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AMERICAN BEE JOURNAL 



August 



UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT 

 OF AGRICULTURE 

 Bureau of Markets 



Honey arrival-- since last report: 



Medina, O. — 177,01)7 pounds from 

 California, 12(1 pounds from Ohio, 

 2,160 pounds from Arizona, 45,915 

 pounds from Texas. 



Shipping point information, Satur- 

 day, June 29: 



Los Angeles, Calif. — Very light 

 shipments. Demand slow, on account 

 of exporters having difficulty in se- 

 curing ship space and delivery at ter- 

 minals ; steady feeling. Few large 

 growers holding for higher prices, 

 dealers buying to fill orders only. 

 Cash to producer on farm : Extract- 

 ed white orange, 20-21c per pound, 

 mostly 20c; light amber, few sales at 

 16-18c per pound ; alfalfa amber, sup- 

 plies very light, but increasing, most- 

 ly 15-16c per pound. White comb, too 

 few sales to establish market ; few 

 sales reported at $4.50-6.00 per 24- 

 section case. Beeswax, demand slow, 

 weaker tendency, mostly 34c per 

 pound. 



San Francisco, Calif. — Demand and 

 movement moderate. Growers hold- 

 ing for higher prices, eastern buyers 

 holding off on account of high prices. 

 Demand good for export, but uncer- 

 tainty of securing steamer space and 

 British Government Food Regula- 

 tions retarding movement. Prices to 

 growers f. o. b. shipping point: Ex- 

 tracted orange 20-20J^c, sage white 

 18-19c, light amber 16-18c, alfalfa 

 15K>-17c. Beeswax, 33-38c per pound. 

 Telegraphic Reports from Today's 

 Markets 



(In many markets in the honey 

 trade the term "jobber" is commonly 

 applied to the original receiver who 

 buys direct from the grower in carlot 

 quantities. However, in these re- 

 ports we use the term "wholesale 

 carlot receiver" to designate the car- 

 lot purchaser, while the term "jobber" 

 refers to the dealer who buys in less 

 than carlot quantities from the carlot 

 receiver and who sells direct to re- 

 tailers. The prices quoted in this re- 

 port represent the prices at which 

 the "wholesale carlot receivers" sell 

 to the "jobbers.)" 



Note. — Arrivals include receipts 

 during preceding two weeks. Prices 

 represent current quotations. 



Chicago— Supplies insufficient to 

 quote. 



Cincinnati— 3,869 pounds Florida 

 I ctrai ted arrived. Supplies light. De- 

 mand light. No sales reported. Bees- 

 wax: Demand moderate. Average, 

 yellow, 35-38c per pound. 



Denver — No carlot arrivals. Comb 

 and extracted, supplies exhausted. 

 Beeswax: Receipts and supplies very 



light, steady feeling. Price to produc- 

 er*. 35-37; V per pound. 



Kansas City— Receipts very light. 

 Demand light, movement moderate, 

 firm Feeling, few sales. All sales in 

 small lots. Sales to jobbers : Native 

 Missouri, quality and condition gen- 

 . rally good; 24-comb flat cases, No. 1, 

 $7.50. Beeswax: No arrivals 

 No sales reported. 



Minneapolis— No arrivals. Supplies 

 very light. Demand slow, weaker 



fancy, 24-sei tion cases, 



tracted supplies exhausted. Beeswax: 

 No sales reported. 



New York — Arrivals: 108 barrels 

 West Indies, 82 barrels, Porto Rico, 

 10 tierces Porto Rico, 130 barrels 

 Florida, 1 car from Cincinnati. Re- 

 ceipts moderate. Demand and move- 

 ment moderate; market quiet. Ex- 

 tracted, per gallon, Porto Rican $2.25- 

 2.50; Floridas, $2.16-3.00, according to 

 quality, mostly $2.25-2.40. Beeswax: 

 Arrivals, 28 barrels West Indies, 345 

 bags Cuba, 37 bags South America, 

 90 bags Porto Rico. Receipts increas- 

 ing. Demand moderate, market 

 steady. Yellow, 40-42c per pound; 

 dark, 39-41c per pound. 



St. Louis — No arrivals. Supplies 

 very light. No sales. 



Philadelphia — Approximately 120 

 barrels domestic southern arrived. 

 Demand good; strong feeling; very 

 few sales. Buckwheat, old crop, 23c 

 per pound; southern domestic, amber 

 25c per pound. 



The late C. Becker 



old supplies cleaning up $4.75-5.50. 

 Extracted, wdiite fancy 60-lb. pails, 20- 

 21c per pound. 



St. Paul — Xo arrivals. Supplies very 

 light. Demand slow, market fair. 

 Minnesota and Wisconsin : Comb, 

 white fancy, 24-section cases, few 

 sales; all sales in small lots, mostly 

 $6; special brands, cartons, $6.75; ex- 



Death of Chas. Becker — We regret 

 to announce the death of Mr. Chas. 

 Becker, of Pleasant Plain, 111., one of 

 Illinois' best-known beekeepers, and 

 for many years Treasurer of the Illi- 

 nois State Beekeepers' Association. 



Mr. Becker has also been an ex- 

 hibitor at the Illinois State Fair for 

 many years and never failed to take 

 his portion, at least, of the premiums 

 offered. 



The sympathy of all Illinois bee- 

 keepers and others who knew him 

 goes to his family. 



'Beedoiiv_y 

 'Boiled T)own^ 



Bottom Starters for Extracting 

 Frames 



Beekeepers have found a great ad- 

 vantage in the use of bottom starters 

 in sections. There are more advan- 

 tages in using bottom starters in 

 frames- With frames containing 

 foundation placed over the brood- 

 nest, I find that the bees begin to 

 build from the bottom rather than 

 from the top, expanding the cluster 

 instead of starting a new one. By 

 the use of bottom starters one gets 

 better combs with the frames almost 

 perfectly filled. With the combs at- 

 tached firmly to the bottom bar the 

 queen is easier to find, as there arc 

 not so many convenient hiding 

 places. I have found that nine and a 

 half supers oi combs built with bot- 

 tom starters hold as much honey as 

 ten supers built in the usual way. It 

 is equally desirable to use bottom 

 starters in brood frames or extract 

 ing frames to insure good combs. 

 C. E. FOWLER, 

 Hammonton, N. J. 



take a large box that can be turned 

 over the box-hive, cut a hole through 

 the bottom 4x5 inches. Nail strips 

 on the outside of the bottom to.serve 

 as a bottom for a regular hive. Make 

 an opening in the top of the box- 

 hive to be transferred, then turn the 

 transfer box over the box-hive and 

 have the 4x5 opening over the hole 

 in the top of the box-hive. Shovel 

 dirt around the bottom and stop all 

 cracks or knot holes, so that all bees 

 must come up through the top of the 

 box-hive. Now set a regular hive 

 with a frame of brood and empty 

 combs on the strips nailed on the 

 transfer box. This box now becomes 

 the bottom board for your regular 

 hive. The bees will move up into the 

 frame hive, and I have had them 

 carry up every drop of honey, mak- 

 ing the melting of the combs in the 

 box-hive an easj job. 



F. V DUNH \M. 

 Walla Walla. Wash. 



Transferring From Box Hives 



To transfer bees from a box-hive, 



Weights for Hive Covers 



For preventing covers from being 

 bli >n n off by the wind it is in mil 

 more convenient to have weights 



