Oct. 22, 1903. 



THE AMERICAN BEE JOURNAL. 



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What Yon Yonson Thinks 



Ay lak to tell Mister Battler dat if any body 

 shud happea to ask you, dal it don't vas vork 

 to cross dom golden Iialyans ma da lantern- 

 bugs caus der (luvens he vos fraul iu da dark, 

 an dom bugs don't vos can be found in da 

 daytime. But if he vil yust feed da lite col- 

 lored bees ma 'lectric bitters, mebby dom git 

 'Icctric lights. But don't be surprised if you 

 vake up some morning and tind yours bees 

 hav all svarmed and took der hives all vid 

 dom. Den vat J My goodeness, you don't 

 vas hav half da trubble to furnish yours 

 nabors vid supplies lak Yon Yonson had. 



Von flay ven ay vos so bissy to pick straw- 

 berries aud svarm da bees, and put up boxes 

 and foundation for da bees dat ay don't 

 hardly hav time to rides, eat or sleep. It vas 

 feller 7 miles avay vat called me up on da 

 fone, an he say he yust cot a awful big svarm 

 of bees, an he vont ay shal com and hive dom 

 for him, and be sure an bring von of dom 

 patent hives. 



" Ver you got dom?" ay say. " O dom is 

 in da top of a big hedge fence," he say. 

 " Dom is da big Italyan bees, an dom is awful 

 tame," he say. 



'• Vot collor is dom?" ay say. " O dom is 

 great, big, black fellers," he say. " Vel," ay 

 say, '• ay don't got time to hive my own bees 

 hardly, and ay don't got any extra hives to 

 spare, an ay don't vos peddling bee hives now. 

 So its better you send to Chicago for hives, 

 lak Y^on Yonsun du, or put dom in a box." 



An now he say dat his old friend Yon Y'on- 

 son vent back on him. Yell, ay lak friends, 

 but ay don't lak dom quviteso friendly. 



Now, he vont ay shal transfer dom, but if 

 he tank it is a picknick to transfer dom big, 

 black Iialyans, den 1 guess he vil be lone at 

 da picknick ; eaus if ay help von, den ay half 

 to help a dussen odder fellers. 



Ay vont to say to Tom Carver and da odder 

 fisherman, if dom vont to ketch lots of fish 

 dom voDt to git up early in da morning, yust 

 ven da haycocks begin to crow. An to dat 

 nice little girl vas is name Mis Able, vot is 

 only 8 years old, and kin keep bees so good, 

 an lak to read da Merican Bee .journal : dai Dr. 

 Miller don't vos sold der hunny vot bring der 

 mummy vat buy der big grindstone, to grind 

 der ax vot sharpens der slick vot kin ketch 

 Ton Y'onson yet. Ay got little boy vot is six 

 years old, an he is a bee-keeper to. He keep 

 yust so fur avay from da bees som he can. 



Veil, ay goan to tell you how ay lak da 

 Merican Bee Journal. Furst, Dr. Miller's 

 department is von more as da hole paper cost. 

 Dr. Miller is a 'plenty good miller, an he yust 

 grind out all kinds of feed for da bee-keepers. 



Mr. Hasty's afterthot is plenty all right, 

 caus if it is some ting I forgit or overlook he 

 is sure to smell it out and explain. If his 

 foreihot is as good som his afterthot den he 

 must be purty smart feller; but don't tak any 

 more hop, skip an yump. 



It vould be som big vor in camp if Miss 

 Vilspn's Department should come up missing 

 even for von veek. Ay tank it is good infor- 

 mating for da brudders as veil as da sisters; 

 but since dat department begun, if Maw or da 

 girls git da bee .Journal first, den Y'on Yonson 

 he yust hav to vait till dom read vot da sis- 

 ters hav to say. " From many fields" is 

 good, an som times ay find bundles nuH to 

 mak plenty big shock. 



Beedom boiled down is all right, but ay 

 gess Mr. New Y'ork git da fire little too hot 

 some time, an da kittle go dry, caus some 

 time it turn up missing. Better look out so 

 da kiltie don't bust. 



On first page is da editorials. Dat is da 

 cowketcher for da " old reliable;" it is good 

 and strong, an can stand hard nocks; but now 

 ay goan to give it som little bump. 



On page 467, da editorlist he say dat dom 

 fellers vat alvays order deir supplies late and 

 iss behine, and don't have nuf supplies, its 

 better dom git a veelborrow vat got handles 

 on da bak side. Now, it da bee-keeper don't 

 order nuH supplies early null, and da supply 

 dealer don't order nufl early nu£[, den ay lak 



to know who is da behindest. But ay gess it 

 is da bee-keeper, caus he iss da feller vot git 

 lefi. Ay tank mebby next year bote order so 

 much dom git so fur ahead dom don't kin.find 

 da veelborrow nor hole shuting-match. 



Veil, my ying. did you ever read vot Yon 

 Yonson tank' You vil find it near da hind 

 end of da Merican Bee Journal. Mr. New 

 York some time put it in fur da engate. It is 

 da bumpingboard for da odder bee-papers vot 

 is commiog be hind da "old reliable." It iss 

 da only soft spot da "old reliable " got, but 

 da "old reliable " dont vas in any danger of 

 any rear-end coUissioa, caus it iss all vays on 

 time. 



Maw, she say If da fool killer should hap- 

 pen to com to our house it is better Yon 

 Yonson run an hide rite strate. 



Da Yon Yonson bumping-board is only 

 temperary, an ven da readers git tired of it 

 den it viU be laid in da shade for som new 

 patent engate. Y'on Y'onson. 



WANTED— Extracted Honey. 



Mall sample and state lowest price delivered 

 Cincinaati. Will buy FANCY WHITE COMB 

 HONEY, aay Quantity, but must be put up in 

 no-drip shipping-cases. 



C. H. W. WEBER. 



2146-48 Central Ave., Cincinnati, Ohio. 

 24Atf Please mention the tjee Journal. 



A Ne'w Bee-Keeper's Song — 



"Buckwheat Cakes 

 and Honey" 



Words by EUGENE SECOR. 



iMusic by QEORQE W. YORK. 



This song was written specially for 

 the Buffalo convention, and was sung 

 there. It is written for organ or piano, 

 as have been all the songs written for 

 bee-keepers. Every home should have 

 a copy of it, as well as a copy of 



"THE HUM OF THE BEES 

 \n the APPLE-TREE BLOOM" 



■Written by 

 Eugene Secor and Dr. C. C. Miller. 



ISABELLB 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 stricken are both interesting and 

 sad. This particular short story — 60 pages, 

 5x6% inches, bound in paper cover — gives 

 somewhat of an insight into a little of the 

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

 cents (stamps or silver.) Address, 



ISABELLE HORTON. 



227 East Ohio Street, Chicago, III. 



Please tnentloii Bee Journal 

 when writing advertisers. 



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HONEY AND BEESWAX 



MARKET QUOTATIONS 



Prices — Either song will be mailed 

 for 10 cents (stamps or silver), or both 

 for only 15 cents. Or, for $1.00 strictly 

 in advatice payment of a year's sub- 

 scription to the American Bee Journal, 

 we will mail both of these songs free, 

 if asked for. 



GEORGE W. YORK & CO. 



144 & 146 Erie St., - CHICAGO, 11,1,. 



ES^ Good advertising is the pathfinder for 

 all who seek success in business. — Printers' 

 Ink. 



'What Happened to Ted" 





Chicago, Oct. 7.— The volume of sales are 

 larger ihan at this time last year, and the sup- 

 ply more than corresponds wiih sjles; but the 

 prices and good guallly of huney are expected 

 to make a la' ger demand tliao we have had for 

 several years. No. 1 to fancy sells at 13ial4c, 

 with practically no sale fur off grades, wuich 

 are quoted at 10@12c. E.\tracled, white, o<i>7c; 

 amber, S®Oc, according to quality and kind of 

 package. Beeswax, 2S(9>30c. 



R. A. Burnett & Co. 



Bdfi-alo, N. Y., Oct. 11.— The demand for 

 white comb honey Is belter than it was. The 

 trade is particular and wants only very while, 

 clean stock. If the wax is yellow from travel- 

 stain it does not sell well, and pric his 1" he 

 cut. Fancy whi e comb, 14®15c: A No. I, \3U, 

 @14c; No. 1, 13@l3Hc: No 2. 12@12'-.c; No. 3, 

 li@l2c; No. 1 dark comb, ll@l2c. No 2, lO^llc. 

 White extracted, 6>i>ia)7c; amber, 6e<6'<;c: dark, 

 S}4t"6c. Beeswax, 2a®30c. 



W. C. Townsend. 



Boston, Oct. '8.— Comb honey continues to be 

 in good demand. Fancy white honey in canons 

 we quote at 18c; No. 1, at Ibc; Klass-front rases 

 fancy white, at I6c; No. 2, at Uz. Extracted 

 honey, Florida. 6>i;@7>4c, according to quality. 

 Blake, Scott & I,ee. 



Cincinnati, Oct 7.— The demand for honey is 

 a little better. The prices rule about the same 

 Extracted is sold as follows: Amber, in bar- 

 rels, from jfis'i.c; in cans it brings about half 

 cent more; water-white alfalfa sells from 

 bg'b'iic; white clover, from 6'4(ai7j.^c. The comb 

 honey market Is quite liveU and same is sold- 

 Fancy water-white from 14J^@ISHi[:. Beeswax 

 good demand at 30c. C. H. W. Weber. * 



Albany, N. Y., Oct. IS.— Demand for honey 

 good at lS@16c for white comb; 15c for Nj. 1- 

 14@lSc for medium; buckwheat sought after at 

 13^(sl4c. Eitracted more plenty at 7@7!^c for 

 white; i:\iia~ic for mixed amber: 6(a)6}^c for 

 buckwheat and dark. Beeswax, 29@3i)c. 



H. R. Wright. 



Kansas City, Oct. 6.— The demand for comb 

 and extracted honey is good. We quote: Fancy 

 white comb, 24 sections. p>r case. *3 00; No. 1 

 $2.00; No.2, and amber, J 2 75. Extracted, white 

 per pound, 7c; amber, SJ4(a-6c. Beeswax, 25®30c! 

 C. C. Clemons & Co. 



Cincinnati, Oct. 1.- Comb and extracted 

 honey are coming in freely, and the demand is 

 good with steady prices. We are making sales 

 at the following prices: Amber extracted at 

 syi@b%c: white clover. 6H@7}^c. Fancy comb 

 honey, 15c. Beeswax. 30c 



The Fred W. Muth Co. 



New York, Sept. 28.— Comb honey is arriving 

 quite freely now. and is finding ready sale at IS 

 cents per pound for fancy white, 13(ai4c for No 

 1 while, and 12c for No. 2 white and amber. 

 Very little buckwheat on the market as yet, 

 and prices are hardly established. 



Extracted honey is ruling about the same as 

 last with plenty of offerings of all grades. 



Beeswax is somewhat declining and selling 

 at present at from 28@2')c per pound. 



Hildreth & Segelken. 



San Francisco, Sept. 30.— While comb, 1-lb. 

 frames, 13@14 cents: amber, 9(3 lie. Extracted 

 white, 6M@— ; light amber, 5J^@6c; amber, 

 S@Si4c; dark amber, 4l4'(a>4^4c. Beeswax, good 

 to choice, light, 27^@2'>c: dark, 2S@26c. 



There have been moderate receipts, mostly 

 representing prior arrival purchases. The 

 market continues to present a firm lone, but is 

 not particularly active, buyers not caring to 

 slock up very heavily at extreme current rates, 

 and finding it e.xceedlngly difficult to obtain 

 noteworthy concessions in their favor. 



WANTED !'=*c~<?«);b HONEY 



In do-drIp shipping-cases. Also Amber Ex- 

 tracted in barrels or cans. Quote vour best price 

 delivered Cincinnati. The Fred W. Muth Co. 

 32Atf Front and Walnut. Cincinnati. Ohio. 



WANTED— Comb Money in quantltv lots. 

 We are pe. haps the only dealers in this article 

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

 Please stale iiuanlity, quality and price asked 

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

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

 t^ease mention Bee Journal when ■writdnev 



