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ter, he will never drown a bee, and it is 

 right where they can care for it, remove, 

 and store it where they choose. This is the 

 most natural way I ever tried, the simplest 

 and easiest. No bad results ever follow. 



As to tartaric acid, I say nothing, never 

 having tried it. An old, tough, black comb 

 is more preferable to bright ones, being 

 tough and strong. 



S. W. B., try this plan once, if you ever 

 need to feed your bees, then report results. 



We are in the midst of orange-bloom 

 now, and my bees are rolling in the amber 

 nectar right royally. We have had no frost 

 hard enough to freeze a potato lying on 

 top of the ground, all winter. 



On page 283 I see that Mrs. Jennie Atch- 

 ley wants the best remedy for getting rid 

 of skunks. A good dog will rarely let them 

 come around the premises, and I think that 

 is the best remedy. 



Now I would like to ask a question or 

 two : Are not skunks and polecats one and 

 the same ? And what injury are they to 

 the bees ? Never having been troubled 

 with skunks or polecats, I am at a loss to 

 know whether they eat bees, honey or scent 

 the honey. I find the innocent toad of far 

 more mischief than all other animals, and 

 he will sit on the front of a hive as demure 

 as a kitten, and show you how slick he can 

 catch and devour your best Italians, and 

 wink every time he secures one. 



C. F. Greening. 



Orange Park, Fla., March 8. 



Don't Let Up on Adulterators. 



The editor asks on page 200, if his readers 

 want him to let up on the agitation against 

 the adulteration of honey. I answer em- 

 phatically JVo — not until the adulterators 

 let up on their business. Keep up the racket 

 until they are made to feel that the senti- 

 ment of all the noble brotherhood of bee- 

 keepers is, that adulteration is a fraiul 

 which no honest man would be guilty of. 

 It is a villainous fraud upon the consumer, 

 and a vile, low-down scheme to get the ad- 

 vantage of the honest man, by placing on 

 the market a cheap, inferior article in com- 

 petition with the pure and wholesome pro- 

 duct, as it comes from the hand of Nature. 

 May the " Old Reliable " always ring clear 

 on the question of adulteration. 



Whittier, Calif. Allen Baknett. 



Contention I^otices. 



Pennsylvani.\.— The Venango County Bee- 

 Keepers' Association will meet in the City 

 Hall at Franklin. Pa., on Monday. April 23, 

 1894, at I o'clock p.m. All interested are 

 requested to be present. C. S. Pizek, Sec. 



Franklin. Pa. 



Texas.— The Texas State Bee-Keepers' As- 

 sociation will hold their 16th annual meeting- 

 at Greenville, Tex., on Wednesday and Thurs- 

 day, April 4 and '>, 1894. Bveryljody Invited. 

 No hotel Ijills to pay. We e.xpect a large 

 meeting and a good tiine. Don't fail to come. 



Beevillo, Tex. E. ,T. ATCHr,EV, Sec. 



Honey & Beeswax Market Quotations. 



CHICAGO, III., Feb. 17.— We are encour- 

 aged by last week's business, disposing of 

 considerable light honey in a small way at 

 low prices— 13(3H4c. It is impossible to ob- 

 tain higher prices at present. We quote: No. 

 1, 1.3@14c. ; extracted. 5®6^c. Beeswax, 21 

 @23c. We have inquiries for beeswax, with 

 none to offer. J. A. L. 



ALBANY, N. Y., Jan. 14.— The honey market 

 is in a slow and unsatisfactory condition. 

 Very little demand tor any and large stocks 

 of both comb and extracted. Quotations 

 would be only nominal. H. R. W. 



CHICAGO, III., Mar. 15.— There has jDeen a 

 good deal of comb honey sold in the last few 

 days, so that our stock of the best grades is 

 now reduced. We obtain 14@15c. for choice 

 white. Dark is hard to move at 10@12c. Ex- 

 tracted is very quiet, selling at from 4@7c. 



Beeswax is in good demand at 23®25c. 



R. A. B. & Co. 



NEW YORK, N. Y., Jan. 24.— There is no 

 change in our market. Trade remains dull 

 with plenty of stock on hand of both comb 

 and extracted honey. Beeswax is selling on 

 arrival at 26@27c. H. B. & S. 



CINCINNATI. C, Mar. 7.— Demand for hon- 

 ey is slow in sympathy with the general dull 

 Ousiness all over the country. We quote ex- 

 tracted honey at 4@8c. a lb.; comb. 12@15c. 

 for best white. 



Beeswax is in fair demand, at 22@25c. for 

 good to choice yellow. C. F. M. & S. 



List of Honey and Beeswax Dealers, 



Most of whom Quote in this Journal. 



Cblcago, Ills. 



J. A. Lamon, 44 and 46 So. Water St. 



R. A. BORNETT & Co., 161 South Water Street. 



New York, N. Y. 



F. I. Sage & Son, 183 Reade Street. 

 HiLDBETH Bros. & Segelken, 



28 & 30 West Broadway. 

 Chas. Israel & Bros,, 110 Hudson St. 



Kansas City, iTIo. 



Hamblin & Bearss, 514 Walnut Street. 

 Clemoms-Mason Com. Co., 521 Walnut St. 



Albany, N.Y. 



H. R. Wright, 326 & 328 Broadway. 



Hamilton, Ills. 

 Chas. Dadant & Son. 



Cincinnati, Obio. 



C. F. MUTH & Son, cor. Freeman & Central avs . 



Catalogues for 1894 are on our 



desk from the following : 



W. T. Falconer Mfg. Co., Jamestown, N. 

 Y. 



H. G. Acklin, 1024 Miss. St., St. Paul, 

 Minn. 



N. D. West, Middleburgh, N. Y. 



Walter S. Ponder, 162 Massachusetts Ave 

 Indianapolis, Ind. 



Jeseph E. Shaver, Friedens, Va. 



Aspinwall Mfg. C!o., Jackson, Mich. 



VV. P. Grossman, Dallas, Tex. 



Dr. G. L. Tinker, New Philadelphia. Ohio 



