July 2b, 1900. 



AMERICAN BEE JOURNAL. 



479 



May to keep their bees alive. I liave 

 not heard of any honey being' taken off 

 yet, and but very few swarms. There 

 is not as much white clover this year 

 as usual. Basswood is just comin;^ 

 into bloom, and the bees are in a rush. 

 There has been plenty of rain for the 

 last two weeks, and we are hoping' for 

 abetter How of honey the balance of 

 the season. My bees have made a good 

 beginning' in the sections. I have had 

 only one swarm to issue, but I am look- 

 ing for more every day. 



S. B. Smith. 

 Millelacs Co., Minn., Julv 14. 



A Defense of Sweet Clover. 



I notice on page 413, A. F. Footesays 

 he wants sweet clover started in his 

 locality but the farmers object. I would 

 say they object to one of the greatest 

 fertilizers that g'rows ; also, cattle and 

 horses can be taught to eat it, and 

 when they do there is no better hay 

 grows. It produces an abundant crop 

 of fine-flavored white honey, the flow 

 lasting for about three to three and a 

 half months. In this locality about 

 three-fourths of our honey comes from 

 sweet clover. 



I had as much opposition when I 

 planted my first seed, but I planted the 

 seed just the same ; now nearly all the 

 farmers see the value of it. 



"We also have cleome here with a yel- 

 lo-w blossom. It is generally a little 

 earlier than the pink. I would not 

 favor planting it in this locality, as it 

 is good only for bees, so far as I know ; 

 'while some claim it pays to raise the 

 seed for poultry. Sweet clover feeds 

 my bees in summer and my cows in 

 winter, and it produces good milk and 

 honey. 



I divide mj' bees, and have none fly 

 off and leave me. C. W. Snydek. 



Garfield Co., Utah, July 13. 



P. S. — I extracted honey the last 

 week in June, this being the first year 

 that such a thing has happened earlier 

 than July IS. C. W. S. 



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

 Journal for one year— both for only $1.4U. 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 f,urther binding is neces- 

 sary. 



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

 is a beautiful plant for the flower-garden, to 

 say nothing of the honey it produces. It grows 

 fromtwo to three feet in hight 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 Cleome seed, 

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I have been running some colonies on shallow 

 brood-chambers for comb honey, and I expect 

 to unite them to the parent hive. Persons who 

 have lost bees, and have vacant hives and 

 combs, can have the bees of these colonies — 

 queen and all— for $1.00 each, to be forwarded In 

 light cases. Safe arrival guaranteed. A limi- 

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30Alt HARRY LATHROP, Browntown. Wis. 



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I HONEY AND BEESWAX ; 



MARKET OUOTATIONS. 



Chicago, July 7, — Some new while comb 

 honey is selling at 15c; not much offered and 

 not much demand for it. E.\lractcd is slow 

 sale; best wliito, Tffl.T^^c: best amber, 0i4(u0}ic; 

 dark amber, 5("5j4c. Beeswax, 27fa2><c. 



R. A. Burnett & Co. 



Cincinnati, July 20.— White extracted honey, 

 7fe'7',^c; southern extracted. 5':tfi-t'6i^c, owing to 

 quality. No comb honey on market. Good de- 

 mand for beeswax at 25'«'27c. " "_" 



Shipments of extracted honey from the South 

 are more numerous than a few weeks ago, but 

 we find it hard to make sales, owing to a slow 

 demand. C. H. W. Webek, 2140 Central Ave. . 



Buffalo, July 20.— For strictly fancy white 

 one-pound comb honey we are getting '16(^^170. 

 Any grade sells high— 10(ati5c, as to grade. 



Battekson & Co, 



Kansas City, July 20.— We quote: New Xo. 1 

 white comb, 14(ail5c; No. 1 amber, 14c; dark. IJc. 

 Extracted, old, 6(ai6>^; no new in market. Bees- 

 wax, 22<&25c. C. C. Clemons & Co. 



Detroit, July 24.— Fancy white comb, 15fa)i6c; 

 No 1, white, 14^) l5c; amber and dark, 10('a.l2c. 

 Extracted, white, 7c; amber and dark, 5r« 6c. 

 Beeswax, 25w2tic. 



Suppl3' and demand for honey both limited. 

 M. H." Hunt & Son, 



New York, July 21.— Our market is practi- 

 cally bare of comb honey, and there is a good 

 demand for white at from 13((itlSc per pound, ac- 

 cording io quality and style of package. The 

 market on extracted is rather quiet, and inact- 

 ive. New crop is slow in coming in, and prices 

 have not yet been establisht. Beeswax holds 

 firm at 27^i28c. Hildreth & Segelken. 



San Francisco, July 3.— White comb, 12® 

 12Kc; amber. 8@.l0c. Extracted, white, t»>2fa; 7c. 

 light amber, 5;^:i{a'6j<c; amber, S^+^S^ic; Bees- 

 wax. 26@27c. 



The market is fairly supplied with amber ex- 

 tracted, which is arriving mainly from the San 

 Joaquin section, and is tneeting with a moder- 

 ate demand at current rates, both for shipment 

 and local use. Water white honev is scarce, 

 either comb orextracied. Choice comb is in- 

 quired for, and in a small way is salable over 

 figures warranted as a regular quotation. 



WANTED-HONEY AND BEESWAX. 



We have a tremendous and growing trade in 

 this line, and would like to hear from" all who 

 have such goods to sell in an^- part of the coun- 

 try, with quality, description, and lowest cash 

 price. Thos. C. Stanley & Son, Fairfield, 111. 



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 sample with your price expected delivered in 

 Cincinnati. I pav cash on delivery. C. H W. 

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Its healthful location, beautiful 

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 health, rest and comfort. 



For a cop3' of " The Lake Superior 

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