1900 



GLEANINGS IN BEE CULTURE. 



39 



Contents of this Number. 



Apiary, Cuban, Howe gt 47 



Automobiles 4'2 



Basswood Seed, To Start 53 



Bees Influenced by Habit 54 



Bicycle Buzz-saw •. 46 



Brood-chambers, Size of 49 



Buzz-saw, Foot-power Bicycle 46 



California as a Bee State...'. 44 



Cans, To Dry ,53 



Colorado as a Bee State 59 



Convention, Denver 58 



Cuban As.sociation ,52 



Extractors, First 57, 58 



Feeder, Division-board 54 



Foundation, Severe Test of Weed 51 



Hive, Dovetailed 54 



Hives, Painting .54 



Honey, Distractet (Poem) 48 



Honey-emptying Machine.' .56 



Market, Howe, Aikin's Plan .58 



Overstocking in Colorado 59 



Peabody, J. h 57 



Queen Mating Twice .52 



Rambler on California 44 



Stings. Cold Pack for 53 



Sections, Tall 51 



Spelling Discussed 50 



Sprites, Two (Poem) 43 



Honey Column. 



C/TV MARKETS. 



Albany. — Honey in light supply and good demand. 



We quote fancy white, 15@16; JSIo. 1 white, 14@15; 



mixed, amber and dark, 11(3)14. Extracted white, 8@ 



8^; amber, 7@7^; dark, 6@6i/^. Beeswax, 25@27. 



MCDOUGAL & Co., 



Successors to Chas. McCulloch & Co., 

 Jan. 8. Albany, N. Y. 



Springfield. — Honey is selling slow. No. 1 white 

 clover is selling at 18; buckwheat, 11@.12. 



Perkins & Hatch, 

 Jan. 8. Springfield, Mass. 



Cincinnati. — The demand for extracted honey has 

 eased off since the holidays, with prices about as fol- 

 lows : Fall and southern extracted, yS(w1 ; clover, 7@ 

 8^ ; good demand for fancy white comb honey atl6@ 

 17. Bteswax, 26. C. H. W. Weber, 



Successor to Chas. F. Muth & Son, 



Jan. 8. 2146-48 Central Ave., Cincinnati, O. 



Chicago. — We quote best white comb. 15 ; an oc- 

 casional small lot of fancy sells at 10; off grades of 

 white, 12@14; amber, 10@12. Extracted, 8(019 for fancy 

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

 Receipts are larger, and the demand is not as good as 

 it has been. R. A. Burnett & Co., 



Jan. 8. 163 S. Water St., Chicago, 111. 



Columbus.— Demand for all grades of comb hon- 

 ey verj- good. Receipts light. Fancy white, 16 ; No. 1 

 white, 15; amber, 11@12. Evans & Turner, 



Jan. 8. Fourth and Town Sts., Columbus, O. 



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

 tracted is fair ; supply not large. We quote No. 1 

 white comb, 13V^@14; No. 1 amber, 13(3)13^; No. 2 

 white, 13; No. 2 amber, 125^. Extracted, white, 8; 

 amber, 7J4. Beeswax, 20(^,22. 



C. C. Clemons & Co., 



Jan. 9. Kansas City, Mo. 



New York.— Trade rather quiet at present, though 

 market remains firm at unchanged prices on all grades 

 of comb and extracted honey. Beeswax is improving, 

 and is in good demand at 28. 



Hildreth & Segelken, 



Jan. 9. 120, 122 West Broadway, New York. 



Philadelphia. — Honey has been .selling quite free- 

 ly, but the supply seems to keep up with the demand. 

 We quote fancy comb, 15@16; No. 1, 13(g),14; no No 2 

 or buckwheat in our market'. Extracted, white. 8@10; 

 amber, 7@8. Beeswax, 26. We are producers of hon- 

 ey — do not handle on commi.ssion. Wm. A. Selser, 



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



Wanted.— Comb and extracted honey. State price, 

 kind, and quantity. Blake, Scott & I,ee, 



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. — Extracted honey of all kinds. Mail sam- 

 ple, and p'ice expected delivered at Cincinnati. I 

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



Successor to Chas. V. Muth & Son, 

 2146-48 Central Ave., Cincinnati, Ohio. 



About 

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revised edition. 



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