1899 



GLEANINGS N BEE CULTURE. 



491 



Contents of this Number. 



Apis Dorsata in Medina 509 



Apis Dorsata not Wanted 499 



Bees, Indian 500 



Bees with Dirty Feet 508 



Bees, Varieties of 500 



Bees, York's, in School 496 



Bee-fever, Brown's 504 



Clover, Alsike, for Stock 503 



Clover, Sweet, for Roads 502 



Cuba, Bad Features of 503 



Editor on Pennsylvania Limited 512 



Editor in Richmond 511 



Himalaya Bees 500 



Hive, Best, for Extracting 496 



Mulberries 515 



Queen-excluders, when Necessary 497 



Queen-cells, Doolittle Fashion 510 



Rambler on the Ocean 505 



Sections, Unfinished, in the Fall 507 



Honey Column. 



CITY MARKETS, 



Detroit. — No comb honey to quote, and new crop 

 will find a fair market, with the exception of some 

 poor dark lots. Extracted dull, and with little in 

 stock at 5@7. Beeswax, 24@25. 



June 24. M. H. Hunt & Son, Bell Branch, Mich. 



Cleveland. — We quote our honey market as fol- 

 lows : Fancy white, 13@,14; No. 1 white, 12@13; fancy 

 amber, 10@. 1 1 ; No. 1 amber, 9®10; white extracted, 7@ 

 7%. A. B.'Williams & Co., 



June 19. 80-82 Broadway, Cleveland, Ohio. 



Albany. — Honey well cleaned up, with but very lit- 

 tle demand. Prices about same as last. Think when 

 new comes there will be a good outlet, as old will be 

 all sold then. Beeswax, 26(5(28; quiet. 



MacDougal & Co., 

 Successors to Chas. McCulloch & Co., 

 June 21. Albany, N. Y. 



Philadelphia. — There is some Southern comb hon- 

 ey arriving in the market, but no demand yet, and 

 prices are unsettled. The price of extracted honey is 

 a little higher, but not much demand. We quote 

 white, 8@9; amber, 7@8; dark, 6(57. Beeswax, 26. We 

 are producers of honey, and do not sell on commis- 

 sion. Wm. A. Selser, 



June 19. 10 Vine St., Philadelphia, Pa. 



Chicago. — Not any comb honey on the market ex- 

 cept buckwheat and other dark grades. We look for 

 new crop to start in at 13 cts. for best grades of white; 

 light ambers and off white, 10@12. Extracted selling 

 at 5@7 for ambers, and 6@8 for white, according to 

 quality, color, and package. Beeswax steady at 26@27. 

 R. A. Burnett & Co., 



June 19. 163 S. Water St., Chicago, 111. 



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. 



AHfl Rppc ARE not Italians; thev are GOLD- 

 nutl ucc:> EN Carniolans. and practically 

 a non-swarming, non-stinging strain of bees, great 

 honey-gatherers, and sure to winter. Tested queens, 

 each, SI. 00; six queens, §5 50, or $9 00 per dozen. Every 

 thing guaranteed. Book giving 37 years' experience 

 in rearing queens sent free. 



HENRY ALLEY, Wenham, Mass. 



QI will be ready as usual to furnish 

 ll^^flC queens the coming season. Many 

 uwwn >Jt unso ii c i te d testimonials tell of the 

 ™"™ "" *^ — — »^^— superiority of the Laws strain of 

 faultless 5-banded workers. Breeding queens 

 always on hand. Price 82.50 each. I am also breeding 

 the leather-colored stock from imported mothers. 

 Tested queens of either strain, |1.00 each; 6 for $5.00. 

 Untested, 75c each; 6 for $4. Queens ready in season. 

 W. H. LAWS, Lavaca, Seb. Co., Ark. 



BEE-SUPPLIES. 



ROOT'S GOODS-ROOT'S PRICES 



MUTH'S HONEY-JARS, 

 MUTH'S H0NEY=EXTRAC0RS, 

 LANGSTROTH HIVES, 



and every thing pertaining to same : in fact, 

 every thing used by bee-keepers. Send for our 

 catalog. 



WANTED —EXTRACTED HONEY. 



I am now in shape to buy extracted honey, ei- 

 ther in large or small lots. Parties in the South, 

 or in Kentucky, Indiana, Ohio, or West Virginia 

 having any to offer will do well to sell to me, as 

 Cincinnati is the greatest market for extracted 

 honey in the States. Submit a small sample, 

 stating quantity, style of package, and price ex- 

 pected. 



C. H. W. WEBER, 



Successor to Chas. F. Muth & Son and A. Muth. 



2146=8 Central Ave., Cincinnati, 0. 



References. — Western German Bank. Brighton 

 Bank Co., of Cincinnati, Ohio. 



ir German 1 



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