March 7, 1901. 



AMERIC/^ BEE JOURNAL 



159 



way I know of is to pour the syrup in as ex- 

 plained by Dooliltle and others. 



Feediny: on top of the hive is bad practice 

 in early spring, as it is apt to let the heat out 

 of the hive, unless it is well paekt on top, and 

 feedint; at the entrance is liable to start rob- 

 bin;,'. t!!i|uare boxes could be made of very 

 heavy paper, that would be all rig-ht and 

 cheap. I tried to make a few of them, but a 

 man is very bungling about such work. 



Hces might be fed in the spring by placing 

 an empty >u]iit under the hive and syrup put 

 into aliiiii^t any kind of a paper-bag, and put 

 on the liottom-board. Unflnisht sections left 

 from the previous season are also very nice to 

 use in stimulating a colony. Wm. Kersax. 



Sullivan Co., Pa., Feb. 4. 



way, aiid at the right lii 

 dined to outgrow i]|liri> 

 it, and kecj) all sueh I'fi 

 by ])inching until other 

 ■ateh up. If 



The Swate Fields av Nu York. 



There's many a field in Nu York that don't 

 be F. L. Field's, an' many av thim do be swate 

 honey-fields, and do be loikin swate things 

 an' Amerikan things, an' do be loikin tlie 

 .\merikaii Ba .lurnal jist, an" have sinse enuf 

 to spake gintlv an' swatelv whin thev have 

 ony thing to say. The best thing ( >uld Doolit- 

 tle cud do (as he's there on the turf) wad lie 

 to Doosomthin, an' go at wanst, froze or no 

 froze, an' turn under that Field an' seed it to 

 swate clover, an' let the baze swaten it up a 

 lilt wid fiyin' over it an' blawing their swate 

 breath on the face av it. jist. Now here be- 

 yant the Daddy av Wathers we do be glad to 

 have Ould York sind the Ba Jurnal ivery 

 wake, an' when we are flush we'ull pay the 

 piper, and whin hard up we do be glad to 

 have the Ba .lurnal come an' cheer an' swaten 

 us. Should the toime cum whin we can't git 

 swateness enuf from it to pay, we'ull pay 

 phawt's doo, an' wid a good -by an' God-speed, 

 i|uit frinds wid all the swate bhoys. 



AVid good wishes — an Ould Nu Y'orker. 



(.'arroll Co., Iowa. Feb. 8. C. E. Moukis. 



Report for 1900 Rendering Bees- 

 wax. 



The past season was not a very good one in 

 this locality. I secured about 200 pounds of 

 eomb honej' from Iti colonies, spring count, 

 and increast only one. They all have identy 

 of .stores for winter, the hives averaging over 

 M p(ninds each when put into the cellar. 

 What honey I had to spare Tsold in the home 

 market at 1.5 and 16 cents per pound. 



1 will give my experience in rendering wax 

 from old combs. I pounded and ruliljeil the 

 old e(ind)s into fine bits, until they lookt liki' 

 pine sawdust, then I weighed thecrusht eomb.^. 

 and fouiid that I had 14 pounds; this 1 

 divided into two equal parts, put into bags 

 and soakt for 4.S hours, the water being 

 changed twice, and some of the dirt was 

 s(iueezed out. I put one bag into an iron 

 kettle partly full of water, and boiled it for 

 .some time, then I took ic from the stove and 

 sipieezed it. I repeated this operation three 

 different times, until all the wax was ex- 

 tracted. The 7 pounds of comb made 4!l 

 ounces of clean wax, or 43^4 percent wax. 



The 7 pounds put into the solar wax-ex- 

 tractor, and left in the hot sun at a tempera- 

 ture of from 80 to 90 degrees for about 10 

 days in June, made 15 ounces, or 13'., percent 

 wax. The slumgum was taken out of the ex- 

 tractor and put into a thin cloth bag in the 

 kettle, and treated the same as the other bag. 

 The slumgum gave 28 ounces of wax, or 25 

 Ijcrcent. This .shows that a great deal of 

 wax is wasted in the slumgum if it is not 

 boiled and scjueezed as it should be. 



The outlook for the coming season is prom- 

 ising at present, as the snow will protect the 

 white clover from winter-killing. 



AiiCHEii L. White. 



Dodge Co., Wis., Feb. 12. 



Care of Plants in Spring. 



In the sjiringtime when plant^ are nuiking 

 strong and rapid growth, particular attention 

 must be given to training them. If negli'cteil 

 in this respect they soon get beyoin! eniilrul, 

 and tlu' only way to bring them inlo sulijei'- 

 tion then is I IV sacrificing a good ile.rl i,f i he 



growth th.-y have made. This there i- i e.l 



of doing if the training is begun m Ihe right 



If a liraneh isin- 

 iii.-h olT the end of 

 ■lie.s from growing 

 anehes have had a 

 plant is not bushy 



d<'omiiact. make it so by pinching oil the 

 enil of all its branches. Keep up this treat- 

 ment until as many branches have started as 

 you think the plant ought to have. If you 

 ilesire a plant to grow- in tree form train it to 

 one stalk until it reaches the height you de- 

 sire, and then nip (dT its top and force it to 

 branch. Save the iiranches at the top to 

 form the head of the tree. If yoti want a 

 shrubbery plant begin the pinching process 

 when it is small, thus forcing it to branch 

 close to the 'pot. The old saying," as the 

 twig is lient the tree inclines," applies perti- 

 nently to the training of plants when in their 

 early stages of development. — Ebes E. Kex- 

 i-dKii, in the Ladies' Home Journal. 



CONVENTION NOTICE. 



Utah.— The Utah Bee-Keepers' Association 

 will hold its regular spring meeting April 5th, 

 at 10 o'clock a.m., in the City and County Build- 

 ing at Salt Lake City . All arecordially invited. 

 We expect to get out a treatise or pamphlet, the 

 obiect of which will be to give the best and 

 quickest method to discover, cure, add prevent 

 disease amoug the bees, and the best way to 

 protect them from their enemies. It will also 

 contain other matter for the benefit of the in- 

 dustry, including our State law. We will be 

 pleased to receive coramunicatioas from any of 

 our bee-keepers upon any subiect along the 

 lines indicated. Address, Pres. E. S. Lovesy, 

 Salt Lake City, Utah, or J. B. Fagg, Sec. 



East Mill Creek, Utah. 



JBINSENG 



lanta pTodace $4.0f>0.10 tn 10 

 look tellini^ how to grow It, 4c 



LakesideGinseng Gardens, Amber, N.Y 



The Emerson Binder. 



This Emerson stiff-board Binder with cloth 

 back for the American Bee Journal we mail for 

 but 60 cents; or we will send it with the Bee 

 Journal for one year— both for only $1.40. It is 

 a fine thing to preserve the copies of the Jour- 

 nal as fast as they are received. If you have 

 this "Emerson" no further binding is neces- 



^^"^^ GEORGE W. YORK & CO.. 



118 Michigan Street, CHICAGO, ILL 



Please meutloii Bee Journal 

 when writing Advertisers 



Easy to Answer.— The popularity of the Low- 

 Down Farmers' Handy Wagon is not difficult 

 to explain when we see bow much easier the 

 Handy Wagon is both on the man who uses it 

 and the horses which draw it. Being easy to 

 load it saves the work of one man in doing 

 almost any kind of hauling. The tires being 

 wide the wheels do not rut the ground, nor 

 mire, and so the load draws just that much 

 easier. 



The popularity of the Electric Handy Wagon, 

 PZlectric steel wheels, and, for that matter, all 

 Electric goods, is equally easy of explanation. 

 It is based on their superiority, which is main- 

 tained by careful selection of material and care- 

 ful construction. The hub is made of a supe- 

 rior cast-iron, fully b'O percent stronger than 

 ordinary cast-iron. The spokes are cast in the 

 hub by a special process, and have a head 

 which effectuallv prevents their ever pulling 

 out. They will remain tight in the hub as long 

 as the wheel lasts. The outer ends of the spokes 

 are securely fastened in the tire with a counter- 

 sunk head and a substantial shoulder on the 

 inner side of tire. The heads are countersunk 

 clear thru, so that the spokes will remain solid 

 in the tire until the tire wears out. Both tire 

 and spokes are made of the best wrought steel, 

 and guaranteed uui to break in the coldest 

 weather or on the rockiest road. The wheels, as 

 a whole, are practically indestructible, and will 

 last a long lime. 



The Electric Wheel Company, at their fac- 

 tory in Ouincy, 111., manufacture steel wheels 

 (which are sold to tarniers to fit any running- 

 gears the farmer may have), handy wagons, 

 tanks of all kinds, feed cookers, feed grinders, 

 and other farmers' supplies. We feel conlident 

 that every one of our readers will be interested 

 in their catalog. Do not fail to send for it, and 

 mention the American Bee Journal when writ- 

 ing them. 



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I HONEY AND BEESWAX | 



MARKET QUOTATIONS. 



Chicago, I'eb. 1').— Fancv white comb, 16c; 

 No. 1 white comt, 14@lSc; fancy amber, 12@13c; 

 No. 1 amber, lutoillc; fancy dark,10c; No.l darlt, 

 s@9c. White extracted, V'imSc; amber, (,'/i@ 

 ~iic; dark, 6]ic. Beeswax, 28c. 



R. A. Burnett & Co. 



Kansas City, Feb. 19.— Fancv white comb, 

 li*ul6>4c; amber, 12(ai3c; dark, ibc. Extracted, 

 light, 'ic; amber, 7t6@,>ii^c. Demand fair; re- 

 ceipts light. Beeswax, 22(at28c. 



W. R. Cromwell Produce Co., 

 Successors to C. C. Clemous & Co. 



Cincinnati, Feb. 9.— The market for comb 

 honey is becoming very bare, altho the prices 

 have not changed. Fancy white comb is still 

 selling for Itic; no demand for darker grades. 

 Extracted is in fair demand; dark sells forSJ^c; 

 better grades from 6H@8c; only white clover 

 brings from 85^@9c. Beeswax, 2.8c. 



C. H. W.Weber. 



Albany, N. Y., Feb. 11.— Honey market is 

 dull and prices nominal; light stock, but the 

 cold weather is bad for it. Comb, in good order, 

 not candied, white, lS@16c; mi.xt, 13^14c; dark 

 and buckwheat, 11 @ 12c. Extracted, white, 

 "(a8c; mixt, 6@6)^c; dark, 5>i@6c. 



H. R.Wright. 



Buffalo, Feb. .h. — Some more active this 

 week, and may clean up better than expected 

 awhile ago. Fancv 1-pound comb, 15(ft-16c; No. 

 1, 14<5;15c; No. 2, 12(.S13c; dark, buckwheat, etc., 

 StojlOc. Beeswax, 2S(q2^c. Batterson & Co. 



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

 tons, 17c; A No. 1, 16c; No. 1, lSrail6c, with a 

 fairly good demand. Absolutely no call for 

 dark honev this year. Extracted, white, 8® 

 8Mc; light amber, 7}^'aSc. Beeswax, 27c. 



Blake, Scott & Lee. 



New York, Feb. 19.— Comb honev is being 

 well cleaned up on our market. The demand 

 has lessened to quite an ^.xtent, on account, we 

 presume, of the high prices which have been 

 ruling. Fancy white siill brings 15(gil6c in a 

 small way: No. 1 white, 13@14c; amber, lltoiUc; 

 buckwheat, 10c. Extracted rather dull and not 

 much doing. California white honev, 7J^@8c a 

 pound; light amber, 7c; Southern, from 60 to 70c 

 per gallon; buckwheat, S(n^5'Ac. Beeswax steady 



at iSC. HiLDRETH & SeGELKEN, 



Detroit, Jan. 19— Fancy white comb, 15®16c; 

 No. 1, 13(ai4c; dark and amber, 12'?Jl3c Ex- 

 tracted, white, ~(s'7Hc; amber and dark, b(i.6}ic. 

 Beeswax, 26(a27c. M. H. Hunt & Son. 



San Francisco, Feb. 6.— White comb 13@ 

 14 cents; amber, ll>«@12!4c: dark, 8(s>9c. Ex- 

 tracted, white, 7>4@8c; light amber, bKlS^Kc; 

 amber, S>^@6!^c. Beeswax, 26@28c. 



Considering the light output of honey last 

 spring from California apiaries, present ofifer- 

 ings are of tolerably liberal volume and are 

 mostly of amber grades. The market is slow 

 at the quotations. It is reported on good author- 

 ity that adulterated and imitation honev is be- 

 ing dealt out in considerable quantity,' which 

 accounts in a great measure for the very limited 

 business doing in the pure article. 



HONEV 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, qualitv, and lowest 

 cash price. References— Either Bank here for 

 any business man in this city. 



Thos. C. Stanley & S'on, Fairfield, III. 

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