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have had 10 or 12 days of cold weather. We 

 will say that to-day is a nice, warm day, 

 and the queen gets on the outside frame 

 and lays a patch of eggs about the size of a 

 man's hand. It turns cold right off, and 

 the queen goes to the center of the colony 

 and stays there until it warms up. This 

 outside frame of bees don't know what has 

 become of the queen — everything is quiet 

 for 10 or 12 days, so they build a queen-cell, 

 and if the weather stays cold so the bees 

 do not stir around uutil this cell hatches 

 out, this virgin will slip around among the 

 bees and kill the old queen. As it is too 

 early for drones, some of the bees get mad 

 about the way business has been carried 

 on, so they kill this virgin queen, and that 

 is the way, I think, so many colonies be- 

 come queenless in the spring. 



Last week I found two colonies that had 

 one cell in each hive on the outside frame, 

 but the queens were laying eggs around 

 the cells, so the bees were tearing them 

 down. G. W. Nance. 



Anthon, Iowa, April 20. 



COIVVEJMTION DIRECTORY. 



Time and place of meeting. 



1894. 

 May 15.— Northern Illinois, at Guilford, 111. 

 B. Kennedy, Sec, New Milford, 111. 



Aug-.IG.— East Tennessee, at Whitesburg-,Tenn 

 H. F. Colemau, Sec. Sneedville, Tenn. 

 189.5. 

 Feb. 8, 9.— Wisconsin, at Madison, Wis. 



J. W. Vance, Cor. Sec, Madison, Wis. 



In order to have this table complete, 

 Secretaries are requested to forward full 

 particulars of the time and the place of 

 each future meeting. — The Editor. 



North American Bee-Keepers' Association 



Pres.— Emerson T. Abbott St. Joseph, Mo. 



Vice-Pres.— O. L. Hershiser.... Buffalo, N. Y. 

 Secretary— Frank Benton, Washington, D. C. 

 Treasurer— George W. York...Chica<ro. Ills. 



National Bee-Keepers' Union. 



President— Hon. R. L. Taylor. .Lapeer, Mich. 

 Gen'l Manager— T. G. Newman. Chicago, 111. 

 147 South Western Avenue. 



Xhe Amateur Bee-Keeper, 



is the name of a neat little pamphlet 

 designed for the class its name Indicates 

 — amateurs and beginners in bee-keep- 

 ing. It is written by Mr. J. W. Rouse, 

 of Missouri, a practical apiarist and 

 helpful writer. It contains over 60 

 pages, and we will send it postpaid for 

 25 cents ; or club it with the Bee Jour- 

 nal for one year — both for only $1.15. 



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. 2.3. — The honey 

 market is very slow now. The demand is 

 about over on comb. Some extracted wanted 

 at 6c. ; if dark color, 5e. 



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 lor 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. 



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 

 tor 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® 

 1.5c.; No. 2, 13@14c.; No. 1 amber, 12@13c.; 

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



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



BUFFALO. N. Y., Apr. 28.-The market is 

 very qniet. Fancy comb. 13®14c.; choice, 11 

 @12c. ; buckwheat, 8@9c. Indications are 

 that stock on hand will be closed out before 

 new arrives. Beeswax, 23@58c. B. & Co. 



List of Honey and Beeswax Dealers, 



Most of whom Quote in this Journal. 



Cbicago, 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,, 110 Hudson St. 



Kansas City, Mo. 



Hamblin & Beakss, 514 Walnut Street. 

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



Albany, N.Y. 



H. R. Wright, 326 & 328 Broadway. 



Buffalo, N.Y. 



Batterson & Co., 167 & 169 Scott St. 



Hamilton, Ills. 



Chas. Dadant & Son. 



Cincinnati, Ohio. 



C. F. MuTH & Son, cor. Freeman & Central avB. 



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