May 8, 1902. 



AMERICAN BEE JOURNAL 



303 



few yours iino, wrote about hein^r sick. Wliile 

 lylnjc on Ills cdiK^li wliero lie cuiilil overlook 

 Ills bee-yard, lie saw swiirrn aflfr swarm 

 depart, and no way to help himself. 1 remem- 

 ber I shed tears of sympathy ; I was very 

 liapjiy then with my bees. Ten of the hup- 

 lilesl years of my life was the 1(1 years with 

 the bees. Then eame live years of hearlaehe. 

 But 1 have many ble.sslnirs left, when I ean 

 remember them. Miis. H. .1. I.ivinuston. 

 Mtu'liu Co., Minn., April 'Ml 



Bee-Keeping In Florida. 



The past winter here in western Florida has 

 been a cool one, thouf^h there was no severe 

 freezin;;. The sprinj; is rather late. 



I looU out upon an orange tree in its garb 

 of shining leaves, and the air is fragrant with 

 the odor of orange blossoms. Some orange 

 trees lost their leaves, while "others did not. 

 Pomegranates are now in bloom, and magno- 

 lias are opening. 



The past winter being cool, the bees were 

 slow in building up strong, and few swarms 

 have issued. Many persons still use the tall 

 box-hives, which are made of pine. To-day I 

 saw two hangstroth hives with many bees 

 clustered in their porticoes. All the bees I 

 have seen are the small, black ones. 



At West Bay— an arm of St. Andrews Bay — 

 I was told that white comb honey sold for 5 

 cents per pound; it was chunk honey, not in 

 frames. I have purchased good extracted 

 honey, produced at Wewahitchka (commonly 

 called the Dead Lake) for 'J5 cents per quart. 

 Mrs. L. Harrison. 



Washington Co., Fla., April 23. 



Honey Prospects Poop. 



Last season was a very poor oue for honey. 

 I now find white clover scarce, and a poor 

 prospect for this season. I have 23 colonies 

 in good condition. Conrad .Job. 



Putnam Co., Ind., April 22. 



Feeding to Tide Over— Alley Trap. 



I have 48 colonies of bees, one having died, 

 and since taking them out I found another 

 colony (|ueenles6, to which I gave a couple 

 frames of brood. I have fed some sugar, and 

 expect to feed two or three sacks before white 

 clover conies. I think it pays. I fed 2.5 colo- 

 nies two sacks last year, and it paid well. I 

 had my bees strong as soon as the honey-How 

 started. We have white and yellow sweet 

 clover; I never saw the yellow until about 

 two years ago, then I saw a few sprigs of it 

 near the depot. I suppose it came in some 

 way on the cars. It is spreading some ; most 

 people in town oppose it, and cut it down on 

 the streets, as it grows so rank, though not as 

 rank as the white. 



I think the Alley drone-catcher is a fine 

 swarm-catcher. When you expect a swarm 

 put on the catcher, and when the swarm 

 issues you will find the queen in the catcher. 

 Remove the old colony, put a new hive in its 

 place, and when the bees return let out the 

 queen, and they will all go in like a flock of 

 sheep. Wm. Cleart. 



Kossuth Co., Iowa, April 22. 



CONVENTION NOTICE. 



Illinois.— The Eastern part of the Northern 

 Illinois Bee-Keepers' Association will hold their 

 spring meeting at the residence of O. J. Cum- 

 mings, 2% miles northeast of Rockford, 111., 

 Tuesday, May M, 1902. All interested in bees 

 are invited to attend. li. Kennedy, Sec. 



wnCtr MUNtT and eas.v to make 

 if .vou work for lis. We will start vuu in 

 .r.usiiiess aiul liirulsti the eapitiil. "\\'ork 

 [lil.'ht and easy. Send 10 cents for full 

 line of samples and particulars. 



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Please mention Bee journal -when wntin&. 



1861 -ADEL QUEENS- 1902 



Adel bees the Standard strain. Mv 1902 Cat- 

 alog leady to mail May 1. Send for it. Address, 



HENRY ALLEY, Wenham, Mass. 



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3-FranH^ Nuclei For Sale. 



Wc have arran(.(ed with a bee-keeper 

 located in Kiuikakee Co., 111., (within 

 12 miles of K.inkakee), to fill orders for 

 Nuclei of hii s. All are to be first-cla.ss, 

 and ino.st of the bees show Italian mark- 

 iii^js. The (|ueens in the Nuclei will 

 be Italian, of this year's rearing. 



The Nuclei are 3-frame Langstroth, 

 in light shipping-boxe.s. Prices: 1 for 

 $3.00 ; S or more at $2.75 each. 



All are f.o.b. shipping-point, and will 

 be .sent by express, a postal card notice 

 being mailcil to each purchaser a day 

 or two before shipping the bees. 



GEORGE W. YORK & CO., 



144 & 146 Erie St., - CHICAGO, ILL. 



BOYS 



WE WANT WORKERS 



Boys, Girls, DldaniJ.vuntr niike, 

 make muiiey wurkltiK f<.r u3. 

 We fumli-h capital toxiariyou in tiusU 

 nets, ^kikI na lOc etamp^ or aiWer for full inxlroctio'iB and a tine of 



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1902— Bee-Keepers' SuopliesI 



We can furnish you with The A. I. Boot Co's 

 goods at wholesale or retail at their prices. We can 

 save you freight, and ship promptly. Market price 



Bald for beeswax. Send for our 1902 catalog. 

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For Sale. 



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Main StJeet.OsHKOSH, Wis. 



mostly Italians 



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 Three trains daily, on which there is 

 no excess fare. One feature of service 

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 Harrison St. Phone Central 2057. 

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This Emerson stiff-board Binder with cloth 

 back for the American Bee Journal we mail for 

 but 60 cents; [or we will send it with the Bee 

 Journal for one year — both for only $1.40. It is 

 a fine thing to preserve the copies of the Jour- 

 nal as fast as they are received. If you have 

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I HON&y AND BEESWAX ** 



MARKET QUOTATIONS. 



40 Colonies of 

 —BEES— 



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CHiCAr.o, Apr. IS.— The season in wbicb comb 

 honey scHh prior to Ibe new crop ih now practi- 

 cally at an end; therefure pricen are more or 

 le8u irreffular, as some rtectiunh in a cane will be 

 Ifrained more or lenn and olbern free. The best 

 lots of baKHwood and clover sell at U^i^lSc; otb'-r 

 kinds of white at 10C<%13c; ambers are not in 

 heavy supply and Hell at 9'" 12c. Extracted in 

 dull at 5'i.(jJic for white, and £"'6c for amber, 

 dependintr upon flavor and other <|ualitteB. 

 Becswa.K scarce at 32c. R. A. BtjBNBTX dt Co. 



Cincinnati, March 6.— The market in ex- 

 tracted honey is (food with prices lower. Am- 

 ber, for manufacturing purposes, brin(f.>» from 

 S]4(mb'Ac; better (jrades from T'o-.Sc. Fancy comb 

 honey sells at 16c; lower grades hard to sell at 

 any price. Beeswax strong at 27@30c. 



Thk Fhkd W. Muth Co. 



Albany, N.Y., May 1.— Honey market is dull. 

 Very little call now for any fiTa.de. Well cleaned 

 out of stock and season practically over. Some 

 comb honej- is selling at 14'" 15c. Extracted, 

 6@6^c, Beeswax, good demand, 30(&*3lc. 



H. R. Wrioht. 



Boston, March 20.— The demand for comb 

 honey remains good. Market ranges as fol- 

 lows: Fancy white, in cartons, 15'§>16c; A No. 

 1, 14@15c; No. 1, UCg^Hc; honey in glass-front 

 cases about one cent less. Extracted, Califor- 

 nia light amber, 7^754c: Florida honev, in bar- 

 rels, o@6!4c. Blake, Scott & L,bs, 



Detroit, Apr. 8. — Fancy white comb honey, 

 15c; No. 1, 13ra;l4c; dark and amber, }lCtL12c. 

 Extracted, white. 6^(aj7c; dark and amber, 

 S@6c. Beeswax, 2''^3'-ic. M. H. Hunt & Sow. 



Cincinnati, Apr. 11.— Stock of comb honey 

 here is larger than it ought to be at this time of 

 the year, and this is why it is offered for very 

 low figures. Water-white is sold at I4(§j14^c 

 and hard to obtain; for extra fancy, 15c. 



Extracted finds a steady sale, and amber is 

 sold in barrel lots for 5f|^5!^c; water-white al- 

 falfa sells from 6(u6J4c, and white clover brings 

 from 6J^@7c. Beeswax scarce at 30c. 



C. H. W, Weber. 



New York, Apr. ".—Comb honey, last year's 

 crop, practically cleaned up, but as we wrote a 

 little while ago we had received new crop from 

 Cuba, and are now receiving new crop from the 

 South. Demand is fair at 14c for fancy white, 

 13c for No.l, 12c for No.2, and 10(ailc for amber. 



Extracted: The market is decidedly dull. 

 Very little demand, with large stocks on hand, 

 some of which no doubt will have to be carried 

 over, and indications point to a further decline 

 iu prices. We quote: White, 6c: light amber, 

 5J4c; amber, 5c; Southern, 524(a;58c per gallon, 

 according to quality. Even these prices are 

 shaded in car lots. Beeswax, scarce and firm 

 at29(fi30c. HiLDRETH & Segklkbn. 



San Francisco, Apr. 16.— White comb. 10@ 

 1254 cents; amber, 7@10c; dark, 6@7 cents. Ex- 

 traded, white, 5@— ; light amber, 4!^®—; 

 amber. 4(31 — . Beeswax, good to choice, light, 

 26@2Sc; dark, 24@2Sc. 



Demand is not very active, and market can- 

 not be termed firm, although quotable values 

 remain without important change. Considera- 

 ble honey of last crop is now being offered, 

 which up to a few weeks ago had been held off 

 the market. New crop is expected to arrive in 

 wholesale quantity in the very near future. 



A Celluloid Queen-Button is a verv 



pretty thintj for a bee-keeper or honey-seller 

 to wear on his coat-lapel. It often serves to in- 

 troduce the subject of honey, 

 and frequently leads to a 

 sale. 



Note.— One reader writes: 

 *' I have every reason to be- 

 lieve that it would be a very 

 good idea forevery bee-keeper 

 to wear one [of the buttons] 

 as it will cause people to ask 

 questions about the busy bee, and many a con- 

 versation thus started would wind up with the 

 sale of more or less honey; at any rate it would 

 give the bee-keeper a superior opportunity to 

 enlighten many a person in regard to honey 

 and bees." 



The picture shown herewith Is a reproduc- 

 Hon of a motto queen-button that we are ftir- 

 nishinff to bee-keepers. It has a pin on the 

 underside to fasten it. 



Price, by mail, 6 cents ; two for 10 cents ; 

 or 6 for 25 cents. Send all orders to the offic* 

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