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AMERICAN BEE JOURMAi-. 



are as good as this one, but I never give my 

 breeders a good show at honey-producing. 



I have been in the bee-business 35 years, 

 and my experience is, that, as a rule, the 

 stronger a colony gets, the more vicious 

 the bees are, and of coui'se the strong colo- 

 nies get the most honey. Certainly I am 

 opposed to "fighting bees," and about the 

 only use I have for a smoker is when some 

 one wants me to transfer bees from box- 

 bives. 



Please tell Mr. Norton, that he may not 

 be a good judge of Southern queens, for he 

 made one mistake on page 403. Mismated 

 5-banded queens always produce some 

 blacks. If Punic bees from hot Africa are 

 hardy at the North, why not bees from 

 Italy, or any other place ? I have had 

 queens from Maine, Michigan and Florida, 

 and many other places, and believe that 

 there is no difference. I call on Mr. Doo- 

 little as a witness, that 5-banded bees are 

 not altogether produced by Southern 

 breeders. F. C. Morrow. 



Wallaceburg, Ark. 



Bee-Keeping in Tennessee. 



It seemed the first of March as if winter 

 had broken ; the weather continued warm 

 until March 24th. Peach-trees bloomed out 

 nicely, and apple-trees were very nearly in 

 full bloom on the 25th, when it began to 

 turn cold. On the 26th the mercury was at 

 20 degrees above zero; on the 27th, at 16 

 degrees above ; this killed everything that 

 was green. Everything is cut off, and 

 thrown back three or four weeks. 



Light colonies of bees got the full benefit 

 of the peach-bloom, and had begun work 

 on the apple-bloom when the freeze came. 

 There was a good honey-flow from peach 

 and apple bloom for about two weeks ; bees 

 had begun to build comb very rapidly — I 

 never saw bees work with as much energy 

 in the spring of the year, as they did this 

 spring, until the cold wave shut them off. 



The prospect looks dark now, still I have 

 hopes of a good honey-flow yet this year. 

 Bees wintered finely the past winter, there 

 being but little loss to bee-keepers in this 

 part of the country. I put 31 colonies into 

 winter quarters last fall, and 29 of them 

 came through in good condition, being a 

 loss of only two colonies. 



This March was the warmest known here 

 for several years, and turned out to be the 

 coldest for several years. If it had con- 

 tinued warm, bees would have begun to 

 swarm from the middle to the last of 

 this month, but as it is, there will hardly 

 be any swarms until May. 



I receive the "old reliable" American 

 Bee Journal every Saturday. I take good 

 care of every copy, and bind them all into 

 books. I have a place to keep them, and 

 have the first that I received as a sample 

 copy. I could not do well without it, by 

 any means. I asked one of my neighbors, 

 a beginner, to subscribe for the Bee Jour- 

 nal. His I'eply was he didn't need it; that 

 the nature of the bees was enough for him. 



I think that the man who keeps bees should 

 read bee-papers all the time, and keep 

 posted. A. C. Babb. 



Greenville, Tenn., April 2. 



Honey & Beeswax Market Quotations. 



CHICAGO, III., Mar. 24.— The honey mar- 

 ket will be very quiet tor the balance of the 

 season. We will not do much business until 

 new honey comes in. We cannot quote prices 

 but will obtain the best possible price on what 

 little stock we will sell until early fall. Bees- 

 wax is very active at 25@26c. J. A. L. 



ALBANY, N. Y., Mar. 23. - The honey 

 market is very slow now. The demand is 

 about over on comb. Some extracted wanted 

 at 6c. ; If dark color, 5c. 



Beeswax, 26®27c. H. R. W. 



CHICAGO, III., Mar. 15.— There has been a 

 good deal of comb honey sold in the last few 

 days, so that our stock of the best grades is 

 now reduced. We obtain 14@15c. for choice 

 white. Dark is hard to move at 10@12c. Ex- 

 tracted is very quiet, selling at from 4@7c. 



Beeswax is in good demand at 23@25c. 



R. A. B. & Co. 



CINCINNATL O., Mar. 20.— Trade is dull. 

 Prices of honey are nominal. We quote 4@ 

 8c. for extracted, and 12@15c. for choice 

 white comb. 



Beeswax is in fair demand, at 20@25c. for 

 good to choice yellow. C. F. M. & S. 



KANSAS CITY, Mo., Apr. 6.— We have had 

 an exceedingly slow trade on honey this sea- 

 son, and prices ruled comparatively low. We 

 quote to-day: No. 1 white comb. 1-lb.. 14® 

 15c.; No. 2, 13@14c.; No. 1 amber, 12@13c.; 

 No. 2, 10@llc. Extracted, 5@7c. 



Beeswax, 20@22c. C.-M. C. Co. 



List of Honey and Beeswax Dealers, 



Most of whom Quote in this Journal. 



CblcagOt Ills. 



J. A. Lamon, 44 and 46 So. Water St. 



K. A. B0RNETT & Co., 161 South Water Street 



New York, N. Y. 



F. I. Sage & Son, 183 Reade Street. 

 HiiiDreth Bros. & Segelken, 



28 & 30 West Broadway. 

 Chas. Israel & Bros,, 110 Hudson St. 



Kansas City, AIo. 



Hamblin & Bearss, 514 Walnut Street. 

 Clemoms-Mason Com. Co., 521 Walnut St. 



Albany, N.Y. 



H. R. Wright, 326 & 328 Broadway. 



Hamilton, Ills. 

 Chas. Dadant & Son. 



Cincinnati, Ohio. 



C. F. MUTH & Son. cor. Freeman & Central ava. 



One-Cent Postage Stamps we 



prefer whenever it is necessary to send 

 stamps for fractions of a dollar. By re- 

 membering this, you will greatly oblige us. 



