Dec. 12, 1901. 



AMERICAN BEE lOlWNAL 



799 



out the hive with combs coutaining some 

 honey. A feeder was on top. 



The combs were thus put on an equal foot- 

 ing. so far as I could determine, nearly the 

 same amount of brood being in each comb, (t 

 having a little the most. Being side by side, 

 in the middle of the hive, neither one could 

 have an advantage in position. 



.luly -'4, at 10 a.m., I examined comb « and 

 comb b. ( I must confess that I forgot to look 

 at them .July 23'.) On comb a I found one 

 cell started. On comb 6 there were "28, a few 

 of them not yet drawn out, only the cells 

 were enlarged. I may as well say here that 

 no other cells were started later, somewhat to 

 my surprise. Perhaps the bees thought it 

 was enough to start 29. All but one were 

 completed. 



In this case the bees had their choice of 

 brood of all ages from eggs just laid to sealed 

 brood, exreptiiig larvic between the ages of 

 one and three days. If it were true that they 

 were in such haste for a queen that they 

 would select too old larvie, certainly one 

 would have expected comb a to have greatly 

 the preference, instead of their being content 

 with larvic so young as 24 hours. But their 

 general preference was for something younger 

 than the three-day larvie — not onlj' younger, 

 but very much younger. Just one cell was 

 started with a larva as old as three days. One 

 can not b^ positive as to the age of that one, 

 but one can be very positive as to the other 

 2S. July 24, when they were inspected, not a 

 larva on the comb could have been more than 

 three days old, as it is not possible that a cell 

 on that comb was at any time started with a 

 larva beyond that age. As they were all 

 started bet'urc 10 a.m. of that day, it is certain 

 that none of them could have been as much 

 as three days old, and probable that most of 

 them were much younger. 



Some one may ask, " Why are you so per- 

 sistent in trying toshojv that the universally 

 accepted opinion Is wrong * What difference 

 does it make, anyway *'" The simple desire 

 to have the truth known ought to be incen- 

 tive enough. But there is something else that 

 makes it seem to me a matter of very great 

 consequence. 



It is probable that not one in fifty of the 

 bee-keepers of the land takes the pains to use 

 the means that are now taught to be neces- 

 sary to secure the best queens, using cell-cups 

 and that sort of thing. Nor will they. It 

 looks like too formidable an affair. So 4i1 

 out of the .'>0 might be supposed to talk some- 

 thing after this fashion : 



" I am told I ought to breed from my best 

 stock. I can make queenless the colony hav- 

 ing my best queen, and start queen-eels 

 galore, and from these I can have all the 

 queens I want. But if I do that the bees will 

 select larvi¥ too good for old queens, and I 

 can't use the complicated plans that queen- 

 breeders use, so all I can do is to go on as I 

 have done." And that means to have hi.? 

 increase and his queens from swarming colo- 

 nies instead of honey-gathering colonies. And 

 so the persistence of the fallacy that queen- 

 less bees prefer too old larvip cheats that man 

 out of the chance of easily improving his 

 stock. 



He should be told the truth in something 

 like these words: 



"A queenless colony will rarely, if ever, 

 prefer larv;t too old for good queens. None 

 of the most improved methods of modern 

 times will produce queens a whit better than 

 those the bees will rear in a colony you have 

 made queenless, so long as they have young 

 enough larva- to select from, .\tter the larvic 

 have become too old they may still start cells, 

 and these will produce poor i|ueens. If you 

 give to a nucleus or a colony two or three 

 good-looking cells, there is small chance of a 

 poor queen. Or you may give to the ([ueen- 

 less colony a fresh frame of brood and eggs 

 flveorsi.x days after being made queenless, 

 and then you need have no fear of poor cells 

 on any of the previous frames." — Dk. C. C. 

 MiLLEii, in (Meanings in Bee-Culture. 



1901— Bee-Keepers' Supplies! 



We can furnish you with The A. I. Root Co'8 

 goods at wholesale cjr retail at their prices. We can 

 ) you treiKht. and ship promptly. Market price 

 " ' " IT lyiil catalog. 



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CONVENTION NOTICES. 



New York.— The 3sth semi-annual meeting of 

 the Seneca County Bee-Keepers" Association, 

 will be held at the Bevier House, Romulus, 

 N.Y., Saturday, Dec. 14, 10(11, at 10 a.m. 1:30 p.m. 

 Hon. R. L. Taylor, of Michigan, will be pres- 

 ent and address the meetiner. "Queen-Reariag" 

 discussion opened by Ira Wilson and C. J. Bald- 

 ridge: ''Repairing Old Hives or Obtaining New 

 Ones," J. C. Howard and H. L. McLellan. Din- 

 ner will be served at the Bevier House, special 

 rates having been secured. 



Fked S. Emens, Pres. 



C. B. HowAKD, Sec. 



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Vermnnt — The State Horticu 

 and the Vermont Bee-Keepers" Association, wi 

 hold a joint meeting at Vergennes, Dec. 17 an 

 18. 1901. M. F. Cram, Sec. 



W.Brookfleld, Vt. 



Wisconsin — The Wisconsin State Bee-Keep- 

 ers' Association will hold its annual convention 

 Jn the State Capitol, at Madison, Feb. .^ and I., 

 1902. This promises to be a large convention. 

 All are invited to attend. There will be excur- 

 sion rates of 1' i fare for the round-trip, good 

 for all of the first week in February. 

 N. E. Fksnck, Pres. Aha L. Pickard, Sec. 



Michigan.— The Michigan State Bee-Keepers' 

 Association will meet in convention at Petos- 

 key, Jan. 1 and .;, I'lo:;. This promises to be the 

 most largely attended meeting of the Associa- 

 tion in years. You are invited to attend. Re- 

 duced rates on all railroads; tickets can be 

 bought Dec. 30 and Jan. 1. good to return not 

 later than Jan. 4. There will be no set program, 

 but another of our "open congress " meetings. 

 Those who have attended in the past know 

 what that means, and those that don't should 

 come and find out. A novel design for badge 

 has been ordered in honor.of "Petoskey." 



Geo. E. Hilton, Pres. 



New York- — Bee-Keepers' meetings and insti- 

 tutes will be held in this State as follows: 

 Rochester. Dec. 11: Canandaigua, Dec. 12 and 

 13; Romulus, Dec. 14; Auburn, Dec. 17; Fonda, 

 Dec. IS. These institutes are held under the 

 auspices of the Bureau of Farmers' Io.stitutes, 

 and will be conducted by prominent bee-keepers 

 and speakers from home and abroad. Bee-keep- 

 ers are urged to attend and show by their pres- 

 ence that they appreciate these institiltes, other- 

 wise they will be discontinued. 



W. F. Marks, 

 Pres. New York Ass'u of Bee-Keepers'Societies 



6omb and Ex- 

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Wanted — Honey. 



Car Lots or otherwise: will pay highest mar- 

 ket price, spot cash. Address, stating quantity, 

 quality, and price desired at your station. Wi'u 

 send man to receive when lot is large enough to 

 justify. THOS. C. STANLEY & SON, 



31Atf Fairfield, III. 



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The Sure Hatch. — We are in receipt of the 

 Sure Hatch Incubator Compan"s fifth annual 

 catalog. It is a book of some l(i6 pages, over 

 200 illustrations, and contains a vast amount of 

 poultry information, plans for poultry-houses, 

 yards, etc., chapters on practical poultry-rais- 

 ing, and how to make money on a small invest- 

 ment, etc. T^ook up their ad. on another patre, 

 and write them, and mention that you saw their 

 ad. in the American Bee Journal. 



THE NICKEL PLATE ROAD 



will sell tickets Dec. 24, 25 and 31,1"H)1, 

 and Jan. 1, Jy02, at rate of a fare and 

 a third for the round-trip to any point 

 located in Central Passeng^er Associa- 

 tion territory, account Christmas and 

 New Year Holidays. Return limit in- 

 cluding Jan. 2. l'H)2. Through service 

 to New York City, Boston, and other 

 Eastern points. Chicago Passenger 

 Station, Van ISuren St. and Pacific 

 Ave., on the Elevated Loop. For fur- 

 ther information address John Y. t';il- 

 ahan, (Jeneral Agent, 111 Adams St., 

 Chicago. 46— 49A41 



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IfiONEY AND BEESWAX | 



MARKET QUOTATIONS. 



Chicago, Nov. 19.— Honey is selling fairly 

 well at about the prices that have prevailed for 

 the last 2 months, viz: choice grades of white 

 comb honey, 14K<i}'lSc; good to No. 1, 14c; and 

 light amber, 13c, with darker grades, 10@12c. 

 Extracted, white, S}^("7c; amber, S't^S-'ic ac- 

 cording to quality, flavor and package. Bees- 

 wa.x good demand at 2Hc. 



R. A. BtJRNETT & Co. 



Cincinnati, Oct. 2.^.— The honey market is 

 rather dull on account of the warm weather. 

 E.itracted sells only to manufacturers from 

 S&oc; better grades alfalfa water-white from 

 6@7c; white clover from 8^9c. Fancy white 

 comb honey sells from i2^(q)15hic. 



C. H. W. Wbbbr. 



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

 tjiand 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, lSfel(,c; mixed, 

 UfgtXSc: buckwheat, 12W13C. Extracted, white, 

 t>ii@~}4c; mixed, b@6>4c. H.R.Wright. 



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

 by express in small quantities from Iowa and 

 Ct)lorado, and selling at $3.50 per case in a re- 

 tail way. California extracted honey is being 

 offered carlots at 4>^(ai4iic 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. Pevcke Bros. 



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 ISc, with an occa- 

 sional sale at l(,c for attr.active lots; No. 1, 

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

 lltollj^c; No. 1 and 2 at from lOiauiJ^c. Ex- 

 tracted remains quiet at from f.(<it,Lic for white, 

 and S}4<(}5^iC for amber. Very little demand 

 foi^ dark at SXfeSMc. Beeswax cjuiet at from 



27(al28c. HlLDRBTH & SeGKLKEN. 



Boston, Nov. 20.— The demand for honev is 

 easing up, somewhat due in part to the holiday 

 season at which time it is much neglected. 



Our market at the present time runs 16c for 

 strictly fancy in cartons; No. 1, 14(aiSc; Xo. 2, 

 12^(a)13c. Extracted, light amber, 7^(.istic- 

 amber, 7c. Blake. Scott & Las. * 



Des Moines, Oct. 25.— 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.-l. Our market does not 

 consume a great deal of extracted honey. 



Peycke Bros. & Cha.nev. 



Detroit, Oct. 2S.—Fancv white comb honey 

 14@lSc; No. 1, I3@14c; no dark to quote. Ex- 

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



M. H. Hunt & Son. 



San Francisco, Nov. 2s.— White comb, 11® 

 12'A cents; amber, sfSiOc; dark, 6@7 cents. Ex- 

 traded, white, S}i(^t,c: light amber, 4«@5c; 

 amber, 4@ — , Beeswax, 26(a^2sc. 



Not much doiug in this center, but there are 

 no large stocks here of any description, and cur- 

 rent values are being, as a rule, well main- 

 tained. There is more moving outward at pres- 

 ent from southern producing points than from 

 here. Some apiarists are reported holding back 

 supplies, anticipating better prices in the 

 spring. 



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(S)16c per pound for fancy 

 white. For next week heavier receipts are ex- 

 pected and quotations are issued at f3.10(d)$3.25 

 per case for large lots, which would be equal to 

 about 14(ai45^c; the demand beinir 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 SM'*6c is quotable. 



Pevcke Bros. 



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 <I l.n.sl« healthy frt.Hk. \^>^hlponIy fBrm 

 li. <..t our new pot.Krv Guldi- and make big 

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