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1886 



A Good Report of the Alley Drone and Queen Trap, 

 Apiciiltiirist Bee Farm Notes, .... 



A Bundle of Inquiries, ..... 



Bee Culture in the South, ..... 



Editorial Notes. ...... 



Foreign Notes, ...... 



Getting Bees out of Boxe.s, ..... 



How shall I commence? ..... 



How to Compel Bees to Work in and Enter Sections. 

 Introducing Queens, ..... 



Invertible Hives, ...... 



Letter Box, ....... 



Questions and Answers. ..... 



Races, Hybrids, Experiments, .... 



Small Packages of Honey, ..... 



Sectional Brood-chambers, ..... 



Special Notices, ...... 



The Oneida Couuty Beekeepers' Association, 



HONEY AND BEES^^^AX MARKET. 



BOSTON. 

 Ht)NEY.— One pound, white clover, 13 to 15 cf, 



Two-pouiul sections, 11 to i:! ct. 



E.xtracted 6 to 8 ct. 



BEESWAX 30 ct. per lb. 



Market dull, prices weak. 



NEW YORK. 



HONEY.— Fancy wliite comb, iu one-poiuul 



paper cartoons, 13 to 14 ct. 



Same in sections 1-2 tol3 ct.. 



2-pound sections 9 tolO^ct 



Buckwheat, lOct. 



E.xtracted white (i| to 7^ ct. 



BEESWAX, 27 to28ct. 



Prices rule low. 



CHICAGO. 

 HONEY.— One-pound section.- 



Extra has sold for 



Extracted 



BEE.SWAX 



DETROIT. 

 HONEY.— Best white one lb. sec- 



tions 



HEESWAX.- 



1.5 ct. 



IGct. 



6 to 8 ct. 



24 to 2(J ct. 



14 ct. 

 23 to 25 ct. 



If you are in want of full colonies of 

 Sees, Queens, IVuclei, 

 Hives, !S!ectloiis, Smolcei-s, 



or, in fact, anything in the way of 



BEEKEEPEKS' SUPPLIES, 



you sliould read our price-list on the la.st 

 pages of this number of the ApicuUurist. 

 P. H. MORANT & Co. 



^TH0R0UGHBKED~F0WLS7 



Eggs lor Uatciiiiig:,urs ,;:;;' 



Wyan- 



"0 • itoices ijfi.yu per i3. i?ull" 

 Cochins and Brown Legliorns $1.00 per 

 13. I guarantee all eggs sent out, to be true 

 to name, fresh laid, and to arrive at their des- 

 tination in good order. 



Send cash with order, to 

 G. W. SHEARER, 

 /Arer more, ireifmorelatid Co.. Pa. 



.ST. LOUIS. 



HONEY.— Clioice comb, 10 to 12 ct. 



Extracted, in barrel?, 4^ to 5 ct. 



Market dull, sales light. 

 BEESWAX 22J <f. 



CIXCIXNATI. 



HONEY.- Choice comb 12 to 13 ct. 



Extracted, 4 to Set. 



BEESWAX.— Choice yellow 25 ct. 



SAN FRANCISCO. 



HONEY.— White to ex. white comb, 10 to 12ict. 



Extracted, white liquid, S^tor" 



Amber Colored 



BEESWA X 



i5^ ct. 

 4ict. 



KANSAS CITY. 



HONEY.— Choice, one-lb. sections, 15 to 10 ct. 



2-pouiid sections, 12 to 14 ct. 



Extracted, 5 to 7 ct. 



BEESWAX.— 22 to 25 ct. 



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