1896. 



THE AMERICAN BEE JOURNAL. 



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the bee-business. I intend to move my bees 

 to the timber in the spring, where I shall 

 be surer of getting a good flow of honey. I 

 have always helped my father in his bee- 

 yard. He did not get much honey last 

 year, as it was so dry that white clover was 

 a failure, as was buckwheat and other fall 

 plants. 



I have (54 colonies in the winter quarters, 

 and they seem to be doing nicely. Honey 

 seems to be a drug on the market here, and 

 goes off slowly at 10 and 12^. cents per 

 pound. There have been some fellows 

 around selling "extracted honey," and I 

 found out where they bought .50 pounds of 

 sugar to make it with. It seems to me that 

 such men could be "put through " for such 

 business. Willett Posd. 



Kasson. Minn., Jan. 30. 



Honey & Beeswai Market Quotations. 



CHICAGO. III.. Feb. 28.— White clover and 

 baeswood comb is sought after In preference 

 to any other, and commands a better price 

 and now sells at \ac. for clover and i:i@14c. 

 for basswood. Other white comb honey sells 

 atH@12c.; dark. 8(a9c. amber. 9@10c.. and 

 very slow of sale. Extracted is unusually 

 dull, with largre amounts on sale. White clo- 

 ver and linden, 6®7c. ; dark and amber grades, 

 4)4@3c. 



Beeswax. 28@30c, K. A. B. & Co. 



NEW YORK. N. T., Feb. 24.— Market quiet. 

 White comb in fair demand at ll@14c. Very 

 little demand for buckwheat comb at 8@9c 

 Extracted selling fairly well, priiicipally Cal- 

 ifornia, at .T^4@.5?jc., and some buckwheat 

 moving: at 4(§i4i4c.; Southern, 50(a.T5c. per 

 g'allon; white clover and basswood, 5H@6c. 



Beeswax unchanged. H. B. & S. 



CINCINNATI. O., Feb. 18.— Demand is fair 

 for choice comb honey, at 12@14e. in a job- 

 bing way. Extracted is slow at 4@7c. 



Beeswax is In good demand at 25®,30c. for 

 good to choice vellow. C, F. M. & S. 



KANSAS CITY, Mn., Feb. 19.— The demand 

 for comb and extracted is fair. We quote: 

 No. 1 white, l-lbs.. 13®14c.; No. 2, ll@12c.; 

 No. 1 amber, 10@llc. ; No. 2, 8@10c. Ex- 

 tracted, white, .t!4@8!4c.; amber, 5@5'/je. 



Beeswax, 20@25c. C. C. C. & Co. 



List of Honey and Beeswax Dealers. 



Most of whom Quote In this Journal. 



Ctaicago, Ills. 



R. A. BtiHNETT & Co.. 163 South Water Street. 



New York, N. Y. 

 HiLDRETH Bros. & Seoelken. 



120 & 122 West Broadway. 

 Chas. Israel & Bros., 486 Canal St. 



Kansas City, mo. 



C. C. CLEMOM8 & Co., 423 Walnut St. 

 BQfialo,N. Y. 



Batterson & Co., 167 & 169 Scott St. 



Hamilton, Ills. 



Chas. Dadant & Son. 



Fblladelphla, Pa. 



Wm, a. Selser. 10 Vine St. 



Cincinnati, Obio. 



C. F. MnTH & Son. cor. Freeman &. Central avs. 



Bee-Keepers' Pliotogi-apli.— We 



have now on hand a limited number of ex- 

 cellent photographs of prominent bee-keep- 

 ers — a number of pictures on one card. The 

 likeness of 4',l of them are shown on one of 

 the photographs, and 121 on the other. We 

 will send them, postpaid, for .50 cents each, 

 mailing from the 131 kind first ; then after 

 they are all gone, we will send the 40 kind. 

 .So those who order first will get the most 

 " faces" for their money. Send orders to 

 the Bee Journal office. 



New York.— The Seneca Countv and Cen- 

 tral New York Bee-Keepers' convention will 

 be held at Hayt's Corners, Seneca Co., N. Y 

 at o'clock. Mar. 5, 1896. All are cordially 

 invited to attend. An oyster dinner will be 

 served to all visitors. C. B. Howard, Sec. 



Komulus, N. Y. 



Hon. Geo. E. Hilton, of Fremont, Mich., 

 expects to establish two or three out-api- 

 aries in the willow-herb district this year. 

 Mr. H. is a hustler, and one of Michigan's 

 best bee-keepers. 



Mr. Wm. McEvot, who is Ontario's en- 

 ergetic foul-brood inspector, and also Vice- 

 President of the North American Bee-Eeep- 

 ers' Association, says: "The American 

 Bee Journal is great value for the money, 

 and I prize it very much." 



Mr. E. B. Huffman, of Homer, Minn., 

 writes thus: "For my part I would as 

 soon think of attempting to work at black- 

 smithing without coal as to keep bees with- 

 out the Bee Journal. Our bees seem to be 

 wintering all right so far, and we are ex- 

 pecting lots of honey this year." 



Mr. G. K. Hcbbakd, of Riverside, Calif., 

 wrote thus Feb. 31 : " No rain worth con- 

 sidering, and no prospects for honey." We 

 regret to learn that Mrs. Hubbard " is still 

 very miserable in health." They went from 

 Indiana to California, hoping that Mrs. H. 

 would find relief. 



Mr. Geo. W. Brohbeck, of Los Angeles, 

 Calif., wrote us on Feb. IS. as follows: 

 " The prospect for a honey season is very 

 poor, and unless we get more rain we fear a 

 repetition of 1894." We hope the bountiful 

 showers may come in due season, not only 

 in California, but in all parts of our be- 

 loved land. 



Miss Emma Wilson— Dr. Millar's " api 

 arian helpmate," we were going to say — 

 writes occasionally tor Gleanings. She 

 isn't afraid "to speak out in meeting,'' 

 either. Neither has she contracted the 

 habit of saying, " I don't know." She be- 

 lieves in numbering hives, and keeping a 

 record-book. Speaks from experience. 



Mr. Thos. M. Pierce, of Pawtucket, R. I., 

 called at our office last week. He is the 

 President of the Bee-Keepers' Educational 

 Society, which meets monthly in Provi- 

 dence. R. I. It was before this organiza- 

 tion that Mr. G. M. Doolittle lectured re- 

 cently on the subject of bees. If all the 

 members of that Society are as wide-awake 

 and good-natured as Mr. Pierce, they must 

 have grand good times at their meetings. 

 Success to " Little Rhody's"band of bee- 

 keepers ! 



Mr. L. C. Francis, of Springfield, is one 

 of the oldest members of the Illinois State 

 Bee-Keepers' Association. In the time of 

 the War he sold honey at 35 cents a pound. 

 On one occasion he sent a carload of honey 

 to St. Louis that netted him §2,000. Since 

 honey has become so cheap he does not do 

 much with his bees, but turns his attention 

 to his farm. Oh, for old-time honey prices 

 and crops! Then we wouldn't hear so 

 much about " hard times," and bee-keepers 

 would feel more like paying up their sub- 

 scriptions to the bee-papers. But they 

 make a very great mistake when they drop 

 the papers during the poor years, as in one 

 of the missed copies they may fail to see an 

 idea that is worth dollars to the man who 

 is wise enough to "keep up with the times" 

 even if they be a trifle " hard." To think 

 that any real bee-keeper can't afford $1.00 

 in a whole year for a good bee-paper! 

 Why, he ran't afford to do wit/iont the good 

 paper, if he only knew it ! 



Utah.— The Utah Bee-Keepers' Association 

 will hold their semi-annual meeting In Room 

 54, Citv and County Building, Salt Lake City, 

 Apr. 6, 1896, at 10 a.m. All are invited. "In 

 union is strength. By industry we thrive." 

 Come, and bring your friends, and enjoy a 

 good time. A full program in the interest of 

 the industry will be pTcsented. The Associa- 

 tion needs 5'our aid : then let every one do his 

 full duty lor our own Interest and self-pres- 

 ervation. Geo. K. Dudlev. Sec. 



Provo, Utah. 



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