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GLEANINGS IN BEE CULTURE. 



Jan, 



gcmu ^olmffn. 



Under this head will be inserted, free of charge, the names of 

 all those having honey to sell, as well as those wanting to buy. 

 Please mention how njueh, what kind, and prices, as far as pos- 

 sible. As a general tiling, I would not advise you to send vour 

 honey away to be .sold on commission. If near home, where 

 you can look after it, it is often a very good way. Bv all means, 

 develop your home market. For 25 "cents we can furnish little 

 boards to hang up in your dooryard. with the words, ' ' Honey 

 for Sale, ' ' neatly painted. If want^-d by mail, 10 cents extra for 

 postage. Boards saying ' ' Bees and Queens for Sale, ' ' at same 

 pnce. 



I have for sale 509 lbs. honey from heartsease, 

 which I will deliver on board cars here for 9e per lb. 

 No charge for packages. James A. Gkeen. 



Dayton, La Salle Co., 111., Dec. 13, 1880. 



Wanted, one barrel pure extracted honey, Irom 

 near this place. Correspondence solicited. 



J. B. Dines. 

 Annapolis, Iron Co., Mo., Nov. 30, 1880. 



CITY MARKETS. 



Cincinnati.— Honey.— Comb honey is of slow sale, 

 and brings 16c on arrival. There is an active de- 

 mand for extracted honey, which brings 8@l0c on 

 arrival. Choice clover honey scarce. 1 have paid 

 lie per lb. in several instances. 



Beeswax—is quoted from 18@32c. 



Cincinnati, O., Dec. 23, '80. C. F. Muth. 



Chicago. — Honey.— There is plenty of honey in 

 this market to supply the demand, and prices re- 

 main the same on comb honey— 30@3ic for choice 

 light lots in small boxes, and 13(aMc for dark. Ex- 

 tracted honey, 8@l0c. 



Beeswax.— •M@:iSc for light, and 15@lTc for dark. 

 Alfred H. Newman. 



973 West Madison St., Chicago, 111., Dec. 23, '80. 



St. Louis.— Honey.— Dark comb, U@16c; fancy do 

 17@19c; strained and extracted, 9@10 in bbl3.,"and 

 ll@13c in small packages. 



J3eesim.c.— Prime yellow salable at 21, dark at 20c. 



Dec. 23, 1880. R. c. Greek & Co. 



No. 117 North Main St., St. Louis, Mo. 



New York.— Ho7iey. — Best white Comb, small 

 neat packages, 12@18c; fair, 14@16c; dark, 12@13c. 

 White Extracted, 9@10c; dark, 7@8c. Southern 

 strained, per gal., 80@8.5c. Bee8ioa.c.— 23@24c. 



The can of honej- you sent us is on the writer's 

 desk and will be <in his table with buckwheat cakes 

 by to-morrow morning, after which I can better sav 

 as to its merits. Thanking you for the honey, and 

 with a merry Christmas for all connected with 

 Gleanings, 1 remain 



Very truly yours, A. Y. Thurber. 



New York, Dec. 24, 1880. 



GLEANINGS IN_B_EE CULTURE. 



EDITOR AND PUBLISHER, 



MEDINA, OHIO, 



TE«MS: $1.00 PER YEAR, POST-PAID. 



FOR CLUBBING RATES, SEE FIRST PAGE 

 OF READING MATTER. 



nvEXsiDz^o'.^^, j^u^3\r. i, lesi. 



Charge them that are rich in this world, that they 

 be not highmiiided, nor trust in uncertain riches, 

 but in the living God. who giveth us richly all things 

 to enjoj\— I. Tim. 6:17. 



In our prayer-meetings and Sunday-schools, we as 

 a general thing think it batter to hear briefly from 

 a great number, than to have a few occupy all the 

 time. Now, will not the same rule apply in our re- 

 ports here? In my drawer are a great many long 

 letters — in fact, heaps of them; but the brief re- 

 ports, right to the point, are scarce. 



In answer to many questions from those who are 

 thinking of going into the supply business, I would 

 say we can give no discounts better than those men- 

 tioned in the price list, unless you wish to purchase 

 in larger quantities than are mentioned there. In 

 this ease, an estimate will be given if you will men- 

 tion what you want, and how many. The prices are 

 alike to all. If you want goods at wholesale, you 

 must buy by the tens or hundreds. 



The Sunday-School Times has no club prices ex- 

 cept the journals of the club be all sent to one ad- 

 dress. This course obliges every one who gets up a 

 club to do it around his own pistofflce, and gives 

 him good pay for thoroughly canvassing the field, 

 resulting in extending the circulation of the paper, 

 which is the sole object of giving a commission to 

 those who get up clubs. Why is not this a good way 

 to do? 



A WEEKLY BEE JOURNAL. 



For the first time since the world began, we are to 

 have a weekly bee journal, and I presume it is in the 

 hands of many of you by the time this reaches you. 

 The first No. makes a very creditable appearance, 

 and as it will be quite a task for friend Newman to 

 get up such a one every week, shall we not turn in 

 and give him a lift, in the way of subscriptions? If 

 lam correct, a sample copy will be mailed on ap- 

 plication. 



THE PARLOR C.4.LENDAR CLOCKS. 



We can furnish the calendar clocks, made by Seth 

 Thomas, eight-day, making calculations for leap 

 year, all by simply winding the clocks once a week, 

 for $7-50 each, if 100 of our friends want one. These 

 clocks are just such as we sold a few years ago for 

 $15 each. Perhaps I can get them for that price, if 

 not as many are wanted. It will be best to have 

 them shipped direct from the factory, in Connecti- 

 cut. You can simply give your names on a postal, 

 until we see how many will take one. They will 

 cost me $0.65 each, spot r;ish, at the factory. 



Mr. Gr.w has greatly improved his machine for 

 making the all-in-one-piece section, and after it is 

 painted and striped up it looks so handsome we 

 have decided to have it pictured, together with all 

 the machinery for making sections, such as cutter- 

 head, gang of saws, planer, etc., in our next No. As 

 these machines are adjustable, so that they can be 

 used for making all manner of light wooden boxes, 

 they will be a profitable investment in any locality 

 where basswood or other nice white woods are plen- 

 ty. Our smallest steam-engine will run the whole 

 set nicely. 



In answer to several inquiring friends, I would re- 

 ply that I have received the circulars sent out in 

 regard to the stingless bees of South America, but 

 am not favorably impressed with the scheme. Even 

 though Mr. Hawley be a conscientious man, I can 

 not but think it will be a mistaken kindness to send 

 him money in the way he proposes. Wo have a sub- 

 scriber in South America, to whom I have sent the 

 circular in regard to stingless bees, and we will re- 

 port as soon as we hear from him. If any one feels 

 disposed to go after new bees on his own hook, as 

 did our friend D. A. Jones, let him go, and we will 

 buy his queens after ho gets them here alive. If he 

 has not the means for making such a trip and stand- 

 ing the loss, if it prove such, he is not a suitable 

 person to undertake it. 



