1899 



GLEANINGS IN BEE CULTURE. 



295 



Contents of this Number. 



Almanacs, Weather 328 



Bees, Manu ial Value of 827 



Bees, to Start in Sections 309 



Bees and Color 302, 305 



Cappings, Color of 817 



Cells, Deep 808 



Cherries in Oregon 311 



Cleats, No-drip 321 



Clipping Wings Criticis d 300, 820 



Clover, Sweet, in Germany 327 



Combs, Soaking 303 



Cuba, by American Tramp 300 



Dowie, Dr ...322 



Entrances, Wide, in Hot Climates 315 



Extracting by Heat or Machinery 301 



Feeding Outside the Hive 812 



Fertilization by Bees 313 



Foul Brood, by Rambler 310 



Foul Brood in Cuba 315 



Foundation, to Fasten in Frames 814 



Frames, Hoffman, to Handle 821 



Frames, Old-style Wide 815 



Foundation, Old 312 



He— the Calf 318 



Honey. Bleaching Comb 320 



Honey, Comb vs. Extraced 309 



Honey, Eating a Pound 313 



Honey Origin of 317 



Honey, Selling Comb 308 



Honey, Temperature of Boiling 306 



Honey, Vinal on Selling 318 



Honey Sold by Section 303 



Increase, Getaz' Method 304 



I.ilac, California 307 



Niver and Buzz-saw 815 



Peas, Cow 326 



Potato, Craig 827 



Potatoes, New 325 



Queens by Doolittle Plan 303 



Queen-cells, L,arger 317 



Queens, Rearing Good 307 



Rack, Miller's, for Hauling Bees 318 



Rambler at Dr. Chase's 310 



Rape, English 326 



Rearing in Upper Stories 307 



Saws, Sharpening 328 



Sections, Double-tier Eight 315 



Sections. Plain, in Australia 317 



Sections, Plain, Come to Stay 319 



Sections, Tall 315 



Separators, Perforators 314 



Separators, Tin vs. Wood 316 



Spray-pump for Cattle 327 



Strawberries Grown with Corn 327 



Swarming, to Prevent 314 



Sweet Clover, to Destroy 316 



Travel-stain 302,316 



Wilkin's Removal 317 



Honey Column. 



CITY MARKETS. 

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

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

 amber, 10@11; No. 2 amber, 9@10; buckwheat, 8; ex- 

 tracted white, 7; amber, 6; buckwheat, 5. 



A. B. Williams & Co., 

 April 7. 80-82 Broadway, Cleveland, Ohio. 



Detroit. — Decreasing demand and the attempt to 

 crowd sales has forced down prices on comb honey. 

 We now quote fancy white. 12; No. 1, 10@11; dark and 

 amber, 8@9. Extracted in fair demand without change 

 in prices. Beeswax, 25@26%. 



April 10. M. H. Hunt & Son, Bell Branch, Mich. 



Springfield. — Market a little slow the past week. 

 Fancy, 14@15; A No. 1, 12(S),13; No. 1, 10(3*11: fancy 

 buckwheat, 10: No. 1, 8. Believe market will be slow 

 from now on for some time. 



Perkins & Hatch, 



April 8. Springfield, Mass. 



Albany. — Honey market quiet, with stock about all 

 gone. Could use some of both comb and extracted to 

 sell at— comb, 7@12; extracted, 5 l A@t> l A- 



MacDodgal & Co., 

 Successors to Chas. McCulloch & Co., 

 April 10. Albany, N. Y. 



Philadelphia. — The demand for honey has kept 

 up better than usual this season on account of cool 

 spring, but the supply has been fully equal to the de- 

 mand. We quote fancy comb 15; No. 1, 13; amber, 9@ 

 11; extracted white, 7; amber, 5@6: beeswax, 28. We 

 are producers of honey — do not handle on commission. 

 Wm. A. Selser, 



April 8. 10 Vine St., Philadelphia, Pa. 



Chicago. — Stocks of white comb honey are about 

 exhausted, and this is as it should be if a market 

 is to be had for the expected large flow of nectar 

 for the season of 1899. Choice grades of white, 12@13; 

 travel-stained and light-amber, l0@ll; buckwheat and 

 dark, 7@8; extracted white, 7@8; amber, 6@7; dark 

 amber, 5@6; beeswax. 26. R. A. Burnett & Co., 



April 8. 163 South Water St., Chicago, 111. 



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. 



L,as Animas, Bent Co., Colo. 



Wants and Exchange. 



U/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. Rhoads, I,as Animas, Col. 



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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. 



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ANTED. — To exchange one thousand wide frames 

 with tin separators, for something lean use. 



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



VMANTED. — Your address for a free copy of my 

 *' book on queen-rearing. 



Henry Alley, Wenham, Mass. 



Vl/ANTED. — To furnish my hives and sections, to 

 ''cartful men. for a share of No. 1 clover honey. 

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

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



F. Danzenbaker, Washington, D. C. 



VL! ANTED. — To exchange man-trailing bloodhounds, 

 ^' foundation-mill, and bone-mill, for L,. hives in 

 flat. Elias Fox, Hillsboro, Wis. 



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ANTED — To buy a carload of bees; 10-frame hives 

 and Hoffman frames preferred. 



B. Walker, Evart, Mich. 



VL'ANTED. — 25 to 100 colonies of bees on 1,. frames at 

 '" 12.00 each. Prefer bees near home. Will ex- 

 change a hot-water heating outfit for brooder-house 

 for anything I can use; outfit cost $50; value same at 

 |25; is good as new. H. G. Quirin, Parkertown, O. 



WANTED. — 100 three-frame (Simplicity size) nuclei 

 of sealed brood, with young queen — Italian or 

 Carniolan, May 25. Also 50 young queens. .Send price. 

 W. h. Coggshall, West Groton, N. Y. 



WANTED. — To exchange for peahen, peafowl eggs, 

 and a few Italian queens for May delivery, eggs 

 from pen of White Plymouth Rocks wiih average 

 score 94}i, valued at f 1.50 for 15 eggs. 



A. W. Carson, Joplin, Mo. 



WANTED.— To exchange a lot of new hives and 

 foundation for honey, beeswax, or cash; will al- 

 low 30c for beeswax; market price for honey. Hives 

 and frames nicely nailed up with empty supers, at 

 Root's prices. D. H. Tweedy, Dillonvale, Ohio. 



WANTED.— A situation, or to rent an apiary for the 

 coming season. S. Whitewell, Galena, Kan. 



QUEENS 



Smokers. Section = , 



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 And all tpmirun Supplier 



K. T. FLANAGAN. Hellc\llle 



