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except 4 late swarms, and they have 

 plenty of sugar syrup niacie of gran- 

 ulateci sugar. My packing material 

 consists of thoroughly dried sawdust, 

 with which 17 colonies are packed, 

 and 1.5 colonies have a brick wall on 

 three sides of them, with an air-space 

 of 2 inches on three sides, with 1.5 

 inches of line soft hay on top of them, 

 and a good pine shingle roof over 

 that. All have one-half-inch space 

 over the frames. Twenty-six colonies 

 are in straw hives, 24 being on Ameri- 

 can frames, and 2 on Langstroth 

 frames. I have no fears as to their 

 wintering, yet it is hard to tell what 

 the result will be. When I was a 

 boy, 50 years ago, I saw round straw- 

 hives, and in the fall their owner 

 would tie some straw at the top end, 

 and place it over the skep ; then he 

 ■would take tough clay and putty every 

 crevice shut, and let theiii stand so 

 until the next spring, and the bees 

 would be all right. I will prepare one 

 of my hives in the same way this fall. 

 My honey crop was between GOO and 

 700 pounds this year. 



Report for 13 Years. — Ijyman 

 Chandler, New London,© Minn., on 

 Nov. 22, 1S8.5, says : 



In this vi(nnity the honey crop of 

 1884 was an entire failure. " The past 

 season we secured less than half a 

 crop, and the market is low. This 

 location is rather a poor one for 

 honey. My report, in short, for 13 

 years is as follows: Average number of 

 colonies wintered, 35 ; average number 

 of pounds of honey per colony, about 

 40 ; and the average price that I ob- 

 tained per pound, was 18 cents. I 

 have never lost a colony in wintering. 



Poor Honey Season. — J. W. 



Buchanan & Bro., (10—25), Eldora,© 

 Iowa, on Nov. 22, 1885 write : 



We began the season of 1885 with 

 5 colonies, 2 being in fair condition, 

 and 3 being weak. We bought 5 more 

 in the latter part of April, and have 

 increased the 10 to 25 good, strong 

 colonies, and have taken 250 pounds 

 of comb honey in one-pound sections. 

 This we consider a very poor show- 

 ing. We shall put 20 colonies into 

 the cellar, and 5 we have packed on 

 the summer stands— one in sawdust, 

 and 4 in chaff. The past season was 

 a poor one in our locality. Basswood 

 bloomed profusely, but it yielded no 

 honey. Our only surplus was from 

 ■white clover. 



Whiit Bees do in Winter.— Henry 

 Jones, (70—97), Ohesaning,© Mich., 

 on Nov. 22, 1885, writes : 



On page 85, Dr. E. B. South wick 

 gives the best and most accurate 

 description of what bees do in the 

 hives in winter, that I have ever read 

 or heard. Yet on page 123, Dr. D. C. 

 Spencer asks, " How does he know," 

 and does he know? I have waited 

 several months for Dr. Southwick to 

 answer, and as he has not seen lit to 

 do so, I will say that I do know. As 

 to how I know : I have seen bees do 

 all the things as described by Dr. 

 Southwick on page 85. I have closely 



observed and noted their actions 

 every daj, and sometimes twice and 

 three times a day, from Nov. IG, 1883 

 to Jan. 21, 1884, and again from Nov. 

 1,1884 to Jan. 13, 1885, and these ob- 

 servations were made with the tem- 

 perature all the way from 44' above 

 to 2G'J below zero. If it will be of 

 sufficient interest, I will in a future 

 communication describe how I pre- 

 pared my bees so as to be able to make 

 these observations, and so that any 

 practical bee-keeper can see what I 

 saw, if he desires. I will also tell 

 what I saw at different temperatures, 

 for there was a wide difference in the 

 actions of the bees at the dilferent 

 temperatures. 



[We should be pleased to have Mr. 

 Jones eive his proposed description, 

 as it doubtless would be interesting 

 to many.— Ed.] 



Good Results.— J. R. Nichols, Dan- 

 ville,© Ind., on Nov. 25, 1885, says : 



I began last spring with 28 good 

 and G very weak colonies of bees, 

 increased them to .5G, by natural 

 swarming, and secured 700 pounds of 

 comb honey, and 1,400 pounds of ex- 

 tracted honey. From one colony that 

 did not swarm, I took 25G pounds of 

 extracted honey, and left a plenty 

 for them to winter on. 



Bees Ready for Winter.— Wm. An- 

 derson, Sherman, o* Mo., on Nov. 22, 

 1885, says : 



My bees are well prepared for win- 

 ter. They have plenty of honey, so 

 very little if any feeding will be re- 

 quired. My loss was very great last 

 winter. I have 40 colonies snugly 

 packed for winter, and the rest of my 

 colonies are on the summer stands. 

 I shall wrap them up well for winter, 

 as I think it is foolish to go to the 

 trouble of increasing the number of 

 colonies during the summer, and then 

 let them winter as best they may. 

 My honey yield was good this year, 

 but not so good as I expected, as we 

 had plenty of rain here the past sum- 

 mer and this fall. 



Success in Bee-Keeping.- EliasFox, 



Hillsborough ,+o Wis., on Nov. 23, 

 1885, writes : 



In the spring of 1884 I started with 

 one colony of Italian bees in a Lang- 

 stroth hive, and 2 colonies of blacks 

 in box hives ; the latter I transferred 

 to Langstroth hives, and Italianized 

 them. I increased them to 21 colonies, 

 by dividing, and I obtained 300 

 pounds of extracted honey. I lost 3 

 colonies in wintering, and the remain- 

 ing 18 were so weak when honey 

 commenced to flow, that they woidd 

 not ■ have made more than 4 good 

 colonies. This season I increased my 

 apiary to GO colonies, and took 700 

 pounds of extracted honey. 



1^~ The Northeastern Kansas Bee-Keep- 

 ers' Association wiU meet at the Court House 

 at Hiawatha, Kans., on Friday, Dec. 11, ISS.'j, 

 at lU a.m. AH interested in bee-eulture are 

 invited to attend. L. C. Clabk, Sec. 



Honey and Beeswax Market. 



Office of the American Bee JonRNAi,, i 

 Monday, 10 a. m., Nov. :iO, 18S.5. f 



The following are the latest quota- 

 tions for honey and beeswax received 

 up to this hour : 



CHICAOO. 



HONE v.— The market is without special cliange- 

 since last quotations. White corati honey in one- 

 pound sections brinps InC'^lflc. A little fancy sells 

 lit 17c. in a siuall way. Dark comb honey sell slowly. 

 Nearly all of the white comb honey comes from 

 the East. Extracted is held drmly at from tics.Hc. 



BEESWAX.— :>0C. 



K. A. BtTRNETT, 161 South Water Bt. 



BOSTON. 



HONEY.— It is sellinE very well but prices are 

 very low, and we are often obliged to shade our 

 prices in order to make rates. We quote comb' 

 honey in 1-lb. sections at U'slGc, and :2-lb. sec- 

 tions at l'J(ff*l4c. Extracted, 6fe«c. 



BEESWAX.-ao CIS. per lb. 



Blake & Biplet. 57 Chatham Street. 



NEW YORK. 



UONEY.—The market for comb honey is quite 

 active, jind the demand nearly equal to the supply. 

 Prices are gradually shading, owint; to the fact of 

 many producers sellinfj their entire crop in thi& 

 city at very low prices, thereby enabling; the pur- 

 chasers to sell low and realize a handsome profit. 

 Larwe lots have been sold here at yiqjioc. for fancy 

 floods. In consequence of no honey coming; in 

 from the West, we can see no reason why Rood 

 prices should not be obtained, except as above 

 stated. Present quotations are ; Kancy white 1-lb. 

 sections, U'giisc: the same in 2-lb. sections. Il^@ 

 ■ ^(.ftc; fancy buckwheat lu>ney in 1-lb. sections 

 H(«Ji2c.; in :i-lbs., lK(<jloc. Off grades 1 to I'c. less. 



BEESWAX— Prime yellow. 25(aj28c. 



McOadl & HiLDRETH BROS.. 34 Hudson St. 



CINCINNATI. 



HONEY.— There is a very slow demand from- 

 manufacturers, for extracted honey, with i^ large 

 supply on the market, while the demand is very 

 pood lor clover honey in square ehisa jars^ Prices 

 tor all qualities are low and ranye from 4<u.Kc. a lb. 

 Supply and demand is fair for choice comb honey 

 in small sections, which brings l^'^l.'jc. per lb. 



BEESWAX.— Good yellow is in ffood demand, 

 and arrivals are fair, at :in(g)22c. per lb. 



C. F. MUTH, Freeman & Central Ave. 



SAN FBANCISCO. 



HONEY.— Choice comb honey is in light supply 

 and is brinffing tirm figures. There is a fair move- 

 ment in best qualities of extracted at steady rates. 

 We quote as follows ; White to extra white comb, 

 KKaiii^c; amber, 7(5i8c. Extracted, white liquid, 

 s^f^sHc: light amber colored, 4\^'i4Hc.; amber 

 and candied. 4Xc.; dark and candied, 4to4i-4C. 



BBBSWAX.-Quotable at 23®25c., wholesale. 

 O. B. S.M1TH & Co., 423 Front Street. 



CLEVELAND. 



HONEY.— The market since our last report has. 

 improved very much and there is a good opening 

 for very choice white l-lb. sections, for which 14® 

 1.5c. is obtained Our stock of new is very light at 

 present but of the old we have a good supply- 

 which we sell at 10@l3c. for whte I-lb. sections. 

 Extracted honey is slow at 6@7c. for best white 

 cl'iver and liasswood. 



BEESWAX.— Very scarce at20@22c. 



A. C. Kendel, 115 Ontario Street. 



KANSAS CITY. 

 HONEY. -The demand for honey begins to sag 

 under the present comparatively high prices, and 

 recent warm weaiher, though choice l-lb. sections 

 are still scarce and pretty well taken up at IH((^l7c. 

 We think, however, that the top is reached and 

 any change will be lower prices. Two-lb. sections 

 are selling at lnHQl-'ic. Extracted, dark, 4@G cts.; 



BKBSWAX,-22i^®250. 



('r.EMONS,CLOON & CO., COT. 4th & Walnut. 



tW" The annual meeting of the Champlain- 

 Valley Bee-Keepers' Association will be heldi 

 in Middlebury, Vt., on Jan. 21, 1886. 



R. H. Holmes, Sec. 



t^~ The Tuscarawas County Bee-Keepers' 

 Association will hold its fourth semi-annual 

 meeting at Port Washing-ton, O., on Thurs- 

 day, Dec. 10, 1885. A general invitation is. 

 extended. Geo. F. Willl-ims, Sec. 



Are you Entitled to a pension? Toir 

 may be and may not know it. If you ex- 

 amine the Guide and Hand-Book you will 

 soon And out. Thousands of things worth 

 knowing will be found in it. The Bee 

 Journal for 1886 and the Guide Book wi' 

 both be sent for $1..30. 



