1921 



AMERICAN BEE JOURNAL 



247 



CROP AND MARKET REPORT 



CROP PROSPECT 



ThrouKhout the whole clover region represented from 

 Maine to Nebraska, prospects are usually very Rood, al- 

 though about half the reports from New York state there 

 will be very little clover. Other States in which the crop 

 seems to be spotted are Illinois, Wisconsin and Minnesota. 

 One State which has had very poor crops for several sea 

 sons, now reports without exception, that the prospects 

 are excellent, and that there should be a good crop of 

 clover honey. This is Missouri. 



Colorado and the Inter-mountain territory report good 

 prospects for a crop, but most of the reports coming 

 from Southern California are adverse, and state that the 

 beekeepers will do well to get 2.5 per cent of a normal 

 crop, although recent rains have somewhat changed the 

 situation and make the outlook a little brighter. Pros- 

 pects in Northern California are much better. 



There seems to be a tendency still to hold up the retail 

 prices to about 20 to 2.5 cents a pound in 10-pound cans. 

 This, likely, is about in line with what prices should be, 

 figuring honey on a 10c jobbing basis. 



There have been a few sales of nice white honey at 

 about 8c a pound in carlots, but the most of the honey in 

 the last month or two has been moving at a price of from 

 12c to 16c per pound in a wholesale way. This, of cour.se, 

 includes the sales of the smaller producers who have not 

 had to sacx-ifice. 



As a whole, honey seems to be moving a little better 

 than a month or two months ago, that is, to the retailer. 

 There is still a lack of buying on the part of the jobber.? 

 and brokers, so that it is difficult to dispose of honey in 

 carlots. 



It is not likely that all of the 1920 honey will be cleaned 

 up before the new crop comes on, but very probably condi- 

 tions will be much improved over what was expected two 

 or three months ago. 



Italian Queens of Quality 



Prices for 1921: 



1 6 12 



Virgins $1.00 $5.00 $ 9.00 



Untested 1.50 8.00 15.00 



Tested 2.00 11.00 



One-third down books order, bal- 

 ance one week before delivery. 



Why not give my queens a trial? 

 They are reared from mothers whose 

 colonies are gentle, hardy and good 

 honey gatherers. I rear all of my 

 queens, personally, and strive for 

 quality, not quantity. Safe arrival 

 guaranteed in the United States and 

 Canada. 



WILLARD A. FRIEND 



Box 112, Bedford, Ohio 

 QUIGLEY'S QUEENS AND BEES 



■fhrt-e-banded Italians, are bred from ideal 

 colonies by double grafting, producing queens 

 of superior quality; 20 years building this 

 strain from the best honey-producing colonies 

 Xo disease; 35 years in this location. June 

 delivery. Bool<ing orders now. 



Tested, $3; untested, $2. e $11. 12 $20; 

 breeders $10, shipped on brood. Three-frame 

 nuclei, untested queen, $9; tested. $10. Ten 

 frame colony, tested queen. $20. Two-pound 

 package, untested queen, $8; tested. $9. 



Purity and satisfaction guaranteed. Send 

 for circular. 



E. F. QUIGLEY & SON, 

 Unionville, Mo. 



QUINN'S QUEENS OF QUALITY 



Have no superiors — "There's a rea- 

 son." Are Mandelian bred, good qual- 

 ities accentuated. Gray Carniolans, 

 Gray Caucasians, most gentle cf all, 

 prolific, hardy, vigorous, disease-re- 

 sisiting white comb builders — they 

 deliver the goods. 



ITALIANS, 3-band3d, line-brcil, 

 pedigreed; need no boost'.ng; th('y 

 speak for themselves. 



CHAS. W. QUINN. Sabot, Va. 



Establiihed 1885 



Beekeepers should send for our 

 new catal'jg, free. Beehives made of 

 white pine. Root Co.'s old standby 

 make of supplies. Order early. Bees- 

 wax in exchange for supplies or cash. 

 J. Nebel & Son Supply Co^ 

 Hig'i Hill. Mo. 



Quality Bee Supplies 



FROM A 



Reliable House 



Without fear or favor, I place my BEE SUPPLIES and SERVICE 

 before you. 



It is the small annoyances that often grow into disastrous results. 

 Avoid the so-called "little losses" by using MONDENG'S GOODS. 



Quality is first— save time when you put your goods together, by 

 getting supplies that are accurately made. Service is next — no delays 

 when bee supplies are ordered from my factory. 



I am ready to meet your urgent needs. 



Send for my new price list. 



Closing out all Langstroth and Wisconsin hives and supers. Also 

 Langstroth triangular top-bar frames and eight-frame D. T. supers 

 for 4x5 sections. Will sell at cost price. Write for quotations. 



CHAS. MONDENG 



146 Newton Ave. N. and 159 Cedar Lake Rd. Minneapolis, Minn. 



THREE BAND AND GOLDEN QUEENS 



that produce hustling bees. Bred to 

 fill the supers. Our breeding stock 

 produced 400 pounds surplus honey in 

 1920. Our breeding yards are several 

 miles apart. We breed from the very 

 best non-swarming, gentle, long- 

 lived, prolific strains of bees and 

 drones that thirty years' constant 

 work can produce and money can buy. 

 No disease. Satisfaction guaranteed. 



1 Untested $1.75; 12, $1.50 each 



1 Tested $3.00; 12, $2.75 each 



DR. WHITE BEE CO., Sandia, Texas 



MOTT'S NORTHERN BRED 

 ITALIAN QUEENS 



Have a World-wide reputation. 

 Sel. Unt., 1, $1.50; 6, $8. .50; 12, $15. 

 Sel. guaranteed pure mated or re- 

 place, 1, $1.75; 6, $10; 12, $18. 

 Sel. tested, $2.50 each. 



Filling orders by return mail at this 

 present writing by the aid of my 

 Southern branch. Plans, "How to In- 

 troduce Queens" and "Increase," 25c. 

 E. E. MOTT, Glenwood, Mich. 



HONEY, ROOTS, FURS 



Why not increase your profits? A 

 32-page booklet describing books on 

 Bee Hunting, Medicinal Root Grow- 

 ing, Fur Farming, Tanning, etc.. free. 



A. R. HARDING, 75 N. Ohio Ave., Columbus, 0. 



ITALIAN QUEENS 



$1 EACH 



Write for Quantity Prices 



O. E. TIMM, Bennington, Neb. 



ITALIAN QUEENS 



Raised from Italian Bees 



Untested $1.75 each 



Tested 3.25 each 



CHAS. BOONE SAUNDERS 

 Meroni,Mnd. 



