1899 



GLEANINGS IN BEE CULTURE. 



163 



Contents of this Number. 



Apiary Tool, Eggers' 1X4 



Bee-keeping, Growth of 1,X7 



Box-hive Man — Poem 1I17 



California, Central L85 



California Echoes 175 



Committee on Apicultutal Terms 1X4 



Crane, Interview With Kill 



Family, To Support One on % Acre 193 



Foul Brood, McEvoy's Report 17(5 



Foundation, When to Put it in Sections 183 



Frames, Wide, Doolittle on 1X2 



Gluco-e 185 



Hive, Doolittle L85 



Holtermann, Review of L88 



Honey-leaflet as a Isabel 187 



Honey, Foul-hroodv, Boiling 1*9 



Israel, J. P , Sketch of 174 



McEvoy's Report on Foul Brood 176 



National B. K. Union Report 1XX 



Nomenclature, A p: cultural 1X4 



Onion, Gibraltar 195 



Plants, How Many from One? 194 



Queens, Importing 1X5 



Question-box 1X6 



Rambler in Oregon 1X0 



Roll of Honor 195 



Sections, Plain, a Success 183. 184 



Ship ing eases, Improper 187 



Strawberries Grown in Shade 194 



Sunday, Riding on 196 



Swarm ing- pole, Morton'- 172 



Swarming, Is it Contagious? 173 



Sweet Clover in Utah 194 



Travel-stain, Cormac on 179 



Travel-stain, Manum on 176 



Wax, What Colors It? 177 



Weather, Lessons from 195 



Wintering, Favorable Reports 1X9 



Worms in Bottom-boards 183 



Honey Column. 



CITY MARKETS. 



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

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

 amber, 11; buckwheat, 8; extracted, white, 7; light 

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



Feb. 17. 80-82 Broadway, Cleveland, Ohio. 



Albany. — Honey pretty well cleaned up. We quote 

 fancy white, 12'a 13; No. 1 white, 11@11H: No. 2, 9@10; 

 mixed, amber and buckwheat, 7(a,8 l /&; extracted, white, 

 7@7J4; dark, 6@6 I / 4. MacDougal & Co., 



Successors to Chas. McCulloch & Co., 



Feb. 21 Albany, N. Y. 



Philadelphia. — Honey is in fair demand, not much 

 activity Fancy comb, 15; No. 1, 12; amber, 10; dark 

 extracted, b l A\ amber, 6; white, 7. Beeswax, 27. We 

 are producers of honey — do not handle on commis- 

 sion. Wm. A. Selser, 



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



Chicago. — Fancy white, 13; white and travel-stain- 

 ed, 10@12; dark and amber, 7@9 ; candied and 

 mixed color-, 6@7; extracted, white, 6@7: amber 5@6. 

 Beeswax, 27@28. R. A. Burnett & Co. 



Feb. 17. 163 South Water St., Chicago, 111. 



Boston. — Full supply, light demand. Fancy white, 

 13; A No. 1, 12; No. 1, 11; No. 2. 9@10; No. 1 extract- 

 ed, 8. Beeswax 26(^28, very light supply. Dark hon- 

 ey will not sell here. Blake, Scott & Eee, 



Feb. 22. 57 Chatham St., Boston, Mass. 



Columbus. — Honey trade very dull, caused princi- 

 pally by bad weather. Prices nominal; fancy white, 

 12J6: No. 1, 11(312; amber, 9; dark, 8. To move large 

 lots prices must be shaded. 



Feb. 21. Columbus Commission and Storage Co. 



For Sale. — Honey from alfalfa bloom, finest in the 

 world according to best judges. Two 60 lb. cans for 

 87.20. The Arkansas Valley Apiaries, 



Oliver Foster, Prop. 



L,as Animas, Bent Co., Colo. 



For Sale.— Fancy white extracted alfalfa honey in 

 60-lb. cans at 7c per lb.; in lots of 500 lbs. or more, 6%c 

 per lb., f. o. b. cars Denver. Sample by mail 8c. 



Rauchfuss Bros., Elyria, Colo. 



Well, neighbors, what can I buy your honey at in lots 

 of one hundred pounds and up? What is it gathered 

 from? What grade is it? and how is it put up? 



T. L,. Shaffer, Lake View, O. 



Wants and Exchange. 



Notices wil be inserted under this head at one-half our 

 usual rates. You must say you want vour ad in this depart- 

 ment, or we will not be responsible for any error You can 

 have the notice as many lines as you please; but all over live 

 lines will cost you according to our regular rates This de- 

 partment is intended only forbona fide exchanges. Exchanges 

 tor cash or for price lists, or notices offering articles for sale 

 can not lie inserted under this head. For such our regular 

 rates of 20 cts a line will be charged and they will be put with 

 the regular adverti ements. We can not be responsible for 

 dissatisfaction arising from these "swaps." 



WANTED.— To exchange one thousand wide frames 

 TT with tin separators, for something lean use. 



C. J. Baldridge, Kendaia, N. Y. 



VUANTED.-To exchange two small printing presses 

 » T and printing outfit for bloodhounds, ferrets, fan- 

 cy poultry, bicycles, or something I can use. 



James M. Denham, Valley, Ky. 



WANTED.— Your address for a free copy of my 

 " book on queen-rearing. 



Henry Alley, Wenham, Mass. 



WANTED.— By a piactical apiarist and queen-breed- 

 "' er, a position, in any locality; or an apiary on 

 shares. Abbott L- Swinson, Goldsboro, N. C. 



WANTED —To exchange supplies, nursery stock, or 

 seed potatoes, for printing-press, honey, or wax. 

 O. H. Hyatt, Shenandoah, Page Co., Iowa. 



WANTED.— Young man to work on small farm, in 

 TT connection with bees. One that uses tobacco, or 

 runs to dances nights, or rather be hunting or fishing 

 on Sunday than to be in meeting or Sabbath-school 

 need not apply. 



H. S. Wheeler, Mt. Pleasant, Mich. 



WANTED— To furnish my hives and sections, to 

 TT careful men. for a share of No. 1 clover honey. 

 Also 4 sizes of the prize eomb-hontv cartons, and 68 

 pages of " Facts about Bees," for 6 cts. in stamps. 



F. Danzenbaker, Washington, D. C. 



WANTED.— Man to work in apiary the coming sea- 

 * T son. State age, experience, and wages expected. 

 Chas. Adams, Greeley, Colo. 



WANTED —To exchange a brand-new ball-bearing 

 combination washing-machine, for bicycle or in- 

 cubator, or something 1 can use. Write for circular. 

 Arthur Bender, Rutherford, N. J. 



WANTED.— Some good person to have full charge of 

 an apiary of 125 colonies, to run on shares. 



E. A. Harris, No. Petersburgh, N. Y. 



Albino Queens. p f r( 



you want the most 

 prolific queens, if you 

 want the gentlest bees, if you want the best honey- 

 gatherers you ever saw, trv my Albinos. Untested 

 queens in April, $1. Tested. SI. 50. 



J. D. OIVKNS, Lisbon, Texas. 



CASH FOR BEESWAX. 



Will pay 26 cents per pound cash, or 28 cents in 

 trade, for any quantity of good, fair, average beeswax, 

 delivered at our railroad station. The same will be 

 sold to those who wish to purchase, at 33 cents for best 

 selected max. Old combs will not be accepted under anv 

 consider at 1 07i. 



Unless you put your name on the box. and notify us 

 by mail of amount sent, we can not hold ourselves 

 responsible for mistakes. It will not pay as a general 

 thing to send wax by express. 



THE A. I. ROOT CO., Medina. Ohio. 



