1900 



GLEANINGS IN BEE CULTURE. 



333 



Contents of this Number. 



Apiary at Home of the Honey-bees 844 



Aspinwair.s Separator 841 



Bees and Horticulture 856 



Bees oil Highway 851 



Bran fi r Bees 365 



Brood, Black, in Michigan 351 



Brood, Puliitiij it ai>ove Perforated Zinc 353 



Brood, .Spreading, Condemned .358 



Brood, Starved or Black 343 



Brosins Bill 8.55 



Candying no Proof of Purity 3.55 



Cells, Doolittle, in Brood-chamber 3.52 



Cordial, Nature's 362 



Eating Between Meals .361 



Foul Brood, Cowan on 346 



Foundation to Top and Bottom Bars 351 



Frames, Closed -end 344 



Hive in House in China 3.39 



Hives, I,arge, as Non-swarmers 3.55 



Hives, Part they Play 349 



Honey, Candied, Removing from Combs 352 



Honey, Candying of 340 



Honey, Sweet-clover 3.57 



Incubator, Natural-hen 364 



India Fund 365 



Italianizing with Two Queens 3.52 



l,amp. Electric Portable 368 



Queens, Disappearance of 353 



Queen cells for Nuclei 349 



Question-box .3.54 



Saloons in Marengo 3.56 



Sections, Average Weights 3.57 



Sections, soiled. Four Classes 355 



Shop-talks 347 



Super, Aspin wall's Comb-honey 341 



Ti-ti, Honey from 3.53 



Wintering on Closed-end Frames 342 



Wires, Dispensing with 351 



Honey Column. 



CITY MARKETS. 



Buffalo —Fancy, 15(S),16: A No. 1, 14® 15. No. 1, 13@ 

 14; No. 2, 12®,13; No. 3, 11@12; dark, 9@10 Extracted, 

 5%@7%- White honey in good demand ; mixed and 

 dark, slow sale. Beeswax, '27@30. 



Ap-il 18. W. C. TOWNSEND, Buffalo, N. Y. 



Albany. — Nothing new to report in honey market, 

 there still being some call for comb, and none on 

 hand. Extracted is dull. Beeswax steady. 

 McDouGAL & Co., 

 Successors to Chas. McCulloch & Co., 

 April 19. Albany, N. Y. 



Chicago. — The market is well cleared of white comb 

 honey: a little choice has sold recently at 16, but dark 

 and mixed goods are slow of sale. Extracted white, 

 8@9; amber, 7(5)8; dark, 6@7, according to quality and 

 package. Beeswax in good demand at 28. 



R. A. Burnett & Co., 



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



Boston. — We beg to report our honey as very quiet, 

 and, although stocks on hand are verylight, they are 

 fully equ'il to the demand since the high prices pre- 

 vailing have had a tendency to check consumption. 

 The nominal market is 18 cts. for fancy white, yet 

 these prices would be shaded if purchasers evince dis- 

 position to buy. No. 1, 14@,16; extracted, 8% for fancy 

 white. No beeswax on hand. 



Blake, Scott & I<ee, 



April 16. 33 Commercial St., Boston, Mass. 



Cincinnati.— There is very little life in the honey 

 market just now. A verv noticeable feature is the 

 decline in price on extracted caused by the appear- 

 ance of all kinds of foreign honey. San Domingo, 

 Porto Rico, Jamaica, and Mexican honey is being of- 

 fered at prices below our native product.' Here is food 

 for thought for .some of our protectionists. I offer 

 extracted white, 7^ACaS; amber and southern, 6%@7. 

 Comb honey is well cleaned up. Beeswax, 25. 



C. H. W. Weber, 

 Successor to Chas. F. Muth & Son, 



April 19. 2146-48 Central Ave., Cincinnati, O. 



Columbus. — No honey now in jobbers' hands in the 

 market. A limited quantity would do well 



Evans & Turner, 

 April 21. Fourth and Town Sts., Columbus, O. 



Kansas City.— We quote fancy white comb, 15; 

 No. 1, 14; fancy amber, 14; No. 2 white and amber, 13. 

 Extracted, white, 8; amber, 7. Beeswax, 22faj,25. 



C. C. Clemons & Co., 



Ap- il 20. ^Kansas City, Mo. 



Detroit.— Fancy white comb, 15@16; No. 1, 14@15; 

 amber and dark, 10@11. Very little desirable honey 

 in .'ight, and the demand is light. Extracted white, 

 7@7^; amber at d dark, o@6. Beeswax, 26@27. 



Apr. 23. M. H. Hunt & Son, Bell Branch, Mich. 



New York. — Our market, both clover and buck- 

 wheat comb honey, is now bare. Demand has about 

 ceased, with occasional calls for white clover. Prices 

 could be obtained in a small way as follows : Fancy 

 white. 1-lb. section, 16@17; No. 1 white, 1-tb section, 

 15@,16; amber and mixed, 10@13 ; buckwheat, 9@11. 

 Demand for extracted honey is very slow, with prices 

 not so firm. White clover, 7^®8: light amber, 7@7i4; 

 amber and buckwheat, 5J^@6. Beeswax firm, but not 

 in good demand, 27@28. Chas. Israel & Bro., 



April 20. Cor. Canal and Watts Sts., New York. 



Wanted. — To buy honey. .Should like to hear from 

 parties having extracted honej* to offer, and their best 

 price, delivered at Cincinnati. I pay cash on delivery. 

 C. H. W. Weber, 

 Sue. to C. F. Muth & Son, Cincinnati, Ohio. 



Wanted.— Comb and extracted honey. State price, 

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



163 South Water St., Chicago, 111. 



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^F S PEC I Ab^NOT,' c ES 



beeswax declined. 

 The market on beeswax is much easier, and at least 

 a cent a pound lower than it was several weeks ago; 

 and until further notice we will pay 25 cents cash, or 

 27 in trade, delivered here for average wax. This is 

 one cent a pound less than we have been paying. 



NO. 2 sections. 

 La.st year we had difficulty in furnishing as many 

 No. 2 sections as we had orders for, while this year 

 the demand for No. 2 has been lighter in proportion 

 to that for No. 1 grade, so that we have an over-supply 

 of No. 2 in almost all widths and styles. These are 

 practically as good as No. 1 grade, except in color, 

 and the price of No. 2 this j'ear is about the same as 

 last year's price of No. 1. We have upward of a mil- 

 lion sections in stock of No. 2 grade, and about one 

 and a half million of No. 1 grade. If we have a honey 

 crop a little later you will be able to get such sections 

 as you may need, on short notice. 



business at this date. 

 As we go to press we are loading the last carload for 

 which we have an order entered, and less than car- 

 load orders are filled just as soon as received. Dur- 

 ing the months of March and April we have shipped 

 thirteen less full carloads than we shipped in the 

 same time la.st year — a falling off of about one-third, 

 and the orders for smaller lots have been correspond- 

 ingly los. We have been obliged to reduce our work- 

 ing force considerably, and shall have to reduce it 

 still more unless the fine weather which has finally 

 set in brings a good supply of orders to keep us busy. 

 Judging from reports received, the light trade in sup- 

 plies is general, and primarily due to the heavy losses 

 in bees a year ago, followed by a poor honey crop 

 which left many empty hives and unused supplies in 

 the hands of bee-keepers. If in need of any thing in 

 our line send in your orders, remembering that we 

 are in position to serve you with unusual promptness. 



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