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Mlsreprcsciilalion about Comb 

 lloiicy. — John Hay:i'i-, Jr., Arabi. l^a., 

 cm July 2, 1889, writes : 



I have sent jou a copy of the New 

 Orleans Times-Democrat, wlierein is an 

 article copieil from the Philadelphia 

 Record, headed thus : " Bees Can 

 Take a Rest." If such should be a 

 fact (wliich I can hardly believe), it 

 will cause many bee-keeper.s to seek 

 for new fields of employment; but as 

 1 do not believe that there is a word of 

 truth in the article, I think that it is 

 the duty of all bee-keei)ers to have tlie 

 article in question pronounced a myth, 

 and a base fabrication, which will 

 cause honey to become a drug in the 

 market, consequently it will take years 

 to build it up again. Honey, as we 

 are all well aware, is cheap enough 

 now — how much lower it will fall in 

 l)riee, we cannot tell, if such articles 

 like the one referred to are allowed to 

 go by unheeded, 



[We are making it hot for the Phila- 

 delphia Record, and all others who 

 publish such fabrications. They ought 

 to be sued for injuring a legitimate 

 business, but alas, bee-keepers are 

 afraid to furnish " the sinews of war."' 

 As proof of this, notice how poorly 

 they support the Union. — Ed.] 



Wbite Clover Plentiful — Geo. 

 Eidemiller, McGregor, Iowa, on June 

 27, 1889, writes : 



Bees are doing nicely. I started 

 with 24 colonies, spring count, and in- 

 creased them to 38 colonies thus far 

 by natural swarming. White clover is 

 plentiful this year. My bees gathered 

 honey freely in the forepart of May, 

 but after that we had about three 

 weeks of cold weather — cold north 

 winds and frosty nights, which put the 

 bees back, and so I fed them sugar- 

 syrup to keep up their courage. I also 

 sowed seven acres of Alsike clover, 

 which the "old reliable" A.merican 

 Bee Journal induced me to do. It 

 stands nicely. 



Making up Lost Time — J. W. 



Sanders, Le Grand, Iowa, on July 4, 

 1889, says : 



I am too busy to write very much, 

 bat I will say that the bees in this sec- 

 tion have been booming most of the 

 time for the past three weeks. They 

 seem to be trying to make up the lost 

 time for May, when so many came very 

 nearU" starving out. It seemed odd to 

 have to feed bees the first of June, to 

 keep them from starving. Breeding 

 was cut down a good deal by the cold 

 weather. I will give a full report soon. 



The Red, U'liilc, and Alitikc 

 Clovers. — A. J. & E. Hatfield, Soutli 

 Bend, Ind., on July 2, 1889, write : 



The past week ended our very busy 

 season of marketing .strawberries, only 

 to be followed by still greater hurrj' 

 with raspberries and other fruits ; and 

 above all, with the care of nearlj' 200 

 colonies of bees that are doing exceed- 

 ingly well on red, white and Alsike 

 clovers, with a fine ])rospectof a good 

 yield from basswood, to open in a few 

 days. We never saw the first crop of 

 red clover so full of seed as this sea- 

 son, and we attribute it to our Italian 

 bees, or nearlj' so, as there are but few 

 bumble-bees so earlv in the season. 



Good Prospect!* for Basswood. 



— Wm. Lossing, Howard, Minn., on 

 July 1, 1889, says: 



Basswood never promised better ; it 

 will be out in a few days. I have good 

 prospects for a heavy flow from bass- 

 wood. 



A Large Honcj-Flow. — W. H. 



Shaner, Leechburg, Pa., on July 1. 

 1889, says : 



We are in the midst of a great honey- 

 flow, but the bees cannot work half of 

 the time on account of the continued 

 wet weather. The ground is white 

 with white clover everywhere. Swarm- 

 ing is in order every day ; I never saw 

 the like — the bees build queen-cells 

 when they cannot do anything else. 



Heavy While Clover Bloom — 



D. Millard, Mendon, Mich., on July 1, 

 1889, says : 



We are now in the heighth of the 

 heaviest white clover bloom that I 

 have known in this section for five 

 years. The weather has been rather 

 too rainy, but it is all that could be 

 asked to-day, and the bees are bring- 

 ing in the honey with a joyful hum. 

 The lindens do not promise quite as 

 profuse a bloom as usual, but the 

 leaves and buds are in a very healthy 

 condition, and, with favorable weather, 

 it cannot fail to furnish a good yield of 

 honej'. 



The Season in Kansas — (ieo. 

 W. Hanson, Chapman, Kans., on July 

 1, 1889, writes : 



My 15 colonies of bees wintered 

 nicely in the cellar, although I had 4 

 swarms as late as Sei)t. 7, which I fed. 

 Thev commenced gathering pollen 

 about March 15, from soft maple, from 

 elm on March 21, coltonwood on the 



28th, and from box-elder on April 7. 

 They I'ommenced gathering honey 

 about April 13, from plum, peach, 

 cherries and apple blossoms. I had 

 2 swarms as early as May 9, and 4 fir 5 

 almost ready to swarm, when it set in 

 cold and rainy — in fact there was notli- 

 ing for them to gather honey from to 

 keej) them alive. There is no white 

 clover that grows here, and from May 

 10 to June 15 tliey were left witliout 

 anything to work on; then came the 

 milk-weed. My bees are doing well 

 now. and are getting ready to swarm. 

 They are filling one-pound sections, 

 and it looks as if 1 am going to have 

 some honev to eat soon. 



Honey and Ueesirax Market. 



CHICAGO. 



HONEY.— The old crop is about exhausted, and 

 not any new has been offered, especially is the fore- 

 goinK applicable to the state of the coiub honey 

 niaritet. Eitnicted, very little (leiiiand. at 7(a8c. 



BBB8WAi,-2.io. R. A. BUKNKTT, 



June 10. 181 Uouth Water Bt. 



DETROIT. 



HONEY.— No attractive honey in the market, and 

 sales are slow at 1l'@I5c. 



BBK8WAX.-24®a.->c. 

 June 22. M. U. HUNT, Bell Branch. MIoh. 



KANSAS CITY. 



HONEY.— Very nice new comb in I-lb. sections i» 

 selling at Isc. Very little old boney of any liind Is 

 on the market, imd nn new extracted. 



BKESWAX.-Ncine in the market. 

 June26. CLBM0N8, CL,oON a CO., cor 4th 4 Walnnt. 



ST. Loms. 



HONEY.— Extracted, in barrels, e^@6M. Excel- 

 lent demand lor clear, bright in barrets. liark, 59i<d 

 6c. 



BEESWAX.- Scarce at 230, for prime. 

 May 22. D. G. TtJTT & CO., Commercial St. 



NEW YORK. 



HONEY.— Extracted in good demand. We quote : 

 Fine orange-bloom at trom "(STHiC.; off grades of 

 Southern. (i0^7oc. par gallon. 



BEESWAX.— Scarce, at 26,'.s®27!<c. for good. 

 .UKBTU BROS. * Bl£QBhK.BN, 



June 6. 



HLLURBT 



28 & SO W. Broadway, near Uuane Bt. 



BOSTON. 



HONEY.— We quote : l-pounds selling from led 

 18c. : 2-lb8., 15@16c. Extracted, 8fej9c. Sales very 

 slow. 



BEESWAX.— None on hand. 

 June 22. BLAKE & HIPLB Y, S7 Cbftttaam Street. 



CINCINNATI. 



HONEY.- We quote extracted at SdBc. per !b.. 

 Demand slow for table use, and fair from manufac- 

 turers. Several lots of new comb have arrived, but 

 quality being off. it finds slow sale at 12®14c. 



BBBSW AX.— Demand Is (lood— 2u<$22c. per lb. foi 

 good to choice yellow, on arrival. 

 June 22 C. F. MOTH * SON, Freeman & Central At. 



Triple-Lense 

 nagiilflers for 



the Inspection of 

 bees, in6ect8,6tc. 

 They are invalu- 

 able in the con- 

 servatory, or if 

 for only a very 

 few plants. For 

 boys and girls, 

 they make very 

 pleasant studies, 

 and arouses in 

 them a laudable 

 enthusiasm for investigation. Price, by mail, 

 80 cents ; or the American Bee Jodknal for 

 one year, and the Magnifier, for $1,50. 



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