May 12, 1904. 



THE AMERICAN BEE JOURNAL. 



351 



"Keep More Bees" 



Is the title of an article by Mr. Townseod, of 

 Michigran. published in the last Americaa Bee 

 Journal. It is a reply to Mr. Doolittle's critic- 

 ism of some views expressed by Mr. Townsend 

 in a series of articles that are appearing in The 

 Bee-Keepers' Review. 



For years Mr. Townsend has been makinp* a 

 specialty of bee-keeping^, gradually developing 

 a system of managing out-apiaries with few 

 visits and little labor, and, in telling the Re- 

 view '* how he does it." he is furnishing some 

 of the most valuable contributions that have 

 ever been published— particularly so to the man 



who wi^ihes to branch out and ''keep more 

 bees." This article of his in the last American 

 Kee Journal is a fair sample of the plain, prac- 

 tical, convincing way in which he writes. 



Send 10 cents for two late, but different is&ues 

 of the Review, and the 10 cents may apply on 

 any subscription ^ent in during the year; or, 

 better still, send $l.*Mt for the Review for all of 

 ]'»04, as you will' certainly find the Townsend 

 articles alone worth many times the dollar. 



W. I. HUTCHINSON, Flint, Nlch. 



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 Untested. $1.00 ; Tested, $1.50. After 

 July 1— Untested, 70c; Tested, $1.00. 

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 first-class condition. No disease. Address, 

 MRS. C. E. HAYDEN, 7233 Wood St.. Chicago. 



in trying to get bee-keepers to make their 

 own hives. Such goods are getting too high. 

 I can get all-heart, long-leafed pine, dressed 

 on one side, tor about $18.50 or $15.00 per 

 1000 feet. 



1 must tell something more about the bee- 

 paralysis I had among my bees last spring. I 

 used sulphur on all of the combs, and after I 

 did so the bees quit dying. They had good- 

 looking queens, but it seemed as if very few 

 of the eggs hatched. 1 removed 3 queens, 

 and gave them sealed cells from full-blooded 

 Italians, and still used the same combs. They 

 are 8 of the best colonies I have to-day. The 

 other one superseded its queen, I think. They 

 cast the first swarm to-day. 



It is funny the way some are kicking up a 

 dust about their way being the only way to 

 rear perfect queens every time, when they 

 well know that there is no such thing as per- 

 fection every time in Nature. 



Hale Co., Ala., April 5. J. S. Patton. 



No Loss In Winteping. 



Bees in this vicinity wintered well. I put 

 20'colonie8 into winter quarters, and had not 

 a single loss. Bees are swarming. 



G. W. Fagan. 



Arkansas Co., Ark., April 15. 



Sulphur to Protect Empty Combs. 



We have been a little bit discouraged for 

 the last couple of years. After having had 

 extra success in keeping bees througlt the 

 winter for years, we lost all but a colonies 

 two years ago, and have now only 20 colonies ; 

 but in our altUction we have learned something. 

 After losing the bees we had hundreds of 

 combs which we tried to save, but lost a great 

 many by the moths. We tried several ways 

 to save them, but would find stacks of hives 

 with frames all woven together Ijy the webs. 

 At last we put a sheet of the American Bee 

 .Journal on a bottom-board and sprinkled sul- 

 phur thickly upon it, set a hive of frames on 

 it, then another sheet of paper and more sul- 

 phur, and so on up. The moths don't like to 

 crawl through the sulphur. 



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Richland Co., Wis., April 18. 



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MARKET QUOTATIONS 



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Chicago, April 7.— The market is heaviw 

 supplied Willi comb and extracted hooey, 

 neither of which are meeting with any demand, 

 especially is thi'* true of the comb. Prices are 

 uncertain, as those haviner slock are anxious to 

 sell it; therefore it is diflicnlt to quote prices. 

 The best gradep of white comb bring ll@12c; 

 anything off from choice to fancy is not wanted. 

 E.xtracted, white, according to quality, sells at 

 6(ai7c; amber, 5((U6c. Beeswax, 30fi> 32c. 



R. A. Burnett & Co. 



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

 continues to be dull; if anything, the prices 

 on comb honey are lower; concessions are 

 made on bigger lots. I quote: fancy white 

 comb from 12>i@14c. Sales on extracted are 

 made at the following prices: Amber, in bar- 

 rels, 5K@5Kc; in cans, He more; alfalfa, water- 

 white, 6@6^c; strictly white clover, for extra 

 fancy, 7!.i@8c. Beeswax, 30c. 



C. H. W. Weber. 



Albany, N. Y., April 2S.— Honey market is 

 very dull. Stocks of both comb and extracted 

 are lighter than we thought would be a month 

 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 are nominally— 8@13c for comb, and 5@6c 

 for extracted. H. R. Wright. 



Philadelphia, April 18.— 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 60 days 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 

 7fgi8c. Extracted, fancy white, 7J«c; amber 6c.' 

 Beeswax sells readily at 31c. ' 



We are producers of honey and do not handle 

 on commission. Wm. A. Selses. 



Cincinnati, April 18. — 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, 5>i@6Mc; white clover, 

 6*iS@S cents, according to quality and package 

 Fancy comb honey sells at 12'3 iSc. 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 l6c; No. 1, at ISc. Supply is am- 

 ple, and demand light at this time. Extracted 

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

 little call for dark Florida. 



Blake, Scott & Lee. 



Kansas City, April IS. — The demand for 

 honey is a little better than it has been. Prices 

 on strictly fancy comb are $2.S0 per case, if not 

 candied; the great trouble with the majority of 

 honey comiug from the West at present is that 

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

 $2.2i is all we can get for it; amber is selling at 

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

 wax in good demand at 30c. 



C. C. Clemons & Co. 



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

 tures in the honey market. Some white honey 

 is selling at from 12@13c; off grades at from 

 10@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 lirm at 29@31c. 



HiLDRKTH & SEGELKEN, 



San Francisco, April 27.— White comb, 1-lb. 

 sections, llStts-Uc; amber, 8ai0c. Extracted 

 white, 5>i@5Mc; light amber, 4Ji@4)ic; amber! 

 3%@4Mc; dark amber, 3><@3-'4'c. Beeswax, good 

 to choice, light, 27H@29c; dark, 2S@26c. 



A shipment of 300 cases extracted went for- 

 ward the past week per steamer for Germany. 

 Local trade is of light proportions. Quotable 

 values rem li II as previously noted, but market 

 is not firm m ihese figures. 



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