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GOWVENTIOIV DIRECTORY. 



1889. Time and Place of Meeting. 



Aujr. 31.— Haldimand, at Fisherville, Ont. 



bi. C. Campbell, Sec, Cayuga, Ont. 



Sept, —.—Maine, at Livermore Falls, Me. 



J. F. Fuller, Sec. Oxford, Me. 



"Sept. 3.— Iowa State, at DesMoines, Iowa. 



J. W. More, Sec, DesMoines, Iowa. 



Sept. 5.— Erie County, at Buffalo. N. Y." 

 O. L. Hersliiser, Cor. Sec, Big Tree Corner, N. V. 



Sept. 14,— Susquehanna Co., <*t New Milford. Pa. 



H. M. Seeley. Sec, Harford, Pa. 



Oct. 16— IS.-Northwestern. at Chicago, Ills. 



W. Z. Hutchinson, sec, Flint, Mich. 



Dec. 4-6.— Internal onal. at Brantford, Ont.. Canada. 

 K. F. Holtermann, Sec, Romney, Ont. 



B^^ In order to have this table complete. Secre- 

 taries are requested to forward full particulars of 

 time and place of future meetinffs.— Ed. 



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Honey Crop Almost a FaUure. 



— H. E. Hill, Bear Lake, Pa., on Aug. 

 19, 1889, writes : 



The crop of white honey in north- 

 western Pennsylvania is almost a fail- 

 ure, though a few producers report a 

 full crop, while many in Crawford, 

 Warren and Erie counties, in this 

 State, and Chautauqua county, N. Y., 

 claim a complete failure, attributable 

 to the continued cold, wet weather 

 during the clover season. The " good 

 honey crop " so generally anticipated 

 and talked of last May, has failed to 

 materialize in this section of the 

 country. Buckwheat is in bloom, but 

 the weather is too cold for the bees to 

 get out. 



Good Outlook for Fail Honey. 



— J. W. Sanders, LeGrand, Iowa, on 

 Aug. 21, 1889, writes : 



The weather is still fine and bees 

 are doing well. They are still work- 

 ing on white clover, with which our 

 pastures and roadsides are still white 

 in places. How is that for white 

 clover in Iowa ? It began to come 

 into good bloom on June 10. Buck- 

 wheat and other fall flowers are also 

 beginning to bloom abundantly ; so the 

 outlook is still good for more hone^' 

 and a busy time, if the weather keeps 

 all right. The white honey harvest in 

 tills section of Iowa has been good, 

 and many who keep bees think that the 

 country is overstocked, and that honey 

 will have to sell at very low rates in 

 order to find consumers for all the 

 grand harvest. I tell them that they 

 ought to take the American Bee 

 Journal and keep posted on the gen- 

 eral crop. Out of over 60 colonies in 

 the spring, I have had but one to 

 swarm, and that returned in less than 



ten minutes, and remained satisfied. 

 Mj- queen's wings are clipped. I give 

 jjlenty of room, help the weak from 

 the strong, make new colonies bj' rear- 

 ing queens from my best, and build 

 up the nuclei by giving frames from 

 other strong colonies. I have used 

 this plan for several years, and I have 

 succeeded in keeping swarming and 

 increase almost entirely under con- 

 trol. I prefer it to chasing swarms 

 and climbing trees. 



Swarm in a Dwellings-House. 



— Noah Clemmons, of Kock Bhifl's, 

 Nebr., writes : 



I captured a nice swarm of bees 

 from under the weather-boarding of a 

 dwelling-house on May 29. and have it 

 at home, and it is doing well. The 

 bees went in the house through a knot- 

 hole about 10 feet from the ground, 

 last summer, and built comb from 

 one studding to the other — about 31 

 feet long. I took the siding ott' and 

 got them out nicelj'. Can anjone beat 

 that ? I have just received two nice 

 Carniolan queens, which I am going to 

 try. 



went to the party where the apiary 

 was. The honey is verj- fine, almost 

 all being white clover. Who can beat 

 niy 23 colonies in Iowa, and leave 

 plenty of honey in the brood-chamber 

 for winter ? My honej' crop will be 

 between. 12.000 and 13,000 pounds for 

 the season. I think that tlie fall crop 

 will be light, from the present appear- 

 ance. I sell most of my honey in ten- 

 pound tin-pails, in my home market. 



Honey and ReesM'ax Market. 



Honey Crop Below the Aver- 

 age. — Martha Smith, Monroe, Wis., 

 on Aug. 8, 1889, writes : 



Bees in this locality are killing the 

 drones and sealing their hives. Owing 

 to the cold nights, the honey crop is 

 below the average. My 2.3 colonies 

 have increased to 43, and given about 

 500 pounds of comb honey, and about 

 525 pounds of extracted. There is no 

 prospect for a full crop. The " artiflcal 

 honey" story, as published by the 

 Chicago News, appeared in a recent 

 issue of the Norlkwestern Mail, a tem- 

 perance paper, in which one seldom 

 reads such misleading articles. 



Oood Results of the Season. — 



I. N. Arnold, Richmond, Iowa, on 

 Aug. 14, 1889, writes : 



The white honey crop is over for 

 this year, and has been very satisfac- 

 tory to the bee-keeper, although the 

 linden was almost a failure in this 

 locality. My home apiary was run for 

 increase this season, and my Pilotsburg 

 ajjiary for extracted houej', managed 

 under the Dadant style. I have 11 

 colonies that have stored 360 i)ounds 

 each, and 12 colonies that stored 240 

 pounds each ; this makes 6 840 pounds 

 from 23 colonies in that apiary, with 

 8 and 9 Quinb}- frames in the brood- 

 chamber with plenty of honey for the 

 winter. This is no guess-work — the 

 honey was all divided, and oue-si.\th 



PHILADELPHIA. 



HONBF.— Prices are not fully established, being 

 a little too early, only a fewahipmenti* have yet ar- 

 rived, which sold readily as follows: Rest white, in 

 l-lb. sections, Ifi^c. and 2*lb8., 14c. Off grades Ken- 

 erally I to :iits. less^ Extracted, white clover, «ii>c.: 

 orange blossom, 7'-<>igjSc. : off grades, per gal., 60jjt7i ic 



BKB3WAX.-2«ii.":;4Wc. 

 Aug. 16. WALKEK & MCCORD, 32 * 34 8. Water St. 



DENVER. 



TIONBY.— We quote 1 New in l-lb. sections arriv- 

 ing freely at i«(s*i.Hc,; extracted, 6®8c. 



BKK8WAJC.-1M<920C. 

 Aug. iO. J. M.CLARK COM. CO., 1421 15th 8t. 



CHICAGO. 



HONEY.— New huney arriving freely, and all the 

 shipments have been promptly closed out so far. 

 We quote : Mb. white ehiver, according to style of 

 package and appearance. 14@l»^o. Receipts of ex- 

 tra ted Increasinti : demand light, at tj(gl»c. 



BBESWAX.-20C. 

 Aug. 1. b. T. FISH * CO.. 189 8. Water 8t, 



NEW rORK. 



HONEV.— Extracted, California, TJ^iaSc: orange 

 bloom, 7^@Rc. White clover and baaswood, 7J<@Hc. 

 Common Southern. fi5@7.')C- per gal Kanr^y comb, 

 white l-lbs., IGC.i fair 1-lbs.. 14c ; 2-lbs.. 2c. less.— 

 The New York crop being comparatively ^mall.the 

 Western apiarists will dnd a good outlet here in the 

 East. As prices this season are about I'.i per cent. 

 lower than last season, we expect an active demand. 

 Aug. 21. V. G. 8TROUMKVER & CO., 122 Water 8t. 



CHICAGO. 



HONEY.— Coming in freely, but sales are not 

 eisily made at over 15c. for the best, while we are 

 trying to get I6c., and think that later we can get it, 

 as all buy sparingly now. Extracted sells at 6@»c.. 

 but chiefly at 7c. for white. 



8Bli;8WAJ[,— 250. K. A. BURNETT. 



Aug. 12. 161 South Water St. 



DETROIT. 



HONE Y.— New crop Is coming in slc^wly. and sells 

 at 14@15c. for comb. 



BEK9WAX.-23C. 

 Aug. 21. M. H. HUNT. Bell Branch, Miob. 



8T. LOnl8. 



HONEY.- We quote : Choice white clover comb, 

 12®i2isc.; fair, io®nc.; dark, 7®8o. Extracted, in 

 barrels, 5@5^c. ; in cans. 6@6^c. 



BEESWAX,— 24c. tor Drlme. 

 Aug. 21. D. G. TUTT 4 CO., Commerctal St. 



NEW YORK. 

 HONEY.— New comb arriving freely. Demand is 

 fair, although weather is too warm. We quote;— 

 Fancy white l-lb'*.. ihc; 2-lbs., 14 . Fair Mbs., 14c : 

 2-lbs., 12c. Excellent demand for all kinds of the 

 extracted, as Il'IIhws; Orange blossom, 7^f^c.; 

 white clover and basswood, H@8Hc. Southern, av- 

 erage quality, per gal,. li5@7oc. 



HILDKKTH BROS. & 8E6BLKEN, 



Aug. 21. 



28 & 30 W. Broadway, near Uaane 8t. 



BO8T0N. 



HONEY.— It has arrived freely, but sales are a 

 little slow, at I'^i-^c. for 1-lbs. j and 2-lbs., !5@I7c. 

 Extracted, SOOc. 



BEESWAX,— None on hand. 

 Aug. .11. BLAKK Jt RIPLEY. 57 Chatham Street. 



CINCINNATI. 



HONHY.— We quote extracted at 5i5?8c. per !b. 

 Demand for extracied is fair from manufacturers, 

 and from consumers for table use. Good demand 

 for best qualities of comb honey, while inferior 

 grades find slow sale. It brings 1 l@15c. 



BBbJSW AX.— Oemand Is good— 2U(gi22c. per lb. foi 

 good to choice veiiow, on arrival. 

 Aug. 2 1. C. F. MDTH & SON, Freeman & Central At. 



KANSAS CITY. 



HONEY.— Receipts of comb honey are large, but 

 market slow, at U('"';l5c. for white 1-lbs.. and 13@l4c. 

 for 2-lbs. Extracted, white, 7@8c.: dark, 6c. 



BEBSWAX.-2iK3)25c. _ . 



Aug. 22. CLBM0N8, CLOON & CO., cor 4th ftWalnnt. 



