June 25, 1903. 



THE AMERICAN BEE JOURNAL. 



415 



and the drone, and the drone will not suffo- 

 cate when completely immersed in water for 

 15 minutes, and I have not found out how 

 much longer. The Brst trapful of drones I 

 submerged until all were quiet, then I emptied 

 them out. The next day the drones were as 

 thick as ever. I recaptured them, kept them 

 under water I.t minutes and set them aside to 

 ."dry."' About nine out of ten revived and 

 were as lively as ever. 



Is it not starvation that causes the death of 

 a balled queen? 



" Bunched " Swarms. 



I trci|uently have in my out-yards what, for 

 want of a better name, I call "bunched" 

 swarms. During my absence of a weelt or 

 more, several colonies may swarm on the 

 same day, and go together; and their queens 

 being clipped they can not go with them, and 

 they will return and go into one or two hives, 

 filling the inside and covering the outside, 

 and spreading out on the ground in all direc- 

 tions—two or three bushels of them. There 

 are quite too many bees in such hives or on 

 them to do well; in fact, such will usually do 

 nothing but loaf, and wait for a young queen 

 to hatch. I have found it works well to take 

 a peck or half a bushel of these bees and give 

 them to a set of combs from which the bees 

 have been shaken. With a dust-pan made 

 with high sides and back I scoop up from 

 such " bunched '' swarms what bees I need to 

 give to these beeless combs, and thus form 

 new colonies which seem to do as well as any. 

 Of course, I do not always have these large 

 swarms to go to for bees; but when I do find 

 my bees badly mixed in this way 1 can 

 straighten them out in this manner, and make 

 them all work profitably. — J. E. Ckane, in 

 Gleanings in Bee-Culture. 



Close Saturdays at 1 p.m. — Our custo- 

 mers and friends will kindly remember that 

 beginning with July 1, for three months we 

 will close our office and bee-supply store at 1 

 p.m. on Saturdays. This is our usual custom. 

 Nearly all other firms here begin the Saturday 

 afternoon closing with May 1st, but we keep 

 open two months later on account of the local 

 bee-keepers who find it more convenient to 

 call Saturday afternoons for bee-supplies. 



CONVENTION NOTICE. 



Texas. —The Texas Bee-Keepers' Association 

 meets in atiaual convention at the Agricultural 

 and Mechanical College, at Colleg'' Station, 

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 have, and take home some of the premiums. 

 You are invited. Besure to be there. Julv7tol0. 

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



Hunter, Texas. Louis H. Schoi.l, Sec. 



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All my Queens are reared by the pood old- 

 fashioned system— the way they were reared 

 when all <iueeiis lived three years— the bees 

 stored lots of Imney and gave such yreat satis- 

 faction. Thes;e Queens are larg-e, hardy, and 

 reared from the best honey-gathering strain I 

 ever saw. Queens not coming up to above guar- 

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HONEY AND BEESWAX 



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Chicago, June S.—The market is lifeless, no 

 movement except extracted at low prices. Best 

 grades of white exti acted, S^(a;f. cents; amber, 

 S@5!4c. Comb honey is held at ISc for choice 

 white, and anything not grading up to meet 

 this re-iuirement sold at 2(ffl5c less per pound. 

 Beeswax, 32c. R. A. Burnbtt <z Co. 



Kansas City, June •).— No comb honey in our 

 market. White or light amber would sell 

 quickly at $3.50 for 24-sectiou cases. Demand 

 light for extracted, at from 5]4(^6l4c. Beeswax 

 in demand at 25@30c. C. C. Clemons & Co. 



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

 quiet; receipts and stock light. Comb selling', 

 light, ISc; mixed, 14@15c; dark, 13@i4c. Ex- 

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



H. R. WSIOHT 



Cincinnati, June 1.— Very little change in 

 market from last report. We quote amber ex- 

 tracted grades at 5^@6J4c in barrels; white 

 clover, >i(gi'tc; supply equal to demand. Comb 

 honey, I5©l6c for fancy. Beeswax, 30c. 



The Fred W. Muth Co 



New York, 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('«'13Ci 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@31c. 



HlLDRBTH & SbOBLKBN. 



Cincinnati, June 8.— We have reached the 

 time when there is no settled prices in the 

 honey market. Everybody is waiting to learn 

 how the crop will turn out, therefore we will 

 sell or ask the old price; fancy water-white 

 comb brings lS@l6c. Extracted, amber, in bar- 

 rels, 5?4(S*5J^c; in cans, 6@o>4c; white clover, 

 S@S>^c. Beeswax, 30r. C, H. W. Wbbbr. 



TRACTED HONEY ! 

 Send sample and best price delivered here; also 

 Fancy Comb wanted in no-drip cases. 



THE FRED W. MUTH CO. 

 32Atf Front and Walnut, Cincinnati. Ohio. 

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WANTED— Extracted Honey. 



Mail sample and state lowest price delivered 

 Cincinnati. Will buy FANCY WHITE COMB 

 HONEY, any quantity, but must be put up in 

 no-drip shipping-cases. 



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