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THE AMERICAN BEE JOURNAL. 



for the last few years has yielded but 

 little honey. I have kept bees quite 

 profitably in Maine, but I fail to do 

 so here. I am looking for a good 

 location in Florida for bee-keeping, 

 near a city, where I can have an 

 orange orchard and good facilities for 

 transportation. 



Blasted Hopes.-Dr. C. C. Miller, 

 Marengo, 5 111., on .Jan. 9, 1886, writes: 



Isn"t it strange tliat bee-papers pub- 

 lish so many successes and keep quiet 

 about the failures y This tiling is all 

 wrong, and you should at once correct 

 it, Mr. Editor, by establishing a corps 

 of 15 or 20 traveling assistant editors 

 to visit every bee-keeper who has not 

 sent in a favorable report, and find 

 out how much of a failure he has 

 made. As I have failed to make a 

 living this year with my bees, and 

 would like to earn something witliout 

 doing much for it, I will agree to be 

 one of tlie number, at a salary of $2,- 

 500 per annum, you to pay all travel- 

 ing expenses. I would not, of course, 

 be expected to travel in unpleasant 

 weather. If you accept my liberal 

 offer let me knov^f by return mail. 



P.S. — As the snow-drifts are too 

 deep for traveling at present, I should 

 like my time to count from this morn- 

 ing. Will you furnisli satchel to carry 

 reports in V 



P. P.S. —In case you shouldn't send 

 me or any other traveling man this 

 wav after it, here is my report : 



No. colonies. Fall 1884 300 



Spring 1885 179 



Fall 1885 340 



No, fes. honey — about 1,700 



Yield per colony 93^ lbs. 



[Well, Doctor, we confess that it is 

 a poor report, but perhaps a report for 

 10 years would show better. Try it. 

 We do not think it would pay us to 

 hire many at the salary you mention. 

 But your "irony" is a stinging re- 

 buke to the chronic fault-finders. We 

 publish just what reports are sent to 

 the Bee Journal, without asking 

 whether they show success or failure. 

 In fact, we very seldom ev«n read 

 them, before passing them over to our 

 clerk to be prepared for " the Press," 

 and all that he does to them, is to try 

 to make them readable and appear 

 creditable in public. " Chronic kick- 

 ers " are a nuisance, but they exist in 

 every department of life.— Ed.] 



Sugar Syrup for Winter Stores. 

 —Miss H. F. Buller, Campbellford, 

 Ont., on Jan. 7, 1880, writes : 



I am glad to see that some of our 

 prominent apiarists are calling the at- 

 tention of their fellow apiarists to the 

 mistaken policy of feeding their bees 

 on sugar syrup for winter stores, to 

 the great and obvious detriment of 

 the honey market. If, as it is stated, 

 honey that has been extracted will 

 granulate in the combs if fed back for 

 winter stores, should any colonies re- 



quire feeding, as most seasons some 

 will do in every apiary, still that is no 

 reason for feeding sugar alone, as a 

 small proportion of it mixed with the 

 honey will, I believe, prevent granu- 

 lation, or candying. Last season, 

 when there was so much honey-dew, 

 I fed each colony a few pounds of 

 granulated-sugar svrup, and I think 

 that it was a benefit ; at any rate my 

 bees wintered very well. The honey 

 of ttie past season was of very fine 

 quality, and for what feeding I had to 

 do I used the darkest honey I had, 

 with only a little syrup added, and so 

 far my bees seem to be winteringeven 

 better than I ever had them ; and 

 though it is a long time till spring, 

 yet I shall be very mucli surprised, as 

 well as disappointed, if they do not 

 come out all right. 



Bees Flying on Christmas.— Dr. H. 

 R. Dorr, (9—14), Worden, ? Ills., on 

 Jan. 2, 1886, writes : 



One year ago last November I 

 began the winter with 13 good colonies 

 of bees, packed in chaff in double and 

 single walled liives, with plenty of 

 natural stores. I lost 4 colonies in 

 wintering, 3 having starved or frozen 

 to death, as some will have it, and 

 one being queenless I count as lost. 

 I began the season of 1885 with 9 

 colonies, and increased them to 14, by 

 division. I am now wintering them 

 all on the summer stands, packed 

 with corn-cobs and hay-chaff on the 

 sides, and on top I use corn-silk in- 

 stead of cushions. The hay-chafE 

 scattered over a layer of cobs fills up 

 the unevenness and packs closely. 

 From the above number of colonies 

 I extracted 900 pounds of honey, a 

 little more than half of it being from 

 clover, and the rest from heart's-ease. 

 1 also liave about 200 pounds of comb 

 honey in frames, and about 100 one- 

 pound sections partly filled. I sold 25 

 one-pound sections at 15 cents each. 

 In recapitulating I find that my crop of 

 honey is 1,200 pounds for the year 

 1885, not counting their winter stores 

 which amount to at least 450 pounds. 

 My bees were flying on Christmas day 

 and cleaning house. 



Convention Notices. 



J^~ The Wisconsin State Bee-Keepers' 

 Association will meet in tlie State Capitol at 

 Madison, Wis., on Feb. 4, t«86, at n a.m. All 

 who are interested in bee-keeping- are invi- 

 ted to attend. The meetinp: will be held dur- 

 ing the sessions of the State Agricultural 

 Society, and bee-keepers who are also inter- 

 ested in topics relating to farming will have 

 an opportunity to hear them discussed. 

 Any bee-keeper having anything new in the 

 management of bees are requested to brinff 

 it along for exhibition. Persons pa.ying full 

 fare coming, may obtain a return ticket at 

 one-fifth of the regular rate. 



.1. W. Vance, Sec. 



t^~ The Northeastern Michigan Bee- 

 Keepers' Association will hold its 4th annual 

 meeting on Wednesday, Feb. 3, 1886, in the 

 Common Council Rooms at East Saginaw, 

 Mich. The Sherman House, one block from 

 the place of meeting, will entertain those 

 present, at SI. 00 per day. Saginaw people 

 are working hard to make the meeting a 

 success. Let us all go and show them that 

 we appreciate their efforts. 



W. Z. H0TCHINSON, Sec. 



Honey and Beeswax Market. 



Office of the American Bee JonRNAi., i 

 Monday, 10 a. m., Jan. 11, 188B. f 



The following are the latest quota- 

 tions for honey and beeswax received 

 up to this hour : 



CHICAGO. 



HONEY.— There is an easier tone to the comb 

 honey market, and prices are fully one cent per 

 pound less than at last quotations, 15c. being the 

 jirice for white comb honey in l-lb. sections, and 

 some extra nice brings li!c. This is owing to sojall 

 lots coming into different commission houses, and 

 all being eager to sell, they underbid regular honey 

 houses in order to do so. Extracted honey brings 

 iK*Hc. per lb. 



BEESWAX.-24<SL:6c. 



R. A. BURNETT. 161 South Water 8t. 



NEW roRK. 



HONEY.— The market for honey continues dull, 

 and prices are ruling lower; however, if the cold 

 weather continues, it may improve the trade in a 

 short time. We quote as follows : Fancy white 

 comb in l-lb. paper cartons, I."i(i«I4c.; the same in 

 l-lb. glassed or unglassed sections, i2(ai3c. ; the 

 same in 2-\b. glassed sections, fii^@l Ic, and in un- 

 glassed 2-Ibs.. IlfLi l-2c. Buckwheat honey in 2-lb. 

 sections, glassed, 9c.; in l-lb. sections, glassed 

 or UDglassed, li)@l]c. Extracted— white clover 

 (iJ^O'.'^c. ; buckwheat. SWOB^c. 



UEESWAX.-Prime yellow, 26@28c. 



MCCAUL & HILDKETH BROS.. 34 HudSOn St. 



ST. LOUIS. 



HONEY.— The market is quiet and the demand 

 light just now. We quote prices as follows:- 

 Choice comb honey, lo®12c. Extracted, in bar- 

 rels, 4i^^.5c. Extra fancy of bright color and in 

 No. 1 packages. H advance on above prices, 



BBESWAX.-Firm at l2JHc. for prime. 



n. G. TUTT & CO.. Commercial St. 



CINCINNATI. 



HONEY.— There is a very slow demand from 

 manufacturers, for extracted honey, with a large 

 supply on the market, while the demand is very 

 good for clover honey in square glass jars. Prices 

 for all qualities are low and range from 4(^80. a lb. 

 Supply and demand is fair for choice comb honey 

 in small sections, which brings 12i(^15c. per lb. 



BEESWAX.— Good yellow is in good demand, 

 and arrivals are fair, at 20@i;2c. per lb. 



0. F. MuTH & Son. Freeman & Central Ave. 



CLBVBLAND. 



HONEY.~The market is not quite as active as it 

 has been, owing, no doubt, to many attractions of 

 the Holiday Season. Best white, J -lb. sections 

 sell at 15c., and 2-lbs. for 13@14c., but there is not 

 so much sale for the latter. Second grade honey 

 is dull at 12(fl.l3c. Old white, 10(&12c. Extracted, 

 7'.a8c. per lb. 



BEESWAX.- Very scarce at 22®25c. 



A. C. Kendbl, 115 Ontario Street. 



KANSAS CITY. 



HONEY'.— Sales are extremely light and prices 

 are verv low. Choice comb honey in l-lb. sections 

 brings i4(sil5c.; 2-lb8., 12@l3c. Dark fall honey 1 

 to 2 cents less. E.xtracted honey is very dull and of 

 slow sale. We had to unload a lot of very fine e.x- 

 tracted honey this week at oc, and stocks continue 

 to accumulate. 



BEESWAX.— Scarce and higher— 22@2.=ic. 



ot.EMONS.CLOON & Co.,cor. 4th & Walnut. 



BOSTON. 



HONEY.— It is selling very well but prices are 

 very low, and we are often obliged to shade our 



K rices In order to make rates. We quote comb 

 oney in l-lb. sections at 14<3)1(5C.. and 2-lb. sec- 

 tions at 12@14c. Extracted, 6(al8c. 

 BEESWAX.— 30 cts. per lb. 



Blake & Ripley. 67 Chatham Street. 



SAN FRANCISCO. 



HONEY.— choice comb honey is in light supply 

 and is bringing firm figures. There is a fair move- 

 ment in best qualities of extracted at steady rates. 

 We quote as follows : White to extra white comb. 

 10(5,12^.0.; amber, 7(i;b8c. Extracted, white liquid, 

 ,')*-.((*5}.ac. ; light amber colored. 4>^'«4^c.; amber 

 and cari'lied. 4Xc.; dark and candied, 4(gi4MG. 



BEESWAX.— Quotable at 23@25c., wholesale. 

 O. B. SMITH & Co.. 423 Front street. 



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