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THE AMERICAN BEE JOURNAL. 



Oct. 1, 



good queens ; then two days before these 

 cells are about to hatch 1 go to the colo- 

 nies having queens whioh 1 wish to su- 

 persede, and hunt out the queens and 

 kill them. Two days later the nearly 

 mature cells are placed in queen-cell pro- 

 tectors and placed in these colonies ; and 

 my experience has been that, in 19 cases 

 out of 20, young, thrifty, vigorous 

 queens will be found laying in colonies 

 thus treated, 15 days later. 



If we do not wish to rear our own 

 queens, wecan send away for them ; and 

 to mai<e sure thai none shall be killed in 

 introducing, the old queen should be 

 killed nine days before we expect the 

 new queens to arrive. When they ar- 

 rive, open the hive and cutoff all queen- 

 cells, when the queen is to be introduced 

 by letting the bees eat the candy away 

 till the queen is liberated, according to 

 Instructions generally accompanyiug the 

 the queen. 



Another way, which is usually success- 

 ful, is to remove the old queen in the 

 forenoon of a pleasant day, and at night, 

 after the bees have returned home, give 

 them a little smoke ; and when they are 

 filled with honey allow the new queen to 

 run in at the entrance. Do not open the 

 hive for four or five days, and you will 

 rarely fail. — G. M. Doolittle, in Glean- 

 ings. 



Selected "Straws" from Gleanings. 



Don't try to scrape sections when it's 

 so hot propolis runs. Better have it cool 

 enough so propolis is brittle. 



Wood?n separators can be made to do 

 service very well instead of the basket- 

 splints used by N. T. Phelps. 



Don't leave sections on the hive, when 

 the flow stops, for the bees to daub with 

 glue. If you hope there will be a fresh 

 flow, wait till it comes and then put the 

 sections on again. 



It supers containing some honey are 

 put on a hive imuiediaiely after putting 

 a swarm in it, I believe it has a ten- 

 dency to make the swarm desert. Wait 

 a day or two before putting on the su- 

 pers. [The general practice on the part 

 of those who clip their queens' wings, 

 and catch the swarm as it returns, is to 

 put that swarm on another stand under 

 the same set of sections they have been 

 working on. It is much more conven- 

 ient to do the whole job at once. Mr. 

 Vernon Burt, who comes to my mind as 

 one who practices this plan, rarely, I be- 

 lieve, has a swarm that swarms again 

 when so treated; but lean easily see 

 that sections put over them, containing 

 honey, take away the feeling that they 

 have really got into new quarters. If 

 swarms have any collective or individual 

 idea, to the effect that they are going to 

 the woods, or some place where there is 

 no honey, comb, or even foundation, 

 when they are placed in a hive that has 

 sections partly drawn out, and filled 

 with honey, aiid some bees on them, and 

 if, also, they find foundation or combs in 

 the broodnest, it jn«j; make them feel 

 as if they had made a mistake or that 

 they had not got to the place they 

 desired to go to.— Editor.] 



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HDNEYandBEESWAX 



^flAKKET QC;OXAXIOI\S. 



The following rulee for grading honey were 

 adopted by the North American Bee-Keepers' 



Association, and, so far as possible, quota- 

 tions are made Sxccording to these rules: 



Fanct.— All sections to be well filled; combs 

 straight, of even thickness, and firmly at- 

 tacbed to all four sides; both wood and comb 

 unsoiled by tr^ivel-staln, or otherwise; all 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-stain or other- 

 wise. 



In addition to this the honey is to be classi- 

 fied according to color, using tbe terms white, 

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

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



Chicag-o.IU., Sept 18.— Fancy white, 13c ; 



N... 1. iic: laiR'V «nit).-r. 9@Uc.; \o. 1, 8® 

 9c ; laiicy dark. 8(f^l0c ; No. i,8c. E.\trnctPd. 

 white. oQTc.; amber. 5@6c.; dark, 4i4(Soc. 

 Bce.<iwax. 24@!.to. 



The sales of best grades of cnmb honey are 

 now;issuming n'ore volume, ami inoNt pale-^ 

 are at 12. I'Zhi, i\wi l^c All ol the shipments 

 I bat show cnr^* in preparation for t ransporia- 

 tlon are arri\ ing In good order. The market 

 is m1-o bare of dark comb tioney. jind there is 

 a demand for it which anyone havlntr a sup- 

 ply should take advantage of by shipping 

 now. 



Fhiladelpliia, Pa , Aug*. 14, — Extracted, 

 whitf. 8-10 .; amber, •i-oc; dark, ^-Ic. 

 Beeswax, 'the. 



No new comb in this market yet. Old comb 

 cleaned out. 



Detroit, Mich; Aug-. 8.— No 1 white, 11- 



1 ''--sc; laticy aMihcr. lU-l Ic*. No 1 amher. 9- 

 10c ; fancy dark, 8-9c. Extracted, whiie. 5% 

 -6c.; amber, o-o l?4c.; dark. 4-.og. Beeswax, 

 '2 4-25 c. 



Indianapolis, Ind., July 28. —Fancy white 



] .T-liiu. : No. 1 while. i:J-i 4c. Extracted, 

 white. 6-7c Beeswax. 2.">-'27c. 



No demand at all for off grades of either 

 comb or extracted honey. Large fruit crop 

 and w;irm wt-aiber are optjonenls to the de- 

 mand for honey at present. 



St. Ziouis. Mo.. Auff. S.^Fancy white, 1 3® 

 l^c; No. 1 white, r^<5.l2Hc.; fancy amber, 

 \imi\V7C.'. No I amber. ItK^lu'^c.; fancy 

 dark. 8(a9c.; No. 1 dark. K^lVi''. Extracted, 

 white, in cans. 5c. : in barrels, 4ifll4 ',^c.: lunber, 

 :3®;tHc.; darlt. 2H'^:!c. Beeswax. im(S,20c. 



Very little honey coming in at present, and 

 the weal her if too warm 10 handle to advan- 

 tage if it were here. 



Albany, N. Y., Sept. 19.— Fancy white, l.'i- 

 14c.; No. 1. 12-LJo.; fancy am'ier. 10-1 tc; 

 No. I dark, 8-9c. Extracted, wuite, fJ-7c.; 

 da'k. 5c. 



With cooler weather there is an Increasing 

 demand for comb h 'uey. and stock is movir.g 

 off freely. There is l)Ut very little demand 

 lor extracted, except fancy white put up in 

 glass jars. 



New York, N. Y .Sept. 9 —Fancy white. 

 Lie; No. 1. I2c.; laricy amber. He: No. 1, 

 lOc; dark. 9c Beeswax declining; 2.J(a24c. 

 s now tup price 



New crop comb hnn'^y Is mw arriving free- 

 ly. The demand is fair only, and mo-iily for 

 small lot- of 10 to •J5 crates, "^ume e,\cep- 

 lioiiallv fine lots will probably sell tor a liiile 

 more No change in extracted, with plenty of 

 supply. 



San Francisco, Calif., Sept. 16. — White 



comb. IOl- ; amber, 7 v<i-9c. hxtracled, white, 

 b-hV^c; light amber, 4 i^-J ^c, ; amber colored 

 and candied. :^?i-4c ; dark luie '2.^,i-'^ '. 



There is a moderate quantity of the new 

 crop comb, lor which there is only local de- 

 maud atidihatnot vety active. Last veu'd 

 ext' acted IS still in fair supply, bur Is quite 

 steadily held, ami is not meeting with much 

 custom at the tigures n >w demanded. A 

 wheat shipcl«^^in^ jeslerdayior i iverpool 

 took 500 c ises extracted honey of 1895 crop. 



Beeswax, fair to chtdc. ■j;i-26c. Tnere is 

 no heavy quantity on market, and buyers in 

 (■eatch of ibis pruiluc. find <t necessary to pay 

 lull current rates, particularly if ihey aie 

 exacting as to quality. 



Sffilwankee, Wis., An?. 8.— Fan^-y white. 

 14-I5C ; No. 1, 12-i;ic.; No. 1 amber, S-lOc. 

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

 4-5c. Beeswax. 32-'24c. 



New crop of honey begins to come forward. 

 The demand is very poor and quotations al- 

 most nominil. Weather is very waim and 

 the con-umptlon of honey is very small. 

 Plenty of f ■ ult, and hence the appetite is sat- 

 isfied with same In preference. Later on we 

 expect an improved demand for honey of all 

 kinds. 



Uinneapolist, Kinn., Aug*. 8. — Fancy 



white. 12'/2<-.; No. 1 white. lOfqjllc; fancy 

 amher. 9(gH0c.; No. 1 amber, 8a9c.; fancy 

 dark, 7(?l8c. ; No. 1 dark. 6-8c. Extracted, 

 "bite. 5!4fa6V4c.: amber, 5@5i4c.; dark. 4® 

 5c. Beeswax, 23f026c. 



The demand for both comb and extracted is 

 very quiet, and lor the latter, nominal. The 

 hot weather of the past week or so nascaecked 

 demand for cumb honey. 



Cleveland. Ohio, Ang". 8.— Fancy white, 

 14i/2(q115l'.: No. I white. l24(Sai3c l^ixtracted. 

 white. 6@7c.; amber, 4!4@5^^c. Beeswax, 22 

 @'-i5c. 



There is not very much honey in our mar- 

 ket Sellinu rather slow. Demand hegiuulng 

 to he a liitle better. Think trade will be fair 

 in this line this fall. 



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

 comb. 15c.; No. 1 white. l:i@I4c.; fancy 

 amber. 12-l3c.: No. 1 amber. ll-T'c; fancy 

 d^rk, lO-llc; No. 1. 8-lOc. Extracted, white, 

 6-6140.; umber, 5 5!?4c.; dark. 4-4Hc. Bees- 

 wax. 22-25C 



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

 -Inc.; No. 1, l2-l:ic.; fancy ami)er, 9-lOc. 

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

 wax. 2oc. 



Gond supply of new honey, but demand Is 

 light this very hot weather, 



Buffalo. N. Y..Set5t. 19.— Fancy rnmb. 1- 



pouuii, mostly I 2c , occa-sionally i;i-14e.; No. 

 No. :, 8-lOc.; No. :j. 4-7c Extracted. 4-5c. 

 Demand grows better as fruit decreases. 



List of Honey and Beeswai Dealers. 



Most of whom Quote In this Journal. 



Cbicago, Ills. 



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



New York, N. Y. 



HrLDRETH Bros. & segeoken. 



120 & 1-32 West Broadway. 

 Chas. Israel & Bros., 486 Canal St. 



Kansas Cltr, ITIo. 



0. C. Clemoms & Co., 423 Walnut St. 



Buffalo, N.Y. 



BatterSON & Co., 167 & 169 Scott St. 



Hamilton, Ilia. 



Chas. Dadant & Son. 



Philadelphia, Pa. 



Wm. a. Selser, 10 Vine St. 



Olevelaiitl, Ohio. 



Williams Bros., SO & 82 Broadway. 



St. I^ollia, ITIo. 



Westcott Com. Co.. 213 Market St. 



Minneapolis, minu. 



S. H. HALL & Co. 



minrankee, \Vl8. 



A, V. Bishop & Co. 



Boston, Mass. 

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



Detroit, niirh. 



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



Indianapolis, Ind. 



Walter S. Poudeb, 162 Massachusetts Ave. 



Albany, N.Y. 



Chas. McCdlloch & Co., 380 Broadway. 



Cincinnati, Ohio. 



C. r, MtTTH & Son. oor. Freeman & Central eti. 



