1899 



GLEANINGS IN BEE CULTURE. 



743 



Contents of this Number. 



Ants Killing Moths 750 



Barns, Draper, for Comb Honey 765 



Bees Selecting a Home Before Swarming 763 



Bees and Grapes 747 



Bees in Santa Lucia Mountains 757 



Bees, Starting in Sections 767 



Bee-hive, giving (Poem) 764 



Bee veils, How to Wear 7(>5 



Boardman's Bad Report 7l!li 



Brood, Diseased, in New York 748 



Cage, Morton's Improved Introducing 756 



California, Season in 750 



Carniolans 767 



Cauliflower as a Honey-plant 774 



Color, Against Tiifi 



Cuba, Bee-keeping in 75S 



Dowie, Dr 773 



Experts vs. Amateurs 762 



Foundation, 18 Ft. to Pound 766 



Foundation fas ener, Daisy 753 



Frost, The I^ate 776 



Hart, Flon 759 



Hetherington, J. E 769 



Hives for Comb Honey 756 



Honey in Greece 718 



Honey, Adulterated, from Medina 769 



Honey -queen, Record-breaking 765 



Introducing in Benton Cage 768 



Maule's Commercial Potato 777 



Medicines, Patent 751 



Ostriches 760 



Potatoes under Straw 777 



Queen -cells, Holv-Land 767 



Rambler at Hart's 759 



Section, Too Thin 766 



Sections, 4i<x4i<f, Defended 752 



Sections, Tall, Origin of 748 



Shipping-case, No drip 748 



Smoker, Crane 754 



Spelling, Reformed 761 



Splints, Miller's 751 



Sulphuric Acid for Wax 765 



Tobacco Column 778 



Wilkin's Fire 750 



Windmills, Home-made 776 



Honey Column. 



CITY MARKETS. 



Chicago. — We have a strong market on all grades 

 of honey, and while there is no perceptible advance 

 in prices they are well sustained. Fancy grades of 

 white comb, 15, and good grades, 13@14; amber, best 

 grades, 11@,12, and off grades. 9@10. Extracted, choice 

 in flavor and white in color, 7 I 4@8; light amber, same 

 grade, 7@7%: off in quality and color, 6(S>6%; dark 

 and light body, about 5@6; beeswax, 26@27. This is 

 the most active month of the year for sale of comb 

 honey in this market. R. A. Burnett & Co., 



Oct. 7. 163 S. Water St., Chicago, 111. 



Cincinnati. — The demand for honey, both comb 

 and extracted, is very good, with prices much better 

 than a few weeks ago. Fancy comb is wanted, and 

 finds ready sale at 15@16. Darker grades are hard to 

 sell at any price. Good demand for all grades of ex- 

 tracted. White clover and basswood brings 8@8^. 

 Amber and southern is wanted at from 6@7. Good 

 demand for beeswax at 26. Do not handle honey on 

 commission — buy for spot cash only. 



C. H. W. Weber, 

 Successor to Chas. F. Muth & Son, 



Oct. 7. 2146 48 Central Ave., Cincinnati, O. 



Schenectady. — Fancy white honey is so scarce that 

 it commands a high price, and a fair quality sells 

 readily at 13(§>14; buckwheat, 10@11; extracted dark in 

 60-lb. cans, G%; kegs, 6. C. McCulloch, 



Oct. 9. Schenectady, N. Y. 



Albany. — Honey market continues active. Fancy 

 white clover selling at 15(S16; mixed, 12® 13; dark, 11 

 @11^: white extracted, 8%@9; mixed, 1@~y 2 : dark, 6^ 

 @7. Beeswax, 26@28. MacDougal & Co., 



Successors to Chas. McCulloch & Co., 



Oct. 7. Albany, N. Y. 



Kansas City. — The receipts of comb honey is large, 

 but receipts of extracted is light. We quote No. 1 

 white comb, at 14c; No. 2, white, 13; No. 1 amber, 13J£; 

 No. 2 amber. 12^; extracted, white, "@7%\ amber, 6@ 

 6J4; dark, 5@5^; beeswax, 22@25. 



C. C Clemons Co., 



Oct. 11. Kansas City, Mo. 



Detroit.— Fancy white comb, 14@15; No. 1, 13@14; 

 other grades, 10@12, with good demand; white ex- 

 tracted, 7@8; dark, 6. Beeswax, 23@25, with good sup- 

 ply. M. H. Hunt & Son, 



Sept. 29. Bell Branch. Mich. 



For Sale. — Fine basswood honey in 60-lb. cans, 



two in a case, 8J4c net. Also basswood, clover, and 



fall flowers mixed, light amber, same price, f. o. b. 

 Union Center, Wis. Flias Fox, Hillsboro, Wis. 



For Sale. — We have some nice basswood honey in 

 kegs and cans at 8i 4 cts. per lb. Sample 5 cts. 



I. J. Stringham, 105 Park PL, New York. 



For Sale. — Choice new light amber honey at 14.50 

 per can of 58 lbs., net. Samples postpaid, 10 cts. 



R. & E. C. Porter, L,ewistown, Ills. 



Wanted. — Comb and extracted honey. State price, 

 kind, and quantity. Blake, Scott & Lee, 



57 Chatham St., Boston, Mass. 



Wanted. — Your honey. We will buy it, no matter 

 where you are. Address, giving description and price. 

 Thos. C. Stanley & Son, Fairfield, 111. 



Wanted.— Comb and extracted honey. State price, 

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



163 South Water St., Chicago, 111. 



Wanted. — Quantity lots of comb and extracted hon- 

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



Wanted. — Fancy white comb and extracted honey. 

 Give price, kind, and quantity. C. H. W. Weber, 



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

 2146-48 Central Ave., Cincinnati, Ohio. 



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