fermentation is more likely to occur. 

 The freight and expense of transport- 

 ing comb honey from New York to our 

 store in London is about \ x / 2 to 2 cents 

 per pound. According to the " weights 

 and measure act" of this country, we 

 are obliged either to specify exactly 

 the net weight of honey each box con- 

 tains, or sell them by the dozen boxes ; 

 and as " a box of honey " is a box of 

 honey to most buyers on this side, a 30- 

 pound crate brings no more than a 25- 

 pound one. So we urge for this mar- 

 ket a uniform size box be used. 



The lowest price at which w r e have 

 sold sound light honey on this side at 

 has been 24 shillings, less 25 percent., 

 which is about 16 cents per pound gross 

 weight. The highest, 27 shillings less 

 10 per cent. Buckwheat honey in the 

 comb is not in request at any price. 

 The expense attending the sale and 

 distribution of comb honey after its 

 arrival on this side, will always be an 

 impediment in its way ; still there will 

 no doubt be a trade in fancy marks at 

 remunerative prices. 



Since we embarked in the honey busi- 

 ness, we have had many interesting 

 conversations with the most intellectual 

 honey producers in America regarding 

 the comparative cost of producing box 

 or extracted honey. The information 

 thus gleaned, when considered in the 

 light of our observations here in 

 Europe, and the difficulties attending 

 the safe distribution of honey in the 

 comb, prompts us to warmly reccom- 

 mend the great masses of honey pro- 

 ducers to work their apiaries for the 

 exclusive production of extracted 

 honey. If the honey industry in 

 America continues to increase at the 

 same ratio it has the past 10 or 15 years, 

 it will be indispensably necessary to 

 seek a market here in London, the 

 great barn for all the earth's harvests. 

 We earnestly hope, for the sake of the 

 best interests of the bee-keeping com- 

 munity, you will take time by the fore- 

 lock and work up a greater interest in 

 the production of extracted honey. 

 Extracted white sage honey and bass- 

 w r ood honey will always bring fancy 

 prices, on this market. 



We will always be most happy to re- 

 ply to any inquiries your readers may 

 wish to make regarding the European 

 markets. 



London, England, Sept. 7, 1879. 



Bee Profits. 



A hive of bees can, with ordinary manage- 

 ment, be doubled every year for several 

 years. Let us figure a little and see what 

 the result will be, say for seven years. In 



the fall of the seventh year we have 64 col- 

 onies ; 20 pounds of honey to the hive every 

 year will be a low average for that length of 

 time ; 15 cents per pound is not high for 

 honey ; we have 2,540 pounds for seven 

 years; that at 15 cents, makes $381, if I 

 have made no mistake. The 64 colonies, at 

 the low rate of $7 per colony, makes $548 ; 

 this added to the value of the honey gives 

 the snug sum of $820. This is no big thing 

 but it is enough to pay for all the trouble it 

 costs. Some will say it looks well enough 

 on paper, but not one man in fifty can do 

 that well. I believe it can be done every 

 time with proper care. I would like to hear 

 from some of our bee keepers on the subject. 

 If they think that I am extravagant in the 

 figures given above, let them say so. — Cor. 

 Indiana Farmer. 



For the American Bee Journal. 



Notes from Georgia. 



A. F. MOON. 



After a long drouth, about the 20th 

 of July rain began to fall, which 

 caused the flowers to come forth in 

 endless profusion, emitting their usual 

 fragrance. The little bees, which for 

 some time had been compelled to sus- 

 pend work on account of there being 

 no honey to be found, were all awake, 

 and every bee seemed eager to see who 

 would get the most of it. This resulted 

 in rearing much brood at an unusual 

 season of the year, producing, as it did, 

 heavy swarms coining off the 1st or 

 September, and we have had several 

 tine swarms since. With the aid of a 

 few frames of brood and honey, we 

 have made good colonies of them. 

 Some colonies have gathered more sur- 

 plus since the 1st of August than before. 

 Bees are, as a general thing, in tine con- 

 dition for wintering, and are still gath- 

 ering some. 



I have a colony at work that has 

 about completed a piece of honey one 

 cubic foot. O ! how I wish I could had 

 it ready for you to present to our friends 

 across the water ; but, then, it would 

 have been so heavy for an editor to be 

 carrying along. This little casket, 

 when completed, will weigh over 100 

 lbs. Well, we can cause bees to make 

 it 2 feet, on the same plan. But I must 

 stop, Mr. Editor, fearing there will be 

 many "•doubting Thomases" now. 

 There is nothing strange, when we 

 understand how it is done, and have a 

 disposition to do so. 



Success to the National Bee-Keepers' 

 Convention ! Long may it live ; I shall 

 never forget that I penned the first line 

 to call it into existence. 



Rome, Ga., Sept. 15, 1879. 



