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meriiiiaii of her life and fertility, and 

 is, ttierefcire, on tlie declitie, although 

 her fevlllity is but half exhausted, 

 and -will last another season and win- 

 ter ; but in the forepart of the fourth 

 year, her leitility will give out, when 

 she is balled and superseded by the 

 workers, by rearing a young queen, 

 and it is at this time when two queens 

 may be found in a colony. This is 

 my repeated experience, and I do con- 

 sider a young prolitic queen but for 

 tlie tirst season good for the honey 

 apiary, as with the expiration of that 

 season she has passed the meridian of 

 her life, and is, therefore, on the de- 

 cline, upon tlie appearance of the first 

 symptoms of which the workers' in- 

 stinct of self-preservation of the race 

 through reproduction by colonial 

 prov>ag:ition, called swarming, will be 

 aroused. That I am correct, any bee- 

 keeper will tind if he will try the Mt. 

 Lebanon bees where a colony with a 

 young prolific queen of the previous 

 season in a large hive will but seldom 

 take to swarQiing the first season, but 

 sure to do so tlie next season, if the 

 same queen is still in the hive. This 

 is the result of repeated experience, 

 and it is for the reason that the Mt. 

 Lebanon bees with a young prolific 

 queen of the previous season will not 

 swarm, that I prefer them over all 

 other bees of a pure race tor the boney 

 apiary. 



Hive Packing for Winter.— J. R. 



Putnam, KD Ills., makes the following 



inquiries : 



1. How will it do to make boxes 

 the same size as the tops of the bives, 

 5 or 6 inches high, and put on the 

 bottom of them bagging, filling the 

 same with sawdust, and put over the 

 brood-chamber, and the cap or top of 

 the hive over this V 2. Will it absorb 

 so much moisture that it will freeze 

 in the winter, or will it keep dry and 

 keep the bees warm V 



[I have now in use 150 of just such 

 boxes filled with chaff and planer- 

 shavings. Tbey perfectly absorb the 

 moisture, both in the cellar and out- 

 doors, but I find that success or fail- 

 ure in wintering does not depend en- 

 tirely, or mainly, upon the absorption 

 of moisture.— James Heddon.] 



change tlie nitrogen of the albumin- 

 ous food is eliminated, and the pro- 

 portions of the other elements 

 changed in the wonderful laboratory 

 of nature. 



No Nitrogen in Fat— Prof. A. J. 



Cook, Agricultural College,? Mich., 



on Sept. 30, 1886, writes : 



Mr. Samuel Cushman, on page 617, 

 states that I say that nitrogen may 

 be transformed into fat. He quite 

 misunderstood me. There is no nitro- 

 gen in fat ; nor is there any carbon, 

 hydrogen or oxygen (the elements of 

 fat) in nitrogen. Hence any such 

 statement would be perfectly absurd. 

 I did say, and it is true, that nitro- 

 genous food can be transformed into 

 tat, or into sugar. Feed an animal 

 solely on albuminous food, and the 

 liver still continues to form glycogen, 

 and its consequent sugar. In such a 



Sweet Melissa. — A. C. Tyrrel, 



Madison, 5 Nebr., on Sept. 17, 1886, 



writes : 



I send yon a specimen of a honey- 

 plant, called by the Germans " Sweet 

 Melissa," imported from Germany in 

 1881, which, after two years' trial, 1 

 consider one of our best hoiieyplants, 

 being very hardy, a free bloomer, 

 commencing to bloom in June, and 

 continuing to blossom until killed by 

 frost. It is better liked by bees than 

 white clover, spider-plant or cai'pen- 

 ter's square (Simpson's honey-plant). 

 In fact they will fly past all other 

 flowers when "Melissa" is in the 

 field. After once sowing the seed no 

 further effort is necessary, as it is 

 self-sowing. I have seed sutBcient for 

 an acre of ground, and next season I 

 will be able to make a more intelli- 

 gent report. Bees here do exceedingly 

 well, and are now bringing in boney 

 very fast from goldenrod and other 

 wild flowers, of which there are hun- 

 dreds of acres within easy reach. 

 Please give its botanical name. 



[This is Melissa affiainalis, a plant 

 formerly much cultivated for its 

 citron-like perfume. The name 

 "Melissa "is from the Greek name 

 for bee, on account of the attractions 

 the plants were observed to possess 

 for these honey-gathering insects ; so 

 the value of the plant to the apiarist 

 has been long recognized. — T. J. 



BURRILL.] 



Honey and Beeswax Market, 



Lime in the Cellar.— M. M. Cram, 

 Mankato,9Minn., asks the following: 



Would it be a good plan to put a 

 dish of unslaked lime in the cellar to 

 take up any dampness, and purify the 

 air for the bees V 



[I have tried it, and I cannot say 

 that it has any perceptible effect upon 

 successful wintering. To get rid of 

 bee-diarrhea is the problem, and I 

 have succeeded in doing it in very 

 damp cellars, and failed in very dry 

 ones. — James Heddon.] 



SimiiiiuN' Noii-Swarniing System l8 



the title of a new English bee-bools. The 

 author claims that it will inaugurate a " new 

 era in modern bee-keeping," and states that 

 "it is based upon purely natural prineiples, 

 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 TjO cents. It can now be 

 obtained at this office. 



The following are our very latest 

 quotations for honey and beeswax : 



CHICAGO. 



HONEY. —For comb honey, we quote 12@]3o. 

 Extnictofl fifrtjTc. 

 BBESWAX,-:2;ic. R. A. BURN15TT, 



Ihi South Water St. 



NEW YORK. 



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

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

 packages. l-'Sfftlfic.: 2-lb8., \2('iiHc.: lair to good 

 l-lbs., I:2{g)l4c.: "J-lbs., I0(«anc.; fancy buckwheat 

 1-Ibs., llfiBlUc; 2-lb8.. y(al0c. While clover ex- 

 tracted in keKs and small barrels, 6^^<^7c.; t'alif- 

 ornia extracted in 6u-Ib. cans, 5(«t5 I-2C.; Califor- 

 nia corah honey. |o((iJIlc. 



BEESWAX.-Prlme yellow. •i2@24c. 



MCCAOL & HILDBBTH BROS.. 



34 Hudson St. 



BOSTON. 



HONEY.— The demand has improved. We are 

 sellinK one-pound packages of white clover honey 

 at 14@15c.; 2-pound8 at I3W14C. 



BBESWAX.-2f) cts. per lb. 



Blake Si Kiplet, 57 Cbattasm Street. 



DETROIT. 



HONEY.- Owing to more liberal arrivals the 

 market lor honey Is lower* Best in l-lb. sections, 

 12Ki:<c. 



BEESWAX.- 23c. 



M. H. HUNT., Bell Branch. Mich. 



CINCINNATI. 



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

 comb boney, 12 to l4c. 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 l-lb. sections is 

 selling at 14c.; 2-lbs. ]2(fll3c. Old honey is very 

 dull at I0(ai2c. Extracted, 6(a7c. 



BEBSWAX.-25C. 



A. Q. KElfDEL. 1 15 Ontario Street, 



KANSAS CITY. 



HONEY.— The market Is good for all grades, 

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

 Prices remain the .same. One-pound sections, 

 white clover, I3(*l4c.; dark l-lbs., Il"il2c.: 2-lbs., 

 1 uail2c.; dark 2-lb8.. i)(41oc.: ^-Ibs . light, 14'aj!5c. 

 Extracted white clover. 0@7c.; dark, 4(si5c.: white 

 sage, ."sisi-'iip^c. 



BEESWAX.-2n@22c. 



Ci-KMONS.CLOON & CO., cor. 4th & Walnut. 



MILWAUKEE. 



HONE Y.— Tne market for boney of choice qual- 

 ity is firmer and we are trying to establish a high- 

 er range of values. We quote l-lb. sections of 

 while at ]2H'«jl.'ic.; 2 lbs.. Il^'a'l2c.; dark not 

 wanted. Extracted, white, in half barrels and in 

 kegs, 6^f<^7c. ; in tin packages, 7@7^c.; in barrels, 

 as to quality. .^(iuf'MiC. 



BEESWAX.— No demand. 



Oct. 2. A. V. BISHOP, 142 W. Water St. 



SAN FRANCISCO. 



HONEY —There is a firmer market for extrac- 

 ted, and especially for comb honey, as the crop 

 of the latter is rather small. Apiarists have sold 

 what they were obliged to dispose of for payment 

 of packages and labor, and they bold the b:*lance 

 back at higher prices. The demand is increasing, 

 and we quote with ready takers, 4@tMc. for choice 

 extracted ; y^^'faya^'c. for amber extracted ; and 

 8<glllc. for cttmb honey in 2-Ib. sections ; 12@13c. 

 for l-lb. sections. 



BEESWAX.— It finds buyers at 20@23c. 



Sep. 28. SCHACHT & LEMCKE. 122-124 Davis St. 



HONEY.— Receipts are light and the market la 

 very quiet. We quote : White extracted, 4(g)4Jic,: 

 amber. :i^:ic. Comb. yJ^Qiluc. for white. 



BBE8WAX.-I!(®22C. 



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



ST. Loms. 



HONEY.— Choice comb, 10(ai21^c.; latter price 

 is for choice white clover. Strained, in barrels,. 

 ^^(A4c. Extra fancy of bright color and in No, 1 

 Piickages. V4 advance on above prices. Extracted 

 In barrels. 414(*5^.: Incan3 6@7c. 



BEESWAX.— Dull at 21c. for prime. 



Sep. 30. D. G. T0TT & CO.. Commercial St. 



