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THE AMERICAN BEE JOURNAL. 



Nov. 26, 1903. 



PUBLISHED WEIKLY BY 



GEORGE W. YORK 8 COMPANY 



144 & 146 E. Erie St ., Chicago, III. 



i Second- 



EDITOR, 



DEPT. EDITORS, 



i)R.C.C.Mii,i,ER, E.E.Hasty, Emma M.Wilson 



IMPORTANT NOTICES. 



The Sabscription Price of this Journal 

 is $1.00 a year, ia the United States, Can- 

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 Postal Union, 50 cents a year extra for post- 

 age. Sample copy freo. 



The Wrapper-Liabel Date of this paper 

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 "dec03" on your label shows that it is 

 paid to the end of December, 1903. 



Subscription Receipts. — We do not send 

 a receipt for money sent us to pay subscrip- 

 tion, but change the date on your wrapper- 

 label, which shows you that the money has 

 been received and credited. 



Advertising Rates will be given upon ap- 

 plication. 



A Celluloid Queen-Button is a very 



pretty thing for a bee-keeper or honey-seller to 

 wear on his coat-lapel. It of- 

 ten serves to introduce the 

 subject of honey, and fre- 

 quently leads to a sale. 



The picture shown herewith 

 is a reproduction of a motto 

 queen-button that we are fur- 

 nishing to bee-keepers. It has 

 — i—^ a pin on the underside to 



fasten it. Price, by mail, 6 cents; two for 10c; 



or 6 for 25 cents. Send all orders to the office 



of the American Bee Journal. 



The Emerson Binder 



This Emerson stiff-board Binder with cloth 

 back for the American Bee Journal we mall for 

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

 Journal for one year— both for only $1.40. It ia 

 X fine thing to preserve the copies of the Jour- 

 nal as fast as they are received. If yon have 

 this " Emerson " no further binding is neces. 

 larr. 



QEORQE W. YORK & CO., 



144 A 146 Erie Street. CHICAGO ILL. 



20,000 Pounds 



White Extracted Alfalfa HONEY FOR SALE. 

 Address. 

 Dr. Geo. D. Mitchell & Co., Ogden, Utah. 

 4(i Atf Please mention the Bee Jo-irnal. 



WANTED— Extracted Honey. 



Mall 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. 

 24Atf Please mention the Bee Journal. 



WANTED— Comb Honey in guantity lots. 

 We are perhaps the only dealers in this article 

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

 Please state quantitv, quality and price asked 

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

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HONEY AND BEESWAX 



MARKET QUOTATIONS 





Chicago, Nov. 7.— The supply of comb honey 

 is large, and sales are being forced, so that it is 

 a little difficult to give accurate figures. Sales 

 are not easily made of fancy at anything over 

 13c per pound, with less desirable grades selling 

 lower. Extracted, white, brings 6@7J^c, ac- 

 cording to kind, flavor and package; amber, 

 5i^@oMc. Beeswax, 28@30c. 



R. A. Burnett & Co. 



Philadelphia, Nov. 9.— Honey arriving very 

 freely the last week and prices little easier. 

 This month is best mouth in the year for de- 

 mand of comb honey. We quote fancy white, 

 16ra'17c; No. 1, 14@-15c: buckwheat, fancy, 15c. 

 Extracted, white, "(aSc; amber, b#7c. Bright 

 yellow beeswax, 32c. We do not handle on com- 

 mission. Wm. a, Selser. 



Albany, N. Y., Nov. 7.— Honey demand and 

 price keeps up remarkably well yet. Fancy 

 white, 16c: A No. 1, white, 15c; No. 1, 14^@15c; 

 mixed, 13V2(ai4c; buckwheat, 13>^@14c. Ex- 

 tracted, dark, 6Hc; mixed, 6^@7c; white, 

 ^(Sk1%c\ but not as active as comb. Beeswax, 

 30c. H.R.Wright. 



Cincinnati, Nov. 20.— The demand for comb 

 honey is slower now than it was six weeks ago, 

 owing to the enormous quantities offered on all 

 sides. Fancy comb is sold In single case lots 

 at 14c. The supply of extracted honey is big, 

 although the demand is good. We are selling 

 amber extracted in barrels at 5^4^ t>!^c. White 

 clover, in barrels and cans, 7H@»^c, according 

 to quality. Beeswax, 30c. 



The Fred W. Muth Co. 



Buffalo, N. Y., Oct. 11.— The demandlfor 

 white comb honey is better than it was. The 

 trade is particular and wants only very white, 

 clean stock. If the wax is yellow from travel- 

 stain it dues not sell well, and price has to be 

 cut. Fancy whi'e comb, 14@lSc; A No. 1, 13K 

 (gtUc; No. 1, 13@13Mc; No. 2. 12f&12^c; No. 3, 

 ll(&12c; No. 1 dark comb, ll@12c; No. 2, 10@llc. 

 White extracted, 6H®7c; amber, 6@6^c; dark, 

 Z%mc. Beeswax, 28(gi30c. 



W. C. Townsend. 



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

 In good demaad. Fancy white honey In cartons 

 we quote at 18c; No. 1, at 16c; glass-front rases 

 fancy white, at 16c; No. 2, at 14c. Extracted 

 honey, Florida, 6V2@7>6c, according to quality. 

 Blake, Scott & Lee. 



Kansas City, Oct. 23.— Receipts of comb 

 honey good; demand good; market easier. Re- 

 ceipts of extracted light. We quote: Fancy 

 white comb. 24 sections, per case. $300; No. 1, 

 white and amber, J2.75; No. 2, $2.50. Extracted, 

 white, 7c; amber, 5(<i'6c. Beeswax, 25(S30c. 



C. C. Clemons & Co. 



Cincinnati, Nov. 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 SM@S}^c\ in cans about % cent more; 

 water-white alfalfa, 6@6!^ cents; white clover, 

 6^.i'@7Hc. The comb honey market is quite 

 lively, and it sells as follows: Faucv water- 

 white, 14@15c .Beeswax in good demand, at 30c 

 delivered here. C. H. W. Weber. 



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

 quite freely now, and is finding ready sale at 15 

 cents per pound for fancy while, 13(an4c for No. 

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

 Very little buckwheat on the market as yet, 

 and prices are hardly established. 



Extracted honey is ruliag about the same as 

 last with plenty of offerings of all grades. 



Beeswax is somewhat declining and selling 

 at present at from 2Sfm2'Jc per pound. 



Hildreth & Segeleen. 



San Francisco, Oct. 21.— White comb, 1-lb, 

 frames, 13@14 cents; amber, 9@llc. Extracted, 

 white, 5H@()%c; light amber, 5@55^c; amber, 

 4J^@5c; dark amber, 4@4Hc. Beeswax, good 

 to choice, light, 27J^@2'Jc; dark, 25@26c. 



Market is more quiet than for several weeks 

 preceding, but is fairly steady as to value. 

 Spot stocks and offerings of both comb and ex- 

 tracted are mainly of amber grades, while most 

 urgent inquiry is principally for water-white, 

 the latter being the only kind meeting with 

 much competitive bidding from buyer--. Re- 

 cent arrivals of honey included a lot of 121 

 cases from the Hawaiian Islands. The bees of 

 the Islands feed mainly on sugar. 



lo-drip shipptng-cases. Also Amber Ex- 

 tracted in barrels or cans. Quote your best price 

 delivered Cincinnati. The Fred vV.Muth Co. 

 32Atf Front and Walnut, Cincinnati, Ohio. 



CONVENTION NOIICES. 



Chicago-Northwestern.— The regular annual 

 meeting of the Chicago-Northwestern Bee- 

 Keepers' Association will be held in the Revere 

 House Club-Room, southeast corner of North 

 Clark and Michigan Sts., on Wednesday and 

 Thursday, Dec. 2 and 3, 1903. The Revere 

 House has made a rate of 75 cenis per person 

 per night for lodging, when two occupy a room. 

 Meals, 35 cents, or on the American plan at $2 

 per day. O wing to the Revere House furnishing 

 FREE a place for holding our meeting, we feel 

 that all who can do so should patronize them 

 during the Convention. Dr. C. C. Miller, Er- 

 nest R. Root, W. Z. Hutchinson, Emerson T. 

 Abbott, N. E. France, Inspector J. Q. Smith. 

 Jas. A. Stone and Huber H. Root have signified 

 their intention to be present. Pin this in your 

 hat. There will be one of the best meetings 

 ever held in Chicago. Everybody come. 



Herman F. Moore, Sec. 



Georgb W. York, Pres. 



P. S.— It has been suggested that bee keepers 

 bring with them samples of honey, and such 

 little appliances as they have that are consid- 

 ered handy to work with in the apiary. 



New York.— The Fulton and Montgomery 

 Counties Bee-Keepers' Society will meet at the 

 Central Hotel, Market Street,Amsterdam,N.Y., 

 on Tuesday, Dec. 22, ri03, at 10 a.m. This will 

 be the regular business meeting of the Society 

 for electing officers, payment of annual dues, 

 and any other business which may come before 

 this meeting. Annual dues. $1.0o, which also 

 includes a membership In the State and Na- 

 tional Associations. T. I. Dugdale, Sec. 



F. P. Jansen, Pres. 



Minnesota.— The Minnesota Bee-Keepers* As- 

 sociation will hold its annal meeting at Minne- 

 apolis, Minn., Wednesday and Thursday, Dec. 

 2 and 3, at the First Unitarian Church, on the 

 corner of 8th St. and Mary Place (midway be- 

 tween Hennepin and Nicollet Aves.) Go in on 

 the Mary Place side. Procure certificates from 

 your local railroad agents when you purchase 

 tickets, and those living in Minnesota can re- 

 turn for one third fare, and we hope to secure 

 the same for those living in Wisconsin, Iowa, 

 and the Dakotas. Dr. L. D. Leonard, Sec. 



Wm. Russell, Pres. 



Missouri. — The Missouri State Bee-Keepers' 

 Association will meet in Mexico, Mo., Dec. 15, 

 1903. J. W. Rouse will act as host to direct the 

 attendants to the hall, which is free to all who 

 desire to attend. Board may be had at the 

 leading hotels at $1 to $2 a day. Come, every- 

 body who is interested in tees and honey. Let 

 us have a big meeting. We now have 51 paid- 

 up members. Let us make it 100. Procure cer- 

 tificates from your local railroad ticket agents 

 when you purchase your tickets. It may be 

 you can return for 'j fare. 



W. F. Cary, Sec. J. W.-Rouse, Pres. 



Canada —The annual meeting of the Ontario 

 Bee Keepers' Association will be held in the 

 Town Hall of Trenton, Ont., Tuesday, Wednes- 

 day and Thursday, Dec. 1, 2 and 3, 1903, begin- 

 ning at 2 p.m. on Tuesday. On the program are 

 the following: 



*'The Advantages of Out-Apiaries; How, 

 When and Whereto Move Them," by B. O.Lott; 

 "Shook Swarms," by Morley Pettit; "The 

 Benefits of Organizaiion and the Extension of 

 the Markets," by F. W. Hodson, of the Agricul- 

 tural Department; ■** Ou the Storing of Comb 

 Honey," and *' Experiments in the Preparation 

 of Vinegar from Honev," by Prof. Frank S. 

 Shutt;" "Address on Experiments," bv John 

 Fixter, of the Experimental Farm. There will 

 also b an address by Prof. James, Deputy 

 Minister ot Agriculture of Ontario. A report 

 of the Ontario Honey Exchange will be given 

 and discussed. Messrs. Morley Pettit and C. 

 W, Post will have charge of the Question 

 Drawer. The evening of Dec. 2d will occur the 

 annual banquet. 



Persons having any new or practical inven- 

 tions are invited to bring them to the conven- 

 tion and place them on exhibition to show thetr 

 practical uses. There will be a place for show- 

 ing these articles. 



All persons going to the convention should 

 purchase a full-fare single ticket from the 

 agent at starting point, and get a standard cer- 

 tificate, and if sufficient attend and hold these 

 certificates, the return fare will be one-third, 

 according to the arrangements made with the 

 different railway companies, or, if under 50, 

 two-thirds single fare. 



The leading hotels— the Bleecker House, St. 

 Lawrence Hall, and the Hotel Aberdeen— will 

 give a rate of one dollar per day, 



A very cordial invitation is extended to all 

 presons interested in bee-keeping to attend and 

 take part in the discussions. 



Streetsville, Ont. "W. Couse, Sec. 



