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GLEANINGS IN BEE CULTURE. 



Feb. 



'gomu Column. 



CITY MARKETS. 



Chicago. — Honey.— Prices are unchanged, but the 



supply is more than equal to the demand. Beeswax 



is scarce, and rules at ^Tc for brigrht yellow, cash on 



arrival; dark and off color, lV@,33c. 



Alfhkd H. Newman. 

 933 West Madison St., Chicag-o, 111., Jan. a3, 1883, 



Cleveland.— JfiMiC!/.— Honey is quite dull just 

 now; but every other kind of goods is the same; 

 prices, however, have not changed much. Best 

 white i-lb. sections are selling at20cts. ; 2 lbs. 19; 

 second quality, 17 to 19. Extracted does not sell at 

 all; have never known it so dull before; nominally 

 held at 9 to 11 for bbls. and kegs, and 13 to 13 in cans. 

 Beeswax very scarce at 30. A. C. Kendel. 



Cleveland, O., Jan. 23, 1883. 



Detkoit.— Jfo/iC//.— The demand for honey is but 

 very light, and the market is fully supplied. Sales 

 are made with difficulty at 16@18 cts. Beeswax is 

 worth about 30 cts. A. B. Weed. 



Detroit, Mich., Jan. 23, 1883. 



Cincinnati.— Jfoney.— There is no excitement in 

 the honey market, but sales are fair to our regular 

 trade. Offerings of comb and extracted honey are 

 plentiful. Extracted brings 7(g),9 cts. on arrival. 

 The sales of comb honey are very slow, although 

 there is a large supply of flrst-class quality on the 

 market. It brings 12@13 cts. on arrival. Beeswax 

 comes in slowly, and is in good demand at 20@30cts., 

 according to quality. Chas. F. Mutu. 



Cincinnati, O., Jan. 23, 1883. 



Boston.— JToncj/.— One-pound honey, 20@23; 2-lb. 

 honey, 20; Extracted, 10. Beeswax.— None except 

 small lots at very high prices, say 35 to 38 cts. 



Boston, Jan. 34, 1883. Crocker & Blake. 



New York.— Honey.— Our quotations on honey 

 and wa.x are as follows: Fancy white-clover, in 1-lb. 

 sections, per lb., 23 to 25c; fancy white-clover in 2- 

 Ib. sections, per lb., 20 to 31c; off grades white-clo- 

 ver, in 1 and 3 lb. sections, per lb., 10 to 18c; buck- 

 wheat, in 1-lb. sections, per lb., 16 to IT; buckwheat, 

 In 3-lb. sections, per lb., 1-i to 15; white-clover, ex- 

 tracted honey, in bbls., 9 to 10c; buckwheat, ex- 

 tracted honey in bbls., 8 to S^ic. Bcesivax.—Frirae 

 yellow, 35c. H. K. & F. B. Thurber & Co. 



New York, Jan. 34, 1883. 



I have 3500 lbs. extracted honey for sale, basswood 

 and clover, in kegs holding 150 lbs., for which I will 

 take 10 cts. for basswood and 11 for clover, delivered 

 on track at Farley, Dubuque Co., Iowa; if wanted 

 in lots of 1000 lbs. or over, 'i cent off. The honey is 

 first quality, well ripened up in hives. Samples sent 

 if wanted. Jas. Scott. 



Farley, Dubuque Co., la., Jan. 22, 1883. 



I have 8000 lbs. of comb honey in Va-inch Lang- 

 stroth frames; will sell at 14 cts. Also ICOO lbs. in S- 

 Ib. boxes, glassed on one side, at 15 cts., delivered on 

 the cars at Woodburn, Iowa. Jame»Spencer. 



Woodburn, Iowa, Jan. 10, 1883. 



We have had a poor season for bee-keepers, but I 

 can make a better report than some of my neighbors. 

 I commenced the season with 24 colonies; got 1350 

 lbs. box honey, and increased to 37, all packed in 

 chaff. I have 1000 lbs. honey in I'/j lb. boxes to sell, 

 put up in crates of 16 boxes each; outside boxes, 

 glassed, remainder not glassed. Delivered on board 

 the cars at Decatur, Van Burcn Co., Mich., at 18 cts. 

 per lb. S. H. Mallory. 



Decatur, Mich., Dec. 11, 1882. 



I have about 1000 lbs. of white honey, and 5O0 lbs. 

 dark honey, all extracted, for sale at 10 cts. 



Dr. a. B. Mason. 

 Wagon Works, Lucas Co., O., Jan. 20, 1883. 



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NOTES FROM THE BRIGHT-BAND APIARY. 



FRIEND KINGSLEY'S ADVERTISEMENT, NO. 1. 



'Tw- AM glad to say, the bees of the Bright-Band Api- 

 gI" ary are all snugly packed away for winter, and 

 r^ have been doing well up to date: even some 

 '^&' three-frame nuclei have stood weather down to 

 zero. So much for my way of packing, which I 

 shall be glad to give at some future time. 



But now I wish to turn to the fraternity, with an 

 expression of thanks for the kind patronage given 

 me during the past summer, in queens and bees. I 

 also think I can be of service to a great many of you 

 this winter. There are two things a great many of 

 us need, but are without, on account of the high 

 price generally asked for them, and that is, a hand- 

 power buzz-saw and extractor. By proper manage- 

 ment I am able to make and furnish either at a 

 much less sum than is generally asked. I will first 

 give you a picture of the saw. 



price $25.00. 



I am glad of having the privilege of bringing this 

 saw before you all, as 1 have never seen any thing 

 that would equal it, either in rapidity or quality ot 

 work. It is very handy, as one hand can do the 

 turning and sawing too, and, at the same time, is 

 not very hard work, unless you get into a "big" 

 hurry. The whole thing is gotten up in first-class 

 workmanlike style, and all you have to do when you 

 get one is to put the craok on and go to sawing. 

 Seven-inch saws will be used, unless some other size 

 is ordered. AH who have hives, queen-cages, sec- 

 tion boxes, etc., to make should order one befoie 

 spring. 



And now for the ex- 

 tractor. 



This is made very 

 much on the style of 

 Novices, only it is set 

 in a light but strong 

 wooden frame, which 

 makes it convenient 

 to set almost any kind 

 of a vessel under to 

 hold the honey, and 

 about the right height 

 to " save one's back." 

 It also makes the 

 gearing stronger. 



Now, friends, both 

 the saw and extract- 

 or are gotten up in 

 flrst-class workman- 

 like style, and I shall 

 take pride in trying 

 to please all. Price 

 of saw, $25.00. Price 

 of extractor, any size 

 not larger than lor 

 Langstroth frame, 

 $5.75; for a larger size 

 than this I shall prob- 

 ably have to charge a 

 little more. 



Very trul.v yours. 



PRICE, $5.75. 

 CHAS. KINGSLEY. 



Greeneville, Greene Co., Tenn. 



