. American bee journal. Bee culture; Bees. 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 $ ; Floridas, $, according to quality, mostly $ 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


. American bee journal. Bee culture; Bees. 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 $ ; Floridas, $, according to quality, mostly $ 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 $ 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, $; 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 '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


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