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in one of these hives, had a case of 

 spring dwindling, nor bees diseased in 

 any way so far. I feed no sugar, nor 

 remove any pollen. 



Again, those reversible frames pay 

 me, if used for no other purpose but 

 to winter bees ; for if the brood-frames 

 contain honej-, place the honey part 

 up, and in surplus chambers reverse 

 the .'honey part down, to match the 

 one iu the brood-chamber ; then the 

 honey parts of the eight frames will be 

 together, one above the other. 



The whole hive is constructed with 

 the view of giving the queen full 

 power of reproduction, and hereb}' 

 hangs the whole " law and gospel " in 

 bee-keeping. The mother-bee must 

 have room as fast as she wants it ; we 

 must be able to give her that room, and 

 if not able, we lose control o\ er the 

 bees, and swarm they will. We must 

 be able to make our increase as neces- 

 sity requires, ourselves, and not be at 

 the mercy of the bees, to do it when 

 not necessary. 



Keep the bees in one strong colony 

 until after the honey harvest ; keep the 

 brood-frames full of brood, and no 

 honey in them during the harvest ; by 

 so doing the bees have no place to 

 store honey but in the sections. Make 

 your aim, and make the bees work for 

 you in one colonj', and do as much as 

 your neighbor's bees do in four or even 

 live single-walled, small hives. 



My object is to make a chaff hive, 

 and yet not a chaft' hive ; and to part 

 flush with the top of the brood-frames, 

 so that I can get at things, and push 

 things. 



When those who manufacture bee- 

 hives take all these points into consid- 

 eration, and unite them with the best 

 points in the hives of Rev. J. L. Christ, 

 Rev. L. L. Langstroth, and Moses 

 Quinby, we will have the next great 

 invention in apiculture, of great econ- 

 omic value, and one that is needed as 

 well as now called for bj' honey-pro- 

 ducers, queen-breeders, etc. It will 

 be as revolutionary in its effects as the 

 application of the movable-comb frame 

 was forty years ago. I do not make 

 or sell hives, or any other kind of bee- 

 supplies. 



Collamer, N. Y. 



COWVEIVTIOIV DIRECTORY. 



1889. Time and Place of Meeting. 



Dec. 4, 6.— International, at Brantford.Ont.. Canada. 

 K. F. Holtenuann, Bee, Brantford. Out. 



ly" In order to have this table complete, Secre- 

 tarlee are requested to forward full particulare of 

 time and place of future meetlDKS.— Ed. 



Queen-Rearing.' — Newton John- 

 son, Ficklin, Ills., says : 



I have received the book, " Scientific 

 Queen-Rearing," by Mr. G. M. Doo- 

 little. It is intensely interesting, be- 

 sides being very profitable. 



Destroying Drones and Brood. 



— R. R. Stokesberry, Clinton, Ind., on 

 May 16, 1889, says : 



Last fall I had 57 colonies in good 

 condition, except one that was queen- 

 less, which died during the winter. 

 All the rest came out in guod condi- 

 tion, and built up fast, until two or 

 three weeks ago when the cold, dry 

 weather checked them, and the)' be- 

 gan killing ofl' the drones and pulling 

 out j'oung brood. It seems to me that 

 we are going to have another failure 

 to record for this year, which, with the 

 past two, is xevy discouraging. If I 

 knew of a good location for bees I 

 would be tempted to move to it. 



■We -will Present a Pocket Dictionary 

 for two subscribers with $2.00. Jt is always 

 useful to have a dictionary at hand to decide 

 the spelling of words, and their meaning. 



Early Spring, etc. — C.Theilmann, 

 Theilnianton, Minn., on May 17, 1889, 

 writes : 



The Doolittle book on "Scientific 

 Queen-Rearing" is very interesting, 

 and contains many new ideas not 

 found in other bee-books or periodi- 

 cals ; and they come from one of our 

 most (if not tlie most) and best experi- 

 enced bee-masters in America. We 

 had rather bad weather for bees to 

 make their living for quite awhile ; 

 they are gettin.g plenty of pollen, but 

 very little hone)', and have to be fed. 

 The colonies are strong in bees. We 

 had some glorious rains lately, which 

 were badlj' needed. Spring crops 

 look remarkably good after the rains, 

 and corn is coming up — the rows can 

 be seen in some fields. This is earlier 

 by two weeks here than ever before. 



Early Swarming, etc. — J. M. 



Peck, Wyoming, Wis., on May 19, 

 1889, writes : 



I see reports of early swarms from 

 Ohio, Indiana, and other localities, but 

 I want to say that Wisconsin is not be- 

 hind the times, if we are mucli further 

 north. On May 4 I had a large swarm, 

 and I have had 7 swarms so far. I 

 would have had many more, but it has 

 been very dry for the last two weeks, 

 and with the exception of the last four 

 days, it has rained most of the time. 



Bees did nothing the past week but 

 kill off drones ; but everything bids 

 fair for a good honey-flow now. White 

 clover is just commencing to bloom. 

 Mj' bees are in fine condition, and I 

 am expecting swarms every da)'. My 

 report for 1888 is as follows : I com- 

 menced the season with 15 colonies, 

 increased them to 47, and took 2,500 

 pounds of extracted honey, and 300 

 pounds of comb honey in one-pound 

 sections. I also had 400 natural combs 

 built in brood-frames. 



Bees Dwindling and Dying. — 



J. A. Bence, Hamriek, Ind., on May 

 16, 1889, writes : 



On page 283 of the American Bee 

 JouKNAL for 1888, Mr. R. M. Rawlins, 

 of Arkansas, exactly describes my 

 situation in regard to bees dwindling 

 and dying. Some of mine died that 

 way last season. They ceased dying 

 in the fall, and wintered all right. 

 They went to work on fruit-bloom, and 

 seemed to do well, but now there is 

 but little for them to get, and some of 

 the colonies are dying ofl' very rapidly. 

 Their abdomens are much swollen, and 

 full of a thick, yellowish matter. They 

 will lie struggling several days on the 

 ground before they die. I have 

 watched ever since Mr. R's article was 

 published, hoping that some one would 

 give the cause and cure. Will some 

 one please do so ? 



Honey and Itees'Vf'ax JMarket. 



DKTROIT. 



HONEY.— Best white 1-lbs., 14(2150. Market is 

 dull and lower, but not overstocked. Demand stow. 



BBKSWAX.-2:!®:i3u. 

 Apr. 30. M. H. HUNT. Bell Branch, Mich. 



KANSAS CITY. 



HONEY.— We quote: White l-lbs. 15@Ific.; dark, 

 10(8)1:20.: California white 2-lbs., ll@I2c.; amber. 10 

 (giUC. Extracted, white. 7@Hc.: dark. ,s®6c. Our 

 market is in uood condition for the new crop. 



BKESWAX.-2I1C. 

 May 11. CLBMONS. CLOON & CO., Oor 4th ftWalnat. 



ST. L0DI8. 



HONEY.- Extracted, in barrels, 6'4®eH. Excel- 

 lent demand for clear, britjht in barrels. Dark,5$i® 

 6c 



BEESWAX.- Scarce at 23c. for orlme. 

 May 22. D. G. TUTT & CO.. Commercial St. 



NEW YORK. 



HONEY.— Market is bare of comb. We have not 

 seen honey cleaned out so well for several years. 

 As to extracted, there is no white clover, basswood 

 or buckwheat in this market. New Southern honey 

 is arriving freely, and brings from 65@7uc. per gal- 

 lon. New Florida orange-bloom honey brings from 

 7W(5)ftc. per lb, 



BEESWAX,— Scarce, at 26mS)27c, for goorl. 



HU/DRETU BKOO. & SKGKLKEN, 

 May 24. 28 & 30 W. Broadway, near Duane 8t. 



BOSTON. 



HONEY.— We quote : Best white clover l-pounds, 

 18@20c.: best 2.1b8.. I7<ai8c. Extracted, 8®»c, 



Sales have been checked a little on account of ma- 

 ple sugar and syrup being so plentiful. Sales of 

 honey are very slow. 

 May 22. BUAKK & RIPLEY. 57 Chatham Street. 



CINCINNAI I. 



HONEY.— We quote extracted at 5@8c. per !b. 

 Best white comb honey. ll<aiHc. Demand is fair. 

 Arrivals are plentiful of new comb and extracted 

 honey from the Southern States, where the season 

 had a most prosperous beginning. 



BBKBW AX.— Demand is good— 2CK824C. per lb. foi 

 good to choice yellow, on arrival. 

 May 21. C F. MUTH & SON, Freeman & Central At. 



