Feb. 12, 1903. 



THE AMERICAN BEE JOURNAL. 



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pack straw all around and between the hives 

 and they are ready for winter. I use the S- 

 frame Laugslrolh hive. I have an S-inch cir- 

 cular cross-cut saw, with mandrel, and com- 

 plete outfit of this kind, also a set of carpen- 

 ter tools, so I make all my hives, supers, 

 frames, hive-stands, bottom-boards, covers, 

 and everything; in that line except sections 

 and separators. 



I have the "ABC of Bee-Culture," as text- 

 book, and the American Bee Journal as my 

 helper, so 1 am very well equipped for the bee- 

 business. 



By the way, I want to say that the coldest 

 weather we have had this fall and winter, is 

 14 degrees above zero one morning, and 16 

 degrees for 3 or 4 different mornings. It is 

 now Christmas day, ranging from 36 degrees 

 in the morning, to 42 degrees at noon. 



Whitman Co., Wash. I.. V. Ricketts. 



Management for Best Results. 



Partly to disagree with the statement on 

 page Si3 (1902), and partly to give my own 

 views on wintering bees and suitable hives, I 

 wish to say a few words that may benefit some 

 beginners in my circumstances. Of course, I 

 am running mostly for extracted honey. 



I have all S-frame hives, and will tell how I 

 work them to get an extra-good yield of honey 

 when others in this locality complain of short 

 crops. 



1 use 2 hive-bodies, one on top of the other, 

 and It) frames of brood-comb. Of course, the 

 second hive should not be put on until the 

 lower hive is full of brood, which is generally 

 about .June 1. After the second hive is on, 

 put a honey-board over it, and if the weather is 

 all right put a third story on with extraeting- 

 combs. In my case the bees go up into the 

 third story with most of their surplus, and 

 the combs are always nice, white and clean. 

 Of course, I have plenty of hives which would 

 not be advisable for those with a large number 

 of colonies; but this is intended riiore for peo- 

 ple with 25 or .">0 colonies of bees. 



Now, 10-frame hives would not be so good 

 in my case, because they are too heavy and 

 bulky to handle, and 20 frames are too many 

 for the queen to occupy, while 10 are not 

 enough ; 16 seem about right. The bees may 

 fill the two outside combs with honey — so 

 much'the better for winter stores. 



In regard to the article on page 823, 6 brood- 

 combs would not be enough for most of my 

 queens, and 1 don't see how you can have a 

 strong colony of bees with so few combs, un- 

 less you build up with more combs, and then 

 take away when they are strong; that will 

 generally force the bees up into the surplus 

 apartments. But in regard to putting 6 or S 

 frames of honey over a hive of bees for win- 

 tering, that will not always work, for the bees 

 may starveand not find the honey in cellar- 

 wintering. I have four similar cases this win- 

 ter, where 1 had to take out the outside 

 frames and spread the others and put honey 

 from the top story down with the bees. It's 

 all right, generally, if the bees have been oc- 

 cuppying the combs all summer, but to put 

 honey in a top s;ory just before putting bees 

 into the cellar doesn't always work, unless 

 they are crowded for room. P. H. D.wis. 



Hennepin Co., Minn. 



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MARKET QUOTATIONS. 74 



Chicago, J: 

 than usual; I1 

 cially as CuV 

 market. Thi^ 

 a factor that r 

 ates the nece^ 

 the summer ; 

 winter and sp 

 white comb 

 travel-staiaed 

 grades, 10@12 

 <>@7c tor ambi 



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Id. 9. —The demand is not more 

 leuce stocks are suflicient, espe- 

 ■a has now comb honey on this 

 ^ is a new source of supply, and is 

 dust be reckoned with, as it obvi- 

 ;sity of laying- in a stock during 

 md autumn to draw from in the 

 ring months. The best grades of 

 sell at 15(§il6c per pound, with 



add light amber, l.^fg;14c; darker 

 Extracted, 7rgi8c for white, and 



rs. Beeswax steady at 30c. 



R. A. Burnett & Co. 



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

 receipts light. We quote white comb, 15 cents; 

 mixed, 14c; buckwheat, 13@14c. E.\:tracted, 

 white, 7(^i7>4c; dark and buckwheat, 7fai7!-^c. 

 More demand for buckwheat than any other 

 here. H. R. Wright. 



Kansas City, Jan. 31. — The demand for honey 

 has been very light; receipts fair. We quote as 

 follows: Extra fancy, per case, 24 sections, 

 $3 40; strictly No. 1, $3 30; No. 1 amber, $3 00@ 

 $3..I5. Extracted, white, per pound, 7c; amber, 

 uuih%c. Beeswax, 30c. 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^@6^^c; white clo- 

 ver and basswood, 8@9i^c. Fancy white comb 

 honey, 16@l7c; lower grades hard to sell at any 

 price. Beeswax firm at 29@30c. 



The Fred W. Muth Co. . 



New York, Jan. 23. — Demand for comb honey 

 quiet on all grades, and pric^'s show a down- 

 ward tendency. Supply quite suflicient to meet 

 demand, if not more so. We quote fancy white 

 at 15c; No. 1, at I4c; No. 2, at from 12(fl t3c; dark 

 and buckwheat, at from ll(^U2c. 



Extracted also (luiet with abundant supplies 

 with the exception of white clover. We quote 

 white at 7c; amber at 6!^c. and dark at 6c. Com- 

 mon in barrels from ttU@6Sc per gallon. 



Beeswax firm at from 2''@J0c. 



HiLDRBTH & SbGBLXBN. 



Cincinnati, Jan. 20.— The demand for comb 

 honey h3.s fallen off, which in general happens 

 right after the holidays, although prices rule 

 as before: White clover, 15J^c; extra fancy 

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

 Extracted honey is in fair demand, and sells as 

 follows; Amber, in barrels, SyimS%z\ in cans, 

 6c; alfalfa, l%c\ white clover. 1%(giS%c. Bees- 

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



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

 n%@UHc; light amber, lu@llc; dark, 5@bHc. 

 Extracted, white, 6@6Hc; light amber, S§5%c; 

 amber, 4@4J^c. Beeswax, good to choice, lig"ht, 

 26@27^c; strictly fancy l^ght, 29@30c. 



The country merchant, representative of 

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 of r^02 in the Slate at 15 cars," worth S^i'faoc per 

 pound at primary poidts, subiect to a $1.10 

 freight-rate to the East. 



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