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! fcarticular colony will need a lot of 3, 8-ioc. oid stock very duU and slow 



mrsing to bring it through winter, sale at low prices. Demand for new crop 



)n the other hand, the climate of improving. Batterson & co. 



:he Caucasue regions is about the 



fame as that of Italy or Florida. If ^*"^^« <^"y- *^°- ^^p^- ''-'^^^ '"^'•^** 



he bees are able to sui-vive in Russia °" ^^''« *="'"'' ^°"^^- '^"-^y- '" ^^""^ '''"""^ 



, • 1 J. i !• ii _!, •„ , at present, the demand exceeding the sup- 

 ;hey might not live through in our piy. 24 section cases selling at »3.00. Extract- 

 climate. Erven If these bees are not ^^ ^^^^^ ^j^,^^ ^^^^^^ ^^ ^^^ ^„^ ^^j,^^ 

 luite equal to Italians for honey- ^^^ ^^^^^ ^^^^^^ ^^ 5^ ^p Beeswax 28c per 

 gathering the fact that they are so p^^^d. we look for the market to con- 

 t^ery gentle will make them in demand tinue Arm. c. c. ciemons & Co. 

 ;vith a large number." 



^ We think Mr. Pritchard is wise, Cincinnati. Oct. 6.— We are selling North- 



,. ind that he is a prophet; but we do em comb honey at from 14-16C per lb. by 



'" ,„*- „™..«^ ,,rjj-i, Tj„^ T>„^4- 4-u^i. 4.1^^ the case. The demand for Extracted honey 



lot agree with Bro. Root that the j^ ^^^^^ ^quai to the demand, which is good. 



Here trait of gentleness is sufficient We continue to sell amber In barrels at 



to establish the Caucasian in favor ^ i-4-6c. white ciover, 6%-7%c. we 



. , „ pay 30c per lb. for beeswax delivered here. 



SVlth even a tew. The Fred W. Muth Company. 



Dr. Phillips' ambition to serve the 



interests of the fraternity is com- Denver, Oct. 2. — We quote our market to- 



nendable indeed; and the mere fact <iay as follows: No. 1 white Comb, per case 



, , rn, » „ • -o „ Tj^„ ^ . of 24 sections, $3.00; Light Amber and No. 



hat The American Bee-Keeper is 2. per case. 12.75; Extracted honey, 6% -7 %c: 



unable to muster a grain of faith in Beeswax, 24c for clean yellow. 

 the project, does not necessarily Sig- Colorado Honey producers' Association. 



Dify that hi« efforts will be productive 



.„ 3f no good. Perhaps even a mistake is , Chicago, Nov. 17.-Thtre has been a st^dy 



er J, , . , , . J. .. trade in honey to the small dealers who 



^preferable to absolute inactivity upon usually lay in a little stock at this time of 



the part of the Department of Agri- the year. Prices are practically unchanged. 



nnltnrp '^he fancy grades of white comb brings 14 to 



j^LuiLuie. ^g cents, that which is a little off 1 to 2 



Hi ST, 



i.iai 



cents less, amber grades 10 to 12 cents. 

 The Companion as a Christmas Gift. dark and damaged lots 7 to 10 cents, ex- 



Can you think of a gift more certain to be tracted white 6 to 7% cents, amber 6 to 7 



cents. Beeswax steady at 30 cents. 



acceptable than a year's subscription to the jj_ ^_ Burnett & Co. 



outh's Companion? Is there any one, young 



' or old, who, having once had the paper In his Boston, Oct. 5. — Owing to the warm 



•'" bands and looked through it, did not wish to weather prevailing, the demand for honey 



te! possess it for his very own? It is a gift has not come up toprevious years. This, 



which, far from losing its freshness as together with the very large quantity be- 



Chrlstmas recedes Into the past, grows more ing carried over from last year, both by 



delightful, more necessarj' to one's enjoy- jobbers and retailers, tends to keep the 



t( ment week by week. price and demand down. 



The boy likes it, for it reflects in Its Fancy white comb, 15c; No. 1, 14c; No. 



pages every boyish taste and every fine 2, 12c; Extracted honey, from 5^-7c. 



boyish aspiration. The father likes It, not Blake, Scott & Lee Co. 



only for the fiction but for its fund of In- 



formation of the practical sort. The girl 



likes it for the stories, anecdotes, sketches THE GERMAN HONEY MARKET. 



and editorial articles printed in each num- • 



ber especially for her. The mother likes It ^he following quotations of the Hamburg 



for Its stories of domestic life and family h^ney market were sent us by Mr. Wm. 



affection, for its children's page and for Its Hesse, a German subscriber. They are very 



medical article. interesting, not only because of the fact 



On receipt of $1.75, the yearly subscription ^j^at "California" gets "top," but for the 

 price, the publishers send to the new sub- reason that "Cuba" brings one-tenth of a 

 scrlber all the remaining Issues of the Com- ^ent more than "Havana." Another inter- 

 panion for 1905 and the "Minutemen" Cal- esting question arises in this connection: 

 endar for 1906, lithographed In twelve col- From what Is this "Domingo" goods gath- 

 ers and gold. ered, that It should so nearly approximate 



Full Illustrated Announcement of the new "California?" However, here is the list : 



volume for 1906 will be sent with sample Hamburg, Germany, Oct. 5, 1905. 



copies of the paper to any address free. Extracted.— California, 5% -6 per lb; Chile, 



,.. ^'^3'f YOUTH'S COMPANION, 4.4; Cuba 3.9; Domingo. ?.l; Havana, 3.8 



144 Berkeley Street, BOSTON. MASS. Mexican 4 6 



Beeswax. — Brazil, 30.2-32.2; Angola, 29.1- 

 HONEY AND BEESWAX MARKET. 30.2; Chile, 30; Cuba, 30.2; Domingo, 29.1- 

 29.7; Madagascar, 28.6-29.7; Marocco, 29.7; 



Buffalo. Sept. 5.-We quote fancy white ^-^tabf, '^i;!!:kpan, 12.1; Caraula. 

 new comb honey at 14-15c; No. 2, ll-12c; No. 30.1-42.2. 



