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light as much of our white clover. It blos- 

 soms earlier or later, and the tubes vary 

 very much in length. This habit of varia- 

 tion enables us to select and breed new 

 varieties. It is not improbable that by 

 selecting heads with short flower-tubes, we 

 might soon get a variety that bees could 

 easily worli on.— A. J. Cook. 



I put 52 colonies of bees in the bee-cellar 

 iu tbe fall, and took out 53 in the spring — 

 all in good condition. The bees did nicely 

 until the middle of June, but from then on 

 until now I have had to feed them ; but 

 they are making their own living now. 

 The white clover was winter killed, and 

 linden blossoms did not amount to any- 

 thing. Fked Bott. 



Wabasha, Minn., July 28, 1890. 



Poor treason tor Itees. 



It has been rather a poor season for bees. 

 Some have had no swarms or honey. The 

 spring was cold and wet up to June 15.; 

 some bees starved at that date. I had to 

 feed some of mine. I have only 4 swarms 

 so far from 28 colonies, spring count, and 

 400 pounds of comb honey ; but I have 

 lots of bees now, and if the weather is 

 favorable, I will get some from golden rod, 

 as bees work well on it in this State. 



Edgar Ricard. 



Canaan Center, N. H., July 26, 1890. 



Bees are Uoiiigr Poorly. 



I have 21 colonies; they had but little 

 honey when put out, but I fed them, as 

 they had to live until the first of July, when 

 I do not think there was a hive with half a 

 pound of honey in it. The foreportof June 

 the hives were full of bees, and ready to 

 swarm. It was wet and cold through June, 

 and I do not think that there are as many 

 bees in the hives now as there was the first 

 of June. One man here with 40 colonies 

 paid no attention to them after putting the 

 bees out, and he lost half of them. 



C. L. LOVELAND. 



Plainview, Minn., July 28, 1890. 



A Diseased <^oloiij'. 



There is something wrong with one col- 

 ony of my bees, as so many of them are 

 dying. They act so strangely ; they turn 

 black, and drag one another out, three or 

 four struggling with one bee. Being a 

 novice in bee-culture, I do not know what 

 is the matter. I do not keep bees for profit, 

 but for pleasure ; but from what I gather 

 from the Bee Journal, I think that it must 

 be foul brood. I thought at first that they 

 were robbing, and again I thought they 

 were old bees, but the drones dropping 

 dead at the front of the hive dispelled that 

 thought ; otherwise the colony seems 

 strong, a. W. Sapp. 



Renovo, Pa., July 28, 1890. 



[See our reply to Mr. Semke, on page 

 524 of last week's Bee Journal. — Ed.] 



Xlie White Clover Oop. 



When spring opened, my 50 full colonies 

 and nuclei had wintered without loss. 

 They received quite a set back, however, 

 by not getting any honey from the fruit- 

 bloom. Later on, the wet weather with 

 cool nights made the yield from white 

 clover very ligbt, with few swarms. As 

 the basswood bloom is nearly gone, and 

 no honey from this, I think that it will be 



safe to report less than one-fourth of a 

 white honey crop from this section ; and 

 this will be nearly all stored by the Ital 

 ians, from what I have heard. I do not 

 think that the blacks will average 5 pounds 

 of white honey per colony, and no swarms. 

 They lack the energy of the Italians, and 

 the ditfereuce has been more marked this 

 season than in the good ones. Buckwheat 

 looks favorable, and we may secure some- 

 thing from it. C. Russell. 

 Conesville, N. Y., July 28, 1890. 



^.^^IMESBMIOAS^,,^^ 



IIoiicy-FIo>v -wan Short. 



"If it would only rain." "I won't get 

 any corn." "My potatoes are no good." 

 " My garden is all dried up." Such are 

 some of the expressions heard around here 

 just now, for we have had no rain to speak 

 of for six weeks. We had a small shower 

 which furnished the bees with enough 

 work to keep them out of mischief. The 

 boney-fiow was good, but very short this 

 season. 



On July 22 we buried our little baby boy. 

 He was only two weeks old. 



Ed. E. S.mith. 



Carpenter, Ills., July 29, 1890. 



HONEY AND BEESWAX MARKET. 



NEW YORK, July 7.— New Southern ex- 

 tracted is arriving trcoly, hut the quality is 

 poor, and prices are declining. We quote 

 from 60@6.5 cents per gallon. New extracted 

 orang-e blossom hone.v. 7@7Vi cents. New ex- 

 tracted California white sage, 6@6'/2C. Cali- 

 tornia light amber, .^HtSia^c. Beeswax, scarce 

 and firm at 29@30c. 



HILDRETH BROS. & SEGELKEN, 



28-30 West Broadway. 



KANSAS CITY, July 15.— The receipts of 

 new comb lioney are light, and demaud equal 

 to the receipts. One-pouud white comb is sell- 

 ing at 14@15c. Very little demand for ex- 

 tracted at present. Beeswax, 25c. 



CLEMONS, MASON & CO., 

 (Successors to demons, Cloon & Co.) 



Cor. 4th and Walnut Sts. 



CHICAGO, July 8.— Market is bare of honey 

 of all kinds, both comb and extracted. New 

 comb will bring 13c. A little fancy has been 

 sold at 15c. Extracted from 6@8c. Weather 

 is warm, but there is some demand. Beeswax, 

 27@28c. 



R. A. BURNETT, 161 S. Water St. 



MILWAUKEE, July 14.— The demand for 

 honey is good for this season of the year. The 

 sujipiy of old crop is fair— equal to the de- 

 mand. We can quote: White 1-lbs., choice, 

 13(Sil4c; medium white 1-lbs.. 12@13c; dark 

 1-lbs., good, 10@llc: white extracted in bar- 

 rels and half barrels, 7(?7'7Hc; white extracted 

 in kegs and tin cans, 7'/i@8c; dark, in barrels 

 and kegs, 6@6l4c. Beeswax, 28@30c. 



A. V. BISHOP, 142 W. Water St. 



DETROIT, July 8.— No new honey in the 

 market, and no desirable old is left. It is quo- 

 ted at 10®13c. Extracted, 7®8c. Beeswax, 

 27@28c. 



M. H. HUNT. Bell Branch. Mich. 



BOSTON, July 23.— Fancy 1-lbs.. 16c; 2-lbs., 

 15c. Extracted. 8@9c. Honey sales are very 

 slow. We have recently received a shipment 

 from Michigan, of very fine stock, which is an 

 ample supply for us for the summer. 



BLAKE & RIPLEY, 57 Chatham Street. 



CINCINNATI, July 0.— Demand is good for 

 the new crop of exti-acted and comb honey, 

 .ludging by present arrivals, there has been a 

 good crop harvested. Exinicted brings 5@8c. 

 Comb honey, 12@.15c for best white. Beeswax, 

 iu good demand at 24f7/i2Gc on arrival. 



C. F. MUTH & SON, 



Corner Freeman & Central Aves. 



Cluhs of 5 for $4.00 to any addresses. 

 Ten for $7.50, if all are sent at one time. 



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