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GLEANIKGS IN BEE CULTUEE. 



Sept. 



We have to-day, Aug. 29th, 4410 subscribers. 



Nellis' "O.K." double washboard is tiptop lor 

 business, and my sister, Mrs. Gray, says sJic likes it 

 because it isn't so heavy to carry up ami down stairs 

 as her old one. 



As we go to press, the additional complaints of 

 Burch swell the amount to vfery nearly $2000. Here 

 is a sample of them. The writer is not one of our 

 subscribers:— 



I received a canl from H. A. Burch & Cn., of South 

 Haven, Mich., telling me to send you the amount he 

 owes me. He said you would pay it. I first sent him 

 30 cents for a bee-feeder, and for bees and supplies, 

 $164.30. and to pay express on bees, *;2.o; making, in 

 all, $189.60. I have been waiting for the money ever 

 since last spring, for I lost my team in a few days 

 after I sent them the money; and to make it worse 

 for me, two weeks ago last Saturday my wheat-ricks 

 caught fire and burned all up, and it leaves me with- 

 out bread, or any wheat for seed, and the corn crop 

 is almost a failure here, and the money that I sent 

 Mr. Burch was all that I had left me to live on. ]f 

 you think these lines untrue, write to the postmaster 

 at this place, and find out for yourself; so, please 

 help me out at once, for I am in need of it very 

 much. Chas. Leavitt. 



Horace, Edgar Co., 111., Aug. 26, 1881. 



tomu '§clutffn. 



CITY MARKETS. 



Chicago. -New honey is coming in freely, and the 

 demand is good. Prices for light comb honey, in 1 

 and 2 lb. bo.xes, are quotable at 18T/20c., and lor lar- 

 ger boxes, dark and old honey, anywhere from 10® 

 15c. Extracted honey is worth VfT/ 8c. 



J{ rsira.r.— 18@20c for light, and 15(01170 for dark. 



Aug. 2.2, 1881. Alfred H. Newman. 



Clevel.and.— Choice white honey in unglassed 1- 

 Ib. sections Is in excellent dcnand at 19@20c; 2-lb. 

 sections, lV(5>19e. Glassed sections would sell a few 

 cents less per lb. Extracted honey is in light de- 

 mand at 12c., but must be in 311 to 50 lb. tin cans. 

 Large pkgs. as bbla. are not in demand. 



C(:fsira.r.-20.r/<22c. 



Aug. 23, 1881. A. C. Kendef.. 



OUR MEDINA COUNTY BEE-KEEPERS. 



Neighbor Dean has secured only about three or 

 four hundred pounds from about 60 colonies, as 

 nearly as I can get at it. Neighbor Blakeslee about 

 the same, or perhaps a little better. Neighbor Itice 

 raised bees for me, instead of selling honey, and I 

 believe we have paid him about $500. He had, as 

 you may recollect, about 100 colonies in the spring, 

 and will probably winter about as many more. 

 Neighbor Clark has sold me about $200 worth of bees 

 and queens, that I think he secured from about a 

 dozen colonies. Neighbor Thompson has sold us 

 new swarms, mostly blacks and hybrids, by the 

 pound, to the amount of over $100, and I think he 

 had only about 30 colonies in the spring, and has 

 about the same number now. Neighbor Shane, 

 whom I told you wintered about I'/O, with a loss not 

 much exceeding 10 per cent, has the enormous crop 

 of 50C0 lbs., about 2CC0 lbs. of which is comb honey, 

 the remainder extracted. As he is offered a good 

 price already, he has made a good season's work of it. 



It seems a little strange that one man should get 

 such an immense crop of honey when his neighbors 

 all around him call the season a poor one. Neigh- 

 bor H. has sold queens only, to the amount of about 

 $800. Although he had a less number to commence 

 with than Mr. Shane, he will probably realize about 

 as much clean cash, but possibly with a little more 

 labor. It is not very bad business, Irienils, where 

 attended to with industry and zeal. We have per- 

 haps paid out about a thousand dollars for bees, and 

 may be as much more for queens. When the season 

 is over, I will tell you how much I have received for 

 bees and queens. 



New York.— Keplying to your postal of the 20th 

 inst., permit us to quote new crop comb honey as 

 follows: Best white ciover or basswood. in 1-lb. sec- 

 tions, about 25c; do crated, 20(?>21c; the same in 2 lb. 

 sections, T8@20c. ; Fair, I or 2 lb. sections, 16@17c.; 

 Buckwheat, 1 or 2 lb. sections, 13(?> 14c. Large boxes, 

 2c. per lb. less than above prices. We also make a 

 discount on all bills of 10 crates, Ic. per lb. from 

 above prices. Best white extracted, in 15')-lb. kegs, 

 10@llc.; Buckwhci.t, 8@9c. 



Bcrxuar is selling at 23 and 24'/4c. 



Aug. 22, 1881. H. K. & F. B. Thurber & CO. 



Cincinnati.— Demand for extracted honey is very 

 good. Offerings fair. We pay on arrival from 7® 

 10c. Comb honey brings on arrival ]4@16c., but I 

 have bought a lot of 2000 lbs. strictly choice, in 

 frames 51^x6 at 17c. This honey is raised by friend 

 King Cramer, without separators, and is very likely 

 not excelled by any other lot of comb honey in 

 America. 



Aug. 22, 18-1. Chas. F. Muth. 



Detroit.— Not enough honey has yet changed 

 bands to establish prices. Those who have it are 

 noping for good prices in view of a short crop caused 

 by severity of last winter. Dealers are buying onlv 

 when they see a cheap lot. One man has bouarht 2 

 tons of good clover honey in 1-lb. sections for 15 cts. 

 It is now retailing at 20 cts. A tirst-class article in 

 small lots would bring ab-Mit 16 cts. 



Beeswax is worth from 2r@25c. 



Aug. 23, 1881. A. B. Weed. 



I have about 20,10 lbs. choice extracted hones', 

 from red cliver and basswood, and 9(Mt lbs. very 

 choice in I'i-lb. sections, to be sold to the highest 

 bidder. O. H. Townsend. 



Hul)bardston, Mich. 



ienUnUeni. 



CONVENTION DIRECTORY. 



Wanted — Comb and Extracted honey; give lowest 

 prices. .1. A. Buchanan. 



Holliday's Cove, W. Va., Aug. 11, 1881. 



I want to buy a barrel of good well-ripened white- 

 clover honev. For such honey I will pay 10 cts. per 

 lb., delivered at ray station (which is New Holland, 

 Pa.) I. G. Martin. 



Reidenbach's Store, Lan. Co., Pa., Aug. 21, 1881. 



Wanted, on commission, at once, almost any quan- 

 tity nice extracted honey. Can guarantee money in 

 60 days after arrival. Good reference given. Will 

 insure OOc. or $1.00 per gallon. E. .1. Atcblev. 



1345 Elm St., Dallas, Tex., Aug. 12, 1881. 



1881 

 Sept. 16, 



TIME AND PLACE OV MEETING. 



Nebraska State Bee-Keepers' Af sociation, 

 at Omaha, Friday night. 

 Oct. 4.— Eastern Michigan Bee-Keeper.s' Association, 



at Detroit, in \' . M. C. A. Hall. 

 Oct. 5.— South-Eastern Michigan Bee-Keepers' As- 

 sociation, at Ann Arbor, Mich. 

 Oct. 5, 6, 7.— National Convention of the N. A. Bee- 

 Keepers' S<'ciety, at Lexington, Ky. 



I have about 100 gallons extracted honey for sale; 

 probably 1200 lbs. of box. The extracted is white 

 i clover and basswood mixed. The box is clover. 

 I basswood, and buckwheat. J. P. Hoi.f.owav. 



Monctova, O., Aug. 20, 1881. 



; I have 300O lbs. of extracted honey, clover and 

 i basswood, mostly clover, for which I will take 10! ^c. 

 ! per lb. in barrels holding from 325 to .50:i lbs., or 11 

 I cts. per lb. in kegs holding from 112 to 129 lbs.; bar- 

 I rels and kegs waxed, and thrown in. 

 1 shellsburg, Iowa, Aug. r2, 1881. Uobt. Quixn. 



