Dec. 24, 1903. 



THE AMERICAN BEE JOURNAL. 



831 



BEE= BOOKS 



SENT POSTPAID BY 



GEORGE W.YORK & CO., 



]44 & 146 E. Erie St., - CHICAGO, ILL 



Forty Years Among the Bees, by Dr. 



C. C. Miller. — This book contains 328 pages, 

 is pound in handsome cloth, with gold letters 

 and design ; it is printed on best book-paper, 

 and illustrated with 112 beautiful original 

 half-tone pictures, taken by Dr. Miller him- 

 self. Jt is unique in this regard. The first 

 few pages are devoted to an interesting bio- 

 graphical sketch ot Dr. Miller, telling how he 

 happened to get into bee-keeping. Seveuteen 

 years ago he wrote a small book, called "A 

 Year Among the Bees," but that little work 

 has Iwen out of print for a number ot years. 

 While some of the mutter used in the former 

 book is found in the new one, it all reads like 

 a good new story of successful bee-keeping 

 by one of the masters, and shows in minutest 

 detail just how Dr. Miller does things with 

 bees. Price, Jl.OO. 



Bee-Keeper's Guide, or Manual oi the 

 Apiary, by Prof. A. J. Cook, of Pomona Col- 

 lege, California. This book is not only in- 

 structive and helpful as a gjide in bee-keep- 

 ing, but is interesting and thoroughly practi- 

 cal and scientific. It contains a full delinea- 

 tion of the anatomy and physiology of bees. 

 544 pages. 3M5 illustrations. Bound in cloth. 

 19th thousand. Price, ?1.20. 



Langstroth on the Honey-Bee, revised 

 by Dadant. — This classic in bee-culture has 

 been entirely re-written, and is fully illus- 

 trated. It treats of everything relating to 

 bees and bee-keeping. No apiarian library is 

 complete without this standard work by Kev. 

 L. L. Langstroth— the Father of American 

 Bee-Culture. It has 520 pages, bound in 

 cloth. Price, S1.20. 



AB C of Bee-Culture, by A. I. & E. R. 

 Root. — A cyclopedia of over 500 pages, de- 

 scribing everything pertaining to the care of 

 the honey-bees. Contains about 400 en- 

 gravings. It was written especially for begin- 

 ners. Bound in cloth. Price, S1.30 



Scientific Queen-Bearing, as Practi- 

 cally Applied, by G. M. Doolittle.— A method 

 by which the very best of queen-bees are 

 reared in perfect accord with Nature's way. 

 Bound in cloth and illustrated. Price, $1.00; 

 in leatherette binding, 60 cents. 



Bees and Honey, or Management of an 

 Apiary for Pleasure and Profit, by Thomas G. 

 Newman. — It is nicely illustrated, contains 

 160 pages. Price, in cloth, 75 cents; in paper, 

 50 cents. 



Advanced Bee-Culture, Its Methods 

 and Management, by W. Z. Hutchinson. — The 

 author ot this work is a practical and enter- 

 taining writer. You should read his book; 

 90 pages; ixjund in paper, and illustrated. 

 Price, 50 cents. 



Bienen-Kultur, by Thomas G. Newman. 

 — This is a German translation of the princi- 

 pal portion of the book called "Bees and 

 Honey." 100-page pamphlet. Price, 25 cents. 



Apiary Register, by Thomas G. New- 

 man. — Devotes two pages to a colony. Leather 

 binding. Price, for 50 colonies, $1.00. 



Dr. Howard's Book on Foul Brood. 



— Gives the McEvoy Treatment and reviews 

 the experiments of others. Price, 25 cents. 



Winter Problem in Bee-Keeping, by 

 G. R. Pierce. — Result of 25 years' experience. 

 Price, 30 cents. 



Foul Brood Treatment, by Prof. F. B. 



Cheshire. — Its Cause and Prevention. 10 cts. 



Foul Brood, by A. R. Kohnke. — Origin, 

 Development and Cure. Price, 10 cents. 



weeks and grafted in more queen-cells, which 

 they treated as the first ones. I knew they 

 had no queen, as I had caught and killed her 

 before introducing the queen, which they 

 killed in the cage. This colony never would 

 receive any aid, and continued in this hope- 

 less condition until death resulted. Why 

 were they so contrary? J. B. Ausmns. 

 Benton Co., Ark., Dec. 7. _ j , H: 



Moving Bees— Season's Report. 



On March 7, 1903, 1 reached this place with 

 30 colonies of bees. I had to feed some before 

 fruit-bloom, but we are located in the midst 

 of 4000 bearing apple-trees, and a large area 

 well set with white clover, catnip, smartweed 

 and dandelion. 



I have increased to 45 colonies, and sold $150 

 worth of honey, the most ot it comb honey. 

 Our bees worked a good deal on red clover. 

 C In moving on the railroad we saved the 

 work ot sawing our hives full of air-holes to 

 ventilate the bees, by simply tacking wire- 

 cloth over the hive-entrances, and then plac- 

 ing each hive facing out from the center ot a 

 stock-car, and the motion of the train did the 

 rest. When we reached St. Louis the switch- 

 men never tailed to see the few bees that had 

 escaped from the hives, so they bumped us 

 very easy. _i n Geo. R. Kelly. 



Cooper Co.. Mo., Dec. 8. , i 



CONVENTION NOFICES. 



Kansas.— The first repnlar meeting of the 

 Kansas State Bee- Keepers' Associdtiou will be 

 held at Topeka, Dec. 30. All persons interested 

 in bee.':, whether members or not, are urged to 

 be present. O. A.-Kbbne, Sec. 



Topeka, Kan. 



New York.— The aannal meeting- of the Os- 

 wego County Bee-Keepers' Association, will be 

 held at Oswego. N.V., Tuesday, Jan. 12, 1904. 

 N. E. France, General Manager of the National 

 Bee-Keepers' Aesociaiion, will be present and 

 address the meeting. All persons interested in 

 bee^ are cordially invited to be present. 



:: IChas. B. Allen, Sec. 



Central Square, N. Y. 



ninnesota. — The annual meeting of the Sent h- 

 easteru Minnesota and Western Wisconsin Bee- 

 Keepers' A&sociation will meet at Winona, 

 Minn . at the Court House, in the County Com- 

 missioners' roomF.on Tuesday, Jan. l'» (and 20\ 

 l'?U4. A full attendance of the members, their 

 wives and friend?, is invited to this, out ananal 

 meet. All bee-keepers everywhere are cordially 

 inviied to attend. W. K. Bates. Pres. " 



Stockton, Minn. 



New York.— Mr. N. E. France, of Platteville, 

 Wis., General Manager of the National Bee- 

 Keepers' As^^ociation, has been secured by the 

 Bureau of Farmers' Institutes to speak at a 

 series of Bee-Keepers' Institutes in connection 

 with the local bee-keepers' societies as fol- 

 lows; Canandaigua, Jan. 6 and 7: Romulus, 

 Jan. s; Cortland. Jan. 9; Auburn.Jan.il; Os. 

 wego, Jan. 12; Amsterdam, Jan. 13; Syracuse, 

 Jan. 14 and 15. The meeting on the 15th will be 

 that of the New York State Association of Bee- 

 Keepers' Societies. C. B. Howard, Sec. 



Romulus, N. Y. 



HONEY AND BEE5WAX 



Whea consigning-, bujing or selling-, consult 



R. A. BURNETT & CO., 



199 South Water St. Chicago, III. 



WANTED— Comb Honey in <jaantity lots. 

 We are perhaps the onJy dealers in this article 

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

 Please state guantitv, quality and price asked 

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

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



WANTED !'=*^',?^B HONEY 



tracted in barrels 



delivered Cincin 



32Atf Front ; 



$300,000,000.00 A UuA 



and yoo mjiy hA-re part of It If you '' 





HONEY AND BEESWAX 



M.\KKKT QUOTATIONS 





Chicago, Dec. 7.— At this season of the year 

 there is not much trade in honey, retailers hav- 

 ing laid in their stock for the holidays. Fancy 

 comb honey for the Christmas trade has 

 brought Uiitc; No. 1 grades, 12H@13c; amber, 

 ''(a;IOc. Extracted white, bringrs 6(3*7c; amber, 

 5@6c. All e.xtracted honey is sold on its flavor, 

 quality, kind and style of package. Beeswax, 



28@30c. R. A. BOKNETT& Co. 



Philadklphia, Dec. 10.— Large lots of comb 

 honey being offered from States that were not 

 supposed to have much stock. Bee-men, as 

 usual, wake up now to the tact that they want 

 to sell their comb honey and push it on the 

 market, thus breaking the price. If they would 

 only offer their honey in September, they would 

 get more for it and it would be better for the 

 producer and dealer. We quote fancy white 

 14(g»lt>c; No. 1, 12(gil4c; buckwheat, 12c, Fancy 

 extracted, 8c: amber, 6&7c. We are producers 

 of honey, and do not handle on commission 



Wm. A. Selser. 



Albany, N. Y., Dec. 15.— Market rery dull, 

 and lower since the cold weather. Quotations 

 have to be shaded, and concessions made to ef- 

 fect any quantity sales. U. R. Wright. 



Cincinnati, Nov. 2".— The demand for comb 

 honey is slower now than it was six weeks ago, 

 owing to the euormons 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 S'iw 6S^c. White 

 clover, in barrels and cans, 7Ji@8>ic, according 

 to quality. Beeswax, 30c. 



The Fred W. Muth Co. 



Buffalo, N. Y'., Oct. 11.— The demandl 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 whi'e comb, 14@lSc; A No 1 13U 

 @14c; No. 1, 13@13«c; No. 2, 12@12«c; No. 3 

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

 White extracted, 6)4®1c; amber, 6@bHc-, dark 

 SJi@6c. Beeswax, 28@30c. ' 



W. C. TOWNSEND. 



Boston, Nov. 2S.— Western honey is arriving 

 more freely in our Stale, causing a slight drop 

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

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

 light amber, 7@7'<ic; amber, 6(a7c, according to 

 quality. Blake, Scott & Lee. 



Kansas Citv, 'Dec. 18.— Since our last quota- 

 tions there have been two cars of western comb 

 honey put on our market, and same is being 

 at prices not 

 Fancy white 



comb, 24-section cases, $2.65; No. I,$2.s6- No 2" 

 $2.40 .Extracted, white, per lb., 7(g!75^c; amber! 

 6(a6Hc. Beeswax, 25(3- 30c. 



C. C. Clemons & Co. 



Cincinnati, Dec. 18.— The market on comb 

 honey has weakened, as the supply has been 

 larger than the demand. Fancy water-white 

 14c; off grades, lower. Extracted, amber in 

 barrels, 5K@SJic; in 60-lb. cans. J4c more; al- 

 falfa, water-white, 6@6!4c; fancy white clover 

 7@8c. Beeswax, good demand: 3bc for nice. ' 

 C. H. W. Weber. 



New York, Dec. 4.— Comb honey is arriving 

 in sufficient quantities to supply the demand, 

 and, as to the quality, most of the white honey 

 seems to be off color, more or less. We qnote 

 fancy white at 14c: No. 1 at 13c; amber, ll@12c; 

 and buckwheat, 10c. Extracted, light amber, 

 at 6c; white, Mc; Southern, SS@bOc per gallon- 

 buckwheat, SHjc °"— ^y=^^- "^ ' < 



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

 frames, 13@14 cents; amber, 9fa)ilc. Extracted 

 white, SH&)(>yic; light amber, SOSJ^c; amberi 

 4>4®5c; dark amber, 4@4H!c. Beeswax, good 

 to choice, light, 275i@29c; dark, 25@26c. 



Market is more quiet than for several weeks 



g receding, but is fairly steady as to value, 

 pot 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 bein^ 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. 



20,000 Pounds 



White Extracted Alfalfa HONEY FOR SALE 

 Address. 

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

 4oAtf Please mention the Bee Jotrnal. 



