Feb. 19, 1903. 



THE AMERICAN BEE JOURNAL. 



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is easily made. Take an old broom-han- 

 dle and cut off the length you desire 

 (about 1 6 or iS inches), split one end 

 with a rip saw .ibout g inches, and take 

 new rope strips about 6 inclies long, un- 

 wind it and fill in the saw-kerf tight and 

 clamp with a couple of screws. When 

 the brush becomes sticky with honey wash 

 it out, and you are ready for business. 

 Pierce Co., Wis. A. D. Shepard. 



Fillmore Co., Minn., Opganized, 



The bee keepers of Fillmore Co., Minn., 

 including some from other comities, met 

 at Preston on Jan. i6 and i6, and or- 

 ganized "The Fillmore County Bee-Keep- 

 ers' Association," with 24 members. An 

 interesting program was carried out, and 

 a communication was read from Mr. N. 

 E. pranCe, of Wisconsin, 



Much interest was manifested, and an- 

 other meeting was called, to be held not 

 later than May i. 



More names have been added since the 

 meeting, and it is expected the mem- 

 bership will be doubled before the spring 

 meeting. An effort will be made to main- 

 tain just and equal prices of honey the 

 next season. 



Officers elected for the coming year are 

 as follows : President, M. V. Facey ; vice- 

 president, Edwin Crowell ; secretary, P. 

 B. Ramer, of Canton ; treasurer, R. A, 

 Hunt. P. B. R.\MER, Sec. 



Fillmore Co., Minn., Jan. 19. 



CONVENTION NOTICES. 



New York.— The annual meeting of the Os- 

 wego County 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. 



Mortimer Stevens, Pres. 



Chas. B. Allen, Sec. 



New York. — A series of Bee Keepers' Insli. 

 tutes will be held in the State of New York as 

 follows: Canandaigua, March Z and 3 ; Romu- 

 lus, March 4; Auburn, March 5; Cortland. 

 March 6; Fulton, March 7; Syracuse, March ') 

 and 10; and Amsterdam March 11. 



Prof. Frank Benton, Apicultural Investiga- 

 tor, furnished by the United States Department 

 of Agriculture at the expense ot the Bureau of 

 Institutes of the State Department of Agricul- 

 ture, will address the meetings. 



The New York State Association of Bee- 

 Keepers' Societies will hold its annual meeting 

 at Syracuse. March 10, at 10 o'clock a.m., in the 

 City Hall. Prof. Benton and other prominent 

 bee-men have informed us of their intention to 

 attend this meeting, and a profitable and inter- 

 esting session is in store for those who attend. 

 Special rales have been secured for entertain- 

 ment at the Manhattan Hotel. Fayette St., at 

 $1.25 per day. C. B. IIow.^rd, Sec. 



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we are receiving of late in regard to ttie best 

 and most economical means evidences the fact 

 that the C|uestion of Fencing is one ot the 

 most important matters in the minds of the 

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 that olTers a greater field of economy, than 

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2 MARKBT QUOTATIONS 



Chicago, Feb. 7.— The market is in rather an 

 unsettled state. The offerings of late have been 

 numerous, and there is a tendency towards 

 lower prices, owing to the supply being much 

 larger than expected at this season of the year. 

 The fancy grades of white will sell at lSfG)16c 

 per pound, but anything below this grade is dif- 

 ficult to place at anything above 10fa>12c. Ex- 

 tracted honey is also easy, with the best grades 

 of while obtainable at "(-'Sc, and ambers at 

 6(«'7c. Beeswax steady at 3Uc upon arrival. 



R. A. Bdrnbtt a Co. 



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

 receipts light. We quote white comb, IS cents; 

 mixed, 14c; buckwheat, 13@14c. Extracted, 

 white, 7(g7>^c; dark and buckwheat, 7(3i7S<c. 

 More demand for buckwheat than any other 

 ' H. R. Wrioht. 



here. 



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

 has been very light; receipts fair. We quote as 

 follows: Extra fancy, per case, 24 sections, 

 13.40; strictly No. 1, $3 30; No. 1 amber, $3 00® 

 $3.25. Extracted, white, per pound, 7c; amber, 

 (iiab%c. Beeswax, 30c. C. C. Clemons & Co. 



Cincinnati, Feb 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 S%&b\^c; white clo- 

 ver and basswood, 8@9isc. Fancy white comb 

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

 price. Beeswax firm at 3r)c. 



The Fred W. Muth Co. 



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

 quiet on all grades, and prici-s show a down- 

 ward tendency. Supply quite sufficient to meet 

 demand, if not more so. We quote fancy white 

 at ISc; No. 1, at 14c; No. 2, at from 12® 13c; dark 

 and buckwheat, at from llwUc. 



Extracted also quiet with abundant supplies 

 with the exception of white clover. We quote 

 white at 7c; amber at t,i^c, and dark at 6c. Com- 

 mon in barrels from (.0@65c per gallon. 



Beeswax firm at from 2'J@30c. 



Hildrbth & Sboblkbr, 



Cincinnati, Feb. 7.— The comb honey market 

 continues to be draggy and hardly any demand 

 and therefore prices have weakened. Fancy 

 white clover comb sells for 15@15J4c; for am- 

 ber there is no demand. The market for ex- 

 tracted is fair and prices rule as follows: Am- 

 ber, S'4@S!^c, by the barrel; in cans it brings a 

 little more; alfalfa, 7'^c; white clover, SfftixJ^c. 

 Beeswax, 2S'a30c. C. H. W. Wbbbr. 



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

 lVA@UHc; light amber, 10®llc; dark, S@6!^c. 

 Extracted, white, 6@6Kc; light amber, S'§S%c; 

 amber, 4@4Mc. Beeswax, good to choice, light, 

 26@27}^c; strictly fancy light, 29@30c. 



The country merchant, representative of 

 trade interests, estimates "entire stock of honey 

 of l'>02 in the Slate at IS cars," worth S'4@t)C per 

 pound at primary points, subject to a $1.10 

 freight-rate to the East. 



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