April 2, 1903. 



THE AMERICAN BEE JOURNAL. 



223 



or three weeks during this flow the bees did 

 fairly well. 



I put out 6 colonies, sprin;; count; 3 of 

 them dwindled out, which left me 4. I bought 

 H prime swarms, and caught 2 wild ones, and 

 increased to \h colonies, but did not gel much 

 honey. I had to feed syrup to I! late swarms, 

 and I am at present feeding 5 colonies sugar 

 candy; I may have to feed more after putting 

 tbem out on the summer stands. 

 . I am in a good location, on the DesMoines 

 river, with a good range for bees, season con- 

 sidered. Last Reason was a bad one for rob- 

 ber-bees getting in their work; I had to keep 

 the hive-entrances closed pretty nearly all sea- 

 son. I had one weak colony that was attacked 

 by robbers, and they locked horns with the 

 robbers, and went out, bag and baggage. 



I winter my bees in a storm cave with sand 

 floor; it is as dry as can be; the door faces 

 the south, and in flne weather, when the sun 

 is shining, I open the door and the bees come 

 out and have a flight. I am letting them have 

 their second flight to-day, there being no snow 

 on the ground, and they are well sheltered 

 from wind. 



I bought y colonies 3 years ago; they were 

 in old racked up boxes; the wax-worms got 

 away with one of them. 



I could not get along without the American 

 Bee Journal ; it is a weekly visitor to me. 



Say, couldn't some of those smart Alecs 

 breed up a strain of bees without a sting, as 

 well as a strain of bees with a longer tongue ! 



It is a fine day, and the bees are out having 

 a playing spell. W. Irvine. 



Webster Co., Iowa, March 7. 



CONVENTION NOTICE. 



Utah.— The spring- meeting; of the Utah State 

 Bee-Keepers' Association will be held in the 

 City and County Building, Salt Lake City, 

 April 5, at 10 o'clock a.m. All bee keepers of 

 Utah and adjoining States are cordially invited 

 to be present. J. N. Elliott, Sec. 



E. S. LovESY, Pres. 



nissouri.— Bee-keepers of Missouri will meet 

 in convention at Moberly, in the Commercial 

 Club Rooms, at 2 o'clock p.m., on Aoril 33, 

 190.?, to organiEe a Missouri State Bee-Keepers' 

 Association. We e.xpect to complete our organ- 

 ization on that day and have some bee-talks the 

 day following. Everybody is invited who is in- 

 terested in be2s and honey. Let us have a 

 good turn-out and a good time. Good hotel ac- 

 commodations can be had at f 1.00 and 12 00 a 

 day. The Monitor Printing Company will tell 

 you where the Commercial Club rooms are 

 located. W. T. Caky, Acting Secretary. 



■iVakeoda, Mo. 



A Celluloid Queen-Button is a very 

 pretty thing for a bee-keeper or honey-seller 

 to wear on his coat-lapel. It often serves to 

 introduce the subject of honey, and fre- 

 quently leads to a sale. 

 Note.— One reader writes: "I have every 

 on to believe that it would be a very good 

 idea for every bee keeper to 

 wear one [of the buttonsj as it 

 will cause p"ople to ask ques- 

 tions about the busy bee, and 

 many a conversation thus 

 started would wind up with 

 the sale of more or less honey ; 

 at any rate it would give the 

 bee-keeper a fuperior oppor- 

 tunity to enlighten many a 

 person in regard to honey and bees. 



The picture shown herewith is a reproduc- 

 tion of a motto queen-button that we are fur- 

 nishing to bee-keepers. It has a pin on the 

 underside to fasten it. 



Price, by mail, 6 cents; two for 10 cenis; 

 or 6 for 25 cents. Send all orders to the office 

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The glass 

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^ MARKET QUOTATIONS. 



A Perfect Ear.- The Seed-Coru question is a 

 snbject of much interest to ihe farmers just 

 now, and there is perhaps more space devoted 

 to it in ag-ricultural papers than any other sub- 

 ject. The corn-iudgin^ schools which have 

 been held in Iowa and Illinois for 2 or 3 years 

 past have been well attended, and farmers who 

 have always thought that they knew what a 

 good ear of corn was, are fiudiog- that there are 

 more points to be considered than thev had 

 heretofore imagined could exist. The Golden 

 West Corn is a new variety introduced this year 

 by the Iowa Seed Co., of Des Moines, Iowa. 

 This corn is perhaps the greatest step in ad- 

 vance over old varieties which his been made 

 for a number of years, but it still must be recog- 

 nized that as vet perfect corn does not e.xist. 

 The best iudges of seed-corn do not claim ever 

 to have seen an ear which would score 100 per- 

 cent when carefully judged. There are many 

 points to be taUen into consideration; the length 

 and circurafereuce of the ear, and depth, color 

 and -shape of grain; solidity, size and color of 

 cob, filling out at tips add butts, proportion of 

 corn to cob, etc., and it is difficult to get all the 

 good characterisiics combined id any one ear. 



The above named Seed Company have this 

 year published a Corn Manual which is one of 

 the most valuable little books that we have 

 seen. It gives a great amount of practical in- 

 formation which has never before been pub- 

 lished, and alsj full instructions for judging 

 seed-corn. Kverv one who expects to grow even 

 a single acre of corn should have a copy of this 

 book to help select their seed-corn in a more in- 

 telligent way, and the Iowa Seed Co. offer to 

 send a copy to any reader of this paper for 10 

 cents in stamps, or they will send it free to any 

 one purchasing seed-corn from them this year. 

 Please mention the American Bee Journal when 



Chicago, March 24.— The trade is of small 

 volume with little change in prices of any of 

 the grades. Choice white comb sells at 15toi6c 

 with amber and other off grades slow at 2Vg)5c 

 less. Extracted, 7@8c for white, according to 

 kind and flavor; dark grades, 5J4®6>^c. Bees- 

 wax, 30c. R. A. Burnett & Co. 



Albany, N. Y., Mar. 14. — Honey demand 

 quiet; receipts and stock light. Comb selling, 

 light, ISc; mixed, 14@i5c; dark, 13fg*14c. Ex- 

 tracted, dark, at 7@7Hc. Beeswax firm, 30@32c. 

 H. R. Wright. 



KansasCity, Mar. 14,— The demand for both 

 comb and extracted honey is better, receipts 

 light. We quote as follows: Extra fancy white 

 comb, per case, $3.40; strictlv No. I, $3.30; No. 1 

 amber, $3@$3,25; No. 2, white and amber, $2.50. 

 Extracted, white, per pound, 7c; amber, 6@6J^c. 

 Beeswax, 30c, C. C, Clemons & Co. 



Cincinnati, March 11— The demand for ex- 

 tracted honey is good at the following prices: 

 Amber, barrels, 5J^@65^c, according to quality; 

 white clover, 8@9c. Fancy comb honey, 15>4@ 

 1654c. Beeswax strong at 30c. 



The Fred W. Muth Co. 



New York, March 5.— There Is a fair demand 

 for white comb at 15c per pound for fancy, 13® 

 14c for No. 1, and 12c for amber, with sufficient 

 supply to meet the demand. Dark honey will 

 be cleaned up with very little left; it is selling 

 at about lie per pound. Extracted rather weak 

 and in quantity lots, prices generally shaded. 

 We quote: White, 7(si7J4 cents; amber, t)54@7c; 

 dark, 6c. Beeswax scarce at 30@31c for good 

 average. Hildrbth & Sboblkbr. 



Cincinnati, Mar. 7.— The comb honey market 

 has weakened a little more; is freely offered at 

 following prices: Fancy white, 14(SiiSc; no de- 

 mand for ambers whatever. The market for 

 extracted has not been changed and prices are 

 as follows: Amber in barrels, SKt^''5ffic; in cans 

 6@6Kc; while clover, 8@8>^c. Beeswax, 28@30c. 

 C. H. W. Webek. 



San Francisco, Mar. ll.— White comb honey, 

 1254@13^c; amber, 9mic; dark, 7@7>6c. Ex- 

 tracted, white, 6K@7J^c: light amber, 5j4@6c; 

 amber, 5@5'4c: dark. 4(gi4%c. Beeswax, good to 

 choice, lighi 27@29c; dark, 25@26c. 



Demand 'S fair on local account for water- 

 white, uncandied, but there is not much of this 

 sort obtainable. Market for same is firm at 

 ruling rates. Candied stock and common qual- 

 ities are going at somewhat irregular and rather 

 easy figures, holders as a rule being desirous of 

 effecting an early clean-up. 



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