1896. 



THE AMERICAN BEE JOURNAL. 



585 



"slumped," but the early sales were, in almost every instance, 

 such as to meet the general approval of the shippers. While 

 there was a heavy crop of Honey last season, the production 

 this year will far exceed anything in the past. The turn 

 taken by the market late last season established a precedent 

 that it will be well for Bee Men to observe. The heavy crops 

 that were thrown on the market in November and December 

 made Honey more common than usual to consumers, and they 

 soon became tired of it, while early in the season they bought 

 freely, and paid good prices. In fact, we could hardly get 

 enough to satisfy the requirements of our trade. We may 

 have a recurrence this year, and we want to advise our 

 friends and shippers not to wait. Put your Honey up in 

 proper shape as soon as it is taken off and ship at once to us. 

 As stated above we have demonstrated our ability to handle 

 Honey, and our better facilities make us an invaluable 

 medium to every shipper who has Honey to sell. So far this 

 season we have received a good many shipments, and we think 

 the parties who have consigned to us are well satisfied with 

 their sales. There is quite a good demand for both Honey 

 and Beeswax, and we are especially anxious to receive heavy 

 immediate shipments of both Comb and Extracted. 



If you are not in possession of one of our stencils, or have 

 none of our tags, write for them, and we will forward same 

 immediately upon receipt of your letter. At any rate we 

 would like to hear from you with full information as to what 

 kind of Honey you have, and we could then probably give you 

 closer information than the general facts as mentioned in this 

 letter. 



We quote price at which we are making sales : 



Fancy, White, per lb 15 to 16 



No. ], " 14 to 15 



Fancy, Amber, " 1*2 to 14 



Fancy, Dark, " 9 to 10 



EXTRACTED : 



Fancy, White, per lb 7 to 7% 



Amber, " 6 to 6K 



Dark, " 5 to 5% 



Beeswax, " 25 to 27 



Although we have repeatedly given you instructions as to 

 how to ship, there are still a few remarks to which we wish to 

 call your attention, so that they will not be overlooked. 



" Do not put White and Dark Honey in the same case, 

 unless marked accordingly." 



"Do not send us a pound of Honey unless you write or 

 wire about it, stating what kind you have sent, and via what 

 line it was shipped." 



Now, no matter what your location is, we maintain that 

 Chicago is your best market, and it is verified by the busi- 

 ness we have received from the many intelligent shippers 

 in the States of New York, Virginia, Florida, New Mexico, 

 Vermont, California, Utah, Mississippi, Texas, in fact almost 

 every State in the Union. We would advise youto ship by 

 freight, as the rates are not only lower than express, but the 

 Honey usually arrives in better condition. 



Remember that our Honey business last year was pro- 

 claimed by even our competitors to have been double that of 

 any other house, and we assure you that this large business 

 only came to us through hard work and close attention to the 

 interests of our shippers. It has always been our rule to 

 keep a shipper after we once get him started. We endeavor 

 to make him our friend and regular patron, and we will cer- 

 tainly endeavor to do the same by you if given a trial. 



Write us if you want a new stencil to mark your boxes 

 with. It appears neater when marked in this way than when 

 tags are used. It is also a good and safe way to take a pencil, 

 and mark the destination on the top of each crate. 



We offer the following as references : 



The Farmer's Voice Paper of this City ; the Wisconsin 

 Agriculturist, of Uacine, Wisconsin ; The Iowa Homestead, of 

 Des Moines, Iowa; The Shippers' Weekly Review Paper, this 

 City, or iu fact any Bank, Wholesale House or Shipper in the 

 country who has done business with us. We are well known, 

 and it will be very little trouble to investigate our standing, 

 if you desire to do so. 



We wish you also to remember that in addition to our 

 Honey business we have a fine trade for Potatoes, Apples, 

 and all kinds of Fruits and Vegetables, as well as Evap- 

 orated Fruits and Nuts of all kinds, and would be only too 

 well pleased to quote you prices on anything you desire to 

 make sale of in this market. 



You certainly cannot make any mistake by associating 

 yourself with us, as we are the hustlers of this market, and 

 can always do justice to the goods which you may send us. 



Onr time is yours, and will be glad to accommodate you in any 

 way that we can. 



Ship us in your Honey, and get what it is worth. 



Yours respectfully, C. E. Horrik &. Co. 



How is that for a breezy letter ? Pretty windy, eh ? No 

 one but the veriest know-nothing should be " caught" by such 

 a letter as that. And yet, after all we published last winter 

 against this firm, one of our old subscribers, who evidently 

 received a copy of the above letter recently, wrote to ask us 

 if we considered Horrie & Co. responsible ! 



When they mailed that letter, they knew that the best 

 comb honey was bringing not over 13 cents per pound in a 

 wholesale way. And yet they quoted 15 to 16 cents. Their 

 scheme is, by quoting high prices, to get bee-keepers to ship 

 them honey on commission, which last year in a number of 

 instances they sold for about what they were offered, and 

 remitted the shipper a net price of anywhere from 7 to 10 

 cents per pound for white comb honey. 



Now we hope that none of our readers will fall into any 

 such trap as is set before them in the above letter. Be sure 

 that you have the best of recommendations before placing 

 your honey in the hands of strangers. Better (jive your honey 

 away around home, rather than to ship it to some city com- 

 mission men who will take every advantage of you they can. 



Later.— Since the foregoing was written, we have learned 

 that there has been a "ring" formed here among several 

 firms of the Horrie stamp, and that they are all after honey, 

 no doubt thinking that bee-keepers are easily gulled, and that 

 there is a fortune to be made by swindling the confiding bee- 

 men. We are told that Horrie & Co. belong to the "ring,'' 

 which we do not doubt. 



Bee-keepers, beware of all strangers who are over-anxious 

 to get your honey. Honest dealers don't have to send out 

 tempting circular letters, baited with high quotations. Again 



we say. Beware ! 



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Xlie Sulphur Cure for Bee-Paralysis.— As 



noted in our "Personal Mention" department, Mr. O. 0. Pop- 

 pleton, of Florida, has been to see us. Among others the 

 subject of bee-paralysis came up. He said that he has had 

 perhaps the most extensive experience with this disease of 

 any bee-keeper in this country, having had during the past 



15 or 16 years about 200 colonies affected. One year in 

 Florida he lost a crop of 10,000 pounds of honey on account 

 of the disease. His experience with it began in Iowa, about 



16 years ago, where he had a number of colonies affected. He 

 has tried every suggested remedy, but all to no purpose until 

 he began to use sulphur in treating it in Florida. This is the 

 only thing that brought relief. He began by dusting with sul- 

 phur the frames and bees of two or three colonies, and as he 

 saw the bees recover, he treated other affected colonies, and 

 now he can hold the disease in check with little trouble by 

 using the sulphur treatment. 



In speaking of the symptoms of the disease, Mr. Popple- 

 ton said that the very best description he ever saw in print, 

 was that given by a querist in Gleanings recently, who said : 



"The bees seem to be swollen up, many of them, and have 

 a shaking motion, and the well bees are dragging off those 

 the nearest to lifeless, while the dead are quite thickly strewn 

 about the hive-entrance. On opening the hive I find many of 

 these bloated, shaking bees near the ends of the frames, in 

 and about the rabbets of the hive, and in out-of-the-way 

 places. The queen seems to be very prolific; but these 

 trembling, dying bees seem to take the disorder rather faster 

 than young bees emerge from the cells ; hence instead of 

 gaining in numbers, as are my other colonies, this colony is 

 dwindling." 



Mr. Poppleton says that in the North a colony that goes 

 into winter quarters badly affected with this disease invariably 

 dies before spring. He thinks that may be one reason why 

 bee-paralysis" is not so prevalent in the North— each spring 

 there is a new start, while in the South, with their mild win- 

 ters, the affected colonies do not die out so. 



