AMERICAN BEE JOURNAL 



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on. I did not get a chance to see it blossom, 

 for the greedy grasshoppers eagerly cleared 

 it off the ground; but, if spared, I will try 

 it again the coming year, and perhaps be able 

 to beat the grasshoppers. I can get sainfoin 

 seed from seedmen in this country ; it is very 

 peculiarly shaped, being about the size of 

 four sweet clover seeds with the hulls on, and 

 in shape it is exactly like a small black bean, 

 and inclosed in a large flat hull. 



AV. D. H.iRRis. 

 Ontario, Canada, Dec. .5. 



Poor Season for Honey. 



The past season was a very poor one; I got 

 a little over two tons of honey from 111 colo- 

 nies. Some did not get anything. It is rain- 

 ing to-night, and there has not been enough 

 frost to hurt bean vines, so far. We have 

 had some fog and plenty of rain. The farmers 

 in this vicinity cut their alfalfa betoi'e it 

 bloomed, which cut the honey crop short. 



Kings Co. Calif., Dec. 5. B. P. Shirk. 



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Wisconsin -The Wisconsin Stale Bee-Keep- 

 ers' Association will hold its inn .al convention 

 In the State Capitol, at Madison, Feb. 5 and i., 

 I'lOJ. This promises to be a lart'e convenlion. 

 All are invited to attend. There will be excur- 

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

 for all of the first week in Febru.irv. 

 N. E. Fkancf,, Pres. Ada L. Pickakd, Sec. 



MichiKan.— The Michigan State Bee-Keepers' 



Association will meet in convenlion at Petos- 

 key, Jan. 1 and 2. 1'I02. This promises to be the 

 most largelv attended meeting of the Associa- 

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

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 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'l should 

 come and find out. A novel design for badge 

 has been ordered in honor of " Petoskey." 



Geo. E. Hilton, Pres. 



California.— The California State Bee-Keepers' 

 Association will hold its annual convention id 

 the Chamber of Commerce, Los Angeles, Jan, 

 15 and lt>, lt)02. ^Ve will try to have a good pro- 

 gram. Come and exchange your bright ideas 

 with vour neighbors, and get some of the moss 

 rubbed off your back. J. F. McIntyre, .Sec. 



G. S. Stubblkfield, Pres. 



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 quality, and price desired at your station. Will 

 send man to receive when lot is large enough to 

 justify. THOS. C. STANLEY & SON, 



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Comb Honey and Bees- 

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ral Ave., Cincinnati, O. 



The Sure Hatch.— We are in receipt of the 

 Sure Hatch Incubator Com pan's fifth annual 

 catalog. It is a book of some U.6 pages, over 

 200 illustrations, and contains a vast amount of 

 poultry information plans for poultry-houses, 

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

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I HONEY AND BEESWAX | 



MARKET QUOTATIONS. 



Chicago, Dec. 7.— The honey market is of a 

 slow nature with little change io price ot any 

 of the grades. At this season of the yea"* many 

 of the retailers have laid in a supply suflfi 'ent 

 tn carry them over the holidays, Choice grades 

 of white comb honey, 14?^fa^lSc; goud lu .\ii. I, 

 13V4(ail4c; light ambers. 12'4©l-3c: dark grades, 

 including buckwheat. 10rail2c. Extracted, wh>te, 

 S^(a^lc; amber, S%(q\5-Uc; dark, SoiS'^c: the 

 scale of pri -es varjingaccordiug to fliPor.body 

 and package. Beeswa.x sieady at 2>!c. 



R, A. Burnett & Co. 



New York, Dec. 0.— Comb honey continues to 

 be in good demand, and while the market is not 

 overstocked, arrivals of while hoaev are suffi- 

 ciently large to meet the demand, while buck- 

 wheat is ralber scarce. We quote: Faucv white, 

 15c; No. 1, 14c; No. 2, Uic^Uc: and buckwheat, 

 from lOf'fUc. Extracted remains dull and in- 

 active with plenty of supply of all kinds. In 

 order to move round lots, it is even neces^sary to 

 shade the <iuotations,which are: White,6r*( 6^c; 

 amber, 5h"/oc: dark, 5'aJS4c; Southern, 55fdi60c 

 gallon, according to quality. Beeswax firm at 



2SC. HiLDRETH & SEGBLh BN. 



CINCINNATI, Oct. 25.— The honey market is 

 rather dull on account of the warm weather. 

 Extracted sells only to manufacturers from 

 Sto'f'c; better grades alfalfa water-white from 

 6fai7c; white clover from S^9c. Fancy white 

 comb honey sells from 13^@15^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. Groceryraen are stocking up and will 

 buv lines, when late the.v only buv enough to 

 piece out. Fancy white comb, 15ra 16c: mixed, 

 14^1Sc: buckwheat^ 13tol3c. Extracted, white, 

 bH@~'/6c; mixed, 6@t-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 5t> per case in a re- 

 tail way. California extracted honev is being 

 offered carlots at 45^(3(4^0 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. Peycke Bros. 



Boston, Nov. 20.— The demand for honey 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@15c: No. 2, 

 12^fs^l3c. Extracted, light amber, 1}i(aiH^c; 



amber, "c. 



Blake, Scott & L#bh 



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. I. Our market does not 

 consume a great deal of extracted honev. 



Peycke Bros. & Ch'aney. 



Detroit, Oct. 25.— Fancv white comb honey, 

 14@15c; No. 1, 13(ai4c; no "dark to quote. Ex- 

 tracted, white, 6^'7c. Beeswax, 25('i-2t>c. 



M. H. Hunt &. Son. 



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

 12M cents; amber, 8(ffil0c; dark, 6^7 ceuts. Ex- 

 tracted, white, 5i^fr' 6c; light amber, 4^@5c: 

 amber, 4(2) — . Beeswax, 2t>(«'2.sc. 



Not much doing in this ceuter, 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 soulberu producing points than from 

 here. Some ajiiarists 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 \S((v\hc per pound for fancy 

 white. For next week heavier receipts are ex- 

 pected and quotations are issued at $3.1i>fa)$3.25 

 per case for large lots, which would be equal to 

 about 14(all4!^c; the demand being t^uite 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(n>6c is quotable. 



Peycke Bros. 



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