THE AMERICAN BEE JOURNAL. 



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Honey Prospects. 



From present reports the honey crop of 

 1876 will be much beyond the average. 

 Through sections over which we have pass- 

 ed in Illinois and Iowa, the gi'ound was 

 fairly white with clover, exceeding any- 

 thing we have ever seen. The principal 

 anxiety with many, will be to find a market 

 for their honey. We advise patience. 

 Those who ai-e unwilling to wait, but send 

 at once all their crop to dealers or commis- 

 sion merchants in the large cities will not 

 realize as much as those who take time to 

 work off their crop on the markets nearer 

 home. Dealers in the large cities will only 

 buy now at very low prices, for the supply 

 will for the next month or two bfe far be- 

 yond the demand. Producers can better 

 afford to hold the crop than can the dealers. 

 A large number can more easily hold $100 

 each than can a few dealers $10,000 each. 



The special danger in a season like the 

 present is that in many hives there will not 

 be 



BOOM FOR THE QUEEN. 



The very prosperity of some colonies will 

 prove their ruin. As fast as the young bees 

 hatch out, the cells will be filled with 

 honey, leaving no room for the queen to 

 lay; so that the stronger the colony may be 

 at such a time, the weaker it is bound to be 

 afterward, without help from the owner. 

 But few young bees will be left in the hive, 

 the owner "hefts" it and is pleased with 

 his heavy stock, but these old bees die off 

 through the winter and spring, combs filled 

 with honey not being the best to winter in, 

 and before the next season commences, the 

 remark is made, "I lost one of my best 

 stocks; I can't account for it, for they left 

 the hive full of honey." See to it then that 

 at all times at least one or two of the outside 

 combs shall be kept emptied by the extrac- 

 tor so long as honey is coming in. Even at 

 this time of the year it will pay you to buy 

 an extractor, if thereby you can save the 

 only two stocks you may have. 



' Printed pamphets and books (not cir- 

 culars) can now be sent through the mails , 

 at one cent for each two ounces or fraction 

 thereof. The postage on the third-class 

 matter (merchandise, etc.) remains unalter- 

 ed, one cent for each ounce. The sender of 

 any article of the third-class of mail matter 

 may write his or her name or address there- 

 in, or on the outside thereof, with the word 

 "From" above or preceding the same, or 

 may write, briefly, or print on any package, 

 the number and names of the articles en- 

 closed. . 1^ 



Centennial Honey Show.— We learn 

 that the June display of honey at the Cen- 

 tennial was an utter failure. Probably one 

 reason for this lies in the fact that bee- 

 keepers were very busy at that time, and 

 many of them had as yet taken very little 

 honey. 



The special display set for Oct. 23 to Nov. 

 1 comes at a time when there will be more 

 leisure and the crop will be mainly harvest- 

 ed. If managed- rightly there may be a 

 grand display at that time. We hope there 

 may be no half way business about it; that 

 there may be a creditable show, or the 

 thing given up entirely. 



Those who contemplate exhibiting, if 

 they have not already obtained all desired 

 information, can do so by addressing Bur- 

 net Landreth, Chief of Bureau of Agricul- 

 ture, Philadelphia. 



lltg^We have received a few complaints 

 that the Journal for June was not receiv- 

 ed. The fault must have been with the 

 Post Office Department. If the Journal 

 does not arrive during the month, a postal 

 card should be sent to this office stating its 

 non-arrival, and giving the name and ad- 

 dress in full, and at once we will send 

 another copy. When it is delayed several 

 months we cannot always send the number 

 required. There is no use of delay, for we 

 send out each issue in time to reach every 

 subscriber during the month, even those 

 afar off in Italy, Germany, England, France, 

 Russia, and Australia. They should reach 

 every part of the United States and Canada 

 before the 10th. 



IWA.S we wish to give all the news con- 

 cerning the production of comb foundation, 

 we would invite any one who may have 

 bought and used one of King & Slocum's 

 Patent Machines, to send us a statement of 

 results. 



^;W Our Canadian subscribers will be 

 pleased to learn that hereafter they can ob- 

 tain Postal Money Orders on the United 

 States, thus securing absolute safety in 

 sending remittances. 



It^" We have received a very interesting 

 account published in the CJtica (N. Y.) Her- 

 ald, of the apiary of R. Bacon, for the last 

 season. We should be pleased to have a 

 report of Mr. Bacon's success during the 

 present season. 



Send Names.— Our friends will greatly 

 oblige us by sending the names of such of 

 their neighbors as keep bees and do not 

 take The American Bee Journal, and 

 we will send them a sample copy. 



