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THE AMERICAN BEE-KEEPER. 



Dee em bet 



ToPrevtnt Robbing 59 



Tall Hives 145 



Temperature of Bees 343 



To Prevent After-Swarms 245 



Use of Bees- Wax, etc. --. 53 



Uniting Colonies of Bees in the Fall 272 

 Uniting Weak Colonies in the Fall 275 

 Wintering Bees in Closed Apart- 

 ments 11 



When to Transfer Bees 92 



Will Bee-Keeping Progress in the 



Future 115 



Worms on Comb Honey 234 



Where to keep Comb Honey 304 



Index to Contributors. 



PAGE. 



Abbott, E. T 21 



Aspenwall, L. A 212 



Atchley, Jenny -.. 276 



Barnum, W. M 64 



Boardman, H. R 56 



Benton, Frank 81, 153 



Brice, H. V 242 



Cole, Mrs. Oliver .....205, 237, 270, 299 



Clark, .Tno 375 



Dadant, Chas 11, 214 



Doolittle, G. M. 17, 49, 86, 157, 201, 



211, 234, 265, 372, 297, 304, 329 



Dayton, C. W -- 23 



Deadman, G. A 92 



Davenport, C. 121 



Dilworth, Philo S 180 



Evans, W. M 304 



Grahame, Wilder 1,88,203, 235 



Gates, Jno. F 51, 145 



Golden, J. A. 273 



Harrison, Mrs. L 3, 15, 19, 147, 331 



Heddon, Jas 59 



Hill, H. E ...89, 116, 183 



Hitchcock, Stanton E 149 



Jolley, Ed 53, 84. 178. 300 



Keeler, S. M 209, 267 



Miller, S. E 243 



Miller, Dr. C. C 306, 309 



Osborne, H. G 239 



Putnam, Bessie L 114 



Pond, J. E 268 



Rouse, J. W 275 



Sanford, A. 0... 95, 187 



Thies, Chas. H. 4, 19, 85, 111, 149, 



.151, 177, 236, 267, 301, 331 



Taylor, R. L - 25 



Tefft, J. W 115 



Taylor, B. 185 



Welch, Jno,. Jr 189 



Wright, H. R 308 



Honey and Beeswax Market Report. 



Below we give tiie latest and most authen- 



lic report of the Honey and Beeswax market 



in different trade centers : 



Kansas City, Mo.. Nov. 20, '95. — The Demand for 

 both coiub and extracted honey good. Fair supply. 

 Price of Xo. 1 white comb t4c. Amber 12c. L)ark 

 iOc per lb. E.xtracted iYz to 7c perElb. Good de- 

 mand for beeswax. Light supply. Price 20 to 2i)c 

 per lb. 



Hamblin k Bearss, 514 Walnut St. 



Dktroit, Mich.. Nov. 21, 1895.— Good demand for 

 honey. Fair supply. Price of comb 12 to 1.5c iier 

 pound. Extracted (J and 7c per lb. Good demand 

 for beeswax. Fair supply Price 2t3c per lb. for 

 prime yellow. 



M. H. Huxr. Bell Branch, Mich. 



Albany, N. Y., Nov. 25, 1895. — Good demand for 

 honey. Supply moderate. Price of comb 9 to 1.5c 

 per lb. Kxtracted 5 to 7e per lb. Good demand 

 for beeswax Light supply. Price 28 to 32c per 

 lb. 'Honey receipts not as much as last year. 

 Prices are good for the times. 



H. R. Wright. 



Boston. Mass., Nov. 19. 1895.— Good demand 

 for honey. Fair supply. Price of comb 13 to 15c 

 per lb. I- xtracted 5 to 6c per lb. No sale for buck- 

 wheat honey in this market. 



E. E, Blake k, Co., 75 Chatham St. 



Cincinnati, 0.. No. 20, 1895. — Demand for hon- 

 ey is fair. (Jood supply. Price of comb 12 to 1.5e 

 per lb. Extracted 4 to 7c per lb. Very good de- 

 mand for beewax. Fair sui)ply. Prices 22 to 27c 

 per lb. 



Chas. F. Muth & Son, 



Cor. Freeman and Central Aves. 



Chicago, III., Oct 19, 1895.— We have closed out 

 three car loads of California comb honey, also a 

 number of shipments from nearby states. We are 

 in good position to sell fancy comb honey at the 

 following wholesale prices : Fancy white 1 lb. 

 sections t4c lb. No. 1 white 1 lb. sections 13c lb. 

 Amber 12 to VlY^a lb. Buckwheat 10c lb. F^x- 

 tracted as to quality and style package 5 to 6!^c 

 lb. Beeswax 30c per lb. 



S. T. Fish & Co., 189 South Water St. 



BEES FOR SALE. 



I have forty swarms, which will be sold 

 cheap. Will sell five to forty colonies at 

 S2.50 each ; all in Simplicity hives with 

 ten brood frames each filled with honey. 

 Each hive guaranteed to contain not less 

 than thirty pounds of honey. Anyone 

 purchasing must send after the bees. 

 H. C. Ware, 



Port Byron, N. Y. 



P. S. If bees are paid for this fall, 

 they can be left with me until spring, 

 and I will winter them the best I can. 



