THE AMERICAN BEE JOURNAL. 



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Pleurisy-Root.— John Haskins,Em- 

 pire Prairie, N3 Mo., on Sept. 27, 1886, 

 writes : 



On page 552, Mr. Ileddon gives a 

 good description of the pleurisy-root 

 as a honey-plant ; but he is mistaken 

 in thinking that it does not grow on 

 the rich prairies. The prairie here is 

 very rich, the soil is black, and the 

 pleurisy-root grows all around here. 

 It grows from 2 to 2% feet high ; one 

 root here on the richest soil will prob- 

 ably keep hundreds, if not thousands, 

 of bees busy daily for weeks, and if 

 you wish them to bloom late in the 

 season, just cut them off. The roots 

 grow to a large size here. The seeds 

 can be sown like cabbage seed. Try 

 some this fall, and next spring when 

 the plants are large enough, plant 

 them in rows 3 to 4 feet each way. 

 One thing Mr. H. did not speak of, is 

 that it seems to furnish no pollen, or 

 scarcely any for the bees. I send you 

 some of the seed in this letter, and 

 some of the pods in a package. 



[Thanks for the seed and pods, 

 which were duly received.— Ed.] 



Italians vs. Black Bees — S. L. 



Watkins, Placerville,© Calif., on Oct. 

 6, 1886, writes : 



I increased my apiary from 4 colo- 

 nies to 16, and took from 1 colony of 

 Italians over 300 pounds of comb 

 honey ; from my best black colony 

 about 80 pounds. My Italians have 

 shown themselves so far ahead of the 

 black bees that I will change them all 

 to Italians next season. They are 

 storing honey from the hartshorn, 

 and the blacks are not doing any- 

 thing. Our main honey-plant here is 

 falacio, a small shrub about one foot 

 high. It has a fern-shaped leaf, and 

 a blossom something like a straw- 

 berry. It yields honey for about two 

 months, and the honey from it is as 

 good if not better than that from 

 white clover. It is also very thick, 

 and weighs about 11 pounds to the 

 gallon. California lilac is a pretty 

 good honey-plant, and the bees 

 worked very hard on it this season. 



My Report— Asters.— Otto Bussan- 

 mas, Bevington,© Iowa, on Sept. 25, 

 1886, says : 



In the fall of 1880 I obtained 7 weak 

 colonies in all kinds of boxes and log 

 gums. I lost all of them the follow- 

 ing winter, but I was not discouraged. 

 I then bought one colony in June, 

 1881, and by the fall of 1884, I had in- 

 creased it to 33 colonies, but I lost 

 like all other bee-keepers, and the 

 balance (11 colonies) were very weak. 

 I increased them to 31 colonies in 

 1885, and extracted 1,600 pounds of 

 honey, and this year I have increased 

 the 31 to 65 colonies, and harvested 

 3,400 pounds of white clover honey, 

 and I think by the time I nave all of 

 my fall honey taken off, that it will 

 be 1,200 or 1,600 pounds, besides leav- 

 ing them from .35 to 45 pounds for 

 winter. I do not believe in feeding 

 sugar to bees and selling the honey. 

 My bees are still busy. I went out 



to-day to see what they could work 

 on, and I was surprised to tind them 

 on white and red clover. I found 

 three kinds of flowers on the bank of 

 a creek not far away, where the bees 

 worked as hard on them as if it had 

 been linden or white clover. I will 

 call them Nos. 1, 2 and 3. Will you 

 please name them V 



[JSTos. 1 and 2 belong to the family 

 of asters, and No. 3 to the mint 

 family.— Ed.] 



Honey all Disposed of —J. Meader, 

 Delaware,©* Iowa, on Oct. 6, 1886, 

 says: 



I have endeavored to profit by the 

 reading of the many valuable articles 

 contained in the Bee Journal from 

 time to time. I have always tried to 

 furnish my honey in the best condi- 

 tion possible. I have never had any 

 one to find fault with my sales. My 

 crop for this year is all sold at good 

 prices. I have held all my old custo- 

 mers, and have gained many new 

 ones. This can only be done by 

 honest and fair dealing. 



One of the Asters.— A Clendenin, 

 Morrisonville,OIlls., on Sept. 30, 1886, 

 writes : 



What is the name of the enclosed 

 plant y My bees work on it from 

 morning until night. 



[It is one of the asters.- Ed.] 



Convention Notices. 



t3e~ The New York State, the Eaftern New York 

 and the New Jersey & Eastern Bee-Keepera' As- 

 aociations will hold their (jreat united convention 

 at Albany, N. Y., on Jan. 18, 19 and 2(i. 1886. This 

 convention will be one of the largest, if not THE 

 largest, ever held anywhere in this country, and it 

 behooves every bee-beeper to attend. A grand 

 exhibit of apiarian fixtures is promised. An un- 

 usually brilliant programme will be prepared and 

 announced later. 



|7~ The next annual meeting of the Michigan 

 State Bee-Keepers' Association will be held In 

 Ypsilantl, Mich., on Dec. 1 and 2. 1886, 



H, D. Cutting, Sec. 



^if" The Illinois Central Bee-Keepers' 

 Association will hold its next meetlngr at 

 Mt. Sterling-, Ills., on Nov. 24 and 2.5, 1886. 

 .1. M. Hambauoh, See. 



1^" The next meeting of the Bee-Keepera' As- 

 sociation of Hamilton and Tipton counties, Ind., 

 will be held at Westfleld, Ind,, on Saturday, Nov. 

 6, 188li, The following interesting programme has 

 been arranged : Opening exercises ; Music : Ad- 

 dress of welcome, H. Mills ; Best method of win- 

 tering bees, D. Learning; Discussion opened by 

 Marion M<iOre : Beat method of realizing the lar- 

 gest amount of profit on a colony of bees M. 

 Doherly ; Diacuaaion opened by laaac Booth , Best 

 method and time to prepare the bees for spring 

 work, Zlmrl Kivett : Discussion opened by Dixon 

 Bray : Question box. All interested in bee-keep- 

 ing are invited to come, bringing their baskets 

 well tilled, so as to stay all day, and make this one 

 of the most intereating and profitable sessions that 

 the Association ever held. 



jy The next annua! meeting of the Nebraska 

 State Bee-Keepers' Association will be held in 

 Lincoln, Nebraska, on Wednesday, Jan, 1:2, 1887, 

 Location of Hall to be used and Hotel accommo- 

 dationa will be Riven after further arrangements 

 have been made, H. N, Patteuson, Sec. 



Money Orders can now be obtained at 

 the Post Offlees at reduced rates. Five 

 dollars and under costs now only 5 cents. 

 As these are absolutely sate, it will pay to 

 get them instead of the Postal Notes which 

 are payable to any one who presents them, 

 and are in no way safe. 



Honey and Beeswax Market. 



The following are our very latest 

 quotations for honey and beeswax ; 



CHICAGO. 

 HONEY.— Receipts are liberal and pricea vary 

 from 10@13c. per lb. for white in secliooa varying 

 from I to V/i and \H lbs. Many sales of good 

 white 1-lh. sections are made at He. Extracted 

 is quiet and ranging from 6@7c. 

 BKKSWAX,-:i3B25c, R, A.BURNETT, 

 Oct. 13. 161 Soutn Water Bt. 



NEW YORK. 

 HONE Y,— We quote this year's crop as follows : 

 Fancy white in 1-lb. sections, clean and neat 

 packages, 15@16c,; 2-lbs., I2(«)l3c.: fair to good 

 1-lbs., l:i(§(14c.; 12-Ib8., lo@Ilc,; fancy buckwheat 

 1-lba,, ll@12c,; 2.1b8., 9(51i'c. White clover ex- 

 tracted in kegs and small barrels, 6^@7c.; Calif- 

 ornia extracted in ^-Ib. cans, 5@0 l-:2c,; Califor- 

 nia c<,mb honey, HK§)] Ic. 

 BEESWAX,-Prime yellow. 22@24c, 



MCCAUL & HILDRBTH BROS., 



34 Hudson St. 



BOSTON. 

 HONEY.— The demand has Improved. We are 

 selling one-pound packages of white clover honey 

 at I4@15c,; 2-pounds at 13®14c, 

 BEE8WAX,-25 eta, per lb, 



Blake & Riplet, s7 Chatham Street. 



DETROIT, 



HO.VEY,— Best white in 1-lb. sections, 12O130.; 

 dark, lU(g)llc„ with a good supply In commission 

 houses, 



BEESWAX.- 23C. 



Oct. 10. M, H, Hunt,, Bell Branch. Mloh. 



CINCINNATI. 



HONEY,— Demand is fair for choice comb in 1 

 and -2 lb, aectiona. which brings 12@l5c, a pound In 

 a jobbing way, according to quality and neatness 

 01 package. There Is a fair retail and jobbing de- 

 mand for extracted In square glaas jars, while the 

 order trade lor dark grades from manufacturers \» 

 improving. Range of prices for extracted is 3^@ 

 7c. per lb. 



BEESWAX.- It la In good demand, and good 

 yellow brings readily 20c, 

 Oct, 9. C. P, MUTH & SON.Freeman & Central AT. 



CLEVELAND. 



HONEY,— Choice new honey in 1-lb. sections Is 

 selling at He; 2-lba, i2(ai3o. Old honey Is very 

 dull at lO(S12c, Extracted, 6(3i7c, 



BEBSWAX,-25C, 



A. C. Kendel, 115 Ontario Street. 



MILWAUKEE, 



HONEY,— The market for honey of choice qual- 

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

 er range of values. We quote 1-lb. sections or 

 white at 12H013C.; 2-lbs., l\Ma,l-lc.; dark not 

 wanted. Extracted, white, in half barrels and In 

 kegs, 6!.6@7c, ; in tin packages, 7(*7>^c.: in barrels,- 

 as to quality, 5@5Hc, 



BEESWAX.- No demand, 



Oct, 2, A, V, Bishop. i42 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 la rather small. Apiarists have sold 

 what thev were obliged to dispose of for payment 

 of packages and labor, and they hold the balance 

 back at higher prices. The demand Is Increasing, 

 and we quote with ready takers, 4@1!4C, for choice 

 extracted ; \iM(a^'6%c. for amber extracted ; and 

 8@llc. for comb honey In 2-lb, sections ; 12@13c. 

 for 1-lb, sections, 



BEESWAX,— It flnda buyers at 20®23c, 



Sep. 28, SCHACHT & LBMCKE, 122-124 DavlS St. 



HONBY,-Trade is quiet. Extra white comb lie; 

 amber, 7!^'*iuc. Extracted, white, 4(S4;ic.: am- 

 ber. 3!^ii»:)Mc. 



BEBSWA.X.-20®2.3C. 



Oct. 18, O. B. SMITH & Co.. 423 Front street 



ST-.-IOUlS. 

 HONEY,- Choice comb, ll?f®12Kc.; latter price 

 is for choice white clover, strained, in barrels, 

 Zhi(»ic. Extra fancy of bright color and InNo, 1 

 packages. ^ advance on above prices. Extracted 

 in barrels, 4>6(^5^.; In cans 6@;7c, 

 BEESWAX,— Dull at 21c. for choice, 

 Oct, 21. D. G. TUTT & CO.. Commercial St. 



KANSAS CITY. 



HONEY,— Demaud (or all grades Is good, and 

 sales are large. Receipts are good aud pricea are 

 steady with a firm feeling. We quote: 1-lb, sec- 

 tions of white clover, 13(*14c,:dark, 111® 12c.; 2-lbs. 

 white clover, 1]'«j12c.; dark, yig-liic; Calif, 2-lb8^ 

 orojiic, : !^-lba, white clover, I4'a)i,'>c, Extracted 

 while clover, i:(5,7c. ; dark, 4@,'>c, ; white sage, 5Hc. ; 

 Calif, amber, 5c. 



BEESWAX,-20@22C. 

 Oct, 15, Cr,KMONS.CLOON&Co,,cor, 4th4Walnnt.^ 



