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do not find her there, she will doubt- 

 less be found amons the bees adher- 

 ing to the quilt. With a little prac- 

 tice to learn the right quantity of 

 smoke to use, and the time it will 

 require the queen to run to the top of 

 the hive, any one will be able to find 

 a queen in this way nine times out of 

 ten without removing a frame. 



A " Sweet Hum."— John Rey, East 

 Saginaw,© ilich., Feb. IS, 1886, says : 



My bees had a fine time last week ; 

 they were flying for 4 days, and clean- 

 ing house in general, and preparing 

 for another cold spell. I think that 

 the bees that are wintered on the 

 summer stands, in this section, will 

 fare better than they did last winter. 

 They are in good condition so far. 



Very Much the Best.— D. Videto, 

 of North East,N3 Pa., writes thus : 



I have always read with great in- 

 terest all the writings of Mr. G. M. 

 Doolittle, because he gave us instruc- 

 tions which I thought were new and 

 valuable, until I read what he said on 

 page 83, viz. : " I do not know but 

 there could be a better Bee Journal 

 gotten up than the one you publisli. 

 but so far tliere never has been." 

 Now I think that Mr. Doolittle was 

 positively conscious that everybody 

 that reads bee-papers at all knows this 

 to be a fact ; only he should have 

 stated that it is very much the best. 



Bees Doing Well.-U-J. V. Cald- 

 ■well, {li5— 165), Cambridge,^ Ills., on 

 Feb. 9, 1886, says : 



In the fall of 1884 I had 156 colonies 

 of bees; in the spring of 1885, 125 

 colonies, those lost having dwindled.- 

 I increased the 125 colonies to 165, 

 during the season, and obtained 2,800 

 pounds of comb honey, or about 22^^ 

 pounds per colony, spring count. The 

 average price per pound that I re- 

 ceived for my honey was 13 cents. 

 Our honey season was cut short by 

 dry weather in July, and we had no 

 fail crop. My bees are all in a bee- 

 cave and cellar, and are doing well, 

 60 far as I can judge, as they are 

 packed in closely. 



Bee-Keepers are Jubilant —Smith 

 & Smith, Kenton, *o O., on Feb. 15, 

 1886, write : 



Bees have had a fine flight the past 

 week, and are in good condition. On 

 the morning of Feb. 8 the sun rose 

 brightly, with a south breeze soft and 

 balmy ; by 12 m. the mercury went up 

 to 50^ in the shade, and the bees had 

 a good flight. On Feb. 9, 10 and 11 

 the weather was clear and warm, and 

 the bees liave cleaned out tliere hives, 

 •etc. Very few dead bees were brought 

 ■out. The bees look clean, bright and 

 bealthy. We have talked with quite 

 a number of bee-keepers, and they all 

 report well. We have not heard of a 

 single colony being lost so far. iiee- 

 men all feei jubilant. We have al- 

 most all our bees in a cellar, and they 

 are very quiet, and seem to be in 

 splendid condition. 



Bees had a Splendid Flight.— T. 



F. Bingham, Abronia, ? Mich., on 

 Feb. IS, 1886, writes : 



My bees on the summer stands had 

 a splendid flight last week, and have 

 wintered finely so far. They cared 

 very little about flying, though they 

 had no flight for 3 months. In the 

 cellar as well as out-doors, there were 

 hardly any dead bees, and it was as 

 still as a summer eve, though 3 

 months in the cellar on 5-inch frames. 

 It would please any one to see theni 

 cluster below the 'combs in the open 

 space allowed them for the purpose. 



Gathering Pollen.— 7— Z. A. Clark, 

 (85—1-57), Arkadelphia,5 Ark., on 

 Feb. 16, 1886, writes as follows : 



My bees brought in the first pollen 

 on Feb. 13 and 14- about the same 

 time for the past two years. I have 

 lost about 5 per cent, of my bees up to 

 this time, but from now until honey 

 comes in it will require careful 

 attention. Alder is now in bloom ; 

 elm and maple are nearly open, and if 

 we have pleasant weather we do not 

 anticipate much trouble. My bees are 

 now beginning to build up. I take 

 out the outside combs that are empty, 

 and replace them with frames having 

 foundation starters in the centre of 

 the brood-nest a little later, and have 

 nice frames of worker combs built. 

 While the colonies are weak they will 

 build worker comb. 



Bees Wintering Nicely, etc —J. 

 H. Tait, Endicott,o, Nebr. on Feb. 

 11, 1886, writes: 



My bees are thus far wintering 

 nicely, with the exception of 3 colo- 

 nies that have been very restless for 

 a week or more. I use the Langs- 

 troth hive with the portico, and on 

 putting them into the cellar I con- 

 fined them by wire-screens over the 

 entire fronts of the hives. The 3 

 colonies referred to filled the fronts and 

 kept beating against the wire until a 

 large number of the bees had perished. 

 I removed the wire, second-story and 

 sheet, scraiied out the dead bee's and 

 left them for a half hour, and upon 

 returning I found them quiet and 

 apparently happy and contented ; there 

 is no indication of disease among 

 them. The remaining 20 colonies are 

 perfectly quiet. The average tem- 

 perature of my cellar is from 40° to 

 4.5". All my bees have natural stores. 

 Will any of the prominent apiarists 

 please state the cause of the disturb- 

 ance with tliese 3 colonies V 



IVlien Renewing your subscription 

 please try to get your neighbor who keeps 

 bees to join with you in taking the Bee 

 Journal. It is now so cheap that no one 

 can afford to do without it. We will present 

 a Binder for the Bee Journal to any one 

 sending us four subscriptions— with $4.00— 

 direct to this olfice. It '%vill pay any one to 

 devote a few hours, to get subscribers. 



B^" The Southern Wis. Bee-Keepers' Association 

 will hold its 3r<i. annual meeting at the court-house 

 in Janesville.Wis., on March 9, 1S86, at 10 a.m. All 

 interesteil are invited. John C. Lynch, Sec. 



Honey and Beeswax Market. 



Office of the American Bee Journal, r 

 Monday, 10 a. m., Feb. 2a, 1886. ( 



The following are the latest quota- 

 tions for honey and beeswax received 

 up to this hour : 



OmCAGO. 



HONEV.— Sales have beenqulte good this month 

 for best grades of comb honey, some bringing 16c. 

 per pound wben in perfect order. There is a light 

 supply here, and now is a favorable time to for- 

 ward shipments. E.xtracted honey brings 6@8c. 



BEBSWAX.-25<5;26c. per lb. 



K. A. BtTRNBTT. iHl South Water St. 



NEW YORK. 



HONEY.- We note an improvement of sales of 

 honey the past week, but prices continue to rule 

 low. We quote as follows ; Fancy white comb 

 in 1-lb. paper cartons, iSiaUc; the same in 1-lb. 

 glassed or unglassed sections. rj(tl;^c.: tbe same 

 in 2-lb. glassed sections. Si'ilo^c.. and fair to good 

 in glassed 2-lbs.. s'<i!ic. Fancy buckwheat honey 

 in l-Ib. unglassed sections. IOC.; the same in 2-lb. 

 sections, gia3sed,8(si9c. E-xtracted,white,eJ^(S7Hc: 

 buckwheat. .''Kgjfic. 



BEES W AX.-27®28c. 



MCCAITL & HILDKETH BROS., 34 Hudson St. 



ST. L,0U1S. 

 HONEY.— The market is quiet and the demand 

 light just now. We quote prices as follows:- 

 Choice comb honey. I0@i2c. Extracted, in bar- 

 rels, 4V^(gi.'ic. E.ttra fancy oE brii-'ht color and in 

 No. 1 p.'Ckages, H advance on above prices. 

 BEESWAX. -Firm at 22!iic. for prime. 



D. G. TUTT & CO.. Commercial St. 



CINCINNATI. 



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

 tracted honey. Mariuf;n-turL'rssi"'eTii to liuve taken 

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

 glass iars. and for conih honey. Prices are un- 

 changed and nominal, with occasional arrivals and 

 a large stock on the market. We quote extracted 

 honey at 4@Hc., and choice comb honey at 12@l4c. 

 in a jobbing way. 



BEESWA.X. —There is a good home demand for 

 it. We pay 2,^c. per lb. for choice vellow. 



C. F. MUTH & Son. Freeman & Central Ave. 



OLKVELAND. 



HONE Y.— The market is not quite as active as it 

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

 the Holiday Season. Best white, 1-lb. sections 

 sell at 15c.. and 2-lbs. for i:lfflil4c.. but there is not 

 so much sale for the I'ltter. Second grade honey 

 Is dull at 12is)13c. Old white, 10(!!il2c. Extracted, 

 7(<i'Hc. per lb. 



BEi<;SWAX.— Very scarce at 22(9250. 



A. c. Sendel. ii,-. Ontario Street. 



KANSAS CITY. 



HONEY.— The market continues about unchang- 

 ed, except that stocks are somewhat reduced, and 

 possibly a little firmer feeling on extracteil honey. 

 The OoninTi.i, liowever. is not heavy for tliis time 

 of till' year, and wo ranriot ovin-.'t any better pri- 

 ces, as iin iiiif .soenis ini'lini'd to liolil, and conces- 

 sions arc made in tlu' buyer's tavor. i'lioice l-lb. 

 sections of comb honey, 15@lGc : 2-lbs.. I2@14c. 

 Extracted, .'I'SjTc.. according to quality. 



BEESWAX.— It is in very light supply, and it 

 would bring 22'S2.'ie. for good average grades. 



ri.BMONS.CLooN & Co.. CDF. 4th & Walnut. 



BOSTON. 



HONEY.— The sale for honey for the past month 



has been as light as we have ever known it, and 



prices are weak. One-pound, white clover. i:l@15ci 



2-pound sections, ll(iil3c. Extracted, tl(s8c. 



BEESWA.X.— 30 cts. per lb. 



Blake & Kiplet. .'i? Chatham street. 



SAN FRANCISCO. 

 HONE Y.— The market is very dull. We quote as 

 follows: White and extra white comb. Il^(§il3c.; 

 dark c<mib, fi^^sc. White extracted. r:>^i@5l4c.i 

 amber. 4(fii4}4c.; dark and candied, :i'^^('i4c. 

 BEKSWAX.-Quotable at 2:i®25o.. wholesale. 

 O. B. SMITH & CO.. 423 Front Street. 



DETROIT. 



HONEY.— The market is well supplied with comb 



honey and prices have declined. Best white in 1- 



Ib. sections. I4c. : honey in larger sections can be 



bought for less. 



BBESWAX.-23S25C. 



M. H. Hunt., Bell Branch. Mich. 



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