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stands level, not tippini; sideways so 

 that the frames will hang perpendic- 

 ularly, and I give the hive a pitch 

 forward towards the entrance, from 

 l}4 to 2 inches. I find the wires no 

 nuisance to the bees ; on the con- 

 trary I consider them a help in secur- 

 ing straight combs, and I would not 

 dispense with them for any consider- 

 ation. I wish it distinctly under- 

 stood that I do not advise it in the 

 second story or surplus department ; 

 there it Would be sure to fail, as the 

 combs are built too thick. Perhaps 

 it is well to say that I use Iloffman- 

 Langstroth frames, spaced 1% inches 

 apart from centre to centre, and No. 

 36 tinned wire. 



Our Bee-Pasturage.— H. M. Cates, 

 Shideler,o Ind., on Sept. 5, 1886, 

 ■writes : 



This has been a very poor honey 

 season, bees having swarmed but 

 little. Many colonies did not swarm 

 at all. Mine, that did not swarm, 

 will average about 25 pounds to the 

 colony. In looking over my new 

 colonies I tind them all short of stores, 

 and will have to feed. There was the 

 grandest white clover bloom I ever 

 saw, but cold nights, I think, was the 

 cause of there being no nectar in the 

 flowers. There has been just enough 

 honey coming in this fall to keep iip 

 late breeding. As a general thing 

 bees are very strong in numbers. Our 

 main honey source is white clover and 

 basswood, the latter being a total 

 failure this year ; goldenrod is in 

 abundance, but bees have not given 

 any attention to it so far. As a gen- 

 eral thing bees work on it from day- 

 light until dark. I have a sma'll 

 patch of Alsike clover, and while the 

 bloom lasted it was swarming with 

 bees. I have two acres of sweet 

 clover that will bloom next year. If 

 these clovers prove to be a success, I 

 shall sow more of them. 



Must Feed for Winter.— O. P. 

 Miner, Taylor Centre,© N. Y., on 

 Sept. 27, 1886, writes : 



The honey season is over with us 

 here, and not much surplus has been 

 gathered. The dry weather reduced 

 the yield from white clover, and bass- 

 wood was a total failure. I com- 

 menced tlie season with 6 colonies, 

 one of them very weak. I had only 3 

 natural swarms, and one I divided, 

 making my number 10, now. I have 

 received from them only 140 pounds 

 of comb honey. Some in this section 

 have done better, and others very 

 much worse. One man, who has over 

 100 colonies, told me he would not 

 receive over 5 pounds to the colony, 

 and would have to feed 500 or 000 

 pounds of sugar for winter stores. I 

 have introduced 4 Italian queens this 

 season, and like them much better to 

 handle than hybrids. 



To any One sending us one new sub- 

 scriber with his own renewal (with ?;2.00), 

 we will present a copy of the new " Con- 

 vention History of America." 



Honey and Beeswax Market. 



The following are our very latest 

 quotations for honey and beeswax : 



CHICAOO. 

 HONEV.— For comb honey, we quote 123130. 

 Extracteri fifSTc. 

 BBBSWAX,-23c. R. A. BURNETT, 



161 South Water St. 



NEW YORK. 

 HONEY.— We quote this year's crop as follows : 

 Fancy white in I -lb. sections, clean and neat 

 packages. I5@16c.: 13-Ib8., 12@13c.; fair to Kood 

 l-lbs., I2®jl4c.: 2-lhs., HKf^ilc: fancy buckwheat 

 l-lbs., ll@12c.: 2-lbs.. H(.«;]nc. White closer ex- 

 tracted in kees and small barrels, 6H&VC.: Calif- 

 ornia extracted in 6u-lb. cans, 5(»5 1-2C.; Califor- 

 nia comb honey. 10@1 Ic. 

 BEESWAX.— Prime vellow, 220240. 



MCCAUL i HILDRBTH BROS., 



34 Hudson St. 



BOSTON. 

 HONEY.— The demand has Improved. We are 

 selling one-pound packages of white clover honey 

 at 14@15c.: 2-pound8 at 13(g*14c. 

 BEESWAX.— 25 ctB. per lb. 



Blake & kiplet. 57 Chatham Street. 



DETROIT. 

 HONEY.- Owing to more liberal arrivals the 

 market lor honey is lower' Best in 1-lb. sections, 

 12H130. 

 BEESWAX.- 23C. 



M. H. HCNT., Bell Branch, Mich. 



CINCINNATI. 

 HONEY. — Extracted honey brings 3 1-2 9 7c.; 

 comb honey, 12 to 14c. for good to choice. In the 

 jobbing way. 



BEESWAX.— It is in good demand and arrivals 

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



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



CLEVELAND. 

 HONEY.— Choice new honey in 1-lb. sections is 

 selling at He; 2-lbs. I2(al3c. Old honey Is very 

 dull at I0(ai2c. Extracted, 6ia7c. 

 BEBSWAX.-25C. 



A. C. KENDSL. 115 Ontario Street, 



KANSAS CITY. 



HONBT.-The market is good for all grades, 

 and sales are large, while tbe supply is the same. 

 Prices remain the same. One-pound sections, 

 white clover. 13(*I4c.: dark l~Ibs., II'a.l2c.; 2-lbB., 

 1 i®l2c.; dark 2-lbs.. aOKlc: >4-lb8.. hght. 14(ai5c. 

 Extracted white clover, 6@7c. ; dark, 4@5c.; white 

 sage. ^&^^]^c. 



BEESWAX.— 20®22c. 



Ci.EMONS.CLooN & CO., cor. 4th & Walnnt. 



MILWAUKEE. 



HONE Y.— We quote as follows; 

 Choice combin l-lb.8ections,12(ai3 ; 2-lbs.. 11@12)^ 

 cents ; dark not wanted. Extracted, white, in 

 kegs.e^fi^c; same in tin cans, 6 l-2@7c.; dark in 

 barrels and half-barrels, ."tftis 1-2 cts. 



BBESWAX.-No demand. 



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



SAN FRANCISCO. 



HONEY.— We now quote 7S:10c.. as to quality 

 wliolesale 



BEE8WAX.—It is dull, but buyers have to pay 

 22(at23c. for choice lots. 



SCHACHT & LEMCKE. 122-124 Davis St. 



HONEY*.— Receipts are light and the market is 

 very quiet. We quote ; White extracted, 4^4^c. ; 

 amber. SHc. Comb. 8i^@10c. for white. 



BBE8WAX.-la(a22c. 



O. B. SMITH & Co., 423 Front Street. 



ST. LOUIS. 



HONEY.- Choice comb, 10012^0.; latter price 

 is tor choice white clover. Strained. In barrels, 

 3M&4C. Extra fancy of bright color and in No. 1 

 packages. !.i advance on above prices. Extracted 

 in barrels. 4%6^5^.; in cans fi@7c. 



BEBSWAX.-Dullat21c for prime. 



Sep. 30. D. O. TUTT & CO.. Commercial St. 



Slniniins' Non-Swarmlng System is 



the title of a new English bee-book. The 

 author claims that it will loaug-urate a "new 

 era in modern bee-keeping," and states that 

 **it is based upon purely natural principles, 

 and is the only system that can ever be 

 relied upon, because no other condition 

 exists in the economy of the hive that can 

 be applied to bring about the desired result 

 —a total absence of any desire to swarm." 

 It contains 64 pages ; is well printed and 

 illustrated. Price 50 cents. It can now be 

 obtained at this office. 



OUR CLUBBINO LIST. 



We supply tbe American Bee Journal 



one year, and any of the following publica- 

 tions, at the prices quoted in the last column 

 of figures. The first column gives the regu- 

 lar price of both. All postage prepaid. 



Prict of both. Club 

 The American Bee Journal 1 00 . . 



and Gleanings in Bee-Culture 2 00.. 1 75 



Bee-Keepers'Magazine 2 00.. 125 



Bee-Keepers' Guide 150.. 140 



The Apiculturist 2 00.. 175 



Canadian Bee Journal 2 00 . . 1 75 



The 6 above-named papers 5 50.. 500 



and Cook's Manual 2 25. . 2 00 



Bees and Honey (Newman), ..2 00.. 175 

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

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

 Koot's A B C of Bee-Culture. .2 25. . 2 10 



Farmer's Account Book 4 00. . 3 00 



Guide and Hand-Book 150.. 130 



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



Home Market for Honey. 



t^~ To create Honey Markets in every 

 village, town and city, wide-awake honey 

 producers should get the Leaflets " Why Eat 

 Honey" (only 50 cents per 100), or else the 

 pamphlets on "Honey as Food and Medicine," 

 and scatter them plentifully, and the result 

 will be a demand for all of their crops at 

 remunerative prices. " Honey as Food and 

 Medicine " are sold at the following prices : 



Single copy, 5 cts. ; per doz., 40 cts. ; per 

 hundred, $i.50. Five hundred will be sent 

 postpaid for $10.00; or 1,000 for $15,00. 



On orders of 100 or more, we will print, if 

 desired, on the cover-page, "Presented by," 

 etc. {givingihe name and address of the bee- 

 Ijeeper who scatters them). 



To elve away a copy of " Honey as Food 

 and Medicine " to every one who buys a 

 package of honey, will sell almost any quan- 

 tity of it. 



System and Success. 



^^ All who intend to be systematic in 

 their work in the apiary, should get a copy of 

 the Apiary Register and commence to use it. 

 the prices are reduced, as follows : 



For 50 colonies (120 pages) f 3 GO 



" 100 colonies (220 pages) 125 



" 200 colonies (420 pages) 1 50 



The larger ones can be used for a few col- 

 onies, give room for an increase of numbers, 

 and still keep the record all together in one 

 book, and are therefore the most desirable. 



The Western World Guide and Hand- 

 Book of Useful Information, contains the 

 greatest amount of useful information over 

 put together in such a cheap form. The 

 printing, paper, and binding are excellent, 

 and the book is well worth a dollar. To any 

 one sending us two new subscribers besides 

 his own, with $3.00, for one year, we will 

 present a copy of this valuable book. 



National Bee-Keepcrs' Union.— 



There will be a meeting of the oflicers and 



members of this Society at Indianapolis, 



Ind., on Wednesday, Oct. 13, 1886, at an 



hour to be announced at the meeting of the 



North American Bee-Keepers' Society, to 



consider business of importance. 



Thomas G. New.man, 



General Jfonofler. 



