June 4, 1903. 



THE AMERICAN BEE JOURNAL. 



367 



clover seed ia the gravel pit. The soil had 

 been removed eight feet deep. It grew and 

 flourished like a green-bay tree, but when the 

 railroad got all the gravel the land reverted 

 to this same old Dutchman, who got me the 

 phacelia seed, he fenced in that '20 acres and 

 took in the town cows to pasture. They made 

 short work of my sweet clover patch, ate it so 

 short that it scarcely bloomed, while over the 

 fence, where the cows couldn't get at it, it 

 grew 4 to 6 feet high. The cows did well on 

 this kind of feed, and it yielded abundant 

 feed, but I fear that it is all " up '' with that 

 part of my range, as they eat it so close, and 

 no seed ripens, that time will call it hence to 

 bloom no more on that spot for ever. But the 

 investment in that peck of seed paid me well, 

 as it furnished seed for several years, and in 

 some way it got scattered by some " fly by 

 night" birds, and now grows in many waste 

 spots and roadsides where ragweed, wild sun- 

 flowers and horseweeds once flourished. 

 There's nothing succeeds like success, and the 

 only way to wear away failure is to keep the 

 water constantly dropping. 



I have 98 colonies in good condition, with 

 queens all clipped last week, and am awaiting 

 the harvest. Last season was the worst I ever 

 saw, wet, cold, and no surplus. I lost 40 col- 

 onies in wintering, some in the cellar, some 

 packed in leaves. Some were queenless, and 

 more short of stores. I was sick in the fall 

 and did not feed enough. 1 never lost many 

 before. C. E. Morris. 



Carroll Co., Iowa, May 16. 



CONVENTION NOTICE. 



Texas.— The Te.ias Bee-Keepers" Association 

 meets in annual convention at the Agricultural 

 and Mechanical College, at Collegf Station, 

 Te-\as, July 7 to M, inclusive, during the Texas 

 Farmers' Congress meetings. Cheap e.xcursion 

 rates. Large crowds. A good time. Learn a 

 heap. Meet your fellow-men, and talk. E.x- 

 hibits of all kinds of stuff. Premiums of all 

 kinds awarded. Come, and bring what you 

 have, and take home some of the premiums. 

 You are invited. Be sure to be there. JulvTtolO. 

 1903, at the A. & M. C. of Texas, College Station. 



Hunter, Texas. Louis H. Scholl, Sec. 



55 Best Queen ot Sixtu-tive 55 



Belle Plaine, Mi.n.n, April, fOS. 

 Mr. Alley:— I have a queen received from 

 you in 1900. Her bees are the best honey-gath- 

 erers of an apiary of 65 colonies in which are 

 queens from different breeders— natural queens 

 —as Dr. Gallup calls them. The Adel queen is 

 the best of the lot. C. J. Oldenbekg. 



A Tested Adel Breeding Queen and my new 

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 rearing queens, sent by mail for $2.00. War- 

 ranted Adel queens, each, $1.00. Safe arrival 

 guaranteed. Send for price list of queens and 

 prospectus of book. 



20Atf HENRY ALLEY, WenHAM. MASS. 

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We have some of the seed of that fa- 

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 It should be scattered in all waste- 

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 SO chaff hives with 7-in. cap, 

 100 honey racks, SCO brood- 

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 This winter we have double 

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HONEY AND BEESWAX 



MAKKET QUOTATID.NS 



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Chicago, Maj 7.— The past winter and pres- 

 ent sprinjr have bean a disappointment to pro- 

 ducers and dealers in honey, in that the con- 

 sumption has been away below the averag^e of 

 the past decade. Choice to fancy comb is held 

 at 15#lbc perpound, with off grades at .Jio^Sc less 

 per pound. Extracted, white, 0(u7c; ambers* 

 *>@6Hc; dark, S>^@6c. Beeswax in ^ood demand 

 at 32c. R. A. BuRNBTT Ol co. 



Kansas City, May 28.— The supply of comb 

 honey is about exhausted. The demand g-ood. 

 We quote vou as follows: Fancy white comb, 

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

 sections, $3 40; No. 2, white and amber, per 

 case, $3.0t'(ai3.25. Extracted, white, per pound, 

 6@6>^c; amber, 5^c. Beeswax, 25(gi30c. 



C. C. Clemons & Co. 



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

 quiet; receipts and stock li^ht. Comb selling*, 

 light, ISc; mixed, 14@15c; dark, 13@14c. Ex- 

 tracted, dark, at 7@7J6c. Beeswax firm, 30@32c. 

 H. R. Wright. 



Cincinnati, Apr. 27.— Little demand for comb 

 honey at present; fancy white sells at 15fal6ciii 

 a small way. We quote amber extracted at 

 5>^@6>^c; white clover, 8@9c. Sales not as lively 

 as expected this season of year. Cuban ex- 

 tracted is offered on all sides, and future prices 

 are awaited with intense interest. Beeswax 

 strong at 3(ic. Thb Fred W. MnxH Co. 



New Yoke, May 21.— Comb honey trade ex- 

 ceptionally quiet, very little doing. Fancy 

 stock not plentiful and is sold at 14c. A large 

 supply of other grades on hand, which we are 

 quoting at from ll(g»l3c, according to quality, 

 and in large lots make concessions from these 

 prices. Extracted, unusually quiet, and prices 

 show a downward tendency all along the line. 

 Beeswax, firm at from 30@3lc. 



HiLDRBTH & SBOBX.KBN. 



Cincinnati, May 19.— The demand for comb 

 honey is nearly over, but as the stock is almost 

 exhausted, prices keep up. The demand for ex- 

 tracted has not changed whatever, and prices 

 are as follows: Amber in barrels, 5^@55^c; 

 in cans, 6@6Jic; white clover, S^85^c. Bees- 

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



San Francisco, Apr. 29.— White comb honey, 

 12@12!^c; amber, 9C*wl0c; dark, 7@7Hc. Ex- 

 tracted, white, 65^@7c: light amber. 5M@6c; 

 amber, 5@S^iic; dark. 4@4%c. Beeswax, good to 

 choice, light 27®29c; dark, 2S@26c. 



Last year's product has been tolerably well 

 cleaned up, particularly the desirable stock. 

 Present offerings are largely odds and ends, in- 

 cluding little of fine quality. Values for the 

 time being are little more than nominal. A 

 lower range of prices is looked for on coming 

 crop. 



%A/ A Kl T Cr^ WHITE CLOVER EX- 



YVMIN I tW TRACTED HONEY! 



Send sample and best price delivered here; also 

 Fancy Comb wanted in no-drip cases. 



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