Nov. 7, 1901. 



AMERICAN BEE JOURNAL 



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50 to 55 degrees, you will have no trouble in 

 setting this stronger colony to one side of its 

 stand, and taking your time in arranging the 

 empty hive thereon." 



" Yes, I see now. B.ut go on." 

 " Having the empty hive arranged, go to 

 the several hives having the colonies which 

 are to be united to form one colony, and blow 

 quite a volume of smoke in at the entrance of 

 the hive, at the same time pounding with the 

 doubled-up hand, or with a stick, on top of 

 the hive." 

 '■ What do you pound on the hive fori" 

 "This pounding on the hive causes the 

 bees to fill themselves with honey, upon which 

 filling depends the successful uniting of bees." 

 "How long should I pound?" 

 "I pound on them for about a minute; 

 sometimes two, it it has been cool for some 

 time before, so the bees are quite compactly 

 clustered, as in this case it takes them some 

 time to cluster and fill themselves." 



" Do you keep on smoking all the time you 

 are pounding the hive?" 



" I smoke only enough to keep the bees 

 from coming out aft«r the first few volumin- 

 ous pulls. As soon as you are through with 

 the last one, take a wheelbarrow and wheel 

 the hives to where you wish the united colo- 

 nies to stand, which wheeling helps, by its 

 jarring, to augment the fear of the bees, thus 

 causing them more effectually to hill them- 

 selves with honey. After thus wheeling them 

 together, do not delay in opening the hives, 

 else the bees may disgorge their load of honey 

 Imck into the cells again." 



"Would not an assistant be good at this 

 time;" 



" One would do no harm ; but I generally 

 do this work alone. Having all near together 

 by the hive they are to go in, open the hives 

 and take a frame of comb and bees from one 

 hive and place in the empty one ; then take a 

 frame from the next hive, placing it beside 

 the first, and so keep on alternating the frames 

 from the different hives till the empty hive is 

 filled. In doing this, select such combs as you 

 desire, either for brood, honey, all-worker 

 comb, etc., thus putting the united colony on 

 the best combs. Having the hire filled with 

 cotnb, close it, when you will next take a 

 frame from the first hive opened, and shake 

 the bees off from it down in front of the en- 

 trance, holding close down so the bees are in 

 or as near the entrance when leaving the 

 combs as possible." 



" Why this close holding and shaking?" 

 " So the bees will take wing as little as pos- 

 sible, and so that none need to fall so far 

 from the hive but that they can readily run 

 in with the majority. Having them oil the 

 first frame, next shake the bees off from a 

 frame to the next hive, and so on, alternating 

 in the shaking the same as in filling the hive, 

 thus mixing the bees from the several hives 

 all up." 

 " Why do you wish them mixed up?" 

 " The mixing of the bees takes the disposi- 

 tion to fight and kill one another all out of 

 them when filled with honey as above; for 

 when each bee touches another it is a stranger, 

 so that the individuality of each colony is 

 lost, and the combined two, three or four col- 

 onies unite within two or three hours to make 

 one individual colony again, which will pro- 

 tect itself from all intruders, the same as the 

 separate colonies did before." 

 " Is that all there is of it ?" 

 "Not quite. As soon as the bees are all 

 shaken off their combs, gently blow a little 

 smoke on the outside bees to make them all 

 enter the hive, should any be slow in doing 

 so; and as soon as all are in the hive, place a 

 board about half as wide as the hive against 

 it, standing the bottom out a piece from the 

 entrance so it stands slanting over it." 

 ■' What do you do that for?" 

 "This is done so that the next time the 

 bees fiy they will bump up against it, as it 

 were, thi« causing them to know that it is a 

 new location they occupy, when they will 

 mark the place the same as a new swarm 

 does, after which they will adhere to it instead 

 of going back to the old location they used to 

 occupy before uniting. And to help in this 

 matter further, it is always best to remove 

 everything from the old stands; so that noth- 

 ing home-like remains to entice them back." 



"What about the queens? Do you put 

 them all together?" 



" If there is a choice of queens in any of 

 the colonies to be united, hunt out and kill or 

 dispose of the poorer ones, so that the best 

 may be preserved. This bunting-out of the 

 (lueens is better done some day before the 

 uniting, for in the smoking and pounding 

 process the queens will not be where they are 

 readily found when uniting. If there is no 

 choice in queens, and the extra queens are of 

 no value, the bees will attend to the matter, 

 killing all but one of them." 



CONVENTION NOTICES. 



Chicago. -- The e.xecutive committee of the 

 Cbicaifo Bee-Keepers' Association has ordered 

 that the nexi mealing be held all day and even- 

 ing, Dec. 5, I'lul, at the Briggs 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), being one fare plus $2 0() for the 

 round-trip This notice goes bj 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. 



Herman F. Moore, Sec. 



George W. York, Pres. 



Cotorado — The Colorado annual meeting 

 promises to be a genuine success. The program 

 has been made out for a number of weeks, and 

 is almost rciidy for publication. It has come to 

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

 fore our Associalioa, and so very few decline 

 who are invited to write or speak for instruc- 

 tion. One paper is alread> 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 indusiry. And then we are 

 going to have an exbibitibn 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. 



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I flONEY AND B&ESWflX | 



MARKET QUOTATIONS. 



Wanted 



Fancy White Comb Honey 

 in no-drip cases: also Ex- 

 tracted Honey. Slate price, 

 delivered. We pay spot casb. Fred W. Muth 

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

 Reference— German National Bank, Cincinnati. 

 40ASt Please mention the Bee Journal. 



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Wanted — Honey. 



Car Lots or otherwise: will pay hig-hest mar- 

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

 quality, and price desired at your station. AVill 

 send man to receive when lot is large enough to 

 justify. THOS. C. STANLEY & SON. 



31Atf Fairfield, III. 



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Comb Honey and Bees- 

 wax. State price de- 

 livered in Cincinnati. 



G. H.W.WEBER, 



SWEET CLOVER 



And Several Other Clover Seeds. 



We have made arrangements so that we can 

 fnruish Seed of several of the Clovers by freight 

 or express, at the following prices, cash with 

 the order: 



5tt 101b 251b soft 



Sweet Clover (white) $.60 $1.00 $2.25 J4.C0 



Sweet Clover (yellow) 90 1.70 4.00 7.50 



Alsike Clover 90 1.70 3.75 7.00 



White Clover 1.00 1.90 4.50 8.50 



Alfalfa Clover 80 1.40 3,25 6.00 



Prices subject to market changes. 



Single pound 5 cents more than the Spound 

 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 A CO. 



144 &;i46 Erie Street, - CHICAGO, ILL. 



been 



Chicago, Nov. 1.— The market is 

 tone, while prices are nominallv the 

 would be shaded to effect sales.' Son 

 honey enroute to the Eastern cities 1 

 diverted to this and surrounding points, which 

 is having a depressing effect. Comb brings 

 l4(Sl5c for best grades of white: ligbt amber, 

 12({?13c; dark grades, 10(" lie. Extracted, white, 

 B%(&i0^c, according to quality, flavor and pack- 

 age: light amber, 5'i(a5'4c; amber and dark. 

 5^5J4c. Beeswax, 2Kc. R. A. Burnhtt & Co. 



Cincinnati, Oct, 25.— The honey market is 

 rather dull on account of the warm weather. 

 Extracted sells only to manufacturers from 

 5Mt»c; better grades alfalfa water-white from 

 6(m7c; white clover from s@^9c. Fancy white 

 comb honey sells from ]35^@l5!^c. 



C. H. W. Webbr. 



Albany, N. Y., Oct. 25.— Honey in good de 

 mand now, as this is the most satisfactory time 

 to sell. Grocery men are stocking up and will 

 buv lines, when late they only buy enough to 

 piece out. Fancy white comb, 15^? 16c; mixed, 

 14@15c; buckwheat, 12@13c. Extracted, white, 

 6H@7'^c; mixed, b(a}(j^c. H. R. Wright. 



Omaha, Oct. 25. — 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 4}4@4^ic 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, Oct. 18.— Comb honey is in good 

 demand and finds readv sale at the following 

 quotations: Fancy white, 15c per pound; No. 1 

 while, 13(ml4c; amber, 12c; buckwheat, 10@llc. 

 Extracted rather quiet at 6(Si6!^c for white, and 

 5%(g)b%c for amber. Beeswax rather quiet at 

 27@28c. HiLDRETH & Skqhlkkn. 



Boston, Oct. 21.— There is a fairly good de- 

 mand for' stocks with ample supplies at the 

 present writing. Fancy No. 1, ia cartons, 

 ]5^(ai6c: ANo. 1, in cartons, 15(^15^c; No 1, 

 15c; very little No. 2 is being received: glass- 

 front cases will bring about ^c per pound less. 

 Light California extracted, 7!^@8c; Florida 



honey, 6^@7c. 



Blake, Scott & Lbh 



Des Moines, Oct. 25.~There is very little 

 doing here in new crop of honey. Some small 

 lots of near-by produced comb honey are on the 

 market and selling in a retail wav" 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 honey. 



Peycke Bros. & Chaney. 



Detroit, Oct. 25,— Fancy white comb honev, 

 14@l5c; No. 1, 13@i4c; no dark to quote. Ex- 

 tracted, white, 6(«*7c. Beeswax, 25(n2t»c. 



M. H.HuNT & Son. 



San Francisco, Oct. 16.— White comb, 10® 

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

 tracted, white, SH@~-; light amber, 4}^® — ; 

 amber. 4@ — . 



Values are ruling steady, with no very heavy 

 spot offerings and a fair inquiry, more espe- 

 cially for extracted. A sailing vessel, clearing 

 the past week for England, look as part cargo 

 575 cases of extracted honey, and 453 cases ex- 

 tracted went by sail for New York. 



Beeswax— Good to choice, light, 26(a.28c. No 

 heavy quantities arriving, and slot ks are given 

 little or no opportunity to accumulate to any 

 noteworthy extent. Values are without quota- 

 ble change. 



Kansas City, Oct. 25.— 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(gil6c per pound for fancy 

 white. I-'or next week heavier receipts are ex- 

 pected and quotations are issued at $3.10(5j$3.25 

 per case for large lots, which would be equal to 

 about 14^'14J^c; the demand being 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 SJ4@6c is quotable. 



Peycke Bros. 



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