Jan. 24, 19U1. 



AMERICAN BEE JOURNAL. 



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had never swarmed under my treat- 

 ment. But in July, 1S98, this bee- 

 keeper informed me that 2 of the 4 col- 

 onies had swarmed and that from one 

 of them an after-swarm had issued. 



I have bought, and received in other 

 ways, strains of bees from the apiaries 

 of some of our most noted bee-keepers ; 

 some of them have not had the oppor- 

 tunity to swarm, and others I have suc- 

 ceeded in preventing from it. 



Personally, I do not believe it is to 

 the best interests of the bee-keeper to 

 discourage his bees from natural 

 swarming. Better results will be se- 

 cured if the bees that are gentle are al- 

 lowed to increase in the natural way ; 

 but bees that have cross dispositions 

 ought to be prevented from swarming, 

 as it acts very much like taking the 

 horns off of the stubborn ox and put- 

 ting it on a level with the lamb. 



Dan.\ H. Gr.\ham. 



Lancaster Co., Pa., Dec. 31. 



Seem To Be Wintering Well. 



Bees are flying to-day, and seem to 

 •be wintering fairly well. 



Elvert W. Haag. 

 Stark Co., Ohio, Jan. 11. 



Poof Season— The Bee Journal. 



The past has been the poorest season 

 for honey in this locality in many 

 years. I secured 26 good colonies in 

 two-story lO-frame hives, and they 

 nearly filled the supers. 



I would not think of getting along 

 without the Bee Journal, I have read 

 and reread three of the standard bee- 

 books during the last year, and am 

 well satisfied that the copies of the 

 Journal for the past two years are 

 worth more to a beginner than all of 

 these books put together. The text- 

 books are all excellent, and well fill 

 the place for which they are intended, 

 but the amount of original thought 

 and experience which we get from 

 couventions and otherwise thru the 

 Journal are above everything else. 

 S. N. Salsbury. 



Cochise Co., Ariz., Jan. 1. 



Smallest Crop in Years. 



We had the smallest honey-crop in 

 this county the past season that we 

 have had in a number of years ; in 

 many apiaries the bees stored no sur- 

 plus. The goldenrod and wild aster 

 yielded no nectar, and the oldest bee- 

 keepers say that this never happened 

 before in this " neck of the woods. " 



Our bees had their last flight Xov. 

 6th, and will probably be in winter 

 quarters until April 1st. Many colon- 

 ies are very light in stores. We win- 

 ter them in the cellar, and they are 

 now in splendid condition. 



We had plenty of warm rains late in 

 the fall, early snows, and no frost is 

 in the ground. The clovers are doing 

 well, and we are sure of a big crop next 

 season. 



Wm. Robinson. 



Barron Co., Wis., Jan. 7. 



A Canvassing Experience. 



If everyone could get as much fun 

 out of canvassing for new subscribers 

 as I have, I think you would have 

 plenty of agents. I called on one old 

 gentleman, and, after showing him 



the Bee Journal, I told him that if he 

 expected to be successful in keeping 

 bees he should keep posted and read a 

 bright, wideawake journal. His reply 

 was, '■ Look here, Donaldson, I kept 

 bees before you were born, and I have 

 forgotten more about them than you 

 know, I tell you it's all luck, " I 

 then askt him how it happened that 

 my bees came thru the winter all right 

 when bee-keepers around me lost all 

 that they had. He replied, " You were 

 lucky ; that's all there is to it," I 

 thought my next question would 

 " floor " him, so I askt him how he ac- 

 counted for the fact that I secured a 

 good honey-crop when others did not 

 get any. He replied, "I tell you it's all 

 luck ; you'll see, your luck will change, 

 too, I had just as good bees as you 

 have, and the first thing I knew they 

 were all gone. The worms ate them 

 all up. " I concluded he was a hope- 

 less case. 



J. M. Donaldson. 

 Worcester Co., Mass., Jan. 1. 



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MARKET QUOTATIONS. 



Chicago, Jan. 10.— Honey is selling slowlv; 

 this applies to all grades with the exception of 

 white clover aud basswood comb honejr, which 

 sells readily at loc providing it grades No. 1 or 

 better. All other kinds of white comb honey 

 sell at from 14m ISc, and candied white comb at 

 from HMlOc: travel-stained and off-grades of 

 comb, 13i" 14c; amber, 12(ol3c; amber e.\tracted, 

 7(gr7'4c; dark and buckwheat comb honey, '>(m 

 10c. E.xtracted, white, 7c, 7i^gj8c; basswood 

 and white clover bringing the outside prices; 

 buckwheat and other dark grades, ti@6Kc. 

 Ueeswax, 28c. R. A. Burnett & Co. 



Kansas City, Dec. 21.— Honey market firm, 

 demand steady. Fancy white comb, 24-5ection 

 case, $3.50 to $3.75; 12-section case, $1.10 to $2.00; 

 amber, case, $3.00 to $3.25. Extracted, white, 

 SioWc; supply fair: receipts and demand good. 

 Beeswax, 22@30c. Demand fair. 



W. R. Cromwell Produce Co., 

 Successors to C. C. demons & Co. 



Buffalo, Jan. 17.— All kinds of honey are so 

 quiet it is dilficult to make a sale. Occasionally 

 some sells, fancy 14@15c; few, l(.c; choice and 

 No. 1, 12w 13c; few, 14c; but dark, Ofa 10c, and all 

 kinds in liberal supply; some may have to be 

 reconsigned. Extrdcted, 7(a>8c, add not wanted 

 in Buffalo. Beeswax, 22@27. 



Batterson & Co. 



Albany, N. Y., Jan. 18.— Honey market is 

 dull on all grades now, with light stock and 

 light demand. White comb in good condition, 

 not candied, lS(n.l6c; mixt, 13(ar4c; buckwheat, 

 12(in2Hc; mixt, ll(s*llj«c. Extracted, white, 

 8to'8>ic; mixt, 6@6Kc; dark, S}4c. 



H. R.Wright. 



Boston, Jan. IS.— Fancy No. 1 white in car- 

 tons, 17c; A No. 1, 16c; No. 1, lSftl6c, with a 

 fairly good demand. Absolutely no call for 

 dark honey this year. Extracted, white, 8@ 

 S'/ic; light amber, 7}^'3 8c. Beeswax, 27c. 



Blake, Scott & Lee. 



Cincinnati, Jan. 16.— Market very quiet. No 

 change in prices. Fancy white comb sells for 

 16c. Extracted, dark, sells for 554c, and better 

 grades bring bHVsTAc. Fancy white table honey 

 brings from SJ^faOc. c. H. W. Weber. 



New York, Dec. 22.— Fancy white, 15m16c; 

 No. 1 white, 14c; No. 2 white Ufn'Uc: amber, 

 12c; buckwheat, 10@l)c. Extracted in fairly 

 good demand at ~ii@8c for white, and 7c for 

 amber; off grades and Southern in barrels at 

 from 65ta75c per gallon, according to quality. 

 Not much demand for extracted buckwheat as 

 yet. Some little selling at SH@6c. Beeswax firm 

 at 28 cents. 



Demand continues good for comb honey; sup- 

 ply fairly good. Extracted in fair demand with 

 enough supply to meet requirements. 



HiLDRETH & SEGELKEN. 



Detroit, Jan. 19— Fancy white comb, lS(ai6c; 

 No. 1, 13(!!'14c; dark and amber, 12(ail3c Ex- 

 tracted, white. "(alUc; amberaud dark, bfAbl4c. 

 Beeswax, 26@27c. M. H. Hunt & Son. 



San Francisco, Jan. ')._White comb 13® 

 14 cents; amber, lUi®WAc: dark, SSQc. Ex- 

 tracted, white, TAiaSc; light amber, 6J-4'(a7Kc; 

 amber. 5H'(S>6Hc. Beeswax. 26@28c. 



Stocks of all descriptions are light, and 

 values are being as a rule well maintained at 

 the quoted range. Firmness is naturally most 

 pronounced on light amber and water' white 

 honey, the latter being in very scanty supply. 



HONEY HARKET.-We may have a customer 

 within a short distance of you who wants your 

 honey or beeswax. We are in close touch with 

 all the markets; therefore write us regarding 

 your crop, stating quantity, quality, and lowest 

 cash price. References— Either Bank here for 

 any business man in this city. 



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