Sept. 27, 1900. 



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cups, with larvic and royal food, in 

 less time than he can prepare a ffiven 

 number of cells a la Prid(,'-eii by trans- 

 ferring cocoons ; and he also believes 

 that those cells that contain royal food 

 will be more likely to be accepted. 

 While the royal jelly is not absolutely 

 necessary, yet from many experiments 

 he is convinced that it furnishes a 

 larger percent of accepted cells. He 

 has now charge of our SCO colonies and 

 nuclei, and almost alone he keeps the 

 whole number at work. His experi- 

 ence with us for the last two years 

 must, therefore, be somewhat extended. 



HOW TO GET DKONKS OUT OF SEASON. 



Some little time ago he complained 

 that he was not able to get sufficient 

 drones for fertilizing our queens ; that 

 he might give a queenless colony 

 crames of drone-comb, and feed them 

 ever so carefully, yet the queens would 

 not lay in drone-comb ; but he par- 

 tially solved the problem in this way : 

 He gives a colony a frame containing 

 two-thirds worker-comb and about one- 

 third drone near the bottom edges. 

 The queen will start laying in worker- 

 cells, and as her circle enlarges 

 she will gradually work over into the 

 drone-cells. In this way he thinks he 

 " steals a march " on the queens and 

 bees, for he has been able to secure 

 drones from choice stock, and at a sea- 

 son of the year when it is very difficult 

 to get a good supply of choice drones. 



Soon after the Philadelphia conven- 

 tion last year I askt Mr. Doolittle how 

 he managed this difficult problem. "I 

 don't manage it very successfully," 

 said he. "At a certain period in the 

 summer there is a time when bees will 

 almost refuse to rear drones." If so 

 good an authority as Doolittle has 

 been tloored, perhaps this kink will be 

 worth much to many of our queen- 

 breeders. 



263 CELLS FROM ONE COLONY. 



A moment ago I spoke of the fact 

 that Mr. Wardell uses, when he can, 

 colonies that are are about to super- 

 sede their queens. He always keeps 

 such colonies, as he considers them a 

 real acquisition. One such colony has 

 reared him 263 cells. The bees have 

 been trying to supersede their queen 

 all this time ; but before they can pos- 

 sibly get a young mother he takes 

 away their cells and makes them 

 go all over their work again. This 

 colony has actually reared batches of 

 cells, batch after batch, and yet they go 

 on faithfully, building cells without a 

 murmur, in the hope that, in the sweet 

 by-and-by they will be aBle to rear a 

 young queen that will relieve the 

 reigning mother. They have contin- 

 ued this till they have reacht the 

 total number of 263 cells, and how 

 much longer they will keep this up re- 

 mains to be seen. He has other super- 

 sedure colonies that he is working in 

 the same way, but none of them have 

 approacht anywhere near the record of 

 this one. Possibly the bees have 

 learned that, so long as they rear cells, 

 they are liberally fed. If so, they are 

 worthy of their hire. 



Illinois.— The annual meeting of the Northern 

 Illinois Hee-Keepers' Association, will be held 

 in the Court House in Freeport, 111., on Tuesday 

 and Wednesday, Oct. 16 and 17, l^lKj. All are 

 cordially invited to attend. 



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MARKET QUOTATIONS. 



CniCAt;o, Sept. 2<'.--Choice to fancy comb is 

 selling at 15f^«'l(iC per pound; good to No. I, 14'"^ 

 15c; No. 2, white, 12(g*13c; amber, lU«»l2c; off 

 grades, including buckwheat, from '"'tlOc. Ex- 

 tracted white, "JifaKc; ambers, 7("7J^c; dark 

 and off grades, <\%(it,lc. Beeswax, 2xc. C J 



The market is strong, and sales are prompt 

 of nearly all arrivals. R. A. Burnett & Co. 



Kansas City, Sept. 13.— Fan^y white comb 

 honey, 14(rtil5c; No. 1 white, \i%(qkUc\ No. 1 

 amber, I2c; dark, ll@nj4c. Market firm, de- 

 maud goftd, receipts light. Beeswax, 25C^^c. 

 W. R. Chomweli. Produce Co., 

 Successors to C. C. Clemons &, Co. 



New York, Sept. S.— Comb honey in good de- 

 mand, all grade';. Supply light, and arrivals 

 sell readily at l.^ci'lfjc for fancy white; 13tol4c 

 No. 1 white; 12c for amber and 10'(( Uc for buck- 

 wheat. Extracted in fair demand at 7'"7J4c for 

 white, ii%((i:7c for light amber; 6c amber, and 

 S%c dark. Beeswax firm at 2Hc. 



Hildreth & Segblkbk. 



Boston, Sept. 21.— Our honey market is very 

 strong at the following prices, with supplies 

 very light: Fancy oue-pound cartons, 17c: A 

 No. 1, 15tol6c; No. 1, 15c; No. 2, 12'" 13c. Ex- 

 tracted iroai7^(q^Hl4 cents, according toquality. 



Can see no reason why these prices should not 

 be well maintained right thru the season. 



Blake, Scott & Lee, 



Cincinnati, Sept. 21.— The demand for fancy 

 comb honey is good and finds ready sale at 16'"! 

 l6''(ic; No. 1, 15c. The demand for extracted 

 honey at present is slow and offer same by the 

 barrel as follows: White clover, 8J^f"''c; South- 

 ern, 6iii(«'7j^c; Florida, 7((ii8 cents, according to 

 quality. Beeswax, 27c. 



The above are my selling prices. I do not 

 handle any honey on commission, but pa\- spot 

 cash on delivery. C. H. W. Weber. 



Albany, N. Y., Sept. 22.— Demand good, now 

 at firm prices: White comb, ISf" 16c; mixt white, 

 13'" 15c; amber. 12'" 13c: buckwheat^ lK«12c. Ex- 

 tracted, white, S'" 'ic; mixt white, 8(g',s'iic; amber, 

 7(a?.7L5c; buckwheat, 6('_'6kc. H. R. Wright. 



Buffalo, Sept. 21.— Fancy white one-pound 

 comb ver^' active, mostly 16c; few small sales 

 extra fancy, 17c, with ISc askt. Lower grades 

 accordingly 15@8c, as inspect. Demand im- 

 proving. Extracted honey, 5'" 7c. Fancy bees- 

 wax selling to-day 30(t''33c; other grades 27''* 2Sc. 

 Batterson & Co. 



Detroit, Sept. 21. —Fancy white comb I5(s'16c; 

 No. 1, 13@14c; amber and dark, 10f<' 12c. Ex- 

 tracted, white, 7((i'8c; dark, 5fff6c. Beeswax, 

 25@26c. M. H.Hunt & Son. 



San Francisco, Sept. 12.— White comb, 12}^@ 

 13',. cents; amber, lH^(aH2J^c; dark, 7^"j9c. Ex- 

 tracted, white, 7^(asc: light amber t.^,(aj7Kc; 

 amber. S^^blic. Beeswax. 26@28c. ' 



There is a very healthy tone to the i^arket, 

 which bids fair to continue thruout the season. 

 Spot supplies are light of all descriptions, and 

 buyers are not lacking at full current rates. 



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