Oct. 11, 1900. 



AMERICAN BEE JOURNAL 



655 



is to breed with this object in view. 

 The Michig'ai) Experiment Station has 

 reported some very interesting facts 

 in this connection, showing that they 

 have now a strain of Italian bees 

 whose tongues are more than one and 

 a third times the length of those of 

 black bees, and one and a fifth times 

 the length of the average Italian bees. 



But we must not be content with 

 simply increasing the length of the 

 tongues of our bees. We must also 

 decrease the length of the corolla of 

 the red-clover blossom. And here is a 

 nice job for some bright boy, and there 

 will be money in it, too. Go to the 

 fields and watch until you find plants 

 of red clover that the ipes work on 

 freely, then mark and secure the seed, 

 and sow and cross-fertilize by hand, 

 and in a few years a variety of clover 

 will be produced with blossoms not 

 half the average length of those varie- 

 ties now in general use. As soon as 

 such a variety is produced, seed can be 

 grown for market when the bee-keep- 

 ers will fairly tumble over each other 

 to get hold of it. But as it will be 

 many years before such a variety will 

 come into general use, let the good 

 work go on in lengthening the tongue 

 of our bees. 



All bee-keepers may do more or less 

 by keeping a close watch for colonies 

 that work on red clover, and breed 

 from the queens of such for a series of 

 years. There is little doubt in my 

 mind that much might be done in this 

 line. I shall be surprised if we do not 

 find that those colonies that work best 

 on white clover and basswood are not 

 the same that take most kindly to red 

 clover. — J. E. Crank, in Gleanings in 

 Bee-Culture. 



The Emerson Binder 



This Emerson stifT-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. 



GEORGE W YORK & CO. 



118 Michigan Street. CHICAGO. ILL. 



l'Iinois.~rhe annual meeting' of the Northern 

 Illinois Bee-Keepers' Association, will be held 

 in the Court House in Freeport, [11., on Tuesdav 

 and Wednesday, Oct. 16 and 17, 1900. All are 

 cordially invited to attend. 



B. Kennedy, Sec. 



R. F. D. No. 5, Rockford, 111. 



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Your Name and Address on one side — Three Bees on the other side. 



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HONEYVILLE, O. 



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The Novelty Knife is indeed a novelty The novelty lies ta the handle. It is 

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MARKET QUOTATIONS. 



Chicago, Sept. 27.— Choice to fancy coml? is 

 selling at 15r<tUic per pound; good to No. 1, 14^'^ 

 15c; No. 2, white, 12fail3c; amber, IKoiUc; off 

 grades, including buckwheat, from ''fiUoc. Ex- 

 tiacted white, T^faSc; ambers, 7'"7J^c; dark 

 and off grades, (i!4to7c. Beeswax, 2Xc. 



The market is strong, and sales are prompt 

 of nearly all arrivals. R. A. Burnett <£ Co. 



Kansas City, Sept. 13.— Fancv white comb 

 honey, 14^>15c; Nit. 1 white, I3'.^fa*l4c; No. 1 

 amber, 12c; dark, IKoHl^c. Market firm, de- 

 mand good, receipts light. Beeswax, 25(G'3Uc. 

 W. R. Cromwell Produce Co., 

 Successors to C. C. demons & Co. 



Buffalo, Sept. 2rS. — Fancy one-pound comb 

 very light receipt and much wanted at 16 cents 

 mostly, occasionally 17c; very light supply; 

 poor also selling 14(aSc as grades. Extracted, 

 no stock here, and not in g eat demand at any 

 lime in Buffalo. Fancy beeswax, 3(l(rt,33c; dark, 

 etc., 24(gi28c. Batterson & Co. 



Nbw York, Sept. 28.- Combhoney in good de- 

 mand for all grade* at 15<ii'^16c for fancy white; 

 13w 14c for No.l white; 12c for amber and Hun lie 

 buckwheat. Extracted in fair demand at 7(f' 7^c 

 for white, 6i^'»(7c for light amber: 6c amber, 

 and'S^c dark. Beeswax quiet and declining; 

 selling at from 27'(( 28c. 



HlLDRETH & SeGELKEN. 



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

 strong at the following prices, with supplies 

 very light: Fancy one-pound cartons. 17c; A 

 No.l, 15raa6c; No.l, 15c; No. 2, 12<r' 13c. Ex- 

 tracted from7^(a)S^ 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 I6(ai 

 16'^c; No. 1, I5c. The demand for extracted 

 honey at present is slow and offer same bv the 

 bai rel as follows: White clover, 8J^w-'»c: South- 

 ern, O'-ifo-TT^c; Florida, 7(3^8 cents, according to 

 quality. Beeswax, 27c. 



The above are my selling prices. I do not 

 handle any honey on commission, but pav spot 

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



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

 at firm prices; White comb, 15((' 16c; mixt white, 

 13(«"15c: amber, 12w^l3c: buckwheat, ll(al2c. Ex- 

 tracted, while, S("'fc; mixt white, Sfa'S'^c: araber» 

 T(a'7Mic; buckwheat, 6fa'6fsc. H. R. Wright. 



Detroit, Oct. 6.— Fancy white comb, 15(aH6c; 

 darker grades, ll''j'l2c. Extracted, white, 8@'>c; 

 amber, Biq'bc. Beeswax, 26Ca)27c. 



No demand at present for extracted . 



M. H. Hunt & Son. 



San Francisco, Sept. 26.— White comb, 13(2, 

 14 cents; amber, llHCatl2!4c; dark, SfftiQc. Ex^ 

 traded, white. 7l4(a9c\ light amber 6-?:^@7J^c; 

 amber. S%(a!b\ic. Beeswax. 26(ai2Sc. 



Market presents a healthy tone, being lightly 

 stockt with all descriptions, with inquiry not 

 lacking, even for most common qualities, altho 

 choice to select naturally commands the most 

 attention. 



WANTED-HONEV 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 any pare of the coun- 

 try, with quality, description, and lowest cash 

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



WANTED 



COMB HONEY AND EX- 



buy your honey, no matter what quantity. Mail 

 sample with your price expected delivered in 

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

 WEBER, 2146 Central Ave., Cincinnati, Ohio. 



To Bj|_Hon6U 



What have you to offer 

 _ ^ __ and at what price? 

 ED WILKINSON, Wilton, Wis. 



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COMB AND linVlCV 

 EXTRACTEDllUIlL / 



State price, kind and quan- 



-iitv,also rate of freight to 



Boston. BLAKE. SCOTT & LEE, 



31 and 22 Commercial Street, Boston, Mass. 



Please mention Bee Journal when "writing. 



