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THE AMERICAN BEE-KEEPER 



April 



The Chicago-Northwestern bee-keep- 

 ers' Association is working hard for 

 the passage of a foul brood law in Il- 

 linois. 



Pollen, or its substitute, is equally 

 as important as honey or syrup in 

 brood» rearing. See that these are 

 available. 



"Pat" says not to exceed six per 

 cent, of queens are capable of building 

 up to strong colonies, wholly upon 

 their own resources, during an average 

 season, from a three-frame nucleus. 



SAY, ALL BEE-KEEPERS, ONE 

 QUESTION, PLEASE. 



If you were ofifered a hive that would 

 save you one-half of your time and la- 

 bor in its manipulations; one that 

 would save you more than $i.oo per 

 hive in the cost of extra equipments; 

 one which received diploma at the Pan- 

 American; or a double walled hive for 

 the price of a single wall hive would 

 you not investigate its claims or mer- 

 its? MASSIE'S TWENTIETH CEN- 

 TURY DOUBLE-WALL IDEAL 

 COMBINATION has all the above 

 grand features and more too. Then 

 why not be on time and send for des- 

 criptive circulars today? 



It is the best "all-purpose" hive, the 

 nearest perfect; has more conveniences 

 for the apiarist; better suited to .the 

 welfare of the bees; has more good 

 principles with fewer objections than 

 any hive in existence. 



"THE QUEEN BEE" 

 tells how to rear the 

 BEST OF QUEENS; 



1 "= the cause of and remedy for in- 

 jury in shipment; how they may be 

 directly introduced with positively no 

 risk of loss or injury. It gives much 

 other valuable information. See The 

 Review for February, pages 48 (excuse 

 the errors on that page) and 60. The 

 hive and book are two of the grandest 

 "hits" of the age. Order copy of 

 book today. Price 25 cents and your 

 money back if ydu are not satisfied. 

 T. K. MASSIF, 

 Tophet, W. Va. 

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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 cclli 

 sealed except the row of cells next the wood. 



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

 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. 



Kansas City, Mo., Feb. 9.— The hon- 

 ey supply is light, with demand good. 

 W^e quote comb honey, 12 to 16 cents. 

 Extracted, 6 to 7 cents. Good demand 

 for beeswax at 30 cents a pound. Sup- 

 ply light. — Hamblin & Sappington. 



New York, March 7.— The honey 

 market is quiet, with plentiful supply. 

 We quote comb, iic. to 13c. Ex- 

 tracted, 4 I-2C. to 8 I-2C. There is a 

 good demand for beeswax, with limit- 

 ed supply at 30C. to 32c. 



Francis H. Leggett & Co. 



Chicago, March 7. — The demand for 

 comb honey has been and is of small 

 volume, prices are weak, concessions 

 being made where necessary to effect 

 sales. Fancy white comb honey held 

 at 15c. to i6c. all other grad-es of 

 \yhite are irregular at 13c. to 14c., 

 light amber loc. to 12c., dark ambers 

 9c. to IOC. Extracted clover and bass- 

 wood 7c. to 8c., other white grades 

 6c. to 7c., amber 5 i-2c. to 6 i-2c. Bees- 

 wax steady at 30c. 



R. A. Burnett & Co. 



Bufifalo, N. Y., March 7.— There is a 

 good demand for honey for this sea- 

 son of the year. We quote comb, 

 fancy iSc oommon, 12c. to 14c. Ex- 

 tracted, 6c. to 8c. Beeswax, 25c. to 

 30c. Common honey is much scarcer 

 than fancy and would sell well. 



Batterson & Co. 



Cincinnati, O., March 11. — The de- 

 mand for extracted honey is good at 

 the following prices: Amber, barrels, 

 5 1-2 to 6 1-2 cents, according" to quali- 

 ty. White clover 8 to 9 cents. Fancy 

 comb honey 15 1-2 to 16 1-2 cents. 

 Beeswax strong at 30 cents. — The Fred. 

 W. Muth Co. 



