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THE AMERICAN BEE JOURNAL. 



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farm, all of which, except the woods, is 

 laid out in lawns, pastures and gardens. 

 The lawns are filled with white, and the 

 pastures with red clover, the fences are 

 covered with honey-suckles. Some fields 

 are surrounded with an old hedge (miles of 

 it) grown up with raspberries, blackberries, 

 sassafras trees, poison-ivy vines, catnip and 

 thistle full of bloom. Within a mile of the 

 bees are any amount of wild-cherry trees. 

 thousands of locusts, and good basswood 

 and flowering poplars; also lots of sumac, 

 golden-rod. milkweed, wild asters, smart- 

 weed and Spanish-needle; a field of scarlet 

 clover, and two fields of Alsike clover. All 

 this is situated in the middle of a neck of 

 land betvreen the two Shrewsbury rivers 

 in Monmouth county, N. J. This whole 

 neck of land is covered with fine summer 

 residences, and most of the ground given 

 to pasture, orchards, lawns, shrubbery, 

 gardens, and flowering plants. To all this, 

 for two or three miles in either direction, 

 my bees have free access, without any 

 other bees to hinder, molest or make afraid 

 — except one small apiary of about 25 or 30 

 colonies, which is one mile away. The only 

 thing I can think of that my bees have not, 

 is sweet clover and buckwheat. 



I had thought there were tons and tons 

 of honey or sweet nectar going to waste in 

 this locality for the want of bees to gather 

 it. 



I bought a new honey-extractor, and the 

 last of June I thought I would take a little 

 honey, so that we could have some for the 

 Fourth of July. I took about 100 pounds 

 each of comb and extracted honey, and 

 thought the bees would soon flU up the sec 

 tion-cases again. But. alasl for my 1,(100 

 pounds— I was unable to take any more 

 honey. I examined them time after time 

 for more, but each time they appeared to 

 have less than they had in June, until I 

 was finally afraid I would have to feed to 

 keep them alive. 



Towards fall they picked up a little, and 

 on Oct. 1 I thought they had about 10 

 pounds each. I fed them about 1.5 pounds 

 each, of sugar syrup. 



I lost no colony of bees during the year, 

 but increased to 13 : I think I could have 

 increased to 40, but I did not desire in- 

 crease. I doubled up 4 colonies, which left 

 10 to winter. I put on the cushions and 

 protected them for the winter. I keep Ital- 

 ian bees in 8 -frame Langstroth chaff hives, 

 and winter them on the summer stands. As 

 I live about 40 miles from my apiary, I 

 think I shall not disturb them until about 

 May 1. I. N. Hoagland. 



Brooklyn, N. Y. 



An Open Letter to Dr. Miller. 



Dear Dr. Miller; — I have just been 

 reading page 211 of the American Bee Jour- 

 nal (which has just come to hand), and 

 your talk to J. H, Martin is somewhat of a 

 surprise to me. Therefore, "I smole a 

 quiet smile, and said to myself, "Wonder 

 what the Doctor is up to, anyhow." Then I 

 thought the good Doctor is always com- 

 municative, why not ask him ? So, Doctor, 

 here are a few questions I would like to 

 have you answer, that "we" readers of 

 the American Bee Journal may be able to 

 understand you (and ourselves) better. 

 Please do not say " I don't know " to these 

 questions, lest we lose our confidence in 

 your ability: 



Why do you object to California honey 

 coming to the Chicago market ; I never 

 heard you make such objections years ago 

 when we were getting from 25 to 30 cents a 

 pound for our honey. Is it because you 

 think California honey has been the means 

 of bringing the price of that we produce 

 from 25 cents a pound down to 10 ? Or is it 

 because you think your honey and that pro- 

 duced in the State of Illinois is of better 

 quality, and gives the Chicagoans better 

 health ? Hey, Doctor ? If neither of these, 

 is it because you think that there is honey 

 enough produced in the United States, out- 

 side of California, to supply ceo-;/ inuittli 

 which " waters " for honey in the Nation ? 

 If so, should those California bee-keepers go 

 out of the honey-producing business, that 



you and I can have a monopoly of the 

 honey-trade ? Then, Doctor, have not you 

 and I been trying all these years to educate 

 those California bee-keepers how to pro- 

 duce honey, through our articles, and by 

 answering their questions ? If so, what do 

 you think Christ would say of us if we are 

 not just as willing they should enjoy our 

 markets as we have been that the world 

 should enjoy and he helped by the mite we 

 could contribute toward advanced bee-cul- 

 ture ? 



Say, Doctor, what is the reason there are 

 so many mouths wateringfor honey to-day, 

 and unable to get it, while you and I growl 

 at the low prices we receive for our pro- 

 duct ? scarcely one-third the price we 

 formerly obtained ! 



Then, again, why is it that with these 

 one-third prices, and nearly double the 

 population in the United States there was 

 when honey brought 30 cents per pound, 

 hardly as much honey is consumed to-day 

 as there was in the early seventies ? 



Why are you growling over low prices of 

 honey when a pound of your honey will 

 buy as much wheat, buckwheat, potatoes 

 or land as it ever would ? 



I have many more questions I would like 

 to ask you along these lines, but fearing I 

 may weary you. and knowing what a host 

 of questions means to an over-worked bee- 

 keeper, I will leave the rest till some other 

 time. I am not trying to "catch" you 

 with these questions. The proper answer 

 to them is of vital importance to every 

 apiarist in the land. G. M. Doolittle. 



Borodino, N. Y. 



Bees Storing: Surplus Honey. 



My bees are doing well, having com- 

 menced storing surplus. If the weather is 

 good, I look for them to swarm about April 

 10. M. P. Smith. 



Tobin, Calif., March 20. 



Dr. Gallup a Bee-Keeper Again. 



I have picked up and divided, so I now have 

 5 colonies of bees. I received a queen as a 

 present March 29. from W. P. Crossman. of 

 Texas, and who knows but Gallup will yet 

 become a bee-keeper ? 



There is every prospect of a good season 

 here. Bees began swarming March 15, and 

 all reports are that bees are in excellent 

 condition. Dr. E. Gallup. 



Santa Ana. Calif.. March 31. 



A Correction. 



The latter part of the last paragraph of 

 my contribution, on page 210, should read 

 thus: 



"Does not that show that the withdrawal 

 of brood has increased the amount of larval 

 food needed and decreased the supply, and 

 therefore there is no more surplus to put in 

 the construction of queen-cells." 



It is needless to say that I do not mean 

 that the larval food is used in the construc- 

 tion of queen-cell as material, but that the 

 young bees construct queen-cells when they 

 have a surplus of larval cells to dispose of. 



Knoxville, Tenn. Adrian Getaz. 



Birdlime for Mr. Pringle's Bats. 



On page 202, Mr. Pringle asks for infor- 

 mation to get rid of his rats. 



If they are of the rodent species, let him 

 first cover the ground with leaves or soft 

 grass — the grass is the best; then sprinkle 

 birdlime all over it, and wait results. 



Birdlime acts as a glue; it will stick to 

 their feet, and as they try to get it off, 

 more gets on ; and as the rat gets scared, it 

 will either leave altogether, or will be un- 

 able to leave the floor, and can be killed. 



I will guarantee this to work. If not. I 

 will eat all that is left, providing he sends 

 them to me, charges paid ; and I am no 

 Chinaman. E. C. Culbekt. 



Tarentum, Pa. 



Honey & Beeswai Market Quotations. 



CAICAGO. III.. Apr. 11.— We quote: Fancy 

 white comb, J5c.; ordinary white. 12®13c.; 

 faucy iimber, 10@llc.: amber and dark. 7@ 

 9o, Exlracted, white, 5@7c.; amber and dark, 

 4@5c. Beeswax, yellow, 30c. 



The season for sale of comb honey is now at 

 a close, and only a case or so will be taken for 

 colds, and by enthusiasts on honey as a food 

 (of whom there are too few). R. A. B. & Co. 



CINCINNATI. O., Apr. 8.— Demand is good 

 for choice white comb honey, at 12@14c.. 

 aud slow for e.xtracted. at 4@7c. on arrival. 



Beeswax is in g-ood demand at 25@30c. for 

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



KANSAS CITY, Mo.. Apr. 9.— 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@12c.; No. 2. 8@10c. Ex- 

 tracted, white, 6@6!4c.; amber. 5@5!4c. 



Beeswax, 22@2.5c. C. C. C. & Co. 



PHILADELPHIA. Pa.. April 4.— The de- 

 mand is falling off very rapidly for comb 

 honey, and prices are decidedly lower. Ex- 

 tracted seems to be shipped in from all quar- 

 ters. We quote: Fancy comb, lie; fair to 

 good, 7 -4090. Extracted, 4(850. 



Beeswax, 30c. W. A. S. 



NEW YORK. N. Y.. Mar. 23.— There iaafalr 

 demand for white comb honey, and the mar- 

 ket is well cleaned up. We have another car 

 now in transit from California. We quote 

 same: 12@14c. Plenty of buckwheat comb 

 is on the market, and same is moving off 

 slowly at 8c. Extracted, all grades, dull, at 

 unchanged prices. 



Beeswax Arm at 30@31c. H. B. & S. 



List of Honey and Beeswax Dealers. 



Most of whom Quote In this Journal. 



Cblcago, Ills. 



R. A. BUBNETT & Co.. 163 South Water Street. 

 New York, N. Y. 



HiLDRETH Bros. & Segelken. 



120 & 122 West Broadway. 

 Chas. Israel & Bros., 486 Canal St. 



Kansas City, Mo. 



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



Bufialo, N. Y. 

 BattbbsON & Co.. 167 & 169 Scott St. 



Hamilton, Ills. 

 Chas. Dadant & Son. 



Plilladelptala, Pa. 

 Wm. a. Selser, 10 Vine St. 



Cincinnati, Oblo. 

 C. F. MniH & Son. cor. Freeman & Central avs. 



Excites Admiration. 



Rutland Co.. Vt.. Feb. 6th. 1896. 

 Mr. O. W. Ingersoll— Dear Sir : I painted 

 my house with your Indestructible Paint, and 

 it excites the admiration of all who see it. 

 Your paint is all that is claimed for it. 



Yours very truly, A. S. B.\ker. 



See adv. IngersoU's Liquid Rubber Paints. 



ConTentlon Notices. 



Illinois.— The spring meeting of the Nor- 

 thern Illinois Bee-Keepers' Association will 

 be held at the home of Mr. O. J. Cummings. in 

 Guilford, on May 19. 1896. Come, and bring 

 your wives and friends interested in bees. 



New Milford. Ills. B, Kennedy. Sec. 



Connecticut.— The annual meeting of the 

 Connecticut Bee-Keepers' Association will be 

 held at the Capitol In Hartford. Wednesday. 

 April 29. beginning at 10:30 a.m. Free to 

 all. Mrs. W. E. Kiley, Sec. 



Waterbury, Conn. 



Cheap for Cash-ITALIAN BEES 



In 10-framo Lsizc 9;bx1755] hive, $4. Italian 

 Queens, $1.50. Address. 



OTTO KliEINOW, 



122 Military Avenue, Detroit, Mich. 

 12E3t Please mention the Bee Journal. 



