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COWVENTIOIV DIKECTORY. 



1891. 

 Jan. 7, 8.- 



Time and place of mecttJig. 



-Ontario, at St. Catharines. Ont. 



W. Cuuse, Sec, Streetsville, Ont. 



.Tan. 16, 17.— Indiana State, at Indianapolis, Ind. 



Geo. C. Ttiompson, Sec.. Soutliport, Ind. 



Jan. 22-24.— New Vork State, at Albany, N. Y. 



Geo. H. Kniclierbocker. Sec, Pine Plains, N. Y. 



Feb. 10, II.— Ohio State, at Toledo, o. 



Miss Dema Bennett, Sec, Bedford, O. 



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



H. M. Seeley. Sec, Hartord, 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. 



is of Tery iine quality and is mostly from 

 Spanish-needle. We have never known 

 that honey to granulate so early in the 

 season as the present; scarcely ever does it 

 granulate before February or March. We 

 notice, in Oleanings, some talk about 

 Spanish-needles thriving only in marshy 

 places. We are in rolling prairie country, 

 and it is very dry, most of the time. But 

 never have the Spanish needles failed to 

 yield nectar here. We depend on that 

 source for our colonies to fill up, to carry 

 them through the Winter, and they winter 

 well on that kind of honey. When we have 

 rain during the time they bloom, we often 

 fail to get a good flow of nectar; and quite 

 often a cold spell sets in, which cuts us 

 short. We could hardly get along in this 

 locality without the Spanish-needles. 



Jxo. Nebel & Son. 

 High Hill, Mo., Dec. 13, 1890. 



North American Bee-Keepers' Association 



President— P. H 

 Secretary— C. P. 



Elwood. ..StarkviUe, N. Y. 

 Dudant Hamilton, Ills. 



National Bee-Keepers' Union. 



President— James Heddon ..Dowagiac, Mich. 

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



J^ot very EnconraeinsT. 



My experience in bee-keeping the past 

 season was not very encouraging to a 

 beginner. I commenced with 15 colonies. 

 1 caught 4 run-away swarms and now have 

 33 colonies in the cellar- I obtained from 

 them about 350 pounds of comb honey, of 

 good quality. I also had to feed nearly 

 150 pounds of sugar. I fed them until 

 each colony had at least 35 pounds of 

 stores. C. P. McKiNXON. 



Bangor, Iowa, Dec. 15, 1890. 



CSood tJrop lor a poor Season. 



I got 1,000 pounds of comb honey from 

 32 colonies this season. It netted me over 

 $100, as poor as the season was. There 

 was very little white honey secured in this 

 section of the country. There was plenty 

 of white clover bloom, but no honey in it, 

 and but very little basswood. Bees had to 

 search around on anything that yielded 

 any sort of sweets. There was very little 

 swarming. On the %vhole, the farmers were 

 not the only ones that fared badly ; even 

 the industrious little bee had to come in for 

 its share this year. E. W. Cou.ncilman. 



Newark Valley, N. Y., Dec. 7, 1890. 



Re-Queening anJApiary. 



This is my first season with bees. I 

 started in Spring with 3 colonies; increased 

 to 5, and took 150 pounds of comb honey. 

 It has been a poor season here for bees ; 

 there was a plenty of white clover, but 

 there was no honey in it. When is the 

 best time to re-queen an apiary; 



S. G. KlI.GORE. 



London, O., Dec. 13, 1890. 



[When the honey-yield begins to cease, is 

 the best time to introduce alien queens, 

 though it may be done at almost any time, 

 during the Summer, should occasion require 

 it.— Ed.] 



Qneenless Ueesii Buildins' Comb. 



I wish to make a few additional remarks 

 concerning query No. 733, on page 661. 

 I know they will build drone comb on 

 worker foundation, every time, during a 

 flow of honey, if the bees are less than 15 

 days old. Practice and experience will 

 prove that a queenless colony will build 

 drone combs on worker foundation if you 

 place it in the center of the brood nest. 

 But queenless bees when 15 days old rarely, 

 if ever, build any combs at all ; yet they 

 will gather honey all the same. Bees less 

 than 15 days old "are those that build their 

 combs, and a queenless colony where there 

 is no brood, and over ten days old, if given 

 a comb of eggs cannot rear a perfect queen, 

 for they have lost the art of making royal 

 jelly. Bee keepers and poets came into the 

 world in the usual way. They are born 

 young, very young. Theyatfain perfection 

 by practical experience and then only 

 through persistent effort and many, many 

 failures. ^ '^ "'■-'-" 



Buffalo, N. Y. 



HONEY AND BEESWAX MARKET. 



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

 ume of trade usual at this season, yet prices 

 are without material change since last quota- 

 tions. Best lots of white honey in 1-pound 

 sections, brings 17(f7'18c; brown and dark, 

 slow, at uncertain prices. Extracted, 7(gi8o 

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

 but is kept well up to demand by daily re- 

 ceipts. Beeswax, '2^(0'28q, 



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



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

 sections, 16@18c. Supply exceeds the demand 

 at present. Beeswax, 25@28c. 



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



DETROIT, Dee. 13.— Comb honey in good 

 demand at lo®17c 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@17c.; 2-lba., white, 13@14c. 

 Off grades, 1-lbs., 13@l-tc.: 2-lbs., 12 cents. 

 Buckwheat, l-lbs., 12@13c.; 2-lbs., 11 cents. 

 Extracted, white clover and basswood, 8!4@9o 

 buckwheat, 6'^®7c.; California, 6U®'il4,<:.: 

 Southern, 63@70c per gallon. Market has 

 been inactive for weeks. Beeswax, 25@26c. 

 HILDRETH BROS. & SEGELKEN, 

 28-30 West Broadway. 



KANSAS CITY, MO., Dec. 13.— Comb and 

 extracted honey is not selling as fast as we 

 would like to see it. Market is quiet. We 

 quote 1-lh. white comb at 16@18c; 1-lb. dark, 

 12@14c; 2-lb. white, 14@15c; 2-lb. dark, 12(§> 

 13c; extracted, 6@7c. Beeswax, 2.5c. 

 CLEMONS, MASON & CO., 



Cor. 4th and Walnut Sts. 



CINCINNATL Dec. 20.— Demand Is good for 

 all kinds of honey, with a fair supply of all 

 but Southern honey. Choice comb honey 

 brings 18(ai20c a Ih, in the jobbing way. E.v- 

 traeted honey, 6@8c a lb. 



Beeswax is in good demand at 24@26c., for 

 good to choice yellow. C. F. MUTH ic SON, 

 Corner Freeman & Central Aves. 



J. W. Tefft. 



Spanisli-i^eedle Hone}'. 



The honey crop with us this season was 

 very poor; "in fact this part (E. C.I of the 

 state was more or less an entire failure. 

 Prospects in the early part of the season 

 were good, but when the drought came, 

 that ended the honey crop, as well as cut- 

 ting other crops short. The scarcity of 

 everything is creating a good demand, as 

 well as good prices. For the first time in 

 6 years we are getting 10 cents per pound 

 for extracted honey in a wholesale way, 

 and there is not much trouble to sell it at 

 that. What honey was secured this season 



Xotal Failure of Itonej' Crop. 



This has been the nearest to a total failure 

 of the honey crop ever known here. We 

 looked over our bees in October and pre- 

 pared about 150 colonies, so that we 

 thought they would winter well, but I now 

 think that a great portion will die before 

 Spring. The honey is all sour; we have 

 not had a pound of good honey this season. 

 We have no honey to eat, to say nothing 

 about any to sell. T. & E. E. Tuacv. 



Nashua, Iowa, Dec. 18, 1890. 



CHICAGO, Dec. 12. — New honey arriving 

 very slowly, demand active, and all receipts 

 are "taken promptly. We quote; White clover 

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

 ll(<Sl2c; 2-lbs., 9@10c. E.vtracted meets with 

 quick sale, values ranging from 6i4@7i4 cts., 

 depending upon quality and style of package. 

 Beeswax, 28@30c. 



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



BOSTON, Dec. 20.— We quote fancy white 

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

 No 2-lb. combs in the market. Extracted, 7@ 

 9e. No beeswax ou hand. 



BLAKE & RIPLEY, 37 Chatham Street. 



KANSAS CITY, Dec. 18.— Fancy white 1-lb. 

 comb, 18c: fair to good, 17c: dark 1-lb., 14@ 

 15c; 2-lb. white comb, 15@16c; 2-lb. dark, 13® 

 14c; extracted, white. 7c; dark, 5@6c. 



HAMBLIN & BEARSS, 514 Walnut St. 



ALBANY, N. Y., Dec. 6, 1890.— The honey 

 market is quiet, but stock is light and prices 

 well sustained. We are selling white at 16® 

 20c; mixed. 14@15c; buckwheat, 13@14c. 

 Extracted, white, 8i2@10c; amber, 7@8c; 

 dark. 6@6';c. Beeswax, 28@30c. 



H. R. WRIGHT, 326-328 Broadway. 



Apiciiltural ICeadins: iUalter. 



Although a subscriber to the American 

 Bee Journal and Glcnniiiijs in Bee-Cul- 

 ture, yet I am not satisfied, but want more. 

 I am pleased to learn that the Bee Journal 

 is to be enlarged during the coming year, 

 and hope that the addition of many new 

 subscribers will more than balance the in- 

 creased cost, labor and energy expended 

 in this new departure. 



Latty, Ohio. Geo. W. Cook. 



Supply Dealers, before issuing 

 their Catalogues for next season, should 

 write to us for terms on the Globe Bee- Veil. 

 We have sold over 1,200 within the past 

 year. They give universal satisfaction 



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