1895. 



THE AMERICAN BEE JOURNAL. 



159 



Honey & Beeswax Market Quotations. 



CHICAGO, III.. Feb. 7.— The weather has 

 been so cold that It prevented the shipping of 

 comb, and the trade has been light to local 

 dealers. Choice white comb sells at 14@15c. 

 There is demand only for that put up in ex- 

 cellent shape. As a rule, dark grades are 

 slow, prices ranging from 9®10c.; good, light 

 color, 12@13c. 



Beeswax, 27@28c. E. A. B. & Co. 



CHICAGO. III., Dec. 27.— Up to the present 

 the sales on honey have met with our expec- 

 tations. We have received considerably more 

 honey than we figured on handling, owing to 

 theshort crop report, and we think the early 

 shippers reaped the benefit. However, we are 

 now getting the average price, viz. : Fancy, 

 150.; while. No. 1. 14@13c. Extracted, 6@7c. 



Beeswax, 28@29c. J. A. L. 



CINCINNATI, O., Feb. 20.— Demand isquiet 

 for all kinds of honey. Best white comb 

 honey .sells at 14@16c. in the jobbing way. 

 Extracted. 4@8c. 



Beeswax is in good demand at 23@28c. for 

 good to choice yellow. C. F. M. & S. 



KANSAS ClTy, Mo., Jan. 7.— The demand 

 for both comb and extracted is light. Supply 

 good. We quote: No. 1 white comb, 1-lbs., 

 14@15c.: No. 2 white. 12@l.Se.; No. 1 amber, 

 13c.; No. 2 amber, lOSllc. Extracted, white, 

 6@6Hc.; amber, 5@5!4c.; dark, 4V4C. 



Beeswax, 22@23c. C. C. C. & Co. 



PHILADELPHIA. PA., Feb. 15. — Comb 

 honey Is very plenty and slow of sale at 12® 

 13c. Extracted In fair demand at 5@6Ho. 



Beeswax scarce at 30@31c. W. A. S. 



BUFFALO. N. Y.. Jan. 21.— The honey mar- 

 ket is very quiet. We quote: Fancy. 13@14c.; 

 choice, 10@12c.; off tirades moving slowly, 

 trade being only on fancy; buckwheat slow at 

 8@10c. Extracted very dull, at o@6c. 



Beeswax, 28@30c. B. &. Co. 



NEW YORK. N, Y.. Feb. 20.— We are gradu- 

 ally working down our stock of comb honey, 

 and the indications are that we will succeed 

 in disposing o( all of the white honey and pos- 

 sibly all of the dark during 'the spring, at fol- 

 lowing quotations: Fancy white. 1-lbs., 12c.; 

 fair. 10c. ; buckwheat, 8@9c. The market is 

 well supplied with extracted honey. Demand 

 is fair for choice grades, while common stock 

 is neglected. We quote: White clover and 

 basswood, 5H@6c.: buckwheat. 5<§»5Vic ; 

 Southern. 45@55c. per gallon, according to 

 quality. Beeswax firm and in good demand 

 at30@31c. H. B. &S. 



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List of Honey and Beeswax Dealers, 



Most of whom Quote in this Journal. 



Cblcago, IIln, 



J. A. LAMON, 43 South Water St. 



R. A. BURNETT & Co., 163 South Water Street. 



New York, N. Y. 



F. I. Saoe & SON, 183 Reade Street. 

 HiLDRETH Bros. & Segelken. 



28 & 30 West Broadway 

 Chas. Israel & Bros.. 110 Hudson St. 

 I. J. Stkingham, 105 Park Place. 



Kansas City, IHo. 



Clemoms-Mason Com. Co., 423 Walnut St. 



BuSalo, N. Y. 



Batterson & Co.. 167 & 169 Scott St. 



Hamilton, Ills. 



CHA8. Dadant & Son. 



Ptalladelpbla, Pa. 



Wm. a. Selser. 10 Vine St. 



Cincinnati, Oblo. 



C. F. MUTH & SON. cor. Freeman & Central avs. 



Best Year for Honey. 



Bees are wintering tiptop in this locality, 

 in the cellar so far. Last year was the best 

 for honey in many a year. I have lived in 

 this county 39 years, have kept bees 35 

 years, and in all those years I never knew 

 bees to bring in honey in such quantities, 

 and for so long a period — mostly gathered 

 in the month of September. The honey 

 was of a superior quality. We use shallow 

 frames, and 8 of them in a hive. We are 

 expecting a large honey-flow the coming 

 year, as the country has been burned over, 

 and in the burnt districts wild flowers will 

 be in abundance. L. Allen. 



Loyal, Wis., Feb. 15. 



Late-Reared Queen. 



I have experienced exactly the same as 

 W. J. H., on page 33. I bought a colony of 

 bees at a sale five years ago, and they never 

 swarmed. The were in the Falconer chaff 

 hive, and died. One year later I cleaned 

 up the hive to introduce a new colony, and 

 could not. Trying to put them in at the 

 entrance I got all in but a few, and finding 

 the queen running to and fro, trying to get 

 in and could not. On examining the hive- 

 entrance, I found it to be but 3-16 of an 

 inch, which excluded the queen, of course. 

 If W. J. H. will examine his hive, he may 

 find it in the same condition as I did. If 

 you should find your colony queenless, get 

 a good Italian queen and introduce early in 

 the spring. A. M. Senff. 



Kochs, Ohio. 



Fears the Very Cold Weather. 



I got last season 1.000 pounds of comb 

 honey, and sold nearly all at 15 to 30 cents 

 per pound. I put in 34 colonies in good 

 condition for winter. They haven't had a 

 flight since the middle of December. This 

 has been a very cold winter. The mercury 

 dropped to 34 degrees below zero almost 

 every morning for over a month. It is 10 

 degrees below this morning. I am getting 

 a little uneasy about the bees' too long con- 

 finement. Such cold weather is dangerous. 

 If such weather contines much longer, there 

 won't be very many bees next season. 



G. W. Bell. 



Bell'sJLanding, Pa., Feb. 12. 



The Past Season in Colorado. 



I have for some time intended to report 

 my success with bees the past year, but 

 have been hitherto prevented by sickness 

 and press of business. 



Last spring I built the shell of a house, 

 and in the fall I had it plastered and fin- 

 ished off — doing my own carpenter work. 

 And so I have had but little time for writ- 

 ing. I am located on Lincoln Park, just 

 across the river (the Arkansas) from Canon 

 City. This park is mostly set to orchards 

 and small fruits. Tens of thousands of 

 fruit trees are in bearing within the reach 

 of my bees. Then there are large fields of 

 alfalfa, beginning within about a quarter 

 of a mile of my yard, and extending for 

 many miles down the river, on both sides. 

 Besides this, the Rocky Mountain bee-plant 

 grows profusely on all vacant spots and 

 waste places about me. 



I started in with 34 celonies in the spring, 

 and increased to 36. besides losing an un- 

 known number. I took 1,300 pounds of 

 choice comb honey, besides having about a 

 dozen hives filled with new comb to super- 

 sede a lot of old combs in the spring. Of 

 course, these are all filled with choice white 

 honey. My hives were all well filled for 

 them to go into winter quarters. Two of 

 my best colonies gave 1(<4 pounds each, 

 during the season, and I think others would 

 have done as well if I had discouraged 

 swarming as I might. But I want increase 

 as badly as honey at present. 



This year, if spared, I want to get an ex- 



tractor and see what can be done building 

 up a trade in extracted honey in our mar- 

 ket. The honey market has ruled very low 

 here the present season — much of the crop 

 going into the hands of dealers at 9 to 10 

 cents, by the ton. I think if I am fortunate 

 enough to have a crop to market the com- 

 ing year, I shall know more about how to 

 get money out of it than heretofore. 



We are having a very mild winter, and 

 as far as anybody, except Sam Wilson, can 

 see at present, we have a fair outlook for a 

 good honey crop the coming year. 



L. J. Temphn. 



Canon City, Colo., Jan. 35. 



Report for 1894. 



I commenced in 1893 with one colony of 

 bees, and have now 33, which produced me 

 1,800 one-pound sections of nice, white 

 honey in 1894. Dan Clubb. 



Monson, Calif., Feb. 13. 



Honey a Total Failure. 



Honey was a total failure in this section 

 last season. I didn't get a pound of good 

 honey from 15 colonies of bees. I had to 

 feed them for winter. H. Rath. 



Hagerstown, Ind., Feb. 17. 



A l^ost Severe Winter. 



We are having the most severe winter we 

 have had in 10 years — zero weather is the 

 rule nowadays — 30 degrees below is the 

 lowest we have had It here. My 43 colonies, 

 on the summer stands, are well packed in 

 chaff and sawdust, with a snowbank over 

 all. The 10 colonies in the cellar are quiet, 

 and appear to be all right. 



Clayton, Mich., Feb. 13. C. A. Huff. 



Not Robbing — Only Flying. 



At one time last spring, on a warm day, 

 I was sure my bees were being robbed, and 

 it is needless to say of course that I did 

 every thing I could think of, and finally 

 decided to let things go. But just about 

 that time the American Bee Journal ar- 

 rived, and on looking through it I found a 

 note on robbing, stating that beginners 

 were apt to think that their bees were 

 being robbed when only the young bees 

 were taking their flight, and described the 

 appearance of things. I at once ran out 

 to my yard, and behold, I had an extensive 

 crop of young bees trying their wings, in- 

 stead of a quarrelsome mess of robbers ! 

 This I could see at a glance after being 

 informed, as a young bee always turns 

 around and faces the entrance when taking 

 her flight. N. T. Smith. 



Weston, Ohio, Jan. 38. 



Some Queer Notions, Etc. 



A neighbor recently asked me if there 

 was a secret organization among the bee- 

 men similar to the unions, combines or or- 

 ders of other pursuits. He has no bees, but 

 has been reading some old numbers of the 

 American Bee Journal and Gleanings, and 

 noticed that the correspondents addressed 

 the editors as Bro. York. Bro. Root, and 

 Bro. Miller and Bro. Doolittle, and one in 

 referring to Mrs. Atchley had the impu- 

 dence {in his opinion) to speak of her as 

 "Jennie." Does a man have to be blind- 

 folded and climb a greased pole in order to 

 become a bee-man ? 



Another neighbor, the most practical and 

 the most successful bee-man in this county, 

 said he had noticed all his life that those 

 interested in apiculture were naturally 

 good and religiously inclined ; that it took 

 one of a gentle and forgiving disposition to 

 become interested in the business, and I 

 have noticed in a great many of the articles 

 in the bee-papers this idea will crop out, 

 that all bee -men are strictly honest. In a 

 recent copy of the Bee Journal Dr. Gallup 

 says all bee-men in California are honor- 

 able men. Is this true ? My observation 

 has led me to believe there are just as many 



