May 3, 1900. 



AMERICAN BEE JOURNAL 



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upon the shore. What silvery heauties 

 these fish are, with 3 rows of polk-adots on 

 their sides; how delicious they were when 

 cookt upon a charcoal fire in our boat. 



A short distance away was the site of the 

 historic city of St. Joseph, once having 

 5,000 inhabitants, but now not one or a 

 single residence. Its desolation reminded 

 me of the prophecies of Jeremiah ; her 

 wharfs are gone, nothing of the railroad re- 

 mains except the ties, which are of pitch 

 pine, and as sound as when laid, nearly a 

 century ago, the third railroad in the 

 United States. Yellow fever, tidal waves, 

 hurricanes and forest fires wiped her out of 

 existence. The rattle-snake has his hole, 

 wild turkeys rear their broods, the doe and 

 her fawn skip over her brick pavements, 

 and an occasional bear growls and panther 

 shrieks. 



The captain had told me that there were 

 many bee-trees in the swamp back of the 

 town site, and I had brought along a globe 

 bee veil expecting a heap of fun getting 

 wild honey. But I had forgotten to bring 

 any bait; the ax was not along and the cap- 

 tain said he could not go into the swamp 

 on account of snakes, so the project had to 

 be reluctantly abandoned. 



Mrs. L. Harrison. 



Washington Co., Fla , April 17. 



Colonies Wintered Strong. 



I wintered 7 colonies in the cellar; they 

 came out strong and are building up very 

 fast. Young bees are hatching out every 

 day. They have more than two combs of 

 brood now. The prospects for a big crop of 

 honey are good, and I think the bees will 

 hustle me around pretty lively, as I lack a 

 great many things necessary to properly 

 take care of a large crop from 18 colonies, 

 being only a beginner. (I have just bought 

 11 colonies more.) 



If this weather continues a few days 

 fruit-bloom will be out. Bees are very busy 

 today carrying pollen, and are getting some 

 honey. Geo. A. Ohmert. 



Dubuque Co., Iowa, April 32. 



Apiaries in Fine Condition. 



Reports from all of my Wisconsin api- 

 aries are that the bees have wintered 

 almost without loss, and are in fine condi- 

 tion. Frank McNay. 



Columbia Co., Wis., April 19. 



Prospects Favorable. 



My loss in bees the past winter was one 

 colony out of 84. Those alive are in good 

 condition at present, and the prospects are 

 favorable for a good honey harvest. 



P. C. Snyder. 



Jones Co., Iowa, April 21. 



Bees Troubled with Moths. 



On page (30 (1899) Illinois asks, ■• What 

 is the matter with my bees ? ' and says that 

 " for a long time they have been bringing 

 out dead brood from the hives in the nymph 

 stage, and also full-grown bees.'' Also on 

 page 607 (1899) the man who boils beedom 

 down mentions a smaller wax-worm re- 

 ported by Dr. Miller in Gleanings in Bee- 

 Culture, and winds up by asking if the Doc- 

 tor has made a new acquaintance, or 

 whether it is only our old friend r/alleria 

 cermiia in a different role. 



It is well known that the common wax- 

 moth, or at least the one that some bee- 

 keepers dread so much, completely destroys 

 the combs and leaves them a mass of filthy 

 webs. There is a smaller kind called the 

 "center-moth." The name is appropriate, 

 for it works in the brood-nest (which is the 

 center of the colony) and in the center of 

 the combs. It is the terror of nuclei and 

 weak colonies, and sometimes injures 

 strong ones. Its presence in the brood-nest 

 is indicated by one or more mature young 

 bees with their heads bare (they being un- 

 able to leave the cell), and also by bare- 

 headed brood, tho I am not sure that it 

 causes the bare-headed brood in every in- 



stance. When the bees start in after these 

 moths they go clear thru the combs. When 

 you see combs that have been used in brood- 

 rearing full of holes, as if made for pas- 

 sageways, the center-moth has been there. 



I do not know why it should be called 

 center-moth, for I am sure it does not eat 

 wax. True, it makes passageways from 

 one cell to another, and thru the dividing- 

 wall between the cells, but I have seen them 

 come out of the bodies of dead bees which 

 they had fastened in the cell with their 

 webs. When you pull out one of those bees 

 you will have to look into the cell quickly 

 before it wriggles out of sight into some 

 other cell. They sometimes pull out with 

 the bee, but not every time. 



Being desirous of increase the past sea- 

 son (1899) I used the nucleus plan, but by 

 the help of a bad season and the center- 

 moth I made a failure of it. One nucleus 

 which became infested in May was left to 

 itself to see what would become of it. By 

 the middle of September it was weak in 

 numbers, had no honey for winter, the 

 combs full of holes, and most of the mature 

 brood fastened in the combs with webs. 



My bees are blacks, Italian-hybrids, Car- 

 niolans and Adels. Only the two latter 

 ones were free from the pest the entire sea- 

 son! Strong colonies seem to be better 

 able to withstand them than the weaker 

 ones. But who is it that rears queens and 

 has them all fertilized in strong colonies ? 

 I would be glad to find some means where- 

 by I can be master of the center-moth. 

 Who can do anything for me I 



Cheslet Presswood. 



Bradley Co., Tenn. 



Carriag'e an«l Ilai-ne!i>M Kii-iii- 



mess. — It is not so very long ago that any 

 stock article, however much of worth or 

 durability it had, lackt, as a rule, all ele- 

 gance of design. In other words, it had no 

 style. Fortunately, all this is now past. 

 The article of moderate cost has a char- 

 acter and finish that could not be had a 

 few years ago except in high-priced made- 

 to-order goods. It is nowhere more no- 

 ticeable than in some of the modern lines 

 of vehicles and buggies now being offered 

 direct to the consumer by means of adver- 

 tising. Take the catalog we have just re- 

 ceived from the Kalamazoo (Mich.) Car- 

 riage & Harness Company, since it illus- 

 trates the principle referred to. Their goods 

 equal in every way, so far as we can see, 

 the product of certain factories which cater 

 exclusively to the wealthy, and sell their 

 vehicles by old methods of high-priced 

 salesmen and expensive repositories in 

 many leading cities. By such concerns, 

 vehicles apparently no better than these 

 are sold at from three to four times the 

 price. In dealing direct with the Kalama- 

 zoo Carriage & Harness Company all ex- 

 penses, such as city stores, salesmen, mar- 

 gins for bad accounts, etc., are saved. You 

 pay only one profit, and that a very modest 

 one. It is impossible for us, within the 

 limitations of this paragraph, to give more 

 than a hint of the complete line of the 

 Kalamazoo Company. The catalog in it- 

 self is a very handsome one, and is an 

 earnest of the good things inside. There 

 are vehicles of every conceivable style, and 

 all at very low prices. Eyery condition of 

 taste, need and purse are met. The farmer 

 who looks first for service, then for economy 

 and cost, finds these qualities combined 

 with a certain exclusiveness of design 

 which will make his rig a noticeable one 

 when he drives out ; while the town and 

 city man who wants more of lightness and 

 elegance will not turn elsewhere unsatis- 

 fied. The Kalamazoo Carriage & Harness 

 Company are strictly manufacturers, and 

 not jobbers. Every vehicle they sell is pro- 

 duced in their own works, and is guaran- 

 teed. The foregoing holds good, too, re- 

 garding their harness lines, which the cata- 

 log covers fully. Send for a copy and 

 verify for yourselves that nothing but per- 

 sonal inspection will do the book and its 

 contents justice. Address, Kalamazoo Car- 

 riage & Harness Co., Kalamazoo, Mich., 

 and mention the American Bee Journal 

 when writing. 



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MARKET QUOTATIONS. 



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Chicago, April l'». — Market is well cleared of 

 white comb honey; a little choice has sold re- 

 cently at loc, but tlark and mlxt (foods are slow 

 of sale. Extracted, while, Mft^^Oc; amber, TCo^Mc; 

 dark, 6^7c, accordJni; to quality and packat^e. 

 Keeswax in g-ood demand at 2Hc. 



R. A. Burnett & Co. 



Cincinnati, March 3.— There is some demand 

 for extracted honey from manufacturers at 

 7fct7J^c for amber and Southern; clover, J<f'<M!^c. 

 Comb honey is sellinf^ firm at 14(al(i\^c In a 

 small way. Beeswax, 2S^i27c. 



C. H. W. Weber, 

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



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 hig-her 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 

 hand. Prices range: Fancy while, Hfii'lSc; No. 

 1, 15'nl6c; amber, 10f«'12c; buckwheat almost un- 

 salable. Extracted, best white California, M!^c. 

 Blake, Scott & Lee. 



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

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

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

 dark, oc. Beeswax, 22@25c 



C. C. Clemons & Co, 



Detroit, Apr. 23.— Fancy white comb,lS(aii6c; 

 No. 1, white, 14^15c; amber and dark, I0(ai\2c, 

 I>emaud and supply- both limited. Extracted, 

 white, 7@7J/^c; amber and dark, 5f<'''6c. Beeswax, 

 2b(g}27c. M. H. Hunt & Son. 



Buffalo, April 20.~For strictly fancy white 

 one-pound comb honey we are getting lOfa'17c. 

 Any grade sells high— 10(a'15c, as to grade. 



Batterson & Co, 



New York, April 9.— Market is practically 

 bare of comb honey of all description. Little 

 lots arrive here and there and sell readily at 

 from lO^llc for buckwheat and 12(a'15c' for 

 white, according to quality and style of pack- 

 age. The market is well supplied with e.v- 

 tracted, which we think, however, will be moved 

 before the new crop arrives. Beeswax is in 

 good demand at from 27c to 29c per pound. 



HiLDRETH & SeGELKEN. 



San Francisco, Apr. 11.— White comb, 115^® 

 1254c; amber, 8@10c. Extracted, white,7^@8c. 

 light amber, 7@7J4c; amber. 5^5J^c; Beeswax, 

 26(a27c. 



Stocks of last crop are nearly exhausted, with 

 present business in the same mainly of a light 

 jobbing character at practically same rates as 

 lately current. New crop is expected to put in 

 an appearance in quotable quantity inside of 30 

 days. The yield north of Tehechapi will be a 

 fair average, but very light south of the point 

 named. 



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 lVql-il4c for 

 fancy white comb and 8^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 

 corab honey to go around at the present prices, 

 hence we look for no particular change in 

 values. Peycke Bros. 



Illinois.— The spring meeting of the eastern 

 part of the Northern Illinois Bee-Keepers' As- 

 sociation will be held at the residence of Will- 

 iam Farnham, 4 miles southwest of Rockford, 

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

 invited. B. Kennedy, Sec. 



New Milford, 111. 



ALuINU yULLNb proU*fil; Queens— If"i°m 

 waul the gentlest Bees — If you want the best 

 honev-gatherers you ever saw— irv mv Albinos. 

 Untested Queens in April, Jl.iX); "Tested, $1.50, 

 l2A26t J. D. GIVENS. LISBON. Tex. 



One Dollar Kach. 



Queens from our 

 select stock dur- 



Italian Queens 



.ing May and June, S1.0<l each. Orders will be 

 bookt and filled in rotation. 



loA4t D. J. BLOCHER. Pearl City, III. 



Please mention Bee Journal when "writing. 



