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THE AMERICAN BEE JOURNAL. 



Prof. Cook was appointed " the 

 committee of one " voted in the after- 

 noon to communicate with the De- 

 partment of Agriculture in regard to 

 obtaining a scientitically-accurate 

 analysis of honey. 



D. A. Jones gave his metliod of 

 queen-rearing as follows: Get a 

 colony very strong, either by adding 

 brood or young bees, then remove the 

 queen and brood, and give tlie bees 

 eggs from a choice queen. A large 

 number of excellent ciueens will be 

 the result. Such a colony can build 

 at least H lots of cells. Italians are 

 poor cell-builders. Queens reared in 

 this manner lay sooner, and are better 

 developed. 



James Heddon — These excellent 

 results may be the result of " contrac- 

 tion,'" i. e., the bees should be many 

 In proportion to the space. 



N. W. McLain— It is amazing to 

 me why breeders pay so much atten- 

 tion to the rearing of queens and so 

 little to the rearing of drones. If 

 such wonderful results have been se- 

 cured in rearing queens, the same 

 treatment in rearing drones will im- 

 prove them in the same manner, and 

 it should not be forgotten that prepo- 

 tency is on the male side. Both the 

 "Pollen Theorists" and Mr. Barber 

 are correct. If the environments are 

 right, the pollen does no harm ; if the 

 pollen is not there, no harm will come 

 if the environments are not right. 



I). A. Jones — There is a way of 

 "squeezing" bees into the sections 

 .by putting the brood-combs close 

 together, and more surplus will thus 

 be secured. I am so thoroughly con- 

 vinced of the advantage of this that I 

 make all my hives so that the combs 

 are \% inches from centre to centre. 



T. L. VonDorn— I have used combs 

 only 1 ?4 inches f torn center to center, 

 and vv'as surprised at the good results. 



D. A. Jones — When the honey har- 

 vest is coming to a close, I remove I3 

 of the combs, and the bees build 

 out the upper part of the combs and 

 Hll them with honey ; the wide spaces 

 below the honey are excellent places 

 for the bees to cluster. 



James Ileddon— By using combs far 

 apart, the inducement to building 

 drone-comb is increased. 



D. A. Jones— In introducing virgin 

 queens I let them run in at the en- 

 trance. Do not disturb the bees. I 

 can introduce laying queens by put- 

 ting them into a top-feeder and let- 

 ting them work their way down 

 through the feeder into the hive. In 

 using chloroform for introducing 

 queens it is better to use it at evening 

 OE in the morning, when the bees are 

 not flying, as those that came in might 

 kill the queen. If done in the middle 

 of the day, give them another puff or 

 two a few minutes after the queen 

 has run in. 



L. C. Root— One of the greatest 

 stumbling-blocks in the way of ad- 

 vancement is the oft-repeated cry, 

 " It is not according to nature !" It is 

 not a question of " naturalness," but 

 it is, "All things considered, is it 

 best V" 



Mr. Manum stated that he had been 

 very successful in getting colonies 

 with laying workers to accept a queen. 



by introducing her with a couple of 

 frames of brood in all stages. This 

 restored the colony to a normal con- 

 dition. 



D. A. Jones said this plan would 

 work with all but pure Cyprians or 

 Syrians, which were incorrigible. 



Ex-President Root then addressed 

 the meeting, summing up some of the 

 interesting features of the present 

 gathering, expressing his satisfaction 

 at the success wliich had attended the 

 convention, and said that the hour had 

 now come when we must part. 



Adjourned sine die. 



W. Z. Hutchinson, Sec. 





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believe are nearer perfection now 

 than they were when they commenced 

 experimenting. However, time will 

 tell. 



Honey and Beeswax Market. 



Nebraska State Bee-Keepers' Associ- 

 ation. — W. F. Wright, of Johnson, 

 o^ Nebr., Secretary of the Association, 

 desires to make the following an- 

 nouncement : 



The eighth annual meeting of the 

 Nebraska State Bee-Keepers' Associ- 

 ation will be held at Lincoln, Nebr., 

 on Jan. 13, 14 and 1.5, 1886, the first 

 session beginning at 3:30 p.m., on the 

 13th. Notices will be posted at the 

 Lincoln Depots, directing bee-keep- 

 ers to the Hall in which the meet- 

 ing will be held. All are cordially in- 

 vited to attend. By new arrangements 

 made with the B. & M. and U. P. R. 

 R. Companies, all who wish to attend 

 the Convention must call for and 

 OBTAIN certiHcatesat their respective 

 depots, and pay full fare to Lincoln. 

 Then, at any time during the sessions 

 present such certificates to me, and 1 

 will certify to the same, which will 

 entitle all who hold such certificates, 

 to a return ticket at one-third fare. 

 Do not fail to call for certificates 

 to the Convention when purchasing 

 tickets to Lincoln. 



Wintering Bees.— Elias Fox, Hills- 

 borough,+o Wis., on Dec. 6, 1885, 

 writes : 



My method of wintering bees is as 

 follows : I make benches of 2x4 

 studding, with four legs under each 

 about 10 inches long, and place the 

 hives (which have tight bottoms) on 

 the benches in the cellar, removing 

 the covers, and covering the hives 

 with coffee-sacking. Then I place on 

 either end of the hive, sticks the 

 length of the width of the hive,lj-4xl,'4 

 inches square, and on these I place 

 the next tier of hives. I also leave 

 the entrances the same as when on 

 the summer stands. I have wintered 

 my bees this way for the last two 

 winters, with good results, notwith- 

 standing the last very severe winter ; 

 and they had natural stores with 

 plenty of pollen. I do not claim that 

 I have solved the wintering problem, 

 as some do, who feed their bees 

 wholly on sugar syrup, and advise 

 leaving the hive-cover on, but I do 

 say that so far I have been as success- 

 ful as they, and some of them I do not 



Office of the American Bee JonnNAi,, 1 

 Monday, 10 a. m., Dec. 21, 1S85. ( 



The following are the latest quota- 

 tions for honey and beeswax received 

 up to this hour : 



CHICAGO. 



HONE Y.- The market is without special change 

 since last quotations. Wliite comb honey in one- 

 pound sections brings I'xait^c. A little fancy sells 

 at 17c. in a small way. Oark comb honey sell slowly. 

 Nearly all of the white comb honey comes from 

 the East. Extracted is held lirmly at from 6(980. 



BEESVVA.V.-25C. 



K. A. BCTtKKTT. 161 Soutta Water St. 



NEW YOKK. 



HONEY.— The market for comb honey is quite 

 active, and the demand nearly equal to the supply. 

 Prices are eradually shading, owintr to the fact of 

 many producers selling their entire crop in this 

 city at very low prices, thereby enabling the pur- 

 chasers to sell low and realize a handsome profit. 

 Large lots have been sold here at y^ioc. for fancy 

 goods. In consequence of no honey coming in 

 frnm the West, we can see no reason why good 

 pyces should not be obtained, e.xcept as above 

 stated. Present quotations are : Fancy white 1-lb. 

 spctions. 14tqii5c.; the same in :2-lb. sections, IIH® 

 liij;fic.; fancy buckwheat hfiney in 1-lh. sections 

 ll'^il^c: in :i-lb3., D'^lnc. Otf grades 1 to 2c. less. 



BEBSWAX-Prime yellow. 25(!»28c. 



MCCAUL & HlLDRKTH BROS., 34 Hudson St. 



ST. LOUIS. 

 HONE Y.— The market is quiet and the demand 

 light just now. We quote prices as follows:— 

 Choice comb honey. 10@rjc. Extracted, in bar- 

 rels, 4!^(^.'^c. Extra fancy of bright color and in 

 l-lb. packages, M advance on above prices. 



D. G. TUTT & CO., Commercial St. 



CINCINNATI. 



HONEY.— There is a very slow demand from 

 manufacturers, for extracted honey, with a large 

 supply on the market, while the demand is very 

 good for clover honey in square glass jars. Prices 

 for all qualities are low and range from 4@8c a lb. 

 Supply and demand is fair for choice comb honey 

 in small sections, which brings I2(qjl5c. per lb. 



BEESWAX.— Good yellow is in good demand, 

 and arrivals are fair, at 20('ft22c. per lb. 



C. F. MUTH. Freeman & Central Ave. 



CLBVBLANO. 



HONEY.— The market since our last report has 

 improved very much and there is a good opening 

 tor very choice white I-lh. sections, for which 14@ 

 15c. is obtained Our stock of new is very light at 

 present but of the old we have a good supply 

 which we sell at li.i® 13c. for white l-lb. sectit>n8. 

 E.xtracted honey is slow at 6&J7C. for best white 

 clover and basswood. 



BEESWAX.— Very scarce at 20@22c. 



A. C. Kkndkl, 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, sectionB 

 are still scarce and pretty well taken up at 1H(§)17c. 

 We think, however, that the top is reached and 

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

 are selling at 12W(aji,-,c. Extracted, dark, 4(a6 cts.; 

 white. 7(.«i.Hc. 



BEESWAX,— 22!^®2,'ic. 



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



BOSTON. 

 HONEY.— It is selling 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 l-lb. sections at I4(jiil6c., and 2-lb. sec- 

 tUins at 12(^14c. Extracted. 6oHc. 

 BEESWAX.— 30 cts. per lb. 



BLAKE & KIPLKT, 57 Chatham Street. 



SAN FKANC18C0. 



HONEY'. -Choice comb honey is in light supply 

 and is bringing tlrm figures. There is a fair move- 

 ment in best qualities of extracted at steadyrates. 

 We quote as follows -^ White to extra white comb, 

 10rrt,l2^c.; amber, 7f<t8c. Extracted, white liquid, 

 r,}i(ari}4c.: light amber colored, i^'ri4%c.; amber 

 and candied. 4Xc.; dark and candied, 4'a,4Mc, 



BEESWAX.— Quotable at 2302'>c.. wholesale. 

 O. B. Smith & Co., 423 Front Street. 



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