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there is nothing else in this wide Uni- 

 verse that will do so luueh to make a 

 man energetic as to ■• have faith in 

 (rod," aci'ording to our motto. Why. tlie 

 very thought of it (ills me with aniiuation 

 and life. The rain makes trouble, it is 

 true; but my faith in (tod tells me that 

 all things shall worlv together for good 

 to all who love him. , 



Some of you may remember what I 

 touud in the vic-inity of Salt Lake City. 

 Utah — beautif\il white honey, equal to 

 any in the world, from sweet riover. 

 The sweet clover gi'ows all over the 

 mountains and |)lains : in faet. it grows 

 on the saleratus land, around Salt Lake, 

 where nothing else will grow. In many 

 localities near Ogden and Salt Lake City, 

 they told me that sweet clover was the 

 only source they had for honey ; and this 

 year we have reports of apiarii^s of some 

 size that have given '200 pounds per 

 "•olouy. The sweet clover also pays iu 

 other ways besides the honey it yields. 

 It furnishes valuable forage in that 

 locality, and when turned under, it 

 makes the ground fertile for other crojis 

 that would not i)roduce anything before, 

 on account of tlu^ alkali, or '-saleratus." 

 as they call it. Prol)ably hundreds of 

 colonies of bees would do well in this 

 region, where only one colony is kept 

 now. So, herc> is aucither of God"s gifts, 

 as yet almo.st undeveloped and unknown. 

 Sweet clover is there, growing sponta- 

 neously in all directions. 



Past experience seems to have taught 

 MS that not only is it true that no plant 

 bears honey invariably, but it is also 

 true that a great many plants may now 

 and then give quit(^ a yield of honey. 

 Doolittle got quite a crop of very nice 

 honey from teasel. Dr. Miller had quite 

 a little honey yield from cucumbers, 

 where they were raised for pickle fac- 

 tories. Spanish-needle, from the swamps, 

 sometimes gives large quantities of very 

 rich amber honey. Last season Dr. 

 lliller had a yield of very nice honey 

 right ,ilong for months : and. if I aril 

 correct, he does not know yet where it 

 <ame from. Wh(ui I visited him he asked 

 mo if I could see enough white clover, or 

 clover of any kind, to account for the 

 amount of honey that was then coming 

 in, I could not. And yet there was 

 nothing else visible to us. in our miles of 

 travel, that should furnish it. 



Rape somi^imes gives quite a flow of 

 beautiful honey in localities where the 

 I)lant is raised largely for seed. Mustard 

 lields also furnish more or less ; and we 

 bee-keepers should look for localities 

 where mustard-raising is a business. 



The question is sometimes asked, 

 ••Shall we give up our location and 

 move to a better one •?" Sometinu-s it 

 may pay us to do so, if we have decided 

 that honey raising is to be (Uir business 

 for life. But after we make the move, 

 we may discover that the hoiu-y has 

 (•eased in the new location ; and at the 

 same time we may find, too, that the 

 <>ld locality lias been blessed with a 

 bountiful flow. 



Instead of moving I would locate a 

 few colonies, say five or six miles away, 

 in different directions. Many of our bee- 

 keepers who have ■• out apiaries'" have 

 in this way fuiind points where the 



honey-yield is much better, year after 

 year, than in the home apiary. It is a 

 fact, that no two points seem to average 

 exactly alike. Some honey is to !)<■ 

 found almost everywhere, and occa- 

 sionally there comes a few days of boun- 

 tiful yields almost everywhere. 



Let us have faith — faith in the honey- 

 bees : faith in our fellow-men ; faith in 

 hard, earnest work, with both l)rain and 

 muscle : and finally let us, in the lan- 

 guage of our motto. "Have — faith — in — 

 (iiod." A. I. Root. 



J. D. Adams said hi.s bees had col- 

 lected honey which he calls hgart's- 

 ease ; though he had lots of Spanish- 

 needle, from which he does not believe 

 he gets any honey. 



J. M. Hambaugh showed a sample of 

 Spanish-needle honey. He believes in 

 migratory bee-keeping, and keeps three 

 apiaries from which he aims to get 

 two crops, and moves his bees from 

 the hills to the bottom-lands every fall, 

 and believes that his bees get but little 

 honey in the fall until the Spanish- 

 needle blooms. In the fall, he places 

 his bees right among the Spanish- 

 needle bloom. He believes in saving 

 steps to the bees, and knows that 

 there is" an advantage in putting them 

 right in the harvest fields. He rea- 

 lized 2,500 pounds of clover honey, 

 and 8,000 pounds of honey in all, and 

 gets better returns from his bees than 

 he could expect on the hills. Spanish- 

 needle honey sells very well. 



A. N. Draper had moved his bees 

 (96 colonies) from Alton to nine miles 

 below. He got 4,000 or 5,000 pounds. 

 His honey was the same as Mr. Ham- 

 baugh's. It is very thick. 



Dr. Miller asked about the use of 

 carbolic acid. 



Mr. Axtell used carbolic acid to 

 keep the bees from honey. 



A. N. Draper used carbolic acid to 

 keep the bees from a watering well. 



Dr. Miller asked if there was any 

 unpleasant odor left. 



Mr.Draper said: Yes, for a day or two. 

 Mrs. L. Harrison said that in Scot- 

 land county. Mo., she went through 

 hundreds of acres of Spanish-needles — 

 it was literally a sea of gold, and the 

 bees were rolling in the honey. 



H. Kellogg said there were two 

 kinds of Spanish-needles — the one 

 producing honey has larger flowers. 



S. A. Shuck called attention to the 

 button-ball as a honey-producer. This 

 bush is mentioned in the bee-books. It 

 grows in the Illinois bottom lands, and 

 yields honey after the linden in July. 

 It commences when the water is on 

 the land, and the button-bush is barely 

 out of the water. It is not a plant of 

 extensive production, as it lives only 

 in the water. He exhibited samples of 

 very light-colored honey from it. 



On motion the Convention adjourned 

 until the evening. 



HONEY AND BEESWAX MARKET. 



DENVER, Oct. 1.3.— We quote: 1-lbs., first 

 grade, 16@18f. Ext. 7(5 Kc. Beeswax, 20@2.5c 

 J. M. CLAHK COM. CO., 1517 Blake St. 



DETROIT, Oct, 1.3.— No white honey in the 

 market; dark or fall houev sells at 14@l.Te.— 

 Extracted, 7®8c. Beeswax, 27®28c. 



M H. HUNT. BeU Branch. Mich. 



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

 Ibs., white, 16@18o.; '^-Ibs., white, 14@ir)c. 

 Oflf grades, l-lbs„ 14("1.5c.; 2-lbs.. l'2@13c. 

 Buckwheat, l-lbs„ 12(yi:ie.; •2-lbs., 10@llc.— 

 Extracted, white clover and basswood, 8@8!4c 

 buckwheat, 7c. ; CaIil'ornia,6!4@7 cents per lb. 

 Southern, 70c per g-aUon. 



HILDRETH BROS, & SEGELKEN, 

 28-30 West Broadway. 



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 views 

 of the few buyers there are for that grade.— 

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

 Beeswax, 27®28c. 



K. A. BDHNETT, 161 S. Water St. 



CHICAGO, Oct. 11. — New honey arriving 

 very slowly, demand active, and all receipts 

 are taken promptlv. W'e quote: White clover 

 1-lbs., 10@18c,; 2-lbs., 14@15c.; dark 1-lbs., 

 ll(!j/12c; '.^-Ibs., 9@10c. Extracted meets with 

 quick sale, values ranging from 614@714 cts., 

 depending upon quality and style of package. 

 Beeswax, 28@30c. 



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



KANSAS CITY, Oct. 24,— We quote 1-lb. 

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

 extracted, 5@7c. California 1-Ib. white comb, 

 16@17c: 1-lb. e.xtra C & C. 16c; 2-lb. extra 

 C & C, 14c; 2-lb. white, l.ic: extracted,6!4@7c. 

 CLEMONS, MASON & CO.. 



Cor. 4th and Walnut Sta. 



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

 tracted honey is good, with almost no dark on 

 the market. \Ve 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 oi4@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. 



BOSTON. Oct. 24.— Honey is selling very 

 freely. Demand fullv equal to the supply. 

 We quote best 1-lb., 18@19c; 2-lb., 16@17c, 

 No beeswax on hand. 



BLAKE & RIPLEY, 57 Chatham Street. 



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