Nov. 21, 1901. 



AMERICAN BEE JOURNAL 



751 



How frecjuently we see tlit- remark: 

 " Whenever I see one queen's colon}' out- 

 stripping everjtbing in my yard, I select her 

 to breed from.'' As an example, suppose 10 

 colonies have given the following yields in 

 pounds of honey: 2.^, 20, 1."jO, 4.">, 00, 7.5, 45, 

 "0, 50, 60. Suppose all are ecjually well bred ; 

 the 1.50-pound queen is " seleeteti.'' Suppose 

 we find that the first five queens were from 

 one mother, and the last five from another, 

 both of which breeders had given a compara- 

 tive yield of (SO pounds each. It is evident 

 that the selected queen is the least miifurm, 

 individually, and also one whose blood shows 

 the greatest variation and the greatest num- 

 ber below the average (it will be noted that 

 the average for each five, and therefore for 

 all, is 00 pounds). We know that 00 percent 

 of her sisters gave yields below that of their 

 mother, and we also know that the average 

 we can expect from her must be far below her 

 own record, and as she is the most variable 

 (from her mother as well as from the aver- 

 age), we can naturally look for even a greater 

 percent of her offspring to go below the aver- 

 age — in short, we are practically certain to 

 get retrogression and degeneration instead of 

 progression; simply because we are breeding 

 from an htdivlduitJ freaky instead of from the 

 most consistent representative of the best 

 blood. On the other hand, the second breed- 

 ing-(iueen shows but two, or 40 percent below 

 the average, whereas CO equal or exceed the 

 average, and. therefore, their mother's yield. 

 Therefore, I would breed from the 75-pound, 

 the 70-pound, or the 60-pound queen, from 

 the second mother. 



Light Laying for Feeding Queens. 



" Ridiculous '' is the label that F. B. Simp- 

 son, in Bee-Keepers' Review, puts on the 

 notion that keeping a queen in a nucleus will 

 beget longevity in her offspring. Sure. But 

 it had escaped me that any one advocated 

 such a notion. He says his breeders must do 

 their duty in a full-sized hive, so he can com- 

 pare them with others. All right, F. B. ; but 

 after a queen has fully established her repu- 

 tation I like to give her a light job so as to 

 keep her as long as possible. A queen I'm 

 now trying to winter was born in 1897. After 

 doing extra work during four years I felt she 

 would be insulted it I had said, '■ Now, let's 

 see what kind of stuff's in you," so I gave 

 her a soft job for 1901.— [You are doing with 

 your breeder just the very thing that we are 

 doing with our best queen. — Editor.] — Stray 

 Straw in Gleanings in Bee-Culture. 



Beeswax from Different Countries. 



This will by no means always be found the 

 same. An interesting summing up of the 

 different kinds is given in Gravenhorst's Bien- 

 enzeitung, and thus translated in the Ameri. 

 can Bee-Keeper: 



In Austria the wax is found or produced in 

 the southern portion, equalling the wax pro- 

 duced in buckwheat localities. The provinces 

 of Bohemia. Moravia and Galieia produce a 

 soft wax. although a distinction has to be 

 made between the wax from the western part 

 of (ialicia and that from the eastern part. 

 That from the tirst-named locality has a 

 pitchy odor, while the other possesses the 

 common odor of wax ; is red or brown-yellow, 

 and fairly hard. The best of all "known 

 waxes is that from Turkey; it is red in color, 

 and demands the highest price. The wax 

 from Greece and its islands is nearly equal to 

 it in quality. The southern part of France 

 produces wax of better (|uality than the 

 north. The wax from Spain is about as good 

 as the best produced in France. Italy pro- 

 duces much good wax. 



The wax of India is a grayish-brown, and 

 has almost no odor. The wax produced upon 

 the Islands, as Timor and Flores. etc., is of 

 importance. Quantities of the product have 

 been exported to China, where a great deal is 

 consumed and also produced. 



Egyi)t, Morocco and the Barbary States 

 furnish a considerable quantity of very im- 

 pure wax. Beeswax from the Senegal is 

 rather poor and dark-brown in color, accom- 

 panied by an unpleasant odor. Very good 



wax is produced in Guinea; it is hard and 

 yellow, about as good as Russian wax. The 

 American wax is usually dark and difficult to 

 bleach. Froin (iuadaloupe black wax from 

 wild bees is brought into the markets. It can 

 not be bleached out. 



CONVENTION NOTICES. 



Chicago. — The executive committee of the 

 Chicago Bee-Keepers' Association has ordered 

 that the oexl meeting be held all day and even- 

 ing, Dec. S, rxn, at the Briggs House club-room. 

 This is arranged on account of the low rates to 

 be in force then for the lulernational Live- 

 stock Exposition in Chicago at that time (Nov. 

 30 to Dec. 7), being one fare plus $3H0 ior the 

 round-trip This notice goes 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. 



Herivian F. Mooke, Sec. 



George W. York, Pres. 



Minnesota.— The Minnesota Bee-Keepers' As. 

 sociation will meet in Ply mouth Church, Cor. 

 Sth St and Nicollet Ave., Minneapolis, Minn., 

 Wednesday and Thursday, Dec. 4 and 5, 1101. 

 Mr. W. Z. Hutchinson will give a stereopticon 

 lecture on Wednesday evening, and a good pro- 

 gram is prepared and now in the hands of the 

 printer. Joining the National Bee-Keepers' As- 

 sociation in a body will be voted on Wednesday. 

 All bee keepers and those interested in bees are 

 invited. H. G. Acklin, 



Chairman Executive Committee. 



New Vorlc.— There will be a bee-keepers' con- 

 vention (annual) held in Canandaigua, N. Y., 

 by the Ontario Co., N.Y., Bee-Keepers' Associa- 

 tion, Dec 13 and 14, I'XH. 



Naples, N.Y. Fkikdejunx Greixek, Sec. 



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. 

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Wanted 



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state price, kind and quantity. 



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Wanted — Honey. 



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

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

 qnality, and price desired at your station. Will 

 send man to receive when lot is large enoug-h to 

 justify. THOS. C. STANLEY & SON. 



31Atf Fairfield, III. 



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Comb Honev and Bees- 

 wax. State' price de- 

 livered in Cincinnati. 



G. H. W. WEBER, 



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 on Nov. 27 and 2S, to points within 1.^0 

 miles, and good returning- Nov. 2'>. 

 1901. Chicago Depot, Van Buren St., 

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|HON&y AND beeswax! 



MARKET QUOTATIONS. 



Chicago, Nov. 1.— The market is easier in 

 tone, while prices are nominally the same, but 

 would be shaded to effect sales. Some cars of 

 honey enroute to the Eastern cities have been 

 diverted to this and surrounding points, which 

 is having- a depressing: effect. Comb brings 

 14(a.l.Sc for best grades of white: light amber, 

 13(ai3c; dark grades, lOci lie. Extracted, white,. 

 ?^<S''Hc, according to quality, llavor and pack- 

 age; light amber, 5!i(9Si4C; amber and darlc, 

 S(<»5;ic. Beeswa.x, iSc. R. A. Burnett & Co. 



Cincinnati, Oct. 25.— The honey market is 

 rather dull on account of the warm weather. 

 Extracted sells only to manufacturers from 

 StgJbc; better grades alfalfa water-white from 

 6@7c; white clover from »{(B'ic. Fancy white 

 comb honey sells from io%Qvl5^c. 



C. H. W. Weber. 



Albany, N. Y., Oct. 3.=;.— Honey in good de 

 mand now, as this is the most satisfactory time 

 to sell. Grocerymen are stocking up and will 

 buy lines, when late they only buy enough to 

 piece out. Fancy white comb, 15(a'l6c; mi.xed, 

 MiatSc: buckwheat, 12(ai3c. Extracted, white. 



(>%(S'iic; mixed, b@6>4c. 



H. R. Wright. 



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 when writing advertisers. 



Omaha, Oct. 25. — New comb honey is arriving 

 by express in small quantities from Iowa and 

 Colorado, and selling at $3 5(J per case in a re- 

 tail way. California extracted honey is being 

 offered carlots at 4M@434'c 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 honev seems to be quite 

 large this year in Colorado, Utah and Califor- 

 nia. PevckeBros. 



New York, Nov. 8.— Comb honey is in good 

 demand, and while the market is not over- 

 stocked, receipts are sufficient to supply the de- 

 mand. Fancy white sells at l.^c, with an occa- 

 sional sale at li,c for attractive lots; No. 1, 

 white, at 14c; No. 2, at 13c; fancy buckwheat, 

 lltaillj^c; No. 1 and 2 at from lOfoiloMc. Ex- 

 tracted remains quiet at from (ifc^oMic for white, 

 and Sii'sSHc for amber. -Very little demand 

 for dark at 5J<(s;5}^c. Beeswax quiet at from 



2T@2Sc. HiLDRETH & SeOELKEN. 



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

 mand for stocks with ample supplies at the 

 present writing. Fancy No. 1, in cartons, 

 JSamec; ANo. 1, in cartons, I5@I5)^c; No. 1, 

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

 front cases will bring abont iic per pound less. 

 Light California extracted, 7^^,sc; Florida 

 honey, (>}i®'c. Blake, Scott & IjBE, 



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 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 honey. 



Peycke Bros. & Chaney. 



Detroit, Oct. 25.— Fancy white comb hooey 

 14@lSc; No. 1, 13(ai4c; no dark to quote. Ex- 

 tracted, white, 6@7c. Beeswax, 25{&26c. 



M. H. Hunt & Son. 



San Francisco, Nov. i..— White comb, 10® 

 12 cents; amber, 7@')c; dark, •6@7 cents. Ex- 

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



amber. 4@ — . 



Shipments from this port by sea for the sea- 

 son to data aggregate nearly 4,000 cases, mostly 

 extracted, while for corresponding period last 

 year the quantity forwarded outward by water 

 routes did not exceed 1,500 cases. In values 

 there are no appreciable changes to record, 

 market showing steadiness. 



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(aJl(,c per pound for fancy 

 white. For next week heavier receipts are ex- 

 pected and quotations are issued at $3.IO@$3.25 

 per case for large lots, which would be equal to 

 about 14(al4^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 5ii(a,(,c is quotable. 



Pevcke Bros. 



BARGAIN! 



Apiary of .^ii cols. Ital.; 10.fr. I.ang. for Ext. 

 add comb; good localitv: all fixtures; and farm 

 if wanted. DR. O W. BISTLINE, 



BLY, Titus Co., TE.\. 



