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I'HE AMERICAN BEE JOURNAL. 



Responses from the Editors. 



We wrote a letter to each editor of the 

 bee-papers in tlie United States, aslsing 

 them If they would accept the oflBces under 

 the teniporarj- organization of tlie National 

 Bee-Keepers' Union, to which we nomi- 

 nated them on page 3S7. Our readers will 

 be pleased to read the following replies, 

 wliich show how they feel about the work 

 proposed by tlie Union. It is very grati- 

 fying to notice the harmony prevailing, 

 and we hope it will grow to a permanent 

 bond of union. Mr. Hill has not replied. 



Mr. A. I. Root, Editor of "Gleanings in 

 Bee-Culture," Medina, Ohio, on June 22, 

 ISS.i, writes as lollows: "Yours of .lune 

 19 is at hand. I most cordially and cheer- 

 fully consent to anything 1 can do to 

 further the interests of the National Bee- 

 Keepers' Union (tor 1 have read what has 

 been said in regard to it in the American 

 Bee .loiiRNAi,), with this proviso, that my 

 health is now so that 1 could not take up 

 any laborious work in regard to it. If my 

 iutluence and my share of the expenses 

 will help, both are at your service." 



Mr. A. J. King, Editor of the "Bee- 

 Keepers' Magazine," New York, N. Y., on 

 June 24, 188,5, writes thus : " The matter 

 you write of has my entire approbation, 

 and if some one more fit for the place 1 

 am to work in, does not occur to the minds 

 of bee-keepers, 1 will accept and do what 

 1 can to help on the good cause. Our in- 

 dustry certainly does not receive the 

 recognition in any regard to which its 

 importance entitles it. We have a broad 

 field in which to tight the battles of scien- 

 tific fact, against the suppositions born of 

 ignorance and sustained by superstition. 

 Truth is ever aggressive, and 1 think it 

 about time that bee-keejiers recognize the 

 fact, and cease to always occupy the de- 

 fensive side of so many questions where 

 their just rights are invaded. Let all sec- 

 tional animosities of whatever nature or 

 kind cease, and let us stand together, and 

 act in concert with our dollars as well as 

 our advice, and the outcome will more 

 than justify our expectations." 



Mr. Silas M. Locke, Editor of the 

 "American Apiculturist," Salem, Mass., 

 on June 22, 188.5, writes: "Your favor 

 came to hand this morning. You did 

 right in calling upon me, and you can be 

 assured that 1 shall most cheerfully accept 

 even the most humble po-^ition, if through 

 such 1 can benefit my brother bee-keepers 

 whose interests are my own. Nothing is 

 more essential to American apiculture 

 and American bee-keepers than a well 

 organized and permanent Union whereby 

 our interests can and will be protected, 

 and all individual interests should give 

 place to the interests of the majority. If 

 rightly organized and conducted, this 

 Uiiion will form the nucleus of a National 

 bee-keepers' association of which we shall 

 be proud. There is a great work to be 

 done, and much is the good that each one 

 of us can do by entering into this work 

 with the one grand purpose of establishing 

 asy.stemof associations that will work 

 tfigetlier in perfect union and harmony. 

 It is tiue that we as bee-keepers often 

 disagree in our opinions regarding the best 

 means for bringing these things about, 

 but there is only one end toward which all 

 our efforts should l)e directed. Let me 

 say, be sure and liave the honey-produc- 

 ing interests well represented in the Board 

 ot Advisors. We need the expert apiarist 

 there, and as matters develop changes 

 will suggest themselves which will prove 

 materially beneficial. It is imperative, 

 however, that a start be made, and a 

 nucleus formed around which the bee- 



keepers from every State in the Union 

 will rally. The Canadian bee-keepers 

 need a distinct— a different— organization 

 from ours, and yet they could co-operate 

 with this. Whatever the past, I see in 

 this new enterprise the promise of great 

 developments. Would it not be a good 

 plan to appoint some good man from each 

 State to act on the Advisory Board ? " 



Mr. H. Scovell, Editor of the " Kansas 

 Bee-Keeper," Liberal, Mo., in the last 

 issue of that paper, says : " We have long 

 thougi.t that some system for co operative 

 etfort on the part of our North American 

 hee-keepers should be inaugurated where- 

 by each in eiihancing individual interests 

 could work for the good of all. Without 

 some national union or effort,- local effort 

 can at best have only a local effect, and no 

 lasting or permanent good. We cast our 

 vote for the " National Bee-Keepers' 

 Union," and will do all that we can, in 

 our feeble way, to assist in laying a per- 

 manent and sure foundation upon which 

 to build a slrncture that will be of national 

 and lasting benefit. 



The ballots now being sent out will 

 determine the election of the permanent 

 officers. These ballots must be all returned 

 before Aug. 1, 1885, when they will be 

 counted, and the permanent officers will 

 then be elected under the Constitution. 

 Now, let us hear from all who want to 

 become members, at once. 



REPLIES by Prominent Apiarists. 



Italianizing Colonies, 



Query, No. 80.— With a view of being- 

 least liable to make mistakes or go wrong:, 

 how should a beg-iuner manage to Italianize 

 10 or lt2 colonies of black bees and their in- 

 crease, with two tested queens from two 

 parties ?— Cresco. Iowa. 



PiiOF. A. J. Cook answers : "Keep 

 all tlrones down in black colonies, and 

 stimulate the Italians. As soon as 

 they are strong, and have drones, start 

 nuclei ; and, with yonng Italian 

 queens, replace the German or black 

 queens." 



G. M. DooLiTTLE replies : " Let 

 the queens be reared from one of the 

 queens, and the drones from the other, 

 keeping all black drones down." 



James IIeddon remarks : "By the 

 use of allwoiker combs, prevent all 

 rearing of drones by your other colo- 

 nies, and place plenty of drone comb 

 with one of the queens, and rear 

 queens from the other queen of the 

 two you mention." 



W. Z. Hutchinson replies : "Rear 

 plenty of drones in the Italian colo- 

 nies, allowing none to be reared in the 

 black colonies. Start nuclei and rear 

 queens from Italian brood ; and give 

 the Italian queens to the liees in place 

 of their black queens." 



G. W. Demakee says: "When I 

 did my hist Italianizing, I knew so 

 little about queen-rearing, that I 

 thought it best to resort to tiie follow- 

 ing long, sure way : I waited for a 

 swarm to issue and be hived in the 



usual way. Two days after the swarm 

 issued, I destroyed all the queen-cells 

 in the parent hive, and again 8 days 

 later, I carefully destroyed every cell 

 in the hive. If the work was thor- 

 oughly done, tlie colony was now 

 hopelessly queenless. I now gave 

 them a frame ot brood containing eggs 

 and larvfe just hatched, taken from 

 my tested Italian queen. Now as to 

 the swarm : I left the old black queen 

 with the swarm till the IStli day from 

 the time the swarm was hived; I then 

 removed her, and two days later I 

 gave the bees a queen-cell from the 

 parent colony." 



Dr. C. C. Millek remarks : "Get 

 Alley's book, and use eggs or brood 

 only from the best queen." 



Dr. G. L. Tinker says : "If work- 

 ing for great increase, as indicated in 

 Query No. 79, it cannot be done. Bet- 

 ter buy all the queens and supersede 

 the black queens late in the season." 



Honey and Beeswax Market. 



Office of the American Bee Journal, i 

 Monday, 10 a. m., June 29, 1885. ( 



The following are the latest quota- 

 tions for honey and beeswax received 

 up to this hour : 



CHICAGO. 

 HONBr.— Demand is light and receipts are also 

 ItKht. Prices range from H'(5J* 1 5c. for best grades of 

 comb honey and for extracted, o@7c. 

 BKEsWAX-2.'®;;5c. 



K. A. BtiKNETT. 161 South Water St. 



BOSTON. 



HONEY.— Wequote the following prices : Fancy 



white comb in 1-lb, seclions. 1R(«ISC. • the same in 



2- lb. sections, ir)<§,lHc; fancy white t'aliforniali-lbs., 



I2iflsl4c. Exiracted weali, 6'«Sc. Sales very slow. 



BBESW AX.-J2 cts. per lb. 



Blaee 4 KIPLEY. 57 Chatham Street. 



NEW TOKK. 



HONEY— We quote: Fancy white clover in l-lt> 

 sectUmt*, 14@15c: fair ti> good white clover in I- lb. 

 sections, I2(ajl3c: fancy white chtver in 12 It), sec- 

 tions. 13(a.l4c: fair to good white clover in 2-lb. 

 sections, ll<i<)12c; lancy bucii wheat in 1 -lb. sections, 

 iHa,ioc; fancy buckwhCHt in 2-Ib. sections, 7ia8c. 

 I Tdinarv grades. n<i sale. Extracted white clover, 

 7CoSc: extracted l>uckwheat. (li"HM>c. 



BBESWA.V-l'rimeye low. JBiajac. 



MCCAClA HlLOKETH BROS.. 34 Hudson 81. 



CINCINNATI. 



HONEY— There is no change whatever in the 

 market, which has been without life for some 

 time. We have a good class of regular customers 

 who use considerable honey, while out-niders can 

 hardly be induced to purchase. We quote extrnc- 

 teil at 4^*.tsc. and comb honey at H@r_'c, on arrival. 



BEKSWAX Demand is good and itbrings23(s2S 

 on arrival, for good vellow. 



C. F. MUTH. Freeman & Central Ave. 



BAN FRANCISCO. 



HONEY— The market is quiet, there being no 

 shipping demand and not much local trade. 'I'here 

 are rec»*ipt» of both old and new. One tot of 2(0 

 cases of old extracted arrived from San Jose. 

 White to extra white comb. 7(«iic; dark to good, 

 4fa;«>c; extracted, choice to extra white, 4l^(a5'4 ; 

 amber colored, 4(ljJ4'^. 



BEESWAX-yuotable at 24«-'5c— wholesale. 

 O. B. S.MlTH & Co., 423 Front Street. 



CLBVBLAND. 



HONE Y— Is very dull just now during strawberry 

 time, and although we hold at 14(aI5c per lb. best 

 white l-lb. sections, it is merely nominal, as there 

 are no transactions. As soon as our people have 

 satisfied iheir craving for acid fruits, thev take 

 very kindly to nice white honey, and we may look 

 with coiifldence to a good demand In July, August 

 and S ptemiier. 



BBBSW AX.— Scarce at 2«<330. 



A. C. Kbni>el. 115 Ontario Street. 



KANSAS CITY. 

 HONEV-Demand is light and prices weak. We 

 qni>te choice ii:- lb. sections, l.-i!5.1i;c: l-lb., I.l®14c; 

 2-lb., lOftllc. Fxtrarled,5frtilc, according to qual- 

 ity. Half-pound sections of comb honey are in 

 demand. 



BBEaWAX-2r,(a3nc. . . „ . 



Ci.emon8,Cloon 4 Co., cor. 4th & Walnut. 



