April 30, 1903. 



THE AMERICAN BEE JOURNAL. 



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I only want lo keep one out an hour or so I 

 get a saucer and put some water in it, then 

 put a cup in the water and lay the cage on 

 top. Mr. Ant can walk around and look as 

 much as he wants to. They would make short 

 work of a c|ueen, bees, sugar and all, here If 

 they had a chance. 



On page 'JOl, Arkansas wants to know If the 

 Carniolan bees will keep wax-moths out as 

 well as Italians. I have had only one year's 

 experience with them, but I think he will find 

 them as good, or better, as a good queen will 

 keep a strong colony all the time. 



I have had some bee-paralysis among my 

 bees this spring; I never saw any of it before. 

 I have 4 colonies that have it badly ; thej' are 

 part Carniolan. I do not know whether this 

 race of bees is more subject to it or not. I 

 would be glad if some one can tell me. I am 

 trying the sulphur cure described by Mr. 

 Pierce, in Gleanings. I will report my success 

 later. 



This is a rather poor country for bees at 

 best, but I fear it is going to be worse, as the 

 saw-mills are sawing up all the poplar timber 

 in this part of the State. I believe that bee- 

 keepers have a harder time trying to make an 

 honest living than any other class of people. 

 If there is only ■*!. 00 for the bee-keeper and 

 the other fellow the other one stands up and 

 says: I am going to have 99 cents anyhow, 

 and then we will run a foot-race for the other 

 cent. 



In some places the man who grows pears is 

 after the bee-keeper about blight, when the 

 truth is, I don't believe the bees have any 

 more to do with it than they do with the 

 planet Mars. The man who cultivates grapes 

 says they eat the dollar out of his grapes. 

 The alfalfa man says he will miss a whole cent 

 if he waits a day or two to cut his hay. Xow, 

 here comes the saw-mill man in a hurry to 

 get a cent or two out of poplar trees. The 

 sad part of it is, the bee-keepers here think 

 that they can kill the goose that laid the 

 golden egg and eat her, and then have more 

 eggs laid; but they will find out, some time. 



We had a late fall, and but very few cold 

 days all the winter. The bees began to carry 

 in pollen and rear young brood the first part 

 of February. We have had no really cold 

 weather since the middle of February. March, 

 up to this time CJOth), has been real warm. I 

 have saved all my bees so far except 6 queen- 

 less colonies. 



I have had to feed only a little, but if it 

 turns cold now I will have to feed more. If 

 not, I think I will have swarms by April 10. 

 The most of my colonies are very strong with 

 bees now. The most, if not all of the box- 

 gum bee-keepers, have lost several colonies 

 so far. 



Although I had known Messrs. Dadant. 

 Mason, Martin and Newman a short time even 

 in bee-literature, it made me sad to read about 

 their deaths. We have too few such men in 

 the world now. J. S. Patton. 



Hale Co., Ala., April 2. 



CONVENTION NOTICES. 



Illinois. — The spring meeting of the east- 

 ern part of the Northern Illinois Bee-Keepers' 

 -■issocialion will be held at the residence of 

 •James Taylor, in Harlem, Winnebago Co., 

 III-., on Tuesday, May 19, 1003. All interested 

 in bees are cordially invited to attend. 



B. Kennedy, sVc. 



Catnip See d Free! 



We have some of the seed of that fa- 

 mous honey-producing- plant — Catnip. 

 It should be scattered in all -svaste- 

 places for the bees. Price, postpaid, 

 15 cents per ounce ; or 2 ounces mailed 

 FREE to a reerular subscriber for send- 

 ing us one NEW subscriber to the Bee 

 Journal for one year, with .-rLUO ; or for 

 SI. 20 we will send the Bee Journal one 

 year and 2 ounces of Catnip seed to 

 an 3' one. 



GEORGE W. YORK & CO. 



144 i 146 E. Erie St., 



CHICAGO, ILL. 



QUEENS! F 



HONEY AND BEESWAX 



Golden and Leailier-Colored Italian, warranteJ 

 to ffive sati.sf.i,ii, in— those are the kind reared 

 by QII1R1N-THU-()UEEN-BREEDER. Our bus- 

 iness was established in 1,H.SS. Our Stock origi- 

 nated from the liest and highest-priced hmg- 

 tongued red clover breeders in the U. S. We 

 rear as many, and perhaps more, queens than 

 any other breeder in the North. Price of queens 

 before July 1st; Large select, $1; six for $5; 

 Tested Stock, $1.50; six for I.*;; Selected Tested, 

 $2 each; Breeders, $4. Two-frame Nuclei (no 

 queen) $Z.SO each. 



Special low price on queens in lots of 25toltX». 



All queens are mailed promptlv, as we keep 

 300 to SUO on hand ready to mail. 



We guarantee safe delivery to any State, Con- 

 tinental Island, or European Country. Our Cir- 



Quirin - the-Queen-Breeder 



PARKERTOWN. OHIO. 



(The above ad. will appear twice per month 

 ooly.l 16El3t 



-'•^ase mention Bee Jonrnal when -wntane, 



O-page Catalog Free.Jion '"ega"d: 



40 Muyu \JUbUiuy i i uu. tion regard- 

 ing Bee-Supplies of all kinds. Best in the 

 market. Latest improvements. Danzen- 

 baker hives kept in stock. 

 lOEtf JNO. NEBEL & SON. High Hill, Mo. 

 Please meutiori Bee Jotimai -when writULE 



mmmum CCilOCI s^fofte 

 Mtuunnd rCllulli f**OE. 



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STROMGEST 

 MADE. BuU 



strong, Chicken- 

 Sold to the Farmerat Wholesale 

 i...,.-^. Fnlly Warrantpd. CataloL' Free. 



I OILED BPRISQ FENCE CO. 

 ' Box s9 fVInehealer, Indiana, C. 8. A. 



40Etf Please mention the Bee Journal 



Business Queens, 



Bred from best Italian honev-galhering stock, 

 and reared in FULL COLONIES by best known 

 methods. Guaranteed to be g-ood Queens and 

 free from disease. Untested, 75c each; 6. f4.00. 

 Tested, $1.25 each. Untested ready July 1st. 

 Tested about J ulv 15th. Address, 



CHAS. B. ALLEN. 

 IS.Vtt Central Square, Oswego Co., N. Y. 

 P?.ease meutiou Bee Journal -when -wrltin& 



Queen-Clipping Device Free! 



The MoNETTE Queen-Clipping 

 Device is a fine thing for use in 

 catchiiis; and clipping Queens' 

 win;^>. It is used by manj' bee- 

 keepers. Full printed directions 

 sent with each one. We mail it for 

 25 cents ; or will send it FREE as 

 a preiniutn for sending us One 

 New subscriber to the Bee Jotirnal 

 ear at SI. 00; or for §1.10 we 

 will mail the Bee .Journal one year 

 and the Clippinij Device. Address, 



' QEORQE W. YORK & CO., 

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



Split Hickory Buggies.— The opportunity to 

 buy the celebrated Split Hickory Buggies direct 

 from the factory is open to our readers. The 

 season is here fur using pleasure vehicles, and 

 the longer their purchase is postponed the less 

 opportunity one has for getting the full benefit 

 ot the season's eu iuymeot out of them. 



The Split Hickory line of vehicles is sold 

 only direct to the user at the wholesale price, 

 not being on sale .it any store, nor is it handled 

 by any jobber or dealer. 



The Ohio Carriatre Mfg. C--., Sta. li, of Cincin- 

 nati, Ohio, sole m.-ikers of Split Hickory vehi- 

 cles, is a highly reputable firm with a record of 

 years of honesty and success as makers and 

 sellers ot high-class vehicles at moderate prices. 

 Their offer to sell their jobs on 30 days* free 

 trial is bona fide auJ certainly very liberal. It 

 enables the intendiii^r purchaser to see and try 

 just what he inte-- :s to buy. A postal card or 

 letter addressed o them at Cincinnati will se- 

 cure their valual)ie new catalog, containing all 

 the latest things on four wheels, for people who 

 like stylish, long wearing and well-built bug- 

 gies and vehicles. £>end for it before you 

 lorget it. 



MARKET QUOTATIONS. 



last 



Chicaqo, .\ prills.- Little change fron 

 quotation, sales are few and prices not firm. 

 No. 1 to fancy white, lS@li.c; other grades 

 range from 10@14c. Extracted, white, bimlc; 

 amber, S'/i(.mt,%c. Beeswa.v selling on arrival 

 at 32c. R. A.Burnett di Co. 



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

 (^uiet; receipts and stock light. Comb selling, 

 light, ISc; mi.xed, 14@lSc: dark, 13@l4c. Ex- 

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

 H. R. Wrioht. 



Kansas City, April 20.— The supply of comb 

 honey is about exhausted. The demand good. 

 We quote you as follows: Fancy white comb, 

 24 sections, per case, $3.50; No. 1 white comb, 2+ 

 sections, %2 40; No. 2, white and amber, per 

 case, $3,011(0.3.25. Extracted, white, per pound, 

 b@bHc; amber, 5>^c. Beeswax, 25(a30c. 



C. C. Clemons & Co. 



Cincinnati, March 11— The demand for exl 

 iracted honey is good at the following prices- 

 Amber, barrels, S%(S/f>%c. according to quality; 

 white clover. 8@9c. Fancy comb honey, 15}i@ 

 16Mc. Beeswax strong at 30c. 



The Fred W. Muth Co. 



Nr-w York, April 8.— Comb honey is moving 

 rather slowly of late and prices are somewhat 

 declining. We quote fancy white at from 

 14(a>l5c; No. 1, white, 13c; amber, ll(§il2c. Ex- 

 tracted quiet and easv. with plenty of supply. 

 We quote white at 6>ifeTc; light amber, SWabc; 

 dark at 5c. ' Beeswax steady at 3iiffl 31. 



HlLDRETH i SEOKLKBN. 



Cincinnati, Apr. 18 -The comb honey market 

 is a little better, as the big stock is almost ex- 

 hausted; prices are better— fancy water-white 

 brings 15&li.c. The market for extracted has- 

 not changed whatever, and prices are as fol- 

 lows: Amber in barrels, S%®iiic\ in cans, 

 6@6}4c; while clover, 8@8)^c. Beeswax, 2.8@30c. 

 C. H. W. Webbs. 



San Francisco, Mar. 11.- White comb honey. 

 12!^@13'.sc; amber, 9@llc; dark, T@THc. Ex- 

 tracted, white, 6K@T!4c: light amber, 5'4@6c: 

 amber, S(qiS\c: dark. Um^ic. Beeswax, good to 

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



Demand is 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. 



\A/ A MXP r^ WHITE CLOVER EX- 



WMI^ I CL/ TRACTED HONEY 1 

 Send sample and best price delivered here; also 

 Fancy Comb wanted in nodrip cases. 



THE FRED W. MUTH CO. 



32Atf Front and Walnut, Cincinnati. Ohio. 

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