AMERICAN BEE JOURNAL. 



539 



Cold Weather Spoiled the Prospects. 



Bees in this locality wintered finely. We 

 are now bothering our heads how to suc- 

 cessfully "spring" them. They commenced 

 gathering pollen from soft maples on 

 March 1st, and up to the last cold wave. I 

 had stimulated considerable, and had all 

 colonies booming and very strong, but that 

 cold freeze knocked all hopes of a good crop 

 '•sky high." Our fruit is almost all gone, 

 plums only remaining. The clover is cut 

 off at the ground. 



I purchased 27 colonies of hybrids on 

 March 32nd. and not having time to haul 

 them myself, I contracted for the same. 

 Upon final examination after placing, I 

 found 20 colonies dead on account of in- 

 sufficient ventilation during transportation. 

 However, I am not disheartened, but hope 

 soon to build up what I lost. At present 

 the prospects indicate but half a crop. 



J. C. Wallenmeter. 



Evansville, Ind., April 9. 



An Opinion on Two Questions. 



Tell Dr. Miller (and others can listen) 

 that changing or killing the queen is the 

 only cure I know of in a case like that men- 

 tioned by M. W. G., in question No. 3, on 

 page 394. I have had two similar cases. 

 Young bees would leave the hive as if 

 starving, creep over the ground thick for 

 five feet away, then at night cluster in 

 handfuls on the ground, and creep next day 

 and starve. I have gathered them and put 

 them in the hive, but they would leave at 

 once again. They appeared all right, but 

 some defect might be found with a micro- 

 scope. 



lo answer Query No. 916, I would say the 

 better the queen the less will be the stores 

 in the brood-chamber in both cases. 



Black Bank, Ont. J. R. Bellamy. 



C^oiiTeiition Notices. 



Connecticut.— The Connecticut Bee-Keep- 

 ers' Association will hold their 3rd annual 

 meeting at the Capitol at Hartford, on Thurs- 

 day. May 3, 1894. Mrs. W. E. Riley, Sec. 



Waterbury, Conn. 



Illinois.— The spring meeting of the North- 

 ern Illinois Bee-Keepers' Association will be 

 held at the home of Mr. Russell Marsh, in 

 Guilford. III., on May 15, 1894. 



New Mllford, III. B. Kennedy, Sec. 



Tennessee.— The next annual meeting of 

 the East Tennessee, Bee-Keepers' Association 

 will be held at Whitesburg, Tenn., beginning 

 on Thursday, August Itl. 1894. All members 

 and other interested in bee-culture are in- 

 vited to attend. H. F. Coleman, Sec. 



Sneedville, Tenn. 



One-Cent I*ostas'e i^t^nips we 



prefer whenever it is necessary to send 

 stamps for fractions of a dollar. By re- 

 membering this, you will greatly oblige us. 



Honey & Beeswax Market Quotations. 



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

 ket will be very quiet for 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®?c. 



Beeswax is in good demand at 23@25c. 



R. A. B. & Co. 



CINCINNATI, O., April 18.— Demand is ex- 

 ceedingly slow for all kinds of honey. We 

 quote 12@15c. for best white comb, and 4@8c 

 for extracted honey. Arrivals and offerings 

 far exceed the demand. 



Beeswax is in good demand, at 22@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. 



Ha-ve You Read page 541 yet ? 



Clilcago« Ills. 



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



R. A. Burnett & Co., 161 South Water Street 



New York, N. Y. 



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

 HiLDRETH Bros. & Segelken, 



28 & 30 West Broadway. 

 Chas. Israel & Bros,, llO Hudson St. 



Kansas €lty, Mo. 



Hamblin & Bearss, 514 Walnut Street. 

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



Albany, N.Y. 



H. R. Wright, 326 & 328 Broadwar. 



Hamilton, Ills. 

 Chas. Dadant & Son. 



Cincinnati, Oblo. 



C. F. MUTH & Son, cor. Freeman & Central avs. 



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