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Boston. 



The settlwl aversion of Bostoiiiaiis to all 

 kinds of darlc honey, has long been known 

 to tliose producers and dealers who have 

 marketed honey there. While they will- 

 'in^ly pay the highest i)rices for a fancy 

 white article, they cannot be induced to 

 buy, taste, or handle the dark grades. We 

 know a producer, who took 8000 pounds of 

 honey to that market, this year. 5000 was 

 light and 3000 dark. He sold out the light 

 to lirst-ciass advantage; the dark dragged. 

 He intrusted its sale to a commission house, 

 and went home. After several months, he 

 learned that no progress was being made 

 with its sale, and the lot was transferred to 

 another commission house, in Boston; and 

 they had no luck in disposing of it when it 

 was sent to New York, and at forced sale, 

 brought from 8 to 10 cts. per pound. We 

 advise our readers to never send dark honey 

 to Boston. 



Mr. David Geer, a regular "down easter," 

 and the pioneer honey peddler of the 

 United States, is located there. He is about 

 seventy years of age, and is reputed to be 

 worth over §100.000. He has made his 

 entire fortune by peddling honey, all 

 through the New England states, not unfre- 

 quently having 8 to 10 wagons on the road. 



The Walker Brothers, of Green Point, L. 

 I.; J. H. Dunham, and P. H. Lislie, of 

 Brooklyn; and the Raymond boys, of Sum- 

 merville, Mass. (now staid and reliable 

 dealers) all worked for Mr. Geer, and as 

 they developed, they " folded their tents, 

 like the Arabs, and silently stole away." 



Mr. S. J. Geer, of Medford, Mass., also a 

 wealthy and reliable dealer, is a brother of 

 Mr. David Geer. A remarkable peculiarity 

 of these two brothers and their ivivcs is, 

 they are all so hard of hearing that they 

 can hardly hear each other talk. 



Honey is selling, in Boston, at from 15 to 

 20 cts. for light, and 8 to 10 cts. for dark; no 

 demand for " strained." 



Valentine & Co., the celebrated 

 varnish men, of N. Y., refine large quanti- 

 ties of American beeswax, which they sell 

 through the Liverpool branch of their exten- 

 sive establishment. This firm handles from 

 5,000 to 0,000 pounds of beeswax per month, 

 and their brands have a world-wide reputa- 

 tion for purity. 



^W A patent has recently been issued to 

 M. Laflin, of Chicago, for a mixture of com- 

 position of paraffine and resin, for lining, or 

 coating barrels and lirkins. 



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E:^" While we are shipping honey to 

 England, that country is selling it to her 

 colonies and to otiier countries. If England 

 can afford to buy of us for her own con- 

 sumption, we certainly ought to be able to 

 compete with her tor the trade which she is 

 monopolizing from other countries. The 

 Paris Exposition will last six months; giv- 

 ing an excellent opportunity, as well as 

 ample time for all countries to become 

 acquainted with the superior quality of 

 American honey. As yet, we have heai'dof 

 but one exhibitor of honey from the U. S., 

 (H. K. & F. B. Thurber & Co.), and there 

 can be little doubt but that it will increase 

 their trade four-fold, and open up a valua- 

 ble and permanent business with many 

 new markets. 



In Peter's Museum, N. Y., at the 

 Academy of Sciences, is the effigy of Peter, 

 the Great, in beeswax, habited in a court 

 dress, that was worn by him, and shoes 

 made by his own hands. The wig is from 

 his own, dark hair, clipped after death. — 

 Ills ej'es were black and his stature about 

 six feet, three inches, according to a rod 

 shown, which is said to have been exactly 

 his height. 



lt^"A medal, a leather one, would be 

 appropriate — should be offered for honey 

 stored in the most xinmnrketnble shape, 

 and crated in the most inconvenient man- 

 ner, to be exhibited by dealers, at the next 

 National Convention— each exhibit to be 

 plainly labeled with producer's name and 

 address. It might have a good effect. 



^° W. H. Bowdlear, of Milk St., Boston, 

 a beeswax refiner, recently failed; liabili- 

 ties, .?26.000; assets, S5.000. Among other 

 creditors, were Thayer & Judd, manufac- 

 turers of parafBne wax. 



E^" It is estimated that the people of the 

 United States consume one dollar's worth 

 of sugar each, yearly. 



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Lack of success in the culture of bees, 

 comes more from ignorance, than from any 

 other cause."— Uamet. 



" Tlie Sweet By and By," when the 

 honey is passed two or three times to 

 the boarders on the opposite side of the 

 table before you can get it. 



The bees cell the honey, and the deal- 

 ers sell it. 



