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GLEANINGS IN BEE CULTUKE. 



May 



THE TUKN O' THE TUNE. 



BY A BEE-KEEPER'S DAUGIITEK. 



Once I wandered in the garden, 



In the happy days of June, 

 When the roses were in blossom, 



And the birds were all in tunc; 

 And I sang in purest pleasure, 



" What a happy world is this; 

 June has sweetness without measure, 



And to live Is almost bliss !" 



So I stooped and pulled the roses, 



Till a sudden bliuding pain 

 Shot like lightning thro' my body, 



Numbing hands and dulling brain. 

 There, within those dewy roses. 



Fresh with fragrance, wet with dew, 

 Lay a honey-bee reposing. 



Filled with sweets and -venom too ! 



While the honey-bee reposes 



Undisturbed, untouched by me. 

 Even mid my choicest roses, 



I severely let him be; 

 For I've wiser grown, and sadder, 



And my life is not all bliss; 

 So I chant in minor cadence, 



" What a bitter world is this !" 



Eliza M. Shekman. 



f on^K ^elumn. 



Under tbis head will be insei-ted, free of charge, the names of 

 *11 those having honey to sell, as well as those wanting to buy. 

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

 sible. As a general thing, I would not advise you to send your 

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

 you can looK after it, it is often a very good way. By 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. It wanted by mail, 10 cents extra for 

 postage. Boards saying "Bees and Queens for Sale," same 

 p'ice. 



CITY MARKETS. 



New York, Aprils;'.— Honry.— We quote you comb 

 honey, put up in neat packages, as follows: Best 

 white, in 2-lb. boxes, l.")(?7il7c; fair white, in 2-lb. 

 boxes, 13(q}.Uc; buckwheat, in '.J-lb. boxes, 10® l;Jc; 

 large boxes, 2c per pound less than above prices; 

 best clover, extracted, 9@l0c; buckwheat, extract- 

 ed, 7@7W c. Honey market is very quiet this spring, 

 with no demand for comb honey. 



J3eesu'a.i;. — Market is qviiet and very firm; but 

 very little in the market, and Is selling at 24@38c. 



H. K. & F. B. TlIURBER & Co. 



Cleveland, April 20, 1881.— JJojicy.— Market is not 

 very lively; in the absence of stock, I have no posi- 

 tive reports, but choice white l-lli. sections would 

 bring 19(5 '^Oc; dark,lC@18; 2-lb., 18@19, and dark 15 

 @L7. Extracted, 13@14. A. C. Kbndel. 



Cincinnati, April 20.— No change in the honey 

 market. Demand still pretty fair for extracted, and 

 almost uo trade in comb honey. No change in 

 pi-ices. CnAS. F. Muth. 



CHICAGO, April 21.— ITofKiA— There has been no 

 change in the market in this city since my last quo- 

 tations, except a slight decline in white comb honey 

 —some having been sold as low as 10c. The supply 

 is still abundant. 



Bcc«iifa.r.— Kemalns the same. 



Alfred H. Newman. 



St. Louis.— ^larch 23.— Present market quotations 

 ase as follows: Jfojici/.— Ready sale. Comb IfiClS; 

 top rate for fancy bright; strained and extracted, 

 IKffiiac ip lb. Becswar.—Firm, Prime yellow 21, dark 

 Rt 20c, R. C. Greer & Co. 



]m%^n%mi§. 



CONVENTIOar DIKECTORY. 



time and place of meeting. 



1881. 



May 5.— Central Mich. Bee-keepers' Association, in 

 Pioneer rooms of the State Capitol, at 

 Lansing, Mich. 



May 10.— Cortland Union Bee-keepers' Association 

 Cortland, N. Y. 



May 11.— South-western Wisconsin Bee-keepers' As- 

 sociation, at Darlington, LaFayette Co. 

 Wisconsin. 



May 10, 11.— The Eastern New York Bee-keepers' 

 Association, in Court House, at Schohar- 

 ie, N.Y. 



May 12.— The South-eastern Michigan Bee-keepers' 

 Association, in Court House, at Ann Ar- 

 bor, Mich. 



May 17.— The North-western Bee Union, at Hastings, 

 Minn. 



May 19. — Champion-Vallev Bee-keepers' Association 

 will be held at Bristol, Addison Co., Vt. 



Recent Additions to the 



COUNT ER STORE. 



FIVE-CENT COUNTER. 



Postage. ] I Pr. of 10, of 100 



3 I Copper Wire, on spools, suitable for 



mending things when thev get bro- 

 ken. Two sizes. No. 30 and 2.5 | 45 | 3 50 



4 I Envelopes; fair quality, bunch of 25, 



three bunches for 10 cents | 30 | 3 .50 



4- 1 Soap, containing pumico stone | 38 | 3 50 



Called "Pumicine." An excellent thing for re- 

 moving propolis, A'arnish, or stains of any kind from 

 the hands. 

 2 I Spectacle cases: leather; excellent ..I 40 | 3 75 



4 I Slate Pencils, best soapstonc, 6 in a 



neat tin box | 40 | 3 53 



2 I Ferules for tool handles, dozen pnck- 

 ases, brass, handsomely tiiiishcd, 3 



sizes, =i and 1 110 | 35 | 3 25 



1 1 Pens, Steel, IDoz. Gillott's 404 | 40 | 3 75 



7 I Sandpaper, best, assorted piickets of 

 5 sheets, 3 different grades. No. 

 u,l,i;^ I 40 3 50 



TEN-CENT COUNTER. 



I Honey Jars, ornamented with glass 

 cover, a beautiful dish for only lOc. 1 95 | 9 00 



5 I Hats, straw, tor summer, (good for 



those who have lost their bees — 



only 10 cents) | 85 | 8 00 



1 Maple Sugar in 1 lb. bricks, good for 



bees and children | OS | 9 .50 



1 I Pens steel, ldoz.Gillott'sCclebr,i'd303 | 85 | 8 00 



FIFTEEN-CENT COUNTER. 



28 I Wooden Bowls, 14 in. in diameter... 1 1 35 1 13 00 



OLASSAVARE. 



I Spoon Holder, London pattern, looks 

 like a picket fence 1 1 35 1 12 00 



Twenty-Five Cent Counter. 



18 I Bags for grain, 2 bushels, seamless | 2 25 | 21 00 



2 I Knife, Ladies, Ivory handle. 2-bladc, 



a beautiful knife for the money. . | 1 75 1 10 00 



3 I Butter Knife, silver-plated on steel, 



finely finished I 3 00 1 18 00 



14 I Steel Trap, a gond one with a stout 3 



foot chain attached | 2 00 | 18 00 



GLASSWARE. 



I Honey or Batter Dish, Albion pat- 

 tern; new pattern, something like 

 a butterfly and wonderfully pretty | 1 75 I 15 00 



1 Graduated Measure, glass | 3 30 | 22 .50 



A most valuable article in the householJ, as it 

 measures absolutely correct, from Vi gill to 1 quart, 

 and is a very strong and handsome utensil. 



ONE DOLLAR COUNTER. 



I Caster, Brittannin, 5 bottles, a splen- 

 did caster for a dollar 1 9 00 j 85 00 



.\. I. ROOT, I?I«ain», Olilo. 



