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AMERICAN BEE JOURNAL 



April 



Chicago: No carlot arrivals. Sup- 

 plies liberal. Demand light, move- 

 ment limited, prices unsettled. Sales 

 to jobbers, all sections: Extracted, 

 per pound, white 20-24c, amber 18-26c. 

 Comb : 24-section cases, No. 1 mostly 

 $6.50 per case. Beeswax: Refined 45- 

 50c, unrefined, mostly 42c per pound. 



Ciicinnati: 1 California extracted 

 arrived, no carlot arrivals of comb, 

 nearby receipts very light. Supplies 

 liberal. Practically no demand, no 

 sales reported. Beeswax: Demand 

 and movement moderate. Average 

 yellow 40c per pound. 



Cleveland : Thursday, Feb. 13 — De- 

 mand slow, prices lower. Sales to 

 bakers and confectioners: Westerns 

 60-lb. tins sweet clover and orange 

 blossom, 22-26c per pound. 



Denver: Approximately 4,000 lbs. 

 extracted arrived. Receipts light. 

 Demand and movement slow. Sales 

 to jobbers: Extracted: white 20- 

 22}<2C per pound. Beeswax: cash to 

 producer, 38c per pound. 



Kansas City: 1 Colorado and ap- 

 proximately 60 cases by freight ar- 

 rived, 1 broken car on track. Demand 

 and movement moderate. Sales to 

 jobbers, Comb: Missouris, 24-section 

 flat cases No. 1, $7.50-8.00. Colorado 

 No. 1, $7.50. Beeswax: 35 -40c per 

 pound. 



Minneapolis: Home-grown re- 

 ceipts light. Supplies moderate. De- 

 mand and movement slow, little 

 change in prices. Sales direct to re- 

 tailer, Comb: 24-section cases, Min- 

 nesotas, quality and condition fair, 

 dark color, $6-7. Colorado, fancy 

 white, quality good, condition gener- 

 ally good, mostly $7.50. Extracted: 

 Western, quality and condition gen- 

 erally good, 60-lb. cans, mostly 25c 

 per pound. 



New York: Arrivals: 100 barrels 

 Mexico, 2,156 barrels West India. Ex- 

 ported : 2,245 cases, 127 barrels to 

 England, 1,214 cases to Sweden. De- 

 mand and movement very slow, very 

 few sales. Sales to jobbers. Ex- 

 tracted: Porto Rican, $2.20-2.30 per 

 gallon: a few sales at $2.40. New 

 York State, buckwheat, 18-21c per 

 pound. Beeswax: 442 bags, 90 boxes 

 West Indies arrived. Demand and 

 movement moderate. Light, 42-43c ; 

 dark, 40-42c per pound. 



Philadelphia: 1 Wyoming extract- 

 ed arrived. Demand very slow, weak 

 feeling- No sales reported. 



Spokane: \"<i rail arrivals. Sup- 

 plies not cleared up. Demand and 

 movement moderate. Quality and 

 condition good. Sales direct to re- 

 tailers. Strained: Idaho. water 

 white in tins, 20-23c per pound. 



St. Louis: Supplies light. Demand 

 and movement slow. Sales to job- 

 bers: Extracted: Southern', light 

 amber, per pound, in barrels 19 20i 

 in cans 21-22c. Comb: Practically no 

 supplies on market. Beeswax: 

 Prime, few sale-. 35c per pound. 



St. Paul: Supplies liberal. Demand 

 and movement slow. Sales direct to 

 retailers, Colorados. quality and 

 dition good, fancy white, 24- 

 cases, mostly $7.50." Extracted : W< I 

 ern, quality and condition generally 

 good, mostly 25c per pound. 



Export Distribution of Honey 



(Compiled from data supplied by the 

 Bureau of Foreign and Domestic 

 ( J immerce.) 



Country to 



which exported Jan. 1-10, 1919 



Total 37.218 lbs. 



Including Canada and New 



Foundland 34,074 lbs. 



China 600 lbs. 



Corresponding 10-day period 



1918 560,808 lbs. 



January Total since 

 10-20, 1919 July 1, 1918 



Total 87,860 lbs. 4,208,668 lbs. 



Including Can- 

 ada and New 



Foundland— 83,887 lbs. 694,622 lbs. 

 United Kingdom 2,986,831 lbs. 



France 492,301 lbs. 



Norway 1,920 lbs. 1,920 lbs. 



China 1,148 lbs. 6,375 lbs. 



Corresponding 10-day period 



1918 873,597 lbs. 



CLASSIFIED DEPARTMENT. 



Advertisements in this department will be 

 inserted at 15 cents per line, with no discounts 

 of any kind. Notices here cannot be less than 

 two lines. If wanted in this department, you 

 must say so when ordering. 



BEES AND QUEENS 



QUEENS— Bees by the pound, 3-banded and 

 golden. They are hustlers, gentle to handle, 

 cap their honey white, are very resistant to Eu- 

 ropean foulbrood. Booking orders now one- 

 fourth down, balance at shipping time. See 

 January "ad" for prices on bees by the pound. 

 Uuote nuclei f. o. b. here, 2-frame nuclei, 

 $4.50; 3-frame nuclei, $6; 1-frame nuclei with 



1 lb. extra bees, $4.50; 1-frame nuclei with 



2 lbs. extra bees, $6; 2-frame nuclei with 1 

 lb. extra bees, $6. No discount on nuclei. Se- 

 lect untested queens, $1.50 each; 25 or more, 

 $1.35 each. Tested queens. $2.50. Select 

 tested, $3. Free circular giving details. 



Nueces County Apiaries, Calallen Texas. 



E. B. Ault, Prop. 



FOR SALE— Goldens and 3-bands, as good 

 as the best. I have a limited number of 

 tested queens for early shipping at $2 each. 

 Untested, after May 1 . $1 each. Safe deliv- 

 ery guaranteed if not more than 5 days in 

 transit. No bees for sale. 



H. P. Gannaway, 

 R. 1, Box 20S, Fort Smith, Ark. 



FOR SALE — For spring delivery — Colonies of 

 Italian bees fine strain, with tested queen, 

 in 1 -story S-frame single- wall hives. full 

 depth, self -spaced, Hoffman frames, nearly all 

 wired, $10 each. A few colonies in 10-frame 

 hives, $11 each; all free from disease; f. o. 



Wiln 



Clarke, Earlville, Mad. Co., N. Y. 



FOR SALE— Mott's Northern Bred Italian 

 queens, untested, $1 each; 6, $5.50; 12, $10. 

 List free. Plans "How to Introduce Queens. 

 and Increase" 25c. Also Golden Campinc 

 eggs; best laying bird out. 



E. E Mott, Glenwood, Mi. li 



GOLDENS that are true to name. Untested 

 queens, 1, $1.25; 6, $(i.50: 12, $11.50; 50. 

 $40; 100, $75. Garden City Apiaries. 



San Jose, Calif. 



FOR SALE — Bright Italian queens, $1 each; 

 $10 per doz. Ready April 1. Safe arrival 

 guaranteed. 



T. J. Talley. R. 4. Greenville. Ala. 



BEES AM) OUF.F.XS— When you can't get 



them from others you can from us. 1 11* 



. $2; 2-lb. pai kagi JS.76 Quei 



each, $1 1 per doz. < ; 



der quick. Pelican Apiai 



Orli 



F')R SALE — Two-pound packages of bees for 

 April and May delivery. 



E. Eggeman, Allenville, Ala. 



SAVE THAT QUEENLESS COLONY— In- 

 troduce a vigorous tested oueen. v\'e can 

 supply them by return mail, $1.50 each. Three- 

 1 Italians only. Queens are healthy and 

 prolific, reared last fall and wintered in four- 

 frame nuclei: no disease. 



.1. W. K. Shaw & Co., Loreauville, La 



Head your colonies with Simmons' Famous 

 Italian Queens They took first premium al 

 New V,„-k State Fair last September. Goldens 

 or threa-banas: I, $1.50; 6, $7.50: 25, $30. 

 Orders booked now and filled in rotation. Also 

 from same stock ready for June deliv- 

 ery. | Allen R Simmons. 



Fairmount Apiary, Claverack, X. Y. 



J. B. BROCKWELL'S Golden Queens, untest- 



ed, May, June and July. $2 ea"ch; sis -. ifl 

 doz., $14; tested, si each. Breeders, $5 to $20 

 each; 3-f. nuclei with tested queen, $0. 



Barnetts, Va. 



GOLDENS — When you get tired being stung 



try one of these; tested. $2; untested. $1. 

 Honeysuckle Apiaries, R. F. D. 1 Box 208, 



Fort Smith. Ark. 



GULDEN ITALIAN Ol'EEXS — Xn better 

 honey gatherers anywhere at any price. Un- 

 tested. $1 ; tested, $2 



Wallace R Beaver, Lincoln. 111. 



FOR SALE— 3-band Italian queens ready 

 June 1. Untested, each $1; twelve. $10; 

 100, $80. No disease here and satisfaction 

 guaranteed. A. E. Crandall & Son. 



Berlin, Conn 



LEATHER and all dark colored Italian 

 queens, when we have them, mated. $1 each. 

 These queens will include all that arc not up 

 to the standard in our goldens. but will he 

 good utility stock. C. W Phelps S Son. 



No. 3 Wilcox St. Binghamton, X. Y. 



SWARTS GOLDEN QUEENS produce golden 

 bees of the highest quality; satisfaction guar- 

 anteed. Mat.d. si. 6 for $5; tested. $2. 



D L Swarts, Lancaster, O., Rt. 2. 



WRITE ME for prices on oueenless packages 

 in quantity. E. A. Harris Albany, Ala. 



Fi 'R SALE— 3-hand Italian otieens from best 

 honey-gathering strains obtainable. Untested 



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tion guaranti i d. W. T. Perdue, 



Route No. I. Fort Deposit. Ala. 



PHELPS' GOLDEN ITALIAN OUEENS com- 

 bine the qualities you desire. They are greal 

 honey gatherers, beautiful and gentle. Virgin 

 si; mated. $2. C. W Phi [pi g Son 



3 Wilcox SI . Binghamton, N. Y. 



QUEENS FOR SALE— Quirin's hardy north- 



ern bred Italians will please you. All our 



' ' !l ' I ■■ ummi i tands. Tested 



ll rs ready any time weather permits 



iling^ I m, sti d ai ",ii lone i i Irders booked 



mials and price list for asking. 



i il queen-breeder [or 



H. G. Quirin, Bellevue, Ohio, 



Have I), 



Testii 



BEES BY THE POUND OR CAR LOAD— I 

 am now aole to supplj you with bei 



thai you might want. 

 two 



I' i i" hai dh all theii i arh bees Fiv< 



oll, er largi promise d to fill 



eforc buying : 



i ■ I . ibli to avi 

 you money on i thing else. 



Canadian trade solicited. Georgi \\ Brown 

 Lynnhursl Apiary, Wilson, Wis 



OUR BRICHT ITALIAN OUEENS will be 

 ready for shipment after April 15. Untested. 

 , $4.50 ir $8 p< i doz. Se- 

 lect untested. 90c each; half doz.. $5.60, or 

 Sin per doz. Tested. $1.50 each. Safe arrival 

 guaranti - d 

 Tillery Bros,. R. 5. Box ID. Gcorgiana. Ala. 



'nil \S from one of Dr. .Miller's breeders 



t( stl d $1.75 l a. h, $18 pei doz; untested.' 



nui lens. $8, 



2 frames $5, 3 frames $fi 50 each, without 



queens. We have never had any disease here. 



Safe arrival and satisfaction guaranteed We 



have no pai I ig bei to offer, and no i 



queens. I lei. Delivery April 15. 



\ Hummer & Sons. 



Plain, Point, \li - 



