March 14, 1901. 



AMERICAN BEE JOURNAL 



175 



last time witli a ohar^vof (idwder of .sulliciciit 

 force to lift the honey-Liuard off ut llie top of 

 an old-style Langstroth hive. Not the slight- 

 est injury was done to the combs, except that 

 two or three of them were blackened a little 

 at the extreme lower edge, and very, very few 

 bees were killed— jnst the few that happened 

 to be in the vicinity of the powder. 



Some bee-keeper may hesitate to try such 

 an energetic reniedv. fearing to ilestrov lU' in- 

 jure the colony, but he has no orca^ioii for 

 alarm, for he will do nothing of the Ivinil. 

 (innpowder is a famous peacemaker among 

 bipeds of the genus homo, and as the genus 

 Ai)is seems to possess nian.v traits common to 

 man, why not employ the same means to set- 

 tle their (juarrels' With modern hives and 

 large entrances 1 tliink a larger charge of 

 powder eould be used w ithout doing harm. 

 Peacemakeu. 



San Francisco Co., Calif., Feb. IS. 



Experiences with Bumble-Bees. 



I notice on page KIS. Thomas Wallace gives 

 his experience with bumble-bees. This is a 

 matter to which I have given a great deal of 

 attention. When I was a boy I had a great 

 longing to hive bumble-bees, and experiment 

 with them, and often had as many as six to 

 eight small colonies in little boxes and tin 

 cans. I often watcht them flying to and from 

 their homes the same as other bees, and I 

 tried wintering them by burying them, but 

 never succeeded. 



I used to pour a pailful of water on them in 

 their nests to keep them under control so that 

 I could hive them, and closing everything up 

 tight I would start tor home and add another 

 colony to my already started apiary. I have 

 succeeded in uniting all of my colonies, and 

 found that the only way to do it without 

 fighting was to smoke them (after first closing 

 the hives) with pennyroyal until all were 

 in an unconscious condition, then I would 

 empty all the colonies onto the ground, place 

 all the combs in one hive, pick the bumlile- 

 bees up with my fingers, and put them all into 

 the hive containing the comb. By this time 

 they were recovering from the effects of the 

 smoke, and all was well. Each one seemed to 

 think the other its " best friend and brother." 



I tried to introduce the bumble-bee queens 

 into colonies of our common honey-bees, but 

 a fight was all I ever succeeded in bringing 

 about, and all the pay I ever received for my 

 trouble was a pair of swelled eyes, and now 

 and then a little fun. I w-ould call the calves 

 up close to the hives, then give them a few 



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sweet apples to attract their attention, then 

 rouse the bumble-bees with a long pole, and 

 get these tierce bumble-bees to use their 

 '• swords " on the calves instead of me. But 

 I wanted still more fun, so I finally succeeded 

 in getting the dog close enough to get the 

 bees after him. but I got even more fun than 

 I had bargained for. as the dog came toward 

 me, wanting me to share the pleasure with 

 him, and he siici-i'cded. for he ran after me, 

 and 1 ran to kccii away from him. but one of 

 the bees got into my hair, and I had a time of 

 it getting it out. 



After several years' experience I concluded 

 that I luight as well drop the bumble-bees; 

 still I shall not be satisfied until some one 

 tries the plan of grafting larva? of the bum- 

 ble-bee into queen-cells or cups of the coiu- 

 mon honey-bee, making the colony hopelessly 

 (jueenless and broodless, or by traitsferring 

 the eggs of the bumble-bee into the comb of 

 the honey-bee. The egg of the bumble-bee is 

 always sealed, also the larva, and there seems 

 to be about four different kinds of them — the 

 worker, the queen, the drone, and there seems 

 to be another '' critter " among theiu. 



The mating of queens is done toward the 

 fall of the year, just outside of the nest, on 

 the ground. All ipieens are reared in the lat- 

 ter part of the summer. 



After all my experience with them I believe 

 that if any benefit is ever derived from them 

 it must be brought about by a cross between 

 them and the honey-bee. 



P. W. Stahl.max. 



Albany Co., N. Y.. Feb. 18. 



Worst Season in 10 Years. 



The season of 11)1)0 was almost a total fail- 

 ure in this locality — the worst we have had in 

 10 years. Bees did not get enough honey for 

 winter stores, and had to be fed. 



We have had an open winter up to this 

 month, and some zero weather, but not much 

 snow. W. D. llriiT. 



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 quickest method to discover, cure, and prevent 

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 contain other matter for the benefit of the in- 

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MARKET QUOTATIONS. 



Chicago, March S.— Fancy white comb sells 

 readily at 10 cents, but all other grades are 

 weak at the following- range of prices: No. 1, 

 white, 14«!il5c; fancy amber, 12f<i»13c; fair amber 

 grades, \0%\\c\ buckwheat, fancv, 10c; off 

 grades, Swlc. Extracted white ranges from 

 7^" 8c; buckwheat, .';^(<ii6c; Southern dark, Stooc; 

 amber grades, uy^^Ti'iic. Beeswax in demand at 

 30 cents. R. A. Burnett & Co. 



Kansas City, Feb. 19.— Fancy white comb. 

 16(3»16J^c; amber, 12@13c; dark, inc. Extracted, 

 light, 9c; amber, 7Hs@8^c. Demand fair; re- 

 ceipts light. Beeswax, 22@28c. 



W. R. Cromwell Produce Co., 

 Successors to C. C. Clemens & Co, 



Cincinnati, Feb. 9.— The market for comb 

 honey is becoming very bare, altho the prices 

 have not changed. Fancy white comb is still 

 selling for U>c; no demand for darker grades. 

 Extracted is in fairdemand; dark sells for SJ^c; 

 better grades from bJ^tglSc; onlv white clover 

 brings from 8>^fg)9c. Beeswax, 2Hc. 



C. H. W. Weber. 



Albany, N. Y., Feb. 11.— Honey market is 

 dull and prices nominal; light stock, but the 

 cold weather is bad for it. Comb, in good order, 

 not candied, white, isaioc; mixt, U&Hc; dark 

 and buckwheat, 11 (^ 12c. Extracted, white. 



7@8c; 



v-t, 5@6>^c; dark, 5!.6(5.6c. 



H. R. Wright. 



Buffalo, Mar. 7.— Fancy, 15®I6c; No. 1, 14® 

 15c; No. 2, ll(&13c: No. 3, etc., StgilOc. Extracted, 

 S@9c. Beeswax, 27@28c. 



All grades of honey selling fairly well, and 

 looks as if all lots would clean up. 



Batterson & Co. 



Boston, Feb. 8.— Fancy No. 1 white in car. 

 tons, 17c; A No. 1, 16c: No. 1, 15(a'16c, with a 

 fairly good demand. Absolutely no call for 

 dark honey this year. Extracted, white, %% 

 SJ^c; light amber, 7}i'<j'8c. Beeswax, 27c. 



Blake, Scott & Lbb. 



New York, Feb. 19.— Comb honev is being 

 well cleaned up on our market. The demand 

 has lessened to quite an e.xtent, on account, we 

 presume, of the high prices which have been 

 ruling. Fancy white siill brings lS(dil5c in a 

 small way: No. 1 white, 13(sH4c; amber, ll@I2c: 

 buckwheat, 10c. Extracted rather dull and not 

 much doing. California white honev, 75^@8c a 

 pound; light amber, 7c; Southern, from ()0 to 70c 

 per gallon; buckwheat, S(<!»55^c. Beeswax steady 

 at 2SC. HiLDRETH & Seoblkbn. 



Detroit, Mar. 7.— Fancy white comb, lS@16c: 

 No. 1, 14(an5c; dark and amber, lOtoUSc Ex- 

 tracted, white, ti!.^(ai7c; amber and dark, S@6c. 

 Beeswax, 27@28c. M. ja. Hunt & Son. 



San Francisco, Feb. 6.— White comb 13® 

 14 cents; amber, \\%@\V/iC\ dark, 8@9c. Ex- 

 tracted, white, 7}4@8c; light amber, 6Ji@7>ic; 

 amber. S%@b'/ic. Beeswax, 26@28c. 



Considering the light output of honey last 

 spring from California apiaries, present offers 

 ings are of tolerably liberal volume and are 

 mostly of amber grades. The market is slow 

 at the quotations. It is reported on good author- 

 ity that adulterated and imitation honey is be- 

 ing dealt out in considerable quantitv, which 

 accounts in a great measure for the very limited 

 business doing in the pure article. 



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