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THE AMERICAJSr BEE JOURNAL. 



Bees Building up Rapidly. — L. G. 



Reed, Kent,($ Ohio, on May 21, 1885, 

 says : 



My bees are doing nicely, and if tlie 

 weatlier continues as it has been, and if 

 honey continues to flow, I shall liave 

 swarming plentiful by June 10. I have 

 never seen bees build up so rapidly as 

 they have during the past 2 weeks. There 

 is a good showing for white clover now, 

 but dry weather will injure it, it we do 

 not get rain soon. 



Wintered Safely.— Mrs. Sallie E. 

 Slierman, Salado,OTexas, writes thus: 



My bees have all come through the win- 

 ter safely, and at this time nio^t of them 

 are in good condition. 1 have no fear of 

 loosing any unless they swarm and es- 

 cape to the forest. I, however, am going 

 to let them swarm but little, as we now 

 have about as many colonies as we want. 

 We prefer honey to increase, and shall 

 look to that in "the management of our 

 bees. We had 4 swarms issue, but by the 

 useTif the drone-trap and queen-cage we 

 secured 3 of the queens, and had no trouble 

 in hiving them. The otiier colony had no 

 trap at the entrance, consequently we had 

 considerable trouble in getting them down 

 from near the top of a tall live-oak We 

 ■would have had 4 swarms more on the 

 same day, but for timely attention in cut- 

 ting out queen-cells. This spring has 

 been very unfavorable on bees,- for the 

 ■weather has either been too cool for the 

 secretion of honey or it has been rainy, 

 and thus washed all the nectar out of the 

 flowers. The bees have been barely able 

 to gather enough to keep up brood-rear- 

 ing. We shall aim to have each colony 

 very strong in time for horsemint, as that 

 is our main dependence for surplus. 



No Winter Loss.— T. Heaton, Moore's 

 Hill,o, Ind., on May 18, 1885, ■writes : 



I put into winter quarters 53 colonies , 

 30 in the cellar, and 33 on the summer 

 stands. They have all come out in good 

 condition with the exception that 3 are 

 queenless. Throughout this locality, as 

 far as 1 can learn, about half of the bees 

 are dead. The season, so far, has been 

 poor. 



Ready to Swarm. —Rev. J. E. Kearns, 

 Morning San,K3 Iowa, ■5\ rites : 



My bees all wintered nicely in my safe- 

 wintering hive, while fully nine-tenths of 

 the colonies in this locality are dead. 

 They are now full and getting ready to 

 swarm, notwitlistanding the lateness of 

 the season. 



Apple Bloom.— "W. J. Davis,Youngs- 

 ville,-o Pa., writes as follows : 



Spring has come with its beauty and its 

 bloom, and the bees are booming. My 

 loss was 12 colonies out of 300 ; not bad 

 for so severe a winter. The apple blos- 

 soms are opening, and 1 look for some 

 swarming this month. With such princely 

 Italians, I have no desire for Apis dorsata. 



Convention Notices. 



Wintering and Modern Transferring. 



— James Heddon, Dowagiac, f Mich., 

 desires to make the following replies 

 ■to various criticisms that have ap- 

 peared in the Bee Jouknal : 



I am not able to see that Mr. Clarke an- 

 swers the arguments and facts I put forth 

 regarding the truthfulness of the pollen 

 theory ; neither does he attempt to an- 

 swer the main facts in the case. If he is 

 going to call the old well-known quietude 

 hibernation, that I have believed for 15 

 years. If he means what we do, and what 

 his first article led us to think he then 

 meant by the word (he called his theory 

 new), then we repeat " bees never hiber- 

 nate." Mr. Doolittle is most sadly in 

 error in supposing that the pollen theory 

 does not comprehend the practical and 

 successful wintering of bees. In all can- 

 dor, I ask all to watch the future results 

 of all of us who abide by the truths of 

 that theory. I invite Mr. Clarke or Mr. 

 Doolittle, or both, to meet me in special 

 discussion upon this subject at our next 

 National Convention, where we may meet 

 and part and settle the argnmentive part 

 of this great question as friends earnestly 

 seeking truth. I will say to Mr. Olute 

 that, with iierhaps 20 or 30 instances of 

 personal "modern transferring," no bad 

 results have occurred : no brood was lost 

 or chilled. On page 367 of the Bee Jour- 

 nal for 1883, he will see that it is " about 

 swarming time" that we make the first 

 "drive," that we drive a "majority of the 

 bees," not all of them ; that we call this a 

 " forced swarm ;" that it is of the " second 

 drive," after the brood is all hatched, that 

 we say " drive the bees clean " from the 

 old box. These directions will not take 

 more bees from a hive than natural 

 swarming, when the old hive is removed. 

 Both these performances have been done 

 time and again by many, and I call to 

 raind no reports ofbrood dying. 



Bees Working on tlieLocnsts. — C. T. 



Biggers, Minerva, rf Ky., writes thus 

 on May 28, 1885 : 



Bees are working faster than I ever saw 

 them on black locust, but they are very 

 weak in numbers. 



^:|JcciaT floticcs. 



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^^O. H. Totriisencl, Alamo, Mich., has 

 sent US his new Price List of Queens. 



t^~ G. H. Knifkerboeker, Pine Plains, 



N. Y., has sent us his Price List of bees. 

 Queens, foundation, ete., for 1885. 



|^~Preserve your papers for reference 

 If you have not got a Binder we will mail you 

 one for 75 ceuts, or you can have one free 

 if you will send us .'i new yearly subscrip- 

 tions tor the Bee Journal. 



JS~ Our rates for two or more copies of 

 the book, " Bees and Honey," may be found 

 on the Book List on the second page of this 

 paper. Also wholesale rates on all books 

 where they are purchased " to sell ag^ain." 



^~ We want one number each of the Bee 

 JouRN-.-i-L of August, 1860— February, 1867. 

 Any one having them to spare will please 

 send a Postal Card. We will piiy 50 cents for 

 one copy of each of the two numbers. 



%¥' For two subscribers for the W'eekly 

 Bee Journal (or 8 for the Monthly) for one 

 year, we will present a Pocket Dictionary, 

 and send it by mail, postpaid; 



^~ The Bee-Keepers' Association of Cen- 

 tral Illinois will meet at Bloomington, Ills., 

 on July 15, 1885, at 10 a. m. 



Wm. B. Lawrence, Sec. 



J^~ The Mahoning Valley Bee-Keepers' 

 Association, will hold its next meeting at 

 Newton Falls, Ohio, on Thursday, June 5, 

 1885. E. W. Turner, Sec. 



{S^ The Willamette 'Valley Bee-Keepers' 

 Association will hold its second meeting at 

 La Fa.yette, Oregon, on the third Tuesday in 

 June, 1885. All who are interested are in- 

 vited to attend. E. J. Hadley, See. 



^?~ All who intend to be Systematic in 

 their work in the apiary, should get a copy of 

 the Apiary Register and commence to use it. 

 The prices are as follows ; 



For 50 colonies (120 pages) $1 00 



" 100 colonies (220 pages) 125 



" 200 colonies (420 pages) 150 



The larger ones can be used for a few col- 

 onies, give room for an increase of numbers, 

 and still keep the record all together in one 

 book, and are therefore the most desirable. 



Honey and Bees'wax Market. 



Office of the American Bee Journal, i 

 Monday, 10 a. m., June 1, 1885. ( 



Tlie following are the latest quota- 

 tions for honey and beeswax received 

 up to this hoiu' : 



CHICAGO. 

 HONE V. —Demand is light and receipts are also 

 light. Prices range from locgjiric. forbestgradesof 

 comb honey, and for extracted. 5(<o7c. 

 BBB3W AX.— Best grade weali at 28c. 



R. A. Burnett, 161 South Water St. 



BOSTON. 



nONKY.— We quote the following prices : Fancy 



white comb in 1-lb. sections, le:(<iil8c. : the same In 



2-Ib. sections. irj@nic; fancy white California^2-ibs., 



12@l4c. Extracted wealt. 6®8c. Sales very slow. 



BEKSVVAX.-a2 cts. per lb. 



Blake & kiplet. 57 Chatham Street, 



NEW YORK. 



HONE Y— Present sales of comb honey are very 

 slow, and owing to the lateness of the season, we 

 do not anticipate any change in prices until the 

 new crop commences to arrive. We quote at 

 present as follows: Fancy white clover in 1-lb. 

 sections, 14(gjl5c: fair to good white clover in 1-ib. 

 sections. I2(§Jl3c: fancy white clover in 2-lb. sec- 

 tions, !3@I4c; fair to good white clover in 2-lb. 

 sections. ll(Sjl2c: tancy bucfewheatin 1-Ib. sections, 

 tiifiiinc; fancy buckwheat in 2-lb. sections, 7@8c. 

 < irdinary grades, no sale. Extracted white clover, 

 7(SSc: extracted buckwheat, G(g;6^c. 



BEBSWAX-Prime yellow. 29)^@31c. 



McCAUL & HiLORETH BROS., 34 Hudson St. 



CINCINNATI. 

 HONEY— There is no newfeature in tbemarket. 

 Our regular customers only are buyers at present. 

 There is almost no outside demand, and low fig- 

 ures are no inducement. We quote extracted 

 honey from r>(^Hc on arrival, and comb at ;»@12c. 



BEESWAX— Good demand and arrivals plenti- 

 ful. We quote 24®28c for good yellow on arrival. 

 C. F. MUTH. Freeman & Central Ave. 



SAN FRANCISCO. 



HONEY— Market very quiet. Choice extracted 

 is the only kind which buyers at present care to 

 purchase in a wholesale way. and there Is little of 

 this sort offering. No new crop huney has yet ar- 

 rived; none expected for several weeks. W'hite to 

 extra white comb, 8(fl.;tc: dark to good. 4(g*7c: ex- 

 tracted, choice to extra white, 45^(<j5Kc; amber 

 colored. 4*4@4;>4c. 



BEESWAX— Quotable at 258620— wholesale. 

 O. B. SMITH cS Co., 423 Front Street 



ST. LODI8. 

 HONEY — Steady; demand and supply both 

 small. Comb, 12(ail4c per lb., and strained and ex- 

 tracted .■'►'^©tic. , ^ . 

 BEESWAX— Firm at 32@32Xc. for choice. 



W. T. ANPER80N & Co., 104 N. 3d Street 



CLBVBLAND. 

 HONEY— Since our last report there has been a 

 little better demand for honey, and some sales 

 have been made at ViWsUa for best white honey 

 in 1-lb. sections. Second quality is still very dull 

 at 12® 1 3c. Elitracted is not salable at any price in 

 our market. 

 BBESWAX.-Scarce at -iSSSO. 



A. C. Kbndel. 115 Ontario Street. 



KANSAS CITY. 

 HONEY— Demand for choice white combing, 

 1 and 2-lb. sections is good, and prices fairly n;iain- 

 tained. Half pound sections. 15®Iiic: 1-lb., 13@ 

 14c: 2-lb., lOfet'llc. Extracted slow at 5@7c. We 

 could sell some i^-lb. sections of comb honey and 

 a few more nice white l-lb. sections. 

 BEESWAX— 25(s:inc.. according to quahty. 

 CLKJIONS, Cloon & CO., cor. 4th & Walnut. 



SAN FRANCISCO. 

 HONE Y— We quote comb honey in 2 lb. sections 

 13@14c; extracted, (i^ic. .. ,. . 



GEO. W. MEAnE & CO., 213 Market. 



