July 2, 1903. 



THE AMERICAN BEE JOURNAL. 



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pected to report on all afjricultural crops at 

 the same time. This would be very little ad- 

 ditional expense to the department of Agri- 

 culture, compared to what it would cost the 

 National Bee-Keepers' Association to gather 

 it and print it for distribution, as the cost of 

 postage alone would be a large item to the 

 latter. 



Pear-Blight, Ants, and Bees. 



Editor Root makes a case against the ants 

 as the carriers of pear-blight, exonerating the 

 bees. He says: 



The statement is made in American Garden- 

 ing, referring to pear-blight, that the blighted 

 twigs exude a mill<-white liquid; that this 

 fluid the bees are likely to get and spread to 

 the flowers of healthy twigs which they may 

 visit. The bees would have no occasion for 

 sucking up the virus, and there is no use in 

 laying the blame on them, where common 

 ants (very numerous in California where the 

 blight is the worst) crawl all through it and 

 thence all over the trees. While the bees 

 may spread the virus from a diseased to a 

 healthy blossom, it is extremely improbable 

 that they should seek out the poisonous sap 

 from a diseased twig. 



While I was in California looking through 

 those great pear-orchards, so fearfully blighted, 

 I saw ants in great numbers crawling all over 

 the diseased and healthy twigs, and some of 

 the twigs were covered with that deadly 

 milky fluid. I believe the time will come 

 when it will be proven that the bees are not 

 the chief means of spreading the blight; that 

 those ever-present ants, that are continually 

 crawling over the trees from top to bottom, 

 will be declared to be the real culprits. — 

 Gleanings in Bee-CuItiU'e. 



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. 



Italian Queens, by Mail. 

 Golden and Honey Queens. 



July and August. 1 6 12 



Honey Queeus (ante8ted)..$ .75 $4.00 $7.00 

 (Tested).... 1.25 6.00 11.00 

 Golden " ( Untested). . .75 4.00 7.(M) 



*' " (Tested).... 1.25 6.00 1100 



2-frame Nucleus (no queen) 2.00 11.00 21.00 

 Breeders^ $3.ik) each, after June 1. 

 Add price of any Queen wanted with Nucleus. 

 Our bees are shipped in lig'ht shLpping-cases. 

 Purchaser pays express on Nuclei. 

 Safe arrival guaranteed of all stock sent out. 

 Batavia, III., Aug. 21, 1901. 

 Dear Sir: — I thought I would let you know as 

 to results of the nucleus sent me. They were 

 placed in liVframe hives and now they are in 

 fine condition. From one I removed 24 pounds 

 of honey and bad to give 6 of them more room, 

 as they were hanging out. They have more 

 than reached my expectations. 



Yours respectfully, E. K. Meredith. 

 Davenport, Iowa, Dec. 31, 1901. 

 Your queens are fully up to standard. The 

 honey queen that you sent my brother takes the 

 lead. She had a rousing colony when put up 

 for winter. The goldens can be handled with- 

 out smoke or veil. Very truly yours, 



John Thoeming. 

 Notice. — No tested stock sent out before 

 j May IS. Send money by P. O. Money Order or 

 Express Order. D. J. BLOCHER. 

 l7Atf PEARL CITY, ILL. 



Texas.— The Texas Bee-Keepers' Association 

 meets in annual convention at the Agricultural 

 and Mechanical College, at Collegt' Station, 

 Texas, July 7 to 10, inclusive, during the Texas 

 Farmers' Congress meetings. Cheap excursion 

 rates. Large crowds. A good time. Learn a 

 heap. Meet your fellow-men, and talk. Ex- 

 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. 



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ith the first S5 you 



b jfood paying: busi- 



for fuU line of samples 



ne»s. Send 10 



and directions how to bepin. 



DRAPER PUBLISHINQ CO., Cbicaso, His. 



Hives, Sections, Foundation, 



etc. We can save you money. Send list of goods 

 wanted and let us quote you prices. ROOT'S 

 GOODS ONLY. Send for Catalog. 



M. H. HUNT & SON. Bell Branch. Mich. 



Wanted, to Buy 



BLACK NATIVE BEES, about SO colonies. 

 Address. BOX 21. VINELA.ND, MICH. 



"What Happened to Ted" 



BV ISABBLLB HORTON. 



This is a true story of the poor and unfor- 

 tunate in city life. Miss Horton, the author, 

 is a deaconess whose experiences among the 

 city poverty striclfen are both interesting and 

 sad. This particular short story — 60 pages, 

 5x6% inches, bound in paper cover — gives 

 somewhat of an iusight into a little of the 

 hard lot of the poor. Price, postpaid, only 10 

 cents (stamps or silver.) Address, 



ISABELLE HORTON. 

 227 E.^ST Ohio Street, Chicago, III. 

 Please mentioo. Bee Journal -when "WTitin^ 



Tbe Emerson Binder 



This Emerson 8ti£f-board Binder with cloth 

 back for the American Bee Jonrnal we mall for 

 but 60 cents; or we will send It with the Bee 

 Jonrnal tor one year— both for only $1.40. It is 

 a fine thing to preserve the copies of the Jour- 

 nal as fast as they are received. If you have 

 this " Emerson " no further binding is neces- 

 sary. 



QEORQB W. YORK & CO., 

 144 & 146 Erie Street, CHICAGO ILL. 



VENTILATED 

 BUSHEL 



These crates are the most 

 that can be used on the far 

 and other fruits and votr'tu 

 stored and taken to mari<:et 

 handling. They allow air 

 through them. Our crati- 

 ready to nail together. M; 

 and with decent care will 1; 

 be "nested" together to sto 

 trated booklet No. 11 tellin; 





CRATES 



onvenient things 



Apples, potatoes 



I'S can be gathered, 



in them without re- 



to circulate freely 



cost 8 cents each 



(io of best material 



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away. Our illus- 



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HONEY AND BEESWAX 



MARKET QIOTATIONS 





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

 movement except extracted at low prices. Best 

 grades of white extracted, SS4(Si'j cents; amber, 

 5@5^c. Comb honey is held at ISc for choice 

 white, and anything not grading up to meet 

 this requirement sold at 2(3)Sc less per pound. 

 Beeswax, 32c. R. A. BnRNKTT s Co. 



Kansas City, June 9.— 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 5H@6}^c. Beeswax 

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



Albany, N. Y., June 20.-;Honey market quiet 

 here; prices nominal and light receipts. We 

 quote light comb, l£®16c; mixed, 14@l5c, Ex- 

 tracted, white, 6>4@7Hc; amber, t)@6^c; dark 

 5>s(a tic. Beeswax, 3l@32c. H. R. Wright. 



Cincinnati, June 1.— Very little change in 

 market from last report. We quote amber ex- 

 tracted grades at 5H@6Mc in barrels; white 

 clover, 8@0c; supply equal to demand. Comb 

 honey, 15©16c for fancv. 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(a'13c, 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. 



HiLDRBTH II SBQBLKBn. 



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@16c. Extracted, amber, in bar- 

 rels, 5'4@5}^c; in cans, 6@6)ic; white clover, 

 8@8)^c. Beeswax, 30r. C. H. W. Weber. 



_ 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. 

 Please mention Bee Journal •when -writins. 



WANTED I 



California Comb Honey in car-iots. it 



will pay jou to correspond with us. 



THOS. C. STANLEY & SON, 



24Atf Maxzanola, Colo., or Fairfield, III. 



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. 



C. H. W. WEBER. 



2146-48 Central Ave.. Cincinnati, Ohio. 

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