1899 



GLEANINGS IN BEE CULTURE. 



599 



Contents of this Number. 



Bee-keeper, Soured 618 



Clover, Whv it Failed 018 



Feeding Back 611 



Hive. Best, for Extracting (110 



Honey, Black 618 



Honey, High Prices HIS 



Honey at Philadelphia Convention 618 



Niver on the Witness-stand 607 



Potato-diggers 622 



Question box 615 



Rambler at Crow's 612 



Rearing Queens in Full Colonies 604 



Robbing Hee-keepers 618 



Tare on Extracted Honey 609 



Temperature for Brood rearing 614 



Honey Column. 



CITY MARKETS. 

 Chicago. — At this date very little comb honey has 

 come on the market of this season's yield, and none 

 of it would grade more than No. 1. It has sold at 12@ 

 13. Not any dark or amber offered. Extracted sells 

 readily at 7@8 for white; amber, 6^@7^; dark, 6@6^. 

 Beeswax, 25@26, with an easier feeling. 



R. A. Burnett & Co., 

 Aug. 9. 163 S. Water St., Chicago, 111. 



New York. — Our market never was in better shape 

 for comb honey, old stock being entirely cleaned up. 

 There is a good demand now for new crop, and same 

 would find ready sale at following prices : Fancy 

 white, 13; No. 1 white, 12; fancy amber, 11; No. 1 am- 

 ber, 10. Extracted continues in gocd demand, with 

 market firm at following prices: Fancy Florida, 1%\ 

 choice Florida, V> 1/ 2 @1\ amber, Florida, 5^(5)6; other 

 southern, per gallon, 65@70 for choice, and 55@60 for 

 choice, and 55ft 60 for common. No demand for buck- 

 wheat at this time. Beeswax dull at 258 26. 



HlLDRETH & SEGELKEN, 



Aug. 9. 120, 122 West Broadway, N;w York. 



Albany. — Honey market quiet; very little dc ing. 

 Expect new crop in soon. Beeswax quiet, 25@28. 

 MacDougal & Co., 

 Successors to Chas. McCulloch & Co., 

 Aug. 10. Albany, N. Y. 



Philadet phia. — Honey arriving very freely, but 

 high prices prevail; not much demand yet till next 

 month. White fancy comb, 14(8)15; amber, 12(5)13. 

 Extracted, fancy clover, 10c; amber and light, 7@9. 

 Beeswax, 27c. Wm. A. Selser, 



Aug. 10. 10 Vine St., Philadelphia, Pa. 



Milwaukee. — We are now receiving some ship- 

 ments of very fine-quality honey from the new crop, 

 both section and extracted. The market is in good 

 condition, and some demand having made sales, 

 which allows us to quote as follows; Fancy lib. sec- 

 tions, 14(3)15; No. 1, 13@14, old amber, ld@ll. Ex- 

 tracted, in barrels and kegs and pails, white, 7J4@8c; 

 dark, 6, I 4(5)7J£. Beeswax, 25@27c. 



A. V. Bishop & Co.. 



Aug. 10. Milwaukee, Wis. 



For Sale. — First-class alfalfa comb honey in 24-lb. 

 cases, $2.00 each. Extracted, ten one gallon cans, 

 $7.00. R. T. Stinnett, Apiarist, Mesilla Park, N. M. 



Wanted.— Comb and extracted honey. State price, 

 kind, and quantitv. R. A. Burnett & Co., 



163 South Water St., Chicago, 111. 



For Sale. — 1000 lbs. of comb honey from white 

 clover and basswood in 12 and 24 lb. no-drip cases, at 

 11 J^ cts. per lb., f. o. b here. 



Chas. Oberle, Menomonie, Wis. 



For Sale. — 1000 lbs. extracted basswood, in barrels, 

 at 5 cts., f. o. b. Courtney. 4000 sections No. 1 at 10 cts. 

 per section in lots of 25 24-lb. cases. Extracted, in 60- 

 lb. cans, 2 in a case, at 0J-2 cts per lb., all f o. b. at 

 Courtney. Z. S. Weaver, Courtney, Texas. 



Wanted. — Quantity lots of comb and extracted hon- 

 •ey. Car lots preferred. B. Walker, Evart, Mich. 



NOTES FROM FOREIGN BEE 

 JOURNALS. 



OVER the sea, in Europe, science pure 

 and simple has reached greater 

 heights than in this country. In the 

 matter of applied science. Americans 

 probably stand at the head. The scientists 

 of the old world discover facts and princi- 

 ples — we make use of them. In this re- 

 spect the science of bee-keeping is no ex- 

 ception. The seed ideas for many of the 

 improvements in apiculture were Europe- 

 an in their origin. This peculiarity of 

 foreign bee-keeping is reflected, to a cer- 

 tain extent, in the foreign bee-journals. 

 If American apiarists, with their intense 

 propensities for the practical, could have 

 the privilege of reading over the experi- 

 ments and theories of their more scientific 

 foreign brethren, excellent results might 

 follow. 



There is another phase of the matter 

 worthy of consideration. In some respects 

 foreign apiculture is different from ours. 

 Its methods may not always be desirable 

 models for us to follow ; but the very fact 

 that we are different is a reason why we 

 may gain something by comparing them 

 with our own. The thoughts aroused by 

 comparison may lead to improvement in 

 our own methods. I I ; - 1 f BS ^ifj 



Last, but not least, the foreign bee-jour- 

 nals contain much that is good and suitable 

 for us to put into practice; hence, taking it 

 all in all, the Bee-keepers' Review feels 

 that not the least of its departments is the 

 one that gives the bee-news from over the 

 sea. It is presided over by Mr. F. L. 

 Thompson, of Denver. Colorado; in whom 

 is happily united the accomplished linguist 

 and the practical apiarist. 



Send ten cents for thrte late but different 

 issues, and the ten cents may apply on any 

 subscription sent in during the year. 



W. Z, Hutchinson, Flint, Mich, 



Queens by Return Mail. 



Daughters of best imported Italian queen mothers; 

 reared by Doolittle method: warranted purely mated 

 to drones of imported stock from a different source — 

 hence, a direct cross. Fourteen years as a honey- 

 producer on a large scale has taught me what good 

 queens mean to the producer, as well as how to rear 

 them. Price of queens 50 cts. each. Safe delivery and 

 satisfaction in every case, or money refunded. 



L. H. Robey, Worthington, W. Va. 



QUEENS ! 



QUEENS! 



Untested Italians, 50c each; tested, $1.00 each. 

 Queens large, yellow, and prolific. Address 



E - . VJ. HAAG, 



CANTON, O. 



Queens by Return Mail. 



Five-banders that are reared in a yard that has no 

 3 handed queens or 3-banded drones in it. Bear in 

 mind I make a specialtv of rearing only the 5-band- 

 ers. Fifty cents each, '$6.00 per dozen. Tested, $1 00 

 each. DANIEL WURTH, 



Falmouth, Rush Co., Ind. 

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