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AMERICAN BEE JOURNAL. 



Golden Bees. 



The golden bees are as much ahead of the 

 three-banded as the three-banded are 

 ahead of the blacks, in gathering honey, 

 beauty and gentleness. I had one colony 

 (6 pounds of bees) that stored 12 pounds of 

 honey in six hours, bringing it all over one 

 mile. They are called five-banded bees, 

 but still they seldom show bands at all, 

 being solid yellow, except the tip. True, I 

 am a golden breeder, still I could breed the 

 other strain as easily. F. C. Morrow. 



Wallaceburg, Ark., June 7. 



Bees in Fair Condition. 



I have 25 colonies in fair condition. I 

 have kept bees here four years, and have 

 lost but one colony, which was robbed. 



J. N. Talkington. 



Leonardville, Kans., June 2. 



Wintered Finely — White Clover. 



Bees wintered finely here, but the four 

 weeks of cold weather in May and June so 

 checked breeding that colonies are not 

 strong enough to gather honey rapidly. 

 White clover is quite plenty now, and we 

 hope everything will " bee " all right yet. 

 Dr. a. C. Matthias. 



Gilboa, O., June 14. 



The Season Up to June 14th. 



I am led to believe Dr. Miller acted very 

 wisely in placing that little word "if" in 

 one of his " Stray Straws " — " if the flowers 

 yield no nectar." Clover is not so very 

 luxuriant in this vicinity, and what there 

 is seems to yield no nectar. On its first 

 apyearance the weather was so cold that it 

 produced nothing ; neither could the bees 

 gather from it if it had produced, and 

 since then it has been so hot and dry that 

 nothing has been accumulated from it to 

 speak of. And this is the condition of 

 things with me at the present writing. 



Bees wintered remarkably well, and also 

 "springed " well. My loss for winter was 

 only one out of 137 colonies, but I lost sev- 

 eral during the spring. 



Bees began swarming on May 22nd. and 

 out of sevei'al swarms all have cast vii-gin 

 queens save one ; the wings being clipped, 

 1 saved her. All did well through fruit- 

 bloom, and have plenty of stores to carry 

 them some time yet. I nourish strong hopes 

 from basswood and sweet clover, as bass- 

 wood is well filled with buds, and sweet 

 clover — every one knows about how that 

 yields. 



At the present writing, the thermometer 

 is bearing heavily toward the 100 mark, 

 and no moisture — not even dew enough to 

 observe in the morning. Such are the con- 

 ditions of this vicinity, and I fear many 

 others are in like condition. 



A. Y. Baldwin. 



DeKalb,Ill., June 14. 



Honey & Beeswax Market (juotatioiis. 



ALBANY, N. T., 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. 



BUFFALO, N. Y., May 14.— Trade is very 

 slow, and we have still a liberal stock on 

 hand. We quote: Fancy comb. 13@14c.; 

 choice, H@12c. ; dark and common grades, 

 8@9c. Beeswax, 25@30c. B. & Co. 



CHICAGO, III., May 10.— The market for 

 comb honey is not of large volume at this 

 season of the year; a fine article of white 

 comb brings 15c. in pound sections. Extract- 

 ed slow of sale, at 4@6c. Beeswax, 25c. 



R. A. B. & Co. 



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. 



CINCINNATL O., June 19.— Demand is slow 

 for all kinds of honey. The range of prices 

 is 4@6c. for extracted, and 12@14c. for best 

 white comb. There is no sale for dark comb 

 honey at any price. 



Beeswax is in fair demand at 23@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. 



NEW YORK, N. Y.. May 25.— New crop of 

 Southern honey Is arriving freely. The 

 market Is well supplied and demand very 

 light. We quote: Common grade. 50c. per 

 gal. ; choice, 55@60c. Beeswax I* firm at 28c. 



H. B. &S. 



List of Honey and Beeswax Dealers, 



Most of whom Quote In this Journal. 



Cbicago, Ills. 



J. A. Lamon, 43 South Water St. 



tt. A. Burnett & Co., 163 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 & Bearss, 514 Walnut Street, 

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



Albany, N.Y. 



H. R. Wright, 326 & 328 Broadwar. 

 Buffalo, N. Y. 



Batterson & Co., 167 & 169 Scott St. 



Hamilton, Ills. 



Chas. Dadant & Son. 



Cincinnati, Obto. 



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



