May 26. 1904. 



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been unable to move when the honey " played 

 out'" where they were clustered. 



November 15 the weather turned cold, and 

 while there were a couple of weeks previous 

 to that diite that the bees could have Mown, 

 yet very few of theui did. Tho> never had 

 even a partial lli;rht until March "J^i, so, count- 

 mg from Nov. 1.5, they were conlined i:U days. 



At the Altona yard :^0 colonies were win- 

 tered in the cellar, and all came through 

 alive, but a number are weak; .V.t were win- 

 tered outside, some in single cases, the rest 2 

 in a case. All were packed in chaff. Today 

 52 are alive, and most of those in good condi- 

 tion. At the home yard 75 were wintered 

 outdoors, 00 in packed hives and, I am sorry 

 to say, 15 in papered hives, (7 In A. C. >Iiller; 

 55 arfi alive, but a number are weak. Every 

 one that was wintered in the papered hives — 

 they were all strong colonies — are either dead 

 or reduced to a few handfuls of bees. 

 Papered hives may be all right for Mr. Miller's 

 locality, but they are certainly " not in it " 

 here in Ontario. 



The bees in the home yard were shut In for 

 the same period as the L'ashel apiary, but the 

 bees in the Altona yard, owing to snow not 

 being away from the entrances of most of the 

 hives, did not have i: flight until April 5. 

 This would be 14'J days of steady, cold 

 weather, and the funny part is that those 

 bees are by all odds in the i>est condition of 

 the three yards. 1 don't mean to insinuate 

 that their extra rest brought this about, but 

 it does go to show that it is exceedingly diffi- 

 cult to say how fom/ bees will endure eonflne- 

 ment without being seriously inconvenien;ed. 



I forgot to say that the hives at the home 

 and Altona yards, like at the Cashel apiary, 

 are all very lar^re, viz. : S to 12 frame Quinhy — 

 a circumstance that makes it all the more 

 wonderful that the bees wintered, if we ac- 

 cept the theory that large hives are colder 

 than small ones. 



Mr. Doolittle reports 00 percent of the bees 

 dead that were wintered outdoors in his 

 locality. Three years ago, when we bad the 

 very cold snap in February, the mortality rate 

 was very high in New York and other buck- 



wheat sections. ( iin it be that during ex- 

 treme cold weather bees do not winter as well 

 on buckwheat as they do on clover honey or 

 sugar syrup? I.asl season we had practically 

 not a bit of honey nfter clover ceased yielding 

 in July; the result was that we had to feed 

 heavy with sugar syrup to make up the 

 deficiency. I'ossilily our seeming misfortune 

 was a blessing in disguise. While I do not 

 like to feed oftener than I limv to, yet I must 

 confess that I don't think we have ever lost a 

 colony in the winter that was fed heavily on 

 sugar s.trup the previous fall. 



In looking over what I have written, I 

 notice that I mado an error. In the Cashel 

 yard 10 colonies were there wintered in 

 papered hives, whiluonly 2 colonies are dead ; 

 the balance are all in poor condition, although 

 not as bad as those thus wintered at the home 

 apiar.v. 



The first pollen was brought in to-day ; the 

 season is extremely late, but as vegetation 

 has been withheM, and clover has wintered 

 well, possibly the lieesmay yet with favorable 

 weather build up for the honey-flow. 



Ontario, Canada, April 30. J. L. Byeb. 



A Celluloid Qneen-Batton is a very 



pretty thing for a bee-keeper or honey-seller to 

 wear on his coat-lapel. It of- 

 iea serves to introduce the 

 subject of honey, ard *re- 

 quentlj leads to a sale 



The picture shown herewltn 

 is a reproduction of a motto 

 queen-button that we are fur- 

 nishing- to bee-keepers. It has 

 a pin on the underside to 



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Let us quote you prices on Sections, Hives, 

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As has been our custom heretofore we offer to mail a fine, Un- 

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 ing conditions, all of which must be strictly followed: 



1. The sender of a new subscriber must have his or her own 

 subscription paid in advance at least to the.end of this year 

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2. Sending your own name with the .*1.00 for the Bee Journal 

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 the new subscriber has never had the Bee .lournal regularly, or at 

 least not for a whole year previous to hi.s name being sent in as a 



new one; and, also, the new subscriber must not be a member of the same family where 

 the Bee Journal is already being taken. 



We think we have made the foregoing sufficiently plain so that no error need be 

 made. Our Premium Queens are too valuable to throw away— they must be earned in 

 a legitimate way. They are worth working for. , 



We will book the orders as they come in and the Queens will be mailed in May or 

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Crue.tr.,), M.iy '1.— The market has aa over- 

 supply o( comb houey, very lillle of which will 

 pass as Ni). 1 grade— price is llfgiUc per pound, 

 and off grades at a corresponding value. Ex- 

 tracted, 6('r7c per pound for best grades of 

 white; amber colors, 5(<i(jc per pound Bees- 

 wax, 30(0 32c. R. A. Bdrnett & Co. 



Cincinnati, O., May 10.— The honey market 

 continues to be dull; if anything, the prices 

 on comb honey are lower; concessions are 

 made on bigger lots. Fancy whitecomb honey, 

 from UM'SiW cents. Sales on extracted are 

 made at the following prices: Amber, in bar- 

 rels, S'A<aiiic\ in cans. He more; alfalfa, water- 

 white, ti(ai6'/^c; strictly white clover, for e.xtra 

 fancy, 'H@Sc. Beeswax, 30c. 



C. H. W. Weber. 



Philadelphia, May 9.— There has been very 

 little demand for comb honey the last iwo 

 weeks, and prices are about the same. The 

 commission men are not refusing any reasona- 

 ble oflFer. We quote: Taney, 12(ail3c; No. 1, 

 lOwllc; buckwheat, Sgi'ic. Fancy extracted 

 honey, THic; amber, bHc. Beeswax, 31c. 



We are producers of honey and do not handle 

 on commission. Wm. A. Selser. 



Albany, N. Y., April 25.— 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— S@13c for comb, and S@6c 

 for extracted. H.R.Wright. 



Cincinnati, April IS. — The honey market 

 here is reassuming activity, and judging irom 

 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, oJ^@6Hc; white clover 

 6H@S cents, according to quality and oackage! 

 Fancy comb honey sells at 12«i I5c- Beeswax 

 30cents. The Fred W.Muth Co. ' 



Boston, May 14.— The demand for honey is 

 extremely light, almost nothing, and supplies 

 are heavy for this time of the year, and our 

 prices therefore are largely nominal. We quote 

 fancy white at 15@l,6c; A No. 1, MiguSc; and 

 Nc.l. 14c, with no call for under grades. Ex- 

 tracted, from 6@7c. Blake, Scott & Lbr. 



Kansas City, April IS. — The demand for 

 honey is a little better than it has been. Prices 

 on strictly fancy comb are $2.£0 per case, if not 

 candied; the great trouble with the majority of 

 honey 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 5@bc. Bees- 

 wax in good demand at 30c. 



C. C. Clemons & Co. 



New York, May 21.— The market on comb 

 honey is decidedly dull and it is almost impos- 

 sible to move large blocks. What little trade 

 there is, is done in a small way. We quote 

 nominally: Fancy white at I3c; No. 1 at 12c, 

 and amber at 10c; no demand for dark at all. 

 Extracted is in fair demand at unchanged pri- 

 ces, with a good supply. Beeswax remains firm 

 at 30c, but we e.xpect a decline very shortly. 

 Hildreth a Segelken. 



San Francisco, April 2T.—White comb, 1-lb 

 sections, ll>«@l2c; amber, 8810c. Extracted' 

 white, 5>i@5--4c; light amber, 4Ji@4J4c; amber' 

 3K@4^c; dark amber, 3K@3Jic. Beeswax. b-ooH 

 to choice, light, rHi@2'>c; 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 remain as previously noted, but market 

 is not firm at these figures. 



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