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AMERICAN BEE JOURNAL. 



The Fall Crop of Honey has 



been quite good in many localities. This 

 will be a great help where otherwise it 

 would have been necessary to feed the 

 bees for winter. Bro. Root, in Glean- 

 ings for Oct. 1st, writes thus of the crop 

 of honey this year : 



There seems to be a smaller crop of 

 honey this year than usual — at least, 

 there is not very much offered. We 

 notice from the reports, that consign- 

 ments are small. Does this mean that 

 the honey crop this season was actually 

 smaller this year, even, than last? By 

 the way, the fall honey crop, judging by 

 the letters we are receiving every day, 

 is unusually large. At our basswood 

 apiary we actually had to give the bees 

 more room because they had crammed 

 almost every available cell with honey 

 and brood. Golden-rod has been out in 

 great profusion, and this is, no doubt, 

 the source whence the honey comes. 



Another short item, concerning the 

 present prices of honey, is as follows : 



It is getting time now for prices on 

 honey to be stiffened up a little. Better 

 figures are usually secured from now on 

 until the holidays than before or later. 

 Watch your chances. 



Mr. H. W. Garrett, of Coey- 

 man's Hollow, N. Y., we regret very 

 much to learn, died a few days ago. We 

 have received the following account 

 from a "Friend," dated Oct. 2, 1892 : 



Mr. H. W. Garrett— one of our best 

 known bee-keepers in Albany county, 

 New York — has joined the great ma- 

 jority. His illness was of several months 

 standing — La Grippe, followed by 

 Bright's disease. 



He was the owner of a small but well- 

 kept and judiciously-handled apiary. 

 He has been an enthusiastic bee-keeper 

 of wide experience, as he had made 

 apiculture an especial care and study 

 for the past 25 years. He was for years 

 a subscriber to, and an ardent admirer 

 of, the American Bee Journal, from 

 which he gleaned many benefits. 



Friend. 



The Globe Bee- Veil, which we offer 

 on page 508 of this number of the 

 Bee Journal, is just the thing. You 

 can get it for sending us only three new 

 subscribers, at $1.00 each. 



Mineral Wool for Packing 



bees in winter is inquired about by Mr. 

 D. Lindbeck, of Bishop Hill, Ills., in the 

 following, dated Oct. 3, 1892 : 



I intend to keep some bees, and I want 

 the best strains combined with beauty. 

 I have had two years' experience, and I 

 find the yellowest bees are the best 

 workers. Out of 16 colonies, spring 

 count, my yellowest bees gave me 108 

 pounds of surplus, the next best 98 

 pounds, and my black colony nothing. 

 One brown colony produced 28 pounds, 

 one hybrid 12 pounds, and one colony 

 of Alley's golden Carniolans 54 pounds. 

 My best two queens I bought from the 

 South, and I want to have comfortable 

 hives for their colonies. I think if they 

 are worth keeping, they deserve to be 

 kept in good condition. 



I would like to know, through the Bee 

 Journal, whether any bee-keeper has 

 had experience in packing double-walled 

 hives with " mineral wool," charcoal and 

 ground cork, and what is the very best, 

 regardless of cost. D. Lindbeck. 



Will those who have had experience 

 in packing with the materials mentioned 

 by Mr. Lindbeck, please send us their 

 reports for publication ? 



White Clover Comb Honey 



is bringing a good price now-a-days. 

 One of our Western commission firms, 

 who quote in the Bee Journal, say this 

 in a private letter, dated Sept. 30th, 

 1892: 



We think at present that 18 cents is 

 very high for white clover honey, and 

 when it gets that high it stops the de- 

 mand. People have been in the habit 

 of buying fancy white clover honey at 

 about 15 cents, and they dislike very 

 much to order large quantities at the 

 high price of 18 cents. By asking 18 

 or 20 cents for Wisconsin and Illinois 

 honey, it leaves a good market for Cali- 

 fornia honey, to be sold in preference to 

 Wisconsin, Illinois and Minnesota ship- 

 ments. 



Circulars for 1892 have been re- 

 ceived at this office from the following : 



Edwin E. Smith, Watertown, Conn. — 

 12 pages — Apiarian Supplies. 



H. L. Jones, Redbank Plains, near 

 Goodna, Queensland, Australia — 36 

 pages — Bees, Hives and Honey. 



