1896. 



THE AMERICAN BEE JOURNAL. 



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the summer stands, and giving tbem the 

 proper attention at the proper time, and I 

 doubt very much if there is any other plan 

 that will beat it. It seems that is their 

 nature, has been their habit, and they do 

 winter successfully in the timber high up 

 in a tree, often with a large hole below, but 

 they see well to closing all air-spaces above 

 them. 



As I have said before, my experience is 

 self-experience, as the saying is. It cost 

 me nothing, still I value it highly. I like 

 the Bee Journal, and don't think I could do 

 without it. Now, in conclusion, I will say 

 toMr. Heise: Come over and bring the 

 pig-tail with you, but divide the red apple 

 between yourself and your children; keep 

 the two pieces of chalk to write upon the 

 wall that bees do not eat while conSned in 

 winter quarters. Andrew Cotton. 



Pollock, Mo. 



Extracting-Combs and Tar Paper. 



I have been requested to say whether ex- 

 tractingcombs protected from moths with 

 tar paper by the method I described on 

 page 113, would cause the first honey ex- 

 tracted from tbem to taste of tar ; and if 

 the bees will work as well in such combs. I 

 think the bees would work in them just as 

 well, but I believe the first extracting from 

 such combs would taste of the tar, although 

 I cannot say from actual experience, for 

 while some years I produce a good deal of 

 extracted honey, I have never had any ex- 

 tracting-combs to preserve, for I only ex- 

 tract unfinished sections, and from the 

 brood-nests in the fall, and in the latter 

 case the combs are returned to the bees, 

 and they are fed sugar syrup with which to 

 fill them up again for winter stores. 



C. Davenport. 



Southern Minnesota. 



♦'Only a Cold." 



I'm just off the skirmish line of what 

 portended a serious case of pneumonia. 

 And you need waste no sympathies on a 

 person who knows so well the certain ten- 

 dencies of lung fever, and is so careless re- 

 garding precautions for its prevention, or 

 even proper care when the symptoms are 

 strong upon him. No ; I say that a person 

 who knows better, and is heedless of con- 

 sequences, deserves a lesson — and I've just 

 had a good one! It's the same old story 

 with which we tickle our big conceits— 

 "onlyacold." Yes, that's it. And " colds " 

 are just the accidents that more often bring 

 us into close relations with the undertaker. 

 Then, too, it is not always possible to de- 

 termine where the results of lung fever are 

 going to end. Certainly, one's lungs are 

 never again so strong as before the attack, 

 and often enough it lays broad foundations 

 for consumption. 



The wise will take timely care of a 

 "cold." Dr. Peiro. 



100 State St., Chicago, HI. 



Wintering Bees — Selling Honey. 



January 34 being a beautiful, springlike 

 day, I went into the apiary, and seeing the 

 entrances of some of the hives indicated a 

 lack of scavengers, I thought I would turn 

 in and help, so I got two bottom-boards (as 

 I have two sizes of hives, the double and 

 single walled). I took a camp stool and set 

 it just back of the hive, puffed a little 

 smoke in if the bees were cross, put the 

 hive on the stool, and the extra bottom- 

 board where the hive was, lifted the hive 

 off its bottom-board and put it on the new 

 one, then cleaned off the bees and cappiugs 

 from the other, and used it in like manner 

 for the next, and so on throughout the 

 yard. 



In some hives you will find over a pint, 

 others not over a dozen bees; at the same 

 time you can determine the condition of 

 each hive. Some of mine were apparently 

 as heavy as iu the fall, while some were 

 very light, but on opening the lightest I 

 was surprised to find ample stores to last 

 until spring ; then if it is cold and wet I 



will put on the supers and feed them with 

 the unfinished sections that I saved for 

 that purpose, if they need it. They are un- 

 protected on the summer stands, with 

 sealed covers, that is, if they wished to seal 

 them, but I find some colonies have not 

 theirs sealed, which gives ample upper 

 ventilation, I think, to satisfy the greatest 

 stickler for that hobby. 



Our honey crop here was very short, only 

 200 pounds from 64 colonies — on account of 

 drouth and a forest fire, which burned 

 everything green. 



I sell finished sections, regardless of 

 color, for '35 cents retail, 30 cents wholesale ; 

 extracted 1.5 cents per pound, and in %■ 

 pound bottles for 1.5 cents, '.i-pounds, 10 

 cents; in Mason jars, .50 cents. How is 

 that for a home market ? The very thought 

 of a commission dealer makes me tired. I 

 sell my honey, or I keep it, and would if I 

 had tons of it. No, no commission in mine, 

 if you please. I would not insult the bees 

 by selling their hard earnings for 3 cents 

 per pound by the barrel. When it comes 

 to selling it at 3, 4 or 5 cents per pound, I 

 would convert it iuto vinegar or wine, or 

 whatever you choose to call the product, 

 and get at the rate of 16 cents per pound in 

 that way. I know I am poor, but I allow no 

 man to rob me on the commission plan, 

 not if I know it. J. E. Prichard. 



Port Norris, N. J., Jan. 37. 



Honey & Beeswax Market Quotations. 



CHICAGO. III., Mar. 13.— White clover and 

 basswood comb is sought after In preference 

 to any other, and commands a better price 

 and now sells at 15c. tor clover and 13@14c. 

 for basswood. Other white comb honey sells 

 atll@12c.; dart, 8(S9c. amber, 9@10o., and 

 very slow of sale. Extracted is unusually 

 dull, with largre amounts on sale. White clo- 

 ver and linden, 6@7c. ; dark and amber grades. 



Beeswax. 28@30c. R. A. B. & Co. 



PHILADELPHIA. Pa., Mar. 6. -Honey has 

 been selling freely, there being considerable 

 call for comh honey, and the war In Cuba has 

 made extracted boney sell to the baking trade 

 who previously used Cuba honey. We quote: 

 Fancy comb. 15c. ; fair togood,'ll@13.; fair, 

 9c. Extracted. 4 H@5!^c.; pure white clover. 

 10c. Beeswax, 30e. W. A. S. 



NEW YORK. N. Y.. Feb. 24.— Market quiet. 

 White comb in fair demand at ll@14c. Very 

 little demand for buckwheat comb at S@9c. 

 Extracted selling fairly well, principally Cal- 

 ifornia, at 5ii<^5?.iC,. and some buckwheat 

 moving at 4@4Hc.; Southern, 50@55c. per 

 gallon; white clover and basswood, 5K®6c. 



Beeswax unchanged. H. B. & S. 



CINCINNATI. O., Mar. 7.— Demand is fair 

 for choice comb honey, at 12@14c. in a job- 

 bing way. Extracted is slow at 4@7c. 



Beeswax is in good demand at 25@30c. for 

 good to choice yellow. C. P. M. & S. 



KANSAS CITY, Mo., Mar. 8.— The demand 

 for comb and extracted is fair. We quote: 

 No. 1 white, 1-lbs.. 13@14c.; No. 2, ll@12c.; 

 No. 1 amber, 10@llc.; No. 2, 8@10c. Ex- 

 tracted, white. 5i4@6c.; amber, 5@5!^c. 



Beeswax, 20@25c. C. C. C. & Co. 



List of Honey and Beeswax Dealers. 



Most of whom Quote In this Journal. 



Clilcago. Ills. 



K. A. B0BNETT & Co.. 163 South Water Street. 

 New York, IV. Y. 



HiLDRETH Bros. & Segelken. 



120 & 122 West Broadway. 

 Chas. Israel & Bros., 486 Canal St. 



Kansas City, ITIo. 



O. C. Clemoms & Co., 423 Walnut St. 



BBfiaIo,N. Y. 

 Battebson & Co., 167 & 169 Scott St. 



Hamilton, Ilia. 

 Chab. DADANT & SON. 



Philadelphia, Pa. 

 Wm. a. Selser, 10 Vine St. 



Cincinnati, Ohio. 

 C, F. MuTH & Son, cor. Freeman* Central av8. 



PmsoML MEETim. 



Hon. J. M. Hambaugh, of Southern Cali- 

 fornia, wrote us as follows, March 4: " We 

 have had uncomfortable weather the last 

 three days, but just what we have been 

 praying for, viz. ; rain— about 3I4 inches 

 having fallen the last 30 hours. But it is 

 cold and windy. There is lots of snow on 

 the mountains. These rains insure a honey 

 crop for ISOO." 



Dr. Miller and Family have all been 

 suffering from severe attacks of Mr. Grippe. 

 We could sympathize with them exactly, 

 for we had a tussle with the fellow, our- 

 selves, and know just how he tries to 

 '■ down " his victims. At last accounts, all 

 our Marengo friends were " on the im- 

 prove." Good for them. Hope they'll 

 come off victorious. 



Editor Hutcuinson is giving his readers 

 a whole lot of "Pringleism " nowadays, via 

 hygienic living. Wonder why he doesn't 

 make that a "special topic." Surely, 'tis 

 of sufficient importance. Mr. Pringle seems 

 to know how to get well and keep well. 

 But if all followed Mr. P.'sgood advice, 

 what would become of all the M. D.'s ? 

 Probably they'd have to do like editors- 

 look out for themselves. 



Mr. E. B. Weed, the inventor of the new- 

 process foundation, made us a very short 

 but pleasant call last week. He was on his 

 way to the Dadants, to set up machinery 

 built by The A. I. Root Co., for making the 

 new-process foundation. We understand 

 that Mr. Weed has one or more inventions 

 that promise to make some big strides in 

 beedom. Of course this " Weed " is not the 

 ordinary, useless kind, but a valuable spe- 

 cies, and will doubtless impress his worth 

 upon the industry of apiculture in a lasting 

 and beneficial way. 



Geo. W. Brodbeck, of Los Angeles, 

 Calif., wrote thus on Mar. 3: " Unheralded 

 and unbeknown to the weather prophet, it 

 began raining this morning, and should we 

 at this late day be so fortunate as to have 

 much rain, we Califoruians wiU be very 

 h^PPYi indeed, for such an incident has not 

 happened in this icountry since 1SS4. when, 

 during the month of March, there was a 

 percipitation of over 17 inches, resulting in 

 an unusually good honey-year. We'll hold 

 our breath now until we see what this 

 month brings for us in 1S96." 



Catalog'!^ for 189©.— We have re- 

 ceived the following Catalogs, Price-Lists. 

 etc.. a copy of which may be obtained up- 

 on application, always being careful to say 

 you saw their advertisement in the Ameri- 

 can Bee Journal; 



Gus Dittmer, Augusta, Wis. — Comb 

 Foundation and Bee-Keepers' Supplies. 



E. H. Cook. Huntley, 111.— Silverwood 

 Poultry and Stock Farm. 



I. J. Stringham, 105 Park Place, New 

 York, N. Y.— Apiarian Supplies, Bees and 

 Queens. 



IHtl'FV ^^0 have a large amount of Pure 

 UlfllLI No. 1 Alfalfa we will sell cheap. 



XPPn Of those great houey-producln? plants 

 kJUUlf —Alfalfa and Cleome or Kooky Moun- 

 tain Honey-Plant. Alfalfa seed at 7 cts. a lb. 



RftVS! hpp.ltvi>nn(i Warranted the best, sim- 

 WU»S MCC-tSUlJiC piest and quickest Escape 

 ou the market. Sent postpaid to any address 

 for 50 cts. It can be returned at our expense 

 if it is not as represented, or we will send the 

 Kscape on trial to any bee-keeper wishing to 

 test it in good faith. We are agents tor the 



Ferguson Patent Hive ^V.^JlrlZ'l^.-cTe^^ 



Gate Honey-Board, with the Escape. It is the 

 easiest, quicke.'it hive to handle for the pro- 

 duction of comb honey. Address, 



E. S. LOVESY & CO., 

 355 6th East St., SALT LAKE CITY. UTAH. 

 Mention the American Bee Jowmal. Atf 



