Januaky. 1920 



GLEANINGS IN BEE CULTURE 



cent of tlio crop is already sold. Bees are in unusu- 

 ally Rood condition for winten-, and very little, if 

 any, feed will le needed. — K. L. Tucker. 



IDAHO. — Wholesale price producers are receiv- 

 ing: Extracted, small lots 20e, carloads held at 

 20c; comb, fancy, carlots, $6.50, No. 1 $6.25, No. 2 

 $6.00. Few retail sales. Demand for honey from 

 bis buyers light, improvins. About 60 per cent of 

 the crop of comb is already sold, and 10 per cent 

 of extracted. — E. F. Atwater. 



ILLINOIS. — Wholesale price producers are re- 

 ceiving: ENtrncted 25c; comb, No. 1 .SOc, No. 2 25c. 

 Retail price.s producers are receiving: E.xtracted 

 30c; comb 35c. There is a good local demand for 

 honey. About 50 per cent of the crop is already 

 sold. — A .L. Kildow. 



INDI.ANA. — Retail price producers are receiv- 

 ing: E.xtracted 35c; comb 40c. There is a good 

 local demand for honey. About 90 per cent of the 

 crop is already sold. Necessary to buy outside in 

 order to fill local orders. — E. S. Miller. 



KANSAS. — ^^^lolesale price producers arei re- 

 ceiving for extracted, 18-20c; no comb honey. Re- 

 tail price producers are receiving for extracted hon- 

 ey is 40-50c. There is a good local demand for 

 honey. About 75 per cent of the crop is already 

 sold. — A. D. Raftington. 



MARYL.\ND. — Wholesale price producers are re- 

 ceiving: Extracted 22c; comb 25-28c. Retail price 

 producers are receiving: Extracted 25c in cans, 

 35c in lib. bottles: comb 30-40c. There is a fair 

 local demand for honey. Almost all honey has left 

 the producer. Wholesale and commission houses 

 have some left; retailers also have a little. — S. G. 

 Crocker, Jr. 



MASSACHUSETTS. — No honey for sale at whole- 

 sale either comb or extracted by producers in this 

 section. Retail price producers are receiving for 

 extracted honey is 35c; no comb honey for sale. 

 This is not a comb-honey producing State. Demand 

 for honey is not as good as we have reason to ex- 

 pect, and is all local; no big bu\ers. About 80 per 

 cent of the crop is already sold. — Omer M. Smith. 



MICHIGAJJ. — Wholesale price producers are re- 

 ceiving for extracted, 20-21c; no comb on market. 

 Retail price producers are receiving: Extracted 

 35-40c; comb, 45c a section. There is a good de- 

 mand for honey, principally local. About 75-80 

 per cent of the crop is already sold. — R. H. Kelty. 



MISSOURI. — Wholesale price producers are re- 

 ceiving: Extracted 25-30c; comb $7.50 to $7.80 

 per case. Retail price producers are receiving: 

 Extracted 30-35c; comb 50-60c. There is a good 

 local demand for honey and also from big buyers. 

 About all the crop is already sold. — J. W. Rom- 

 berger. 



NEBRASKA. — Wholesale price producers are re- 

 ceiving: Extracted 24-26c; comb 30-32c. Retail 

 price producers are receiving: Extracted 35-40c; 

 comb 4 5-50c. There is a fair demand for honey. 

 Practically all the crop is already sold. — P. J. 

 Harris. 



NEW JERSEY. — Wholesale price producers are 

 receiving: Extracted 21c; comb $3.50 per dozen. 

 Retail price producers are receiving: Extracted. 

 *1.25 per quart; comb, 40c. There is a good local 

 demand for honey. Practically all of the crop is al- 

 readv sold. — Elmer G. Carr. 



OHIO. — Wholesale price producers are receiving 

 for extracted honey is 25c ; no comb on the market. 

 Retail price producers are receiving for extracted 

 honey is 30c. TTiere is a good local demand for 

 honey. Nearly all the honey i.s sold at the present 

 writing except some small lots, which are demanding 

 a good price. The market is very active, and bee- 

 keepers are looking for prices to remain at a high 

 level as long as sugar is short and the prices soaring. 

 — Fred I.eininger & Son. 



ONTARIO. — Wholesale price producers are re- 

 ceiving: Extracted, around 17c for dark and 25c 

 for light: comb, from $2.50 to $4.00 a dozen, de- 

 pending on grade. Retail price producers are re- 

 reiving: Extracted, from 20-40c depending on the 

 package and f|uality of honey; comb, from 30-40c 

 n section. There is a good demand: most beekeep- 

 ers are sold out. The demand now is mostly local; 

 large producers have been generally sold out for 

 some time, .\bniit 90 per cent of the crop is already 

 sold. — F. Eric Millen. 



WASHINGTON. — Wholesale price producers are 

 receiving: Extracted 17-20c: comb $6.00 per case. 

 Retail price producers are receiving for eatracted 



honey is 20-25c. Tlie demand for honey is not good. 

 Roughly estimating, there is about one-third already 

 sold. — Geo. W. B. Saxton. 



WISCONSIN. — Wholesale price producers are re- 

 ceiving: Extracted 20-25c; comb, none on the mar- 

 ket. Retail price producers are receiving: Extract- 

 ed 30-40c; comb, 35-45c; only a very limited 

 amount on hand. There is a good local demand and 

 also from big buyers. About 90 per cent of the 

 crop is already sold. — H. P. Wilson. 



For Bee and Queen Rearers to Read 



Altho the Wildflower Apiaries are no longer in 

 the business of furnishing queens and bees, and 

 have nothing to sell, we want bee and queen rearers 

 to read the following letter written to Gleanings at 

 the close of the last season : 



Little Rock, Ark., Sept. 17, 1919. 

 Gleanings in Bee Culture, Medina, Ohio. 



Gentlemen : — Beg to report that we have cleaned 

 up all beie business on hand today. We have been 

 very careful not to let anybody's order or his remit- 

 tance get lost or misplaced, and insofar as we 

 know have now shipped every fellow his queen bee 

 Or else returned to him his SAME postoffice money 

 order, express money, draft, or check. Rest as- 

 sured, our friends, that a little advertisement in 

 your columns brings marvelous results and marvel- 

 ous correspondence and experience as well. We 

 must add to the expression "marvelous correspond- 

 ence and experience," a heartfelt AMEN. We have 

 tried to live up to our agreements, but have not 

 always succeeded the VERY best. Last year we 

 received no kicks at all, but have had several this 

 year — and today a very unjust kick. But we have 

 tried our best to always presume the customer right, 

 and have tried to conduct ourselves accordingly. 



Should any complaints ever reach you, we would 

 appreciate it" if you will kindly DIRECT the thing 

 to be done to make it right, and we will endeavor 

 to comply with your wishes if possible. 

 Very truly yours, 



Wildflower Apiaries. 



P. S. — ^The very best way to choke a chronic kick- 

 ing customer to death is just to send back to him 

 his SAME postoffice money-order, draft or check. 



Advertisements Received too Late to Classify. 



We have a very choice lot of white clover honey 

 for sale at 25c per lb. in 60-lb. cans; also some 

 very choice fall honey at same price. 



M. V. Facey, Preston, Minn. 



FOR SALE. — Fine 10-acre farm, half cultivated. 

 Chickens, cows, incubators, household goods — every- 

 thing, $2,500. A. Wieboldt, Olga, Fla. 



FOR SALE OR TRADE. — One minute postal 

 camera, and one Boswell stereopticon outfit. 



Van's Honey Farm, Hebron, Ind. 



FOR SALE. — Good second-hand 60-lb. cans, two 

 to the case, used only once, 60c per case, cash with 

 order. E. B. Rosa, Monroe, Wise. 



FOR SALE. — Pure Italian queens. Dependable 

 breeding stock my specialty. Bees in one and two 

 pound packages. Circular free. 



.T. E. Wing, 155 Schiele Ave., San Jose, Calif. 



W.ANTED. — Two-frame Cowan extractor in fair 

 condition, for Langstroth frame. Write 



J. M. Jacobson, Story City, R. D. No. 1, Iowa. 



I BEE SUPPLIES IN DIXIE | 



I Dependable goods with prompt | 



1 service. Save time and trans- i 



1 portation costs. 1 



I L. W. Crovatt, Box 134, Savannah, Ga. | 



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