1900 



THE AMERICAN BEE-KEEPER 



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Honey and Beeswax Market. 



Below we give the latest and most authentic re- 

 P'^rt of the Honey and Beeswax market in different 

 trade centers: 



WASHINGTO.X GUADING KULES. 



> F.\KCV. — All sections to be well liUed, combs 

 straight, ot even thickness and firmly attached to 

 all four sides: both wood and comb unsoiled by 

 travel stain or otherwise; all the cells sealed ex- 

 cept 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 classified 

 according to color, using the terms white, amber 

 and dark. That is, there will be "Fancy white ' 

 "No. 1. dark,'' etc. 



New Yc)iir<.. Nov. T. WOO.— The recent heavy ar- 

 rivals of Western honey luis caused the prices to 

 ease off considerably. We quote as follows, in 

 1-lb sjctions: Fancy white, Id&IGc ; No. 1 white, 

 14(.i loc; No. 2 white, 12' 1.3c.; mixed; lOSai: buck- 

 wheat, lUc. ; buckwheat extracted, .ij-ac. Boeewax, 

 27®2Sc. Nov. 20. — Receipts of comb and extracted 

 honey are rather light at present, with but little 

 demand. FiiAxcis II. Leggett & Co. 



CiiiCA(;u, Nov. 17. — We have a fair demand for 

 best grades of white comb and extracted honey but 

 supply of fancy comb is short. Price, fancy comb, 

 15(n)lfic.; extracted, white. T^SS. Good demand 

 for beeswax; apiary run taken on arrival at 28c. 

 Supply is insufficient. Prices on all kinds of honey 

 higher, unless it is dark and mixed colored comb 

 and buckwheat extracted, li. A. Bukxett& Co. 



K.vxsAS City, Mo., Nov. 17.— We report a good 

 demand for all grades of honey with light supply, 

 especially in comb honey. Price for comb, 12® loe. , 

 extracted, 8@i'c. Beeswax is in fair demand at 

 22ft 28c., with light supply. All report short crop. 



and indications point to an advance in prices 

 before another crop. 



W.R.Cromwele PKODtrcE Co. 



Boston, Nov. 19. — We have an ample supply of 

 honey with fair demand. Price of comb. Low 17c.; 

 extracted, 7@8c. The demand for beeswax is light 

 and supply the same at 25(3 27c. 



Blake, Scott & Lee. 



Buffalo, Nov. Ifi. — High prices, moderate de- 

 mand and ample sux'ply is our present report. 

 Price of fancy comb, 17® 18c.; extracted, 7(3i8c. 

 Fancy beeswa.x is in fair demand with light supply. 

 Price for fancy, 28® 30c. Sales rather slow at 

 present, doubtless owing to the extreme high 

 prices in all grades of honey. 



Batterson & Co. 



BEES STAMPEDE A FUNERAL. 



According to a special to tlip Philadel- 

 phia North. Aineric in, of August 9: 



As the hearse containing the body of 

 James Bracken, formerly of New Albany 

 was driven into the Rural Cemetery, 

 near Bradford, Harrison County, Ind., 

 one of the horses attached to it 

 trod on a huge nest of bumble bees. 



For a few minutes there was a lively 

 scene. The angry bees swarmed from 

 the nest and attacked everything and 

 everybody in sight. They stung the 

 driver of the hearse until he was blinded 

 and fled; they attacked the pall-bearers 

 around the vehicle and drove them 

 away; the widow and mourners in the 

 carriages following were victims of the 

 insects' activity; the attending minister 

 was stung by two of the bees and many 

 of the attending friends were promptly 

 driven from the enclosure. 



The horses attaciied to the hearse 

 were the first to feel the vengeance of 

 the bees, and were stung so badly that 

 they ran away, but were causht just as 

 the hearse and coffin were about to be 

 overturned. 



After a vigorous fight that lasted a 

 half hour the bees were driven away, 

 the coffin tak('n from the hearse and the 

 body laid to rest. 



SWARMED ON HIS HEAD. 



A special to the Philadelphia Puhlic 

 Ledger, from Shippensburg, Pa., stated 

 that on August 12, while T. M. Goetz 

 was picking peaches, a swarm of bees 

 alighted on his head and face, stinging 

 him terribly. In a short time his face 

 swelled to alarming proportions. 



