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CONVEKTIO!^ DIRECTORY. 



Time and place of inecting. 



1891. 

 -Jan. I, 2.— Michigan State, at Detroit. Mich. 



U. D. Cuttinji. Sec, Clinton. Jlich. 



-Jan. 16, 17.— Indiana '^tate. at Indianapolis, Ind. 



Geo. C Tliompsou, See. Soutiiport, liid. 



Mav 7,— Susquehanna County, at Montrose, Pa. 



11. M. Seeley, Sec, Harlord, Pa. 



■ In order to have this table complete, 

 Secretaries are requested to forward full 

 particulars of the time and the place of 

 each future meeting. — The Editor. 



ITorth American Bee-Keepers' Association 

 President— P. H. EUvood. ..Starkville, N. Y. 

 SECRET-\nv— C. P, Dadaut Hamilton, Ills. 



ITational Bee-Keepers' Union. 



President— James Heddou ..Dowagiac, Mich. 

 Sec'y and Manager— T. G. Newman, Chicago. 



eleven tons of candied honey, all in 60- 

 pound tins, which had to be liquefied and 

 run into small receptacles to suit the 

 English purchaser.'' I was referring at the 

 time to the unforeseen difliculties, and the 

 unthought-of expenses attending a large 

 honey exhibit. It is not likely we went to 

 England to set up a display of honey before 

 the eyes of the world, all of which was 

 done up in 60-pouud tins. It would be a 

 rather tame spectacle. R. McKnicut. 



Owen Sound, Out., Dec. 8, 1890. 



Accountetl For. 



Joshua Bull's article on Nectar, on page 

 810, very definitely states the reasons for 

 the poor honey -flow during the season in 

 this locality (Allegany Co., N. Y.). I 

 secured but 600 pounds of white-clover 

 honey from my 22 colonies of black bees, 

 spring count, and no Fall honey. My bees 

 have increased to -10 colonies. 



Chas. Taset. 



Houghton, N. Y., Dec. 4, 1890. 



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lusiirinj;' Bees. 



On page 811 E. L. Plumb asks about 

 insuring bees. I have my bees, valued at 

 S5.00 per colony, insured in the Pha'uix of 

 Hartford, Conn., for two thirds their value 

 while in the cellar. My house and furni- 

 ture, bees and fixtures, are insured at 

 farm rates, si. 00 per hundred, or 1 per 

 cent, for 5 years. L. Eastwood. 



Waterville, O., Dec. 9, 1890. 



Under a Cloiitl. 



Our favorite pursuit is under a cloud at 

 present, owing to the extreme drouth that 

 is prevalent throughout this section of 

 Illinois. Plant growth is brown and 

 seared, and springs dried up ; and unless 

 we are soon blessed with copious showers 

 or snows, wheat, clover, etc., will be dead, 

 making agricultural and honey production 

 among the uncertainties for another year. 

 J. M. Hamhai'iui. 



Spring, Ills., Dec. 5, 1890. 



IVo L.osses in fVinter. 



I keep 80 colonies of bees for my own 

 amusement, aud they have done" fairly 

 well this season. They averaged about 25 

 pounds of honey to the colony. The honey 

 harvest was very short here last spring. I 

 am 72 years of age, but take great pleas- 

 ure with my bees, which I winter in a cel- 

 lar, and have had no losses. 



D. E. Norton. 



Independence, Mo., Dec. 8, 1890. 



Bassvf ooil iu rVew Jersey. 



Will some one please inform me if there 

 are any basswood, or native sugar-maple 

 woods in Northern New Jersey ? 



Trenton, N. J. Joseph Eoiiret. 



NortliMestern Pennsylvania. 



The hone}' crop in Northwestern Penn- 

 sylvania is a complete failure ; so much so 

 that it is doubtful it half of the colonies 

 will winter excepting those which have 

 Vieen fed. White clover never blossomed 

 more profusely than during the past sea- 

 son, but for some reason — the weather per- 

 hajjs — there was no honey iu the blossoms, 

 and the bees just skipped the white clover. 

 Basswood has not yielded any honey in 

 this vicinity for three years. 



Cteokge Spitler. 



Mosiertown. Pa., Dec. 8, 1890. 



The Pacific Coast. 



Allow me to say to Mr. C. Theilmann, in 

 regard to his advice, not "to listen to 

 boomers," that Washington does not need 

 any booming, for its climate, the health of 

 the people, and its wealth-producing facili- 

 ties all speak for themselves, and although 

 not a bee country as yet (it being compara- 

 tively new), the prospects for bee-culture 

 are equally as good, if not better, as those 

 of Minnesota and many of the older States. 

 John Boehstleu. 



Vashon, Wash., Dec. 4, 1890. 



Candied Honey. 



In the report (page 758) of the Interna 

 tional meeting I am made to say, "We 

 exhibited eleven tons of honey at the 

 Colonial E.xhibition," and the inference is 

 that this constituted our entire exhibit. 

 The same statement is repeated in the 

 Official Report just imblished. 1 would 

 have taken no notice of this, had I not 

 been taken to task some time ago as to the 

 quantity actually shown by us on that 

 occ£ision as stated by me. What I did say 

 at the International was, "That we had 



A Favoraltic Outlook. 



The few warm days of last month found 

 my bees on the wing, and everything indi- 

 cates successful wiuteriug. The bees are 

 in chaff hives, and are still on the Summer 

 stands. J. M. YouNG. 



Plattsmouth, Nebr., Dee. 6, 1890. 



Honey Tank. 



I wish some one wonld describe a good 

 honey tank, or a receptacle that can be 

 used as such ; I use a barrel, but in spite 

 of all the tightening of hoops and waxing, 

 it will leak. Axhert Vought. 



lUaware, La., Dec. 2, 1890. 



Japan 4'lover. 



In reference to Japan clover, page 809, I 

 will say to D. E Barker that I have spent 

 tliree Springs in Tennessee, near Memphis, 

 where there was Japan aud white clover, 

 and I never saw a bee on the former, while 

 they were plentiful on the latter, and 

 though there were large fields of both, I 

 never was able to find any white-clover 

 honey that was stored in May (that is the 

 white clover month there). On June 10, 

 1889, 1 left my bees. Before going I took 

 out all of the surplus, and divided the un- 

 finished sections among those that I thought 

 would need it, and on returning, the last of 

 March, 1890, I found 1 section of clover 

 honey, and 3 others that had some in them, 

 which, I think, was gathered from the sec- 

 ond crop of red clover, as the white was all 

 dead when I left, and the bees that gath- 

 ered it were hybrids. I did not find any in 

 the hives of the blacks. This is the opinion 

 of T. M. Edwards, a dose observer, and a 

 man of large experience in apiculture in 

 this country. Tiios. C. St.^nley. 



Boy leston, Ills., Dec. 8, 1890. 



HONEY AND BEESWAX MARKET. 



CHICAGO, Nov. 26.— There is not the vol- 

 ume of trade usual at this season, yet prices 

 are without matei'ial chang^e since last quota- 

 tions. Best lots of white honey in 1-pound 

 sectious, briugs ITwlSc; brown and dark, 

 slow, at uncertain prices. E.vtracted, 7@8c 

 per pound. Our stock is light, as to quantity, 

 but is kept well up to demand by daily re- 

 ceipts. Beeswax, 27@'28c. 



R. A. BUKNETT. 161 S. Water St. 



DENVER, COLO., Nov. 28.— First grade 1-lb. 

 sections, 16(5;18c. Supply e.xceeds the demand 

 at present. Beeswax, 25@28c. 



J. M. CLARK COM. CO., 15X7 Blake St. 



DETROIT, Dec. 13.— Comb noney In good 

 demand at 15(ai7c per lb. Extracted, 7@9c. 

 Beeswax, 27@28c. 



M H. HUNT. Bell Branch. Mich. 



NEW YORK, Dec. 6.— We quote: Fancy 1- 

 Ibs., white, 16@17o.; 2-lbs., white. i:}@14c. 

 Otf grades, 1-lbs., 1.3(ai4c.: 2-lbs.. 12 cents. 

 Buckwheat, 1-lbs., 12®13c.; 2-lbs., 11 cents. 

 Extracted, white clover aud basswood, 8i/4@9c 

 buckwheat, 6i4@7c.; California. C34@7!4c.; 

 Southern, 65@70c i>er gallon. Market has 

 been inactive for weeks. Beeswax, 2,5((j>26c. 

 HILDRETH BROS. & SEGELKEN, 

 28-30 West Broadway. 



KANSAS CITY, MO., Dec. 13.— Comb and 

 extracted honey is not selling as fast as we 

 wotild like to see it. Market is quiet. We 

 quote 1-lb. white corub at ie<5)18c; 1-lb. dark, 

 12@14c; 2-lb. white. 14@15c; 2-lb. dark, 12® 

 13c; extracted, 6®7c. Beeswax, 2.")C. 

 CLBMONS, M.ISON & CO., 



Cor. 4th and Walnut StB. 



CINCINNATI, Nov. 12.— There is a good de- 

 mand for all kinds of honey. Arrivals are 

 fair of all but comb honey and Southern ex- 

 tracted. Small lots only of each are arriving, 

 and arc sold immediately. California honey 

 sccnis to be as highl.v appreciated in our 

 inurlict as the best clover honey. We quote 

 choice comb honey nominal at 10®18c per lb. 

 Extracted honey at .">'-i®Sc per lb. 



Beeswax is in good demand at 24(r526c., for 

 good to choice yellow. C. F. MUTH i: SON, 

 Corner Freeman & Central Aves. 



CHICAGO, Dec. 12. — New honey arriving 

 very slowly, demaud active, and all receipts 

 arc 'taken promptly. We quote: White clover 

 1-lhs.. 16(n:il8c.: 2-Ibs.. 14@1.5c.; dark 1-lbs., 

 ll(S;12c; 2-lbs., 9®inc. Extracted meets with 

 ijuic'k sale, values ranging from 6'/j@7V4 cts., 

 depending- upon quality and style of package. 

 Beeswax, 28®30c. 



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



BOSTON, Nov. 28.— We quote fancy white 

 1-pounrt combs, 10@20c; fair to good, 18@19c. 

 No 2-11). comtis in the market. E.xtracted, 7® 

 9c. No licpswax on hand. 



BLAKE & RIPLEY^, 57 Chatham Street. 



ALT..\NY. N. Y'., Dec. 6, 1800.— The honey 

 market is cpiiet, but stock is light aud prices 

 well sustaiued. We are selling white at 16® 

 l20c: mixed, 14@15c: buckwheat, 13@14c. 

 Extracted, white, .sii@10c: amber, 7®8e; 

 dark. GiT'iOi.^c. Beeswax, 28@30c. 



H." R. WRIGHT, 326-328 Broadway. 



