Aug. 20, 1903. 



THE AMERICAN BEE JOURNAL. 



543 



no clipped queens. My average }• if Id is from 

 50 to 60 pounds per colony, sprints count, and 

 I never rob my bees. I have luid 10 new 

 swarms so tar this spring, and they were all 

 very large; and I wish to state that every 

 swarm could be hived sitting in a chair, and 

 with perfect ease. Now, don't think I am 

 jesting, for I am in earnest, as many of my 

 bee-friends around here can testify. I will 

 further say that during all these years only 

 one swarm clustered over 4 feet high. 



We have between 1.50 and 200 colonies of 

 bees in this vicinity, and many have foul 

 brood. I have it on all sides of me, from 

 within a mile to 40 rods, and have never had 

 a cell in any of my colonies, and you may 

 guess" how thankful I am. Our bee-keepers, 

 whose bees have it, are getting rid of it as fast 

 as they can, and when they all get it disposed 

 of they will not invest in it again in this 

 vicinity. 



Right here, while on this very important 

 subject to bee-men all over the United States, 

 I wish to answer a question asked in the Chi- 

 cago convention by Mr. Craven (see page 460). 

 Question : Does it pay to feed sugar (or the 

 manufacture of honey with a view to profit' 

 My answer is emphatically _Vu. And I say 

 also, and wish that I could be in the conven- 

 tion at I.os Angeles, so that all bee-men could 

 hear me, Xever feed sugar to bees unless you 

 want to out off the head of the hen that lays 

 the golden egg. 



And now I want to be put on record as 

 saying that there would never have been such 

 a scourge as foul brood if all bee-keepers 

 would deal honestly with their bees. Oh, that 

 almighty dollar ! Poor bees, those abundant 

 winter stores taken away and adulterated 

 sugar substituted, and still a little later, on 

 close examination, oh, horrors, foul brood! 



And now, my brother bee-keepers, I have 

 not been joking. I know what I am saying, 

 and later you will all know that I know, so 

 get rid of foul brood, all you who have colo- 

 nies so affiicted. If you feed, use nothing but 

 pure honey, then foul brood will be no more. 

 J. M. HOBBS. 



Yankton Co., S. Dak., July 27. 



Close Saturdays a 1 p.ni, — 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 Ifteal 

 bee-keepers who find it more convenient to 

 call Saturday afternoons for bee-supplies. 



Tennessee dueens. 



Daughters of Select Imported 

 Italian^ Select long--toiigued, 

 (Moore's), and Select, Straight 

 5-band Queens. Bred 3Ji miles 

 apart, and mated to select 

 drones. No bees owned with- 

 in 2?-a miles; none impure 

 within 3, and but few within 

 Smiles. No disease. 30 years' 

 experience. WARRANTED 

 QUEENS, 6 cents each ; 

 TESTED, $1.25 each. Dis- 

 count oo large orders. 

 Contracts with dealers a spe- 

 cialty. Discount after July 1st 

 Send for clrcnlar. 



JOHN M. DAVIS, 



9A26t SPRING HILL, TENN. 



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Lono Tongyes Valuable 



South as well as North. 



How Moore's strain of Italians roll In the 

 honey down In Texas. 



Hx'TTO, Tex., Nov. 19, 1902. 



J. P. MooRi:.— Dear Sir:—! wish to write you 

 in regard to queens purchased of you. I could 

 have written sooner, but I wanted to test them 

 thoroughly and see if they had those remarka- 

 ble qualities of a three-banded Italian bee. I 

 must confess to you I am more surprised every 

 day as I watch them. They simply " roll the 

 honey in." It seems that they get honey where 

 others are idle or trying to rob; and for gentle- 

 ness of handling, I have never seen the like. 

 Friend E. R. Root was right when he said your 

 bees have the longest tongues; for they get 

 honey where others fail. I will express my 

 thanks for such queens. I am more than 

 pleased. I will stock my out-apiaries next 

 spring with your queens. 



Yours truly, Henry Schmidt. 



The above is pretty strong evidence that red 

 clover is not the only plant which requires 

 long-tongue bees to secure the greatest quantity 

 of nectar. 



Daughters of my 23-100 breeder, the prize- 

 winner, and other choice breeders: Untested, 

 75 cents each; six, $4 00; dozen, $7.50. Select 

 untested, $1.00 each; six, $5.00; dozen, $9.00. 

 Safe arrival and satisfaction guaranteed. Cir- 

 cular free. I am filling all orders by return 

 mail, and shall probably be able to do so till 

 the close of the season. 



J. P. Moore, L. Box 1, Morgan, Ku. 



31Atf Pendleton Co. 



l^lease mentiou Bee Jouxnai -wb,en ■writing' 



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TO START YOU IN BUSINESS 



Send 10 cents for ful! line of Bamples 

 and directions how to begin. 



DRAPER PUBLISHINQ CO., Cb\ct%o, Ills. 



Dc^aHv 'o fill orders for ITALIAN QUEENS 

 IVCrtU^ from stock that for hardiness and 

 grood working-qualities is second to none. M.O. 

 Office, Cleveland, Tena. 

 !»■. ; CHESLEY PRESSWOOD, 

 31A4t McDonald, Bradley Co., Tbkn. 



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B 



INGHAM'S PATENT 



T. P. BINQHAM, Parweli. Mich. 



Business Queens, 



Bred from best Italian honey-gathering stock, 

 and reared in FULL COLONIES by best known 

 methods. Guaranteed to be good Queens and 

 free from disease. Untested, 75c each; 6. $4.00, 

 Tested, $1.25 each. CHAS. B. ALLEN, 



Central Square, Oswego Co., N. Y. 

 JIS" This ad will not appear again this season. 

 ISAtf Please mention the Bee Journal. 



Warned lo Sell 



10 COLONIES 

 OF BEES in 



dovetailed eight 

 frame hives. Good condition. Address at once, 

 L. E. COX. 

 33A2t R. F. D. 27, Mortonvllle, Ind. 



Plepise mention Bee Journal wnen ■writing 



OAIRYMEN ARE DELIGHTED 



e«t those wbo work for as. Cow keep^r^ &!»&>'■ 

 money. W« Rtart yoa Id bualceBB. Yoa maka 

 f Urg« pri>tit«. Easy work. We fomiBbcapllal. Seud 

 ' 10cent« for foil Ibeof aUDpIeBBnd putlcnlare. 



DRAPER PUBUSHINQ CO.. Chlcaso. Ills. 



Please mention Bee Jotimal -when "WTitiiie 



BEE^^SUPPLIES! 



ETerythlng used by bee-keepers. 



POUDER'S HONEY-JARS. Prompt 



service. Low Freight Rates. 



NEW CATALOG FREE. 



WALTER S.POUDER. 



SIZ M/kSS. *VC> IIIDI«H»M1.IS.IHD. 





HONEY AND BEESWAX 



M.\KKKT QUOTATIONS 





Chicago, Aug ".— Coasigaments of the new 

 crop are coming to commission houses that 

 have not had honey for years past, and as there 

 is not any consumptive demand they are find- 

 ing difticuUy in disposing of it. Under such 

 conditions it is hardly possible to give accurate 

 prices, as some merchants ask 10 cents for 

 honey that others hold at 15 cents. The prices 

 given in our last quotations are asked, but feel- 

 ing is unsettled. Beeswax steady at 30c. 



KansasCity, July 28— Some new comb honey 

 in market, but on account of hot weather the 

 demand is not heavy, but will be getting better 

 every day. Fancy white comb, 24 sections, per 

 case, $3.50; No. I, white and amber, 24 sections, 

 per case, $3 25; No. 2, white and amber, 24 sec- 

 tions, per case, $3.00. Extracted, white, per 

 pound, 6<«*6^c; amber, S%c. Beeswax, good de- 

 mand, 25fai30c. C. C.Clemons & Co. 



Albany, N. Y., July IS —We are receiving 

 some shipments of new comb honey, mostly 

 from the South; the demand light as yet; we 

 are holding at 15@16c. Extracted slow at 6@7c. 

 The crop of honey in this vicinity is very light, 

 and we shall have to depend upon other sec- 

 tions more than ever for our supply of honey. 

 Beeswax, 30(s32c. H. R. Wright. 



Cincinnati, Aug. 6 —The supply about equals 

 the demand for extracted boney. We are sell- 

 ing amber extracted in barrels from 5><i^6!^c, 

 according to quality. White clover, barrels 

 and cans, T^S^c, respectively. Comb honey, 

 fancy, in no drip shipping cases, It.'aJlGJ^ cents. 

 Beeswax, 30c. The Fred W. Muth Co. 



New York, July 8.— Some new crop comb 

 honey now arriving from Florida and the South, 

 and fancy stock is in fair demand at 14c per 

 pound, and IZ'S^lSc for No. 1, with no demand 

 whatever for dark grades. 



The market on extracted honey is in a very 

 unsettled condition, with prices ranging from 

 5@5^c for light amber, S)^@6!^c for white, and 

 the Common Southern at ftom 50@55c per gal- 

 lon. Beeswax steady at from 30@3lc. 



HiLDRETH & SeGELKEN. 



Cincinnati, Aug. 8. — New honey is now of- 

 fered very freely, particularly extracted. The 

 demand for honey is about as usual at this 

 time of ihe season. I made sales at the follow- 

 ing figures: Amber, 5@5Jic; water-white al- 

 falfa, b%c\ fancy white clover honey. 7@1%c. 

 Comb honey, fancy water-white, brings from 

 14@15c. Beeswax, 27@3Uc. C. H. W. Weber. 



San Francisco, July 22.— White comb honey, 

 llM@13Hc; amber, 8@10c. Extracted, white, 

 S'/4'®5 c; light amber, 43^ (^5c; amber, 4li@-l%c; 

 dark. ^H@4}ic. Beeswax, good to choice, light, 

 27>i@20c: dark, 2S@26c. 



This season's crop is not only unusually late, 

 but is proving much lighter than was generally 

 expected. While the market is unfavorableJo 

 buyers, the demand at extreme current rates is 

 not brisk and is mainly on local account. 



WANTED! Extracted 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. 



WANTED— Comb Honey in (juantity lots. 

 We are perhaps the only dealers in this article 

 owning as much as 150,000 pounds at one time. 

 Please state quantity, quality and price asked 

 for your offerings, Thos. C. Stanley & Son, 

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

 Please mention Bee Journal -when ■writinp 



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-»S Central Ave., Cincinnati, Ohio. 

 24Atf Please mention the Bee Journal. 



WANTED! 



TO BUY— White Clover Comb and Extracted 

 HONEY— also Beeswa.x. Spot cash. Address 

 at once, C. M. SCOTT & CO. 



33Atf 1004 E. Wash. St., Indianai'Olis, Ind. 

 Ple£ise mention Bee Journal ■when writing 



