1898 



GLEANINGS IN BEE CULTURE. 



867 



Contents of this Number. 



Bees by Bagful 88:^ 



Board man at Flint 879 



Clover, Sweet, Condemned 893 



Combs, Which Way to Go into the Hive 881 



Covers, Raising 875 



Editor in Minneapolis 888 



Kditor in Montana 888 



Electricity for Mechanical Work, 892 



Entrances, Sizes of 875 



Foul Brood, Heat it will Stand 876 



Foul Brood, Miller's Answers about 872 



Ground-cherry 893 



Hive, Dove., with Flat Cover 875 



Hives, Home-made 880 



Hives, Single-story I,arge v. Two-story 8-frame 871 



Home of Honey-bees Improvements in 887 



Honey-pails, Price of 882 



Honey Soaking into Wood 887 



Mining with Water 874 



Rambler at Oro Fino 873 



Saltpeter on Rags 876 



Scott Valley, Cal 875 



Tin v. Wood for Honey 886 



Tomato, Husk 893 



Utah, Report from 883 



Wintering Two Nuclei in Single-walled Hives 882 



Honey Column. 



CITY MARKETS. 



New York. — Comb honey continues to arrive quite 

 freely, though the demand is fair and market not 

 overstocked, excepting on dark and buckwheat, 

 which is not moving off as well as white. We quote 

 fancy white, 13; No. 1 white, 11@12; amber, 10; dark 

 and buckwheat, 7J4@8. No change in extracted, and 

 supply limited. Bee-swax dull at 26(5)27. 



HiLDRETH Bros. & Segelken. 



Nov. 23. New York. 



Denver. — Our market remains about the same. 

 The receipts are fully up to the demand, and we can 

 quote No. 1 white comb at ll'i, put up in our cartons 

 or 24-lb. glas.s-front ca.st s. Our trade on extracted is 

 still growing, and we can handle large cjiiantities of 

 water-white grade. Can quote No. 1 white at 5J4@6; 

 beeswax, 20@2.5, according to quality. 



Nov. 21. R. K. & J. C. Frisbee, Denver, Col. 



Chicago. — Our market is very strong at 13c for best 

 grades of white comb honey, with good No. 1 at \\(d\ 

 12; ambers range from SfS 11, according to appear- 

 ance, quality, and flavor; extracted white, 6(a7: amber, 

 5(S)6; dark, 5; beeswax, 27. All grades and kinds of 

 honey are salable at this time. 



R. A. Burnett & Co., 



Nov 19. 163 S. Water St., Chicago, 111. 



Philadelphia. — Honey in comb is selling very 

 freely, and higher prices' are being realized. We 

 quote fancy white at 16c in glass, 15 no glass; No. 1, 13; 

 amber, 9&11; extracted white, 8; amber, 6^7; dark, 

 5^. Beeswax, 27. We are producers of honey — do not 

 handle on commission. Wm. A. Selser, 



Nov. 25. 10 Vine St., Philadelphia, Pa. 



Albany. — Not much change in honey market to 

 •note. Fancy white comb. 12^,13; No. 1, 11@12; No. 2, 

 10@11; mixed and buckwheat, 8@10; extracted white, 

 7@7J^; amber, 6@,6^; dark, 5^@6. 



MacDougal & Co., 

 Successors to Chas. McCulloch & Co., 

 Nov. 25 Albany, N. Y. 



Detroit. — Honey has arrived more freely since 

 last quotations, and prices have hardly been sustain- 

 ed. Fancy white comb, 13; No. 1, 12@12'^; fancy dark 

 and amber, 954@11; extracted white, 6@7; dark, 5@5^; 

 beeswax, 2t5@26T M. H. Hunt, 



Nov. 22. Detroit, Mich. 



Columbus. — Movement of all grades comb honey 

 somewhat lighter, and prices easier. Amber and 

 buckwheat having fair demand for market trade. 

 Fancy white, 13>4f#14; No. 1, Vita 12i/X; amber, 9@10. 

 The Columbus Commission & Storage Co., 



Nov. 28. 409-413 N. High St., Columbus, O. 



Cleveland. — We quote our honey market to-day as 

 follows: Fancy white, 13@14; No. 1, 12CaV2%; light 

 amber, 11 ; buckwheat, 9. Extracted, white, 7; light 

 amber, 6. A. B. Williams & Co., 



Nov. 21. 80-82 Broadway, Cleveland, Ohio. 



Springfield. — Buckwheat, 9@,10; clover, 12^4@15, 

 according to quality of same. 

 Nov. 22. Perkins & Hatch, Springfield, Mass. 



For Sale.— 800 lbs. comb honey— 500 white clover, 

 300 buckwheat. Wm. Van Auken, EHisburg, N. Y. 



For Sale. — Extracted honey in 581b. cans. White 

 clover, 7% cts.; fall amber, 6 cts. Samples, postpaid, 

 6 cts. each. R. & E. C. Porter, I,ewiston, 111. 



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ANTED. — To buy quantity lots of fancy and No. 1 

 white comb honey, car lots preferred. 



Byron Walker, Evart, Mich. 



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^ All the readers of " Gleanings " have not ((/ 



iji* sent for sample box of Frisbee's Pure-Alfalfa- V|i 



fi Clover-Honey Cough-Drops, and we want you ^ 



ifi to try them." For the balance of the year we \(jr 



(P will send a full-size box for 5 cents, not quite iV 



if\ their cost and postage. Yes; and the honey- ytji 



If* recipe book too, if asked for. <(« 



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22(1 ANNUAL ANNOUNCEMENT 

 J899 



Columbia and Hartford Bicycles 



Prices on and after Nov. 1, 1898. 



Columbia Bevel-gear Chainless . . $75.00 



Models 50 and 51. 



Columbia Chain Wbeels 50.00 



Models 57 and 58. 



Columbia Chain Wheels 40.00 



Model 49, 1899 Improvements. 



Columbia Tandems 75.00 



Models 47 and 48, Diamond and Com- 

 bination Frame. 



Hartford Bicycles 35.00 



Paterns 19 and 20. 



( Pat. 21, for Men, 25.00 



Vedette Bicycle 



[ Pat. 22, Women, 26.00 



We also have a few Columbias, Model 46, and 



Hartfords, Patterns 7 and 8, on which 



we will quote prices on application. 



No need to purchase poorly made bicy- 

 cles when Columbias, Hartfords, and Ve- 

 dettes are offered at such low prices. The 

 best of the riding reason is before you. 

 BUY NOW. 



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