Feb. 16, 1899. 



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mean a rainbow), as per Alley. So now I 

 have 18 good colonies in winter quarters, 

 each w ith a good queen, either pure Italian 

 or hybrid, as I had excellent luck in getting 

 those cells hatcht and queens laying. 



One thing in regard to the above I must 

 give you from my record book : Hive No. 

 19— July 23 I gave unfertile queen ; Aug 2, 

 no eggs; 1 gave Italian brood, whole frame; 

 Ang. 9. saw queen but no eggs, and gave 

 Italian larvse as per Alley ; Aug. 19 I found 

 full of brood, some brood in several more 

 combs, and four nice queen-cells. Question 

 —Why didn't she go to laying at S or 10 

 days of age. instead of waiting until she 

 was at least 26 days old ? L. L. Travis. 



Wyoming Co., Pa. 



Poor Season— Cellar Winteping'. 



We had a very poor season for honey in 

 1898. The worms destroyed most of the 

 basswood blossoms. 



Tell " Iowa Joe," who spoke of cellar 

 wintering with bottomless hives (page 09.5, 

 1898) that I place a four-inch super under 

 the hive in place of the bottom board, with 

 wire-screen on the bottom side, which keeps 

 the mice from getting in, and the bees from 

 getting out. The dead bees drop down on 

 the screen. My bees winter nicely that 

 way. Leave them thus until you put the 

 bees out on the summer stands, and there 

 will be no loss of bees flying out in the cel- 

 lar. E. B. Langdon. 



Douglas Co., Minn., Jan. 17. 



An Illinoisan in Arkansas. 



My honey crop for 1898 was very good 

 for the first year in Arkansas. The spring 

 was very wet and almost all summer, but 

 in the fall we had about 8 or 10 days when 

 the bees and myself put in overtime, as 

 golden-rod and Spanish-needle yielded a 

 heavy flow of nectar, and after S or 10 days 

 we got a heavy rain ; then it was over for 

 1898. 



I started in the spring with 4.5 colonies 

 and increast to TO, having hived back about 

 40 swarms, and about 10 swarms took the 

 traveling fever like a good many Arkan- 

 sas people do. and left me because I was 

 not able to hive them. I got about 3 000 

 pounds of nice honey and 100 pounds of 

 wax. I always made my living' from bees. 

 and there are eight in my family. I have 

 the American Bee Journal and the Italian 

 bees. Let me have the "Old Reliable," 

 and I am all right. F. J. Gunzel. 



Craighead Co., Ark., Jan. 17. 



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MARKET QUOTATIONS. 



Chicago, P'eb. 9.— The trade is not active in 

 comb honey, many of the retail dealers bein^ 

 supplied with sufficient stock to meet demands 

 for some time to come. Prices are quite steady 

 with 13c for best white, off in color, etc., inclu- 

 din(f amber grades, 10fiil2c; dark, 9c. Extracted 

 6((_i7c for white: amber and dark, S(5i6c. Bees- 

 wa.'c, 27. R. A. Burnett & Co. ■ 



Detroit, Jan. 2.— No chang-e in supply of 

 honey as to quality, but prices are somewhat 

 lower than la^^t quotations, viz: Fancy white, 

 13c; No. 1, 12(u 12;6c; fancy dark and amber, 9@ 

 He. Extracted, white, 6(a 7c; dark, 5(a55^c. Bees- 

 wax, 25W26C. M. H.'Hunt. 



Indianapolis, Jan. 4.— Fancy white comb. 

 12M12Jjc; No. 1, lOfmllc. Demand fairly g-ood. 

 Dark comb honey is being offered at 8(a'9c with 

 almost no demand. Clover and basswood ex- 

 tracted, 6>^@7c. Beeswax, 26(Si28c. 



Walter S. Pouder. 



New York, Jan. 20.--Fancy white, 12c; No.l 

 white,10@llc; amber, 9c; buckwheat and dark, 

 7c. Extracted in good demand at unchanged 

 prices. Beeswax rather quiet 27(g^28. -j 



Trade in comb honey is quiet. White is pretty 

 well cleaned up, but there is a large stock of 

 buckwheat, amber and mixt, having accumula- 

 ted of late, and in order to sell in quantity lots 

 it is necessary to shade quotations. 



Hildreth Bros. & Segelken. 



San Francisco, Feb. 1.— White comb, 9'A® 

 10;4c; amber, 7'ifa.9c. Extracted, white, 7@7Jic;- 

 light amber, b'iKi'b'Ac. Beeswax, 24@27c. 



Stocks of all descriptions are light and are 

 largely in the hands of jobbeJs. At current 

 values, however, not much is required to satisfy 

 the demand. Supplies of Water White Ex- 

 tracted, uncandied, are practically exhausted. 



Boston, Feb. 8.— The demand for comb 

 honey is very light, with full stock on hand. 

 We quote our market: Fancy white, 13(ai4c; 

 A No.l, 12c; No. 1, U(n Uc; light amber, 9(aiOc. 

 No demand for buckwheat. Extracted, white 

 Northern stock, 7ra>8c. Beeswax quiet at 27fti28c. 

 Blake, Scott & Lee. 



Kansas City, Jan. 2S.— Fancy white comb, 



13c; No. 1, 12c; amber. He; dark, 10c. Extracted 



white, '6c;.amber, Sc; dark, 4!<c. Beeswax, 2Sc. 



C. C. Clemons & Co.D 



.^Buffalo, Jan. 27.— There is a little more 'ac- 

 tivity on strictly fancy 1-lb. combs at 12c. The 

 bulk of receipts of low grades sell at 10c. down 

 to 7c., and in a few cases even less. A raoder^ 

 ate amount can be sold every day. Extracted' 

 4(o,6c., according to quality. 



Batterson & Co. 



Cleveland, Jan. 2. — Fancy white, 13(ai4c; 

 No. 1 white, 12(" 13c; A No. 1 amber, lOfallc; No. 

 2 amber, 90' 10c; buckwheat, 8c. Extracted, 

 white, 7c; amber, 6c; buckwheat, 5c. 



A. B. Williams & Co. 



Milwaukee, Jan. 9.— Fancy 1-lb. sections, 

 12"r(" 14c; A No. 1, U(il2'Ac; No'. 1. lira 12c; dark 

 or amber, Swillc. Extracted, in barrels, kegs and 

 pails, bli(a7'Ac; dark, Slq'S'Ac Beeswax, 25(«27c. 



The condition of the market is favorable for 

 shipments of honey, especially of best grades, 

 which are in small supply. The sales are "moder- 

 ate, but we are expecting an increast demand 

 and good trade this spring. 



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