Sept. 7, 1899. 



AMERICAN BEE JOURNAL. 



575 



foundation exactly in the middle, so the 

 bees would build cells on both sides of the 

 foundation and cap them over. A full 

 sheet gave the best filled sections: starters 

 were good, except scant at the bottom, but 

 nicely filled if turned over at just the right 

 time. But I want full sheets, then the cells 

 are all alike, otherwise the starter will be 

 worker-cells and the rest of the section is 

 apt to be drone celli^. and looks coarse. 

 Sioux Co., Iowa, Aug. 22._ F. W. Hai.l. 



Little Surplus from Alfalfa. 



Bees are working for dear life on buck- 

 wheat Should we get another rain they 

 will be fixt for winter stores; otherwise 

 they will have to be fed. There was very 

 little surplus from alfalfa. S. Hakter. 



McPherson Co., Kan , Aug. 23. 



Time to Plant Bulbs. 



"This is the season of the year in which 

 to set out bulbs. Prepare the ground for 

 them before they are received by having it 

 dug up to a depth of at least a foot — a foot 

 and a half is better — and workt over until 

 it is mellow," writes Eben E. Rexford in 

 the September Ladies' Home Journal 

 ■ Mix with it a liberal quantity of old 

 rotten manure from the cowyard. or. if 

 this is not obtainable, use bonemeal in the 

 proportions of one pound to a square yard 

 of soil. If the soil is naturally heavy, it is 

 well to add considerable sand to make it 

 lighter and more porous. Plant the bulb-; 

 as soon as possible after they are received, 

 as they are greatly injured by exposure to 

 the air. Set tulips and hyacinths six inches 

 deep, smaller bulbs from four to five inches. 

 All bulbs should be placed five or six inches 

 apart, and each kind kept by itself." 



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I HONEY AND BEESWAX | 



MARKET QUOTATIONS. 



Chicago, Aug. l**.- A few consignments of 

 comb honey received this week, some cases of 

 fancy in plain sections sold at 15 cents, other- 

 lots at 13''/ 14 cents, while No. 1 sold at 12f"43c; 

 amber grades, 10(allc; dark, 7ca9c, Extracted, 

 white, 7('j Sc; amber, 6J^ffl7J4c; dark, be. All sell- 

 ing well. Beeswax, 25(t' 26c. 



R, A. BORNKTT & CQ, 



Kansas City, Aug. 10.— The receipts of honey 

 are light, demand fair. We quote: Fancy white 

 comb, 15c; No. 1, 14c; No. 1 amber, 12'')'-13c. Ex- 

 tracted, white, 6(o:(i'Ac; amber, 554(ajOc; dark, 

 5@5Mc. Beeswax, 22'^'^ 25c. 



C. C. Clemons & Co. 



New York, Aug. 22. — Demand good for new 

 crop comb honey, excepting buckwheat. We 

 quote as follows: 



Fancy white, 14(S!l5c; No. 1 white, 12(a*13c; 

 fancy amber, lie: No. 1 amber, 10c. Extracted 

 firm at unchanged prices. Beeswax dull at 

 25<a'26c. HiLDRETH & Segelken. 



San Francisco, Aug. 25.— White comb, ll'/^® 

 12'/4c; amber, .S@l0c. Extracted, white,7!^@7K. 

 light amber. 6,W(s)7c. Beeswax, 26(^27c. 



Market is firm at unchanged quotations, wit^ 

 demand fair and offerings light. The last Panr 

 araa steamer took 312 cases extracted for New 

 York. The ship Centesima sailed with 349 cases 

 for Iviverpool; another took 4,000 lbs. beeswax. 



Cleveland, Aug. 18. — New honey scarce and 

 in good demand. Fancy white, 15c; No. 1 white, 

 13(aJl4c; fancy amber, 12c; No. 1 amber. lOCaillc. 

 A. B. Williams & Co. 



Boston, Aug. 18. — Fancy white comb, 1-pouod 

 sections, 15(('i6c; A No. 1, 14c; No. 1, 12(§*13c: 

 No. 2, 10c. Light amber extracted, 7c. Bees- 

 wa.x, 27c. 



The demand for honey is very light, as is 

 usual this time of year. While stocks are ex-, 

 treraely light, the old being practically gone, 

 and no new as yet. Owing to poor crop pros*. 

 pects prices are firm, and it looks as if they 

 would remain so. Blake, Scott & Lee. 



BtJFFALO, Aug. 25. — Receipts of fancy new 1- 

 ponnd combs are very light, selling at 13(a*l4c; 

 fair to good, 10(gJl2c; low grades less. Advise 

 moderate shipments for the present. Some 

 fancy beeswax wanted at 2S<^30c, 



Batterson & Co. » 



Omaha, Aug. 16.— Still very little doing and 

 receipts so light that a market price has really 

 not been establisht. Little lots of choice new 

 comb are still going at 14f':rl5c, but a good many 

 dealers will not touch it at these prices, and in 

 order to place larger quantities at this time a 

 considerably lower figure would have to be 

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 be quoted. Extracted is slow sale at 7(«i7J^^c. 

 Peycke Bros. 



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