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AMERICAN BEE JOURNAL 



December 



and dry tissue were n\i de on 1500 

 starved bees, before decomposition 

 began, in lots of 500. Moisture in 

 these bees averaged 73.05 per cent of 

 total weight. Total dry tissue in these 

 bees averaged 26.95 per cent of total 

 weight. 



These two items of interest were 

 done in co-operation with the Divis- 

 ion of Agricultural Biochemistry, 

 University of Minnesota. 



L. V. FRANCE, 

 Instructor in Bee Culture. 



Nov. 8, 1917. 



(The weight of bees has been test- 

 ed at different times. Bernard De 

 Gelieu found them to number all the 

 way from 3,640 to 5,460 in a pound. 

 Collin, a very accurate observer of 

 the middle nineteenth century, count- 

 ed 5,100 bees "in normal condition" 

 in a pound, but in the swarm he found 

 less than 4,300 in a pound, because 

 they were filled with honey. The 

 A-B-C of Bee Culture calls 4,800 bees 

 a pound, in round numbers. The 

 above experiment brings a similar 

 conclusion, since its result on "dead 

 bees" is about 5,600 in a pound. Call 

 5,000 live bees a pound and you will 

 not miss it far. — Editor.) 



Illinois Meeting. — The Illinois meet- 

 ing was well attended, but neither 

 Dr. Phillips nor N. E. France were 

 present. Young Mr. Erbaugh, now in 

 the extension service, represented Dr. 

 Phillips. The Association had t^e 

 courtesy to extend honorary member- 

 ship to Dr. C. C. Miller and the ed- 

 itors of the bee magazines. We ex- 

 tend our thanks for the favor. Presi- 

 dent E. J. Baxter having declined 

 serving another year, the office of 

 president w;<s conferred upon Dr. A. 

 C. Baxter, of Springfield. Although 

 these men bear the same name, they 

 are not in any way related. Dr. Bax- 

 ter is a devoted worker and the As- 

 sociation cannot fail to flourish under 

 his leadership. 



UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT 

 OF AGRICULTURE 



Bureau of Markets 



Semi-Monthly Market News Bulletin 



Honey Arrivals for preceding Two 

 weeks : 



Keokuk, Iowa — 400 pounds Iowa. 



Hamilton, 111. — 2250 pounds Iowa, 

 4210 pounds Mississippi, 2500 pounds 

 Wisconsin. 



Medina, Ohio — 300 pounds Illinois, 

 43,600 pounds Wisconsin, 48,686 

 pounds Michigan, 36,300 pounds Wy- 

 oming, 6348 pounds Ohio, 21,500 

 pounds Minnesota. 



Telegraphic Reports From Today's 

 Markets — Jobbing Prices 



(In many markets in the honey 

 trade the term "jobber" is commonly 

 applied to the original receiver who 

 buys direct from the grower in carlot 

 quantities. However, in these re- 

 ports we use the term "wholesale 

 carlot, receiver" to designate the car- 

 lot purchaser, while the term "Job- 

 ber" refers to the dealer who buys in 

 less than carlot quantities from the 

 carlot receiver and who sells direct 

 to the retailers. The prices quoted 

 in this report represent the prices 



at which the "wholesale carlot re- 

 ceivers" sell to the "jobbers.") 



Note: Arrivals include receipts 

 during preceding two weeks. Prices 

 represent current quotations. 



Cincinnati — No fresh carlot arriv- 

 als; 20 barrels Porto Rico, 17 cases 

 Florida, 56 cases Alabama, 10 cases 

 Wisconsin arrived; local receipts 

 moderate. Demand and movemerit 

 good, market very strong. Extracted 

 honey: Domestic light amber, 15- 

 17c; orange and white sage, 17c; Por- 

 to Rico dark amber, 15c per pound. 

 Comb honey: Fancy white heavy, 

 $4.75; No. 1 white heavy, $4.50 per 24- 

 section case. Beeswax: Demand 

 moderate, market steady; average 

 yellow, 38-40c per pound. 



St. Louis — No fresh carlot arrivals. 

 Supplies light. Comb honey : Scarce, 

 few sales; 24-section cases, fancy, 

 $4.50-4.75; No. 1, $4.00-4.25; No. 2, 

 $3.75-4.00. Extracted honey: Light 

 amber in cans, 15c per pound; in 

 Tjarrels, 13-13J^c; dark honey one- 

 half to Ic lower. Beeswax: Supplies 

 very light; small lots, 37}/2C per 

 pound. 



K^ansas City — I car California ar- 

 rived; no cars on track; express ap- 

 proximately 100 cases Missouri comb 

 and 7 cases Colorado extracted ar- 

 rived. Demand and movement mod- 

 erate, market firm. Comb honey: 

 California cleaning up; quality good; 

 24-section flat cases, white. No. 1, 

 $4.00; Colorados, quality and condi- 

 tion good, 24-section cases, white, 

 fancy $4.50; No. 1, $4.25-4.40; No. 2, 

 $4.10-4.15; Missouris, few sales; qual- 

 ity and condition good; 24-section 

 cases, white. No. 1, small lots $4.50- 

 5.00. Extracted honey: Colorados, 

 quality and condition generally 

 good; white and extra liglit am- 

 ber, 16-16c per pound; dark 12- 

 13c. Beeswax: Approximately 100 

 pounds arrived; supplies very light; 

 demand limited, market steady; all 

 sales in small lots, 35-40c per pound. 



Chicago — No fresh carlot arrivals. 

 Supplies very light. Demand moder- 

 ate, market strong. Michigan, Wis- 

 consin, Iowa and Minnesota: Comb, 

 fancy clover and Basswood, 22-23c per 

 pound; other grades one-half cent 

 lower; extracted, best mostly 15- 

 ISj^c per pound. California extract- 



ed: Supplies very lig'nt; light amber 

 16-16><c per pound. Beeswax: No 

 sales. 



Philadelphia — 1 car New York, 1 

 Wyoming, about 15 barrels Mexico 

 and approximately 1000 cases nearby 

 comb arrived. Demand good, market 

 strong, few sales. Wyoming extract- 

 ed: Light amber, 17c per pound; 

 comb, no sales; Mexican: Extracted, 

 12-13c per pound. Beeswax: Re- 

 ceipts light, demand moderate, mar- 

 ket strong, 36-38c per pound. 



Denver — Receipts light ; approxi- 

 mately 100 cases comb and 6000 lbs. 

 extracted arrived. Demand exceeds 

 supply; market firm. Comb honey: 

 Colorado, white, quality and condi- 

 tion good, 24-section cases. No. 1, 

 $4.05; No. 2, $3.50. Extracted honey: 

 White to light amber, 14}^-lSc per 

 pound. Beeswax: Receipts light; 

 price paid producer, 34c per pound. 



New York — 16 barrels Santo Do- 

 mingo, 213 barrels Porto Rico, 21 

 cases California arrived. Local and 

 export demand good, market strong. 

 Extracted: California, fancy, light 

 best \Sy2-\7y2c; poorer, 13j^-15c per 

 pound; West Indian, receipts moder- 

 ate, $1.40-1.45 per gallon. Beeswax: 

 25 bags Porto Rico, 155 bags Santo 

 Domingo arrived ; demand good, mar- 

 ket steady; dark, 32-33c per pound; 

 yellow, 35-36c. 



Minneapolis — No rail arrivals; local 

 receipts very light. Supplies very 

 light. Demand moderate, market 

 very strong. Comb honey: Minne- 

 sota, Wisconsin, best white, 24-sec- 

 tion cases mostly $4.25; Colorado, 

 white, mostly $4.50 per case. Extract- 

 ed honey : Colorado, white, in 330- 

 pound casks, mostly 15j/c per pound; 

 in 60-pound cans, mostly 16c; 10- 

 pound pails, 17^c per pound. Bees- 

 wax : No sales reported. 



St. Paul — Receipts : 8 boxes Wis- 

 consin comb, weighing 1965 pounds, 

 1 car Wisconsin comb, 1 car Wiscon- 

 sin extracted, 5 cars extracted, and 

 extremely light local receipts. De- 

 mand good; market very strong. 

 Brisk inquiry on both extracted and 

 comb. Comb honey: Wisconsin and 

 Minnesota, best white, 24-section 

 cases, mostly $4.50. Extracted honey: 

 White, in cans, 15c per pound; in 10- 

 pound pails, mostly 16c. Beeswax: 

 No sales reported. 



Dr.Miller*s ^ Answers^ 



Send Questions either to the office of the American Bee Journal or direct to 



Dr. C. C. Miller, Marengo, Jl\. 



He does not answer bee-keeoine questions by mail. 



It is inferred that all readers have access to the book "A Thousand Answers to Beekeeping 

 Questions." This will avoid duplication in answering, as the book contains answers to practically 

 alt questions ordinarily asked on beekeeping. Subjects not specifically treated, or which are not 

 clear to the reader will be further explained in this department at the request of any subscriber. 



Re-queening 



I am an old American Bee Journal reader. 

 I am now 81 years old, ana my eyes are get- 

 ting weak. Next summer I must re-queen my 

 bees, though I fear about not finding the 

 rjueens. Do you know of a way to find them? 

 There are the queen-traps; would they work 

 when I turn them around?. If I brush the bees 

 into an empty hive today would they leave the 

 queen there and go back to the old hive? 



Answer. — Even though your eyes are weak, 



with a good pair of spectacles you ought to be 

 able to see the queen. Use little smoke, move 

 gently, and don't get the bees to running, for' 

 then the queen is likely to hide, and queens 

 have a way of hiding that has always been a 

 mystery to me. If you don't find the queen af- 

 ter looking over the combs two or three times, 

 better wait an hour or more, or till next day. 

 It ought to work aK right to do as you suggest, 



