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paper come close together, and in practice 

 you never know the difference. Our fac- 

 tories put the paper on in this way. I 

 always do, and it is perfectly satisfactory, 

 much better than to use glue. You see, 

 two or more thicknesses of sandpaper glued 

 together will make a hard surface, and de- 

 feat the object of the felt. A. W. Hart. 

 Stephenson Co., 111. 



Introducing Queens, Etc, 



I commenced the spring of 1897 with 15 

 colonies, iucreast to 31 by natural swarm- 

 ing, reared several fine Italian queens, and 

 introduced them in the place of hybrids. 



Right here I want to give my plan of in- 

 troducing queens, as I have lost J4 of the 

 queens that I have introduced in cages. 



When I rear a queen in a nucleus and she 

 stands the test, I go to the hive that I want 

 to introduce in, hunt out the queen and kill 

 her, and the next day I take the three 

 frames out of the nucleus and put them in 

 a new hive with my young queen, worker 

 bees and all. I then take two frames out of 

 the hive that has no queen, and put one on 

 each side of the three frames that has the 

 queen, and leave them till the next morn- 

 ing. I then add two more frames, and the 

 evening of the same day I finish filling the 

 hive. I then have three frames of brood, 

 honey and old bees left to go back to the 

 nucleus to rear another queen. 



I have introduced several queens with the 

 above plan, and have not lost a single one 

 while following it, and I think if one would 

 take two or three frames out of a queenless 

 hive and- put into a new hive, and then in- 

 troduce the queen in the cage to a small 

 amount, there wouldn't be so much danger 

 of getting her killed. Then after a few bees 

 get used to her, follow the plan as given 

 above. 



I think my bees are all in fine condition. 

 We have had several warm days, and I 

 noticed to-day they were bringing in the 

 bee-bread by the wholesale. W . W. Beer. 



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Connecticut.— The seventh annual meet- 

 ing of the Connecticut Bee-Keepers' Associ- 

 ation win be held at the Capitol, at Hartford, 

 Wednesday, May 4, 1808— 10:^0 am. Every 

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HONEY and BEESWAX 



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Chicago, Apiil 13.— Best grade of white. 



10 to lie; fair grade, 8 to 9c. ; dark, 7 to 8c 

 Extracted, white, 5 to 6c.; amber, 4 to 5c. 

 Beeswax. 'Zlc 



The active season for sale of comb honey is 

 over until the marketing begins of the yield 

 to be obtained in 1898. 



K. A. Burnett & Co. 



Boston, April 14.— Fancy No. 1, in car- 

 tons, l.'ic; in glass-front cases, 12c.; A No. 1, 

 lie; No. 1,9 to lOc; No. 2, 9c. Extracted, 

 white 6 to 7c.; light amber, 5 to 6e. Bees- 

 wax is scarce at 26c. 



Our market on comb and extracted honey 

 has kept active at old prices, and as a result 

 the stock is well cleaned up. There is very 

 little call for anything but white In this mar- 

 ket. Blake, Scott & Lee. 



Cleveland, April 14.— Fancy white. 12 to 

 13V4C.; No. 1, lie; No. 1 amber, 9 to 10c. ; 

 buckwheat, 8c. Extracted, white, 6c.; amber. 



4 to 5c. A. B. Williams & Co, 



San Francisco, April 6.— White comb. Shi 

 to 10c; amber, 6)4 to T/,c. Extracted, white, 

 hViQ..; light amber, 43i to 5Hc. Beeswax, 24 

 to 27c 



A ship sailing this week for Hamburg took 

 316 cases. Sellers are not nearly so numerous 

 as enrly in the season, and are inclined to bo 

 quite exacting at present in the matter of 

 prices. Market is strong tor comb and ex- 

 tracted, with supplies of latter light and 

 stocks of comb showing steady decrease. The 

 firmness is based mainly on the poor pros- 

 pects lor coming crop. 



Detroit, March 22. — Fancy white is 

 lower and now quoted at lie. No. 1, 9(Sil0c; 

 fancy dark. 7®8c; No. 1 dark. 6@7c. Ex- 

 tracted, white, 5@6c; dark, 4@5c Beeswax 

 In good demand at 2B@27c. 



There Is considerable dark and undesirable 

 honey on commission now, and some of It will 

 be carried over to auother season. 



M. H. Hunt. 



Kansas City, April 9.—Fancy white, 1-lbs., 

 9(ai0c; No. 1, white, 9c; amber, 8c. Ex- 

 tracted, white, 5@5i4c; amber, 4j'2@5c; dark, 

 4c. Beeswax, 20@i2c. 



Demand lor both comb and extracted honey 

 is fair. C. O. Olemons & Co. 



Minneapolis. Mar 18 —Honey much more 

 encouraging. Fancy white clover comb is 

 selling here now at lO^OllKc. Not advisa- 

 ble to ship darker than amber. Extrac- 

 ted fancy white clover, 5 ^@6c: amber, 5c; 

 dark, i^ihic. 



Outlook for honey much more encouraging. 

 S. H. Hall & Co. 



Cincinnati, Mar. 21.— Demand fair for ex- 

 tracted, with iusuBiolcnt suDplies. Prices 

 range from 4@6c. according to quality. De- 

 mand for comb is slow at 10@iae for best 

 white. Beeswax in good demand at 20@25c 

 for good to choice ye tow. 



Chas. F. Muth & Son, 



Indianapolis, March 24.— Fancy white, 



11 tol.ic: No 1, luto lie; fancy amber, 9 to 

 10c. Extracted, white. 5 to 6c. Beeswax, 25 

 to 27c. Market appears to be well supplied 

 and sales are rather slow lor this time of the 

 year. This is especially true of the amber 

 and dark grades of comb honey. Beeswax Is 

 In good demand. Walter S. Pouder. 



Mllwankee, March 8. — Fancy, 11 to 

 13c.; A No. 1, 10 to lie; No. 1, 10 to lO^c; 

 N'). 2, 9 to 10c. ; atnber and dark.7 to 8c. Ex- 

 tracted, In barrels, kegs and cans, white, 5 to 

 6c.; dark, 4!4 to 5c. Beeswax, 25 to 27c. 



We are able to report an improved demand 

 for fancy honey during the past tew days, 

 while the medium grades have also sold bet- 

 ter, yet the surest sale Is on the best. The 

 supply continues equal to the demand, but 

 the fancy grades are uot la as good supply as 

 the low and medium, which goes to prove that 

 the fancy sells best — and the values better 

 A. V. Bishop & Co. 



Buffalo, March 11. — There is a good 

 demand for strictly fancy 1-pound comb, at 

 10 to 1 Ic. ; other grades, however, range from 



9 to 7c.. and even 6c. when poor enough. 

 Quite an amount 01 honey can be sold at this 

 range. Extracted ranges from 4 to 6c., with 

 a moderate demand. Batterson & Co. 



St. Iionis, Peb. 9.- fancy white comb, 



10 to lie; No. 1. 10c. ; amber, to 10c ; dark, 

 8 to 9c. Extracted, white, 5H to6c. ; amber, 



5 to 5 VtC- ; dark, 4 to 4 >4c. Beeswax, 20 to 22e. 



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