Dec. 6, 1900. 



AMERICAN BEE JOURNAL 



783 



Will I be able to keep them thru the 

 winter? or will the unnatural warmth 

 and activity cause them to die off fast 

 before spring' ? 



I haven't set any of my bees on hen's 

 eggs yet ; but if this is worth a place 

 in the ilee Journal, perhaps I will tell 

 next time how I am planning to have 

 my bees call me up over the 'phone 

 when they are swarming nest summer. 

 A. B. GiNNEK. 



Hardin Co., Iowa, Nov. 16. 



What Honey-Plants for Mississippi? 



This is not a good locality for bees. 

 Mine did not store any honey after 

 June this year, and I fear I shall lose 

 some of my colonies from starvation. 

 What has become of the white clover 

 that once grew wild and could be found 

 along every lane and on every unculti- 

 vated spot in the country, from the 

 time I could first remember until re- 

 cently ? It never occurred to me, how- 

 ever, till I began keeping bees the sec- 

 ond time, two years ago. 



Of course, every bee-keeper is con- 

 stantly on the lookout for bee-plants. 

 The goldenrod down here didn't bloom 

 this year. The bloom seemed to dry 

 up. Is this to be accounted for ? Or 

 is it natural down here to do that ? I 

 never noticed it before. In fact, I don't 

 see what our bees live on, let alone 

 store from, in this vicinity, after June. 



I am thinking of buying some of the 

 best honey-plants to help the bees out 

 next year, and would like some one 

 who knows, to tell thru the American 

 Bee Journal what plants are best 

 adapted to this climate and soil. I am 

 8 miles from the great Mississippi 

 River. I know of some apiaries on or 

 near the river that pay well, and have 

 a surplus every year. Who can tell 



whether or not the yellow or white 

 sweet clover, spoken of so often, would 

 do for this locality ? and when would 

 be the time to plant them ? also, 

 would such require any special cultiva- 

 tion, or could such plants be sown pro- 

 miscuously anywhere along the fence- 

 rows or on uncultivated places to get it 

 started ? We know red clover as a 

 forage plant doesn't pay down here. 

 Lespedeza didn't seem to attract bees, 

 either. I do not know about alfalfa. 

 I would be obliged if some one would 

 recommend honey-plants that I could 

 plant in my orchard, as I haven't 

 planted anything in it but cow-peas so 

 far, as I have mostly young trees in it. 

 But I have a two-acre lot fitted out with 

 all the difl^erent kinds of fruit-trees, 

 and I would like to grow some kind of 

 honey-plants in there. 



Unless bees can be made to do much 

 better than mine have the past two 

 years, they won't pay. What a ridicu- 

 lous idea I see advanced by those who 

 assert that bees puncture and damage 

 peaches and other fruit. If they said 

 birds were damaging to fruit, I would 

 endorse it, but not bees. 



John Kennedy. 



Adams Co., Miss., Nov. 17. 



CONVENTION NOTICES. 



New York. — Bee-Keepers' Institutes will be 

 held as follows: Batavia, Dec. 12th; Canaadai- 

 ^ua, Dec. 13th aud 14th; Romulus, Dec. I5th; 

 Auburn, Dec. I7th; aud Johnstown, Dec. 18th. 

 Bee-Keepers living- in the vicinity of these In- 

 stitutes are urjred to attend and take an active 

 part in the proceeding's. 



New York.— Tlie Oatario County Bee-Keepers' 



Convention will be held in Canandaigua, N.Y., 

 Dec. 13 aud 14. There will be a bee-keepers' in- 

 stitute in connection with the same, and Editor 

 W. Z. Hutchinson has been engaged to attend. 

 Naples, N.Y. Friedemann Greiner, Sec. 



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MARKET QUOTATIONS. 



Chicago, Nov. 24.— There is a demand for 

 fancy white comb houey at Kjc that takes all 

 of this grade upon arrival; other grades are less 

 active, with No. 1 white at ISc; amber and 

 travel-stained white ranges from 13f^^ 14c, with 

 dark amber and buckwheat cumb lu('^12c. Ex- 

 tracted, white, V^sfffSc; amber, Kiul'Ac; dark 

 grades, including buckwheat, (j^ra^'tc. Bees- 

 wax, 28c. R. A. Burnett & Co. 



Kansas Citv, Nov. 16.— Fancy white comb, 

 lS@U>c; No. 1 white, 14(S>lSc; amber, 12fol3c; 

 dark, V(n'>c. Extracted, in S-gailon cans, white, 

 ~Wm'>C; amber, "wKc. Receipts light. 



VT. R. Cromwell Produce Co., 

 Successors to C. C. Clemons & Co. 



Bdpfalo, Nov. 16.— Fancy white comb re- 

 mains at 17(n Isc mostly, with rather larger re- 

 ceipts. Common selling at 12"i'16c. Possibly 

 some lots poor enough to go less. We believe 

 the high prices will curtail consumption. Ex- 

 tracted never sells well in Buffalo, but a little 

 might sell at »fe9c in fancy shape. 



Batterson «fe Co. 



Albany, N.Y., Nov. 17.- Fancy white, 17(an8; 

 No. 1, lS@il6c; mixt, 13@14c; fancy buckwheat, 

 13(ttii4c; No. 1, 12@13c; mixt, 12c. White ex^- 

 tracted, S^^^'JJic; mixt. Si.; ')c; buckwheat, 6^c. 



Honey market still firm with good demand; 

 light receipts at high prices, especially for 

 comb honey of all grades. H. R. Wright. 



Boston, Nov. l*).- Our market on honey con- 

 tinues strong, with light receipts. Fancy one- 

 pound cartons, 17c; A No. 1, 15(ail6c; No. 1, ISc; 

 No. 2, 12(8H3c. Extracted from TA@S'A cents, 

 according toquality. Beeswax steady at 25(5* 27c. 

 Blake, Scott & Lee. 



Cincinnati, Sept. 21.— The demand for fancy 

 comb honey is good and finds ready sale at 161© 

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

 honey at present is slow and offer same by the 

 barrel as follows: White clover, 8J^(gt9c; South- 

 ern, 6^(a)7i^c; Florida, 7®8 cents, according to 

 quality. Beeswax, 27c. 



The above are my selling prices. I do not 

 handle any honey on commission, but par spot 

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



New York, Nov. 20.— rjood demand contin- 

 ues for all grades of comb honev. We quote: 

 Fancy white, ISC'loc; No. 1 white, 14c; No. 2 

 white 12wl3c; amber, 12c: buckwheat, lOcgiDc. 

 Extracted in fairly good demand at 7)4(SfSc for 

 white, and 7c for amber; off grades and Soutb- 

 ern in barrels at from 65«i 7Sc per gallon, accord- 

 ing to quality. Not much demand for extracted 

 buckwheat as yet. Some little selling at S>^@*c. 

 Beeswax firm at 2& cents. 



Hildreth & Segelken. 



Detroit, Nov. 22— Fancy white comb, 15(dil6c; 

 No. 1, 13fti 14c; dark and amber, lOiS 12c." Ex- 

 tracted, white, .smSJi^c; light amber, 'm~}ic; 

 dark, 6@6}^c. Beeswax, 26@i28c. 



M. H. Hunt & Son. 



San Francisco, Nov. 21. — White comb, 13® 

 14 cents; amber, ll)^(ai2^c; dark, 8(5i9c. Ex- 

 tracted, white, 7J^@8c; light amber, 634@7Jic; 

 amber, S'A®t>'/ic. Beeswax. 26(928c. 



Market is seldom more lightlv stockt than at 

 present, and is firm at current rates. Offerings 

 are principally amber grades, choice to select 

 water white honey being a rarity at present, as 

 it has been, in fact, most of the current season. 

 A shipment of 'lo cases of honey went forward 

 per steamer to British Columbia. 



A HONEY MARKET.— Don't think that your 

 crop is too large or too small to interest us. We 

 have bought and sold five carloads already this 

 season, and want more. We pay spot cash. Ad- 

 dress, giving quality, quantity and price, 



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

 Please mention Bee Jotirnal wlien -writing. 



To Buyjioneij 



What have you to offer 



^ __ and at what price ? 



33Atf ED WILKINSON, Wilton, Wis. 



Please mention. Bee Journal ■when -writinff. 



—DO YOU WANT A 



fiion Grade ot Italian Queeas 



OR A CHOICE STRAWBERRY ? 



Send for de.scriptive price-list. 



D. J. BLOCHER, Peari City, III. 



47A26t Mention the American Bee Jourual. 



