1897. 



THE AMERICAN BEE JOURNAL. 



303 



HONEY and BEESWAX 



9IAKKKX <troxAXio::«s. 



Chicag-o, 111., May 6.— There is very little 

 honey comliip: to the market. a,Dd fine lots of 

 white cornl) l^rin^s i:ic. Yet only a little is 

 taken by the dealers, the season for it being 

 over with the eomin^of strawberries, which 

 arc now plentiful. Extracted brinjrs about 

 late <iuc»tations. with beeswax in active de- 

 mand at ~7@t28c. for best grades. 



San Francisco, Calif., May 6. — White 

 comb. 9-lOc.: amber, 5-7c. Extracted, white, 

 5>4c. ; light amber, 3V4-4C. ; dark tule. 1\n. 



Beeswax, fair to choice, 25-27c. 



New York, N. Y., May 8.— Market quiet at 

 present at unchanged prices. Old crop well 

 cleaned up. Will have new crop within the 

 next week, both comb and extracted, from 

 the south. Wc expect a fairly good summer 

 trade at fair ]>rioes. 



Beeswax is weak at 2Gc. 



Detroit, Mioh.,Mayl.— Fancy white comb, 

 ll@12c.; No. 1. lOSllc; fancy amber. 9® 

 10c. ; No. 1. Siasc: dark, "©Sc. Extracted, 

 white. 3@8o.; amber, 4@5c ; dark, -le. Bees- 

 wax, 25@26c. Demand is slow for honej-, and 

 plenty in commission house. 



Kansas City, Mo., May 8.— Fancy white. 

 12@i:ic : Xo. 1. ]l@l2c.: fancy amber. 10® 

 lie; No. I,9@l0c.: fancy dark, 8@9c.; No. 1 

 7(a8c. Extracted, white. 5@5^c.; amber, 4^ 

 @5c. ; dark, 3^@4c. Beeswax, 2oc. 



Cincinnati, Ohio, May !■ — Demand is 

 slo V for all kinds of honey. Comb honey, 

 10@l4c. for fair to choice white; extracted, 

 3>4@Go. There Is a fair demand for beeswax 

 at 22@25c. for good to choice yellow. 



Minneapolis, Minn., May 1. — Fancy 

 white, IKSJlSc; No. 1 white, 10@llc.; fancy 

 amber. 9@10c, ; No. 1 amber. 8@9c.; fancy 

 dark, 7@8c.; No. 1 dark. 6-7c. Extracted, 

 white. 6®7c. ; amber. 'oasi^c.; dark. 4(a5c. 

 Utah white extracted, 5®5!4c. Beeswax, 2.3(iJ 

 26c. Market fairly steady for comb and bet- 

 ter for extracted than for some time. 



Fhiladelphia, Pa., May 1.— Fancy white 

 comb, 12-13C.; fancy amber. 8-9c. ; No. 1. 8c. ; 

 fancy dark. 7-8c. Extracted, white. 5-7c. ; 

 amber, 4-5c. : dark, 3H-4c. Beeswax, 25c. 



Season is getting over for comb honey— very 

 little demand. Extracted in good demand. 



St. Iionis, Mo., May 1.— Fancy comb. 12® 

 @13c.; No. 1 white, ll@llV4c.; amber, 9@ 

 lOHc; dark, 7@8^c. Extracted, white, in 

 cans. 6®7c.; amber, in barrels, 4@4!4c; extra. 

 5c.: dark, 3@4c. Good demand for barrel 

 stock— comb slow sale. Beeswax, 2.j@23>4c. 

 —prime finds ready sale at 23^c. 



Albany, N. Y., May 1. — Fancy white, 12- 

 13c.; No. 1, 11-12C.; fancy amber. 9-lOc.; 

 No. 1. 8-9c.; fancy dark. 7-8c ; No. 1. 6-7c. 

 Extracted, white, 5-6c.; dark. 3H-4C. 



Demand is all that could be expected at this 

 season. Stock on hand small. 



Indianapolis, Ind., May 1. — Fancy white. 

 14-15C. : No. 1 white, 12-13c. Extracted, 

 white, 6-7c. Beeswax. 22-25c. 



Demand is fair for grades quoted, but no 

 demand for inferior grades. 



Buffalo, N. Y, May 7.— Strictly fancy 

 comb. 1-pound, mostly 10 and lie. today. De- 

 mand Is only fair at present. Other grades 

 range from 5@9c. Extracted, 4@5c. 



Boston, Mass., May 1.— Fancy white, 13- 

 14c.; No. 1. 11-12C. Extracted, white. 6-7c.; 

 amber. 5-6c. Beeswax, 25c. 



Cleveland, Ohio, Peb. 20.— Fancy white, 

 14H@15c.: No. 1 white. 12K@13c. Extracted, 

 white, 6®7c.; amber, 4!<®o>4c. Beeswax. 22 

 @25c. 



There is not very much honey in our mar- 

 ket. Selling rather slow. Demand heginDlng 

 to be a little better. Think trade will be fair 

 Id this line this fall. 



List of Honey and Beeswai Dealers. 



Most of whom Quote In this Journal. 



CblcBKOt Ills. 



K. A. BCTRNKTT & Co.. 163 South Water Stre et. 



New York, N. Y. 

 HiLDRBTH Bros. & Sboelken, 



Kanaa* City, Mo. 

 0. C. Cleuous & Co., 423 Walnut St. 



Bnaalo, N. Y. 

 BattersON & Co.. 167 & 169 Scott St, 



Hamilton, III*. 

 CHA8. Dadant & Son, 



Pblladelphla, Pa. 

 Wm. a. Selser, 10 Vine St. 



Cleveland, Oblo. 

 Williams Bros,, 80 & 82 Broadway, 



St. Iionlii, no. 

 WESTCOTT Com. Co.. 213 Market St 

 Mliineapollfi, ininn. 

 S. H. HALL & Co. 



milwaukee, 'Wis. 

 A, V. Bishop & Co. 



Boston, mass. 

 E. E, Blake & Co., 57 Chatham Street. 



Detroit, inicb. 

 M. H. Hunt, Bell Branch, Wayne Co., Mich. 



Indianapolis, Ind. 

 Walter S. Pocdek, 162 Mass c husetts Ave 



Albany, N. Y. 

 CnAS. MCCULLOCH St. Co.. 380 Broadway. 



Cincinnati, Oblo. 

 C. C MuTH & Son, cor. Freeman * Central A vs. 



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or 

 - _ _ .- jiay not 



OUK APAry Is non-partisan and deals 

 strictly first class Italian Queens— Tested. 90c 

 Untested. 65c. 1-fr. Nucleus. 65c.: 2-fr. 11.10 

 —discount on quantities. M. O. office. Sparta, 

 Tenn. COOPER ic GILIiETT, 

 17A4t QuEBECK, Tenn. 



if ertfton the Amerlccui Bee JownuU. 



Questioi^'Box* 



In the multitude of counsellors there is 

 safety.— Prov, 11-14. 



The KTumbcr or Supers for the 

 Harvest. 



Qnery 48.— My seasons vary from a dead 

 failure up to an average of 8.") sections per 

 colony. How many supers of 24 sections each 

 should 1 have ready before the harvest ?— 

 Illinois. 



Wm. McEvoy— Three. 



A. F, Brown — Two or three. 



P. H. Elwood — 100 sections per col- 

 ony. 



Dr. A. B. Mason — As many as will 

 hold the " average" in a good season. 



Prof. A. J. Cook — If the season seems 

 favorable, the full 85 sections per colony. 



Mrs. L. Harrison — I'm not good at 

 guessing. Ask the other fellow. 



Dr. J. P. H. Brown — Depend upon 

 your judgment and practical sense to 

 indicated the number. 



Jas. A. Stone — I would not have many 

 ready beforehand to lie around and get 

 colored, till I saw the approaching pros- 

 pect. 



Rev. M. Mahin — I would provide an 

 average of 85 sections per colony. You 

 should have ready as many as you will 

 need, 



Emerson T. Abbott — That depends 

 upon how many colonies of bees you 

 have. If only one colony, it will not 

 require very many. 



W. G. Larrabee— That depends upon 

 how many colonies you are running ; if 

 you have 300 or 400 you would better 



have four ; if you have only a few, you 

 would probably not need more than one, 

 for you could got more ready when you 

 found you needed them, 



J. A. (Ireen — Unless you are prepared 

 to make up any deficit very promptly, 

 you had better have all you are likely to 

 need In the best seasons. 



G. M. Doollttle — Three to each colony; 

 then you will have enough "dishes right 

 side up to catch the porridge" till you 

 can furnish the fourth super, should you 

 need that. 



R. L. Taylor — I don't know your cir- 

 cumstances. For myself, I should have 

 about one for each strong colony ready, 

 and the material on hand to prepare 

 others as needed. 



J. E. Pond — You ought to be able to 

 answer this question better than can 

 any other person. It will be safe to pre- 

 pare for a good season, then you will be 

 sure of it if it comes ; but if you are not 

 ready for it when it comes, where are 

 you ? You must bear in mind the para- 

 ble of the " wise and foolish virgins." 



G. W. Demaree — I keep on hand two 

 section-cases for each hive employed In 

 producing comb-honey. My section-cases 

 hold 28 sections, and my experience Is 

 that a strong colony will complete them 

 in the same time they will your 24. 

 This I think is about the real difference 

 between the 8 and the 10 frame Lang- 

 stroth hive. 



Eugene Secor — I should think that 

 would depend upon how busy you are 

 with other work while the honey-flow is 

 in progress. If you have not too much 

 work it would seem to be easy to keep 

 any reasonable number of colonies (up 

 to 100) at work after the first supers 

 are placed. It is well to have at least 

 one super for each colony ready, and if 

 otherwise employed during the honey- 

 season, two. 



Dr. C. C. Miller — If you must get your 

 sections ready In advance, the only safe 

 way is to get ready every year for a best 

 season. Eighty-five sections will fill 

 three supers, and part of the fourth, so 

 you must have at least four supers for 

 each colony, and perhaps an extra super 

 for each two colonies, because there will 

 be at the last a good many cases where 

 it will be unsafe to leave without empty 

 supers, but which may not be used at all. 



Honey - Clovers ! 



We have made arrangements so that we can 

 furnish seed of several of the Clovers by 

 freight or express, at the following prices, 

 cash with order: 



oTb lOB) 25n> 50B) 



AislkeClover 70 $1.25 $3.00 »3.73 



Sweet Clover (white). .70 1.20 2.50 4.75 



White Clover 90 1.60 3.75 7.00 



Alfalfa Clover 60 1.00 2.25 4.00 



Crimson Clover 55 .90 2.00 3.50 



Prices subject to market changes. 



Add 25 cents to your order, for cartage, if 

 wanted by freight. 



Tour orders are solicited. 



GEORGE W. YORK & Co. 



CHICAGO. ILL. 



LUNe DISEASES. 

 .m years' experience. If your case is 

 sufficiently serious torequire expert medi- 

 cal treatment, address 

 Dr. Pelro, 100 State St., Chicago. 

 MemUm the A-merican Bee Joutfvmi. 



