1900 



GLEANINGS IN BEE CULTURE. 



901 



Contents of this Number. 



Aikin after Fowls 910 



Apiarici, Distance Apart 907 



Apiary, Locating 919 



Barrels v Tin Cans for Honey 914 



Bee and B?ar Storv 918, 919 



Bee Countrv, To Find 921 



Bees Attficking Bees of Introduced Queen 923 



Bees. Aveiage Flight of 918 



Bee-keepers' Institutes 924 



Bee keeping in the South 913 



Bee moth and Coal Oil 923 



Bottom-boards, Raggt-d 907 



Breeding from Hybrid Queens 907 



Cellar Blasted in Rock 924 



Cellar, When to Pat Bees in 908 



Cell Cups Pressed Out 917 



Cell Cups a la Swarthmore 917 



Cells Reduced by Age 908 



Christmas Number 924 



Combs 12 Years Old 908 



Combs from Foundation v. Natural 908 



Comb Honey, Bleaching 921 



Comb Honey. Bleaching, a Success 916 



Comb Houey, To Load on the Wagon 908 



Convention, Ontario ..925 



Cuba after the War 915 



Cuba, Its Mosquitos and Climate 915 



Dadant in Europe 907 



Drones, Killing 923 



Editor in Wei'ersville 928 



Feeding in Dead of Winter 924 



Flight of Bets, Average 918 



Foundation-fastener, Hot-plate 920 



Frogs in Florida 922 



Gleanings for 1901 925 



Grape Fruit 923 



Hives, Directions to Face 920 



Hives, Distance Between 920 



Hives, Rageed 907 



Honey, Candi d 9 



Honey, Candied v. Liquid 9lii 



Honey, Selling Candied 9 



Hutchinson to Give up Bees 908 



Introducing Queens, Experiments in 912 



Long tongued Bees, Records from 924 



Mignonnette, Giant 922 



Moving Bees Short Distances 918 



Queens by the Peck 917 



Queen clipping 924 



Queen-hatcher. Swarthmore"s 917 



Rape, Dwarf E-sex 923 



Sections, Unfinished, To Fi 1 907 



Smoked Bees, Redeposiling Honey 922 



Shipping-cases,. 24 vs. 12 lb !i07 



vS-^rarms, Hiving Back 916 



Swarming, Breeding out the Habit ..908 



Swarthmore's Queen hatcher 9i7 



Sweet Clover for Pollen and Honej- 907 



Tongues to be Measured 924 



Tongues, Long 922 



Wintering, When to Put Bees in 908 



Propolis, Commercial Use for 921 



Honey Column. 



ORADING RULES. 



Fancy.— All sections to be well tillecl, combs straight, firmly 

 attached to all four side.'', the coinhn unsoiled by travel->tain, 

 or otherwise; all the cells sealed except .an occasional cell; 

 the outside surface of the wood will >ct.i|i.(I of propciiis. 



A No. 1.— All sections well filled t-xr, |,r t Im> n.w of cells next 

 to the wood; combs straight; oneeit^lilli part oT comb surface 

 soiled, or the entire surface slightly soiled, tlie outside sur- 

 face of the wood well scraped of propolis. 



No. 1.— All sections well filled except the row of cells next to 

 the wood ; combs comparativel.y even ; one-eighth part of 

 comb surface soiled; or the entire surface slightly soiled. 



No. 2.— Three-fourths of the total surface must be filled and 

 sealed. 



No. 3.— Must weigh at least half as much as a full weight 

 section. 



In addition to this the honey is to be classified according to 

 color, u.-iiig the terms while amber and dark; that is, there 

 will be ■' fancv white." " No. 1 dark," etc. 



Denver.— A No. 1 white comb honey, S3 00®,S3.25 

 per ca.se of 24 sections; No. 2, 82 65@2.85. EJxtracted 

 No. 1 white, 7^(g;8. Beeswax, 20@25. 



The Colorado Ho.vey Producers' Assn., 



Nov 14. 1519 Wazee St., Denver, Col. 



Albany. — Honey market keeps firm. More could 

 be sold at full prices than is coming in. Extra white 

 comb, 17f3il8: No. 1, 10@17: No. 2, 14®.15; best buck- 

 wheat, 13@13^; No. 1 buckwheat, 12(a!l3. Extracted 

 white, 854@9 ; amber, 7@7^ ; dark. 6. 



MacDougal & Co., 

 Successors to Chas. McCulloch & Co., 

 Nov. 21. Albany, N. Y. 



New York. — W^e are pleased to quote market con- 

 ditions as follows : Arrivals of comb honey rather 

 light We quote as follows: Fancv white comb, 15(&16; 

 No. 1 white, 14; No. 2 white, 13"; buckwheat, 10@11. 

 Extracted buckwheat, 5J^@6. Beeswax, 27@28. 



Francis H. Leggett & Co., 

 Franklin. West Broadway, and Varick Sts., 

 Nov. 21. New York City. 



New York. — Good demand continues for all grades 

 of comb honey. We quote fancy white, 15@1() ; No. 1 

 white, 14; No. 2 white, 12^13; amber, r2; buckwheat, 

 10(2),H. Extracted in fairly good demand at 7^z((!'S for 

 white, and 7 for amber; off grades and southerfi, in 

 barrels, at 65@75 per gallon, according to quality. 

 Not much demand for extracted buckwheat as yet. 

 Some little selling at 5^@6. Beeswax firm at 28. 



HiLDRETH & SEGELKP:N, 



Nov. 20. 120, 122 West Broadway, New York. 



PHiLADEfPHiA. — Comb hoiiey seems to be more 

 plentiful among the cheaper grades. Honey in Cali- 

 fornia, Nevada, and the far West must have l)een very 

 plenti 111, when they can't sell it and have to ship it 

 East on consignment. Extracted fancy, 8; No. 1, 7; 

 amber, 6 Beeswax, 27. We are producers of honey — 

 do not handle on commission. Wm. A. Selser, 



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



Schenectady. — Receipts of buckwheat comb 

 honey have t)een in excess of sales since our last 

 leport, but white clover continues scarce. We quote 

 fancy white, 16@17; fair to good, 14(a'15; buckwheat, 

 ]l(a>,12. Have sold .'ome considerable dark extracted, 

 but have had to shade quoted pi ices to do it. 



Chas. McCulloch, 



Nov. 20. Schenectady, N. Y. 



Boston. — Our hotiey market is very strong at the 

 following prices, with supplies very light: Fancy, 

 1-lb. cartons 17; A No. 1, 15@16 ; No. 1, 15; No. 2, 12@ 

 13. Extracted, 7'4(S 8^4, according to quality. We can 

 see no reascn why these prices should not be well 

 maintained right through the season, and advise ship- 

 liing. Blake. Scott & Lee. 



Nov. 19. 31, 33 Commercial .St., Boston, Mass. 



Buffalo. — White meets with quick sale. Not very 

 much good stock coming in. Dark sells rather slow. 

 Fancy white comb 17f3il8; A No. 1, \Q(w.\l\ No. 1, 15@16; 

 No. 2, 14® 15; No. 3. 13(a),14 ; fancy dark, ]l(ail2; No. 1 

 dark, lOail ; No. 2 dark. 9® 10 : white extracted, 8(a 9 ; 

 dark, 5^ffi6. Beeswax. 28@30. 



Nov 22. W. C. Townsend, Buffalo, N. Y. 



Detroit. — Fancy white comb 1.5@16; No 1, 13(3),14; 

 darker and amber. 10@,12. Extracted white, 8@854 ; 

 dark and amber, U(a7l4- Beeswax, 26(a),28. , 



Nov. 22. M. H. Hunt & Son, Bell Branch, Mich. 



Chicago.— Fancy white, 16. No. 1 white. 14@15: fan- 

 cy amber. 12@13; Iso. 1 am', er, lH; fancy dark, 10; No. 

 1 dark. 8@9 Extracted white, 7}4@8; amber, 7^7^; 

 dark, 654fe6^. Beeswax, 28. 



R. A Burnett & Co., 



Nov. 19. 163 South Water St , Chicago, 111. 



For Sale. — Five tons of extracted buckwheat 

 honey. N. L- Stevens, Venice, N. Y. 



For Sale. — Buckwheat extracted honey, in large or 

 small quantities. Write for prices. 



C. B. Howard, Romulus, N. Y. 



For .Sale. — Extracted honey from alfalfa ; 60 lb. 

 cans at 7 cts., and smaller cans. 



D. S. Jenkins, Las Animas, Colo. 



For Sale. — 3000 lbs. extracted alfalfa honey; 75 lb. 

 cans, 6c per lb.; 12-lb. ( 1 gal. ) cans, 10 in a box, 7c per 

 lb ; $8.40 per box. This month, a bargain. 



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



