1898 



GLEANINGS IN BEE CULTURE. 



243 



Contents of this Number. 



Ashes to Destroy Mold 2(H 



Beans. Coffee 278 



Bees, Dead, in Cellar 2.>1 



Bees, Money in 2.59 



Bees, .Setting from Cellar 262 



Brood-combs, Renewed by Bees 2.t0 



Brood-combs, .Spacing 250, 251 



California Echoes 249 



Clover, Sweet, Defended 277 



Coggshall, David 252 



Comb, Size of Worker 261 



Congress, Pure- food 2(j9 



Cuban Fund 278 



Density of Honey 264 



Divider, the Pettit 269 



Extracting Honey Before Sealing 257 



Facing Comb Honey 265 



Foul Brood from Rotten Brood 267 



Health Notes 270 



Honey, Aspin wall's Second-quality 267 



Honey, Comb, with two L,. Brood-chambers 265 



Honey, Densitj' of 264 



Honev, Facing 266 



Honey, How to .Sell 259 



Honey Ripened Artficially 263 



Honey, Specific Gravity of 257 



Howe, Harry S 252 



Maple Syrup and Honey 258 



Marker Used in Bermuda 273 



Marks, W. F 268 



Medicines. Dangerous 270 



MLsquoling 267 



Notes of Tiavel 232 



Onion growing in Bermuda 273 



Onion -.sets. Acorn 278 



Peddling Made Agreeable 259 



Press, Wa.x vs Solar 200 



Prizetaker Onion-.sets Good Keepers 277 



Queens in Populous Colonies 258 



Sections, No-bee- way 267 



Sections. Plain vs. Open 264 



Sweet-potato Culture 278 



Wages. Arwine on 2.>5 



Wax-press in California 260 



Weeder, Webb's Wire 27 -t 



Work Among the Bees 255 



Honey Column. 



C/TV MARKETS. 



Chicago. — White clover, comb, ll(ail^; dark, 8(al0; 

 extracted white clover, 6(a'6'4: amber extracted, 5@/ 

 5}^:- California extracted, 3{5)3'v; for coast. Market is 

 7L'aitiiif:. American Broker.^ge Co. 



March 21. Chicago, 111. 



Columbus. — lyarge .sales of honey are now out of 

 the question. Retailers are buying very light, and re- 

 .sult is lower prices. Good grades of atiiber still move 

 at quotations, but white clover at over 11 and 12 is un- 

 salable. Fancy white. \\(a 12: No. 1, 10(S 11; amber, Ste 

 9. Thk Columbus Commission & Storage Co., 



March 23. 409-113 N. High St., Columbus, O. 



Denver. — Our honey market remains about the 

 same as last quotations. Be.st grade of comb honey, 

 in cartons, 11 'i; No. 1 white, extracted, 6. We are hav- 

 ing splendid demand for our brand of comb and ex- 

 tracted honey. R. K. & T. C. Frisbee, 



March 21. L,ock Box 1014. Denver, Col. 



Buffalo.— Fancy honey, lO^rffill; A No. 1, lOfelO^; 

 No. I, 9@,10; No. 2, 8(0)9; No. 3, 6®t;i,,; dark, 5@5^; 

 strained, 5J4(a6; tumblers, 8.)@.90. Trade is very slow 

 for comb; .strained and tumblers of extracted selling 

 pretty well. W. C. Townsend, 



March 17. Buffalo, N. Y. 



Milwaukee.— The supply of honey, both comb and 

 extracted, continues ample to supply {• 11 demands up- 

 on us. although we find the best .section stock is not as 

 plentiful as the other grades. The demand has been 

 very fair since la.st reports, and we will quote fancy 

 1-lb. sections, white, ll(al2; A No. 1, 10J'2@11; No. I 

 amber, 9@1(); dark, 7@8; extracted white, in Barrels, 

 kegs, and cans, 5;4@6; extracted amber and dark, 4@ 

 5; beeswax, 25@27. A. V. Bishop & Co., 



March 21. Milwaukee, Wis. 



Minneapolis. — Can advise shipments of honey 

 now. Fancy white-clover comb, 10;4(&11 — would be a 

 good time for extracted. There is an over-.supply of 

 dark grades, which are selling from 7 to 8. Let" the 

 fancy white come in. Extracted fancy white, 5'a@6; 

 amber, 5: dark, 4(oi4^. S. H. Hall & Co., 



March 18. Minneapolis, Minn. 



Philadelphia. — The recent warm weather has stop- 

 ped the .sale of honev; very little call for comb honey; 

 only moderate call for extracted: beeswax in big de- 

 mand. We quote No. 1 comb, white, 10: amber, 9; ex- 

 tracted white, 5H; amber, 5; dark, 4; beeswax, 27. We 

 are producers of honev, and do not .sell on commis- 

 sion. " Wm. A. Selser. 



March 21. 10 Vine St., Philadelphia, Pa. 



Chicago. — Very little demand for honey in the 

 comb, as the season is about over for its sale in any 

 quantity beyond a case or so at a time; manj' retailers 

 refusing to cany it in slock owing to sales being in- 

 frequent. Price.s" asked are 10c f'lr best grade of white: 

 Sifl 9 for No. 1 or fair grade of white; ambers, 7@8; 

 dark, same; extracted. .5@6 for white: amber 4@5, and 

 4 for dark and buckwheat: beeswax, 27. 



R. A. Burnett & Co., 



March 21. 163 South Water St., Chicago. 111. 



Detroit. — Fancv white lower, and quoted at 11: A 

 No. 1, 9(al0 No. 1.'9: fancy dark. 7(a8: No. 1, 6@7: ex- 

 tracted white, 5@6: dark, 4(0)5: bee>wax in good de- 

 mand, and quoted at 2(ifS27. There will be some un- 

 desirable lots of dark and dirty honev left over. 



March 22. M. H. Hunt, Bell Branch, Mich. 



Kan.s.as City. — The supply of honey is larger ; de- 

 mand fair. We quote fancy white, 1-lb. comb, 9(S)10; 

 No. 1 white. 9: amber, 8(ffi9; extracted white, 5(^5^^; 

 amber, 4@4'<; dark, 4; beeswax, 20022. 



C. C. Clemons & Co. 



March 21. Kansas City, Mo. 



Cincinnati. — There is a fair demand for extracted 

 honey with insufficient supplies on the market. 

 Prices range from 4 to (1 on arrival, according to qual- 

 ity. Demand for comb honey is slow at 10i'ail3 for 1)est 

 white. Beeswax is in good demand at 20;(f'25 for good 

 to choice vellow. Chas. F. Muth & Son, 



March 21. Cincinnati, O. 



For .Sale. — Cheap. 5 bbls of honey. 



Chas. Dadant & Son, Hamilton, 111. 



For Sale. — 800 lbs. comb honej' in non-drip crates. 

 I,. Werner, Edwardsville, 111. 



For Sale. — Extracted clover honey, in 60-lb. cans, 

 f. o. b. at 6c. C H. Stordock, Durand, 111. 



For S.ale. — White-clover and buckwheat honej'. 

 Send for samples and prices. I think that I can please 

 you. M. W. Harrington, Williamsburg, la. 



CHAS. ISRAEL & BROS., 



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



Honey and Beeswax. 



lyiberal Advances Made on Consignments. 

 Wholesale Dealers and Commission Merchants. 

 Established 1875. 



For Sale. 



Adel or Italian bees on Quinby suspended frame, f. 

 o. b. in light shipping-boxes, S4.00 each. Blacks and 

 hybrids on L,. frames, 5^3.00 each. No veil u.sed in han- 

 dling these bees daring the past season. No foul 

 brood in these parts. \H) colonies to select from. 



CHARLES STEWART, Sammonsville. N. V. 



TO ONE AND ALL ! 



QUEENS, strictly five-band or Golden Beauties. 

 Untested, 50 cents. Tested, :?1.(K). 



TERRAL BROS., Lampasas, Texas. 



pOR SALE.— One-half interest in five hundred col- 

 * onies of bees. Good opportunity for a man with 

 some money. Finest location to be found in the al- 

 falfa district. John A. Harris, Harris, Col. 

 In writing advertisers, mention Gleanings. 



