll'4@12yo ; fair grades, 

 9(a 10 ; buckwheat and mixed, ti^@7 ; extracted Cali- 

 fornia white, r>(a')\'2 ; amber, 4J^@4% ; white clover and 

 basswood, 5^@5!4 ; buckwheat, 4@4^ ; .southern, 'iO(ai 

 .55 cts. per gallon, in demand. Beeswax, 2(i(a!27 ; finds 

 ready sale. Francis H. I,eggett & Co. 



Jan. 7. New York. 



Albany.— Comb honey is selling very slowly, and 

 we are snrpri.sed to find so much .still in the hands of 

 producers. We quote fancy white 12@13 ; A No. 1, 11 

 (g)12 ; No. 2, 9(d)10 ; No. 3, 8ra-9 ; No. 1 dark, 7!^(a;,8 ; No. 

 •2,7@714. Extracted, light, 5@G; dark, 4'^. 



Chas. McCulloch & Co., 



Jan. 8. Albany, N.Y. 



Denver.— Our honey market remains about the 

 same. The demand for comb honey is quite large ow- 

 ing to the price being lower than ever before. There 

 is a good steady demand for our extracted. We can 

 quote No. 1 white comb at 10 ; No. 1 white extracted, 6. 

 R. K. & J. C. Frisbee, 



Jan. 10. I^ockbox 1014, Denver, Col. 



Minneapolis. — Our market is pretty well supplied 

 with comb honey, all grades, mostly California stock. 

 Best white clover is selling here now at He. Doubt if 

 there will be any advance for some time yet. Ex- 

 tracted is in better demand, selling from 5^(&'0 for 

 fancy white. But little demand for poorer grades of 

 extracted. S. H. Hall & Co., 



Jan. 11. Minneapolis, Minn. 



Boston.— Fancy white in cartons, 12@13 ; A No. 1 

 white, 12 ; No. 1 white, 10@11 ; No. 2 white, 8@,9— no 

 demand. Fancy light amber, 10; A No. 1 amber. 9 : 

 No. 1 amber, 8. ' No. 3 honey will not .sell here. White 

 extracted, Otati^ ; light amber extracted, r)(a5'i. Bees- 

 wax, if pure, would bring 24@28 ; very little here, 

 with good demand. Honey is selling slowly, with a 

 full supply on hand of all but fancy white in cartons. 

 Blake, Scott Sf. L,ee, 



Jan. 8. Boston, Mass. 



Cincinnati. — There is no change in the market ; 

 demand is slow for all kinds of honey. We quote 10 

 @13 as the jobbing prices for be.st white comb honey. 

 Cincinnati is no market for dark comb honey. We 

 quote 3jAfa-()c as the range of prices for extracted hon- 

 ey, according to quality. Demand is fair for beeswax 

 at 20@,25 for good to choice yellow, on arrival. 



Chas. F. Muth & Son, 



Jan. 8. Cincinnati, O. 



Milwaukee. — The condition of this market for 

 honej' is not much changed from our last report. The 

 stock of comb honey is .somewhat increased, and .sales 

 somewhat restricted, and the demand has been more 

 for the extracted. We think one cause of this is that 

 consumers are having more confidence regarding />«;/- 

 /r, as we have always .stood for pure food ; and now 

 the law of this .State is on our side, we are hoping for 

 improved conditions. We now quote 1-lb. sections, 

 fancy, 11@12 ; Mb. sections, A No. 1, 10@11 ; 1-lb. .sec- 

 tions. No. 1, 9(0)10; 1-lb. sections. No. 2, .5(giS ; 1-lb. sec- 

 tions, dark, No. 1, 8(a),9 ; extracted in bbls. and kegs, 

 white, 5%@(5; extracted in bbls. and kegs, dark, 4^4 

 (?( 5. Beeswax, 2.5(2128. A. V. Bishop & Co., 



Jan. 8. Milwaukee, Wis. 



,St. X,ouis. — Honey is moving very slowly. Either 

 the want of money or .something else makes the de- 

 mand very light and the stocks are pretty large. 

 Quotations are without change. 



Wescott Com. Co. 



Jan. 10. St. I^ouis, Mo. 



Buffalo.— Fancy, \\@\2\ A No. 1, 10@11 ; No. 1, 9^ 

 @iVi ; No. 2, 8@9 ; No. 3, 5@7. Honey is selling very 

 slowly. Beeswax is in good demand at 2.5@28c. 



W. C. TOWNSEND. 



Jan. 10. Buffalo, N. Y. 



For Sale. — Extracted clover at 6 cents. 



M. ISBELL, Norwich, N. Y. 



For Sale. — ^Finest quality white-clover extracted 

 honey, 6J4 cts. a pound ; heartsease honey, 4}^ cts. ; 

 both kinds in 60-lb. cans, one in a case. Sample 10 cts. 

 R. & E. C. Porter, L,ewistown, 111. 



For Sale. — Buckwheat comb honey, at 7 and 8c per 

 lb. Extracted at 4c in KJO-lb. kegs, f . o. b. cars. 



N. I,. Stevens, Venice, Cayuga Co. N. Y. 



For Sale. — Cheap, 2.5 bbls of honey. 



Chas. Dadant & vSon, Hamilton, 111. 



