April 18, 1901. 



AMERICAN BEE JOURNAL 



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long time before he has any this season. His 

 apiary is small, but apparently well kept, the 

 bees being in movable-frame hives. 



Mrs. L. Hahkison. 

 Washington Co., Fla., March 23. 



Good RepoFt fpom Colorado. 



Seven years ago I started in the bee-business 

 with 2 colonies, which I bought for ?10. Last 

 spring I had 50 colonies, and was offered 84 

 per colony for them, but I refused it. 



My honey crop last year was 2,400 pounds 

 of extracted honey and 2,200 pounds of comb. 

 I sold the extracted honey at 7'^ cents per 

 pound, or S180, and the comb honey for 11 '4 

 cents per pound, or S247.50, making a total 

 of S^2T.50. 



My increase last season was 30 colonies, but 

 I lost 2 of these during the winter, so have 

 only 78 now. The lowest average of honey 

 secured, spring count, has been 40 pounds per 

 colony, and the highest 90 pounds per colony, 

 the latter being the average stored last season. 

 A. Waudington. 



Otero Co., Colo., March 27. 



Report from Minnesota. 



Our bees have wintered well, with a loss 



only one colony out of 124. Last year we got 

 no honey and had to feed our bees, but we 

 hope for better things the coming season. 



My father is going to give me a colony this 

 year, and I hope they will store plenty of 

 honey so that I will not have to feed them. We 

 use the Langstroth hives. 



We wintered some of our bees outdoors 

 packt in wheat chaff in boxes two inches 

 larger on the sides than the hives, and 4 

 inches higher, and raised the backs of the 

 hives a little so that the moisture can run out. 

 We have 20 colonies in the cellar which seem 

 to be all right, but when we take them out 

 they may be all wrong. 



Fred Banker (age 12). 



Brown Co., Minn., March 24. 



Poor Prospects for the Coming 

 Season. 



I put 11 colonies into the cellar, and I think 

 there are a great many of the bees dead. 



I am very much interested in the American 

 Bee Journal, but I think it is about all we 

 will have to comfort us this summer in the 

 bee line. If the spring is late there won't be 

 a colony left in the county. F. DrRANT. 



Winnebago Co., Wis., March 2.5. 



Bees Wintered in Good Condition. 



My 38 colonies of bees seem to be in good 

 condition, and if we have warm weather for 

 a week or two we can take them out of the 

 cellar. 



We had a good horse killed by lightning on 

 March 23d, but notwithstanding our bad luck 

 we feel that we must have the American Bee 

 Journal in order to carry on bee-keeping suc- 

 cessfully. Wm. Hartwig. 



St. Croix Co., Wis.. March 25. 



Bees Short of Winter Stores. 



The roads here are in very bad condition, 

 and have been so for six weeks ; the mud is a 

 foot deep, and there is snow on top of that. 



In Feliruary I lookt at some of my bees, 

 and I am afraid that many will be short of 

 stores. Maple is in full bloom, but no bees 

 are working. 



There has been no comb honey in our mar- 

 ket for a month. I keep the extracted on 

 hand. Foul brood has cut my number down 

 to 40 colonies. John C. Stewart. 



Nodaway Co., Mo., March 28. 



CONVENTION NOTICE. 



Illinois.— The spring- meetinir nf the easters 

 division of the Northern Illinois Bee-Keepers" 

 Association will be held at the residence of B. 

 Kennedy, 7 miles southeast of Kockford, III., on 

 Rural Route No. ,s, and 3 miles nurtheast of New 

 Milford, 111., Tuesday, May 21, l''ill. All inter- 

 ested in bees are cordially inviiod to attend. 

 B. Kk.nnkdy, Sec. 



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The Farm and the Thresher.— The man who 



owns and operates a threshing outfit is not the 

 only one who should study and look into the 

 merits of threshings machines. If there is any 

 one man above another who should be inter- 

 ested in the capabilities and the quality of work 

 a threshing machine will do, that man is the 

 farmer. If a machine is only limited in capa- 

 city and is pusht beyond its limit the grain will 

 be "hogged," or poorly thresht and cleaned, 

 and the farmer is the loser. If the machine be 

 flimsily constructed, or if the engine is of too 

 light capacity, breaks and delays will occur, 

 and with a big gang of threshers on his hands 

 the farmer is again the loser. Certainly, then, 

 when you have a iob of threshing to do the safe 

 plan is to select or employ a machine of such 

 well-known make and ability as to avoid all 

 these vexatious delays and losses. As a type 

 of this best class of threshers we illustrate here- 

 with the new Rumely thresher which is manu- 



factured by the M. Rumely Co., of LaPorte, Ind. 

 These threshers have a most enviable reputa- 

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 are equipt and provided with every improve- 

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 grain-weighers, grain-baggers, high elevators, 

 elevators with cross-conveyors, etc. The Runi- 

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 wood and coal or b< it h, straw, etc., are phenom- 

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 further tor the fait that they always develop 

 greater than their accredited power. They are 

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 economical of fuel. Their traction power is 

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I HONEY AND BEESWAX l 



MARKET QUOTATIONS, 



Chicago, Apr. 8.— Choice grades of white 

 comb honey continue to sell at If'C per pound, 

 and there is no surplus in sig-ht. other grades 

 of comb sell fairly well at the following' prices: 

 No. 1 grades of white, 14(" 15c; off grades, 13c; 

 light amber, \2.c\ dark amber, ]0(^llc; buck- 

 wheat and other dark combs, 9(a'10c; candied 

 and mixt colors, "tC^'^c. Extracted is dull, and 

 prices very weak, with the exception of some 

 fancy linden and clover grades quotable at 

 7("Sc; ambers, tj^^fSiTJ^c; dark and buckwheat, 

 5(aoc. Beeswax, 30c. R. A. Burnett & Co. 



New York, March 19.— Our market is virtu- 

 ally bare of comb honey, and there is a fair de- 

 mand for all grades. Fancy white is still sell- 

 ing readily at from 15(aH6c; No. 1 white at from 

 13fml4c; amber at from 12@13c; buckwheat, 10@ 

 lie, according to quality and style of packag'e. 



As to extracted, the market is quiet and in- 

 active, and a certain amount will have to be 

 carried over again. Prices are declining some- 

 what, and if the honej is not moved in large 

 lots, concessions will have to be made. We 

 quote: California white, "(oiT^c; lig-ht amber, 

 b]/i(alc\ other grades and Southern, (>S(ot'~Sc per 

 gallon. Beeswax very firm at 28@28>4c, and for 

 exceptionally fine yellow, 29c. 



HlLDRBTH & SBOBLKBN. 



Buffalo, Apr. 4.— Fancy comb, 14r« 15c; dark, 

 etc., 8(S>12c, as to grade. Demand moderate. 

 Fancy beeswax, 2"@28c. Batterson & Co. 



Om.aha, Mar. 30.— Demand fair; stocks light. 

 Fancy white comb, 15@l6c. Extracted moving^ 

 slowly at 7(g8c for white. We do not look for 

 any particular change for the balance of the 

 season, as present supply will just about be suf- 

 ficient to supply the tiade until new crop gets 

 into market. Pevckk Bros. 



Detroit, Apr. 11— Fancy white comb, 14i'gil5c; 

 No. 1, 13«i'14c; dark and amber, 10(ail2c. Ex- 

 tracted, white. (>l-^(aj7c; amber and dark, S@6c. 

 Beeswax, 27@28c. 



Sales slow and stocks light, maple syrup 

 taking the attention. M. fl. Hunt & Son, 



Cincinnati, Apr. 8.— The demand for comb 

 honey is nearly over. The stock of it also well 

 cleaned up. Fancy white brings yet Itic. Ex- 

 tracted is iu fair demand; dark sells for 5J^c; 

 better grades bring- 6((j7J^c; faucv white clover 

 from 8J^f<i'ic. C. H. W. Weber. 



Kansas City, Mar. 23.— Receipts light; de- 

 mand normal at steady prices. Fancy white 

 comb, 15@16c; no amber on market. Extracted, 

 8@9c. Beeswax scarce, steady demand, 25@30c. 

 W. R. Cromwell Produce Co., 

 Successors to C. C. demons & Co. 



Albany, N. Y., Apr.' 6.— Honev market quiet. 

 Light supply and light demand now. The stock 

 is well cleaned out, so will be no old honey to 

 carry over this season. H. R. Wright. 



Boston, April 4. — Fancy No. 1 white in car- 

 tons, 17c; A No. 1, 16c: No. 1, 15(o»16c, with a 

 fairly ^-ood demand. Absolutely no call for 

 dark honev this year. Extracted, white, 8@ 

 9,%c\ light amber, Vyi<a9,c. Beeswax, 27c. 



Blake, Scott & IiBB. 



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

 14 cents; amber, llH@12J4c; dark, 8fat9c. Ex- 

 tracted, white, 7J^@Sc; lig-ht amber, 6%@75ic; 

 amber. 5!^(aJt.i^c. Beeswax, 26@2Sc. 



Considering the light output of honey last 

 spring" from California apiaries, present offer- 

 ings are of tolerably liberal volume and are 

 mostly of amber g-rades. The market is slow 

 at the quotations. It is reported on g-ood 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. 



1901 — Bee-Keepers' Supplies! 



We can furnish you with The A. I. Root Co's 

 goods at wholesale or retail at their prices. We can 

 save you froiKht. and ship promptly. Market price 

 paid tor beeswax. Send for our i^'il cataloj;. 

 M. H. HUNT & SON. Bell Brunch, Wavno Co.. Mich. 



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