May S, 1904. 



THE AMERICAN BEE JOURNAL. 



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hive, bul not so this winter. The bees that 

 were wintered in the Dan/.enbaker hive were 

 less than one mile from mine. 



There has not been a day that my bees have 

 had a good llight since November. On New 

 Year's Day they flew some, but not a good 

 flight. I would like to know if the loss of 

 bees was worse than common generally ; or 

 was the loss worse in just this part of the 

 country! I would like to have some of the 

 old bee-men tell, through the American Bee 

 ■Journal, whether winter packing was of any 

 use or not. I can not tell for my part, so I 

 would like to hear from some one who knows. 

 I think that bee-men ought to tell of their fail- 

 ures as well as their successes, as we learn 

 some by the failures. W. S. Rislek. 



Hunterdon Co., N. J., March IT. 



Wintered All Right. 



I put 36colonies of bees intc the cellar Nov. 

 10, 1903, and took them out March 30, 1004. 

 I did not weigh them, but they did not seem 

 to have lost anything either in weight or in 

 bees. They were all good. They did the 

 humming to-day, but the apple-blossoms were 

 not there. J. N. Shedenhelm. 



Iowa Co., Iowa, April 6. 



Expepienees in Wintering, 



My bees have wintered well. They have 

 been ou the summer stands without any pack- 

 ing: but this place is well protected, being 

 surrounded by timber. I had five colonies 

 last spring and increased to 13. But the 

 honey crop was poor last season, owing to 

 wet weather when alfalfa was in bloom. My 

 bees are all alive at this time, and have 

 plenty of stores. But some bee-keepers have 

 not fared so well. One man with 40 colonies 

 discovered late in November that he had not a 

 bee, neither dead nor alive. A neighbor of his 

 with 20 colonies had the same experience. 

 Can any one explain this? My bees are all in 

 10-trame Langstroth hives. 



I will not be without the Bee Journal as 

 long as I have a colony of bees. 



C. W. MORGAREIDGE. 



Sheridan Co., Wyo., April 5. 



ceases. But you 

 colonies, and devi 

 and manipulatin 

 strengthen, or si 

 combs, or filling (■ 

 were I manipulat 

 nies it would r 

 probably the intn 

 as I said in my fir 

 separators, and h: 

 comb honey, or ii 

 est market price, 

 the coming seasoi 



Walworth Co., 



i>now that 1 keep but a few 

 III' much time to watching 

 g them — weak colonies I 

 ■I Ibem to building brood- 

 xlracting-framcs. Of course, 

 iiigalarge number of colo- 

 LMuire additional help, or 

 "I uction of separators. But, 

 St, article, I have seldom used 

 !ive produced SOOO pounds of 

 lore, and sold it at the high- 

 and have all I can produce 

 1 engaged. 



Wm. M. Whitnet. 

 Wis., April T. 



The Use of Separators. 



I have just read Mr. Pagan's criticism of my 

 off-hand talk about the use of separators in 

 the production of comb honey, and I must 

 confess that I like the way he talks. I did 

 not mean to say that I'd not use separators in 

 any case, for I can easily imagine a case 

 where it would be absolutely necessary ; as, 

 for instance, in putting back unfinished sec- 

 tions ; or, as he states, if the flow of nectar i 



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M.\KKET QUOTATIONS 



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Chicago, April ".—The market is heavily 

 supplied with comb and extracted honey, 

 neither of which are meeting- witaany demand, 

 especially is this true of the comb. Prices are 

 uncertain, as those havinir stock are an.xious to 

 sell it; therelore it Is diflicnlt to c|uote piict^s. 

 The best grades of white comb briny U@12c; 

 anything off from choice to fancy is not wanted. 

 Extracted, white, according to quality, sells at 

 6(s'~c; amber, Smbc. Beeswax, 3ur<? 32c. 



R. A. liURNETT & Co. 



Cincinnati, O., April 18.— The honey market 

 continues to be dull; if anything, the prices 

 on como honey are lower; concessions are 

 made on bigger lots. I .juote: fancy white 

 comb from 12)4@14c. Sales ou extracted are 

 made at the following prices: Amber, in bar- 

 rels, S!i@5^c; in cans, >«c more; alfalfa, water- 

 white, tj(a'6!^c; strictly white clover, for extra 

 fancy, 7S^ra-Sc. Beeswax, 30c. 



C. H. W. Weber. 



Albany, N. Y., April 25.- Honey market is 

 very dull. Stocks of both comb and extracted 

 are lighter than we thought would be a mouth 

 ago, when we thought we would have to carry 

 over the season. The demand for honey here 

 will be light until the new crop comes. Quota- 

 tions aie nominally— «@13c for comb, and 5@6c 

 for extracted. H. R. Wright. 



Philadelphia, April IS.— Never in the his- 

 tory of the comb honey market has there been 

 such a lot of off-quality of comb honey shipped 

 into this market so late in the season. We 

 have sold some of our own honey in the last 

 few days, good No. 1 as low as 6c a box, the 

 same honey we were getting 14c for 60days ago. 

 It is the old story that when bee-men find the 

 season is closing and they cannot get shut of 

 the crop themselves, they send it to the com- 

 mission-men to slaughter it at any price they 

 can get. We quote: No. 1 comb, 10c; amber, 

 7@8c. Extracted, fancy white, T>4c; amber 6c. 

 Beeswax sells readily at 31c. ' 



We are producers of honey and do not handle 

 on commission. Wm. A. Selse«. 



Cincinnati, April IS. — The honey market 

 here is reassuming activity, and judging from 

 present indications, and the lateness of the sea- 

 son, the last season's crop will be consumed be- 

 fore the arrival of the new. Amber extracted 

 in barrels and cans, 5ii@6Hc; white clover, 

 6^6@8 cents, according to quality and package. 

 Fancy comb honey sells at 12^'lSc. Beeswax 

 30 cents. The Fred W. Muth Co. ' 



Boston, April 9.— Prices remain same as be 

 fore, which are as follows: White in glass- 

 front cases at 16c; No. 1, at 15c. Supply is am- 

 ple, and demand light at this time. Extracted, 

 water-white, Sc; light amber, 7@8c; with but 

 little call for dark Florida. 



Blake, Scott & Leb. 



Kansas City, April Is. — The demand for 

 honey is a little better than it has been. Prices 

 on strictly fancy comb are $2.50 per case, if not 

 candied; the great trouble with the majority of 

 honev coming from the West at present is that 

 it is more or less candied, and about $2 00 to 

 $2.25 is all we can get for it; amber is selling at 

 $2.25 per case. Extracted is dull at S@6c. Bees- 

 wax in good demand at 30c. 



C. C. Clbmons & Co. 



New Yokk, April 18.— There are no new fea- 

 tures in the honey market. Some white honey 

 is selling al from 12®13c; off grades at from 

 10(a'llc, and no demand for dark honey what- 

 ever. Market is very quiet on extracted of all 

 grades, and prices are rather irregular. Bees- 

 wax very Hrm at 29@31c. 



HiLDRETH & SeGELKEN. 



San Francisco, April 20.— White comb, 1-lb. 

 sections, ll!*@l2c; amber, S^lOc. Extracted, 

 white, 5K(3>5'ic; light amber, 4^@4Jic; amber, 

 3M@4%c; dark amber, 3^6i3:'4C. Beeswax, good 

 to choice, lie ht,27«@2')c; dark, 2S@26c. 



There are no special changes to record in 

 quotations, but the market lacks firmness, it 

 being impossible to effect large transfers at full 

 current ifures. Both comb and extracted, 

 mostly of medium grades, are offering in con- 

 siderable quiiatity for this time of year. 



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