1898 



GLEANINGS IN BEE CULTURE. 



.S31 



Contents of this Number. 



Acetylene Gas S.tO 



Anti-saloon League 302 



Apis Dorsata. Benton after 350 



Arnica for Sprains 3()6 



Bees at Troughs 353 



Bees, Cyprian and Syrian 348 



Bees in California 353 



Bees in Greece 349 



Bees in India and Japan 350 



Beginners' Question-box 354 



Bermuda Grass 3(>4 



Carniolans. Yellow 348 



Ceylonese Climbing Tree for Apis Dorsata 349 



Cheshire on Size of Cells 355 



Colonies. Powerful 357 



Combs, Drawn-out 342 



Contraction Fad 3.5S 



Convention, Ontario Count v 34S 



Cow Peas .'. 3(i3 



Cuprigraph Still .365 



Distilling Apparatus 365 



Doolittle's Que.st ion-box 351 



Ducks and Bees 352 



Eucalyptus-tree 347 



Frames, Wide, for Plain Sections 3.54 



Hive. I^ong-idea .344 



Hives, Improvements on 3.54 



Honey, Buckwheat 3.53 



Honey, Facing 337, .339 



Honey, vSelling Extracted Candied 3.S3 



Humbugs and Swindles .366 



Hot-water Packs vs. Cold 315 



Improvements, A. T. Root on 3.55 



Italians. Typical, Where Found 349 



Lilies in Bermuda 359 



Pepper-tree 347 



Potatoes, Scabby 363 



Potatoes, Sweet 363 



Section-cleaners 341 



Sections, Plain vs. Old .style .346 



Sections, to Fill with Pieces of Comb 3.53 



Self-hiver Fad .3.58 



Sweet Clover, Prof. Cook on 3.55 



Tests of Comb Foundation 3.56 



Thieves at Out yards 3,55 



Water, Pure....^ -. 364 



Honey Column. 



CITY MARKETS. 



Milwaukee. — Although the demand for honey has 

 not been equal to what it was previous to our last re- 

 port, 3'et it has kept up very well indeed, and the 

 market .seems to be in good order at present and val- 

 ues very well sustained. While the fancy grades are 

 most in demand, the low and medium grades have 

 met a fair at'ention. But there is one thing we wish 

 to impress upon our shippers, that we are not able to 

 get a fancy price for a No. 2 or inferior grade of hon- 

 ey, yet we always try to get all we can and are op- 

 po.sed to slaughter prices for the ."^ake of making 

 prompt returns. We now quote fancy 1-lb. .sections at 

 11(5)12; A No. 1 1-lb. sections, 10® 11; No. 1 1-lb. sec- 

 tions. 9ra)10; 1-lb. sections amber, 8f5)9; 1-lb. sections 

 dark, 7fa'75^; extracted white in barrels, kegs, and 

 cans, 5'2'a'6; extracted dark and amber, r,'a\b%\ bees- 

 wax, 26(5)28. A. V. Bishop & Co., 



April 19. Milwaukee, Wis. 



Chicago. — Fancy white comb honey would bring 

 lie, but there is none here; other good grades of white 

 at 9@,10; dark and amber, 7(3 8; extracted white, .5(5 6; 

 ambers, 4 '4® 5; dark and off grades, 4, with exception 

 of dark candied and amber grades. This market is 

 bare of comb, and, while prices have been low, the 

 quantity sold locallj' has been greater than last sea- 

 son. Beeswax scarce, and sells at 27c for average lots. 

 R. A. Burnett & Co., 



April 19. 163 South Water St., Chicago, 111. 



Philadelphia. — Most of good grades of comb 

 honey cleaned tip in this market: some poorer grades, 

 as No. 1, selling at 10c; No. 2, 8(5)9. Extracted honey 

 moving slowly — dark, 4J{; amber, 5; light, 5 J4; bees- 

 wax, 27. We are producers of honey — do not sell on 

 commi.ssion. Wm. A. Selser, 



April 20. 10 Vine St., Philadelphia, Pa. 



Denver. — We are selling best grade of comb honey 

 in our cart" us at \\Y2. There is a cheaper grade on 

 the market, but we do not care to handle it. We are 

 having splendid demand for white extracted honey. 

 We could handle quite a quantity. If parties would 

 send us samples of No. 1 white we will buy .same. 

 Can quote prices now at 6c. There is a good demand 

 for beeswax at 25c for choice yellow. 



R. K. & J. C. Frisbee, 



April 21. Lock Box 1014, Denver, Col. 



Kansas City.— Comb honey is selling fairly well, 

 but prices are low. Quite a lot is .showing signs of 

 candying, which makes dealers anxious to sell. We 

 quote fancy white comb, 9(3)10; No. 1 white. 9; amber, 

 8(ffi,9; extracted white, 5(1).5^; amber, 5; dark, 3^(5)4; 

 beeswax, 22(»,2.5. C. C. Clemons & Co? " 



April 20. Kansas City, Mo. 



Boston. — Honey has been in good demand, and 

 .stock is well cleaned up. We quote fancy white, in 

 1-lb. cartons, 13; No, 1 white, in glass front cases, 11@ 

 12; No. 2 white, in glas-s-front cises, 9(3),10; extracted 

 white, 6@7; light amber, .5(aj6. 



Blake, Scott & Lee, 



April 20. Boston, Mass. 



Detroit. — Sales are not numerous, and commission 

 men are selling out at lower prices where they can 

 get offers, but are trying to keep up prices same as last 

 quotations; viz , fancy white, 11; No. 1 white, 9@10; 

 fancy dark, 7(38; No. 1 dark, 6(5)7; extracted wliite, .5® 

 6; dark, 4(^5; beeswax in good demand at 27(5)28. 



April 21. M. H. Hunt, Bell Branch, Mich. 



Cincinnati. — Demand is fair for extracted honey; 

 slow for comb honey. Price for th<- best white comb 

 honey is nominal u\ 10(313; extracted brings 3'4(S)6, 

 according to quality. There is a go-id demand for 

 beeswax at 20(3),25 for good to choice yellow, on arrival. 

 Chas. F. Muth & Son, 



April 19. Cincinnati, O. 



BrFFALC— Fancv honey, lOi^fa)!!; A No. 1, \<i@\Oy,\ 

 No. 1, 9(3-10; No. 2, 7(S)8; No. 3, 6(®6^; buckwheat, .5(36; 

 strained, .5(3)6; extracted, in jelly-tumblers, 80(5),90 per 

 dozen; heeswa.x, 27(5)28 — scarce, and wanted. Demand 

 for honey has been a little more active of late. 



W. C. Townsend, 



April 17. Buffalo, N. Y. 



Chicago. — There is a better inquiry for comb, with 

 an active outlet. Fancv white, lib. frame. , ll(a)ll'/^; 

 No. 1, 10(3,11; amber, 6(38; water white extracted, .5(36; 

 amber, 4^@5; dark, 4; beeswax, 25(3/27. 



American Brokerage Co. 



April 19. Chicago, 111. 



CoLUMBrs.— We have had unusually good trade on 

 honey, and have about cleaned up on white and am- 

 ber; are in position to use shipments of each. Fancy 

 white, 11@12; No. 1, 10; No. 2, HfaA)- amber, 8. 



The Columbus Commission & Storage Co., 



April 20. 409-413 N. High St., Columbus, O. 



Cleveland. — We quote our honey market as fol- 

 lows : Fancy white, 12(S)12'4; No. 1 white, 11; No. 1 

 amber, 9(310; buckwheat, 8; white extracted, 6; am- 

 ber, 4(3,5. A. B. Williams & Co., 



April 14. 80-82 Broadway, Cleveland, Ohio. 



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