April 12, 1900. 



AMERICAN BEE fOUFNAL 



239 



The Honey-Bee. 



Of all the thing's, in earth or air, 

 . Of wondrous worth or beauty fair, 

 Few so prized, few could be 

 So valued, as the honey-bee. 



At break of day, it sails away 

 To scented fields and flowers gay. 

 And sing's its soup, and works away 

 To gather sweets for winter's day. 



It fills the hive to bold no more, 

 With g-arnered sweets— its winter store- 

 Then, grateful bee, no lazy sleeper, 

 A box it fills for its keeper. 



Sweet, buzzing- bee ! so fair to see ; 

 No second place we yield to thee. 

 In insect life, in earth or air. 

 Than fairy Queen, of mid-day air. 

 Arapahoe Co., Colo. V. Devinny. 



Buggies on Approval.- No more liberal offer 

 could possibly be made by any manufacturer 

 than appears in the advertising of the Edward 

 W. Walker Carriage Co., Goshen, lud., else- 

 where in this issue. They propose to send any 

 of their celebrated make of vehicles for exam- 

 ination and approval at the reader's nearest 

 railroad station, and quote wholesale prices di- 

 rect to the buyer, saving middlemen's profits. 

 They also offer light and heavy harness at pri- 

 ces that interest every horse-owner. A large 

 book describing their goods and methods of 

 pleasing customers will be sent free bv the ad- 

 vertiser on request. Please mention the Amer- 

 ican Bee Journal when writing them. 



NEW BOOKLETS. 



The Chicag-o, Milwaukee & St. Paul 

 Railway is issuing- a series of booklets 

 regarding- points of interest along its 

 lines, and if you are interested in the 

 western country, or contemplating a 

 trip, write Gbo. H. Heafford, General 

 Passenger Agent, Chicago, 111., for the 

 special publication desired, enclosing 

 four cents in stamps for postage for 

 each one. 



No. 1.— The Pioneer Limited. 



No. 2. — The Land of Bread and 

 Butter. 



No. 3.— The Fox Lake Country. 



No. 4.— Fishing in the Great North 

 Woods. 



No. 5.— The Lake Superior Country. 



No. 6. — Cape Nome Gold Diggings. 



No. 8.— Summer Days in the Lake 

 Country. 



No. 9. — Summer Homes, 1900. 



No. H.— The Game of Skat. 



No. 12.— Milwaukee — The Conven- 

 tion City. 



No. 13. — A Farm in the Timber 

 Country. 



No. 14.— Stock-Raising in the Sun- 

 shine State. 



No. IS. — Hunting and Fishing. 



We Want sbToloOGoionreTof Bees 



We prefer them on L. frames. 



State lowest cash price wanted for same. 



H. G. QUIRIN, 



15A2t Parkerstown, Ohio. 



EGGS 



MRS, 



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Si^S-'^S,""'^ PLYMOUTH 



ROCKS Thorobred, Fine 

 Plumag-ed Fowls. Farm 

 Raised — 75c per dozen. 



L C. AXTELL, RoseviUe, 111, 



Please mention the Bee Journal. 



ADiary 



SUPPLIES 

 Bee "Hives, 



.. „ . (S styles); also Sec- 



tions, Veils, Smokers, Honey - Knives, Hive- 

 Tools, Alsike and Sweet Clover Seed, Books on 

 Bee-Culture, Etc. Address, 



F.iSNELLJilleflpyille, Carroll Co.Ill, 



4A12t 



Please mention the Bee Journal. 



Yellow Sweet Clover Seed 



WK HAVE IT AT LAST ! 



We have finally succeeded in getting a small 

 quantity of the seed of the yellow variety of 

 sweet clover. This kind blooms from two to 

 four weeks earlier than the common or white 

 variety of sweet clover. It also lyrrows much 

 shorter, only about two feet in hig-ht. It is as 

 much visited by the bees as the white, and usu- 

 ally comes into bloom ahead of white clover 

 and basswood. We offer the seed as a premium 



A QUARTER POUND FOR SENDING 

 ONE NEW SUBSCRIPTION. 



So longf as it lasts, we will mail a quarter 

 pound of the seed to a regular paid-up subscri- 

 ber who sends us ONE NEW subscriber for the 

 American Bee Journal one year, with $1,00; or ji 

 pound by mail for 30 cents. 



We have been trying- for years to secure this 

 seed, and finally succeeded in getting- it. It is 

 new seed, g-athered last season by an old per- 

 sonal friend of ours, so we know it is all rig-ht. 

 But we have only a small supply. When nearly 

 out we will mention it. 



GEORGE W. YORK & CO. 



118 Michigan St., - CHICAGO, ILL. 



r^HTETC QUEENS 



OL^F ^^^ 1^^^ ^^^ Smokers, Sections, 

 DT^k H H V ^A Comb Foundation 



H ^B H H k V And all Apiarian Suppllei 



■ W H^^ ^^^^^r ehsEp. S^Dd for 

 ^^<^r I'KEE CBUIogae. K. T. FLANAGAN, BcUerUle, lU* 



Please mention Bee Journal when -writing. 



Rocky Mountain Bee-Plant Seed ! 



(Ckoriw integrifoUa.) 

 ...FREE AS A PREMIUM... 



The ABC of Bee-Culture says of it: "This 

 is a beautiful plant for the flower-g-arden, to 

 say nothing- of the honey it produces. It g-rows 

 from two to three feet in hig-ht, and bears large 

 clusters of bright pink flowers. It grows natur- 

 ally on the Rocky Mountains, and in Colorado, 

 where it is said to furnish large quantities of 

 honey." 



We have a few pounds of this Cleotne seed, 

 and offer to mail a X-pound package as a pre- 

 mium for sending us ONE NEW subscriber to 

 the American Bee Journal, with fl.uO; or % 

 pound by mail for 40 cents. 



GEORGE W. YORK & CO. 



118 Michigan St.. CHICAGO, ILL. 



The Emerson Binder 



This Emerson stiff-board Binder with cloth 

 back for the American Bee Journal we mail for 

 but 60 cents; or we will send it with the Bee 

 Journal for one year— both for only $1.40. It is 

 a fine thing to preserve the copies of the Jour- 

 nal as fast as they are received. If you have 

 this "Emerson" no further binding' is neces- 

 sary. 



QEORQE W YORK & CO. 



us Michigan Street, - CHICAGO, ILL. I 



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I HONEY MD BEESWAX I 



MARKET QUOTATIONS. 



Chicago, March 1').— We quote best white 

 comb at ISc. Ad occasional small lot of fancy 

 sells at U.c; off grades of white, 12tol4c; am- 

 bers, 10(fl.l2c. Extracted, Siai'ic for fancy white; 

 7f(*8c for amber; 6(ai7c for dark grades. Bees- 

 wax, 27c. 



Receipts of honey are larger and the demand 

 is not as good as it has been. 



R. A. Burnett & Co. 



Cincinnati, March 3.— There is some demand 

 for extracted honey from manufacturers at 

 yM'/ic for amber and Southern; clover, 8(4ii8V4c. 

 Comb honey is selling firm at 14(SilCuc in a 

 small way. Beeswax, 2Sfe27c. 



C. H. W. Weber, 

 Successor to Chas. F. Muth & Son and A. Muth. 



Los ANGELES,March 1.— l-pound frames, 12J4- 

 @lSc; 2-pound cans, 2 dozen in case, per dozen, 

 $2.50; 2-pound glass pails, per dozen, $2.50. Ex- 

 tracted, water white, 60-pound tins, per pound, 

 S'Ac; light amber, 7J4(mSc; dark amber, 7!^c. 

 Beeswax, 2S(a'2(ic. 



The prospect for a crop is very bad. Small 

 lots in the hands of wholesale houses are firmly 

 held. 



Boston, March 9.— Our honey market is 

 showing some signs of lower prices, altho the 

 stock on hand is not large. At the same time 

 prices are so much higher than previous years 

 that the trade have taken it very slowly arid the 

 results are that the holders are willing to range 

 prices quite a little in order to move stock on 

 hand. Prices rangej Fancy white, HllulSc: No. 

 1, lSfel6c; amber, 10(ail2c; buckwheat almost un- 

 salable. Extracted, best white California, SJ^c. 

 Blake, Scott & Lek. 



Kansas City, Mar. 19.— We quote fancy white 

 comb, ISc; No. 1, 14c; No. 1 amber, 13c; No. 2 

 amber, 13Mc. Extracted, white, Sc; amber, 7c; 

 dark, 6c. Beeswax, 22@2Sc 



C. C. Clemons & Co, 



Buffalo, March 3.— Market nearly bare of 

 all grades of honey. Probably no more from 

 any source to market, but if so, fancv white 

 comb is firm at 15(ail6c. Other grades from 14c 

 downward, with the poorest at 8@9c. Fancy 

 pure beeswax continues at 28@30c. 



Batterson & Co. 



New York, Mar. 8.— During the past 30 days 

 our market has been somewhat slow and easy 

 in both comb and extracted honey. Stocks of 

 comb honey, however, are almost exhausted, 

 and there is a fair demand for all grades. 

 Fancy white selling at ISc; No. 1 white at 13@ 

 14c; fancy amber, ll(a'12c, and buckwheat at 9@ 

 He, according to quality, etc. 



Our market is well supplied with extracted, 

 tho prices are firm and unchanged. Beeswax 

 sells very well at from 26@28c, according to 

 quality. HlLDRETH & Segelken. 



San Francisco, Mar. 28.- White comb, UK® 

 12>^c; amber, 8@10c. Extracted, white, 7J4@8c. 

 light amber, 7®7J^c; amber, S@SJ^c; Beeswax, 

 26(aj27c. 



Supplies and demand are both at present lim- 

 ited, which is to be expected at the close of a 

 light crop year. Business doing is mostly of a 

 small jobbing character, and at practically the 

 same figures as have been current for some' time 

 past. 



Omaha, Mar. 13.— Demand shows some im- 

 provement in January, having been much more 

 active, but as anticipated there is no advance in 

 prices. Market remains steadv at 14(a 14^c for 

 fancy white comb and 8Hc for 'white extracted. 

 The latter is pretty well cleaned up along the 

 Missouri River, and it looks as if there would 

 be some shortage before another crop comes in. 

 From present appearances there is about enough 

 comb honey to go around at the present prices, 

 hence we look for no particular change in 

 values. PeyckeBros. 



Here we are to the front 

 for 1900 with the NEW 



CHAMPION CHAFF -HIVE, 



a comlortable home for the bees in 

 summer and winter. We also carry 

 a complete line of other SUPPLIES. 

 Catalog free. R. H. SCHMIDT & CO. 

 Sheboygan, Wisconsin. 



Please mention Bee Journal -when -writuig. 



