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THE AMERICAN BEE JOURNAL. 



as it does not pay to ship honey. We 

 of the South do not have any trouble 

 about wintering cur bees— leave them 

 plenty of honey in the fall and they 

 will be all right the next spring. 

 There is only a month or two here 

 that bees do not bring in some pollen, 

 and I think it is as necessary for them 

 as bread is for people. 1 hope that 

 we may have a prosperous season this 

 year. 



Bee-Keeping in Southern Ohio.— E. 

 Henkle, of Washington C. H.,9 O., 

 ■on Feb. 2, 188li, says : 



I was very unsuccessful with my 

 bees last season, having lost 18 colo- 

 nies with diarrhea last spring, which 

 left me 34. I had only one swarm 

 -during the summer, and obtained 

 only about -10 pounds of comb honey, 

 and no extracted honey. I have about 

 300 section-boxes nearly full, but the 

 drouth set in so soon and cut the 

 white clover bloom off so short that 

 the bees could not finish them. We 

 had no fall honey. I have 35 colonies 

 packed with chaff and leaf cushions 

 on the summer stands. I cannot say 

 how they are wintering at present, as 

 they have had no flight since Jan. 1. 

 My bees never were strong enough 

 during the summer to swarm nat- 

 urally or bear dividing. I have con- 

 cluded that the southern part of Ohio 

 is a poor place for an apiary. When 

 I read the reports of other bee-keep- 

 ers getting .300, 400 or 500 pounds of 

 honey from one colony, and when I 

 have never been able to get over from 

 40 to .50 pounds per colony, it looks to 

 me as being very doubtful. 



what seed did mature, bees are gen- 

 erally in poor condition. It will take 

 most of the early crop to get them 

 built up. Bloom is starting, but it is 

 sparse, though should we have a 

 warm spring, there may be a good 

 late-season, as the ground is per- 

 fectly saturated with water. Farmers 

 are buoyant as a general thing, grain 

 is up several inches in height, and the 

 hills are green with feed for farm- 

 stock. Weeds will be plentiful. 

 Stock can get their living now in the 

 hills where there is shelter. The 

 ditches and rivers are all full of water. 

 In my article on page 776 of the 

 American Bee Journal for 1885, 

 it reads thus : " It appears to them 

 that bees can bore or puncture fruit," 

 instead of reading, " It appears to 

 them that bees cannot," etc. 



Knowing Pure Honey.— W.Mason, 

 Fillmore,+o Ind., on Jan. 30, 1886, 

 .says : 



While attending the recent meeting 

 of the Indiana State Bee-Keepers' 

 Association, I was frequently asked 

 how we are to know when we are 

 getting pure honey. My first answer 

 was, " Buy of only honest dealers or 

 producers." Every consumer who 

 buys honey of a dishonest honey-pro- 

 ducer or dealer, and is satisfied of 

 this fact, should publish s\icli parties 

 as a fraud, and thus warn the i)eople. 

 It should be one of the essential 

 points that our associations should 

 watch and stamp out all such frauds 

 in the honey-markets, and see that no 

 one has a place in our meetings who 

 is guilty of selling adulterated honey. 

 The time will soon come when the 

 consumer will know of whom to buy 

 his honey, for it is fast becoming one 

 of the staples of table sweets, aiid we 

 will soon know pure honey almost by 

 sight, if not by taste. 



The Lewis Exhibit.— Dr. A. B. 

 Mason, Wagon Works, ^ O., on Jan. 

 22, 1886, as chairman of the commit- 

 tee on exhibits at the Detroit Conven- 

 tion, writes as follows : 



Mr. Editor : The report of the 

 committee on exhibits at the recent 

 convention at Detroit, did not include 

 the exhibit of G. B. Lewis & Co., of 

 Watertown, Wis. In a letter- to Mr. 

 G. M. Doolittle, a member of the com- 

 mittee, they call attention to the 

 omission. Their letter was forwarded 

 to me, and I wrote them, asking what 

 they exhibited and where. In reply 

 they say: "Our sections were dis- 

 played in the sample room of the 

 Newhall House, and also they were 

 brought down to the office." This 

 accounts for the omission in the re- 

 port, for the committee supposed that 

 all the exhibits were made at the 

 Antisdel House. They state : " We 

 exhibited only 4yx4,i4, open-top, very 

 white basswood sections, and some 

 English section-folders." Please in- 

 sert the above in the Bee Journal. 



[If the "exhibit" mentioned was not 

 made at the place designated for such 

 by the Society, that, of course, ac- 

 counts for the omission in the report 

 of the committee. We are also cited 

 to the fact that the names of neither 

 of the members of the firm are 

 enumerated in the published list of 

 i members of the Society. On that, we 

 know nothing more than we find in 

 the report as published.— Ed.] 



Prospects in California. — J. D. 

 Enas, Kapa,*o Calif., on Jan. 1, 1886, 

 writes : 



We are having a wet season and 

 •warm rains so far, with prospect of a 

 fair honey season for 1886. As con- 

 siderable seed did not sprout last 

 season, and the birds and wild game 

 must have cleaned up pretty well 



but since that time the weather has 

 been very cold, and bees that were 

 left out-doors are suffering con- 

 siderably. 



Honey and Beeswax Market. 



Bees in Splendid Condition.— Wil- 

 son Sherman, Chester Centre,© Iowa, 

 on Jan. 22, 1886, says : 



My bees were placed in the cellar 

 on Dec. 5, 188-3. They had a chance 

 for flight every day up to Dec. 4, if 

 they wished to do so. They have now 

 been in the cellar over a montli and a 

 half, and they are all quiet and in 

 splendid condition. I do not think 

 that they have consumed on an average 

 over 3 or 4 lbs. each, so far. The tem- 

 perature of my cellar has varied be- 

 tween 44 - and 4.8'^ above zero. The 

 winter was very mild up to Jan. 1, 



Office of the American Bee Journal, i 

 Monday, 10 a. m., Feb. 8, 1886. ( 



The following are the latest quota- 

 tions for honey and beeswax received 

 up to this hour : 



CHICAOO. 



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 

 price for white comb honey in i-lb. sections, and 

 some e.xtra nice brings It^c. This is owing to small 

 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 

 6®Hc. per lb. 



BEBSWAX.-24S26C. 



K. A. BURNBTT, 161 South Water 8t. 



NEW YORK. 



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 

 CO rub in ]-lb. paper cartons, 13(gil4c.; the same in 

 1-lb. glassed or unglassed sections, Ii2{§il8c.; the 

 same in 12-lb. glassed sections. El^@l Ic. and in un- 

 glassed 2-lbs., Il(sil2c. Buckwheat honey in 2-lb. 

 sections, glassed, ye.: in l-lb. sections, glassed 

 or unglassed, IO(S.llc. E.xtracted— white clover 

 6J^('tKc. ; buckwheat. .5^(«)<i4c. 



BEESWA.\.-Prime yellow, 26@28c. 



McCAUL & Ulldreth 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. l()(iil2c. Extracted, In bar- 

 rels, 4H(a*5c. Extra fancy of brltiht color and in 

 No. 1 p.ickaees, H advance on above prices. 

 BEESWAX.-Firm at 22Hc. for prime. 



D. G- TOTT & CO.. Commercial St. 



CINCINNATI. 



HONE Y.— The demand is extremely slow for ex- 

 tracted honey. Manufaoturei-.sseem to have taken 

 a rest. There is only a fair demand for honey in 

 glass jars. :uiil f<ir lomb lioiiey. Prices are un- 

 changed anil nniniruil. with (n-cjisional arrivals and 

 a large stork nil tl!,' iti;irk('t. Wi- quote extracted 

 honey at 4(3i.'^c.. and choice comb honey at 12®14c., 

 in a jobbing way. 



BEESWAX.— There is a good home demand for 

 it. We pay 2.=jc. per lb. for choice yellow. 



C. F. fliuTH & Sox, 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, l-lb. sections 

 sell at 15c., and 2-lbs. for I3®l4c., but there is not 

 so much sale for the latter. Second grade honey 

 is dull at l-2®13c. Old white, 10(gil2c. Extracted, 

 'Jtt'fc. per lb. 



BE l-^S WAX.— Very scarce at 22@25c. 



A. C. KKNUKL. 115 Ontario Street. 



KANSAS CITY. 



HONEY.— Sales are extremely light and prices 

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

 brings i4(ai5c.; 2-lbs.. 12(«il:Jc. Dark fail honey 1 

 to 2 cents less. Extracted honey is very dull and of 

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

 tracted honey this week at 5c., and stocks continue 

 to accumulate. 



BEESWAX.— Scarce and higher— 22(S>25c. 



('i.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 

 prices in order to make rates. We quote comb 

 honey in l-lb. sections at 14(g)16c., and 2-lb. sec- 

 tions at i2(£i 14c. Extracted. 6(gi8c. 

 BEESWAX.— 30 cts. per lb. 



Blake & kipley. 57 Chatham street, 



SAN FRANCISCO. 



HONEY.— Choice comb honey is in light supply 

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

 ment in best qualities of extracted at steady rates. 

 We quote as follows : white to extra white comb, 

 l()ratl2'^c.; amber. Tt^^Hc. Extracted, white liquid, 

 5M(%'5^c.: light amber colored. 4 ^ 'a 4-^4 c: amber 

 and candied. 4)tfc.: dark and candied, 4(44^c. 



BEESWA.\.— Quotable at ■2:ja25c., wholestile. 

 O. B. S.MiTH & Co., 423 Front Street. 



DETROIT. 



HONEY.— It is dull anil lower. Best white in 1- 

 pound sections, 15c. There are no sales of dark 

 honey. Light extracted brings 10 cts. in 25 and 50 

 poiniil tiiiK-ans. 



BEBSWA.x.- 253-2-c. M. H. Hunt. 



