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THE AMERICAN APICULTURIST. 



flower in tlieir first search for forage, and 

 as it is the habit of the bee to gather from 

 one source only as long as there is any 

 nectar to be obtained, therefore before they 

 visit another variety of flowers, the combs 

 were filled with bitter honey. 



The above statement of Mr. Eberly 

 seems to confirmsomewhat the remarks we 

 made in tlie August issue "that bees store 

 but one kind of honey in the same cell." 

 A writer in the British Bee Journal seems 

 to difi'er from us in this matter. 



If Mr. Eberly had read the Apicultu- 

 EIST with more care he would have known 

 that we intend to give our subscribers the 

 full benefit of our experience in queen- 

 rearing. We do not propose to make public 

 the method of rearing queens in full colo- 

 nies without first removing the queen. 

 The full details will be published in pam- 

 phlet form and presented /»-ee to each sub- 

 scriber of the API. The work will be ready 

 by March 1, 1889. 



Introducing queens. 

 Nnoark, N. J., Oct. 2, 1888. 



Friend Alley: 



The queen you sent me came duly to 

 hand, and was at once successfully intro- 

 duced according to the process described 

 in the Api lately. It is one which I have 

 successfully practised for three years. 

 When queen in cage is received simply 

 place it on the brood frames of the colony 

 having previously been made queenless 

 ami leaving it so with food protected by 

 a small piece of enamel cloth from bees 

 in hive. The next day I open the hive and 

 lift the cage, and if everything looks peace- 

 able and bees feeding queen through wire 

 cloth, I let them eat her out, which they 

 generally do in about twelve hours. It is 

 an easy and safe way to introduce queens. 



In closing, allow me to express my thanks 

 to you for kindness in replacing queen, she 

 is certainly a handsome one, and a very 

 energetic layer, beginning as she did the 

 same day she was released by the bees, 

 and we have had very wet and cold weather 

 for the past two weeks. 



ClIAS. II. TlIKBKRATH. 



The above method of introducing a 

 queen is not the one given in the Apici:l- 

 TUiusT and referred to by Mr. T. 'J'he 

 method I gave is this: Unqueen tiie col- 

 ony and at the same time insert the ship- 



ping cage. In the course of twelve hours 

 the new queen will be released and suc- 

 cessfully introduced. 



The state of our honey market. 



Unlike last year at this time, the de- 

 mand ibr honey is very slow. In Sep- 

 tember and October, 1887, Ave could not 

 supply our demand for comb honey. Par- 

 ties were holding on, expecting a large 

 advance in prices. An advance was es- 

 tablished, although not as great as some 

 of our sanguine brethren expected and I 

 am not certain whether the majority of 

 our friends were benefited or injured by 

 their hold-on policy. Certain it is that a 

 number of them held on too long and lost 

 money. TIk; demand ceased with the ap- 

 proach of Christmas to an extent never 

 experienced before. 



This hold-on policy of last season is the 

 cause that our markets almost everywhere 

 are overstocked now with old comb-honey, 

 all of which would have sold at two to six 

 cents per pound higher last fall than it 

 does now. If sold last year, larger profits 

 would have been realized and twelve 

 months earlier. Besides, room would have 

 been made for the new crop, howevei- small 

 tiiat may be. 



Crops of clover and basswood were very 

 small and but little white comb-honey need 

 be expected. But buckwheat and other 

 fall honeys are abundant and we have been 

 oflered large lots. Although unsalable, al- 

 most, at other years, dark comb honey 

 would find a market now in the absence 

 of a better article, but we are slow to buy 

 because there is so much old comb honey 

 on hand yet of which Ave have our share, 

 and which must be disposed of. The pub- 

 lic is prejudiced to granulated comb honey 

 and sales are unsatisfactory. Cannot be 

 other Avise. 



The advance of one-half cent per pound 

 in extracted honey has checked somcAvhat 

 the demand froni manufacturers. Avhich 

 Avill be made up, however, as soon as they 

 are convinced that the last season justifies 

 no loAvcr prices. Demand is slow at pres- 

 ent. 



There is no ncAv Avhite comb honey on 

 the market. Last year's crop is ottered 

 at 12 to If) cts. a pound in a jobbing Avay. 

 Demand slow. 



There is a slow demand for extracted 

 honey Avhich brings 5 to 8 cts. a pound on 

 arrival. 



Beeswax is in good demand and brings 

 20 to 22 cts. a pound for good to choice 

 yellow. 



CiiAS. F. MuTn & Son. 



Cincinnati, /^ejH. 18, 1888. 



