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The fifth is Mr. E. P. Rogers, a man 

 who can talk to the point, and is a 

 good counselor. 



At the extreme right is seen Mr. 

 Fred W. Muth, the wholesale honey 

 dealer and tireless toiler for beedom's 

 cause. 



At this writing the bill has passed 

 the house of representatives without a 

 dissenting vote, and is now in the 

 hands of the agricultural committee of 

 the senate. Definite information as to 

 its fate will be obtainable within a 

 few days. 



BEE-KEEPER. April, 



advises us that he has had in charge 

 900 colonies situated near Bermeja, 

 from which he has taken this season 

 ten thousand gjallons of honey and 

 1,100 nuclei. It is conceded, however 

 that the Cuban crop is very short. 



Bee-keepers frequently report hav- 

 ing secured "thi'ee-fourths," "one-half," 

 '"one-third" or "one-fourth" of a crop 

 of honey. Yet no one ever seems so 

 fortunate as to get a "crop an^a a half." 

 How much is a "full crop?" 



The Southland Queen reprints Mr. 

 Poppleton's article from The Bee- 

 Keeper, on "Bee Paralysis," and er- 

 roneously credits it to Arthur C. Mil- 

 ler. The Queen appears to become 

 badly "mixed" when it undertakes o 

 do or say anything in regard to this 

 particular malady. 



The picture of "Bees Working on 

 Chrysanthemums." shown on page 52 

 of our last issue, has elicited a number 

 of interesting comments from our 

 studious readers, and we have pleas- 

 ure in presenting in this number an 

 explanatory letter from Prof, Benton, 

 upon the subject. When attention is 

 called to the distinguishing points, the 

 difference is quite apparent, indeed, 

 e^ en in a picture, though the general 

 appearance is that of black bees 

 clambering hastily over the flowers, 

 rather than "working." Mr. Arthur 

 C. Miller, of Rhode Island, was the 

 first to detect the "flies" and report. 

 We do not know whether Apis melli- 

 fera is ever found upon chrysanthe- 

 nuims, or not; though we believe some 

 of the apiarian writers have reported 

 that they sometimes are. May be it 

 was Dr. Miller. 



If the past severe winter proves dis- 

 astrous to bees throughout the North- 

 ern States, as appears probable, and 

 but slight or no competition from 

 Cuba and California, as a result of the 

 short crops there secured, this season, 

 it will behoove those having bees to 

 make the best of opportunities. Pres- 

 ent conditions indicate a ready mar- 

 ket for the crop of 1904. 



A NEW BEE JOURNAL. 

 The apiarian craft is to have a new 

 organ, due to appear this month. It 

 is to be published by W. H. Putnam, 

 River Falls, Wis., and will be known 

 as the Rural Bee-Keeper. 



Mr. E. M. Storer, an old Florida bee- 

 keeper who has been operating during 

 the past two or three years in Ja- 

 maica and Cuba has returned to the 

 Florida coast and purchased another 

 apiary. Notwithstanding the recent 

 reports of the entire failure of the Cu- 

 ban honey crop this year, Mr. Storer 



HONEY AND BEESWAX MAR- 

 KETS. 



Buffalo, March 10.— Buffalo honey 

 market has been very unsatisfactory 

 all winter, and continues so; yet a lib- 

 eral amount can be sold at low prices. 

 The suppl.y is moderate and the de- 

 mand, is more so. We quote our market 

 today as follows: Fancy comb, 12 to 

 13 cents; other grades 7 to 10 cents. Ex- 

 tracted, in light demand at 5 to 7 cents. 

 Beeswax, 29 to 30 cents. 



Batterson & Co. 



Milwaukee, March 10. — The demand 



