Oct. 18, 1900. 



AMERICAN BEE JOURNAL 



671 



nies of bees, but tho I run them exclu- 

 sively for extracted honey, they 

 swarm. In the fall I unite heavily. I 

 aim to do all the uniting- for a single 

 apiary in a single day, throwing the 

 combs on the ground some distance 

 from the hive, as I unite them. At 

 first they act wild, later tbey become 

 quiet, and by-and-by gentle, and can 

 be brusht ott the combs on which they 

 are at work wi;h the hand without any 

 danger of attack. Towards evening 

 the combs are all ready to be stored 

 away. But it might not work as well 

 with one not used to it. 



M. V. Facev. 

 Fillmore Co., Minn., Oct. 6. 



Bees Did Well this Year. 



My bees have done very well this 

 summer, and are in tine condition for 

 wintering. I shall winter about 200 

 colonies this year. 



I get tiie Bee Journal every week 

 right on time, and always save it for 

 Sunday evening. It is bright and 

 newsy, and full of little items of in- 

 terest, and I enjoy it very much. 



My specialty is the rearing of bees 

 for the use of farmers. I always ad- 

 vise those to whom I sell bees — where 

 they ask for advice as to the care of 

 them — to take a year's subscription of 

 the American Bee Journal, read it care- 

 fully, follow directions, and I will 

 guarantee they will be all right in 

 their care of the bees. 



Chaklks a. Holmes. 



Suffolk Co., Mass., Oct. 8. 



One of the Common Asters. 



I send you a sample of some flowers 

 that are in full bloom here. If they 

 had not bloomed the bees would all 

 have starved to death. 



John Craig. 



Macoupin Co., 111., Oct. 1. 



(We referred the above to Prof. Wal- 

 ton, who replies as follows : — Editor.) 



Of the autumn nectar-bearing flow- 

 ers, the asters are dearer to the api- 

 arist's heart than almost all others, 

 and happy is the bee-keeper who is 

 fortunate enough to live in a district 

 that is unfortunate enoucrh to be over- 

 run with these weeds. The asters are 

 hardy plants, and will thrive anywhere 

 if left to themselves, especially in 

 waste pasture-land or open wood-lots. 

 While the average farmer regards 

 them with an evil eye, and wishes 

 them well out of his way, they possess 

 one redeeming quality precious in the 

 sight of "oees. Altho the honey ob- 

 tained from the asters is not of the 

 very best, it is nevertheless abundant 

 and good for wintering purposes. 



The specimen 3'ou sent is the Aster 

 ericoides, and is found very abundant 

 in the middle and western States. — C. 

 L. Walton. 



The Pasteboard Queen-Cage. 



Seeing that the Root Company has 

 been so successful with the queen-cage 

 with cardboard over the food instead 

 of a cork, I want to give my experience 

 in that line. 



My premium queen from Dr. Miller 

 came in such a cage, without a dead 

 bee in the cage, and I congratulated 

 myself on having received one queen in 

 fine shape. ( lut I went to my queen- 



less colony to introduce her to her new 

 home and family. I opened the hive, 

 took a frame from the side, spread the 

 others to make room for the cage to 

 hang between them, and lookt for the 

 cork to remove, when, lo ! there stared 

 me in the face a piece of cardboard full 

 of small holes, and on it were printed 

 very plainly the words, "Do not re- 

 move ; see directions." So the direc- 

 tions were carefully read, and the same 

 words greeted me there, " Do not re- 

 move the card ; the bees will gnaw 

 thru and liberate the queen in two or 

 threedays." Thinksl, "That'sanew 

 wrinkle; but it must be right for it 

 came from Dr. Miller, so here goes." 



Well, being busy, and supposing the 

 queen was out, I did not open the hive 

 again for ten days, and what was my 

 surprise to find the cardboard un- 

 toucht, the bees in the cage all dead, 

 and the queen badly daubed and feeble. 

 I at once liberated her, the bees started 

 to clean her up, and I closed the hive. 

 Now ray queen is gone. In order to 

 make sure that I did not overlook her, 

 I ran the bees all thru a queen-guard, 

 but no queen was found, so I have 

 doubled that colony in with another. 



The next time I get a queen in a 

 cage with cardboard on there will be a 

 separation between them before the 

 queen goes into the hive. I will go on 

 record as the one percent that made a 

 failure with the cardboard on the cage. 



Winona Co., Minn. L.J.Clark. 



Egg Record Book Free. 



Our new free ca'alog^e contains a 12-T'ape 



t'l^ remrd, en:ibliiig you to keep traik of 

 wiiatj'our hensrto. it also tii sitIIics Ibe 



^BU Green Bone and piif^V 

 •fiy Vegetable uUlUr 



snaranteei] to cut mote bone in less time ami 

 with li«s 1 liiciT than any other ruitei maiie. 

 Yournmney back if you're notsalisfieti, 



Humphrey & Sons, Box R'^ Joliet, Ills. 



Flease mention Bee Journal wheii wnrmv 



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QUEENS 



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 Comb Foundation 



And all Apiarian Snpplie* 

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 FKEE CaUiosIW. K. T. FLASABAN, BeUeriUa. «•■ 



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Another American Triumph.— The fciUowing- 

 letter iias been received at West Chester, Pa, 

 by Mr. P. W. Sharpies, manufacturer of the 

 Sharpies Cream Separators, and » ill give ^reat 

 pleasure to thousands of Mr. Sharpies" friends 

 and users of bis machines. Of course this rec- 

 o^rnition of merit was quite coutidenlly ex- 

 pected, but the assured fact is a great satisfac- 

 tion. We congratulate Mr. Sharpies and his 

 associates, including the humblest workman on 

 his p.TV roll, whose combined efforts have de- 

 served'this noteworthy award: 



U. S. DEPT. OF AtiRICULiTURE, 

 BrKEAXT of Animal Iniihstky, Dairy Division- 

 Washington. DC, Aug. 27, I'lOfi. 

 Mk. P M. Sharpi.es, West Chester, Pa. 



Dkar Sir:— It gives me pleasure to inform 

 vou that we have iust received from Major 

 Henry E. Alvord. Chief of this Division, and 

 now in charge of the U.S. Animal Industry E,x- 

 hibit at the Paris E-Nposition, a partial report 

 of awards on dairy machinery and products in 

 the U. S. Collective E.vhibit, which states that 

 the Cream Separators sent by vou have been 



AW.ARDED THE GOLD M1:DAL. 



Very respectfully, R. A. Pearson, 

 Acting Cliief of this Division. 



Please mention Bee Journal 

 when writing advertisers. 



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I HONE,y AND BEESWAX | 



MARKET QUOTATIONS. 



Chicago, Oct. S.— The receipts of all kinds of 

 huuey are lighter than usual at Ibis season of 

 the year. The market is steady with no ad- 

 vance probable, as prices are now at a point 

 that is curtailiiifi: consumption. Fancy white 

 brinffs l()c; No. I, I5c, and (food white but travel- 

 stained or irref»'ular in shape, l.VaJl4c; amber, 

 10(0 \2c; dark, 8V" lOc. Extracted, white clover 

 and basswood, 7!.^(tt*yc; amber, 7'a-7'4c; buck- 

 wheat and other dark grades, t,\4(o(,Uc. Bees- 

 wax, 2Mc. R. A. Burnett & Co. 



Kansas City, Oct. 10.— Market steady; 24- 

 pound section-cases, $3.25 to $3.40; 12-pound 

 cases, $1.(jO to $l.su for fancy white; No. 1 am- 

 ber, 13f" 14c per pound. Extracted honey, light 

 color, "{.^fa^S^c; amber, (}(<i 7c. Beeswax. 25@30c. 

 W. R. Cromwell Produce Co., 

 Successors to C. C. Clemons & Co. 



Buffalo, Oct. U.— Market decidedly strong, 

 and active, as demand exceeds supply of fancv 

 1-pound comb, which is selling at 17(al8c to-dav: 

 receipts small. Dark. lOfw 14c, as to grade. Bees- 

 wax, 25^33c, as to grade. Batterson &. Co. 



New York, Oct. 11.— Comb honey in good de- 

 mand for all grades at ISfg'Kjc for fancy white; 

 13(a'14c for No.l white; 12c for amber and 10f(/ lie 

 buckwheat. Hardlv enough supply to meet del 

 maud. Extracted firm at 7("7J4c for white, 6J4 

 ((i'7c for light amber, tic amber, and S^^c dark; 

 good demand for Southern, basswood and 

 clover. Beeswax quiet at 27c. 



HiLDRETH & 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, lSfa)16c; No. 1, 15c; No. 2. 12^ I3c. Ex- 

 tracted from754(^SJ4 cents, according to quality. 



Can see no reason why these prices should not 

 be well maintained right thru the season. 



Blake, Scott & Lbb, 



Cincinnati, Sept. 21.— The demand for fancy 

 comb honey is good and finds ready sale at lb(^ 

 loMic; No. 1, 15c. The demand fur extracted 

 honey at present is slow and offer same by the 

 bai rel as follows: White clover, 8J^('i'>c: South- 

 ern, 6^(n 74c; Florida, 7^^S cents, according lo 

 quality. Beeswax, 27c. 



The above are my selling prices. I do not 

 handle any honey on commission, but pay spot 

 cash on deliver^-. C. H. W. Weber. 



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

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

 13(" 15c; amber, 12'" 13c: buckwheat, ll(al2c. Ex- 

 tracted, wliite, 8('j '*c; raixt white, 8(ay8'^c; amber, 

 7(«'7'-iic; buckwheat, 6(«'64c. H. R. Wright, 



Detroit, Oct. 6.— Fancy white comb, 15(ail6c; 

 darker grades, 1U« I2c. Extracted, white, 8@9c;' 

 amber, 5'-/ Oc- Beeswax, 26(a'27c. ■ 



No demand at present for extracted. 



M. H. Hunt & Son. 



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

 14 cents; amber, im(gil2J4c; dark, 8(gt9c. Ex- 

 tracted, white, l%(aHc; light amber 6-K®7Kcr 

 amber. S%CgJbV2C. Beeswax. 26@2Sc. 



Market presents a healthy tone, being lightly 

 slockt 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- 

 trv, with quality, description, and lowest cash 

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



To Buyjloneu 



What have jou to offer 

 and at what price? 

 33Atf ED WILKINSON, Wilton, Wis. 



Chicago.— The regular semi-annual meeting 

 of Uie Chicago Bee-Keepers' Association, will 

 be held iu Wellington Uall, 70 N. Clark Street, 

 Saturday, Nov. 3, l'»(X), from 2 to 5 in the after- 

 ntjon, and 7 to f» oVlock in the evening. Dr. C. 

 C.Miller will probably be present. The regu- 

 lar annual election of officers will occur. The 

 general subject for discussion will be reports 

 on the season's work. All beekeepers are re- 

 quested to send questions by mail to the Presi- 

 dent. Mr. George W, York, who will assign 

 them lo others to be answered. Ladies are es- 

 pecially invited to be present. 



George \V. York, j t- 



Mrs. N.L. Stow, 'Executive 



Herman F. Moore, \ Committee. 



