November, 1915. 



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American "Bee Jonrnal 



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Attractive Prices 

 ON TIN HONEY CONTAINERS 



Just now there is a heav}- demand for tin honey 

 containers in Illinois and adjoining territory. A 

 heavy fall honey flow is on. If you need cans or 

 pails write us. We have secured cans at such 

 figures that we can surely save you money. 



Write us your reQUirewentS and we will give 

 you our best prices 



DADANT & SONS 



Hamilton, Illinois 



BEE - KEEPER'S NOVELTY POCKET - KNIFE 



Phil. M. Or«f. 



Canton, O. 



Your Name and Address will be put on one side of the handle as shown in 

 the cut, and on the other side a picture of a Queen-Bee, a Worker-Bee, and a 

 Drone- Bee. The handle is celluloid, and transparent, through which is seen 

 your name. If you lose this Knife it can be returned to you, or it serves to iden- 

 tify you if you happen to be injured fatally, or rendered unconscious. The cut is 

 the exact size. We have succeeded in getting this knife made in lots from gen- 

 uine car-van steel. It is especially well tempered and keeps its edge remarkably. 

 When ordering be sure to write exact name and address. Knife delivered 

 within two weeks after we receive order. 



Price, postpaid, $1.00; or with a year's subscription to the American Bee 

 Journal — both for $1.80 ; or given Free as a premium for sending us 3 New sub- 

 scriptions at $1.00 each. 



American Bee Journal, Hamilton, Illinois. 



TENNESSEE-BRED QUEENS 



43 Years' Experience in Queen Rearing— Breed 3-Band Italians Only 



Bees by the pound, i lb.. I1.25; 2 lb.. $2.25; 3 lb., I2.75. 



Nuclei (no queen) i fr. $1.50; 2 fr.. $2.15; 3 fr. $2.75; 4 fr.. $3.5o; pure jband Italians. 



Select queen wanted, add price. 



Capacity of yard, 5000 queens a year Select queen tested for breeding, $5.00 

 The very best queen tested for breeding, $10 



Queens for export will be carefully packed in long distance cages, but safe delivery 

 not guaranteed. 



JOHN M. DAVIS, SPRING HILL, TENN. 



HONEY AND BEESWAX 



Denver. Oct. 18.— The first of the new 

 crop of comb honey is now coming in and 

 sells locally at the following prices per case 

 of 24 sections: Fancy. $i ''o; No. 1. $3.38. and 

 No. 2. $3-15. Crop promises to be lik'ht. Local 

 prices on extracted unchanged. White. 8M- 

 ^iHc: light amber. i<sv,',ic: amber. 7(5'8c. We 

 pay 25c cash and 27c per pound in trade for 

 clean yellow beeswax delivered here. 



The Colo. HoneyPkoducers' Ass'n. 

 Frank Rauchfuss, Mer. 



Cincinnati. Oct. 2 —The demand for hon- 

 ey is increasing, which is the general rule 

 for this time of the year. Comb honey is 

 selling fast at $3.75 to $4.00 per case for fancy 

 white. Amber comb honey is not wanted in 

 this market at any price. For choice white 

 clover extracted honey we are getting from 

 7@Qc a pound: for amber extracted in bar- 

 rels from 4@7C. according to the quality and 

 quantity purchased. We are paying 28c a 

 pound delivered here for choice bright yel- 

 low beeswax. The Fred W. Mutii Co. 



New York. Oct. 18. — The new crop of 

 comb honey is rather slow in arriving: still 

 there is not a very heavy demand as yet. 

 probably due to the intense hot weather of 

 late. Prices are ruling at from I5@i6c per 

 pound for fancy white: i3@T4C per pound for 

 No. I: I0&I2C per pound for off grades. The 

 market on extracted is quiet and inactive: 

 there seems to be an abundant supply of 

 clover and linden as well as California sage 

 and alfalfa. West Indian honey is arriving 

 right along with prices showing a downward 

 tendency. 



Beeswax is coming in steadily at from 

 3o®3ic per pound. 



Hildreth & Segelken. 



Los Angeles. Oct. 10. — Strictly water 

 white sage honey is scarce, one car having 

 recently sold at 6c net to the producers. 

 Light amber sage has been sold on a basis of 

 3H®3?ic: light amber alfalfa, on a basis of 

 3?s@3}2C. All net to producer, f. o. b. com- 

 mon shipping points. Beeswax is worth 

 about 24@25c. Hamilton & Menderson. 



Kansas City Mo.. Oct. It).— Our market is 

 well supplied with both comb and extracted 

 honey. We quote as follows: No 1 white 

 comb honey. 24 section cases, $3. 25 to $3. .35; 

 No. 2. $2.75 to $3.00. No. I amber, j.oo to $3-23: 

 No. 2. $2.50 to $2.75- White extracted, per 

 pound. 7'4<?8c. Amber. 5J4@7C. Beeswax. No. 

 I. 28c. No. 2. 25c. per pound. 



C. C. Clemons Produce Company. 



Chicago. Oct. 18.— Arrivals of honey are 

 quite free, and stocks are accumulating in 

 the absence of a free outlet. Prices on the 

 best grades of white comb honey are rang- 

 ing from 16(5170 per pound with amber grades 

 at[3f^i4cper pound. Mixed colors are diffi- 

 cult to class at anywhere from iof§ii2c per 

 pound. Extracted honey is dull with prices 

 ranging from 7cCft'gc per pound. Ambers 

 from 5660 per pound. Beeswax at 28(?'3oc per 

 pound. R. A. Burnett & Co. 



Indianapolis. Oct. 20— The demand for 

 honey has been very brisk of late, especially 

 extracted; however, we have been unable 

 to get a supply of comb to meet the demand. 

 At this writing. No. i choice while is selling 

 at $350 to $4.00 per case. Extracted of best 

 quality in 60-pound cans, in small lots. i)%@- 

 iic per pound. We are paying 28c cash for 

 beeswax. 30c in trade. W. S. Pouder. 



Statement of Ownership, Management 

 Circulation, Etc., 



of the American Bee Journal, published 

 monthly at Hamilton, Illinois. 



Editor— C. P. Dadant. 



Managing Editor— M. G. Dadant. 



Owner— C. P. Dadant, Hamilton, 111. 



Known bondholders, mortgagees, and 

 other security holders holding one per- 

 cent or more of total amount of bonds, 

 mortgages or securities — None. 



[Signed] M. G. Dadant, A/una^cr. 



Sworn to and subscribed before me 

 this 21st day of September, 1915. 

 [seal.] R. R. Wallace. 



.Votary Public. 



My Commission expires Sept. 21, 1917. 



