Aug. IS, 1904. 



THE AMERICAN BEE JOURNAL. 



575 



them I put on a double super, or 56 sec- 

 tions, and they filled the liive and both 

 supers, and cast a swarm on the 23d 

 day after being hived. A number of 

 my best honey-gatherers are the dou- 

 bled-up after-swarms. 



Bees that swarm as mine have this 

 season can't store as much honey as 

 those that don't swarm, and some men 

 will ask me why I don't work for ex- 

 tracted honey. To such I will give the 

 following reasons why I don't make 

 the change : I have always worked 

 for section honey, and I have every- 

 thing fitted up for that method of 

 manipulating my apiary. I have passed 

 the 80th milestone, and can not expect 

 to work among the bees many more 

 years, and the profits won't pay the 

 cost of making the change. If I ex- 

 tracted I would have to ship my honey ; 

 now I have a substantial home market 

 for all the section honey ray bees can 

 produce, and I get nearly double per 

 pound what I would get for extracted, 

 and, besides, the extracting method is 

 not an infallible law ; it does not 

 always prevent swarming. There are 

 other methods that will prevent swarm- 

 ing. One is to cut out queen-cells, but, 

 as an old bee-keeper told me a few days 

 ago, he did it for several years and 

 had given it up, as it was a nasty, dis- 

 agreeable job, and it must be done 

 every week, and then the bees would 

 often steal a march on him. I know it 

 looks out of place for a man of my age 

 to be up in a tree 20 feet from the 

 ground to get a swarm of bees, but as 

 I have not lost a swarm of bees in the 

 swarming season for four years, and 

 no accident has happened to me, I 

 think I will plod along in the same old 

 rut; but if I were younger I would do 

 differently. 



We have had an abundance of white 

 and alsike clover this year, and it is 

 covered with honey-bees. Basswood is 

 now in full bloom, and it is like " the 

 hum of the bees in the apple-tree 

 bloom." Those who work for ex- 

 tracted honey report large yields. 



S. B. Smith. 



Millelacs Co., Minn., July 29. 



CONVENTION NOTICES. 



National at St. Louis.— The annual session of 

 the National Bee-Keepers' Association for 1904 

 will be held in September, at St. Louis, Mo. 



Sept. 27 and 2>i will be devoted to Association 

 work and its interests. We expect many prom- 

 inent foreign bee keepers to be present on these 

 da vs. 



Sept. 2'i, National Day. 



Sept. 30, Inspectors' Day. Twenty bee-in- 

 spectors from all over the United States and 

 Canada are counted on to introduce and discuss 

 " The Diseases of Bees," etc. 



Mr. N. E. France will exhibit, in the Conven- 

 tion Hall, a large map of the United States, 

 Canada, Cuba and Europe. Each State and 

 Country will have a shelf attached to the map 

 with a one-pcund sample of each kind of honey 

 produced. Many other exhibits of special in- 

 terest will be shown. 



We expect to see the largest gathering of bee- 

 keepers ever held in this country. A more de- 

 tailed program will appear later. 



Geo. W. I-Jkodbeck, Sec. 



Los Angeles, Calif. 



Missouri.— The Missouri State Bee-Keepers' 



Association will meet Sept. H: in St. Louis, in 

 the tame hall to be used by the National Bee- 

 Keepers' Association. Further particulars 

 later. Arrangements are being made for our 

 accommodation by C. P. Dadant, in connection 

 with the National Association. 



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M.\RKKT QUOTATIONS 



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Chicago, Aug. ,s.— A little new comb honey is 

 being offered at 12@12!^c per pound for the No. 

 1 to fancy. E.xtracted, b(s^^ cents per pound for 

 white, and 5(gi6c for amber. Beeswa.K. 2sc per 



pound. R. A. BOHNETT cfe Co. 



lATi, O., Aug. 8.— The stock of last 

 year's comb honey is now nearly all cleaned up. 

 The prices obtained were for fancy water-white, 

 12Htol3Hc; the new stock of same is now more 

 plentifully offered; too early telling what the 

 market might do in prices. For extracted is a 

 fair demand, and I quote same as follows: Am- 

 ber in barrels, S^©5)ic; in cans, J^c higher; 

 water-white alfalfa incans, 6J4c; fancy white 

 clover in barrels, 6J4@3c. Beeswax more plen- 

 tiful, brings 2sc. C. H. W. Weber. 



Albany, N. Y., July 21.— We are approaching 

 the demand for new crop honey. There have 

 been no receipts ihus tar to speak of— not 

 enough to establish as yet. We could sell a 

 limited amount of light comb at lS@16c. Old 

 crop is well cleared out of this market, and we 

 look for a good trade in honey this season. 



Extracted, demand light; some small lots ar- 

 riving; holding at 7c for white, and 6c for dark. 



Beeswax quiet at 28@30c H. R. Wright. 



Boston, July 8.— Our market on honey, both 

 comb and extracted is practically in a slum- 

 bering condition, as there is really no call 

 whatever. 



Prices remain as before quoted, but are really 

 only nominal. Blake, Scott & Lee. 



New York, June 21.— Very little demand for 

 comb honey. Some trade for No. 1 and fancy 

 white, at from 12@13c, while dark and amber 

 are almost unsalable. Extracted is in fair de- 

 mand, although prices are irregular. We quote 

 from 5@65^c, according to quality. Southern 

 in barrels, at from 50@S5c per gallon. 



Beeswax more plentiful and prices are grad- 

 ually declining. We quote 2-Se)2')c. 



Hildreth & Segelken. 



Cincinnati, July IS.— The supply of honey at 

 the present time is limited, with but moderate 

 demand. New hcney is beginning to arrive. 

 We quote our market to day as follows: Am- 

 ber extracted in barrels and cans, 5K@6J^c; 

 white clover, b}i<g)8c. Comb honey i demand 

 limited), 13@14c for fancy and No. 1. Beeswax, 

 29c. The Fred W.Muth Co. 



Kansas City, Aug. 8.— The receipts of comb 

 honey are a little better and the demand is in- 

 creasing. The market for the last month has 

 been $2 75 a case for fancy white comb honey, 

 but look for an advance in the near future. Ex- 

 tracted slow sale. Beeswax moving fairly well 

 at SOc per pound. C. C. Clbmons & Co. 



Philadelphia, Aug. 10. — Some comb honey 

 has been arriving in this market the last week, 

 but hardly enough to fix the market price. 

 Everything depends on the crop, which is still 

 uncertain. Some few sales made of fancy comb 

 at 16@17c; No. 1, 14@lSc. Extracted honey ar- 

 riving freely and selling at 7@,Sc for fancy 

 white and t.@7c for light amber. Beeswax, 26c. 



We are producers of honey and do not handle 

 on commission. Wm. A. Selser. 



San Francisco, Aug. 3.— White comb, 1-lb. 

 sections, 12i^@13c; amber, <»^iic. Extracted, 

 white, 55i@6c; light amber, 5@5(i.c; amber, 

 4@4>tc; dark amber, SJ^QSJic. Beeswax, good 

 to choice, light, 28@30c; dark, 26@27!^c. 



Spot stocks of amber grades are of fairly lib- 

 eral volume, including some Hawaiian Island 

 honey. The latter is rather dark, of light body 

 and sugary tlivor. It is receiving scarcely any 

 attention. Choice water-white is not plentiful, 

 either comb or extracted, and for this grade the 

 market is moderately firm at the values pre- 

 vailing. 



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