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THE AMERICAN BEE JOURNAL. 



Sept. 10, 



— putting the empty cases under the 

 partly-filled cases — and remove the full 

 cases when all the sections are completed 

 in them. It only pays to handle one 

 section at a time when the season is 

 poor. I don't mean to say that I leave 

 all the cases on the hive till the harvest 

 is over; I remove all cases as soon as all 

 the sections in them are all completed. 



Eugene Secor — I wait till most sec- 

 tions are finished, and take the super off. 

 I take the unfinished ones from several 

 supers and make up a new one to be 

 returned and finished, except at the 

 close of the season, then I extract from 

 the partly-filled ones. 



Dr. C. C. Miller— Neither. During the 

 flush of the season I take off a super 

 when all but four or five are finished ; 

 and later in the season a super is often 

 taken off when only half are finished. 

 Then the unfinished ones are massed 

 together to be put back again. 



C. H. Dibberii — I remove whole supers. 

 In case the yield is scant, and supers 

 will not be entirely finished, I leave 

 them on as long as any honey comes in, 

 and then take off the supers. I then 

 remove all sections that are finished, 

 and replace the balance on the hives to 

 be finished during the next flow, if any 

 is expected. 



Queens an<l Queen-RearinsT-— 



If you want to know how to have queens 

 fertilized in upper stories while the old 

 queen is still laying below ; how you may 

 safely introduce any queen, at any time of 

 the year when bees can fly ; all about the 

 different races of bees; all about shipping 

 queens, queen-cages, candy for queen- 

 cages, etc. ; all about forming nuclei, mul- 

 tiplying or uniting bees, or weak colonies, 

 etc. ; or, in fact, everything about the 

 queen-busiuess which you may want to 

 know — send for Doolittle's " Scientific 

 Queen-Rearing " — a book of over 170 

 pages, which is as interesting as a story. 

 Here are some good offers of this book : 



Bound in cloth, postpaid, $1.00 ; or clubbed 

 with the Beb Jouknal for one year — both 

 for only $1.75 ; or given free as a premium 

 for sending us three new subscribers to the 

 Beb Jouknal for a year at $1.00 each. 



Boney-Clovers & Buckwheat 



SEED FOR SALE. 



We have made arranjrements so that we 

 can furnish seetl of several of the Clovers 

 and Japanese Buckwheat, by freight or ex 

 press, at the followlnsf prices, cash with order 



5Ib 10ft 25ft 50ft 



Alelke Clover $.70 J1.25 l.'J.oo $5.75 



Sweet Clover 75 1.40 V..2o 6.00 



WhiteClover 1.25 2.00 4.50 8.00 



Alfalfa Clover 65 1.10 2.70 5.00 



Crimson Clover 55 .90 2.00 3.50 



Jap. Buckwheat... .30 .35 .90 1.25 

 Prices subject to market changes. 



Add 25 cents to your order, for cartajje, if 

 wanted by freight. 



Your orders are solicited. 



GEORGE W. YOBK & CO., 



CHICAGO, ILLS. 



J|J[ U X II Cold-Blast Smokers, 



Sqnare Glass Honey Jars, Etc, 



For Circulars, apply to Chas. F. Muth & Son. 



Cor. Freeman & Central Avea., Cincinnati, O. 



Send lOe for Practical Hints to Bee-Keepers. 



Mention the American Bee Jov/maL 



HONEY and BEESWAX 



IflARKEX quoxAxio:>is. 



The following rules for grading honey were 

 adopted by the North American Bee-Keepers' 

 Association, and, so far as possible, quota- 

 tions are made according to these rules: 



Fanct.— All sections to be well filled ; combs 

 straight, of even thickness, and firmly at- 

 tached to all four sides; both wood and comb 

 unsoiled by travel-stain, or otherwise; ail the 

 cells sealed except the row of cells next the 

 wood. 



No. 1.— All sections well filled, but combs 

 uneven or crooked, detached at the bottom, 

 or with but few cells unsealed: both wood 

 and comb unsoiled by travel-slain or other- 

 wise. 



1 n addition to this the honey is to be classi- 

 fied according to color, using the terms white, 

 amber and dark. That is. there will be "fancy 

 white," "No. 1 dark." etc. 



Chicago, Ills., Aug. 31.— Fancy white clo- 

 ver. 13c.; No. 1 white. ll@12c ; fancy amber, 

 Q@tWf.\ No. 1 amber. 6®8c.: fancy dark, 8® 

 9c.; No. 1 dark. 7c. Extracted, white. 5@7c.; 

 amber, o@5!4c. ; dark. 4i4@5c. Beeswax, 

 25@27c. 



The month closes with some offerings of 

 new comb honey, for which 14-loc. is asKed 

 for best lots— but there are no sales of conse- 

 quence to report. There is usually a good 

 deal of it moved in September, thus establish- 

 ing the earlv market. 



Philadelphia, Pa., Aug'. 14,— Extracted, 

 white, 8-10 J.: amber, 4-5c.; dark, 3-lc. 

 Beeswax, 25c. 



No new comb in this market j'et. Old comb 

 cleaned out. 



Detroit, Mich.; Aug. 8.— No. 1 white, 12- 

 12i4e.; fancy amber, lU-llc: No. 1 amber, 9- 

 10c. ; fancy dark, 8-9c. Extracted, white, 5^ 

 -6c.; amber, 5-5 14c. ; dark. 4-5c. Beeswax, 

 24-25C. 



Cincinnati, Ohio, Jaly 10.— No. 1 white, 

 13@l4c; fancy amber. 12@13c; No. 1 amber. 

 10@12e. White, extracted. 5@7c; amber, 5@ 

 6c; dark, 3^-5c. Beeswax. 20-25o. 



Indianapolis, Ind., July 28.— Fancy white. 

 15-16C. : No. 1 white, l.'i-14c. Extracted, 

 white. 6-7c. Beeswax. 25-27c. 



No demand at all tor off grades of either 

 comb or extracted honey. Large fruit crop 

 and warm weather are opponents to the de- 

 mand for honey at present. 



New York, IT. Y , Ang. 8 —No. 1 white, 12 

 ®13c.; fancy amber, ll(a)12c.: No. 1, 10@llo. 

 Extracted, white. 5'^@5?ic.; amber, 5c.; dark. 

 50c. per gallon. Beeswax. 25c. 



Our market has not opened upas yet and 

 we would not advise shipping comb honey be- 

 fore Sept. 1. or latter part of this month. 

 Extracted is selling fairly well at prices 

 quoted. Beeswax verydull and declining. 



St. louis. Mo., Ang. 8.— Fancy white, 13® 

 14c.: No. 1 white, 12@12Wc. ; fancy amber, 

 11@11'/2C.: No. 1 amber. 10@10!4c.; fancy 

 dark, 8@9c.; No. 1 dark, 7@7Hc. Extracted, 

 white, in cans. 5c. ; in barrels. 4@4J^c.: amber, 

 3@3V,c.; dark. aHSSc. Beeswax, 19@20c. 



Very little honey coming in at present, and 

 the weather is too warm to handle to advan- 

 tage if it were here. 



Albany, N. Y., Ang. 25.- Fancy white. 14- 

 15c.; No. 1. 12-13C.; fancy amber. ]l-12c.; 

 No. 1 amber, lO-llc; fancy dark, 9-lOc.; No. 

 1 dark. 8!4-9c. 



Receipts of comb honey are quite large, and 

 there is some demand, but we think producers 

 make a mistake in urging immediate sales, as 

 it tends to lower prices. There is quite a de- 

 mand for comb laoney put up in paper car- 

 tons. 



Sau Prancisco, Calif.. Ang. 26. — White 

 comb. Il-12i4c.; amber, 7!4-10c. Extracted, 

 white, 5-5 !4c.; light amber. iVt-i'/ic; amber 

 colored and candled, 3%-ic ; dark tuie, 2}£-3c. 



Little doing in honey, and transfers effected 

 are wholly on local account. In seasons of 

 light yield like the present one. the quality Is 

 ordinarily of rather low grade, but some 

 honey as fine as was ever seen upon this mar- 

 ket has been recently landed here In the 

 shape of comb in 1-pound sections. 



Beeswax, fair to choice, 22-25c. There is a 

 fair inquiry for such as can be guaranteed 

 strictly pure Where there is any suspicion 

 of adulteration, buyers give offerings the go- 

 by. 



Milwaukee, Wis., Ang. 8.— Fancy white, 

 14-15C.; No. 1. 12-13C.; No. 1 amber, S-lOo. 

 Extracted, white. 6-7c. ; amber, 5-6c.; dark, 

 4-5c. Beeswax. 22-24c. 



New crop of honey begins to come forward. 

 The demand is very poor and quotations al- 

 most nominal. Weather is very warm and 

 the consumption of honey Is very small. 

 Plenty of fruit, and hence the appetite is eat- , 

 isfled with same in preference. Later on we • 

 expect an Improved demand for honey of all 

 kinds. 



Minneapolis, Minn., Aug. 8. — Fancy 

 white, 12i4c.; No. 1 white, 10®llc.; fancy 

 amber. 9@10c. ; No. 1 amber. 8@9o.; fancy 

 dark. 7@8c.; No. 1 dark. 6-8c. Extracted, 

 white. 5^@6!4c. ; amber, 5@5S4o. ; dark. 4@ 

 5c. Beeswax, 23®26c. 



The demand for both comb and extracted Is 

 very quiet, and for the latter, nominal. The 

 hot weather of the past week or so has checked 

 demand for comb honey. 



Cleveland, Ohio, Aug. 8.— Fancy white, 

 14!4@15c.; No. I white. 12!4@13c. Extracted, 

 white, 6(a7c.; amber, 4V4@5i4c. Beeswax, 22 

 @25c. 



There is not very much honey in our mar- 

 ket Selling rather slow. Demand beginning 

 to be a little better. Think trade will be fair 

 in this line this fall. 



Kansas City, Mo., Aug. 8.— Fancy white 

 comb, 150.; No. 1 white, 13@14o.; fancy 

 amber. 12-13c.; No. 1 amber. 11-1 2c.; fancy 

 dark, lO-llc; No. 1, S-lOo. Extracted, white, 

 6-6i4c.; ambej, o 5%c.; dark, 4-4^4e. Bees- 

 wax, 22-250. 



Boston, Mass.; Aug. 10.— Fancy white, 14 

 -loo.; No. 1, 12-13C.; fancy amber, 9-lOc. 

 Extracted, white, 6-7c. ; amber, 5-6c. Bees- 

 wax. 25c. 



Good supply of new honey, but demand la 

 light this very hot weather. 



Bnffalo, N. Y., Aug. 28.— Fancy comb, 1- 

 pound, quiet, ll-12c.; No. 2, quiet, 8-lOc.; 

 No. 3, 4-6c. 



Old honey is almost unsalable, as well aa 

 lots In poor order. Too early for much de- 

 mand. Don't advise shipments before Sep- 

 tember to Buffalo and then classify according 

 to actual value. 



List of Honey and Beeswax Dealers. 



Most of whom Quote In this Journal. 



Cblcago, Ills, 



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



New York, N, Y. 



HiuiRETH Bros. & Skoelken. 



120 & 122 West Broadway. 

 Chab. Israel & Bros., 486 Canal St. 



Kansas City, mo. 



O. C. Clbmoms & Co., 423 Walnut St. 



Battalo, N. Y. 



BATTEBSON & CO., 167 & 169 SCOtt St. 



Hamilton, Ills, 



Chas. Dadant & Son. 



Ptailadelpbla, Pa. 



Wm. a. Selser, 10 Vine St. 



Cleveland, Ohio. 



Williams Bros., so & 82 Broadway. 



St. Iionis, mo. 



Westcott Com. Co.. 213 Market St. 



Minneapolis, minn. 



S. H. Hall & Co. 



miltvankee, Wis. 



A, V. Bishop & Co. 



Boston, mass. 

 E. E. Blake & Co., 57 Chatham Street, 



Detroit, Ifllch. 



M. H. Hunt, Bell Branch, Wayne Co., Mich. 



Indianapolis, Ind. 



WALTER S. POUDER, 162 MasBachusctts Ave. 



Albany, N. Y. 



Chas. McCitlloch & Co., 380 Broadway. 



Cincinnati, Oblo. 



I C, F. HniH & Son, cor. Freeman & Central av«. 



