1881. 



THE AMERICAN BEE JOURNAL. 



15 



To nearly all women, at some time or j 

 other, will come the query "What can 

 I do for self support m ease a possible 

 emergency makes it necessary ?" it 

 came to me eight years ago, ami 1 

 thought 1 would see what there was in 

 bee-keeping. Every year up to the 

 present has found me amply satisfied 

 with the returns for my time and labor, 

 but has not proved that I could rely 

 upon it tor self support. Whether I 

 could or not I was anxious to demon- 

 strate by actual experience, for the 

 benefit of other women as well as my 

 own. for although a failure on my part 

 would by no means signify failure for 

 others, it would most certainly prove 

 that what I could do others also could 

 do. 1 wished to see how many colonies 

 I alone could do the work for. and also 

 how manv mi. re I could have sepervi- 

 sion of and make profitable. This I 

 have not been able to accomplish, and 

 perhaps never shall. Duties that can- 

 not be laid aside would now make the 

 attempt impossible. It may be that 

 other women have made the experiment 

 and brought it to a successful termina- 

 tion. I hope so, but do not know. There 

 are many of us. however, who have 

 made it profitable in proportion to the 

 extent to which we have engaged in it. ■ 

 All vocations are now open to woman, 

 and it is a matter of little or no surprise : 

 to see her try her hand at any of them ; j 

 while from the necessities existing we i 

 are glad it is so, yet there are multitudes [ 

 of women who rejoice at opportunities 

 toward self-support that do not lead 

 away from home— "the woman's king- 

 dom." 



Officers elected for the ensuing year 

 were as follows : President, A. J. 

 Cook, Lansing: Vice Prisidents, J. A. 

 Robinson, Battle Creek ; A. W. Colm, 

 Belleview ; Treasurer. L. B Baker, 

 Lansing; Secretary, T. F. Bingham, 

 Otsego. 



Battle Creek, will be the next place 

 of meeting. On account of being ex- 

 tremely busy now I am not able to 

 write out the official report of proceed- 

 ings, but hope to be able to furnish 

 them soon. T. F. Bingham, Sec. 



[Several essays were read which have 

 been omitted from this report, but will 

 be published hereafter.— Ed.] 



£cttcv Jlraiuev. 



Disturbing Bees in Winter.— Will it do 



to disturb bees in winter by putting on 

 mats? I have some mats on that are 

 made from old quilts ; they will not ab- 

 sorb the moisture, but let it freeze on 

 top of the frames. What shall I do 

 with them r N. W. Williams. 



North Union, O. 



[No ; if cold enough to chili them. 

 Let them alone till warm enough to fly, 

 then change the quilts.— Ed.] 



Wintering Bees. -1 have just received 

 the Weekly Bee Journal with which 



I am much pleased. 1 would send you 

 the money for it. now but quite a num- 

 ber of US will send for it in a shorl 

 time, which is mucli easier than sending 

 for one copy at a time. We are using 

 the Golden bee hive in this county ; it 

 is a success. 1 cannot afford to do with- 

 out the American Bee Journal for 

 three times its cost, As to the winter- 

 ing of bees, all that the JOURNAL con- 

 tains on this subject is worth nothing to 

 us. as our bees winter themselves. 

 They go into winter-quarters with 

 plenty of honey and are therefore, pre- 

 pared to take care of themselves. I 

 procured a Henderson queen last sum- 

 mer ; she is a real beauty. I am going 

 to supply my apiary with queens from 

 her next year. Please send me the 

 Weekly and the money will be sent in 

 a short time. T. F. Biard. 



Biardtown, Texas. 



[Certainly ; if requested to do so, we 

 cheerfully send on the Bee Journal 

 and give a little time. In fact, we much 

 prefer to do so, rather than to take the 

 name from our " List " and then sub- 

 stitute it, a short time afterwards. All 

 we want to know is— that it is desired 

 to be continued, and hence give this 

 general notice. 



If any one desires the W r eekly Bee 

 Journal and it is not convenient to 

 pay for a year at once, they can send 

 SI. 00 for 6 months, or 50 cents for 3 

 months. It costs no more in that way, 

 except the postage. For all fractions of 

 a dollar send one, two or three-cent 

 postage stamps.— Ed.] 



Bees in Scotland.— As far as I can 

 learn from various districts in Scotland, 

 lues are all in excellent condition; I 



hope thej » ill cont inue so till spring. 



The last* heather honey harvest here 

 was the best for upwards of 50 years. 

 The weather has been stunning for the 

 past 10 days, but more settled and mild 

 to-day. John I). Hutchison. 



Glasgow, Scotland, Dec. 14, 1880. 



Space under Combs.— I am well pleased 

 with the first number of the Weekly 

 Bee Journal. My honey crop for this 

 season was over 5,600 lbs.; average over 

 50 lbs. per colony. I had more honey 

 ibis season than last. My experience 

 this fall is like Mr. Win. Canirn. I 

 think there should be quite a space 

 under the combs in winter. 



Ben.t. Franklin. 



Franklinton, N. Y., Dec. 27, 18S0. 



Losses in Winter Feared. — I have 

 about 50 colonies of bees ; they did well 

 here in the early part of the season, but 

 not so, in the latter part. I fear heavy 

 losses in bees before spring, the 

 weather is so rigorous. I wish the 

 Weekly Bee Journal all possible suc- 

 cess. James A. Buck. 



Washington, D. C. 



Prospect for next Season.— Bees in 

 our locality done poorly this season. I 

 have 125 colonies all in good condition 

 in the Mitchell hive, all packed with 

 clover chaff, on their summer stands. 

 We look for a big thing in the way of 

 honey next year. The white clover is 

 abundant. Success to the Journal in 

 its new form. S. M. Oldhajl 



Reynoldsburg, O., Dec. 28, 1880. 



Not a Pound of Honey.— Another sea- 

 son is past and our labors are closed in 

 the apiary for 1886 ; and what is the re- 

 sult; simply a failure, not a pound of 

 surplus honey from 23 colonies; being 

 the poorest season for honey since I 

 have kept bees; but I am not dis- 

 couraged. I hope for better things 

 next year. I must have the Weekly 

 Bee Journal, cannot afford to lose a 

 number, even if I did not get any honey 

 last year. H.D.Edwards. 



Delhi, 111. 



Hard Winter for Bees.— I have sold 

 my comb honey in Buffalo at 18c. per 

 pound. My 60 colonies are packed in 

 plainer shavings and are in good con- 

 dition so far. A man reported to me 

 to-day 9 colonies dead out of 90— frozen 

 he says. It will be a hard winter for 

 bees unprotected. I am glad the Jour- 

 nal is to be a Weekly hereafter. I 

 wish it success. James S. Lord. 



Linden, N. Y. 



Good Yield.— I have 50 colonies of 

 hybrids, and have sold $185. worth of 

 honey at 12J£ cents per pound, and have 

 consumed and given away some $60. 

 worth more. Put me down for the 

 Weekly Bee Journal. 



Weston, Texas. A. D. Buckly. 



Adulteration.— The W r eekly Ameri- 

 can Bee Journal is at hand; I am 

 well pleased with it, particularly with 

 your article on adulteration. Continue 

 to sound the trumpet of warning. Let 

 our brother bee-keepers read and re- 

 read. All such articles should be taken 

 to our county papers and copied into 

 them, so that every reader in the land 

 will become posted and a general cry 

 will go up to our legislators for more 

 stringent laws in the matter. The first 

 step is to educate our people against 

 adulteration. Is there any better 

 chance to do this than through our local 

 papers V E. Liston. 



Virgil City, Mo.. Dec. 27, 1880. 



Good Crop.— The first number of the 

 Weekly Bee Journal to hand. lam 

 well pleased with it. My bees have 

 done very well this year. I obtained 

 40 lbs. of honey from a second swarm, 

 all in 1-lb. sections, and have plenty 

 to winter on. Bees are well packed 

 out-doors. The weather is very cold; 

 10° below zero here now. 



D. P. Campbell. 



Park Hill, Ont., Dec. 30, 1880. 



Cold Weather in Kentucky.— The ex- 



extremely cold weather ot November 

 has killed a good many weak colonies, 

 and the strong ones have suffered more 

 or less. But few bees here are prepared 

 thoroughly enough to endure such cold 

 weather, and I fear many will perish 

 before spring comes. N. P. Allen. 

 Smith's Grove, Ky., Dec. 13, 1880. 



££?* The Northwestern Illinois and 

 Southwestern Wisconsin P.ee- Keepers ' 

 Association will meet in Hie Temper 



ance Hall, Freeport, 111,, on Tuesday, 



Jan. 11, 1881. Mr. T. G. .Newman, edi- 

 tor Of the American Bee JOURNAL, 

 has consented to be present and will 



deliver a lecture on Progressive Bee 

 Culture. Several other prominent bee- 

 keepers are expected to be present. A 

 general invital ion is extended to all in- 

 terested in bee-culture to be present. 

 J. Stewart, Sec. 



The Outlook.— The present outlook 

 for bees is not at all encouraging in this 

 section. Many have left their bees on 

 summer stands wholly unprotected, 

 which means, live if you can. The bees 

 went into winter-quarters much less in 

 numbers per colony than usual ; many 

 more dying late in the fall and early 

 winter than usual, leaving bees gen- 

 erally in poor condition for the long 

 winter. I much like the appearance of 

 the Weekly Bee Journal and I 

 heartily wish it a happy new vear. 



Byron, HI., Jan. 3, 1881. A. Rice. 



Much Needed.— I am greatly pleased 

 that our editor has concluded to give us 

 a weekly Bee Journal. The want of 

 such an aid to our labors was much felt 

 during the honey season, when timely 

 articles from our best writers were 

 eagerly looked for and gladly perused 

 as soon as received. 



Wm. S. Barclay. 



Beaver, Pa., Dec. 20, 1880. 



Bees Need a Fly.— My bees have all 

 been housed for some time — they need 

 a fly now. Heavy losses in bees are 

 reported among those who use box or 

 single-walled hives. 



M. G. Reynolds. 



Williamsburg, Ind., Dec. 21, 1S80. 



Z8~ The Northeastern Bee-keepers' Association 

 will hold their Eleventh Annual Convention, in the 

 Common Council chamber, at Utica, N. Y,, on the 2d. 

 3d and 4th days of February, 1881. The Executive 

 Committee are determined to maintain the high 

 standing the Association has justly gained in the 

 past, and propose to out-do all former efforts at the 

 coming Convention. Essays or addresses are ex- 

 pected from Capt. W. F. Williams ; Prof. J. Has- 

 brouck ; Mrs. Frances Dunham ; James Heddon ; 

 Chas. Dadant ; H. A. Burch ; Jno Y. Detwiler ; C. P. 

 Dadant : A. G. Thurber ; w. A. House ; A. J. King ; 

 Julius Hoffman and others. 



A gold medal will be awarded for best essays, on 

 the following subjects : " The different racesof bees 

 and their crosses." "Wintering bees," "Marketing 

 honey." "How can we make the apiary the most 

 profitable ?" 



For best essay upon any subject outside of those 

 mentioned, one tested Cyprian queen, donated by L. 

 C. Root. 



Diplomas will be awarded for best display of im- 

 plements ; the best comb foundation tor brood- 

 chamber : for surplus boxes ; best honey extractor ; 

 best bee smoker ; for the most practical bee hive. 



One dollar each, for the best craie of honey in the 

 most marketable shape, and for the best package of 

 extracted honev. 



For the neatest and best honey crate and section 

 boxes (cost, quality and finish to be considered), one 

 tested Italian queen, donated bv Geo. W. House. 



All are invited to send implements for competition 



or exhibition. Articles sent to the Secretary will be 



sold or otherwise disposed of as the owner may 



direct. It is desired that all articles sent be thesame 



; as kept iu stock, or forwarded to purchasers 



| Geo. W. House, Sec. L. C. Root. Pres. 



CLUBBING LIST. 



We supply the Weekly A mcrlc:in 15ee .1 om -nal 



and any of the following periodicals. Cor 1881, at the 

 prices quoted in the laBt column of figures. The 



first column gives the regular price of both : 



PublitlurB'Prioe. Club. 



The Weekly Bee Journal CI'. O. Newman) ..*2 00 



and Gleanings in [iee-Cultui e i A. 1. Root) :i 00.. 2 75 



Bee-Keepers' Mawtztne (A.. i King).. :i en 2 60 



Bee-Keepers' Exchange i.l.ll.Ni-llis). 2 75.. 2 SO 



The 4 above-named papers 4 75.. 3 75 



]!eo Keepers' Instructor i W.Thomas) 2 60. . 2 35 



Bee-Keepers' Guide (A.G.Hill) 2 60.. 2 36 



The 6 above-na i papers 5 7.',.. 5 00 



Prof. Cook's Manual (bound in cloth) :i 25.. 3 00 



Bee-Culture (T.G.Newman) 240.. 2 25 



For Semi-monthly Bee Journal. $1.00 less. 

 For Monthly Bee Journal, tl-50 less. 



Honey and Beeswax Market. 



BUYEKS' QUOTATIONS. 



CHICAGO. 



HONEY— Light comb honey held at lSft20c. in 1 

 and 2 lb. sections ; in larger packages. 15@16c; dark, 

 12 lie. Extracted, IkalOc. 



BEESWAX.-Choice yellow, 20&24c; darker, 15® 17. 



NEW YORK. 

 HONEY.— Best white comb honey, small neat 

 packages, 17(,< ISc. ; fair do., 15<;< ll'.e. : dark do.. 11@13 ; 

 large boxes sell for about 2c. under above. White 

 extracted, 9@10c. ; dark, 7<a8c. ; southern strained. 

 S0@S5c. 

 BEESWAX— Prime quality, 20@24c. 



H. K. & F. B. THURB1JK & CO. 



CINCINNATI. 



HONE Y.— The market for extracted clover honey 

 is very good, and in demand at 10c. for the best, and 

 7@8c. for basswood and dark honey. The supply of 

 comb honey is good, with a fair demand. We pay 

 16c. for the best. 



BEKSWAX-18@24c. C F. Muth. 



SAN FRANCISCO. 

 HONEY— Comb honey, 12614c. Extracted, choice 

 white, 7(-r7 1 ,,c; off-colors, t;i-,7e. 

 BEES WAX— 22®24c. as to color. 



Stearns & Smith. 423 Front Street. 



Comb Foundation.— 1 ' While the Dun- 

 ham foundation I believe is sold for the 

 same price as the other sorts, it is really 

 worth more, from the fact that it is 

 more difficult to make." Twice have 

 we read the above in the Bee Journal. 

 May we add : and for the other reason 

 that it does not sag, and entirely does 

 away with any use for wax sheets, 

 pressed on strips of wood, paper, wires, 

 etc. Our friends will excuse us we 

 hope— why mumble the truth as the 

 donkey does a thistle, cautiously? 



Carson City, Mich. Hiram Roof. 



Had a Fly.— My bees have had a good j 

 fly the last two clays, the first since the ' 

 ' end of October ; 'they are yet on the 

 summer stands. Most of them are in 

 double-walled hives. I have about 40 j 

 colonies in Langstroth hives, and am ! 

 undecided whether to put them in the 

 cellar or not. I lost two-thirds in cellar 

 last winter. Hiram Craig. 



Fort Calhoun, Neb., Dec. 13, 1880. 



Local Convention Directory. 



1881. Time and Place oj Meeting. 



Jan. 11-N. W. 111. and S. W. Wis., at Freeport, 111. 

 13, 14— Indiana State, at Indianapolis, Ind. 

 18— Northeastern Wisconsin, atOshkosh, Wis. 

 Feb. 2— Northeastern, at Rome. N. Y. 



5, 6— Ashtabula Co., O., at Andover O. 



W. D. Uowells, Sec, Jefferson, O. 

 April 5— Central Kentucky, at Winchester. Ky. 

 7— Union Association, at Eminence, Ky. 



E. Drane, Sec. pro tern., Eminence. Ky. 

 Mav 4— Tuscarawas and Muskingum Valley, at Cam- 

 bridge, Guernsey Co.. O. 



J. A. Bucklew, Sec. Clarks, O. 

 5— Central Michigan, at Lansing, Mich. 



Wm. Williamson, Sec. Lexington, Ky. 



Sept. National, at Lexington, Ky. 



—Kentucky State, at Louisville, Ky. 



jy In order to have this Table complete. Secreta- 

 ries are requested to forward full particulars of time 

 and place of future meetings.— Ed. 



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