1898 



GLEANINGS IN BEE CULTURE. 



571 



Contents of this Number. 



Apiary, Atkinson's 581 



Apiaries. Automatic 591 



Apis Dorsata 586 



Bees, Price of 583 



Bees, Diseases of 583 



Beer for Soldiers 595 



Blister-beetles 596, 597 



Borers, Fruit-tree 598 



Clover, Alsike 583 



Color, Effect on Bees 574 



Combs vs. Dummies 587 



Contraction Discussed 591 



English Apiary 580 



Entrances, Deep 588 



Entrances, .Small, Defended 579 



Foul Brood, How Started 581 



Foul Brood, McEvoy's Card 5,S5 



Foundation, Trial with New 589 



Foundation, U.se of 574 



Hives, Co.st of 583 



Hives, Size of 585 



Honey -dew 590 



Levering, Judge 577 



Manure, Applying 598 



Mosquito-hawk 584 



Orange-blossoms 582 



Potato, Our Big 597 



Potatoes, Early 597 



Premiums at Omaha 586 



Questions Answered 587 



Raisine Queens a la Doolittle ,589 



R.-ibbing the Sick 594, 595 



Sections, Too Light 58.5 



Section-holders Preferred 585 



Slang in Journals 590* 



South Dakota. Plants of 586 



Strawberry, Everbearing 598 



Tree-paint 598 



Tools, New, for Apiary 587 



Wax-moth 584 



Yield, Average, per Hive 583 



Honey Column. 



CITY MARKETS. 



Detroit. — New honey is coming in, but prices are 

 hardly established. Fancy, white, is selling at 11@12; 

 No. 1, white. 10@,11; extracted, white, 5fo 6; dark, 4((( 5. 

 Beeswax, 2.5@26. M. H. Hunt, 



July 21. Bell Branch, Mich. 



Kansas City. — l,ight shipments of new honey are 

 coming in. Fancy white comb, 13@14; No. 1 whie 

 and amber, 12@13; extracted, white, 5V2@6; amber, 

 4i^@5. Beeswax, 22@25. 



C. C. Clemons & Co., 



July 21. Kansas City, Mo. 



Columbus. — Market is entirely bare of honey so far 

 as jobbers are concerned. Some nearby producers 

 bring in a little; but nearly all we have seen has been 

 very dark. We are having many calls, and can handle 

 white stock to advantage. Price not quotable. 



The Columbus Commission & Storage Co., 



July 20. 409-113 N. High St., Columbus, O. 



New York. — Our market is in good shape for new 

 comb honey. We have had several shipments of 

 white comb honey from Florida, of late, which has 

 sold at 10(5115-2. Market on Southern extracted hon- 

 ey is very steady, there being a good trade for the 

 cheaper grades. We quote our market as follows: 

 Ordinary, per gal., 50@.52; good, ■55(S'60; Florida white, 

 6c per lb. New California is beginning to arrive. 

 Beeswax market is quiet — prices ruling a littlelower. 

 We quote pure beeswax at 2654@275^. Write us for 

 shipping instructions. 



Francis H. Leggett & Co., 



July 23. Franklin and Varick Sts., New York. 



Denver. — Our honey market is steadily improving; 

 Small shipments of new honey are coming in slowly, 

 and merchants are picking it up readily. New comb 

 honey in our cartons is what the trade wants, and we 

 are supplying the trade at 11 'ic. Our brand of white 

 extracted, put up in our style jars, is meeting with 

 splendid sale. Could handle same at 6c. 



R. K. & J. C. Frisbee, 



July 11. Lock Box 1014, Denver, Col. 



Philadelphia. — Honey coming in slowly ; new 

 crop fancy white comb selling in a small way at 1454; 

 Southern extracted, 5J4; white clover, 8. Beeswax, 25. 

 We are producers of honey; do not handle on com- 

 mission. Wm. a. Selser, 



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



Chicago. — -Some new comb honej^ begins to arrive, 

 and in a small way brings 14c for lib. fancy white 

 sections. E-xtracted unchanged. Water white, 6c; 

 light amber, 55^(35^4; dark, 45^fS'5. Beeswax, 28('a30. 

 Extracted honey will move promptly and is wanted. 

 American Brokerage Co., 



July 27. Chicago, 111. 



Schenectady. — A small lot of new comb has made 

 its appearance in this market. It .shows the effect of 

 recent dry weather, having a yellow appearance, and 

 is held at i2c a lb. Recent rains may save the buck- 

 wheat yield, which bids fair to be a failure on agcount 

 of drouth. Chas. McCulloch, 



July 20. Schenectady, N. Y. 



Chicago. — Not any of the new crop of comb honey 

 on the market this week; what little has come sold at 

 ll((»12c. Extracted brings .5@7 for white, according to 

 quality; amber, •5@6; southern, fair to good grades. 4 

 @5. Beeswax, 27. Market is in good condition for 

 disposing of honey of all kinds. 



R. A. Burnett & Co., 



July 20. 163 South Water St., Chicago, 111. 



St. Louis. — In the past few days we have had sev- 

 eral inquiries for honey, both comb and extracted. 

 Fancy white comb, 10; Al, 9@954; No. 1, 8@85<; lower 

 grades, .5(a7. Extracted, white, in cans, b@ol4; in bar- 

 rels, 4; amber, in barrels, 354; in cans, 4@45^. Bees- 

 wax, prime, 2(5@2654. In this section of country, on 

 account of wet weather very little honey has been 

 gathered yet Bees doing poorly; for past ten days 

 they have been doing better. Westcott Com. Co., 



July 20. St. Louis, Mo. 



Milwaukee.— .Since our last report the sales of 

 honey have not been very large, although a fair de- 

 mand has existed, and still continues; but the fruit 

 consumption makes some difference with eaters of 

 honey. There is not a very large supply of old stock 

 left, and we shall be in good order for new crop of 

 both extracted and comb. We quote fancy 1-lb. sec- 

 tions. 11@12; A No. 1, 10@11; No 1, .S(a>10; amber, 7@ 

 754; dark and old, 6(Sj7. Extracted, white, in barrels, 

 kegs, and pails, 6@65'4; dark and amber, 4(a5. Bees- 

 wax. 26to2,S. A. V. Bishop & Co., 



July 2l. Milwaukee, Wis. 



r^ITCC\TC Untested, 3 or 5 banded, 50 cts. 



UUnClXo. each; 6 for f2.ft5, or SS.OO per dozen. 



-— ^ Have had thirty years' experience 



with bees, and know how to rear the best of queens, 

 and have as good strain of bees as can be procured in 

 this country, and make a specialty of rearing queens; 

 have 700; can send by return mail. This is a money- 

 order postoffice. Daniel Wurth, 



Falmouth, Rush Co , Ind. 

 In writing, mention Gleanings. 



ni IFFN^ Warranted purely mated, either gold- 

 V^»JL<L<n4j. eii or imported, by return mail. Un- 

 tested, 5< doz., SI. 75; select tested, }( doz., S2.40; best 

 breeders, $2.00. One sample queen to new customer, 

 .S5 cts. each. E. A. Seeley, Bloomer, Ark. 



P. O. M. O. office, Lavaca, Ark. 



Bee=supplies.. 



I do not claim to .sell cheaper than anj' one 

 else, but I do claim to .sell as cheap as any 

 other firm, quality of goods considered. I 

 keep a full line in stock. Sections and ship- 

 ping-crates a specialty. Write for catalog 

 and price list. 



W. E. SMITH, Kenton, Hardin Co., O. 



In writing, mention Gleanings. 



Michigan Headquarters 



for G. B. LEWIS CO.'S SUPPLIES, DADANT'S 

 FOUNDATION, every thing needed in the apiary. 

 Send for price list to 



L. C. Woodman, Grand Rapids, Mich. 



