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even one queen being lost. I also 

 wintered 24 colonies last winter in 

 the same hives, and they all came 

 through in good condition, dry and 

 clean. Neither winter seemed to 

 have any effect upon the bees. I 

 thought at that time I would get it 

 patented, but I changed my mind and 

 thought I would test it a few winters, 

 and if it proved good I would let the 

 bee-fraternity have the benefit of it. 

 1 am satisfied with these two winters' 

 tests that I can winter bees in these 

 hives with the same safety and cer- 

 tainty that cattle can be wintered in 

 good stables. I intend to winter 36 

 colonies in these hives the coming 

 winter, and I have not the slightest 

 doubt that they will come out in tlie 

 spring all right. 



Peculiar Queen.— H. E. Hill, Titus- 

 ville,N3 Pa., on Aug. 27, 1886, writes 

 thus: 



I send you a piece of comb cut from 

 a hive having a young queen that 

 commenced laying on Aug. 14. She 

 is working on two combs only, leav- 

 ing the others, which are perfect 

 brood-combs, without any eggs, while 

 those two have many cells without 

 eggs ; other cells contain from 10 to 1.5 

 eggs. Some cells have 3 or 4 hatched 

 larvse and several eggs. The queen 

 is ordinarily large, and is " losing 

 her feathers," which is evidence that 

 the bees are displeased with her in 

 some way. What is the cause ? 



[Such cases have not been un- 

 known. I have experienced two or 

 three during 18 years, and the owner- 

 ship of thousands of queens. It seems 

 to be an effect of abnormality in the 

 queen. Why it is so I do not know.— 

 James Hbddon.] 



The Season— Stealing Bees.— Mrs. 

 C. M. Kingsley, Elvaston,*o Ills., on 

 Aug. 27, 1886, says : 



We had a favorable spring. My 

 June crop was .50 pounds per colony. 

 Then came the long-continued drouth, 

 and bees were idle for some time ; 

 but recent rains have set them to 

 work again in good earnest. On Oct. 

 22, 1885, a lover of honey came in the 

 night and carried oU one of my bee- 

 hives, bees, honey and all. It was 

 full of honey. I can get no clue to 

 the thief, but if I ever should, it is 

 likely he will have to pay for that 

 joke. 



Bees in a Glass Globe.— 11— John 

 Rey, (68—100), East Saginaw.QMich., 

 on Aug. 26, 1886, writes : 



I read an article in Gleanings for 

 Jan. IS, 1886, on " Upper absorbents, 

 or can bees winter in open-mouthed 

 bottles ?" I thought I would try it, 

 but I could not get a bottle large 

 enough for a colony of bees, so I got 

 a glass globe 18 inches high, 14 inches 

 long, and 8 inches wide. (It is a reg- 

 ular flower vase.) I then made a bot- 



tom stand, with entrance in under 

 the bottom-board i^x6 inches, and 

 then I nailed in 2 frames filled with 

 comb foundation, and one with brood, 

 and put the glass globe over them. 

 Over the glass globe I put a wooden 

 box. Everything is dark on the in- 

 side. I then put a swarm of bees in 

 it that had just issued, and I expected 

 that they would come out again, but 

 they did not; they went right to 

 work just so if they seemed to like to 

 live in a glass hive. I put them in on 

 Aug. 16, and they are building comb 

 nicely. The queen is laying finely. 

 There is a clear space of 6 inches 

 from the top of the frames to the top 

 of the glass globe, and the bees could 

 not hang in a cluster to build comb 

 downward, so they are building comb 

 upward. I think they will winter all 

 right. 



Pollen in the Sections.— B. Losee, 

 Cobourg, Ont., says : 



In Query, No. 295, it is desired to 

 know how to keep pollen out of the 

 sections. Dr. G. L. Tinker says it 

 seems that the zinc queen-excluder is 

 no hindrance to the carrying above of 

 either honey or pollen. Mr. J. E. 

 Pond, Jr., says: "I would like to 

 know myself." I would advise using 

 round perforated zinc ; it is more por- 

 ous, and takes off the pollen when the 

 bees pass through it. The openings 

 in the zinc should be the size of a 

 drone's head, allowing worker-bees 

 only to pass. Here bees work when 

 it is 90° in the shade. 



The Chapman Honey-Plant.— T. F. 



Bingham, Abronia, ? Mich., on Aug. 

 28, 1886, says : 



The new Chapman honey-plant 

 adds a five weeks' honey-flow just 

 after the clover and linden bloom is 

 passed, and before the autumn flowers 

 blossom. The great richness of the 

 secretion of nectar, the opportune 

 period of bloom, and the hardiness 

 and beauty of the plants promise 

 much to the practical honey-producer. 



Bee-Keeping in Mississippi.— L. J. 



de Sobotker, Biverton,*o Miss., on 

 Aug. 24, 1886, writes : 



The weather is very hot and sultry, 

 and the bees are hanging out again, 

 although all the precaution had been 

 taken as advised by our most practi- 

 cal and experienced apiarists in the 

 United States, in Query, No. 286; 

 especially Mr. H. R. Boardman's an- 

 swer. I put honey in the open air, 

 and was extracting with the honey- 

 house wire-screen door and window 

 open, but no bees troubled me or the 

 honey. I have a couple of nuclei 

 building up into colonies that are 

 never idle ; this proves that there is 

 honey, or rather nectar, in the corn 

 and cotton bloom around us, even in 

 the heat of the day. We expect to 

 work with honey until frost comes ; 

 several minor fall flowers are in 

 bloom, which will last until that 

 time. 



Honey and Beeswax Market. 



Office of the American Bee Jodrnal, 

 Monday, 7 a. m.. Sept. (i, 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 (lemund 18 light and Bales are made chiefly at 

 liiMl.'ic. Extracted la also quiet with prices un- 

 changed. fi(ei7c. 



BKBSWAX,-It Is easier, and 23c. Is about all 

 will brine. 



R. A. BtTBNETT. 161 Soutb Water St. 



NEW rORK. 



HONEY.— The market for the new crop of comb 

 honey is just opening. We note an improvement 

 In (>ales and prices. Most of the comb that has 

 arrived is badly colored, which makes it second 

 grade, which we suppose is due to a poor season 

 and long tlnishing. We quote LSHGcrop asfollows ; 

 Fancy white in i-Ib. sections, clean and neat 

 packages, l5@16c.; 2-lb8., I2(^13c.: fair to good 

 1-lbs., 12®14c.; 2-lbs., lOOllc; fancy buckwheat 

 l-lbs., 11®I2C.; 2-lbs., 9@10o. White clover ex- 

 tracted in kegs and small barrels, 6V6®7c.: Calif- 

 ornia extracted in 60-lb. cans, 5@5 l-2c.; Califor- 

 nia comb honey. in@l ic. 



BEES WA.\.— Prime Tellow, 22@24c. 



McCaul & Hlldreth Bros.. 34 Hudson St. 



BOSTON. 

 HONEY.— One-lb. sections, white clover, ISOlSOi 

 2-pound sections, ll®13c. Extracted, 6®8c. 

 BEESWAX.— 25 cts. per lb. 



Blaeb & RiPLKT. 57 Chatham Streou 



DETROIT. 

 HONEY.- The market is improving. The de- 

 mand is better and the prices are also improved. 

 Best comb in 1-pound sections brings 14(ai5c. 

 BEESWAX.— K irm at 23c. for fair quality. 



M. H. HnNT.. Bell Branch. Mich. 



CINCINNATI. 



HONEY.— The market Is very quiet. Demand 

 from manufacturers is slow, and there is only a 

 fair trade in new comb honey and extracted in 

 square glass jars. Extracted hooey brings 3 1-2® 

 7c.; comb honey, 12 to I4c. for good to choice. In 

 the jobbing way. Prices are low for all produce 

 and no speculative feeling is noticed anywhere. 

 Unless better prices are realized for other prod- 

 uce, prices of honey are not likely to advance. 



BEESWAX.— It is in good demand and arrivals 

 are fair. We pay 20c. for good yellow. 



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



CLEVELAND. 

 HONEY.— The demand for honey la not very 

 lively at present, but prices are steady. Choice 

 new honey in l-lb. sections is selling at 14c.: 2-lbs. 

 12@13c. Old honey is very dull at 10@12c. Ex- 

 tracted. 6®7c. 

 BEESWAX.— 25c. 



A. C. Sendel. 115 Ontario Street. 



KANSAS CITY. 



HONEY.— The market is active and sales of the 

 comb are large. Extracted Is firm with no stock 

 in the city. We quote : One-pound sections of 

 white clover, 13(5il4c.; dark 1-lbs.. 1 l'gil2c.: 2-lb8., 

 u®12c.; dark 2-lbs., 8@liic.; 2-lb. Calif, white 

 sage. 10(5*110. ; dark 2-ib8.,8®yc. Extracted white 

 clover, 7®8c.; dark, 4jii@53^c.; Calif, white sage, 

 5S4®6c.: dark, 4>s®5c. 



BEESWAX.— 20®22C. 



Clkmons.Cloon & Co., cor. 4th & Walnut. 



MILWAUKEE. 

 HONE Y.— The market is about the same as when 

 last reported— may be quoted a little lower to sell. 

 Choice combin l-lb.sections,12®13 : 2-lbs., 11@12X 

 cents : dark not wanted. Extracted, white, in 

 kegs. 6(s6^c.: same in tin cans, 6 l-2@7c.; dark in 

 barrels and half-barrels, 5®5 1-2 cts. 

 BEESWAX.- No demand. 



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



SAN FRANCISCO. 



HONEY.— The demand for honey remains very 

 good for fine qualities, and they are readily taken 

 for home consumpti'in. and shipments to Europe 

 and the East at 435'4'c. job here. Most of the 

 honey is held at 44c. and more, and It seems that 

 sooner or later such prices will be paid, as offer- 

 ings are rather small. Comb honey is not sought 

 after so far. but with the colder weather more de- 

 mand will come in.and as supplies are rather small, 

 we anticipate full prices. We now quote "laioc, 

 as tn qu:ility, wholesale. 



BBBSWAX.—ltisdull,but buyers have to pay 

 22®23c. for choice lots. 



SCHACHT & LKMCKE, 122-124 DaVlS 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. 8^®ioc. ; off grades. eii(St7i4c. Ex- 

 tracted.whlte, 4®4!4c. ; amber, 3)^®3Xc. ; dark, 30. 



BEESWAX. -22>«®23C. 



O. B. Smith & Co.. 423 Front Street. 



