1918 



AMERICAN BEE JOURNAL 



99 



plies practically exhausted ; no sales 

 reported. Extracted honey : demand 

 and movement good; white to light 

 amber 16-17c per pound. Beeswax: 

 receipts light ; price to producer, yel- 

 low, 38c per pound. 



New York. — Arrivals : 30 barrels, 25 

 casks Porto Rico, 3 barrels Santo Do- 

 mingo, 675 barrels Cuba, 177 barrels 

 Chile, report probably incomplete. 

 Local demand moderate, market 

 steady ; export demand good, but hard 

 • to secure ship space. Extracted 

 honey : domestic light, best 20-22c 

 per pound; West Indian light, 19-20c ; 

 dark, 17-18c per pound. Beeswax: 104 

 bags, 12 boxes Porto Rico, 5 bags 

 South American arrived; demand 

 good, market strengthening. West 

 Indian, yellow, 39-40c per pound; 

 dark, 37^4-38^c. 



Cincinnati. — Extracted honey: one 

 California arrived; local receipts very 

 light ; demand good, market firm, 

 movement moderate on account of 

 high prices ; domestic, light amber 

 17-18c ; orange and white sage, 22c. 

 Comb honey: supplies practically ex- 

 hausted; demand and movement good, 

 market strong; fancy white heavy, 

 $5.50; No. 1 white heavy, $5.25 per 24- 

 sectional case. Beeswax: demand and 

 movement good; market strong; av- 

 erage yellow, 43-45c per pound. 



Chicago. — No fresh carlot arrivals. 

 Receipts very light. Supplies very 

 light. Stock from nearby States : 

 Comb honey, best 23-25c per pound. 

 Extracted honey, best 17-18c per 

 pound. 



Philadelphia. — 360 cases comb from 

 Vermont arrived. Practically no de- 

 mand or movement ; market very 

 strong; very few sales. Comb honey: 

 Vermant, amber $5 per 24-section ; 

 case ; dark amber, $4.75. Extracted 

 honey: no arrivals; no sales re- 

 ported. Beeswax: No arrivals; no 

 sales. 



Kansas City. — No carlot shipments 

 arriving. Demand limited; movement 

 slow; market strong; few sales, all 

 sales in small lots. Extracted honey: 

 jobbing prices, California and Colora- 

 do, white and light amber, 17-18c; 

 dark. \4]4-15y 2 c. Comb honey: sales 

 direct to retailers, Californias, 24-sec- 

 tion cases, No. 1, $5.50; native 24-sec- 

 tion flat cases, No. 1, mostly $6. Bees- 

 wax : no fresh arrivals. Buyers 

 paying 35-40c per pound. 



Minneapolis. — No arrivals. Supplies 

 very light. Demand moderate; mar- 

 ket firm. Comb honey: 24-section 

 cases Minnesota white, best, few 

 sales at 18-19c, mostly 18c per pound; 

 Colorado white, mostly at $5.50. Ex- 

 tracted honey: Minnesota, 60-lb. 

 cans, best mostly 19c per pound. 

 Beeswax: no sales. 



St. Paul. — No arrivals reported. Sup- 

 plies very light. Demand moderate; 

 market firm. Comb honey: Minne- 

 sota. 24-section cases, fancy white, 

 $5.50; No. 1 mostly at $5. Extracted 

 honey: no sales reported. Beeswax: 

 no sales. 



MEMBERS IN ATTENDANCE AT THE NORTH CAROLINA MEETING. THIS STATE 

 IS FAST BECOMING A "PROGRESSIVE" IN. BEEKEEPING RANKS. 



mation of the association, its consti- 

 tution and by-laws, recommendations 

 and general information. 



The association unqualifiedly in- 

 dorsed movable-frame hives, Italian 

 bees, extension work, more care of 

 bees, bee clubs for boys, speciali- 

 zation in one branch of beekeeping. 



There is then given a summary of 

 educational extension work done, 

 list of dealers where standard sup- 

 plies can be obtained, names of bee 

 journals and bee-book publishers, a 

 plan of meetings, and list of mem- 

 bers of the association. 



North Carolina ranks among the 

 first of States in number of bees. Up 

 to the last year or two very few of 

 these bees, however, were in any- 

 thing but box-hives. With the wide- 

 awake organization they have now 

 and with such men as Franklin Sher- 

 man, Bruce Anderson, C. L. Sams and 

 others pushing, North Carolina 

 should in time assume her place as 

 a honey producer of the first rank. 



Manual of North Carolina Associa- 

 tion.— -The first manual of the North 

 Carolina State Beekeepers' Associa- 

 tion is just out. It is a pamphlet of 

 24-pages giving a history of the for- 



Feed and Save the Bees 



To the Beekeepers of Massachusetts : 

 The honey market is experiencing 

 unprecedented demands. More honey 

 should be produced in 1918; hence, 

 save your bees and prepare for maxi- 

 mum production. 



Colonies in various localities of 

 the State, by force of circumstances, 

 have insufficient stores to enable 

 them to survive the winter. (To win- 

 ter a colony in Massachusetts re- 

 quires at least 30 pounds of stores; 

 calculate in proportion the emer- 

 gency needs.) By arrangement, can- 

 dy stores to save the bees become 

 available about January 15, through 

 the co-operation of the Sugar Di- 

 vision of the Massachusetts Food 

 Administration which — ■ 



"Realizes the value and importance 

 of beekeeping and has prepared to 

 support by suitable arrangements 

 the measures now being undertaken 

 by the Massachusetts State Board of 

 Agriculture for the relief of the bee- 

 keepers throughout the common- 

 wealth." 



It is Necessary to Act at Once 

 First. See what further stores your 

 colonies immediately require. It not 



being wise to try to feed sugar syrup 

 during winter, try to supply addi- 

 tional stores in the form of candy. 

 This, in the emergency, becomes 

 available about January 15, at dis- 

 tributing centers as below. 



Second. Then if your colonies are 

 not protected and packed to keep 

 them warm, do this at once. (Infor- 

 mation will be sent upon request.) 

 Distributing Centers 



It having been impossible to ar- 

 range sugar distribution for home 

 candy making, the Board of Agricul- 

 ture has designated the following as 

 distributors of soft candy for bees 

 during the emergency: 



Boston— H. H. Jepson, 182 Friend 

 street. 



Springfield— A. C. Andrews, Box 

 1474. 



Worcester— Ross Bros.' Company, 

 90 Front street. 



Orders, which will be accepted 

 only from Massachusetts beekeepers, 

 should be sent to your nearest dis- 

 tributor, accompanied by cash, and 

 for the least possible candy neces- 

 sary. Later in the season further 

 supplies of candy should be available, 

 hence, please do not stock up with 

 more than you must use at present. 



The number of colonies to be fed 

 should be stated with your order. 



Directions for Feeding 



Candy is procurable in paper pie 

 plates or paper dishes. These are to 

 be inverted (candy side down) di- 

 rectly over the bees, on top of the 

 frames, in an empty super. A two- 

 pound package is estimated to serve 

 a colony about three weeks. One or 

 more slabs of candy may thus be 

 placed in a super and replaced as 

 often as necessary. Over the candy, 

 fill the super with insulative packing 

 (any dry, warm material) in order to 

 conserve all the heat possible. Keep 

 everything dry. 



If it is a cold day, work rapidly, 

 but feed rather than to starve your 

 bees. Do not delay feeding. 

 Very truly yours, 

 BURTON N. GATES, 

 Inspector of Apiaries and Collabora- 

 tor U. S. Bureau of Entomology, 

 Bee Culture Investigation. 



