April ly, 1900. 



AMERICAN BEE JOURNAL 



255 



biR hive and another old-style " gum " I 

 bought from a neighbor, which is 13 inches 

 square and 22 inches high. They are win- 

 tering all right so far. Those in the cave 

 are wintering well with the exception of 4 

 colonies — one in a Danzenbaker 10-frame 

 hive, which had dwindled away to nothing 

 with plenty of white honey; two inS-trame 

 dovetailed hives, and one in a box-hive 

 with a late after-swarm. One of the colo- 

 nies in the dovetailed hives was queenless. 

 I had introduced a yellow queen Oct. 3, 

 from an Indiana breeder, and she had left 

 no signs that she had been successfully in- 

 troduced. The other had a queen from an 

 Iowa breeder, and no amount of coaxing 

 would induce her to lay after Sept. 1.5, and 

 on examining them on Jan. IS, there were 

 no signs that she had laid any in the mean- 

 time, so tar as I could observe. I contracted 

 them to 3 frames, covered them up as 

 warm as possible, put them at the top of 

 the tier of hives in the warmest position 

 1 could, and left them until Feb. 24. I 

 then ventured to take a peek at them, and 

 to my surprise they were still living. On 

 March 10, 11 and 13 it was very warm and 

 pleasant, and they all seemed restless, and 

 with the least ray of light were out on the 

 cave floor. So I set them all out in the fore- 

 noon of the 10th, and left them out until 

 the forenoon of the r3th, when I put them 

 back. The colony in question was dead. 



I have now 13 strong colonies, and 3 

 which are doubtful. I secured 516 sections 

 of finisht honey, and about .50 unfinisht sec- 

 tions from 8 colonies, spring count, in 1899. 

 F. W. Hall. 



Sioux Co., Iowa, March 19. 



Bees Carrying in Pollen. 



I put 93 colonies of bees into the cellar 

 last November, and March 19 I took out 90 

 live colonies; 4 being rather light I united 

 them, making 3 good colonies, so that I 

 have 88 good, strong colonies, and they are 

 as busy now as I ever saw them, carrying 

 in pollen from soft maple. The weather is 

 all that could be desired, being warm and 

 dry without wind. I have my bees well 

 protected by groves, fruit-trees, blackberry 

 and raspberry vines, on a southern slope 

 open to the sun. P. G. Abbott. 



Benton Co., Iowa, April 5. 



Methods of Wintering Bees. 



My bees have come thru the winter 

 strong, without the loss of a colony. This 

 is my third winter without any loss. I have 

 read all of the books on wintering, and also 

 the experience of hundreds, and the nearer 

 they approach to my plan the more success- 

 ful they have been. It is safe and sure. 



Make your hives like a refrigerator— <«- 

 •snrlni/ dry air fircittntion — and the bees will 

 winter in any climate upon the summer 

 stands. Arranged in this manner the 

 dampness from their breath is all carried 

 above, and, coming in contact with the cold 

 air, is condenst, and remains above the 

 bees. When the mercury runs down to 13 

 degrees above zero and below, this upper 

 chamber will be filled with frost ; without 

 this circulating arrangement, with a low 

 thermometer, the hive would be filled with 

 frost, the bees could not go outside the 

 brood-nest, and would perish with plenty 

 of honey. Any hive can be arranged with 

 this dry-air circulation— even a boxhive. 

 Yet a hive arranged or made expressly will 

 give the best results. 



Newman, in his " Bees and Honey," page 

 141. says: "Disguise the fact as we may. 

 until some method for wintering is devised 

 — that is, a method which will prove as 

 safe and certain for a medium weak colony 

 as a strong one; which will at all times 

 give bees access to their stores let them be 

 in what part of the hive they may ; that 

 will be as safe in a long inclement winter, 

 etc. — until then, the success attending bee- 

 keeping will be more or less a matter of 

 chance." 



With this arrangement I go contrary'to 

 the advice of all experts. The " A B C of 

 Bee-Culture" and all others say, leave the 

 hive open one inch at the bottom. I close 



mine tight, or nearly so. with a storm shed 

 or entrance. What would you think of a 

 man who would build an extra- warm house, 

 make a good fire on a cold day. and then 

 leave an outside door open ? This states 

 the case exactly The bees creating the 

 warmth represent the Are — why not keep it 

 warm ? Beside.s, when you open the hive 

 at the bottom you stop the upward circula- 

 tion. Try your refrigerator — open the door 

 of the provision-chamber and quickly place 

 your hand under the opening in the ice-box 

 and you can feel the current of air down- 

 ward, and the current soon ceases on ac- 

 count of the door lieing open. 



Others advise packing the bees in the fall 

 for winter and then let them smerel;/ nhmc 

 To this I say no, arrange them so that you 

 can examine them at any time during the 

 coldest weather ; you know then their ex- 

 act condition at all times, and they will not 

 be left to starve and die unattended. 



U. H. Metcalf. 



Calhoun Co., Mich., April 3. 



100 Cards and 6ard-Gase 

 — FREE — 



"We have arrangred to mail a neat vest-pocket 

 Aluminum Card-Case with 100 printed Business 

 or Visiting- Cards— all for sending- us ONE 

 NEW SUBSCRIBER to the American Bee 

 Journal for a year at $1.00. This is indeed a 

 rare offer. You can have anything you wish 

 printed on one side of the card. Your name 



alone will be engraved on the Aluminum Case. 

 It is something" that everybody oug-ht to have. 

 Be sure to write very plainly what you want 

 printed on the cards, and also the name for the 

 case. 



We will mail the cards and case for 50 cents, 

 when wanted without sending- a new subscriber, 

 or will club them with the Bee Journal for one 

 year— all for $1.40. 



GEORGE W. YORK & CO., 



us Michigan Street, - CHICAGO, ILL. 

 MAMMOTH 



WhiteHollandTurkeys 



Eg-gs, $3.00 peril. lilRDS FOR SALE. Write 

 MISS E. B. CONKEY, Homer, 111. 



Please mention Bee Journal when writins 



Yellow Sweet Clover Seed 



WE HAVE IT AT LAST I 



We have finally succeeded in getting a small 

 quantity of the seed of the yello\v variety of 

 sweet clover. This kind blooms from two to 

 four weeks earlier than the common or white 

 variety of sweet clover. It also grows much 

 shorter, only about two feet in hight. 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 long as it lasts, we will mail a quarter 

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

 ber who sends us ONE NEW subscriber for the 

 American Bee Journal one year, with $1.00; or % 

 pound hy mail for 30 cents. 



We have been trying for years to secure this 

 seed, and finally succeeded in getting it. It is 

 new seed, gathered last season by an old per- 

 sonal friend of ours, so we know it is all right. 

 But we have only a small supply. When nearly 

 out we will mention it. 



GEORGE W. YORK & CO., 



118 Michigan St., - CHICAGO, ILL. 



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I ttON&y AND BE,ESW/\X | 



MARKET QUOTATIONS. 



Chicago, April 't.— There is very liille trade 

 in honey of any kind. This is usual at this 

 time of the year, aud stocks are well reduced, 

 so that for fancy white comb of i he coming crop 

 a good demand should exist. Best while comb 

 now sells at 15%l(»c, with ambers and dark difTi- 

 cult to dispose of at 3(a7c per pound less. Ex- 

 tracted, white, 7K@8c; ambers and dark, Of'^tl^. 

 Beeswax firm at 28c. R. A. Buhnett & Co. 



Cincinnati, March 3.— There is some demand 

 for extracted honey from manufacturers at 

 7to7J^c for amber and Southern; clover, 8f<rM!^c. 

 Comb honey is selling firm at 14^16i^c in a 

 small way. Beeswax, 25f"'27c. 



C. H. W. Weber, 

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



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 and the 

 results are that the holders are willing to range 

 prices quite a little in order to move stock on 

 baud. Prices range: Fancy while, 17(&'lSc: No. 

 1, I5fgil6c; amber, 10(al2c; buckwheat almost un- 

 salable. Extracted, best while California, S^c. 

 Blake, Scott & Lee. 



Kansas City, Mar. 1'^.— We quote fancy white 

 comb, 15c; No. 1, 14c; No. 1 amber, 13c; No. 2 

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

 dark, 6c. Beeswax, 22(&'25c 



C. C. Clemons & Co« 



Detroit, Feb. 10.— Fancy white comb,15@i6c; 

 No 1, white, 13@14c; fancy amber, ll(al2c; dark 

 and undesirable lots, SfaUOc. Extracted, white, 

 7^'7J^c; amber and dark,5(a6c. Beeswax, 25to26c. 

 Supply of honey fair with light demand. 



M. H. Hunt & Son. 



Buffalo, March 3.— Market nearly bare of 

 all grades of honey. Probably no more from 

 any source to market, but if so, fancy while 

 comb is firm at 15(S46c. Other grades from 14c 

 downward, with the poorest at 8^*9c. Fancy- 

 pure beeswax continues at 28fa^30c. 



Batterson & Co, 



New York, April 0. — Market is practically 

 bare of comb honey of all description. Little 

 lots arrive here and there and sell readily at 

 from 10@llc for buckwheat and 12@l5c' for 

 white, according to quality and style of pack- 

 age. The market is well supplied with ex- 

 tracted, which we think, however, will be moved 

 before the new crop arrives. Beeswax is in 

 good demand at from 27c to 2'^'c per pound. 



Hildreth & Segelken. 



San Francisco, Apr. 4,— White comb, 11^@ 

 12J^c: amber, 8(5^lOc. Extracted, white, 7^raSc. 

 light amber, 7#75^c; amber, 5(&i55^c; Beeswax, 

 26@27c. 



Very little doing in this line,not only on ac- 

 count of limited demand, but also owing to 

 holdings being too small to admit of anything 

 like wholesale operations. Recent transfers of 

 a small jobbing character are at figures show- 

 ing values to be practically unchanged. 



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 steady at 14(fll4^c for 

 fancy white comb and SJ^c 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. Peycke Bros. 



Convention Notices. 



Connecticut. — The annual meeting of the 

 Connecticut Bee-Keepers' Association will be 

 held at the Capitol, in Hartford, Wednesday, 

 May 2, I'^CO. The meeting will be called to 

 order at 10:30 a.m. Mrs. W. E. Riley, Sec. 



Waterbury, Conn. 



Illinois. — The spring nieetina" of the eastern 

 part of the Northern Illinois Bee-Keepers' As- 

 sociation will be held at the residence of Will- 

 iam Farnhara, 4 miles southwest of Rockford, 

 111., on Tuesday, May 15, 1900. All are cordially 

 invited. B. Kennedy, Sec. 



New Milford, III. 



