Oct. 17, 1901. 



AMERICAN BEE JOURNAL 



671 



The third book is bv John Kf vs. of Bee 

 Hall, near Pembroke, 1796. Title: -'TheAn- 

 tient Bee-Masler"s Farewell." He telle about 

 the selection, care, feeding, etc., of bees, 

 describes the observatory hive, artificial 

 swarming, honey-dew, how the queen-cage is 

 made; diseases, thefts, wars, enemies of bees, 

 extracting, etc. The engravings are excel- 

 lent, showing the movable-frame hive to per- 

 fection. 



I have the " A B C of Bee-Culture " and 

 " Langstroth on the Honey-Bee.'" I believe 

 we all are conceited about what we know 

 about the busy little bees. After reading the 

 modern works, and then the ancient, it sort 

 of knocks the props out. We ought to give 

 those old fellows some honor. I feel that we 

 have borrowed it all, or almost all. from 

 them. These books were loaned me by one 

 of our most proficient and oldest bee-keepers, 

 Mr. Charles H. Lake. He hastiuite a museum 

 of old books, some of the very first experi- 

 ments in hives in this country. With all the 

 material and facts which Mr. Lake possesses, 

 a most interesting history could be compiled. 

 Ch.is. E. Kemp. 



Baltimore Co., Md., Sept. 21. 



CONVENTION NOTICES. 



Chicago. — The executive committee of the 

 Chicago Bee-Keepers' Association has ordered 

 that the next meeting' be held all day and even- 

 ing, Dec. 5, l'>01, at the Brig-g-s House club-room. 

 This is arranged on account of the low rates to 

 be in force then for the International Live- 

 stock Exposition in Chicago at that time [Nov. 

 30 to Dec. 7 , beine one fare plus $2.iNJ for the 

 round-trip This notice g'oes by mail to nearly 

 300 bee-keepers near Chicago, and should result 

 in the largest attendance we have ever had. Dr. 

 C.C. Miller and Mr.C. P. Dadant have promised 

 to be present. Let all come. 



George W. York, Pres. 



Herman F. Moore, Sec. 



Colorado —The Colorado annual meeting 

 promises to be a genuine success. The program 

 has been made out for a number of weeks, and 

 is almost ready for publication. It has come to 

 be a privilege and an honor to read a paper be- 

 fore our Association, and so very few decline 

 who are invited to write or speak for instruc- 

 tion. One paper is already in the hands of the 

 secretary. On two or three nights a big magic 

 lantern will illustrate talks by famous students 

 of bees and the bee-industry. And then we are 

 going to have an exhibition of the choicest 

 honey in the United States [made in Colorado, 

 you know), and wax, with bees enough to show 

 " how the thing is done." 



If you want to know more, or have forgotten 

 the dates (Nov. 18, 1% 20), write to the under- 

 signed, box 432, Denver, Colo. 



D. W. Working, Sec. 



C a 1 if rkfn Sal ^* you care to know of its 

 WdlllUnilct ; Fruits, Flowers, Climate 

 or Resources, send for a sample copy of Cali- 

 fornia's Favorite Paper— 



The Pacific Rural F^ess, 



The leading Horticultural and Agricultural 

 paper of the Pacific Coast, Published weekly, 

 handsomely illustrated, $2.00 per annum. Sam- 

 ple copy free. 



PACIFIC RURAL PRESS, 

 330 Market Street, - San Francisco, Cal. 

 Please mention Bee Jotirnal ■when "writing 



$6.oo to Buffalo Pan-American and 

 Return— $6. oo, 



via the Nickel Plate Road, Tuesdays, 

 Thursdays and Saturdays, with limit 

 of 5 days from date of sale, good in 

 coaches only. 15-day tickets at $13.00 

 for the round-trip, and 20-day tickets 

 at S16.00 for round-trip, good in sleep- 

 ing-cars. Three through trains daily. 

 For particulars and Pan-American 

 folder of buildings and grounds, ad- 

 dress John Y. Calahan, General Agent, 

 111 Adams St., Chicago. 39— 41A4t 



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 when writing; Advertisers. 



SYVEET CLOVER 



And Several Other Clover Seeds. 



We have made arrangements so that we can 

 furnish Seed of several of the Clovers by freight 

 or express, at the following prices, cash with 

 the order: 



Sft lOtb 2S«s soft 



Sweet Clover (white) $.60 $1.00 $2.25 $4.00 



Sweet Clover (yellow) 90 1.70 4.U0 7.£0 



Alsike Clover 90 1.70 3.75 7.00 



White Clover 1.00 1.90 4.50 8.50 



Alfalfa Clover 80 1.40 3.2S 6.00 



Prices subject to nlarket changes. 



Single pound 5 cents more than the 5-pound 

 rate, and 10 cents extra for postage and sack. 



Add 25 cents to your order, for cartage, if 

 wanted by freight, or 10 cents per pound if 

 wanted by mail. 



GEORGE W. YORK & CO. 



144 &146 Erie Street, - CHICAGO, ILL. 



To Buy fioneu 



What haveyou to offer 

 and at what price? 

 34Atf ED WILKINSON, Wilton, Wis. 



Please mentior Bee Journal "when ■writins. 



Wanted 



Fancy White Comb Honey 

 in no-drip cases; also Ex- 

 tracted Honey. Slate price, 

 delivered. We pay spot cash. Fred W. Muth 

 & Co., Front & Walnut Sts., Cincinnati, Ohio. 

 Reference — German National Bank, Cincinnati. 

 40ASt Please mention the Bee Journal. 



Gomb and ^i- 



tracledHoneu! 



i3ij.if yi ii„e. kind and quantity. 



R. A. BURNETT & CO., 199 S.Water St., Chicago 



33Aif Please mention the Bee Journal. 



Wanted — Honey. 



Car Lots or otherwise; will pay hiffhest mar- 

 ket price, spot cash. Address, stating- quantity, 

 qnality, and price desired at your station. Will 

 send man to receive when lot is large enough to 

 justify. THOS. C. STANLEY & SON, 



31Atf Fairfield, III. 



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1901— Bee-Keepers' Supplies ! 



We can furnish you with The A. I. Koot Go's 

 goods at wholesale or retail at their prices. We can 

 save you freight, and ship promptly. Market price 

 paid for beeswax. Send for our 1901 catalog. 

 M. H. HUNT & SON. Bell Branch. Wayne Co.. Mich 

 Please mention Bee Journal "when ■writina. 



The ''Successful" Branching Out —Perhaps 

 one of the strongest arguments in favor of the 

 use of the Incubator, is the immense success 

 and growth of some of the more successful 

 firms. People would not buy Incubators as they 

 have been buying them by the thousand, if they 

 were not as nearly perfect as it is possible to 

 make them. One of the firms who are deserv- 

 ingly getting a large slice of this success is the 

 Des Moines Incubator with their famous " Suc- 

 cessful " Incubators and Brooders. 



This business is growing so rapidly that they 

 have found it necessarv to open a branch office 

 at 101 and 105 Erie St., Buffalo. N.Y.. to enable 

 them to take care of the large Eastern business 

 that is coming to them. Buffalo is chosen be- 

 cause of its central location, facilities for ship- 

 ping, and low freight rates, all of which will 

 materially benefit purchasers of Successful 

 machines. 



This office is in charge of Mr. Wm. C. Denny, 

 who needs very little introduction to most of 

 our readers. A master mechanic in the hatch- 

 ing and raising of poultry, as well as secretary 

 and treasurer and pioneer organizer of the P.uff 

 Rock Club. He is at the same time a broad, 

 *' fourteen carat " business man. You eastern 

 fellows will be taken care of in a way that will 

 warm the cockles of your hearts when you visit 

 the Successful plant ai Buffalo, and you are in- 

 vited to make this vour headquarters when in 

 Buffalo. If you are not planning to be in Buf- 

 falo in the near future, write Mr. Denny a letter. 

 He will gladly supply any information you may 

 want on the artificial hatching and raising of 

 poultry. 



Finally, let us say that the Successful ma- 

 chines for l''Hl 1''02. are up to the high stand- 

 ards always set by this house, and are backed 

 up bv an un.]ualirie.l and unequivocal guaran- 

 tee. Write and let them tell you their story, 

 not forgetting to say that you saw their adver- 

 it in the American Bee Journal. 



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I HONEY AND BEESWAX l 



MARKET QUOTATIONS. 



Chicago, Oct. H'.— There is a very good trade 

 in No. X comb honey at 15c per pound; that 

 which win not grade No. 1 or fancy sells at 

 from IS^'jHc; some small lots of fancy have 

 brought more than I5c; light amber selling at 

 12@13c; the dark honeys of various grades 

 range at from lOfgllc. Extracted sells fairly 

 well at S%<&b%c for white, according to quality 

 and flavor; white clover and basswood bring- 

 ing 7c; light amber, 5J4^5-\'c; dark, 5@5Kc. 

 Beeswax steady at 2sc. R. A. Burnett & Co. 



Cincinnati, Aug. 10. — The honey market is 

 rather dull on account of the warm weather. 

 Extracted sells only to manufacturers from 

 S@6c; better grades alfalfa water-white from 

 6@7c; white clover from S@9c. Fancy white 

 comb honey sells from ]3M@15!^c. 



C. H. W. Wbbkk. 



Boston, Oct. 12.— Fancv 1-pound honey in car- 

 tons, 16c: A No. 1 in glass or cartons, 15c; No. 

 1, 14^(a'15c; very little No. 3 being received. 

 Light amber extracted, 7J^c. 



Blakb, Scott & Lbb. 



Albany, N. Y., Sept. 19.— We quote: Fancy 

 white comb, 16c; No. 1, 15c; mixed, 13(ti 14c; No. 

 1 buckwheat or amber, 12@13c. Extracted, 

 white,7@7J^c; light, 6^<at7c; dark, 5J^fa)6c. Bees- 

 wax, 28@29c. H. R. Wright. 



Omaha, Aug. 8.— New comb honey is arriving 

 by express in small quantities from Iowa and 

 Colorado, and selling at $3-50 per case in a re- 

 tail way. California extracted honey is being 

 offered carlots at 4J^(a»4:'4C per pound, f.o.b. Cal- 

 ifornia shipping-points, but we have not heard 

 of any sales having been made thus far. The 

 production of extracted honey seems to be quite 

 large this year in Colorado, Utah and Califor- 

 nia. Peycke Bros. 



New York, Sept. 10.— Comb honey is now be- 

 ginning to arrive in large quantities, and, as a 

 rule, quality is fine. The demand is good, and 

 we quote as follows: Fancy white, 14tel5c; No. 

 1, 13c; No. 2, 12c; and amber, lie. No buck- 

 wheat is on the market as yet, but are expect- 

 ing same within a week or so. Extracted is 

 selling slowly, with plenty of supplv, at 5^6J^c, 

 according to' quality, and Southern in barrels 

 at from 55(a65c per gallon. Beeswax dull at 27c. 

 Hildreth & Sboblkbn. 



Des Moines, Aug. 7.— There is very little 

 doing here in new crop of honey. Some small 

 lots of near-by produced comb honev are on the 

 market and selling in a retail way" at $3.50 to 

 $3.75 per case. We do not look for much trade 

 in this line before Sept. 1. Our market does not 

 consume a great deal of extracted honev. 



Peycee Bros. & Chaney. 



Detroit, Aug. 12.— Fancy white comb honey, 

 14(ail5c; No. 1, I3(al4c; no dark to quote. Ex- 

 tracted, white, 6('i'7c, Beeswax, 25f«'26c. 



M. H. Hunt <& Son. 



San Francisco, Sept. 4.— White comb, 10® 

 12 cents; amber, ~@^c\ dark, 6@7H cents. Ex- 

 tracted, white, 5M@— ; light amber, 4^®—; 

 amber, 4@ — . Beeswax, 26@28c. 



Arrivals and spot offerings are of rather mod- 

 erate volume, but there is as much or more on 

 market than can be conveniently or advanta- 

 geously placed. To secure liberal wholesale 

 custom, prices would have to be shaded in favor 

 of buyers. In a small way for especially desi- 

 rable lots slightly higher figures than are 

 quoted are realized. 



Kansas City, Sept. 14.— Up to the present 

 time only small lots of new comb honey have 

 been on the market, and these met with ready 

 sale on the basis of 15(gil(,c per pound for fancy 

 white. For next week heavier receipts are e.x- 

 pecled and quotations are issued at $3.10@$3.25 

 per case for large lots, which would be equal to 

 about 14^14J4c; the demand beidg quite brisk, 

 a firm market is anticipated. Inquiries for ex- 

 tracted are a little more numerous, but large 

 buyers still seem to have their ideas too low. In 

 a small way 5J4(^6c is quotable. 



Peycke Bros. 



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 when writing advertisers. 



