Feb. 14, 1901. 



AMERICAN BEE JOURNAL 



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some nectar. Some colonies had 

 plenty for winter, but others did not, 

 and I beffan in August to feed them 

 about 8(10 pounds of good honey, in 

 order to keep them from starving and 

 get them in good condition for winter. 

 The)' are wintering splendidly so far, 

 and I hope the coming season will be a 

 good one. 



To-day is the worst day we have had 

 so far this winter. It is snowing and 

 blowing, and cold. I hope it will not 

 last long. A. J. McBkide. 



Watauga Co., N. C, Jan. 24. 



Good Honey-Cpop— Introducing 

 Queens. 



My honey crop for the year 1900 was 

 4,500 pounds from 45 colonies, spring 

 count, a little over one-third of which 

 was comb honey. M)' average yield 

 for 11 years has been 60 pounds per 

 colony, about one-half of it being 

 comb. The best yield was in 1893, 

 when I got 114 pounds per colony, and 

 the poorest yield was in 1899 — 16 pounds 

 per colony. 



Perhaps the method I use for intro- 

 ducing queens will be helpful to some. 

 When I receive a queen thru the mails 

 I put her in a Miller iutroducing-cage 

 without any of the escort bees, put in 

 some candy, and plug the hole so the 

 workers can not get at the candy. 

 Remove the queen that is to be super- 

 seded, and place the cage containing 

 the queen between two of the central 

 combs. The next day open the hive 

 quietly, and if the bees seem friendly 

 to the queen remove the plug, fill the 

 hole with candy, replace the cage, and 

 do not open the hive again for nearly 

 a week. I have had but one failure in 

 five years, in using this method. I 

 formerly lost 25 percent of my queens 

 by following the directions that came 

 with the queens. 



I believe many of the failures in in- 

 troducing are caused by the escort bees 

 being left with the queen. If the bees 

 appear angry do not remove the plug 

 the next day, but wait until they are 

 friendly toward the queen. 



The American Bee Journal is all 

 right. D. I. Wag.\r. 



Wayne Co., Mich., Jan. 23. 



Convention Xotioe. 



California.— The annual convention of the 

 California State Bee-Keepers' Association, will 

 be held in the Chamber of Commerce, at Los 

 Angeles, Feb. 25 and 26, IWl, beginning at 1:30 

 p.m., on the 25th. Several valuable papers have 

 been promist, and we expect an interesting- con- 

 vention. J. F. McIntvke, Sec. 



R. WiLKi.N, Pres. 



The Kalamazoo Carriage and Harness Com- 

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 making an offer which may truly be character- 

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 any reader of this paper any vehicle in their 

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 deciding to keep it. They certainly have un- 

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 they could not make such an offer. Look up 

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 forgetting to mention the American Bee Jour- 

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The Cvphers Incubator during the four years 

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CAREER AND CHARACTER OF 

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An address by Joseph Choate, Am- 

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I fiONE,y AND BEESWAX l 



MARKET QUOTATIONS. 



Chicago, Jan. 1''.— Honey is selling slowly; 

 this applies to all grades with the exception of 

 white clover and basswood comb honey, w^hich 

 sells readily at 16c providing it grades No. 1 or 

 better. All other kinds of white comb boney 

 sell at from 14(a'15c, and candied white comb at 

 from Sffj'lOc; travel-stained and off-grades of 

 comb, 13't( 14c; amber, 12(<il3c; amber extracted, 

 "•(Sil^ic; dark and buckwheat comb honey, OUii 

 10c. Extracted, white, 7c, 7!^rui8c; basswood 

 and white clover bringing the outside prices; 

 buckwheat and other dark grades, 6@6Kc. 

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



Kansas City, Jan. 22.— Fancy white comb, 

 15(g>17c; amber, 13(^14c; dark, o@llc; demand 

 good. Extracted, 7@9c; demand quiet. Bees- 

 wax, 20fn'30c. 



W. R. Cromwell Produce Co., 

 Successors to C. C. Clemons & Co. 



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

 quiet it is difficult to make a sale. Occasionally 

 some sells, fancy 14(aH5c; few, I6c; choice and 

 No. 1, 12(" 13c; few, 14c; but dark, *3(g40c, and all 

 kinds in liberal supply; some may have to be 

 reconsigued. Extracted, 7@8c, and not wanted 

 in Buffalo. Beeswax, 22@27. 



Battkrson & 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, I5(al6c: mixt, 13f(til4c; buckwheat, 

 12(<>l2!^c; mixt, ll(g-lij^c. Extracted, white, 

 8(«'8!^c; mixt, 6@6Hc; dark, SJ^c. 



H. R.Wright. 



Boston, Feb. 8.— Fancy No. 1 white in car- 

 tons, 17c; A No. 1, lt)c; No. 1, 15(«'16c, with a 

 fairly good demand. Absolutely no call for 

 dark honey this year. Extracted, while, 8@ 

 SJ^c; light amber, T%^aSc. Beeswax, 37c. 



Blare, Scott & Lee. 



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

 change in prices. Fancy white comb sells for 

 16c. Extracted, dark, sells for 55^c, and belter 

 grades bring 6!^@'7J4c. Fancy white table honey 

 brings from 8J^@i9c. C. H. W. Weber. 



New York, Dec. 22.— Fancy white, I5@16c; 

 No. 1 white, 14c; No. 2 while 12(«il3c; amber, 

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

 good demand at 7J4f§*8c for while, and 7c for 

 amber; off grades and Southern in barrels at 

 from 65(a'7Sc per gallon, according to quality. 

 Not much demand for extracted buckwheat as 

 yet. Some little selling at 5H@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 & Segelkbn. 



Detroit, Jan. 19— Fancy white comb, lS@16c; 

 No. 1, 13@14c; dark and amber, 12@13c Ex- 

 tracted, white, 'i<a'~}4c; amberand dark, 6@^>^c. 

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



San Francisco, Jan. 9.— White comb 13® 

 14 cents; amber, ll^@12Kc; dark, 8@9c. Ex- 

 tracted, white, 7J^@8c; light amber, 6^@7^c; 

 amber. 55^@6Mc. Beeswax. 26@2Sc. 



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 riARKET.— 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 

 anv business man in this citv. 



Thos. C. Stanley & Son, Fairfield, 111. 



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D. J. BLOCHER. Pearl City. III. 



47A261 Mention the American Bee Journal. 



for Sale 



Alfalfa -60- 



5A4t D. S. JENKINS. LAS AminaS. COL. 

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