July 31, 1902. 



AMERICAN BEE JOURNAL 



495 



and iinflnlKlicd scTlions, nnd 8o I have been 

 alilr III Imiiillr llic itiiji so far. 



Sliii'intc is interrupted now on account of 

 Ihr. lieavy rains. Thin wiil prolmljly insure a 

 fall How of more lluin usual inu^rnituile. 



I lost i|iiit.e a numher of colonies, liut the 

 most of Itiose left hives Willi a nooil deal of 

 sealed honey in them. I thiulf only one col- 

 ony starved. Two were lost because the hive- 

 entrances were not kept clear of dead bees. 

 I had directed that all entrances shoidd be 

 cleared by means of a bent wire, but it was 

 not faithfully attended to. The most of the 

 losses were (iue to the loss of (lueens. 



I had been taui;ht by many writers that it 

 is best to let the bees attend to the matter of 

 supersedintr the c|Ueen. I am tolerably cer- 

 tain that followintr this advice has resulted in 

 trreat loss to me. Mad I iiiiide use of (|ucens 

 reared in my own yard in stroni; colonies un- 

 der the swarniint; impulse, and theu allowed 

 no c|ueen to live more than three years, 1 

 think I would Ije better oil. I have some 

 »^ood purchased ((ueens, ami have had a cood 

 many purchased queens that were sood for 

 nothinj;. I have one (|ueen iiitroduced Au^. 

 :!, ISSir, which has done as ^ood work this 

 season as ever before, and she has always 

 done well. This is a York State queen. While 

 one can get a good many good queens by pur- 

 chase, he has the trouble of experimenting a 

 great while in order to find out which are the 

 good ones ; hence, I believe it safest for the 

 ordinary bee-keeper to rear his own queens 

 from the best queens in his own yard in the 

 swarming season. 



It is stated in some of the papers that 

 many colonies in Iowa and Illinois have been 

 allowed to perish in the past month from 

 starvation, owing to the lack of bloom, or the 

 weather being so bad that the bees could iiOt 

 worit. A few dimes expended for sugar at a 

 critical time may be returned in a good many 

 dollars later on. To let bees starve in June is 

 poor economy. Shall such a man be called 

 an apiarist * He is only a bee-bungler. If 

 the flowers yield nectar from July to Novem- 

 ber they yield it in vain for him. 



Edwin Betins. 



Decatur Co., Iowa, July 9. 



Pretty Well for Beginnsps. 



In February, 18M, we bought 4 colonies of 

 bees; now we have 10 colonies. I have hived 

 6 swarms, one June 19, 32, 24, 30, and July 4 

 and 7. 



On Saturday afternoon my wife was at 

 home alone, and being (|uite anxious to know 

 what the bees were doing, she took the 

 smoker and looked thi-ough all the hives, and 

 found all the brood-frames well built down, 

 aud enough stores ahead so they will not need 

 to be fed just yet. 



The colony we hived June 19 has the super 

 well tilled and nearly all capped. It is the 

 only one that has done much in the super. 



We thought we were doing pretty well for 

 greenhorns ; many others are losing their col- 

 onies. R. A. Marshall. 



Wright Co., Iowa, July 21. 



Worst Season— Foul-Brood Cure. 



This is the worst season ever known in this 

 section. It rained 28 days in June, and every 

 day in July up to the Sth, which was cold and 

 cloudy. It rained July 9, 10 and 11, and a 

 cold northwest wind. This morning it is cool, 

 but it looks as if it would be a honey-day. 



I never saw such a large crop of white 

 clover. 



Yesterday was the first day in about 20 that 

 the farmers have been able to plow the 

 ground, it being too wet. That will make the 

 buckwheat at least 50 percent less. Our out- 

 look for this season seems to be very slim, as 

 the white clover is on the decline. 



I think I have found a sure cure for foul 

 brood, at least it has made it disappear in one 

 yard. I will be able to report in a short time, 

 as the second lot of brood will be hatching in 

 about 12 days. The 3 colonies I have treated 

 are as healthy as any bees I ever saw since the 

 treatment; but I want to make sure before I 

 report. Facts are what we waat in our prac- 

 tice. J. W. Tucker. 



Jefferson Co., Pa., July 12. 



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Close Sati-rdats at 1 p.m. —Our custo- 

 mers and friends will kindly remember that 

 beginning with July 1, for three months we 

 close our office and bee-supply store at 1 

 p.m. on Saturdays. This is our usual custom. 

 Nearly all otner firms here begin the Saturday 

 afternoon closing with May 1st, but we keep 

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 bee-keepers who find it more convenient to 

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I HONE>y AND BEESWAX J 



MAKKET QUOTATIONS. 



Chicaoo, July 1''.— Not any comb honey of 

 the new crop yet on the market, but adviccR of 

 tliiH week would indicate that Home sectioan 

 of the country are now prepared to Mhi^* an ftood 

 as any demand appearn, and be(fianinf( with 

 Aujijusl there ban ia pahi HeasouH been more or 

 leHM of a market, aod it in looked for to betfin 

 this year on lime. Thi« for several reaHonii, 

 one beiDt,f that we arefr'>in(f to ha ve Horoe choice 

 white clover and baRswood to ofTer. which has 

 not been over plentiful during the past three or 

 four seasons. Trices are nominally the name as 

 duriag the past 90 days. bee6waz Hells at 30c. 



R. A. bUKNBTT & Cu. 



Kansas City. July 5 —Some newcomb honey 

 has arrived. We quote: New. 14(fy\Sc; old, 

 12fail3c. Kxtracted, white. b(ab\4c; amber. 5(atc. 

 Heeswax, 25fa'30c. C. C. Clemons & C9. 



Albany, N. Y., July 10.— Honey market not 

 opened yet for this season, but we look for de- 

 mand to beg io in a couple weeks. No old crop 

 in the way. Expect pood demand and g^ood 

 prices for new crop, which is very lipht in this 

 vicinity. H. R. Wright. 



NawYoRK, July 7.— There is some fair dc- 

 raand for cnmb honey at 14c (or strictly fancy 

 white; 12tol3c for No. 1, and lOfallc for amber. 

 Extracted quiit at unchang-ing- prices. Bees- 

 wax dull and declining at 29c. 



HiLORBTH A SSOBLKBlf, 



Cincinnati, July 7.— The shipments and of- 

 fers oTi new comb honey are so little, besides 

 the predictions for the yield of honey so uncer- 

 tain, that I can give no figure for prices. Ex- 

 tracted is selling for the same price— Amber, in 

 barrels, 5(5)5ii4c; alfalfa, fif^oj^c; white clover, 

 <>)4c. Beeswax, 28c in cash. 



C. H. W. Wbbeb. 



San Francisco, July 0.— White comb, 10@ 

 12 cents; amber, 7(5J10c; dark, b(&7 cents. Ex- 

 tracted, white, 5®—; llpht amber, 4H(8i — ; 

 i amber, 4(3)—. Beeswax, good to choice, light, 

 27(ai29c; dark, 25<g)2(yc. 



Stocks are of light volume and market can- 

 not be termed favorable to buyers, but demand 

 is not brisk at prices now generally asked, 

 dealers waiting as a rule for offerings to be pre- 

 sented to them. If presure to realize were ex- 

 erted, the material shading of rates to buyers 

 would be necessary to effect noteworthy whole- 

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