Dec. 3, 1903. 



THE AMERICAN BEE JOURNAL. 



783 



Carbon-Bisulphide for Fumigation of 

 Combs. 



Here is the experience of " A Yorl< County 

 Bee-Keeper " as given in The Canadian Bee 

 .Journal: 



Having a few hundred extracting-combs 

 stored away at an out-yard, that had been left 

 olT the hives at last extracting as there is no 

 fall pasture, I noticed at my last visit that 

 the moths were bothering them a little. Hav- 

 ing nothing at my disposal but a large empty 

 box Inade of matched lumber, but minus a lop, 

 stacked the combs on the door, placed a dish 

 on lop of them with about two spoonfuls of 

 Ibe drug, and then turned the Ijox upside 

 down over all. 



I forgot to say that the comlis were in an 

 upper room of a dwelling-house, and although 

 the lloor was matched, lathed and plastered, 

 the intoleralile odor of carbon-bisulphide 

 penetrated through all and makes things 

 quite unpleasant for awhile. Did it kill the 

 moths! Believe It would kill anything that 

 was forced to inhale the horrible stench that 

 it emits. Nevertheless it is a handy way of 

 fumigating combs; away ahead of the old 

 sulphur plan. 



Sour Honey— Wliat to Do With It. 



Last spring I secured from another bee- 

 keeper a few hives of bees. Wishing to in- 

 crease them as much as possible I divided 

 them. One nucleus that reared a young 

 queen built up quickly and strong, and this 

 fall I took 4S pounds of surplus honey from 

 them. Now comes the queer part of it: 

 While the whole 48 pounds was nicely capped, 

 it was all soured, full of air-cells, and foamy, 

 tastes and smells distinctl.y sour. Now that 

 is something I never saw before. I should 

 like to know the reason of it. I was thinking 

 of using the honey as bee-feed to build up 

 weak colonies, but intend to cook it first. 

 Wouldn't it be a good idea to add sugar 

 syrup to it ? It seems to me the fault must 

 be in the bees, and that hive is marked for re- 

 queening. I will say for the old queen that, 

 while this is her third season, she built a 

 strong colony from a nucleus, and stored 85 

 pounds of honey. J. T. Reno, Jr. 



Soured honey would be absolutely unfit to 

 give your bees for winter food. I would ad- 

 vise you to extract all of it, and then feed the 

 bees good, clean, pure sugar syrup. The 

 honey that you extract you can improve some- 

 what by boiling; then for the purpose of 

 stimulating brood-rearing you possibly can 

 feed it out again to the bees next spring; but 

 a belter way would be to make honey vinegar 

 of it. Such vinegar is much superior to ordi- 

 nary cider vinegar. — Gleanings in Bee-Cul- 

 ture. 



Late Feeding of Bees for Winter. 



The very best way to feed bees which are 

 found short of stores at this season of the year, 

 is to get granulated sugarand melt it up, put- 

 ting in just as little warm water as is neces- 

 sary to liquify it. Then boil it over a slow 

 fire (being careful not to let it burn, as burnt 

 sugar is not good for bees) until it will harden 

 when cool, into a solid cike. One can tell 

 when it has boiled enough by dropping some 

 of the liquid into cold water. When it is 

 thick enough to harden thoroughly pour it 

 into pans, and mold into cakes about 8 pounds 

 in a cake, or a cake o inches long, 5 inches 

 wide and 2 inches thick. 



Lay some sticks about half an inch thick 

 across the frames, directly above the cluster 

 of bees, and put a cake of sugar on them. 

 Cover this with an old sack, or any kind of 

 heavy cloth, and if you wish, you can put on 

 top of this some leaves, oats chaff, or several 

 thicknesses of newspaper. Cover all up 

 snugly and the bees will go through the cold 

 weather all right, even though they do not 

 have an ounce of honey. However, in that 



case, they should be fed a Ihin syrup in the 

 spring, as soon as it warms up. What re- 

 mains of the cake of sugar can be melted up 

 tor this purpose. 



It is not a bad plan to put one of these 

 cakes on every colony, as bees sometimes, 

 during a long cold spell, get out of honey 

 directly above the cluster, and die of starva- 

 tion when there is plenty of honey in the hive 

 in the other combs which they cannot reach. 

 They form a compact cluster as soon as cold 

 weather sets in, and never leave it until it 

 warms up so bees can fly out. Bees never 

 freeze in these clusters, if there is plenty of 

 food directly above them, as they can follow 

 the heat rising from the cluster, but cannot 

 move any other way. — Modern Farmer and 

 Busy Bee. 



CONVENTION NOFICES. 



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, l')03, at 10 a.m. This will 

 be the retrular business meeting of the Society 

 for electing officers, payment of annual dues, 

 and any other business which may come before 

 this meeting. Annual dues. SI.Ou, which also 

 includes a membership in the State and Na- 

 tional Associations. T. I, Dugdale, Sec. 



F. P. J.^NSEN, 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 bees 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 ^i fare. 



W. T. Caky, Sec. J. W. Rouse, Pres. 



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20,000 Pounds 



White Extracted Alfalfa HONEY FOR SALE. 

 Address. 

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

 46Atf Please mentioa the Bee Jo'irnal. 



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 

 uo-drip shipping'-cases. 



C. H. W. WEBER. 

 2146-48 Central Ave., Cincinnati, Ohio. 

 24Atf Please mention the Bee Journal. 



WANTED—Comb Honey in quantity lots. 

 We are perhaps the only dealers in this article 

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

 Please state cjuantitTf quality and price asked 

 for your offering-s, Thos. C. Stanley & Son. 

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White Clover Extracted Honey, which was all 

 taken from upper stories with a queen-excluder 

 between, and the combs were nearly all sealed 

 solid before extracting-. It is very thick, and 

 has that fine rich flavor that only honey IJior- 

 oughly ripened in the hives can have. I would 

 like to obtain a few more customers who would 

 appreciate a line article. Price, in new 60-lb. 

 cans, on board cars here, cash with order— one 

 can, 8Mc a poiiud; 2 or more cans, sc; sample, 

 Sc. References: (leorge W. York, the A. I. Root 

 Co., and the Chatfield National iJank. 



49A3t C. MONETTE. Chatfield. Hinn. 



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HONEY AND BEESWAX 



M.^KKIvT QUOTATIONS 





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

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

 a little difiicult 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 6tai7J4c, ac- 

 cording to kind, flavor and package; amber, 

 5]4&(.,^c, Beeswax, 28@30c. 



R. A. Burnett & Co. 



Philadelphia, Nov. 0.— Honey arriving very 

 freelv the last week and prices little easier. 

 This' month is best month in the year for de- 

 mand of comb honey. We quote fancy white, 

 16f"17c: No. 1. 14@lSc; buckwheat, fancy, 15c. 

 Extracted, white, 7^i8c; amber, 6f«;7c. Bright 

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

 mission. Wm. A. Selser. 



Alhany, N. Y., Nov. 27.— Honey market some 

 lower since the cold weather andThanksgiviog 

 demand over. We quote: Fancy white, 15c; 

 No. 1, 14@14Hic; buckwheatand mi.\ed, 13c. Ex- 

 tracted, steady and quiet; buckwheat, <p''.;c; clo- 

 ver, 7c; mixed and amber, 6@fi'tjc. Beeswax, 

 2^(5^ 30c. H. R. Wright. 



Cincinnati, Nov. 2f>.— The demand for comb 

 honey is slower now than it was six weeks ago, 

 owing to the enormous quautiiies 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 S;\i"'6>^c. White 

 clover, in barrels and cans, 7H&>^t4Ct according 

 to quality. Beeswax, 30c. 



The Fred W. Muth Co. 



Buffalo, N. Y., Oct. 11.— The demandj-for 

 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 does not sell well, and price has to be 

 cut. Fancy while comb, 14@15c; A No. 1, 135^ 

 @14c; No. 1, I3@13>sc; No. 2, 12@12Hc; No. 3, 

 ll@12c; No. 1 dark comb, ll(aJ12c; No. 2, 10@llc. 

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

 5H@6c. Beeswax, 28@30c. 



W. C. TOWNSEND. 



Boston, Nov. 25. — Western honey is arriving 

 more freely in our State, causing a slight drop 

 in prices. Fancy No. 1, in cartons, brings 17c; 

 A No, 1, 16c; No. 1, ISc. Extracted, white.Sl^c; 

 light amber, 7@7^;c; amber, 6@7c, according to 

 quality. Blake, Scott & Lke. 



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. $3.00; No. 1, 

 white and auober, 12-75; No. 2, $2.50. Extracted, 

 white, 7c; amber, 5@6c. Beeswax, 25@30c. 



C. C. Clemons & Co. 

 Cincinnati, Nov. 24 — The demand for honey is 

 a little better. The prices rule about the same. 

 Extracted, is sold as follows; Amber, in bar- 

 rels, from 5Ji@5J-6c; in cans about % cent more; 

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

 6^^W7^c. The comb honey market is quite 

 lively, and it sells as follows: Fancy water- 

 white, 14(<iilSc. 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 white, 13@l4c 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 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, Oct. 21.— White comb, 1-lb. 

 frames, 13rail4 cents; amber, 9@llc. Extracted, 

 white, 5H@6}ic\ light amber, 5@55^c; amber, 

 ^y-ig-Sc; dark amber, 4@4i^c. Beeswax, good 

 to choice, light, 27J^@20c; 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. 



WANTEDT^^HONEY 



In no-drip shipping-cases. Also Amber Ex- 

 tracted in barrels or cans. Quote your best price 

 delivered Cincinnati. The Fred W. Muth Co. 

 32Atf Front and Walnut, Cincinnati, Obio. 



