1903. 



THE AMERICAN BEE-KEEPER 



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and His Organization" are discussed wax is good, with insufficient supply at 29 to 

 at length in the January Cosmopolitan ^'^ cents.-Francis H. Leggett & Co. 

 bv John Brisben Walker, who spent ,. „. ,, ~ 



i'j u<. Tif nf 'J Kansas Citv, Mo.. Tan. 12. — There is a eood 



l^"" t'^P ^^^^f^" ^^'■-•- Morgans and demand for comb hinev. with the supplv ifght. 



Mr. John MUchell S ottices, in Septem- at 12 to 15 cents per pound. Extracted sells at 



ber. in the attempt to settle the coal- 6 to 8 cents. Beeswax sells at 30 cents, with 



g^rjj-g a light supply.— Hamblin & Sappington. 



Buffalo, N. Y., Jan. 12.— The honey market 

 at present is quiet, but very firm on all 

 grades. Strictly fancy white comb, 16 to 7 

 cents, and occasionally IS cents. Other grades, 

 12 to 15 cents. Receipts are %ery light and are 

 likely to remain so. Prices should be well 

 maintained the balance of the season. Mod- 

 erate demand for small lots of extracted at 

 from 6 to 8 cents. Beeswax, 25 to 33, as to 

 quality. — Batterson & Co. 



Pelicans Have an Island Colony on 

 Florida's East Coast. 



From time immemorial this little is- 

 land has been the principal, if not the 

 only, breeding-ground of all the brown 

 pelicans of the east coast of Florida 

 Though there are hundreds of other is- 

 lands, apparently just as good, this one 

 alone attracts the pelicans. Dastardly 

 plum^-hunters have, at times, all but 

 annihilated them; egg-hunters have 

 robbed them of every egg in sight; yet 

 they remain faithful to the home-land 

 of their ancestors. Creatures of habit, 

 they are, like chickens that persist in 

 roosting in the orchard, despite the 

 advent of winter, cold and storms. 



Naturally, we were interested to 

 make an estimate of the population of 

 Pelican Island. As nearly as we could 

 count, there were 450 nests at the east 

 end, 512 at the southwest, and 14 at the 

 northwest, making 976 in all . This 

 means 1,952 adult birds on the island. — 

 From the City of the Pelicans, in Jan- 

 uary Outing. 



HONEY AND BEESWAX MAR- 

 KET. 



WASHINGTON GRADING RULES. 



Fancy. — All sections to be well filled, combs 

 straight, of even thickness and firmly attached 

 to all four sides; both wood and comb unsoil- 

 ed by travel stain or otherwise; all the cells 

 sealed except the row of cells next the wood. 



No. 1. — All sections well filled, but cembs 

 uneven or crooked, detached at the bottom, or 

 with but few cells unsealed; both wood and 

 comb unsoiled by travel-stain or otherwise. 



In addition to this the honey is to be classi- 

 fied according to color, using the terms white, 

 amber and dark. That is, there will be "Fancy 

 white," "No. 1, dark," etc. 



Cincinnati, Jan. 10. — The demand for all 

 kinds of honey has fallen off considerable in 

 the last few weeks, owing to the many other 

 sweets offered at this season of the year. Low- 

 er prices are no inducement to increase the 

 consumption, as the demand is not there, and 

 will not be until about the end of the month; 

 consequently it is folly to offer at lower prices. 

 We quote amber extracted in barrels at 5 3-4- 

 6 1-2 cents; white clover and basswood 8-9 1-2 

 cents; fancy white comb honey 16-17 cents. 

 Lower grades hard to sell at any price. Bees- 

 wax firm at 29-30 cents.— The Fred W. Muth 

 Co. 



Cent=a=Word Column. 



It frequently occurs that some member of the 

 Bee-Keeper family desires to advertise for sale 

 some article the value of which will hardly 

 justify the payment of our regular rates; and 

 yet it would be an accommodation if he were 

 permitted to tell others what he has to offer. 

 Some other reader may be in needof just such 

 an article as that of which he wishes to dis- 

 pose. Again, it is as frequentlv desired to ex- 

 change commodities for which we have no 

 especial use, for something mere desirable, and 

 such exchanges are often made to mutual ad- 

 vantage. \\'e have, therefore, decided to place 

 at the disposal of our readers a column devot- 

 ed to the accomplishment of these ends; though 

 we cannot be responsible for any possible dissat- 

 isfaction which might arise as a result of such 

 exchanges. The rate will be uniformly one cent 

 for each word, each month; no advertisement 

 however small will be accepted for less than 

 twenty cents, and must b» paid in advance. 

 Count the words, and remit with order accord- 

 ingly. 



$40 per month and expenses paid good men 

 for taking orders. Steady work. Apply Pro- 

 tective Nurseries, Geneva, N. Y. 



WANTED — To exchange six-month trial sub- 

 scription to The American Bee-Keeper for 20 

 cents in postage stamps. Address, Bee-Keeper, 



Falconer, N. Y. 



New York Jan. 10 —The supply of honey is AGENTS WANTED to sell advertising novel- 

 not very liberal. Demand, fair. We quote ties, good commission allowed. Send for cata- 

 comb. 12 to 15 cents per pound. Extracted, logue and terms. American Manufacturing 

 4 1-2 to B 1-2 cents. The demand for bees- Concern, Jamestown, N Y. 



Chicago, Jan. 9.— Best grades of white comb 

 sell, 15 to 16 cents per pound. Travel-stained 

 and light amber. 13 to 14 cents. Darker 

 grades. 10 to 12 cents. Extracted, 7 to 8 cents 

 for w^hite, and 6 to 7 for ambers. Beeswax, 

 steady at 30 cents.— R. A. Burnett & Co. 



