1899 



GLEANINGS IN BEE CULTURE. 



383 



Contents of this Number. 



After-swarms 397 



Ball-bearing Extractors 391 



Bleaching Combs 399 



Escapes, Porter 398 



Fire, Wright's L,oss 401 



Foul-brood Germs 388 



Frame-support 391 



Grading by Pictures 393 



Horse among Bees 3! 19 



Patent Medicines 406 



Quest ion -box 400 



Rambler in Tacoma 395 



Spraying I,aw 402 



Spraying, Time for 402 



Springs Super 399 



Tires, to Reoair 399 



Water, Distilled 406 



Wax from Foul-broody Combs 401 



Honey Column. 



CITY MARKETS. 

 Alb\ny. — Honey market well cleaned up, only a 

 few small lots of comb and extracted left. We quote 

 comb. 7@12, according to style and quality. Extract- 

 ed, 5(gj~.~ Beeswax, 26ta 28. MacDougai. & Co., 

 Successors to Chas. McCulloch & Co.. 

 May 8. Albany, N. Y. 



Detroit.— Fancy white, 12; No. 1, 10@11; dark and 

 amber, 8(a),9. Extracted, white, 6@7; dark and amber, 

 5@6. Beeswax, 25@26. The better grades are getting 

 well cleaned up, and the new crop will find a bare 

 market. M. H. Hunt & Son, Bell Branch, Mich. 



May 10. 



Chicago. — Not anything of consequence doing; a 

 little is being sold at prices that have prevailed for 

 some time. White comb is scarce, but there is a sur- 

 plus of dark. Best grades of white, 13; off in color, 

 etc., 11@12; light amber, 10@,11 ; amber and mixed 

 buckwheat, 7@9. Extracted clover, 8: other grades of 

 white, 7@.7,'/2; ambers and dark, 6@7. Beeswax, 27. 

 R. A. Burnett & Co., 



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



New York. — Our market is in first-class condition. 

 It is bare ot extracted honey, and demand good. New 

 crop is beginning to arrive from the South; and we 

 would advise our southern friends to let their honey 

 come along, feeling confident that we are in position 

 to obtain better prices than for years pas 1 . We quote: 

 Fancy, 7@7%; choice, 6(aS]4 ; fair, 5^@6 ; common, 55 

 (5 60 per gal. Comb honey is well cleaned up. Some 

 demand for white at lift 12; and 9@10 for amber. De- 

 mand for dark has ceased. Beeswax rather quiet at 

 from 26®28. Hildreth Bros. & Segelken, 



May 9. 120 & 122 West Broadway. 



Philadelphia. — Since the arrival of Southern veg- 

 etables, honev is selling very slowly. There are quite 

 a few lots of comb, off grades, in the market. Ex- 

 tracted honey, for manufacturing purposes, is selling 

 freely. We quote fancy comb, 15@16; amber, 8@12. 

 Extracted white, 7@8; amber, 5@,7. Beeswax, 28. We 

 are producers of honey — do not handle on commission. 

 Wm. A. Selser, 



May 8. 10 Vine St., Philadelphia, Pf . 



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

 follows : Fancy white, 13@14 ; No. 1. 12(5)13 ; fancy 

 amber, 10@.ll; No. 1. amber, 9@10; fancy dark, 7@8. 

 White extracted, 7@~}4. A. B. Williams & Co., 



May 8. 80-82 Broadway, Cleveland, Ohio. 



Columbus.— Owing to Southern strawberries being 

 plentiful, it attracts attention from honey, which, con- 

 sequently, is dull. Choice No. 1 white clover selling 

 at 1'2 : A\ lower grades difficult to move at 8@10. 



Columbus Commission and Storage Co., 



May 6. Columbus, Ohio 



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

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

 $7.20. The Arkansas Valley Apiaries, 



Oliver Foster, Prop. 



Las Animas, Bent Co., Colo. 



Bee t Supplies. 



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GEO. E. HILTON, Fremont, Newaygo Co., Hich. 



flllPFN^ Either five-banded golden or from im- 

 ^UCLl'IOi ported Italian mothers. A few breed- 

 — — — — ers at $2.00 each; tested, $1.00, or 6 for 

 $5.00; untested, 75c, or 6 for $4.00. B. P. Rock eggs, 75c 

 for 13. CHAS. H. THIES, Steeleville, 111. 



