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between two combs of brood and 

 honey. Press the frames together to 

 hold the cage in place. I uncap a few 

 cells of honey before putting the cage 

 in, so that the young queen can get 

 plenty to eat. Close the hive, and 

 about sunset the next evening open 

 the hive. Tal?e the stopper out of 

 the cage and (ill the hole with comb 

 honey cut out of the frame by the side 

 of the cage. Close the hive and blow 

 in a liberal supply of tobacco smoke 

 at the entrance. The bees will re- 

 lease the queen during the night and 

 receive her kindly. This is the Alley 

 method, or something near it. If the 

 hive is not opened for a few days, all 

 the better. 



Sources of Honey-Dew. — R. F. 

 Holtermann, Brantford, Out., writes : 



The sources of so-called honey-dew 

 appear to become more and more 

 numerous day by day. I have often 

 heard that bees gather honey from 

 " wheat stubble," but 1 never paid 

 much attention to the matter. I 

 should think in the case mentioned 

 on page 503, that owing to an abnor- 

 mal condition of the wheat, the crop 

 being a poor one, the matter which 

 should have been converted into 

 starch and possibly (ibrine, although 

 the abundance of straw would lead us 

 to believe to the contrary, had re- 

 mained or been converted into sac- 

 charine matter. Only a week ago I 

 was asked whether I had ever seen 

 bees working on clover leaves. I con- 

 fessed that I had not, and was then 

 told that in Waterloo county they had 

 several times worked freely upon a 

 saccharine substance which had been 

 found upon such leaves. The theory 

 that such a substance is excrem ^nt 

 from aphides has been pretty well 

 exploded. It is also doubtless fre- 

 quently an excrement from plant life, 

 due to an abnormal condition owing 

 to season, foreign bodies in the plant, 

 or kindred causes. In this locality 

 the present season has, to the best of 

 my knowledge, given us but little 

 honey-dew, and that little from the 

 oak. 



The Northwestern Convention at 

 Chicago.— W. Z. Hutchinson, of Rog- 

 ersville,(^ Mich., Secretary of the 

 Northwestern Bee-Keepers' Society, 

 on Aug. 19, 1886, writes : 



The date for holding the Conven- 

 tion of the Northwestern Bee-Keep- 

 ers' Society in Chicago, is a. fixed date 

 —that it is held during the last week 

 of the Exposition. Knowing this, 

 and thinking that many of the mem- 

 bers were also aware of the fixedness 

 of the date, the secretary neglected 

 to announce the date in the Conven- 

 tion Directory, and in the bee-papers 

 until the time for holding the meet- 

 ing approached. Usually this late an- 

 nouncement answers every purpose ; 

 this year, however, by this neglect. the 

 officers of the North American Bee- 

 Keepers' Society have, by accident, 

 chosen the same date for holding their 

 convention. When the mistake was 

 discovered the officers of the North 



American invited the Northwestern 

 to again join them in convention, and 

 have one "rand union convention at 

 Indianapolis. To hold two conven- 

 tions of a National cliaracter, in such 

 close proximity at the same time, or 

 even at nearly the same time, would 

 be an injury to both. Better one 

 grand meeting than two thin ones. 

 The officers of the North American 

 very kindly offered to postpone their 

 meeting, if the Northwestern refused 

 to join them, but, as they were 

 in the held months ago with their 

 published date, and the time is now 

 near at hand, they could not justly be 

 asked to put off their meeting ;"and 

 the only gentlemanly,brotherly course 

 left is for the Northvi'estern to accept 

 their invitation, and then, in return, 

 invite the North American to meet 

 with the Northwestern in Chicago, 

 next year. 



[The Indiana State Association, 

 several county societies, as well as 

 the Northwestern of Chicago, will all 

 meet with the " North American " in 

 union convention on Oct. 12, and two 

 succeeding days. Let there be a gen- 

 eral rally and a monster convention.— 

 En.] 



OUR CLUBBING LIST. 



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one year, and any of the following publica- 

 tions, at the prices quotcrl in the last column 

 of figures. The first colvimn gives the regu- 

 lar price of both. All postage prepaid. 



Price of both. Club 

 The American Bee Journal 1 00. . 



and Gleanings in Bee-Culture 2 CO.. 1 75 



Bee-Keepers'Magazine 2 00.. 17.5 



Bee-Keepers' Guide 150.. 140 



The Apiculturist 2 CO.. 1 75 



Canadian Bee Journal 2 00.. 1 75 



Te.xas Bee Journal 2 00.. 1 75 



The 7 above-named papers 650.. 5 50 



and Cook's Manual 2 25. . 2 00 



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Binder for Am. Bee Journal.. 1 75.. 1 60 



Dzierzon'8 Bee-Book (cloth).. .3 00.. 2 00 



Roofs ABC of Bee-Culture. .2 25. . 2 10 



Farmer's Account Book 4 00 . 3 00 



Guide and Hand-Book 1 50.. 1 30 



Heddon's book, "Success,".. 1 50 1 40 



Convention Notices. 



B3^ TheSt.Joseph.Mo. Inter-State Bee-Keepers' 

 Association will hold its annual meeting; on 

 Wednesday evening: of tiie Kxposition week. Sep- 

 tember :iO, l«8(i. Arrangements arc being made to 

 have an interesting meeting. The place of hold- 

 ing the meeting will be published in our local pa- 

 pers on Tuesday and Wednesday a.m. 



E. T. Abbott. Sec. 



J»- The N. W. Ills. & S. W. Wis. Bee-Keepers' 



Association will hold its next meetiTig at the resi- 

 dence ot F. D. McKibben. i^ miles east ot Dakota, 

 on the Milwaukee & 81. Paul R. R., on Tuesday, 

 Sept. 7, 1886. Jonathan Stewaut, Sec. 



f^T" The Illinois Central Bee-Keepers' 

 Association will hold its next meeting at 

 Mt. Sterling, Ills., on Tuesday and Wednes- 

 day, Oct. 19-20, 1886 J. M. Hambaugh, Sec. 



tW The next annual meeting of the Micbigan 

 State Bee-Keepers' Association will be held In 

 Ypsilanti, Mich., on Dec. 1 and 2, 188H. 



H. D. CDTTixG.See. 



IS*" The next meeting of the Stark County Bee- 

 Keepers' Society will be held in Grange Hall, at 

 Canton, O., on Aug. 31, I88ci. M. Thomson, Sec. 



Honey and Beeswax Market. 



Office of the Amekican Bee Journat., 

 Monday, 7 a. m., Aug. 23. 1886. 



The following are the latest quota- 

 tions for honey and beeswax received 

 up to this hour : 



CHICAGO. 

 HONEY.— It continues to arrive very freely. 

 The demand is light and sales are made chiefly at 

 12<qti3c. Extracted is also quiet with prices un- 

 changed. P,iqi7c. 



BEESWAX, -It is easier, and i3c. Is about all 

 will bring. 



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



NEW YORK. 

 HONEY. — The present quotations are as 

 follows : Fancy white comb In 1-lb. sections, 10® 

 V2C. : fancy white comb in li-lb. sections, 8(a*10c: 

 buckwheat in 1 and 2-Ib. sections, .5'^Hc ; e.xtractod 

 white clover, 6c; extracted, California, 4J^@5c ; 

 extracted, Southern, per gallon, 45 to 550. 

 BEESWAX.— 23 to 28c. 



McCaol & Hildreth Bros.. 34 Hudson St. 



BOSTON. 

 HONEY.— One-lb. sections, white clover, 13@15c; 

 2-pound sections, ll(.(tl3c. Extracted, 6@8c. 

 BBESWAX.-2.', cts. per lb. 



Blake Sl Kiplet, 57 Chatham Street. 



DETROIT. 

 HONEY.— The market is little dull, fruit in- 

 terfereing with the demand. Best comb honey in 

 I-lb. sections, 13c. 

 BEESWAX.— Kirm at 23c. for fair quality. 



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



CINCINNATI. 



HONEY.— Demand is slow for all kinds and 

 shapes of honey. Prices of extracted honey 

 range between 3l*@7c., according to quality : and 

 choice comb honey brings 14@15c. in a jobbing 

 way. 



BEESWAX.— Demand is good and arrivals fair. 

 We pay 20c. for good yellow. 



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



CLEVELAND. 

 HONEY.— The demand for honey is not very 

 lively at present, but prices are steady. Choice 

 new "honey in 1-lb. sections is selling at 14c.: 2-lb3. 

 12@l3c. Old honey Is very dull at 10@12c. Ex- 

 tracted. 6(aj7c. 

 BEBSWAX.-25C. 



A. C. KENDEL. 115 Ontario Street. 



KANSAS CITY. 



HONE Y.— The receipts of new comb honey are 

 fair, with a good demand, and light stock In the 

 city. Extracted is in light demand. We quote -. 

 }^-Ib. sections, 16c. : white clover. 1-Ib. 13yi»l4c. ; 

 dark, 1-lb., 10@l2c. ; white clover, 2-lb8., 1 l@12c. ; 

 dark. 2-lb8., 9@10c. : white sage California, 2-Ib8., 

 IOC lie. ; dark, 2-lba., 8@9c. ; extracted white 

 clover, .^fgific. : dark, 3@4c. ; while sage California, 

 4(aj5c. ; dark, 3^(3,40. 



BEESWAX.-20(J122C. 



Cr.EMONS.CLOON & CO., cor. 4th & Walnut. 



MILWAUKEE. 



HONEY.— The market is fairly supplied with 

 honey, trade is dull, prices depressed, and the out- 

 look is for a large production. Already some is 

 being peddled about the city by the producers 

 themselves, demoralizing the prices, whicli should 

 not be done. We quote : Choice white in I-pound 

 sections, ucajir.c.: 2-lbs. I3@15c. Dark honey not 

 wanted. Extracted, white, In barrels and kegs, .5® 

 7c. : in tin cans, 6tq,8c. ; dark in barrels or kegs,4®6. 



BEBSWAX.-25C. 



A. v. Bishop, 142 W. Water St. 



SAN FRANCISCO. 



HONEY.-Ithas been extensively handled the 

 last week, and prices are firmer. The supplies of 

 choice honey are by no means excessive in this 

 city, and all lotsof choice extracted honey tind 

 ready buyers at about 4c. Owners are reserved 

 and refuse to sell under 4c. in the country, as prices 

 seem low. We quote 3X(<i 4c. for extracted honey, 

 and ~<aj9c. for comb honey, according to quality. 



BEESWAX.— It finds buyers at lower prices— 20 

 to 22c. for choice. 



Schacht & Lemcke. 122-124 Davis St. 



HONEY.— Prices are so low that honey-pro- 

 ducers are holding back their product : still the 

 market is well supplied. We quote : Comb, ex- 

 tra white. S!^@l"c. ; off grades. fiKiaTJic Ex- 

 tracted, white. 4@4V4c. ; amber, 3>^@3^c. ; dark, 3c. 



BEESWAX. -22M!(S23c. 



SStK'.O. B. SMITH H. Co., 423 Front Street. 



1ST. LOUIS. 

 HONEY.— Choice comb, 10@12Hc.; latter price 

 is for choice white clover. Strained, in barrels, 

 3M'i'4c. Extrafancy of bright color and in No. 1 

 piickages. H advance on above prices. Extracted 

 in barrels. iHfasS. ; in can8 6®7c. 

 BEESWAX.— Firm at 22C- for prime. 



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



