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from the end of the cage, laid the cage 

 wire-cloth down on the frames, and closed 

 the hive. In a few days after that I went 

 to see if she was all right. On opening the 

 hive I found that she was liberated. I 

 tried to find her on the frames, but could 

 not. I looked in the bottom of the hive, 

 and there I found her dead. Resolving, 

 however, to try again, I sent for another 

 queen, and received her in a few days. 

 This time I was very careful. Taking Ave 

 frames of hatching brood from the other 

 hives, I put the queen and the 6 or 7 bees 

 that were in the cage with her, on the 

 brood ; the brood hatching all the time, 

 by night there was a nice cluster of young 

 bees. I kept them in the house a few days 

 until it was a nice little colony, then I put 

 them out in the apiary with the entrance 

 only a little ways open, to keep robbers 

 out. The queen commenced laying in a 

 few days afterward. The queen is a very 

 nice yellow one, and her bees are also very 

 yellow. I have reared one queen from her, 

 and she proves to be very nice. 



Frank N. Blank. 

 Prairie Home, Mo., Sept. 13, 1893. 



l^ouTention iVotice»«. 



ILLINOIS. — The annual meeting of the 

 Northern Illinois Bee-Keepers' Association 

 will be held in the Supervisor's Room of the 

 Court House, in Rocklord, Ills., on December 

 19 and ^0, 1893. A good programme is being 

 prepared and all are cordially invited. 



NewMilford, Ills. B. Kennedy, Sec. 



MISSOURI.— The 8t,h semi-annual conven- 

 tion of the Missouri State Bee-Keepers' Asso- 

 ciation will be held at Pertle Springs (near 

 Warrensburg) Mo., on Oct. 18, 19 and 20, 

 ] 893. It is desirable that as many as can pos- 

 sibly make arrangements will be present, in 

 order that the prosperity of the Association 

 shall not suffer in these poor seasons, for 

 want of personal support. The Executive 

 Committee will prepare a program that will 

 give all an opportunity of expressing them- 

 selves on the most important subjects now 

 occupying the attention of the bee-keepers of 

 the country. Arrangements bave been made 

 with the M. P. Ry. Co., for 13^3 tare, certiflcaie 

 plan. Accomodations at the Pertle Springs 

 Hotel will be reasonable. Bee-keepers from 

 any State and every State will be cordiallj^ 

 welcomed. P. Baldwin, Sec. 



Independence, Mo. 



*' A ]VIo«lei*ii ISee-Fai-ni and Its 



Economic Management," is the title of a 

 splendid book on practical bee-culture, by 

 Mr. S. Simmins, of England. It is 5%xS>a 

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 nicely illustrated, and bound in cloth. It 

 shows " how bees may be cultivated as a 

 means of livelihood; as a health-giving 

 pursuit ; and as a source of recreation to 

 the busy man." It also illustrates how 

 profits may be "made certain by growing 

 crops yielding the most honey, having also 

 other uses : and by j udgment in breeding a 

 good working strain of bees." Prit-e, post- 

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 the Bee Journal for one year, for $1.70. 



Honey & Beeswax Market Quotations. 



Rules for Orading^. 



The following rules for grading honey were 

 adopted by the North American Bee-Keepers' 

 Association, at its last meeting, and, so far as 

 possible, quotations are made according to 

 these rules: 



Fancy. — All sections to be well filled ; combs 

 straight, of even thickness, and firmly at- 

 tached to all four sides; both wood and comb 

 unsoiled by travel-stain, or otherwise; all tbe 

 cells sealed except 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 other- 

 wise. 



In addition to this the honey is to be classi- 

 fied according to color, using the terms white, 

 amber and dark. That is, there will be " fan- 

 cy white.'' •■ No. 1 dark," etc. 



CHICAGO. III.— Comb honey is coming in 

 plentlf ully— most of it fancy and No. 1 white. 

 White extracted scarce with plenty of inquiry 

 for same. We quote: Fancy white, 16c. ; No. 

 1 white 15c.; fancy amber, 14c.; No. 1 amber, 

 14c. Extracted, 5@7c. Beeswax slow at 20c. 



Sept. 14, J.A. L. 



CHICAGO, III., Sept. 15.— The receipts of 

 comb honey have not been in excess of the 

 demand up to this date. We have yet very 

 little surplus. Prices remain at 15@16c. for 

 the very best grades. Discolored combs and 

 the darker grades generally are slow of sale 

 at about 14c. Our sales, however, are chiefly 

 at 15c. We consider this about the best sea- 

 son of the year for shipping and selling comb 

 honey, it stands transportation better than 

 it will when the cold weather comes, and 

 people buy it in larger quantities than they 

 do later in the fall. Extracted is nominal, 

 some sales being made all the time at prices 

 ranging from t)@7c., with some other dark 

 goods a little lower. Beeswax salable at 22c. 

 We would advise those having honey ready to 

 ship, to send it forward during this month, or 

 early next. R. A. B. &Co. 



St. PAUL & MINNEAPOLIS, Minn., Sept' 

 12.— The receipts of honey are quite liberal, es- 

 pecially the last two weeks. A great deal of 

 Wisconsin comb hone.y has arrived and Is in 

 very good condition; this is being sold at ISYi 

 @1()C. ; the lower price being for darker hon- 

 ey, which, however, doGS not meet with an ac- 

 tive inquiry. California 1-lb. sections selling 

 at 14(5>16c. Two or three carloads of ex- 

 tracted honey have recently arrived, and sold 

 at fcii4@7c., there being little or no difference 

 between white and amber as to price obtained 

 in this market. The best season for comb honey 

 is now coming on. S. &A. 



CINCINNATI. O.. Sept. 18. — Demand is 

 slow for extracted honey with plentiful ar- 

 rivals. It brings 5@8c. Choice comb honey 

 is in good demand at 15@16c. for best white. 

 Arrivals are good. 



Beeswax is in slow demand with large ar- 

 rivals at 20®23c. a pound for good to choice 

 yellow C. F. M. & S. 



