1900 



GLEANINGS IN BEE CULTURE. 



553 



Contents of this Number. 



Barns, Draper .573 



Bees and Agriculture .560 



Bees and Flowers 560 



Bees, Length of Flight ,575, 576 



Bees, Non-swarming 569 



Bisulphide of Carbon ,564 



Boy and Bee-sting 561 



Clover around Toledo ,580 



Clover, Sweet, for Horses ,583 



Clover, Yellow Sweet ,559 



Colorado, Editor in .577 



Editor in Chicago 582 



Florida for Bee-keepers .576 



Foul Brood, to Cure .575 



Hares, Belgian .573 



Hay, Sweet clover, at Dr. Miller's .5.58, .58:3 



Hives of J. E. Lyon, Longmont 563 



Honey from Cappings 566 



Honey Vinegar 566 



Honey, Boiling 570 



Honey, Candied vs. Liquid .563 



India, Famine in 586 



Non-swarming ,567 



Queens, To Find 575 



Red Clover, Modifying Tubes of 5.58, 579 



Reply to J. E. Crane .567 



Sand-storm ...577 



Sections, Greasy, Cause of -576 



Sections, Sizes of, Compared ,566 



Sections, Thick and Thin 575 



Separators, Fence 567 



Shop-talks 571 



Tobacco Smoke for Introducing 574 



Tongues of Bees, Measuring 578 



Travel-stain 567 



Honey Column. 



CITY MARKETS. 



Cincinnati. — This market is completely bare of 

 comb honey. The demand for extracted honey is 

 good. Several good shipments from Mississippi and 

 Arkan-sas have arrived, and found a ready sale at 6>^(S), 

 1%. No white clover on the market ; same would 

 bring about 8. Beeswax, 2,5@26 



C. H. W. Weber, 

 Successor to Chas. F. Muth & Son, 

 July 2. 2146-48 Central Ave., Cincinnati, O. 



Kansas City. — We have had a few shipments of 

 new comb honey. No. 1 white comb sells at 15; No. 1 

 amber, 14; No 2 amber, 13 No new extracted in the 

 market. No beeswax in market. 



July 9. C. C. Clemons & Co. 



Chicago. — Some new white comb honey is selling at 

 15; not much offered, and not much demand for it. 

 Extracted is slow sale: best white, KwT'-A; best amber, 

 6y2@6yi; off grades, 5@5^. Beeswax, 27@28. 



R. A. Burnett & Co., 



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



Ne^v York. — Comb and extracted honey in very 

 poor demand on this market at the present time. A 

 few small lots of comb honey arriving which is selling 

 at 12@16. according to quality. Extracted we quote 

 from 6@7. Beeswax scarce, 28@29. 



Chas. Israel & Bro. 



486 Canal St. 



Buffalo. — There has been just a little new comb 

 honey in the market this season. Quality was good, 

 and sold at 17@,18. It will not .sell as high as this very 

 long. 



July 12. W. C. TowNSEND, Buffalo, N. Y. 



Wanted. — Comb and extracted honey. Will buy 

 your honey, no matter what quantity. Mail sample 

 with your price expected, delivered Cincinnati. I pay 

 cash on delivery. 



C. H. W. Weber, Cincinnati, Ohio. 



Wanted.— Comb and extracted honey. State price, 

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



163 South Water St., Chicago, 111. 



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

 mendous and growing trade in this line, and should 

 like to hear from all having such goods to sell in any 

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

 lowest ca,sh pi ice. 



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



For Sale. — Basswood honey, both comb and ex- 

 tracted. Write for pi ices, stating amount wanted. 

 Ed. Wilkinson, Wilton, Wis. 



JMarquette, 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 hay fever, make a sum- 

 mer outing at Marquette. Mich., very attractive from 

 the standpoint of health, rest, and comfort. 



For a copy of "The Lake Superior Country," con- 

 taining a description of Marquette and the copper 

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

 postage, Geo. H. Heafford, General Pa.ssenger Agent, 

 Chicago, 111. 



FACTS 



About 

 Bees. 



revised edition. 

 How to get 

 GILT-EDGED HONEY 



Send 2c .stamp to 



THE A. I. ROOT CO. |^ 



Medina, Ohio, 



or F. Danzenbaker, 



Box 66, Washington, D. C. 



Adel Bees Did it. 



San Louis, CoL, March 2, 1900. 

 Last spring (1899) I ordered queens from 5 

 differentqueen-breeders, and amongthem one 

 from you. The bees from yoir (Adel) queen 

 gathered more honey than tl ? others all put 

 together. (Signed) S. N. Smith, M. D. 



Send for descriptive circular and full 

 price List. Tested queens, each $1.50. 



HENRY ALLEY, Wenham, Mass. 



SUPERIOR HONEY QUEENS. Bred from our su- 

 perior strain of Italian Queens. Untested, each, 

 50c; 14 doz., $2.75; tested, SIO'O; Vi doz., 85 00. 



LEININGER BROS., Fort Jennings, O. 



ITALIAN BEES and QUEENS FOR SALE 



Queens, 11.00; bees, by the pound, $1.00 ; nuclei, two 

 frames, with queen, $2 00 ; one frame, $1.50; full col- 

 onies, $4.00. 



MRS. A. A. SIMPSON, SWarts, Pa. 



Italian Queens. 



guaranteed. 



Tested, »1 00 each; 

 untested, ,50 cents 

 each. Satisfaction 

 E. W. HAAQ, Canton. O. 



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FOR SALE.— Barnes combined improved saw- 

 machine with one ^3 and one 1 inch cutter-head; 3 cut- 

 off and 1 rip saws. Price $15.00 f. o. b. cars at Kinzua, 

 Pa. James S. Green, Kinzua, Pa. 



QUEENS, daughters of imported mother, 50c. 

 Hybrid queens from my out-apiaries, 2.5c. 

 This will not appear again. Govern yourself ac- 

 cordingly. J. B. HAINS, Bedford, Ohio. 



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