1898 



GLEANINGS IN BEE CULTURE. 



163 



Contents of this Number. 



Apiarj', Coggshall's 170 



Bee-kt eper. Fanner, Plea from 183 



Bermudas. A. I. Root's Letter from 188 



Blacks Championei by J. K. Crane 180 



Editor at Coggshall's Apiary 170 



Encouragement or Flattery 18t) 



Ford, T. ,S., and Bee-paralysis 186 



Growl, Good-natured, from Ranson 180 



Hives, Large, in California 187 



Honey Market, Greiner on 1H8 



Manum and F'oul Brood 17ti 



Queens, Caging, Doolittle's Plan 177 



Queens Laying Furthest from Brood 174 



Rambler's Thanksgiving — the Wrong Chicken 178 



Scale-colony Records .\nalyzed I(i7 



Section, The Tall and .Square 183 



Section, Plain, and Sew Conditions 18'7 



Section, Plain, in California 187 



Section-cleaner, Root's Proposed 18fi 



Supplies, Making One's Own 170 



Sweet Clover, Prof. A.J. Cook on 1(50 



Honey Column. 



C/ry MARKETS. 



Milwaukee. — The demand tor honey during the 

 last thirty days has not been equal to our expectations, 

 and .sales have dragged, thus preventing us from being 

 able t'j respond on sales as we had hoped. The sup- 

 ply of comb honev is .good, and we continue to quote : 

 Fancy 1-lb. .sections, 11(5)1'.' c. ; A No. 1, 11 ; No. 1, 10(o 

 11 ; dark and inferior, 8(nil. Extracted, in barrels, 

 kegs, and cans, white, .)@0 ; ditto dark, 4(wA]4 ; bees- 

 wa.x, 2.)'o.'27. 



Feb. li). A. V. Bishop & Co., 



K.4NSAS City, Mo. — There has been no change in 

 the honev market since our last quotation. Fancy 

 white, 1-lb. comb, 10 c. ; No. 1 ditto, !(@10 ; comb, .- m- 

 ber, Sfci'il ; dark ditto, 7(3»< ; extracted, white, ."j'oij^^; 

 ditto amber, 4'4@.'T ; ditto dark, 4 ; beeswax, 20(5)22. 



Feb. U(. C. C. Clemons & Co. 



CiNCiNN.\Ti.— Demand is slow for comb and ex- 

 tracted honey. We quote comb honey at 10(5) 13 c : best 

 extracted, white, o'i'S'O. There is a fair demand for 

 beeswax at 20(5i2.5, good to choice yellow, with a fair 

 supply. 



Feb. 21. C^F. MrTH & Son. 



Detroit. — Fancy white not .so plentiful, and selling 

 at V2<wVAc.\ A No. 1, 10@11. These prices are for clean 

 packages. Untidy lots of good honey are much cheap- 

 er—No. 1, 10 c; fancy dark, 0(a 10 ; No. 1, S. There are 

 a good n:any lots of dark on commission row that are 

 undesirable, and are being sold at very low prices. 

 This is hurting the sale of the better lots. Extracted 

 is ')(wV) ; beeswax, '20(5127. 



M. H. Hunt, 



Feb. 22. Bell Branch, Mich. 



BUFF.ALO. — A car of California orange-blossom hon- 

 ey in our market is selling freely at ll'i, and for well- 

 filled sections. There is some call for extracted hon- 

 ey ; but outside of this and the California honey the 

 demand is very slow. Fancy, 10i^@ll ; A No. 1, 10@ 

 lOy. ; No. 1, 9@9J^ ; No. 2, 7(5)8; No. 3, r)i4(S;,(J. White 

 extracted, H@M^ ; dark ditto, ")(S),.5;-^ ; beeswax, 27@'28. 



Feb. 22. W. C. TowNSEND. 



Chicago.— Fancy white is not plentiful, and sells at 

 lie; good No. 1, or grades of that character, are abun- 

 dant, and sell at S(ai<l ; amber and dark, 7(a'8 ; extract- 

 ed, while, r)(5)(i ; amber, 4@ri ; dark, 4 ; beeswax, 2U(a),27. 

 Much of the comb honey is granulating in the cells, 

 especially where any trace of sweet cl jver or alfalfa is 

 found to be a component part. 



R. A. Burnett & Co., 



Feb. 18. 163 South Water St. 



New York.— We are having a good demand now for 

 comb and extracted honey. Our .stock of comb is di- 

 minishing ; and before long, if present demand keeps 

 up, it will be cleaned out. Extracted buckwheat is in 

 good demand now, and we would advise bee-keepers 

 to ship at once if they have any to dispose of. Prices 

 are unchanged. 



Feb. 23, Hiloreth Bros. & Segelken. 



Boston. — Honey has moved freely the pa,st ten days, 

 and stocks are well cleaned up, with a good demand, 

 We quote : Fancy white, in cartons, 13 c; No. 1 white, 

 ll(g),12'-2 ; No. 2, (1(5)10. Demand for dark honey is very 

 light. 



Blake, Scott & Lee, 



Feb. 10. Boston, Mass. 



Denver. — We can quote our market the same as 

 in previous issue There .seems to be a steady im- 

 provement in extracted honey. Best grade of comb 

 honey, in caitons, U'X c. There is a grade on the 

 market here selling at 10 c. by commission men ; No. 

 1 white extracted, c; beeswa.x, 2.^. 



R. K. & J. C. Frisbee, 



Feb. 21. Lockbox 1014, Denver, Col. 



Cleveland. — We quote selling to day as follows : 

 Fancy white, 12(ffil3c.; No. 1 white, 11(@,12: fancy am- 

 ber, 9(5)10 ; No. 1 amber, 8@9 ; fancy dark, 7@H ; white 

 extracted, (i^ ; amber ditto, r>]4@Ai ; beeswax, 20. 

 A. B. Williams & Co., 



Feb. 19. ,S0 Broadway. 



Minneapolis. — Market remains the same. Fancy 

 white clover, comb, lOJ^ c; ditto extracted, 5;/2@0 De- 

 mand is a trifle better, but no radical change expected. 



Feb. 19. S. H. Hall & Co. 



St. Louis. — Quotations on honey are nominally the 

 same as before. The stock of honey in our city is 

 large, and it is something that it is hard to push. 

 When parties do not want it they will not buy. 



Feb. 19. Westcott Com. Co. 



Chicago.— White clover, comb, 1-lb. sections, 10%(c^ 

 lie; dark ditto, 8(5)10; extracted, white clover, (i@ii%; 

 amber, extracted, ')(g))i^. 



Feb. 19. American Brokerage Co. 



Philadelphi..\. — No change since previous quota- 

 tions. Honey is not arriving very freelv. Fancy 

 com is mostly cleaned up. Beeswax is a little firmer. 



Feb. -21. ' W. A. Sklser. 



For Sale.— Cheap. 25 bbls of honey. 



Chas. Dadant & Son, Hamilton, 111. 



For S.-^le. 

 f. o. b. at 6c. 



-Extracted clover honey, in 60-lb. cans, 

 C H. Stordock, Durand, 111. 



CHAS. ISRAEL & BROS., 



486, 488 & 490 Canal St., Corner Watts St., N. Y. 



Honey and Beeswax. 



Liberal Advances Made on Con.signments. 

 Wholesale Dealers and Commission Merchants. 

 Established 187.5. 



I. J. STRINGHAM, 



105 PARK PLACE, 



NEW YORK, 



keeps in .stock a full line of popular 



APIARIAN SUPPLIES, 



which are fir.st-quality , both in 



material and workmanship. 



Celebrated Wisconsin Basswood 

 Sections, Dadants' Foundation. 



HONF V- I A P<S 1-'^-' square, with corks, $4.50 a 

 HWllL, I - J/\IVO, gross; discount on quantity. 



Catalog free, giving discount for early orders. 

 In writing, mention Gleanings. 



No cheap Queens to sell ; but the best. 



Golden .5 band, or 3 band from 



imported mother. Unte.st- 



ed, 75 cts.; tested, $1.00. 



L. BEAUCHAMP, Box 6i3 San Antonio, Texas. 



In writing advertisers, mention Gleanings. 



