THE AMERICAN BEE JOURNAL. 



731 



Local Convention Directory 



188«. Time and place oj Meeting. 



Nov. 24, 25.— IlllnoiB Central, at Mt. Sterling, Ilia. 

 J. M. IlambtiUKti, Sec. Spring, Ills. 



Dec. 1, 2.— MlchlRan State, al Ypailftntl. Mich. 



H. D. Cutting. Sec. Clinton, Mich. 

 1887. 

 Jan. 12.— Nebraska State, at Lincoln, Nebr. 



H. N. Patterson. Sec, Humboldt. Nebr. 



Jan. 25.— N. W. Ills. & H. W. VVia., at Kockford. Ills. 

 J. Stewart, Sec, Rock City, Ilia. 



1^" In order to have this table complete, Secre- 

 taries are requested to forward full particulars of 

 time and place of future meetinira.- Ed. 







Peculiar Action of Worker Bees.— 



E. E. Ewing, Kising Sun,c5 Md.,on 

 Nov. 4, 1886, writes : 



Query, No. 331 appears to puzzle the 

 veterans. All bee-keepers have no- 

 ticed the bees at times "pawing"' 

 with apparently much industry on the 

 alighting-board. It occurred to me 

 that they might be trying to clean off 

 the dirt which accumulates in front 

 of the entrance, and smoking the 

 "pawers" in, I washed the black 

 accumulation oft with salt and water 

 until the colonies had a white, clean 

 porch in front of their door, when the 

 scraping ceased. 1 think the indus- 

 trious, tidy things not finding much 

 to do in the fields, employ themselves 

 in trying to scrub off their front 

 porches. 



Good Fall Weather, etc— W. Ad- 



denbrooke. North Prairie, o~ Wis., on 

 Nov. 9, 1886, writes thus : 



1 disposed of my bees down to 67 

 colonies, about 50 good ones, the 

 balance being below par ; increased 

 by natural swarming to 130 colonies, 

 all of which are in good condition for 

 winter without feeding. My bees 

 have stored 4,000 pounds of comb 

 honey in sections i%x5 inches, and 

 over 1,000 pounds of extracted honey. 

 About half of my crop I have sold at 

 from 8 to 15 cents per pound. We 

 had a severe drouth near the end of 

 the honey season, which curtailed the 

 amount of the crop. We have had 

 splendid fall weather up to date. 



Working on Red Clover.— Joseph 

 Beatli, Corning,? Iowa, on Nov. 3, 

 1886, says : 



I commenced the season of 1886 

 ■with 18 colonies, increased them to 

 32, took 1,100 pounds of extracted 

 honey, and my hives are now full of 

 honey. I think that my bees are in 

 the best condition for winter that I 

 ever had them. Mr. Doolittle, in his 

 report on page 631, says that his bees 

 worked on red clover that was saved 

 for seed, which is the second crop. 

 Mine did the same thing last year, 

 and even the black bees were on "it in 

 numbers. But although the heads 



were still smaller this year, there was 

 no bees that worked on it. Probably 

 there was no nectar in it. It is true 

 that we cannot have the nectar with- 

 out the flowers, but I notice that we 

 frequently have the flowers without 

 the nectar. When any of our fra- 

 ternity have bees that work on the 

 first crop of red clover, I for one 

 should be glad to know it. 



Late Swarms, etc.— Wm. Anderson, 

 Sherman ,o+ Mo., on Nov. 8, 1886, says : 



I have reaped a bountiful crop of 

 honey, and my bees never were in as 

 good condition for winter as they are 

 at the present time. On Oct. 10 I had 

 a large swarm of bees, a strange thing 

 for that time of the year. In June I 

 got 3 Italian queens. I introduced 

 one of them, but did not kill the black 

 queen, which I had taken out. I kept 

 her about three days, when I went to 

 .see how the new queen was getting 

 along. I found her all right ; but not 

 wanting to kill the black queen I let 

 her fly away. A day or so after I 

 went to see how the new queen was 

 getting along, and to my surprise I 

 found the black one back in the hive, 

 and the new queen gone. I know the 

 new queen was all right, for after the 

 proper time there were some Italian 

 bees in the hive. 



Severe Drouth.— B. W. Peck, Rich- 

 mond Centre, d O., on Nov. 6, 1886, 

 gives his report as follows : 



I commenced the spring of 1886 

 with 2.5 colonies of bees, increased 

 them to 40, and took 1,675 pounds of 

 honey, 445 pounds being in one-pound 

 sections, and the rest was extracted 

 honey. We had a severe drouth here 

 which cut the season short. 



Bee-Diarrhea. — H. 



Lansingburg,o* N. 



Case of 



Northrup, 

 writes : 



I send a box containing samples of 

 bees. Lay them down on a board, 

 place a stick upon their abdomen, 

 stand back and press down, and then 

 tell what ails them. They have been 

 dying in large numbers. 1 would like 

 to know the cause, and the remedy, if 

 there is any. 



[This is a clear case of bee-diarrhea. 

 The fecal mass is a combination of 

 pollen and water, differing in propor- 

 tion in different specimens. In some 

 of the bees the mass is very watery ; 

 in others quite thick and pasty. Of 

 course I have no chance to even guess 

 the cause of the bees thus gorging 

 themselves and retaining the mass 

 unto death, as I know nothing of the 

 circumstances.— Jabies IIeddon.] 



Five Tliousaiid Dew Bubscribers to the 

 Bee Journal is what we have made our 

 calculations for ; they will come in clubs 

 between now and next spring. Installments 

 are coming every day. 



Honey and Beeswax Market. 



The following are our very latest 

 quotations for honey and beeswax : 



CHICAGO. 



HONEY.— It has Bold better durlnKthls month 

 than at uny time since the new crop came on the 

 market. Vet prices are not any higher, sales bein? 

 made at 1 lft?i IL'c. lor white honey in 1 -lb. sections. 

 Fancy sections of less than I lb. in weight, at 13c. 

 E.\tracted is unchanged in tone or values, belnff 

 5Ca7 cer ts per lb. 

 BEKSWAX,-:;3g25c. R. A. BURNETT, 

 Nov. 1). 161 South Water at. 



NEW rOKK. 

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

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

 packages, l.5(5lRc.: 2-lb8., l-2t-5]3c.; fair to Kood 

 1-lbs., iJ(&14c.: 2-lbs., iij@nc.: fancy buckwheat 

 l-lbs.. IKail^c; 2-lbs., 9{gil0c. White clover ex- 

 tracted in kees and small barrels, 6^(§(7c.: Calif- 

 ornia extracted in 60-1 b. cans, 5(sj5 l-:!c.: Califor- 

 nia comb honey, 10@i ic. 

 BBESWAX.-Prime yellow. 22@24c. 



MCCAUL & HILDRETH BROS., 



34 Hudson St. 



BOSTON. 

 HONEY.— The demand has improved. We are 

 selling one-pound packages of white clover honey 

 at 14@ir.c.; l-'-pounds at 13(gjl4c. 

 BEE8WAX.-2r> cts. per lb. 



Blaee & RIPLET, 57 Chatham Street. 



DETROIT. 



HON EY.-Best white in 1-lb. sections. 12(3130.; 

 dark, l(%llc.. with a good supply in commisslOD 

 houses. 



BEESWAX.- 23C. 



Oct. lu. M. H. HnNT.. Bell Branch, Mlcta. 



CINCINNATI 



HONEY. -There is a lively demand for table 

 honey in square glass jars, and the demand for 

 nice comb honey is very good. Demand from 

 manufacturers is slow for dark grades of ex- 

 tracted honey. The ranging prices for extracted 

 is 3(*7c. a lb. Nice comb brings 12@15c. per lb. in 

 a jobbing way. 



BEESWAX.— Home demand is good. We pay 

 20^23c. per lb. 

 Nov. 10. C. F. MtJTH & SoN.Freeman & Central At. 



CLBVELAND. 



HONEY.— Choice new honey in 1-lb. sections i& 

 selling at 14c.: 2-lbs. I2&i3c. Old honey Is very 

 dull at 10<»12c. Extracted, 6®7c. 

 BBESWAX.-25C. 



A. C. EENDEL. lis 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 12^4®13c.; 2-lbs.. ll)^®12c.; dark not 

 wanted. Extracted, white, in half barrels and in 

 kegs, 6>^®7c. ; in tin packages, 7@7Hc. ; in harrelSr 

 as to quality, 5l3i^Hc- 



BBBSWAX.-No demand. 



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



SAN FRANCISCO. 



HONEY —There is a flrmer 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 balance- 

 back at higher prices. The demand Is increasing, 

 and we quote with ready takers, 4®414c. for choice 

 extracted ; 3Vi<«3^c. for amber extracted ; and 

 9@llc. for comb honey in 2-lb. sections ; darker 

 grades oring 7»8c. 



BBESW AJt.— It finds buyers at 22@24c.- 



8ep. 28. SCHACHT & LEMCKE, 122-124 Davls St. 



HONE Y.- Trade is quiet. Extra white comb llc^ 

 amber, 7j^®iuc. Extracted, white, 4®4Hc.; am- 

 ber, -MfSiSHe- 



BEESWAX.-20@23C. 



Oct. in. O. B. SMITH i CO., 423 Front street. 



ST. 1,0UIS. 



HONEY.-Cholce comb, ii^@i2Xc.; latter price 

 Is for choice white clover. Strained, In barrels, 

 3H®4c. Extra fancy of bright color and InNo.l 

 packages, M advance on above prices. Extracted 

 in barrels, 4H©5!^. ; in cans6@7c. 



BEES WAX.— Dull at 21c. 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: 1-lb. sec- 

 tions of whiteclover, I3«5l4c. :dark. l(t<S12c.: 2-ib8. 

 white clover, ll(al2c.: dark, 9[a)10c.: Calif. 2-lbs., 

 96»llc.; H-lbs. white clover, 1*9150. Extracted 

 white clover, 6®7c.-, dark, 4@5c.; white sage, 5>60.; 

 Calif, amber, 5c. 



BEBSWAX.-20®22c. 

 Oct. 15. ci.emons.Cloon & Co., cor. 4th & Walnut. 



