June 9, 1904. 



THE AMERICAN BEE JOURNAL. 



415 



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X that hurt; to keep unspotted from 



fij the world's sin and unselfish toward 



jZ the world's needs; to love those whom 



2) we can not like, affd to hate no one; 



K to keep the gold of silence where we 



8 can not give the pearls of praise; to 



g be true when others are false, brave in JZ 



S the midst of cowardice; and kind in S 



Q return for injuries; to pity our ene- % 



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?• Heavenly Father above by helping His X 



a earthly children below; in fact, to be 



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?2 Christianity, and the ideal to which S 



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•& Key. Andrew Gillies. D. D. S 



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Beedom Boiled Down 



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Sweet Clover Nectar Estimated at 

 $io an Acre. 



Bees have done poorly for me this season 

 on account of cold, wet weather in June, los- 

 ing a few colonies by actual starvation before I 

 was really aware of it; and if it had not been 

 for a three-acre field of white sweet clover I 

 should have lost more, as this patch isept 

 about 50 hives in fair condition. In fact they 

 went far ahead of the out-apiaries. I have 

 sown this season five acres more, and next 

 spring I intend to put out about 40 acres more, 

 as I can rent land for that purpose at .<1.50 per 

 acre. I intend to put out mostly the yellow 

 variety, as it comes at just the time when 

 there is nothing else, and the blooming period 

 is longer; but the three acres of white, I am 

 satisfied, was worth to me this season -iCSO, and 

 I also have considerable seed from it. — R. L. 

 Sn'Odgrass, in Gleanings in Bee-Culture. 



Cyprio-Carniolans. 



I consider the introduction of Carniolan 

 blood a benefit to Italians and would prefer 

 such a cross to pure Italian blood, but my own 

 experience and my knowledge of the qualities 

 of these various races, leaves in my mind not 

 the slightest doubt but that far better results 

 can be obtained through using pure Cyprians 

 on the female side, and pure Carniolans on 

 the male side, for I am sure this cross gives, 

 both theoretically and practically, the great- 

 est combination of energy, hardiness, wing- 

 power, tongue-reach and prolifiiness, that can 

 be obtained from any of these races, and with 

 these qualities a fair degree of gentleness is 

 obtained through the Carniolan males. — 

 Frank Benton, in the Rock Mountain Bee 

 .Journal. 



Trapping 5l(unl<s in the Apiary. 



I notice that some have had considerable 

 loss from skunks. I found that they were eat- 

 ing a good many of our bees, keeping some of 

 the colonies weak, although they were rearing 

 plenty of brood. Poisoning is dantrerous at 

 best, so we commenced trapping. By nearly 

 burying an egg in the ground a short distance 

 from the apiary, aud setting a steel trap over 



it, we caught six or seven in a short time. 

 The trap, of course, should be set only at 

 night. 



Besides scratching on the hives the skunks 

 would comb out the grass around the hive-en- 

 trauces with their olaw s, to get the bees that 

 came out of the hives, I suppose. The grass 

 was so comljed out in front of most of our 

 GO hives, before we began trapping. I find 

 no signs of any depredations now, and the 

 weak colonies have strengthened up consider- 

 ably. — F. H. Harvey, in Gleanings in Bee- 

 Culture. 



Filling Honey-Cans Too Full. 



Cans designed to hold extracted honey 

 should never be filled quite full. When honey 

 candies it expands; and it the receptacles be 

 filled level full there is quite a liability of 

 leakage, due to the cans bursting from the 

 expansion of the honey when candying. — 

 Gleanings in Bee-Culture. 



CONVENTION NOTICE. 



Texas.— The Texas State Bee-Keepers' Asso- 

 ciation will meet at College Station, Tex., Tues- 

 dav, Wednesday and Tbursdav, July 5, o and 7, 

 1904, beginning at 10 a.m. on Tuesday. This 

 will be during the meeting of the Texas Farm- 

 ers' Congress, so it will be a great time. Rail- 

 road rates and board will be cheap. 



The convention will open at the time named. 

 Come early and take part. 



Louis H. ScHOLL, Sec. 



College Station, Tex. 



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HONEY AND BEESWAX 



M.\kKET QUOTATIONS 





Chicago, May 'I. -The market has an over- 

 supply of comb houey, very little of which will 

 pass as No. 1 grade— price is ll@12c per pound, 

 and off grades at a corresponding value. Ex- 

 tracted, 6@7c per pound for best grades of 

 white; amber colors, 5'" oc per pound. Bees- 

 wax, 30ra 32c. R. A. Burnett & Co. 



Cincinnati, O., May 19.— The honey market 

 continues to be dull; if anything, the prices 

 on comb honey are lower; concessions are 

 made on bigger lots. Fancy white comb honey, 

 from 12>i®14 cents. Sales on extracted are 

 made at the following prices: Amber, in bar- 

 rels, SXi^SMc; in cans. He more; alfalfa, waler- 

 white, 6@6Jic; 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 S@5c 

 for extracted. H. R. Wright. 



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@6}ic; white clover, 

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

 Fancy comb honey sells at 13(a ISc. Beeswax' 

 30 cents. The Fred W. Muth Co. ' 



Boston, May 14.— The demand for honey is 

 extremely light, almost nothing, and supplies 

 aie heavy for this time of the year, and our 

 prices therefore are largely nominal. We quote 

 fancy white at iDimlt.c; A No. 1, 14(a)lSc; and 

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

 tracted, from ti@7c. Blake, Scott & I,ee. 



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 

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

 $2.25 per case. Extracted is dull at 5@6c. Bees- 

 wax in good demaud 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 13c; No. 1 at 12c 

 and amber at lOc; 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 expect a decline very shortly 



HiLDRETH 4 SegeLKe'n. 



Philadelphia, May 20.— The honey market 

 has been quiet for the last 10 days, and very 

 little doing. Some odd lots have' been sold at 

 very low prices to clean out. The demand dur- 

 ing this sprine-changeable weather has been 

 very light. There is no fancy comb honey on 

 the market. We cjuote: No. 1, 'Jtaiiic; amber 

 8@<>c. Fancy while extracted, 7@7Hc; amber! 

 bH®~c. Beeswax has been received in large 

 quantities; prices are a little off. We quote- 

 Bright yellow, 3Uc; dark, 28@29c. 



We are producers of honey and do not handle 

 on commission. Wm. A. Selser. 



San Francisco. May 25.— White comb, 1-Ib 

 sections, 12H!(iljc; amber, i^llc. Extracted' 

 white, Sii@tic: light amber, S@5;.ic; amber' 

 3M@4!ic; dark amber, 3K@3Jic. Beeswax, eood 

 to choice, light, 2S(a30c; dark, 26@27i^c. 



There are no great quantities of honey on the 

 market at present, neither is there much de- 

 mand. For desirable qualities there is a toler- 

 ably firm tone to the market. The coming croo 

 in this State will be light; there will be little 

 or no honey produced this year south of 

 Tehachapi. 



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