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GLEANINGS IN BEE CULTURE. 



Aug. 



gemu §€lut^n. 



Under this head will be inserted, free of charge, tTie names of 

 all those having honey to sell, as well as those wanting to buy. 

 Please mention how much, 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 dooryara, with the words, ' ' Honey 

 for Sale, ' ' neatly painted. 1 f wanted by mail, 10 cents extra for 

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

 pj.'ice. 



CITY MARKETS. 



CiiEVEiiAND.— Honey. — New houey is beg'InninK to 

 come, and with it a fair demand Is noticeable. Best 

 white 1-Ib. sections of the new crop sell at 18 to 20 c; 

 no 3-lbs. new received. Old 3-lb. sections are selling 

 at 15 cts. Old extracted, in bbls., has all been closed 

 out at 8 to 9 cts. 



Beesivax, none in market. A. C. Kendel. 



Cleveland, O., July 19, 1883. 



Milwaukee. — Honey.— The first receipts of new 

 comb honey within the past day or two are very fine, 

 and sold at 20 cts. per lb., readily. The old stock is 

 well cleared off, only a small quantity of poor and 

 dark left; hence quotations for choice may be con- 

 sidered for new. Comb, in small sections, 19@20c. 

 Comb, in large sections, 16@18o. Extracted, in cans, 

 ll@12c. A. V. Bishop. 



Milwaukee, Wis., July 16, 1883. 



Detroit. — Honey.— The honey market is f till un- 

 changed and lifeless. A good article is quoted at 15 

 @16 cts.; but little is offered, and almost none want- 

 ed. Beeswax, scarce and firm at 28@30 cents. 



Detroit, Mich., July 34, 1883. A. B. Weed. 



Cincinnati. — Honey.— The demand for extracted 

 honey is very slow for the last two or three weeks. 

 Only occasional sales are made. Arrivals are boun- 

 tiful, a large crop having been raised all over the 

 country. It brings 7@9 cts. on arrival. Prices may 

 be brought to a point from which they will be 

 hard to recover. Comb honey brings 14@16 cts., 

 with no demand. Arrivals of wax are fair, and de- 

 mand is good at 32 cts. 



Please state that we are of 2-lb. square honey-jars of 

 green glass, and that we will have a new supply 

 after Sept. 1st. We have a full supply of flint jars, 

 which are only $1.00 higher per gross than jars of 

 green glass. Chas. F. Muth. 



Cincinnati, O., July 21, 1883. 



Chicago.- Honey.— The new crop is coming into 

 market very freely for the season of the year. 

 Sales are being made at a wider range of prices than 

 usual ; 1-lb. comb, when perfect, 18c. ; imperfect, 15® 

 17c.; 3-lb. combs, 15®16 c; Extracted is slow sale at 

 present, owing to its being in many instances unripe. 

 Sales at 8 and 10c. Beeswax 30@35c. 



Chicago, 111., July 26, 1883. R. A. Burnett. 



I have for sale one barrel of fruit-blossom and 

 clover honey, and three barrels of white-clover and 

 basswood. It is ripe and nice. If you want it, send 

 barrels, and I will pay freight one way. 



St. Johns, Mich., July 26, 1883. M. S. Prav. 



I have for sale a fine lot of clover and linn honey, 

 crop of '83; honey warranted of best quality, and 

 well ripened. Price 10 cts. per pound. 



Ada, Ohio, July 30, 1883. J. B. Murrey. 



I have for sale some extracted honey of different 

 grades, and also some white-clover and basswood. 

 How much do I hear for it? O. L. Miller. 



Delta, O., July 36, 1883. 



Would you want any honey? If so, what will you 

 pay? I have got nearly a barrel. 



Delta, O., July 24, 1883. Herman Miller. 



[We have all the honey we can dispose of at pres- 

 ent, friend H.] 



I have 2'/4 barrels of honey on hand which 1 want 

 to sell. It is fall honey. My health is so poor that 

 I can not do much business. I will deliver it on 

 board the cars at Pewamo for 8 cts. per lb., or less, 

 if it is not worth that;Ti;fulllbbl., 3 half-barrels. 



Sethton, Mich,, June.4:, 1883. ' p. Qardner. 



Five hundred pounds white-clover honey for sale 

 in 100-lb. tubs. Address Wm. DeWorth. 



Bordentown, N. J. 



Who can deliver me about 10 gallons of pure ex- 

 tracted white-clover honey liere the cheapest? 

 Would like to see sample. No extracted honey 

 around here. Want to give it a retail trial in our 

 (Keller & Kline) store. Henry Keller. 



Wrightsville, York Co., Pa., July 17, 1883. 



Wax is now down to 28 cts. cash, or 30 cts. t-^ade; 

 and fdn. after Aug 1st, will be at the same price it 

 was before it went up on the 14th of March at mid- 

 night. I presume it will be safe to let the price 

 down without any such " ceremony" as we had in 

 raising it up. Average wax for sale at 34 cts. 



Who has not been troubled by tipping over his 

 ink-bottle? We have just got some neat strong ones 

 made of glass; they hold ink so you can easily get 

 it with a pen as long as there is a drop in them. 

 You can not spoil the pen by pushing it to the bot- 

 tom, either, for the point touches a rubber cork. 

 And when you want to shut it up to keep the dust 

 out, just set it upside down. If you want to give it 

 to the baby to play with, you can do so, and it wont 

 hurt him, nor will he hurt the ink. Price 35 cts.; 

 by mail, 50. 



One of the bee-friends, whose name I have forgot- 

 ten, has invented a most ingenious letter-clip, or 

 file, for papers. It will file any number of papers or 

 letters in regular order, according to the dates re- 

 ceived — holds them securely, and yet you can in 

 an instant open it like a book, separate any letter 

 without tearing or mutilation, and when you are 

 through with it you can put it back in its place, and 

 you don't have to lift those over it off from the wires 

 either. It is a most convenient thing for any one 

 who has much correspondence, and wants to keep 

 his papers in proper order. Price 50 cts.; by mail, 

 16 cts. more. We have purchased a lot for our bee- 

 keeping friends. We will have an engraving of it 

 next month. 



HONIT UBELS. 



Labels for Extracted Honey, size 3x4, ungummed, 

 in blue and bronze, or in two colors. 1000, $3.35: .500, 

 $1.50. Same, gummed, lOOO, $2.50; 500, $1.75. White 

 paper, black ink, 1000, $3.00; f,00, $1.50. Labels for 

 Muth honey-jars, same price. 



Labels for sections, gummed, 3 colors, or blue and 

 bronze, 1000, $3.15; 500, $1.60. Ungummed, 1000, 

 $3.00; .500, $1.50. Black ink on white paper, 1000, 

 $1.75; 500, $1.25. 



Labels l}ix2}.i, gummed, 250, 50c; 500, 75c, 1000, 

 $1.00. The above prices include your name and 

 source of honey. 



ALL LABELS SENT POSTPAID BY MAIL. 



send for specimen book of job printing. 

 Geo. M^ray, Medina, 0. 



Our friend " George " has, as you see, " swarmed out," and 

 started a shop for himself. We take pleasure in recommend- 

 ing him to our bee-friends. A. I. Root. 



DOOLITTLE 



Believes queens reared from 

 cells produced by natural 

 swarming are superior to 

 any; hence rears the most 

 of his queens that way. As 

 such queens cost more, the 

 price is consequently a little 

 higher. 

 Tested Queens (Italian) $3.00 

 Untested Queens (Italian) 1.50 

 The tested are in every res- 

 pect such as I use for breed- 

 ing purposes. If you want a 

 first class queen, address 

 C. M. DOOLITTLE, 

 Borodino, Onon. Co., N. Y. 



KEGS 

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FOR HONEY, AL-L SIZEQ 



E. T. LEWIS & CO., TOLEDO, Q. J9 



