December, 1915. 



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American line Journal 



TENNESSEE-BRED QUEENS 



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



Nov I to May i 



Untested $i.so $7-50 lu-so 



Select Untested 2.oo 8.50 is. 00 



Tested 2.50 13.S0 as.oo 



Select Tested.. 3.00 1650 30.00 



Bees by the pound, i lb., $1.25; 2 lb.. $2.25; 3 lb.. $2.75. 



Nuclei (no queen) i fr. Ji.so; 2 fr.. $2.15; 3 fr. $2.75; 4 fr.. $3..so; pure j-band 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 caref ully packed in long distance cages, but safe delivery 

 not guaranteed. 



JOHN M. DAVIS, SPRING HILL, TENN. 



THE BOOSTER 



In its current and coming numbers will discuss the following policies which 

 constitute its platform of principles. 



First — Uniform quality of product, honestly graded and attractively displayed. 



Second— A system of distribution that will protect the local producer, and pre- 

 vent flooding one district and leaving others bare. 



Third— A system of crop reports that will give accurate, detailed, and trust- 

 worthy information as to crop conditions in all sections promptly and intelligently. 



Fourth— An efficient method of presenting facts and reasons for the wider use 

 of honey in cooking, in the arts, manufactures, and on the table, to the people who 

 who would use it if they knew. 



Fifth— An association of beekeepers who will carry these things forward to a 

 successful consummation. 



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 coming year. 



Address, THE BOOSTER, Redkey, Indiana 



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HONEY AND BEESWAX 



Chicago. Nov. i6.-Arrivals of honey, both 

 comb and extracted, are in excess of the de- 

 mand at this time. Yet. that is a normal 

 condition, as it pays to net comb honey into 

 market before cold weather, which always 

 has a tendency to take the elasticity out o( 

 the comb; thus making it more liable to 

 break away from the wood. 



There is no material change in prices of 

 the best grades of white comb, althoiinh sell- 

 ers to obtain a sale of a larne quantity will 

 lower the price, which now ranges from 

 i6(?i7C per pound for the two highest grades. 

 Amber grades range at from I2(*i4c per 

 pound. Sections with more than one color 

 and empty cells bring from io@i2c per 

 pound. White extracted honey ranges in 

 price from 7feQC per pound, sales being 

 chiefly made at 8c per pound, as only a very 

 ripe high flavored honey will sell at <)c per 

 pound, and that in a single can or case way. 

 Ambers are ranging from 5!^@6c per pound, 

 with some highly flavored, ripe and of heavy 

 body at 7c per pound. Beeswax is dull at 

 28@30c per pound. R. A. Burnett & Co. 



Kansas City Mo.. Nov. i6.— There is not 

 very much change in our honey market since 

 our last Quotations. The supply of both 

 comb and extracted honey is large. We 

 Quote No. I white comb honey. 24 section 

 cases. $3 15 to $3.25; No. 2. $2.75 to $3.00; No. 

 I amber comb honey, $3.00 to $3.10; No. 2. I2.50 

 to J2.7S. White extracted, per pound. yW-Sc: 

 amber, 554@7c. No. i beeswax. 28c; No. 2, 

 25c per pound. 



C. C. Clemons Produce Company. 



Cincinnati, Nov. 11.— 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. Thk Fred W. Muth Co. 



Denver, Nov. 20. — The new crop of comb 

 honey is selling locally at the following 

 prices: Fancy. Jj. 60 per case of 24sections: 

 No. I. $3.38. and No. 2. $!.i5. Local prices on 

 extracted honey unchanged, namely white. 

 B%mhc; light amber. 8@8«c; amber. 7@8c, 

 demand light. We pay 25c per pound in 

 cash and 27c per pound in trade for clean 

 yellow beeswax delivered to us here. 

 The Colo. Honey-Produceks' Ass'n. 

 Frank Rauchfuss, M^r. 



New York. Nov. 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@I4C per pound for 

 No. i; io@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. Nov. iq.— The market Quo- 

 tations on California honey are as follows; 

 White extracted honey 6c per pound; light 

 amber, 4C. Beeswax. 25c. Fancy white comb 

 honey, J2.75 per case— all f. o. b. Coast. 



Hamilton & Menderson. 



Indianapolis. Nov. it).— Comb honey is ar- 

 riving auite freely as well as extracted of 

 fine Quality. The demand for comb and ex- 

 tracted is good, more especially comb. We 

 Quote as follows; No. 1 choice white comb. 

 $4.00 per case; choice light amber. J3. 75; No. 

 2 white comb. $3.50 per case Extracted of 

 excellent Quality in bopound cans, in small 

 lots. 9^@iic per pound 



We are paying 28c cash or 30c in trade for 

 good beeswax oeliTered here. 



W. S. POUDER. 



