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the young queens and bees not de- 

 stroying the cells or queens matured. 

 When they swarm they mean it, and 

 will not return to the old stand. They 

 produce beautiful comb honey, but 

 not much of it. They are the best 

 wintering bees, as long as they are 

 given honey from other colonies to 

 live on. When pure or crossed with 

 the Italians, they do not breed fast. 

 The queen does not deposit eggs in a 

 compact solid sheet. The queen is 

 slim, and perforated metal will not 

 conline her in any part of the hive. 

 It will be seen from the above that 

 after careful experimenting by Mr. 

 Hall, he found that they were not the 

 bees likely to be of great value to the 

 practical apiarist. 



Home Market for Honey. 



A Lady Bee-Keeper's Report.— 



Mrs. E. A. Cooley, Galesburg,*o Ills., 

 on Oct. 14, 1886, says : 



I commenced bee-keeping in the 

 spring of 1884, but lost nearly all of my 

 bees the following winter on the sum- 

 mer stands. During the summer of 

 1885 I took as good care of what were 

 left (5 weak colonies) as I knew how ; 

 built them up to 11, though 3 were 

 little more than nuclei. I wintered 

 them in the cellar, and this summer 

 I have taken off 1,300 pounds of comb 

 honey, the best colonies giving 150 

 pounds each. I worked alone with 

 them until this summer my husband 

 began to help me in the honey- 

 harvest, and is now preparing the 

 bees for winter. 



" Wavy " Combs.— W. Z. Hutchin- 

 son, Rogersville.<^ Mich., writes : 



I was much interested in the article 

 of Mr. Stiles, on " Foundation in the 

 Brood-Chamber." I consider this an 

 important subject. If we can dis- 

 pense with foundation in the brood- 

 chamber, and secure belter results it 

 is quite a step. / have succeeded in 

 doing this for the past four years ; 

 and I am willing to do all I can to 

 enable others to succeed. Mr. Mitchell, 

 Mrs. Chaddock and others have 

 trouble by the bees building too much 

 drone comb. I think that I have ex- 

 plained why they have so much 

 trouble from this source ; although it 

 is, of course, possible that I have 

 overlooked some element of my suc- 

 cess. 8ome bee-keepers have suc- 

 ceeded equally as well as myself. 

 Mr. Stiles now complains of some- 

 thing that has, I believe, not given 

 any trouble to others; viz., crooked 

 or " wavy " combs. This is some- 

 thing that has given me no trouble ; 

 my combs have always been so 

 straight and true that it would be 

 difficult, without examining closely, 

 to tell whether they were natural 

 combs or built from foundation. I 

 cannot understand why Mr. Stiles 

 has the trouble that he reports, es- 

 pecially when the brood-nest is small, 

 and the frames all supplied with 

 starters. Mr. S. says that " last year 

 more careful experiments were made, 

 wherein several new features were 

 developed." I hope he will yet learn 

 how to secure straight combs. 



|^~ To create Honey Markets In every 

 village, town and city, wide-awalte honey 

 producers should get the Leaflets " Why Bat 

 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 eta. ; per 

 hundred, $2-50. 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. (giving the name and address of the bee- 

 lieeper who scatters them). 



To give a^vay 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) $1 00 



" 100 colonies (220 pages) 125 



" 200 colonies (430 pages) 150 



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 moat desirable. 



Siiuiiiiiis' Nou-Swariuiug System is 



the title of a new English bee-book. The 

 author claims that it will inaugurate a " new 

 era in modern bee-beeping," 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. Tt can now be 

 obtained at this office. 



Convention Notices. 



|»" The New Tork State, the Eastern New York 

 and the New Jersey A Eastern Bee-Iieepers' As- 

 Bociatinns will hold tli*^ir great united convention 

 at Albany. N. V.. on Jan. 18, 19 and lio, 1S8H. This 

 convention will be one of the largest, if not the 

 largest, ever held anywhere in this country, and it 

 behooves every bee-lteeper to attend. A grand 

 e.\hibit of apiarian h.^tures is promised. An un- 

 usually brilliant programme will be prepared and 

 announced later. 



lar The next annual meeting of the Michigan 

 State Bee-Keepers' Association will be held in 

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



H. D. CUTTING, See. 



i^~ The Illinois Centra) Bee-Keepers' 

 Association wiil hold its uext meeting at 

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

 .1. M. Hambadgh, Sec. 



t^~ The next annual meeting of the Nebraska 

 State Bee-Keepers' Association will be held in 

 Lincoln, NeUra^ka, on Wednesday, Jan. r2. 1887. 

 Location ot Uall to be used and Hotel accommo- 

 dations will be given after further arrangements 

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



Auotlier ITuioii Coiivcntioii Is to be 



held in Albany, N. Y., next .January. See 

 the above notice of it. Let there be a 

 general rally of the bee-keeepers ot New 

 York at this union meeting. 



Honey and Seeswax Market. 



The following are our very latest- 

 quotations for honey and beeswax : 



CHICAGO. 

 HONEY.— Receipts are liberal and prices vary 

 from lOfgilac. per lb. for white in sections varying 

 from 1 to V4 and 11-6 lbs. Many sales of good 

 white 1-lb. sections are made at lie. Extracted^ 

 is quiet and ranging from 5@7c. 

 BKESWAX,-2a(s.25c. R. A. BDRNETT, 

 Oct. la. 161 South Water Bt. 



NEW YORK. 

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

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

 packages. 15f<il6c.: 2-lbB., 12C413C.; fair to good 

 l-lbs., 12^14c.; 2-lbs., lu@llc.; fancy buckwheat 

 l-lbs.. lU)iil2c.; 2-lbe., 9@I0c. White clover ex- 

 tracted in kegs and small barrels, 6H'§*7c. ; Calif- 

 ornia extracted in 60-lb. cans, 5(95 1-2C.; Califor- 

 nia comb honey. H)(3)\ Ic. 

 BEBSWAX.-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 14@I."tc.: 2-pounds at 13csil4c. 

 BEE8WAX.-2:j cts. per lb. 



Blake & Ripley, 57 Chatham Street. 



DETROIT. 



HONEY.— Best white in i-lb. sections, 12(8130.; 

 dark, lucgillc., with a good supply in commission^ 

 houses. 



BEESWAX.- 230. 



Oct. 10. M. H. HUNT., Bell Branch, Mich. 



CINCINNATI. 



HONEY.— Demand is fair for choice comb In 1 

 and 2 lb. sections, which brings 12(gl5c. a pound in 

 a jobbing way. according to quality and neatness 

 ot package. There is a fair retail and jobbing de- 

 mand for extracted in square glass jars, whle tho 

 order trade lor dark grades from manufacturers ia 

 improving. Range of prices for extracted is 3i^@ 

 7c. per lb. 



BEESWAX.— It is in good demand, and Rood^ 

 yellow brings readily 2(JC. 

 Oct. 9. C. F. MUTH & SON.Freeman & Central Av. 



CLEVELAND. 



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

 selling at Mc; 2-lbs. 12CQ.i;ic. Old honey ia very 

 dull at I0i«12c. Extracted, 6(3i7c. 



BBBSWAX.-25C. 



A. C. Eendel, 115 Ontario Street. 



MILWAUKEE. 



HONEY.— The market for honey of choice qual- 

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

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

 white at 12ii.(a-l3c.; 2-lbs.. ll^fa)l2c.; dark not 

 wanted. Extracted, white, in half barrels and in 

 kegs, 6^(«i7c. ; in tin packages, 7iai7^c.; in barrels,, 

 as to quality, 5(«i.''>4c. 



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 hold the bulanc© 

 back at higher prices. The demand is increasing, 

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

 extracted ; :i}i"^'6Ho. for amber extracted ; and 

 yiatllc. for comb honey in 2-lb. sections ; darker 

 grades oring 7'»Hc. 



BEESWAX.— It finds buyers at 22®24c. 



Sep. 28. SCHACHT & LEMCKE, 122-124 DaviS St. 



HONE Y.— Trade is quiet. Extra white comb Ucr 

 amber. 7M;'aluc. Extracted, white, 4^4J-.ic.; am- 

 ber. 3H(«-3=>iC. 



Bli;BSWAX.-20®23c. 



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



ST. LOUIS. 



HONBY.-Choice comb, ll3i<9125^0.; latter price- 

 is for choice white clover. Strained, in barrels, 

 SHCfu^c. Extra fancy of bright color and in No, I 

 piickages, W advance on above prices. Extracted 

 in barrels. -Afelt&SW.: in canslirgl7c. 



BEESWAX.— Dull at 210. for choice. 



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



KANSAS CITY. 



HONEY— Demand for all grades is good, and 

 sales are large. Receipts are good aud prices are- 

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

 tions of white clover, I3(«.l4c. :dark, 10(g) 1 2c. : 2-1 bs. 

 white clover. ll(«12c.; dark. 9(a.loc.; Calif. 2-lba.j 

 9ra 1 1 c. ; Vtj- 1 bs. white clover. 14'»l5c. Extracte(i 

 white clover, (J{*7c.; dark, 4@5c.; white sage, S^c.f. 

 Calif, amber, 5c. 



BEESWAX.-20a22C. 



Oct. 15. CLEMONS.CLOON & CO., cor. 4th & WalnnU 



