1899 



GLEANINGS IN BEE CULTURE. 



25 1 



Contents of this Number. 



Apiary on Housetop 2(i~ 



Bees Living after Slinging 272 



Bees Storing Earth 274 



Brood-coml^ Filled with Honey 268 



Brood, Worker, Out of Place liTl 



California Echoes 256 



California Prospects 271 



California Rains 27t! 



Candy, Scholz 268 



Clover, Crimson 28] 



Cray craft's History 262 



Enlargements at Home of the Honey-bees 27(i 



Entrance-closer, Correction 278 



Foundation, Drawn, No Advantage _'7I 



Hives, Home-made 275 



Hives, I v arge, C. Dadant on 2-77 



Hives, Two-story, for Winter 271 



Hive, Which for Comb Honey? 273 



Honey Advancing 27") 



Hone j', Comb, Water soaked 271 



Honey, Cuban 261 



Honey, Logwood 272 



Honey, Hauling in Mojave Desert 265 



Honey-leaflets Discussed 269 



Italians not Always Best 274 



Lettuce, Grand Rapids 280 



Logwood as a Honey-plant 272 



McNay in California 273 



Nuclei, Forming 260 



Pender, W. S 27") 



Prune Orchard 266 



Question-box 271 



Queens to Jamaica 256 



Rambler in Rosebuig 265 



Rambler's Writings 27:? 



Sections wit limit Separators 251) 



Sections, Plain, Evenly Filled 274 



Sections, Segelken on 263 



Snow over Bees 273 



Strawberries, Recommending New 281 



Swarm catcher Morton 270 



Travel-stain 270, 272 



Winter Losses 275 



Honey Column. 



CITY MARKETS. 

 Columbus. — The honey market here is working into 

 better shape. The demand is not large — neither are 

 the supplies; but the stock arriving is moving out in a 

 steady way and working toward a better basis of val- 

 ues. At present, fancy. 12%; No. 1, 11%; amber, 10; 

 dark, 8. 



Columbus Commission and Storage Co., 

 March 23. Columbus, Ohio 



Detroit. — Fancy white comb honey, 13(3*14; No. 1, 

 12@13 ; fancy dark and amber. 10(311 ; off grades at 

 buyer's prices. Extracted white, 6J£@7 ; dark and 

 amber, 5(3 6; beeswax, 25(5 26%. 



March 22. M. H. Hunt & Son, Bell Branch, Mich. 



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

 follows: Fancy white, 13(a>14; No. 1, 12@13; fancy am- 

 ber, 10(5)11; No. 1 amber, 9@10. Supply of white honey 

 very light; demand good; dark grades moving slowly. 

 A. B. Williams & Co., 



March 20. 80-82 Broadway, Cleveland, Ohio. 



Philadelphia. — As the spring advances, the de- 

 mand is pulling off for honey. The stock of comb 

 honey is being worked off. yet there is sufficient for 

 the demand. We quote fancy white comb, 15; No. 1, 

 12; dark, S; extracted white, 6; amber, 5; beeswax, 28. 

 We are producers of honey — do not handle on commis- 

 sion. Wm. A. Selsfr, 



March 22. 10 Vine St., Philadelphia, Pa. 



Chicago. — There is no change of consequence since 

 our last quotations Stocks of the best grades of white 

 comb are being reduced, and receipts are light, with 

 some accumulation of the off grades, there being ad- 

 ditions to those grades from time to time. Fancy 

 white, 13; No. 1, 11(5,12: ambers, 9(5)10; dark, 7(5 8; ex- 

 tracted white clover. 8; other kinds, 7; amber and 

 dark, 5@6; beeswax, 27(5,28. 



R. A. Burnett & Co., 



March 21. 163 South Water St., Chicago, 111. 



Springfield.— We quote our market to-day as fob 

 lows: Fancy, 14(5)15; A No. 1. 12@13; No. 1. }•■ 

 buckwheat, 8(510. Demand fairly good for fan. 

 limited supply. Perkins & Hatch, 



March 22. Springfield, Mass. 



Boston.— Our honey market is as follows: Fancy 

 white comb, 13; A No. 1, 12@12%: No. 1, 11(3 12; No. 2, 

 ( Jf" 10, with a fair demand; no call for dark Extract- 

 ed— supply very light; good demand; white, in 601b. 

 cans, 7 l A; light amber, in bbls , 7. Beeswax— very 

 light stock; good demand; 29c per lb.; advise ship 

 ments. Blake, Scott & Lee. 



March 27. 57 Chatham St., Boston, Mass. 



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

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

 S7.20. The Arkansas Valley Apiaries, 



Oliver Foster, Prop. 



Las Animas, Bent Co., Colo. 



Wants and Exchange. 



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'ANTED.— Handy man who understands work in 

 apiary and can handle bees for .comb and ex- 

 tracted honey. State age, and if have family. No li- 

 quor or tobacco. I am an expert, and will do the man- 

 aging. Address M. P. Rhoahs, Las Animas, Col. 



WANTED. — Young man for apiarv and general 

 work. Permanent position for right man" State- 

 experience, aud wages expected. 

 J. A. Green. Ottawa. 111. 



WANTED.— Permanent situation with some western 

 apiarian or ranchmar. Prefer mild climate; am 

 young; work cheap. John Ruenzi, St. Charles, Mo. 



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ANTED.— To buy a second-hand shingle-mill; al- 

 so a circular-saw mill. Address 



Wm. S. Ammon, 216 Court St., Reading, Pa. 



WANTED.— To exchange one thousand wide frames 

 TT with tin separators, for something I can use. 



C. J. Baldridge, Keudaia, N. Y. 



WANTED.— Your address for a free copy of my 

 "" book on queen-rearing. 



Henry Alley, Wenham, Mass. 



WANTED — To exchange supplies, nursery stock, or 

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

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



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 comb-honey cartons, and iiS 

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



F. Danzenbaker, Washington, D. C. 



WANTED- To exchange man-trailing bloodhounds, 

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

 na ^ Elias Fox, Hillsboro, Wis. 



VVANTED.— To exchange 100 colonies of Italian bees 

 TT in 8-L.-frame hives (at $3 00 per colonv) for ex- 

 tracted honey, seed potatoes, or something i can use. 

 A. W. Gardner, Centreville, Mich. 



W ANTED. — To exchange new and second-hand bi- 

 cvcles, bicycle parts, or sundries, for Barnes saw 

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



VVL\NTED —To exchange for extracted honey, queen- 

 TT rearing hives (new), or cash, for honey" Root's 

 goods for sale here. G. Routzahn. Menallen, Pa. 



OIIFFN^ Untested, 65c; two for $1.25. Warrant- 

 V»JUUno. ed gOc; two for $1.50. Tested, $1.25. Se- 

 lect tested. $2 00. My bees are bred for business, and 

 work well on red clover. If you want honey try 

 them. Satisfaction guaranteed. Send for circular 

 C M HICKS, 

 Hicksville, Washington Co., Md. 



OIIFFNCI Either five banded golden or from im- 

 V*jl,»^iio. ported i ta ]j an mothers. A few breed- 

 — ^— "— » ers at $2 00 each; tested, $1.00, or l! for 

 $5.00; untested, 75c, or 6 for $4.00. B. P. Rock e<*"s 75c 

 for 13. CHAS. M. THIES, Steelevillenil. 



