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Gibson Station, Ind., Aug. 18, 1S79. 

 Herewith find bloom from plant and a bee 

 that worked on it. The bees work very 

 numerously on it, get their feet fastened, 

 and other bees drag them loose. They go 

 right back in the hive. I think the bees get 

 plenty of honey from it. Please give name 

 in the Journal. Chas. Keller. 



[This is a species of Asclepius or milk- 

 weed. The bee also sent is loaded with the 

 pollen masses. These saddlebag-like masses 

 are illustrated in Manual, p. 233. Our bees 

 have worked very lively on the milk-weed 

 of late, as from the extreme drouth most 

 flowers have failed, while the milk-weed on 

 the low lands has continued to bloom.— A. 

 J. Cook.] 



Carlinville, 111., Aug. 11, 1879.* 

 You can place me in the " blasted hopes " 

 column for this season. "'Tis awful!" 

 We have obtained no honey this season, the 

 weather being so dry that the bees got but 

 little from white clover and linden. We are 

 obliged to feed some colonies now, and all 

 are getting short of stores, with poor pros- 



Eects for fall honey. We planted a lot of 

 uckwheat, but it has been so dry that but 

 little of it came up, and that little does not 

 grow. I could do but little in queen-breed- 

 ing, the bees robbing the nuclei so badly I 

 was obliged to unite them, and stop trying 

 to rear queens. A few miles north aud 

 south of us bees have gathered some sur- 

 plus honey, but in this vicinity they are 

 starving. Worse than all, I have been ter- 

 rible afflicted all summer— not able to be 

 about more than one-half the time. You 

 see things do not look very bright. Hope 

 you and others of the bee-keeping fraternity 

 may be prospering. J. M. Valentine. 



Clifton Springs, Fla., Aug. 14, 1879. 



I inclose you a sprig of a plant that grows 

 here, blooming during the months of Febru- 

 ary and March. The blossoms, which are a 

 pale blue, make their appearance on a cone- 

 shaped burr about an inch in diameter and 

 an inch long. It is located at the end of the 

 stems. The plant grows on pine land, hav- 

 ing scrubby undergrowth, with saw pal- 

 metto. In some localities it is quite numer- 

 ous, covering acres of land. From the 

 number of bees frequenting its blooms it 

 must be rich in honey. It is claimed that 

 honey produced from it has a peculiarly del- 

 icate and delicious flavor— the aroma of the 

 plant being perceptible. It is called here 

 pennyroyal, but does not resemble the plant 

 known by that name which grows in Ala- 

 bama, except in its odor. If you can ascer- 

 tain its botanical name from the specimen 

 and description, please give it through the 

 columns of the next number of the Ameri- 

 can Bee Journal. A. B. Beall. 



[It is hardly safe to name plants without 

 flowers, but from the stem 1 think this plant 

 is without doubt the Hedeoma hispida. The 

 American pennyroyal is H. pulegioides. 

 Will Mr. B. send bloom when it is conven- 

 ient ?— A. J. Cook.] 



Local Convention Directory. 



1879. Time and Place of Meeting. 



Sept. 2, 3.— N. E. Wisconsin, at Watertown. Wis. 



17.— Warren Co.. Iowa, at Indianola, Iowa. 



30.— Southeastern Iowa, at Mt. Pleasant, Iowa. 

 Oct. 2.— Union, at Staelbyville, Ky. 



2, 3.— Southern Kentucky, at Edmunton, Ky. 

 7.— Central Kentucky, at Lexington, Ky. 

 7.— Albany County, N. V., at Albany. N. Y. 



15— Central Michigan, at Lansing, Mich. 



21.— National Convention, at Chicago, 111. 

 Nov. 10.— Lancaster Co., Pa., at Lancaster. 

 1880. 



Jan. 13.-N. W. 111. & S. W. Wis., annual, at Davis, 111. 

 Feb. 11— Northeastern, at Utica, N. Y. 



tW~ In order to have this Table complete, Secreta- 

 ries are requested to forward full particulars of time 

 and place of future meetings.— Ed. 



Honey Markets. 



CHICAGO. 



HONEY.— White clover, put up in single-comb 

 boxes, in slow demand. Prices paid for such. 10@12c. 

 When more than 1 comb in a box. !)(«<10c. Dark, in 

 the comb, slow sale at 9@llc. Extracted Honey, 

 white, "(a 8c; dark. t>@7c. 



BEESWAX.— Prime choice yellow, 20@22c; darker 

 grades, 12^<aloc, 



NEW YORK. 



Quotations.— Best fancy white comb honey, 

 ll(&13c; extracted, new, 7<a8c; buckwheat coml> 

 honey, 8(sl0c; beeswax, prime, 25c. 



H. K. & F. B. THURBEH & CO. 



CINCINNATI. 

 COMB HONE Y— In small boxes, 10@12c. Extracted,. 

 1 lb. jars, in shipping order, per doz., $2.50; per gross, 

 $28.00. 2 ft. jars, per doz„ $4.50; per gross, $50.00. 



C. F. Muth. 

 CALIFORNIA. 

 It is now an assured fact that the honey crop is a 

 failure. We have net received enough honey thus 

 far to fill our orders. Comb honey, 12M>(§ 15c. ; New 

 Extracted, 8<<U0c. # ft. 

 Stearns & Smith, 423 Front St., San Francisco, Cal. 



A club for the Bee Journal may be 

 sent all to one post office or to as many post 

 offices as there are names in the club. 



gp"We wish to remind Canadian cor- 

 respondents that we cannot use Canada 

 postage stamps, and itcausesmuch vex- 

 ation to convert them into money. 



IF'We can fill all orders during the re- 

 mainder of this season for queens, mostly 

 reared and tested in the American Bee 

 Journal apiary. Our queens are all bred 

 in full colonies, from the best American im- 

 proved Italian mothers, and we have no 

 doubt will give satisfaction in every case. 

 We guarantee safe arrival. Price, $2.50 

 each. 



KMT" Owing to the reduced price of bees- 

 wax and a corresponding reduction by man- 

 ufacturers of foundation, we can fill orders 

 till further notice at the following figures: 



1 to 5 lbs., per lb 47c 



5 to 25 " " 46e 



25 to 50 " " 45c 



50toi00 " " 44e 



100 lbs. or more " 43c 



Wired and thin flat-bottomed as hereto- 

 fore. 



