1899 



GLEANINGS IN BEE CULTURE. 



207 



Contents of this Number. 



Amalgamation £32 



Apis Dorsata in the Philippines 228 



Bacillus Alvei 223 



Beans, Soy. in Kansas 'JHil 



Bees Plying in Zero Weather 229 



Boiling point of Honey 233 



Colonies, Size of 284 



Crawford Co., Pa 230 



Cuba, Beekeeping in 21li, 230 



Cuba, Somerford on 215 



Florida Freeze 229 



Foul- brood Germs 222 223 



Foul-brood I,aw, Michigan 233 



Foundation, Tests of r 220 



Foundation, Weed 217 



Grip 237 



He or She 213 



He — Secor's Poem 212 



Holtermann's Reply 232 



Honey leaflets 231 



Honey, Danzeubaker's U21 



Increase, Doolittle on 22(1 



Nest-egg, Onion 210 



Peas, Cow, Hay of 240 



Potato, White Elephant 240 



Potatoes, Scab less 240 



Que tion-box 230 



Rambler and Bill Greene 22t 



Roll of Honor 241 



Sections, Plain 232 



Spraying, How and When 222 



Strawberries, New 23S 



Sub-irrigation in Open Air 238 



Tiles, to Lav Straight 239 



Travel staiti 214 



Honey Column. 



CITY MARKETS 



New York. — Comb honey is pretty well cleaned up 

 now, and we expect to clean out the rest of our stock 

 during this month. Prices rule same, viz.: Fancy 

 white, 12 ; No. 1 white. 10@11 ; amber, 9 ; dark and 

 buckwheat, Ota 7. Besides some California, there is 

 not much extracted on the market. Demand is fair 

 at unchanged prices. Beeswax, 27(5.28. 



Hildreth Bros. & Segelken. 



March 8. New York. 



Detroit. — Fancy white comb is scarce and higher, 

 and we now quote it 13@14 ; No. 1, 12@13 ; fancy dark 

 and amber, 10(all. Considerable poor honey has re- 

 mained in commission houses some time and is offer- 

 ed at 8@9; extracted white, t>'4@7; dark, 5(30; beeswax, 

 25@26J4. 



March 9. M. H. Hunt, Bell Branch. Mich. 



Philadelphia. — Honey is in fair demand, not much 

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

 extracted, 5% ; amber, 6; white, 7. Beeswax, 27. We 

 are producers of honey — do not handle on commis- 

 sion. Wm. A. Selser. 



March 9. 10 Vine St., Philadelphia. Pa 



Chicago. — Fancy white comb brings 13c, and there 

 is a good demand for it. No. 1 white is also wanted at 

 11@12, depending upon quality. Lower grades of 

 white amber and mixed colors range from 8 to 10 cts.; 

 with dark and buckwheat, 7@S ; extracted white clo- 

 ver and sage 8 ; basswood and alfalfa 7 : amber 

 grades, G ; buckwheat, 5^(5'6 ; beeswax, 27(a/28. Mar- 

 ket generally healthy in tone, with best grades of 

 honey scarce' R. A. Burnett & Co., 



March 7. 163 South Water St , Chicago, III. 



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., 



March A. 80-82 Broadway, Cleveland, Ohio 



Albany. — Honey market quiet, with stock well 

 cleaned out of both comb and extracted. Extracted 

 wanted; selling at §(&"!%•, comb, 7(a/12. 



MacDougal & Co., 

 Successors to Chas. McCulloch & Co., 

 March 10. Albany, N. Y. 



Columbus.— We can notice an improvement in de- 

 mand, and market is in better shape, but no advance 

 in prices as vet. Fancy, 12%; No. 1, Il';tol2; ambei 

 10; dark, S. 



Columbus Commission and Storage Co., 



March X. Columbus, Ohio. 



Boston. — Our honey market is as follows: Fancy 

 white comb, 13; A No. 1, 12: No. 1, 11@12; No. 2, 10; ex- 

 tracted, S; light amber, 7(0/7%. 



Blake, Scott & Lee, 



Feb. 28. 57 Chatham St., Boston, Mass. 



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

 world according to best judges. Two 00 lb. cans for 

 17.20. The Arkansas Valley Apiaries, 



Oliver Foster, Prop. 



Las Animas, Bent Co., Colo. 



Wants and Exchange. 



Notice- will be inserted under this head at one half our 

 usunl rates. You must say you want your ad m this depart- 

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

 have the notice as many lines as von please; but alloverflve 

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

 partment is intended only for bona-flde exchanges. K \ change- 

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

 can not be inserted under this head. For sucli our regular 

 rates of 30 cts a line will he charged. and they will he put with 

 the regular advertisements. We can not be responsible for 

 dissatisfaction arising from these "swaps." 



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ANTED.— To exchange one thousand wide frames 

 with tin separators, tor something I can use. 



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



yVANTED.— To exchange two small printing presses 

 TT and printing outfit for bloodhounds, fei rets, fan- 

 cy poultry, bicycles, or something I can use. 



James M. Denham, Valley, Ky. 



ANTED.— Your address for a free copy of my 

 book on queen-rearing. 



Henry- Alley, VVeuham. Mass. 



ANTED —To exchange supplies, nursery stock, or 

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

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



\XfANTED — To furnish my hives and sections, to 

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

 Also 4 sizes of the prize comb-hont-v cartons, and 68 

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



F. Danzenbaker, Washington, D. C. 



Vl/ANTED.— Some good person to have full charge of 

 an apiary of 125 colonies, to run on shares. 



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



WANTED.— To exchange a trio of white Holland 

 turkeys for bees, queens, cash, or offers. 



J. F. Patton, Newtown, Ohio. 



WANTED —To exchange man-trailing bloodhounds, 

 foundation-mill, and bone-mill, for L hives in 

 flat- Elias Fox, Hillsboro, Wis. 



VUANTED.-To exchange 100 colonies of Italian bees 

 in S-L. -frame hives (at $3 00 per colony) for ex- 

 tracted honey, seed potatoes, or something I can use 

 A. W. Gardner, Centre ville, Mich. 



\V' ANTED. — To exchange new and second-hand bi- 

 cycles, bicvele parts, or sundries, for Barnes saw 

 or engine. Twin City Cycle Co., La Salle, 111. 



VVANTED. — Position in western apiary by boy; age. 

 18; good habits; references, if wanted; some ex- 

 perience. Address Ralph E. Dodge, Lebam. Wash. 



Farm Bee-keeping 



Is one of the leading departments in the 

 Modern Farmer and Busy Bee, the best 

 Farm and Bee paper in existence. Write for 

 sample copy and for clubbing rates with any 

 paper you want. 



E- TAYLOR ABBOTT, St. Joe, Mo. 



