1899 



GLEANINGS IN BEE CULTURE. 



915 



Honey Column. 



CITY MARKETS. 



Schenectady. — There is quite a demand, both for 

 clover and buckwheat; stock on the market is almost 

 exhausted. We quote white clover, 15@16; buckwheat, 

 11@12. The season for exti acted opens about Feb. 1, 

 and there is no great demand yet, but prices are ad- 

 vancing. C. McCulloch, Schenectady, N. Y. 



Dec. 11. 



Columbus. — Fancy white comb, 16@17; fancy am- 

 ber, 13@14; No. 1 amber, 11@12; dark, 10. We are in 

 the market for all grades, either on consignment or 

 direct purchase. Evans & Turner, 



Dec. 7 Fourth and Town Sts., Columbus, O. 



Boston. — There is very little new to report in the 

 line of our honey market. Prices remain exactly as 

 they were before with practically the same condition. 

 The retail trade are loath to pay the higher prices, and 

 are buying in a very small way; still, the demand is 

 fully equal to the supply. Blake, Scott & Lee, 



Dec. 8. 57 Chatham St., Boston, Mass. 



Kansas City. — The demand for both comb and ex- 

 tracted honey is steady. We quote No. 1 white comb, 

 14; No. 1 amber, 13%: No. 2 white, 13; No. 2 amber, 

 12%. Extracted, white, 8 ; amber, 7 ; dark, 6. Bees- 

 wax, 22@25. C. C. Clemons & Co., 



Dec. 8. Kansas City, Mo. 



New York. — We have a good demand for all grades 

 of comb honey. Fancy white sells readily at 15, some 

 exceptionally fine lots at 1(3 cts per lb. No. 1 white, 13 

 @14; amber, 11@12; buckwheat, 10@11. Extracted hon- 

 ey is in fairly good demand at unchanged prices. 

 Beeswax remains quiet at 26%(&27 I /2. We are in the 

 market for some nice comb honey, and should be 

 pleased to hear from those having any to sell. 



HlLDRETH & SEGELKEN, 



Dec. 8. 120, 122 West Broadway, New York. 



Philadelphia. — Honey has been arriving more 

 freely, and those who have been holding back are 

 now pushing it forward. Evidently the highest prices 

 have been reached. We quote fancy comb, 16; No. 1, 

 12; amber, 11. Extracted, 7 ; amber, 6. Beeswax, 25. 

 We are producers of honey — do not handle on commis- 

 sion. Wm. A. Selser, 



Dec. 9. 10 Vine St., Philadelphia, Pa. 



Chicago. — Receipts are larger, and the demand is 

 not as good as it has been. Most of the retailers have 

 laid in a supply to carry them over Christmas. Wc 

 quote best white comb at 1.5; an occasional lot of fancy 

 brings 16 ; off grades of white, 12(514 ; amber, 10@12. 

 Extracted, 8@9 for fancy white ; amber, 7@8 ; dark 

 grades, 6@,7. Beeswax, 27. R. A. Burnett & Co., 



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



Albany. — Honey all cleaned up, and with good de- 

 mand: market is very firm. We quote fancy clover, 15 

 @17; white mixed, 13@14; dark, ll%@12%. Extracted, 

 white, 8%; amber, 7%; dark, 6@6%. Beeswax, 25@27. 

 McDougal & Co., 

 Successors to Chas. McCulloch & Co., 

 Dec. 8. Albany, N. Y. 



Springfield. — Our market is in good shape on hon- 

 ey. Fancy white sells at 18; buckwheat, 10(5)12. The 

 demand is very good. Perkins & Hatch, 



Dec. 8. Springfield, Mass. 



Wanted. — Extracted honey of all kinds. Mail sam- 

 ple, and p r ice expected delivered at Cincinnati. 1 

 pay spot cash on delivery. C. H. W. Weber, 



Successor to Chas. F. Muth & Sou, 

 2146-48 Central Ave., Cincinnati, Ohio. 



For Sale. — Basswood and alfalfa extracted honey, 

 cts. per lb. Samples 5c each. 



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



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. 



KIND WORDS FROM OUR CUSTOMERS. 



The sewing-machine was received all right. I am 

 well pleased with it. C. G. Thomas. 



Great Bend, Pa., Dec. 8, 1899. 



QUEEN-BEE MAILED TO SOUTH AFRICA. 



The queen arrived safely with two workers to the 

 fore, exactly one month from the day you posted her 

 (July 11.) I introduced her the same day in a queen- 

 cage and removed it in forty eight hours after. .She is 

 laying well and filling up her hive with brood. I can 

 see very little if any difference between her progeny 

 and our Natal bee. Would you care to have a queen- 

 bee from here? D. C. McKenzie. 



Lion's Bush, Nottingham Road, 

 Natal, S. A., Sept. 29, 1899. 



A KIND WORD FOR THE HOME TALKS, WITH A SUGGES- 

 TION OF THE GOOD FRUIT THEY HAVE BORNE. 



Mr. Root: — I have been thinking for some little time 

 of writing you about the pleasure your " Home Talks" 

 in Gleanings give me. and of telling you of some of 

 the be>iefits I derived therefrom. I can inform you 

 that, two months ago on the 18th, I quit both chewing 

 and smoking tobacco, held out faithful thus far, and, 

 with the grace of God, expect to continue. The next 

 benefit derived from your paper is that I quit buying 

 patent medicine. Furthermore, I came near buying 

 an Elect ropoise that you exposed in some of the num- 

 bers of Gleanings in 1895. I happened to look over 

 some of the numbers of that year at a friend's house. 

 A man here, prominent in the M. E. church, has the 

 agency, sells them at $13. and sold a number of them 

 this spring and summer, and would have sold me one 

 had I not got hold of Gleanings. I can afford to sub- 

 scribe for your paper in the future. 



Marion, O., Aug. 21, 1899. Louis Scherff. 



Wants and Exchange, 



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ANTED. — To exchange bicycles, tandems, etc., for 

 all kinds of machinery, tools, etc., or comb hou- 

 Robert B. Gedye, La Salle, 111. 



ANTED.— To exchange a typewriter or hrst-class 

 violin for a bicycle or offers. 



Anton Leister, Brunswick, Ohio. 



ANTED. — To exchange one dozen new phono- 

 graph records. Write giving list of what you have. 

 W. C. Gathright, Dona Ana, New Mexico. 



'ANTED. — Gem planer, one-piece-section machine, 

 and four-piece-section machine, in exchange for 

 cash, Given press, Clark's cutaway harrow, and Danz. 

 bee-hives, complete. F. G. Bass, Front Royal, Va. 



VVANTED. — To exchange early-hatched Pekin ducks 

 TT for a good extractor — Cowan preferred — Italian 

 queens, bee supplies, or honey. 



F. A. Gray, Redwood Falls, Minn. 



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VMANTED. — Nuclei and full colonies of bees, for de- 

 " livery in April; South preferred. Will furnish 

 nuclei boxes. I. J. Stringham, 105 Park PI., N. Y. 



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