"Do you keep a bee?" This "chest- 

 uut" Avas sprung on a bee-man at a 

 recent agricultural show and he and 

 Bro. Putnam took it seriously, Bro. 

 Putnam enlarging upon it at some 

 length as eA'idence of the ignorance 

 of nonbee-keepers. We thought the 

 editor of the Rural had a "saving 

 sense of humor" and did not have to 

 request his contributors to label their 

 jokes as some of oui? contemporaries 

 do. 



In the "B" Class. 



:\I:iry had a -s^-arm of bees 

 And they to save their lives, 



Must go wherever Mary went 

 'Cause Mary had the hives. 



—Saturday Evening Post. 



Chicago Aug. 4. — Fancy white, 14; No. 

 white, 13@13%; fancy amber, 11@12; N 

 1 amber, 9@10; fancy dark, 10; No. 1 darl 

 9; white extracted. 6@7; amber 5@6; darl 

 5@5%; beeswax, 28. The new crop is ai 

 pearing and selling in a fair way considei 

 ing that it is midsummer. 



R. A. Burnett & Co 



Brilliants. 



In spite of the stare of the wise and 



the world's derision, 

 Dare follow the star-blazed road, dare 



follow the vision. 



— Edward Markham. 



Don't worry about a "slim" conven- 

 tion at Chicago. It will be a "packed 

 caucus'' if the "ringers" have their 

 way. 



HONEY AND BEESWAX RIARKET. 



Buffalo, Sept. 5. — We quote fancy white 

 new comb honey at 14-15c; No. 2, ll-12c; No. 

 3, 8-lOc. Old stock very dull and slow 

 sale at low prices. Demand for new crop 

 improving. Batterson & Co. 



Kansas City, Mo., Sept. 7.— The market 

 on white comb honey, fancy, is very strong 

 at present, the demand exceeding the sup- 

 ply; 24 section cases selling at $3.00. Extract- 

 ed, fancy white, selling at 6 1/20 and Amber 

 and other grades at 5c up. Beeswax 28c per 

 pound. We look for the market to con- 

 tinue firm. C. C. demons & Co. 



Cmcinnati, Oct. 6. — We are selling North- 

 ern comb honey at from 14-16c per lb by 

 the case. The demand for Extracted honey 

 IS about equal to the demand, which is good 

 We continue to sell amber in barrels at 

 5 1-4-6C. White Clover, 61/2-71/20. We 

 pay 30c per lb. for beeswax delivered here. 

 The Fred W. Muth Company. 



51 Walnut St. 



Denver, Oct. 2.— We quote our market to- 

 day as follows: No. 1 White Comb, per case 

 of 24 sections. $3.00; Light Amber and No. 

 2, per case, $2.75; Extracted honey, 6%-7y2c; 

 Beeswax, 24c for clean yellow. 



Colorado Honey Producers' Association. 



1440 Market St. 



Chicago, Oct. 5. — The demand for com 

 honey is about as usual for the season ( 

 year. Oeffrings from the surounding stat< 

 are fully equal to past season, but that froi 

 Colorado and the middle western states ai 

 not. No. 1 to Fancy White comb hone 

 sells at 13 @ 14c, with an occasional sale s 

 15c; off grades embracing crooked comb 

 etc., sell at ll@12c; Amber grades difflca 

 to place at 9@10c; Extracted White, 6@7i 

 according to kind, body, flavor and packagt 

 Ambers, 5%@6i^c; Beeswax selling upo 

 arrival at 30c if clean; off grades about 2 

 per lb. less. 



R. A. Burnett & Co. 



199 Water St. 



Boston, Oct. 5. — Owing- to the warr 

 weather prevailing, the demand for hone 

 has not come up toprevious years. Thi! 

 together with the very large quantity be 

 ing carried over from last year, both b 

 jobbers and retailers, tends to keep th 

 price and demand down. 



Fancy white comb, 15c; No. 1, 14c; Nc 

 2, 12c; Extracted honey, from 5% -7c. 



Blake, Scott & Lee Co. 



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