1900 



GLEANINGS IN BEE CULTURE. 



509 



Contents of this Number. 



Ants, Fie h eatiiier 528 



A^so -iHtion, National, Next .".8-1 



Bassvvoods, Wo; nis on 032 



Bee veil, lilohe 582 



Beetle. Hom-y-t-ating 52S 



Bees Wanted with Utt'ger Tongues .18(1 



Belgian Haies 514. 5I!» 



Bleaching, How Dine .^30 



Br.jod. Di.sen^ed, Diaano>.inor 585 



Brood-rearing Stminlalive, Advantages of 516 



Canker Worms, Spraviiig 51-1 



Catch, Go id, ty Bee-keeper 9.1 Years Old 528 



CI ver Red, Cintins at Wrong Time 5:^2 



Christians for Mayors, etc 541) 



Cigirettes Condemntd .t48 



Dronrs, Use of 580 



Editor at Wooster 540 



Editor in W-iyne Co .5;37 



Extracting for Women 518 



Feeder Bottom-hoa d 51 H 



Fuel Smoker, of Cotton Waste 514 



Hive-record, Victor's 517 



Hon I y Prospects 585 



Honej'. Marketing 585 



Honey, Section. t,ois of 529 



L,arvse, ^ ge of 'or Queen-rearing 521 



IvOgan Berrj' in Cili ornia ...513 



Nectar, When Deposited 513 



Planting in July 542 



Queen-cups, Doolittle, Not Started 531 



Queens, To Find 515 



Queens, Virgin. Ivoss of 529 



Sections. Dampening 531 



Shop-talks 524 



Smoker Fuel, Best 532 



S )raj'ing During Fruit-bUiom 534 



Spraying, Opinions of Stations 533 



Staples in Ends of Top-hars 529 



Swarms Carried on Biryrle 529 



Swarms, Late, Made Profitable P>2C) 



Swarming Seasons, Three in Year 528 



Swarming. Cause of 530 



Tobacco, Traffic in 548 



Water- witching 543 



Winteiing under Hive-covers 528 



Honey Column. 



C/TY MARKETS. 



Philadet phia.— The market has dropped very ma- 

 terially in extracted honey It is now arriving slowlj', 

 and parties having held old honey for higher prices 

 are Jo'-ing motiey. We qu'^te old extracted honev, 

 white, 6fa7; no old comb in the market. We have 

 made some sales of new comb at 13S)I4. Beeswax, 26. 

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

 mi.s.sion. Wm. A. Selser, 



June 20. 10 Vine St., Philadelphia, Pa. 



Kansas City. — We have a shipment of new comb 

 honey in transit from Florida. The supply of old ex- 

 tracted is very light, mostly candied. No change in 

 prices of either comb or extracted since our last quo- 

 tations. No beeswax in market. 



June 20. C. C. Clemons & Co. 



Detroit. — The crop of last year has about disap- 

 peared in this market, and the new crop will find a 

 bare market. Beeswax, 24@25. Supplv good. 



M. H. Hunt & Son, 



June 22. Bell Branch, Mich. 



Boston. — There is nothing new to note in our hon- 

 ey market. Prices are the same as per our quotation 

 a short time ago, with practically no demand, as is 

 usually the case this time 01 the j'ear. 



Blakk, Scott & IvEE, 



June 19. 33 Commercial St., Boston, Mass. 



Cincinnati. — The market on honey at present is in 

 an unsettled c ndition owing to the uncertainty of the 

 crop. There is 'ome Southern ext' acted honey com- 

 ing in which finds ready sale at prices ranging from 

 6%(aiT/2, according to quality. Beeswax, '/5n 26 

 C. H. W. Wfber, 

 Succes.sor to Chas. F. Muth & .Son, 

 June 19. 2146 48 Central Ave., Cincinnati, O. 



Milwaukee.— The old cropof comb honey is nearly 

 all out of 'ight, and the receipts of 'ate have been 

 very small. We had a sm 11 lot of very nice white, 

 cle.iri. good-flavred weilgrai'ed section honey, and 

 S'.M it at I^c, and could m 1. more of the same quality. 

 If any shippers have --uch we advi e them to -end it 

 here. We can now quote faricv l-lb sections. IGfe 18; 

 A No. 1, l-lb. sections. IValG; No. 1, l-lh. seitions, 14 

 fril5: dark or ami.tr, lib .section"^, 12ra 14. Extracted 

 in barrels, kegs, and p rils, 7ia 10, nominal. Dark or 

 amber, nominal, 614&7. Beeswax, 2.5rn 27. 



June 19. A^ V. Bishop & Co. 



Chicago. — Not any new comb honey on the market, 

 with the exception of a little sweet clover, which, ow- 

 ing to the scarcity of comb honey, has sold at 1.5c per 

 p tind; extracted is slow of sale at 7. abrntthe highest 

 price that can be obtained for white; Pt'Aial for best 

 ambers, and 554(g,6 for aark grade-i. Beeswax, 27@28. 

 R. A. Burnett & Co., 



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



New York. — A little new comb honey is arriving, 

 which sells on arrival at 15 f.)r fancy white and 12(314 

 for off grades. No demand now f.ir dark comb. Ex- 

 tracted honev remains quiet. S mie new crop is ar- 

 riving from the South, though the marVet remains un- 

 settled and irregular. Beeswax firm at 27@28. 



HiLDRETH & SE'tELKEN, 



June 21. 120, 122 West Broadway, New York. 



AiB\NY. — Nothing doing in honey now. Beeswax 

 steady, 27@29. MacDou(;al & Co. 



Successors to Chas. McCulloch & Co. 

 June 20. 



Wanted, Honey and Beeswax.— We have a tre- 

 mendous and growing trade in this line and should 

 like to hear fn m all having snch goods to .sell in any 

 part of the country, with quantity, de cription, and 

 lowest cash price. 



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



Wanted— To buy honey. Should like to hear from 

 parties having extracted honey to < ffer, 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. 



Marquette, on Lake Superior, 



is one of the most charming summer resorts reached 

 via the Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul Railway. 



Its healthful location, beautiful .scenery, good hotels, 

 and Complete immunity from hny fever, make a sum- 

 mer outing at Marquette Mich., verv attractive from 

 the standpoint of health, rest, and comfort. 



For a c.ipy of " The Lake Superior Country," con- 

 taining a de.scripi.ion of Marquette and the copper 

 country, address, with four (4) cents in stamps to pay 

 postage, Geo. H. Heafford, General Passenger Agent, 

 Chicago. 111. 



TMU I O Bees. 



REVISED EDITION. 



How to get 

 QIUT-EDQED HONE 



Send 2c stamp to 



THE A. I. ROOT CO 



Medina, Ohio, 



or F. Danzenbaker, 



Box 66, Washington, D. C. 



ITALIAN BEES and QUEENS FOR SALE 



Queens, |l.00; bees, by the pound, 81.00; nuclei, two 

 fr.mes with queen, |2 00; one frame, |1 50 ; full col- 

 onies, S4.0U. 



MRS. A. A. SIMPSON, Swarts. Pa. 



W/'ANTED.— To .'ell Darling strawberry-plants at 

 ^^ 35 CIS. per 100, postage paid; ready for immedi- 

 ate delivery. H. FiTZ Hart, Dalktiih, Fla. 



Sharpless Cream Separators— Profitable Dairying. 



