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T'M® mm^mmicmn mmm joi^KifMi*. 



was excliuled) gave him but 6 cents to 

 «over his WDunded feelings and dam- 

 ages ! So mucli for IS^^T. 



I will not tire you by going over 

 ISSS. 188',l and 18110, but in eouclusion 

 will say. that in all attacks against the 

 pursuit of bee-keepers, which the Union 

 has tleenied it expedient to vindicate, 

 it has scored a victory — what no in- 

 <lividual could have done single- 

 handed ! 



It is strange that any bee-keeper 

 should hesitate to become a member 

 of the Union ! It ought to have thou- 

 sands of members, where now it has 

 only about 450. If the Union is to 

 <^ontinue its good work, it must be 

 supported both by the financial as well 

 as the moral intiuence of all apiarists 

 of America. It only costs $1 per year 

 to belong to it. and how dare you. my 

 brother apiarists, to be without it ? 



Platteville. Wis. 





Poor Season for Honey. 



This has been a poor season for honey in 

 this part of Obio. I started in the spring 

 with 54 colonies, increased them by nat- 

 ural swarming to 92, and took about 850 

 pounds of honey in sections. I did not 

 extract any, therefore my beee are all in 

 good condition for winter, except 3 or 4, 

 and those I am feeding. There is a splen- 

 did sward of white clover on the ground 

 now for another year, if the winter is not 

 too severe. I am a great friend of the Bee 

 JiUHX.M., and wish that every bee-keeper 

 in the country would read it. 



E. Hexki.e. 



Washington C. H., O., Oct. 15, 1890. 



3i« Fall Honey !!$ecure<I. 



I commenced the season of 1890 with 28 

 colonies of bees, 2 of which were queen- 

 less. I increased them to 40 colonies, and 

 obtained about 1,000 pounds of clover 

 honey. There is no fall honey here. Cool, 

 dry weather prevailed most of the time, 

 but the bees have plenty of stores for 

 winter. Jerry Scott. 



Clarinda. Iowa, Oct. 16. 1890. 



Utile Honey on Ilie Market. 



The honey season here is a complete fail- 

 ure, as far as surplus is concerned, and of 

 honey there is little of any kind to be seen 

 upon the market. The backward spring so 

 weakened some colonies that they barely 

 regained their strength, und gathered 

 enough to winter. Strong colonies that 

 were carefully ted and provided for in the 

 spnng, so they did not suflfcr, have gath- 

 ered very little surplus. During such sea- 

 sons I learn that it does not pay to have 

 weak colonies, and I am strongly impressed 

 with the idea of keeping no great number 

 at one place, so that I hardly ever fail of 

 some surplus, as I find that those in a small 

 ■ut apiary have a little surplus, with 

 scarcely more trouble than looking them 

 over several times. 



Marshville, O. Cmui-tun' Weckesseu. 



Too Wet for Honey-Secretion. 



The honey crop was very poor here this 

 season. Most of the bee-keepers did not 

 get any honey. I had only 400 pounds of 

 comb honey from 36 colonies — all from 

 basswood ; and we had to feed for winter. 

 My bees have usuallj' obtained a good deal 

 of golden-rod honey, but the rains cut off 

 the crop this fall. There were quantities 

 of flowers of both golden-rod and asters. 

 ASHER M. CoE. 



Coe Ridge, 0., Oct. 13, 1890. 



HONEY AND BEESWAX MARKET. 



Bees and Oolden-Rod. 



Bees are busy humming on golden-rod 

 here. I can smell it when visiting an 

 apiary, and I often see them working on 

 it in the fields. There are hundreds of acres 

 of golden rod in full bloom at Brocton, and 

 the bees are busy on it all the time. No 

 one here claims that bees eat grapes. One 

 enthusiastic grape-grower keeps 20 colonies 

 of bees, and another has 18 colonies. This 

 is a grand country for grapes. There are 

 4,000 acres of grapes under cultivation 

 here, and 10 carloads of grapes are being 

 daily shipped. One man ships 2,000 

 baskets a week from 60 acres. 



J. W. Tefft. 



Brocton, N. Y., Oct. 8, 1890. 



Ciood Honey Crop. 



Our honey crop is about an average ; 

 from 100 to 175 pounds of comb honey 

 per colony, spring count. Our honey is so 

 thick as to make it very difficult to ex- 

 tract. Wm. Willis. 



Montrose, Colo., Oct. 11, 1890. 



Halt a Crop. 



The bees did not do well in this section 

 this season, owing to the wet and cloudy 

 weather, both in the early and latter part 

 of the honey season. Swarms and honey 

 were only about half an average. 



H. J. Strebv. 



Spring Gap, W. Va,, Oct. 7, 1890, 



Fair Crop of Honey. 



I got 40 pounds of extracted clover and 

 linden honey per colony. I have not yet 

 found time to take the fall honey off, but 

 expect to have from 15 to 20 pounds each, 

 from my 20 colonies, D E. Robhins. 



Payson, Ills., Oct. 20, 1890. 



Almost a Failure. 



The honey season has closed here with 

 almost a failure, as far as surplus is con- 

 cerned. I secured about 700 pounds of 

 extracted honey from 50 colones, but the 

 bees are generally well supplied with stores 

 for winter. Golden-rod saved us ; without 

 it we would have been compelled to feed 

 the bees for winter stores. L. G, Piuvis, 



Forest City, Mo., Oct. 20, 1890. 



Alsike tor Honey. 



My honey crop this year \i;as a complete 

 failure, with the exception of my Alsike 

 clover, which, being pastuved, has con- 

 tinued to bloom the entire season, and my 

 50 colonies of bees have gathered enough 

 from the fall blossoms to winter them 

 nicely. Bruce Knight. 



Utica, Mich,, Oct, 20, 1890, 



Cliit>s of 5 for .$4,00 to any addresses. 

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



DENVER, Oct, 13,— Wc quote: 1-lbs., first 

 grade. 16@18e. Ext, 7®8c, Beeswax, 20@2.5c 

 J. M. CLARK COM. CO.. 1517 Blake St. 



DETROIT, Oct. 13.— No white honey in the 

 market: dark or fall hone.\' seUs at 14@15c. — 

 Extracted, 7(Si8c. Beeswax, 2T@28c, 



M H. HUNT. BeU Branch. Mich. 



NEW YORK, Oct. 24.— We quote: Fanev 1- 

 Ibs., while, 16@18e.; 2-lbs., white, 14®l5c. 

 Off grades, 1-lbs., 14(».1,')0, : 2-lbs.. 12@13c. 

 Buckwheat. 1-lbs., 12@i:!c.; 2-lbs., 10®llc.— 

 Extracted, white clover ;iiid basswood, 8@8!4c 

 buckwheat. 7c.: Calit'ornia,6(4@7 cents per lb. 

 Southern. 70c per gallon, 



HILDRETH BKOS, & SEGELKEN, 

 28-30 West Broadway. 



MILWAUKEE, Oct. 11.— Market is in good 

 condition for hone.v: demand is steady and 

 good values maintained, while the supply is 

 fair to meet the current demands. We quote: 

 Choice white 1-lbs,, 17(o 18c. : good white 1-lbs. 

 10@17c. Dark and old 1-lbs., 10@12c. Ex- 

 tracted, white in barrels. H^j^Oc; iu kegs or 

 tin. 9®9i4c. : dark, in barrels or kegs, 6@7c. — 

 Beeswax, 26®30c. 



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



CHICAGO, Oct, 11.— Best grades of honey 

 sell at 17@18c. For brown and dark in un- 

 cleaned sections there is a light demand, the 

 prices having to be shaded to meet the view's 

 of the lew buyers there arc for that grade. — 

 Extracted, steady at 7®8c.— demand is good. 

 Beeswax, 27®28c. 



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



CHICAGO, Oct. 11. — New honey arriving 

 very slowly, demand active, and all receipts 

 are taken prompt!j\ We quote: White clover 

 1-lbs.. 16@18c.: 2-lbs., 14@15c.; dark 1-lbs,, 

 ll@12c; 2-lbs,, 9@10e. Extracted meets with 

 quick sale, values ranglog from 6^®7'^ cts., 

 depending upon qnalitj' and style of package. 

 Beeswax, 28®i30c. 



S. T. FISH & CO.. 189 S. Water St. 



KANSAS CITT. Oct. 24.— We quote 1-lb. 

 white comb, 16@18c: 1-lb. dark comb, 12@14c; 

 extracted. 5@7c. California 1-lb. white comb. 

 16®17c: 1-lb. extra C & C. 16c; 2-lb. extra 

 C & 0, 14c; 2-lb. white, l,">c: extracted, 6 ".®7c. 

 CLEMONS. MASON & CO., 



Cor. 4th and Walnut Sts. 



CINCINNATI. Oct. 18.— The demand for ex- 

 tracted honey is good, with almost no dark on 

 the market. We have bought the second car- 

 load of California honey, for which there is a 

 good trade; but it will not fill the place of 

 Southern honey with many manufacturers. 

 Extracted honey brings ,")',4®8 cents a pound. 

 There is no comb honey in our market. 



Beeswax is iu good demand at 24®26c., for 

 good to choice yellow. C, F. MUTH \- SON, 

 Corner Freeman & Central Aves. 



CATARRH. 



CATARRHAL DEAFNESS-HAY FEVER. 



A Ne^ Home Treatment. 

 Sufferers are not generally aware that 

 these diseases are contagious, or that they 

 are due to the presence of living parasites 

 in the lining membrane of the nose and 

 eustachian tubes. Microscopic research, 

 however, has proved this to be a fact, and 

 the result of this discovery is that a simple 

 remedy has been formulated whereby 

 catarrh, catarrhal deafness and hay fever 

 are permanently cured in from one "to three 

 simple applications made at home by the 

 patient once in two weeks. 



N. B, — This treatment is not a snuff or an 

 ointment; both have been discarded by 

 reputable physicians as injurious. A 

 pamphlet explaining this new treatment is 

 sent free on receipt of stamp to pay pos- 

 tage, by A. H. Dixon & Son, 337 and 339 

 West King Street, Toronto, Canada. — 

 Christian Advocate. 



Sufferers from Catarrhal troubles should 

 carefully read the above. 

 DOE26t Iraly. 



