Jan. 29, 1903. 



THE AMERICAN BEE JOURNAL. 



79 



us, and tjet us ''all by the ears " apiin. Now, 

 it's the color of what we wear in the bee-.vard. 

 I'll be careful to " slug low,'' for 1 don't 

 want any hair-puUins — have but a few stray 

 locks left, and prize them hi);hly. Have 

 always worn black — or nearly always — but 

 not of the rough, woolly texture. Usually 

 have a pair of black-silk stoekinf; legs drawn 

 over my shirt-sleeves, to keep them from 

 being soiled as I work in the hive. Never 

 have experienced any inconvenience on ac- 

 count of annoyance of the bees by so doing- 

 Perhaps ui,v bees were better-natured than 

 some others. Often roll up my sleeves to my 

 elbows, go down to the very bottom of the 

 hive of a strong colony without a sting; 

 never wear gloves. 



Have seen bees alight all over a person 

 wearing light-colored fuzzy garments, but 

 when exchanged for something smooth, it 

 seemed to take all the flght out of them. You 

 know, a cross bee will make a bee-liiie for 

 one's eyes if she can get there, but if the eyes 

 are protected, will get as near as she can. 

 How she will buzz around, peeping through 

 your veil from side to side, hoping to And a 

 place to dart through ! 



There is a reflection of light from the eye, 

 as we always see in the photograph. The bees 

 are attracted by it; or they seem to know 

 that there is the vulnerable point for attack. 

 The head of the "hat-pin." which has been 

 recently referred to, has just such a point of 

 reflection, seen from any point of view, and 

 becomes an attractive object for investiga- 

 tion. I think it would make no difference 

 whether the head of the pin was white or 

 black, red, green or blue. Wearing this hat- 

 pin is a new idea. Think I'll stick a couple 

 or so in the top of my old bee-bat for the bees 

 to play with. 



There is another thing that has attracted 

 mj attention not a little since commencing 

 the study of the honey-bee, and that is a kind 

 of miller, differing materially from the moth- 

 miller which we often see infesting the hive 

 of bees. Hear of them occasionally as being 

 among colonies of bees and comb honey, but 

 in all my experience, have never found so 

 many as this year. Have found more than I 

 ever saw in any old box-hive of black bees. 

 They seem to do no particular harm. Who 

 can give us any light on the subject '. 



Walworth Co., Wis. Wm. M. Whitney. 



CONVENTION NOTICES. 



WUconsin. — The Wisconsin State Bee-Keep- 

 ers' Association will meet Feb. 4 and 5, in Mad- 

 ison, Wis. Special program prepared. E.x- 

 curslon railroad rates and special hotel rates 

 secured. N. E. France, Pres. 



New York.— The annual meeting of the Os- 

 wego Connt J Bee-Keepers' Association will be 

 held at Fulton, N. Y., Saturday, March 7, 1903. 

 Prof. Frank Benton will be present and address 

 the meeting. An interesting program is being 

 prepared, and all persons interested in bees are 

 cordially invited to be present. 



MOKTiMER Stevens, Pres. 



Chas. B. Allen, Sec. 



Michigan.— The Michigan State Bee-Keepers' 

 Association will hold its annual convention 

 Feb. 3 and 4, 1'lOS, in the Council Rooms of the 

 City Hall, ac Lansing. The rooms are in the 

 third story, back away from the noise of 

 the street, yet they can be reached by the ele- 

 vator. 



Arrangements have been made at a nice, clean 

 hotel, the Wentworth House, only two blocks 

 from the place of meeting, where bee-keepers 

 will be accommodated at $1.50 a day. 



The Michigan State Dairymen will hold their 

 convention at the Agricultural College, Lan- 

 sing, on the s.'ime dates, as also will the State 

 Veterinaries, thus enabling the members of all 

 three societies to come at reduced rates. When 

 buying your ticket you will pay full fare, and 

 ask for a certificate " on account of Michigan 

 Dairymen's Convention," as the secretary of 

 this convention is to sign the certificates for all 

 three of the conventions. This certificate will 

 enable you to go back at one-third fare. 



The first session will be on the evening of the 

 3rd, when E. R. Root will show us " Bee-Keep- 

 iog from the Atlantic to the Pacific, as seen 

 through the Camera and Stereopticon." This 

 will consist of portraits of distinguished bee- 

 keepers, of apiaries, hives, implements, meth- 

 ods, etc., all luUy explained. A more enjoya- 



ble entertainment for a bee-keeper can not te 

 imagined. 



Mr. C. A. Huff, who has been e-Kperiuieutiug 

 the past season with formalin for curing foul 

 brood, hss promised to be present. Messrs. 

 Soper and Aspinwall are not tar away, and will 

 probably be present. Mr. Aspinwall has kept 

 about 70 colonies for the past 10 years, without 

 losing a colony in winter. He can tell us how 

 be has prevented this loss; also how he pre- 

 vents swarming. Mr. T. F. Bingham, who has 

 been so successful wintering bees in a cellar 

 built like a cistern, is also e.spected. Messrs. 

 A. D. 1>. Wood and J. H. Larrabee will help to 

 make the meeting a success. 



This is the first time that the convention has 

 been held in the Southern part of the State in 

 several years; let us turn out and show our ap- 

 preciation of the event. 



W. Z. Hutchinson, Pres. 



Mb Keystone 

 ...Boney-Jars 



These are clear flint glass jars hold- 

 ing just one pound, and the shape of 

 a keystone. They are Vjs inches high, 

 and very pretty when filled with honey. 

 The corks can be sunk a trifle below 

 the top, and then fill in with beeswax, 

 sealingwax or paraffin. We can fur- 

 nish them in single gross lots, with 

 corks, f.o.b. Chicago, at $3.50 ; two 

 gross, $3.25 per gross ; or five or more 

 gross, at $3.00 a gross. These are the 

 cheapest glass one-pound jars we know 

 anything about. We have only a few 

 gross of them left. So speak quick 

 if you want them. Address, 



GEORGE W. YORK & CO. 



144 & 146 Erie St., - CHICAGO, ILL. 



,^ The Greider Strains^ 



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Honey For Sale. 



20OO lbs. Basswood E.xtracted honev, at 'ic a 

 pound. All in Ml lb. cans. Warranted PURE 



HONEY. JOHN WAGNER, BUENA VISTA, ILL. 



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Sent free to all. '-' 



HENRY ALLEY, Wenham, Mass. 



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"What Happened to Ted" 



EV IS.^HELLE HORTON. 



This is a true story of the poor and unfor- 

 tunate in city life. Miss Horton, the author, 

 is a deaconess whose experiences among the 

 city poverty stridden are both interesting and 

 sad. This particular short story — 60 pages, 

 5x6% inches, hound in paper cover — gives 

 somewhat of an insight into a little of the 

 hard lot of the poor. Price, postpaid, only 10 

 cents (stamps or silver. ) Address, 



ISABELLE HORTON. 

 227 East Ohio Street, Chicago, III. 



Tbe Emerson Binder 



This Emerson stiff-board Bindei with cloth 

 back for the American Bee Journal we mail for 

 but 60 cents; or we will send it with the Bee 

 Journal for one year — both for only $1.40. It is 

 a fine thing to preserve the copies of the Jour- 

 nal as fast as they are received. If you have 

 this ** Emerson " no further binding is neces- 

 sary. 



QEORQE W. YORK & CO., 

 144& 146 Erie Street, CHICAGO, ILL. 



HONEY AND BEESWAX 



MARKET QUOTATIONS 



Chicago, Jan 9.— The demand is not more 

 than usual; hence stocks are sufficient, esp;- 

 cially as Cuba has now comb honey on this 

 market. This is a new source of supply, and is 

 a factor that must be reckoned with, as it obvi- 

 ates the necessity of laying in a stock durinjf 

 the summer and autumn to draw from in the 

 winter and spring months. The best grades of 

 white comb sell at 15@16c per pound, with 

 travel-stained and light amber, 13®14c; darker 

 grades, 10(o>12. Extracted, 7@i<c for white, and 

 (j@7c lor ambers. Beeswax steady at 30c. 



R. A. Burnett Je Co. 



Albany, N. Y., Jan. 7.— Honey demand and 

 receipts litrht. We quote white comb, 15 cents; 

 mi.yed, 14c; buckwheat, 13@14c. E.xtracted, 

 white, 7(ai'7^c; dark and buckwheat, 7faa!^c. 

 More demand for buckwheat than any other 

 here. H. R. Wrioht. 



Kansas City, Dec. 20.— Market steady at quo- 

 tations. We quote fancy white comb, per case, 

 24 sections, $3.50; No. 1 at 13.40; No. 2 white 

 and amber, $3,25. Extracted, white, per pound, 

 7@7J^c; amber, 6@(,)4c. Beeswax, 27@3Dc. 



C. C. Clemons & Co. 



Cincinnati, Jan. 7— The demand for all kinds 

 of honey has fallen off considerably in the last 

 few weeks, owing to the many other sweets of- 

 fered at this season of the year. Lower prices 

 are no inducement to increase the consumption, 

 as the demand is not there, and will not be un- 

 til about the end of the month; consequently it 

 is folly to offer at lower prices. We quote am- 

 ber extracted in barrels at 5^i@6^c; white clo- 

 ver and basswood, 8(219^0. Fancy white comb 

 honey, 16^17c; lower grades hard to sell at any 

 price. Beeswax firm at 29@30c. 



The Fred W. Moth Co. 



New York, Dec. 23.— The market on comb 

 honey is dull and inactive. While the supply 

 is not large the demand has fallen off to a large 

 extent and prices show a weakening tendency. 

 We quote fancy white at ISc; No. I, 14c; No. 2, 

 13c; and buckwheat at from 10(8120. Extracted 

 is in fairly good demand; white. 7j.tc; light am- 

 ber, 6i^®7c; dark, 5^@6c. Beeswax firm at 

 from 28@29c. Hildrbth & Sboblkbh, 



Cincinnati, Jan. 20.— The demand for comb 

 honey has fallen off, which in general happens 

 right after the holidays, although prices rule 

 as before: White clover, IS^c; extra fancy 

 water-white, 16c; no demand for lower grades. 

 Extracted honey is in fair demand, and sells as 

 follows: Amber, in barrels, 5Ji@5^c; in cans, 

 6c; alfalfa, ~^c; white clover, 7J^(gf8>4c. Bees- 

 wax, 28@30c. C. H. W. Wbbbr. 



San Francisco, Jan. 14.— White comb honey, 

 llJ^@12Hc; light amber, l(i@llc; dark, 5@6Hc. 

 Extracted, white, o@ti5^c; light amber, S$S%c; 

 amber, 4(gJ4%c. Beeswax, good to choice, light, 

 26fa27J^c; strictly fancy I'ght, 29@30c. 



The country merchant, representative of 

 trade interests, estimates "entire stock of honey 

 of 1902 in the State at IS cars," worth S'^Wbc per 

 pound at primary points, subject to a $1.10 

 freight-rate to the East. 



UONEY ! 



Send sample and best price delivered here; also 

 Fancy Comb wanted in no-drip cases. 



THE FRED W. MUTH CO. 

 32Atf Front and Walnut, Cincinnati. Ohio. 



Hives, Sections, Foundation, 



etc. We can save you money. Send list of goods 

 wanted and let us quote you prices. ROOT'S 

 GOODS ONLY. Send for Catalog. 



M. ri. HUNT & SON. Bell Branch, Mich. 



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