1898 



GLEANINGS IN BEE CUIvTURE. 



607 



Contents of this Number. 



Apiary, Hooker's 618 



Apiary oti Two story Plan 620 



Bees and Color 625 



Bee-keeping in England 618 



Bee-keeping in the Tropics 619 



Bees Carrying Queens 626 



Breathing, Science of 633 



California Echoes 611 



Contraction or Suhstitutiun 630 



Doolittle Defended 625 



Entrances, Large vs. Small 623 



Facing in Human Nature 626 



Greenhouse-building 633 



Hives, l,arge or Small 625 



Honey, That Sour 612 



Honey, Candied 613 



Japan, Books from S32 



Jelly-glasses, Sealing 627 



Marketing of Honey 612 



Notes of Travel 631 



Non-swarniing System 621 



Porto Rico 626 



Ramble No. 150 6U 



Random Shots 621 



Reports Encouraging 627 



Reports Discouraging 627 



Super, Ideal, all Right 626 



Supers, Which Kind of? 627 



Spaces of Blacks and Italians 622 



Tobacco as a Fertilizer 633 



What Killed Those Bees? 626 



Honey Column. 



CITY MARKETS. 



MiLWAUKKE.— This market for honey continues 

 in very good order. There are some arrivals of new 

 crop of extracted this week which shows very good 

 flavor although some seems to have been extracted 

 a little too soon. We like to have it well ripened. 

 The demand is moderate. We quote fancy one pound 

 comb, 11@12; A No. 1, 10@11: No. l,lt»@10; amber, 7@,S; 

 old, 5@,6; extracted, white, in barrels or kegs, 5(a6; 

 dark, 4@5. Beeswax, 25(g»26. 



A. V. Bishop & Co., 



Aug. 5. Milwaukee, Wis. 



Boston. — No change in prices since our last quota- 

 tion, and practically no call during the warm weather. 

 Beeswax wanted, with very little stock on hand. 

 Price, 30(532. 



July 27. Blake, Scott & I,ee, Boston, Mass. 



Buffalo. — New honey commencing to come in and 

 selling one-pound sections, pure white clover, at 11^ 

 @12"4. Extracted, in pound tumblers, !)0c to SlOO per 

 doz. Sales will be slow for two or three weeks. 



Aug. 6. W. C. TowNSEND, Buffalo, N. Y. 



Cleveland. — We quote our honey market as fol- 

 lows: New crop, fancy white, 13@14; No. 1 white, 12@ 

 13; fancy amber, 10@11; No. 1 amber, 9@10; buck- 

 wheat, S@9. Extracted, white, 7; amber, 6. The sup- 

 ply of new honey is very light, demand good, and old 

 honey moving slowly. A. B. Williams & Co., 



Aug. 9. 80-82 Broadway, Cleveland, Ohio. 



Chicago. — Some shipments of the new comb are 

 coming forward, and where white in good order sells 

 at 12 cents. Extracted is very steady at unchanged 

 prices, with fair arrivals. Beeswax steady at 27 cts. 

 R. A. Burnett & Co., 



Aug. 9. 163 South Water St., Chicago, 111. 



Columbus.— White clover selling at 12@15c, as to 

 quality. 



The Columbus Commission & Storage Co., 

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



OllFFN^ Warranted purely mated, either gold- 

 \^Ul_<L(110. gjj Q^ imported, by return mail. Un- 

 tested, Vi doz., S;l.75; select tested, y^ doz., 12.40; best 

 breeders, S2.00. One sample queen to new customer, 

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



P. O. M. O. office, lyavaca. Ark. 



QUEENS. 



Untested, 3 or 5 banded, 50 cts. 

 each; 6 for $2.65, or .$5.00 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 Gle.\nings. 



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. 



CHAS. ISRAEL & BRO.. 



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



Honey and Beeswax. 



Liberal Advances made on Consignments. 

 Wholesale Dealers and Commission Merchants. 

 Established 1875. 



In writing, mention Gleanings. 



1. J. STRINGHAM, 



105 PARK PLACE, 



NEW YORK, 



keeps in stock a full line of popular 



APIARIAN SUPPLIES, 



which are first-quality, both in material and work- 

 manship. 



1 lb. sq. honey=jars, $4.60 gross, 

 discount on quantity. 



Warranted Italian Queens, 65 cents; 3 for $1.60; 

 6 for $3.00. Circular free. 



In writing advertisers, mention Gleanings. 



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\VANTED.— All the readers of Gleanings to 

 '' send for sample box of Frisbee's Pure 

 Alfalfa-clover-honey Cough-drops, and their 

 48-page illustrated honey-recipe book, " Food 

 Value of Honey," with handsome lithograph 

 cover. All mailed for 10 cents in stamps or 

 silver. Representative wanted in every State 

 and country to sell these drops. Write for 

 wholesale price. Sample box sent for 6 cents. 

 R. K. & J. C. Frisbee, Box 1014, Denver, Colo. 

 Reference, A. I. Root. 

 In writing, pkase mention Gleanings. 



BEES FOR SALE. 



Thirty-five colonies of bees in Simplicity and eight- 

 frame hives. Addre.ss 



L. V. BENNEFT, Lenox, Ashtabula Co., 0. 



In writing, mention Gleanings. 



I HAVE NOW ON HAND 



a number of breeders producing faultless 

 5-banded bees. If you have never had a 

 queen of this Laws strain of beautiful 

 honey-gathering bees you .should order at 

 once. Price S2.50 each. Warranted queens 

 ready by return mail at usual prices. 

 Address 

 W. H. LAWS, Lavaca, Seb. Co., Ark. 



GET READY FOR '99. 



Golden Italian Queens; virgin, 30c; 4 for SLOO. 

 Gardiner L. Ellis, ^ = Millsboro, Del. 



