March 21, 1901. 



AMERICAN BEE JOURNAL 



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those I succeeded in introducing did not do 

 nearly as well as my blacks. 



From one large early swarm of blacks I 

 took 253 pounds of comb honey, which I 

 think was doing very well for a new colony. 

 They still had eight full frames for winter 

 stores. From some of the others I got only 

 one super full, and from many of them I got 

 nothing. 



I had the worst case of robbing that I ever 

 heard of last season, but I will know better 

 another time. 



Quite awhile ago I wrote an account of my 

 great loss by fire, of my entire stock of goods 

 and store-house, twice inside of I.t months. I 

 did not feel able to coiilinui- taking the Bee 

 Journal, but after reading alnmt tlir man that 

 wrote such an unkind letter in regard to stoij- 

 ping his paper, and your very generous an- 

 swer, I will take his place and continue my 

 subscription, so you will not lose anything, 

 but make a friend of me. 



R. N. Cr-iftox. 



Cherokee Nation, Ind. Ter., Feb. 14. 



Hard Winter on Bees. 



We have had a hard winter on bees. Jliue 

 did not have a flight for two months until 

 March 3d, when it was warm enough for them 

 to fl.v. I found 8 colonies out of 100 dead. 

 They are wintering on the summer stands. 

 W. W. Taylor. 



Ottawa Co., Ohio, March 6. 



Fears Losses in Wintering. 



There are going to lie some bee-losses I fear. 

 It looks as if new colonies in unprotected thin 

 hives were pretty much all dead already. 



E. E. Hasty. 



Lucas Co., Ohio, March 6. 



CONVENTION NOTICE. 



Chicago.— The oe.\t regular meeting of the 

 Chicago Bee-Keepers' Association will be held 

 Thursday, April 4th, at the Briggs House, Chi- 

 cago, from 1 p.m. until those present tret tired 

 and quit, which is usually '*:3ii p.m. A feature 

 of the meetings lately has been tor all present 

 to dine at 5:3" in a company. All are urged to 

 be present and help us all have a good, old- 

 fashioned time. Herman F. Mooke, Sec. 



Utah. — The Utah Bee-Keepers" Association 

 will hold its regular spring meeting April 5th, 

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

 ing at Salt Lake City. All are cordially "in rited. 

 We expect to get out a treatise or pamphlet, the 

 object of which will be to give the best and 

 quickest method to discover, cure, and prevent 

 disease among 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 communications from any of 

 our bee-keepers upon any subject along the 

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

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



East Mill Creek, Utah. 



A Littfe Wonder Incubator.— The larger in- 

 cubators are not necessarily the only good ones, 

 and we are glad to call attention to the 50egg 

 Bantam Incubator made by our advertiser, the 

 Buckeye Incubator Co., of Spriugfield, Ohio, 

 which is one of the most satisfactory hatchers 

 of its class on the market. The Uuckeve people 

 put into this little machine the same care and 

 thoro construction found in their larger sizes. 

 It has made some wonderful records even in the 

 hands of beginners. Moreover, the price at 

 which it is sold is so low no one who has even a 

 small flock of hens need do without an incuba- 

 tor. It is sold on 30 days' free trial, and money 

 will be refunded if purchaser is not entirely sat- 

 isfied. Lately several improvements have been 

 added to the machine, one of them being a metal 

 lamp instead of a glass lamp. While the glass 

 lamp produced results in every way satisfac- 

 tory, still the metal lamp is safer and more 

 durable. A novel feature of their larger ma- 

 chines is a separate regulating apparatus for 

 each separate egg-chamber, which not only in- 

 sures more even temperature when the machine 

 is being run at its full capacity, but admits the 

 nse of each chamber independently of the others 

 if so desired. Many other points <if advantage 

 are fully shown and described in their catalog. 

 We trust those of our readers who are leaning 

 toward the purchase of an incubator will write 

 the Buckeye people for the catalog, which is a 

 plain, straightforward statement of the busi- 



ness-end of the proposition, and we believe wi; 

 most favorably impress any one with the desii 

 ability of these incubators. In writing pleas 

 mention having seen their advertisement in th 

 American Bee Journal. 



Tennessee Queens! 



Fine lot of Choice Tested 

 ijueens reared last season, 

 daughters of select imported 

 and select golden queens, 

 reared 3^4 miles apart, and 

 mated to select drones, $1.50 

 untested warranted 

 ,, from same breeders, 



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bees owned 



miles. Noni 



3, and but fe 



2.S years' expi 



on large or 



with dealers a specialty. JOHN M. DAVIS, 



5A2et Spring Hill, Tenn. 



Please mention Bee Journal when -writing. 



hin 5 miles. 



ce. Discount 



tracts 



A New Radish.— The John A. Salzer Seed Co., 

 La Crosse, Wis., are the introducers this year 

 of a magnificent new radish — a radish lit for 

 use every day of the year — hence they have 

 named it " S'alzer's Everyday Radish." They 

 sav it is a radish worthy to grace the table of 

 every king, monarch, president or citizen of the 

 United States and the world. There is nothing 

 quite so rich, so luscious and fine; so tender, 

 and iuicy, and sweet, and crisp, as Salzer's 

 Everyday Radish. It is a large red radish, 

 shading into white, peerless in quality and 

 beauty, and is sure to gi-.e satisfaction. Not 

 only are the Salzers introducers of new rad- 

 ishes, but they have a long list of vegetables 

 that can not be excelled anywhere. Their cat- 

 alog is worth $1.0(1 to any wide-awake farmer 

 and gardener, and is mailed to you upon receipt 

 of but 5 cents postage. When writing please 

 mention the American Bee Journal. 



PAN AMERICAN EXPOSITION. 



Nothing- since the World's Fair, at 

 Chicago, in 189,5. has elicited the wide- 

 spread interest that is manifest, all 

 over the world, in the Pan-American 

 Exposition, which is to be held in Buf- 

 falo, from May 1 to Nov. 1. 1901. 



The purpose of the Exposition is to 

 illustrate the progress of the countries 

 of the Western Hemisphere during a 

 century of wonderful achievements, 

 and to bring together into closer rela- 

 tionship the people composing the 

 many States, Territories and Countries 

 of the three Americas. Acting under 

 proper authority, the President of the 

 tinited States has invited all the Re- 

 publics and Colonies of the American 

 Hemisphere to join in commemorating 

 the close of the Nineteenth and begin- 

 ning of the Twentieth Century, by 

 holding this International Exposition 

 on the Niagara Frontier. 



For this important event, the Nickel 

 Plate Road has issued an attractive, 

 descriptive folder- pamphlet, elabor- 

 ately illustrating the Pan-American 

 Exposition, the buildings and grounds. 



The Nickel I'late Road is the short 

 line between Chicago and Buffalo, and 

 affords competent train service from 

 Chicago to Buffalo, New York City, 

 Boston, and all points East, with trains 

 of modern equipment, on which no 

 extra fares are charged : also dining- 

 car service of the highest order. It af- 

 fords meals in its dining-cars on the 

 individual club plan, ranging in price 

 from 3.S cents to SI. 00. 



Call on any ticket agent for Pan- 

 American folder of the Nickel Plate 

 Road, or address John Y. Calahan, 

 General Agent, 111 Adams St. .Chicago. 



Parties desiring hotel or rooming ac- 

 commodations at BuflFalo- or Niagara 

 Falls, during any period of the Pan- 

 American Exposition, are invited to 

 apply by letter or otherwise to F. J. 

 Moore, General Agent, 291 Main St., 

 Buffalo, N. Y. No. 4— 12A3t 



I HONEY AND BEESWAX | 



MARKET QUOTATIONS. 



Chicago, March .s.— Fancy white comb sells 

 readily at li. cents, but all other grades are 

 weak at the following range of prices: No. 1, 

 white, 14(ai5c; fancy ambei", UWUc; fair amber 

 irrades, 10@llc; buckwheat, fancy, lOc; off 

 trades, SwiJc. Extracted white ranges from 

 T("8c; buckwheat, S!^fa6c; Southern dark, Sfaoc; 

 amber grades, t,}i@l^c. Beeswa.v in demand at 

 30 cents. R. A. Burnett <S Co. 



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

 16@tl6>ic; amber, 12@-13c; dark, loc. Extracted, 

 light, 9c; amber, "H@s^c. Demand fair; re- 

 ceipts light. Beeswax, 22fei28c. 



W. R. Cromwell Produce Co., 

 Successors to C. C. Clemons & Co. 



Cincinnati, March 9.— The demand for comb 

 honey is nearly over, the stock of it also well 

 cleaned up. Fancy white brings yet loc. Ex- 

 tracted is in fair demand; dark sells tor 55^c; 

 better grades bring 6'" 7}ic; fancy white clover 

 from SJ^w'ic. C. H. W. Weber. 



Albany, N. Y., March 12.— Honey market is 

 dull with light demand and very little stock, 

 either comb or extracted. White comb, 1S(" 16c; 

 mixt. 12^14c; buckwheat, ll(al2c; mixi,lowHc. 

 Extracted, white, ~<3>Sc; mixt. ifdb'Ac; buck- 

 wheat, 5(a S>sc. H. R. Wright. 



Buffalo, Mar. 7.— Fancy, lS@16c; No. 1, 14(3) 

 l.^c; No. 2, IKwUc; No. 3, etc., StBlOc. Extracted, 

 x®9c. Beeswax, 27(ai28c. 



All grades of honey selling fairly well, and 

 looks as if all lots would clean up. 



Batterscn & Co. 



Boston, March 11.— Fancy No. 1 white in car- 

 tons, 17c; A No. 1, loc; No. 1, ISfalOc, with a 

 fairly eood demand. Absolutely no call for 

 dark honey this year. Extracted, white, 8@ 

 8}4c; light amber, 7}^'g8c. Beeswax, 27c. 



Blake, Scott & 1,rk. 



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

 well cleaned up on our market. The demand 

 has lessened to quite an extent, on account, we 

 presume, of the high prices which have been 

 ruling. Fancy white siill brings lS(a.l6c in a 

 small way; No. 1 white, 13«!i4c; amber, 11^12c; 

 buckwheat, 10c. Extracted rather dull and not 

 much doing. California white honev, 7!^(a8c a 

 pound; light amber, 7c; Southern, from 00 to 70c 

 per gallon; buckwheat, Siw^Hc. Beeswax steady 

 at 2»c. Hildreth & Segelken. 



Detroit, Mar. 7.— Fancy white comb, 15@16c; 

 No. 1, 14(glSc; dark and amber, 10(a;i3c Ex- 

 tracted, white. oV2&7c; amber and dark, 5@«c. 

 Beeswax, 27@28c. M. H. Hunt & Son. 



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

 14 cents; amber, mi@niic; dark, 8@9c. Ex- 

 tracted, white, 7J^(S8c; light amber 6Ji@7Xc; 

 amber. S}i(Sti}ic. Beeswax, 26@28c. 



Considering the light output of honey last 

 spring from California apiaries, present offer- 

 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 honey is be- 

 ing dealt out in considerable quantity, which 

 accounts in a great measure for the very limited 

 business doing in the pure article. 



HONEY nARKET.-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- 

 any business man ii 

 Thos. C. Sta> 



-Eith 

 this city. 

 LEV & SO.N 



nk here for 



Fairfield, 111. 



-DO VOU WANT A- 



HiQli Grade of Italian Queens 



OR A CHOICE STRAWBERRY? 



Send for descriptive price-list. 



D. J. BLOCHER. Pearl City. III. 



1901— Bee-Keepers' Supplies! 



We can furnish you with The A. I. Root Cua 

 foods at wliolesale or retail at their prices. We can 

 save you freinht. and ship promptly. MHrbet price 

 paid Inr beeBwux. Send for our ltf"l CHtatoiz. 

 M. H. UU.NT \ SON, Bell Branch, Wayne Co., Mich. 



Wanted 



An experienced 

 Apiarist to take 

 charjre of IQO 

 colonies of bees 

 ia Otero Co., Col- 

 s best references as 

 be furnisbt. Salary 



DR, W. W. BULETTE, Pueblo, Colo, 



