THE AMERICAN BEE JOURNAL. 



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of clover honey. If contracting the 

 entrance in time will not prevent 

 robbing, I let them get in full blast 

 so as to get all those "professors." 

 Have a tent and smoker ready, get 

 the tent over the hive, leave it a few 

 minutes until you get all the bees 

 which are in loading up. Now lift 

 off the tent, having closed the en- 

 trance first. By this time all the bees 

 will be back, which were away un- 

 loading. Now while they are trying 

 to crowd into the closed eutrance, put 

 the tent over them, go inside and 

 raise them with the smoker, and you 

 have nearly all those "professors" 

 and " students." Leave them in the 

 tent, according to the weather, until 

 they are barely able to go home. If 

 they try it the next day treat them in 

 the same manner. Two applications 

 have always disgusted my bees with 

 the whole business. Of course there 

 is generally something wrong— too 

 many combs, too few bees, too black, 

 or being called from home. 



Feeding Bees Now for Winter.— 



Mary E. Hovey, Yorkville,5 Ills., 

 asks the following ; 



I have 2.5 colonies of bees, and 

 nearly all of them are short of winter 

 rations. 1 shall have to supply about 

 200 pounds of honey. What is the 

 quickest and best way of putting it 

 into the hives V 



[Get it in the comb, either in sec- 

 tions or frames, or pieces, and lay it 

 on sticks on top of the frames in such 

 a manner that the bees can get at all 

 sides of the combs. Cover all with 

 something to retain the heat, and 

 winter the bees in a repository.— 

 James Heddon.] 



Taste and Odor of Honey.— Elias 

 Fox, Hillsborough, to Wis., on Nov. 

 28, 1886, writes : 



I wish to corroborate Dr. J. P. H. 

 Brown's statement on page 745. 

 Neither is this taste and odor con- 

 fined entirely to the stronger flavored 

 plants and trees. In this locality the 

 honey from the white clover is readily 

 detected by the flavor of the plant, as 

 is also basswood honey. According 

 to my judgment, the mildest flavored 

 honey produced in this locality, is 

 detected in the same manner, but of 

 course in a mild form ; and when we 

 come to motherwort and catnip 

 honey the flavor and odor both are 

 very prominent, especially the latter; 

 and no carelessness with the essence 

 bottle, either. 



Reversing Sections, etc.— Henry 



Willson, Clinton,© Ills., writes : 



I tried reversing sections the past 

 season, but I do not like it. They 

 weigh some heavier, but if they are 

 reversed after the top part is com- 

 menced to be capped, the bees must 

 travel over it to finish the other part, 

 and they soil it, making it several 

 shades darker than the last finished. 



Also, there is often a seam on the line 

 between the capped and uncapped 

 when removed. My experience with 

 bees is contrary to Mr: G. W. I)em- 

 aree's. I have often noticed that they 

 make more noise during zero weather 

 than in moderate weather, but 

 whether they are exercising to keep 

 warm, or are simply uneasy, I do not 

 know, yet I am inclined to the latter. 



Learning to Keep Bees, etc.— Thos. 

 Gavin, of Worburtoii, Ont., writes : 



I commenced in the spring of 1886 

 with 2 colonies of bees, increased 

 them to 7 by natural swarming, and 

 obtained only about 20 pounds of 

 comb honey from a first swarm. Can 

 one who never saw bee-keeping car- 

 ried on, and obtained all his informa- 

 tion through bee-papers and bee- 

 books, keep bees as successfully as 

 one that has served an apprentice- 

 ship with a successful apiarist ? 



[It can be done, but good, practical 

 lessons would be invaluable to such a 

 beginner. — Ed.] 



Convention Uotices. 



UT" Tbe Keystone Bee-Keepers' Association 

 will meet in the Court House at Scranton, Pa., on 

 Tuesday, Dec. 14, 1886, at ma.m. 



Arthur a. Datis, Sec. 



fW~ The eleventh annual meetint; of the N. W. 

 nis. & S. W. Wis. Bee-Keepers' Association will be 

 held in the Grand Army Halt in Itocitford. Ills., 

 on the third Tuesday in January. 1887. There 

 will be a two days' session. J. Stewart, Sec. 



ISr The next annual meeting of the Nebraska 

 State Bee-Keepers' Association will be held in 

 Lincoln. Nebrask.^. on Wednesday, .Ian. 12. 1887. 

 Location ot Hall to be used and liotel accommo- 

 dations will be given after further arrangements 

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



t*" The New York State, the Eastern New York 

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

 sociations will hold their great united convention 

 at Albany, N. Y., on Jan. 11, 12 and 13, 18Kfi. This 

 convention will be one of the largest, if not the 

 largest, ever held anywhere in this country, and it 

 behooves every bee-keeper to attend. A grand 

 exhibit of apiarian fl.Ytures is promised. An un- 

 usually brilliant programme wilt be prepared and 

 announced later. JNO. ASPinwali.. 



System and Success. 



tSP' All who intend to be ByBtematlc Id 

 their work in the apiarj', should get a copy of 

 the Apiary Register and commence to use it. 

 the prices are reduced, as follows : 



For 50 colonies (120 pages) $] 00 



" 100 colonies (2'30 pages) 1 23 



" 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. 



Reader, do you not just now think of 

 one bee-keeper who does not take the 

 Weekly Bee ;Journal, and who should do 

 so ? Perhaps a word or two from you will 

 Induce him to do so. Will j'ou not kindly 

 oblige us by getting his subscription to send 

 on with your own renewal for next year ? 

 When you do so, please select an.v 25 cent 

 book in onr list, and we will send it to you 

 post-paid, to pay for your trouble. We are 

 aiming to get 5,000 jiew subscribers for 1887, 

 — will you not assist us to obtain them ? 



Honey and Beeswax Market. 



The following are our very latest 

 quotations for honey and beeswax : 



CHICAGO. 

 nONBi'.— It has sold better during this month 

 than at any time since the new crop came on the 

 market. Vet prices are not any hiuber, sales beinfr 

 made at 1 Kaljc. for white honey in l-lb. sectlona. 

 Fancy sections of less than 1 lb. in weight, at I3c. 

 Extracted la unchanged in tone or values, beinir 

 5tj»7 cents per lb. 

 BBBSWAX,-23(825c. K. A. BURNETT, 

 Nov. a. 161 South Water 81. 



NEW YORK. 



HONEY.— Sales for comb honey the past month 

 have been good, and prices fair. Jjarge shtpmentff 

 from the West are coming in more freely than we 

 anticipated. Present quotations are as follows: 

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

 packages. 13ai4c.: 2-lb8., ll@12c.; fair to good 

 l-lbs., ll@l,3c. : 2-lbs,. 9(fl)loc.; fancy buckwheat 

 1-lbs., asiioc; 2-lbB., 7«hxc. White clover ex- 

 tracted in kegs and small barrels, 6Hf^7c.: Calif- 

 ornia extracted in 60-ib, cans, .'iOects.; Califor- 

 nia comb honey in wi-lb. cases, in@i4c. 



BEESWAX.— Prime »ellow. 22ia24c. 



MCCAUL & HILDRBTH BROS., 



Nov. 13. 34 Hudson 8u 



HONEY.— The demand has improved. We are* 

 selling one- pound packages of white clover honey 

 at H@1.^)C.; 2-pound8 at 13®14o. 



BBK8WAX,-25 cts. per lb. 



Blake & Hiplet. ^7 Chatham Street. 



DETROIT. 



HONE Y.— All kinds of honey are dull and lower. 

 Best white comb honey in l-lb, sections, ll@12Hc. 

 Extracted, 7@yc. 



BEESWAX.- 23c. 



Nov. 23. M. H. Hunt.. Bell Branch. Mich. 



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 extracte(^ 

 is 3fei7c. a lb. Nice comb brings 12@15c. per lb. in 

 a Jobbing way. 



BEESWAX.- Homedemand is good. We pay 

 20S.23C. per lb. 



Nov.io. C. P. MUTH & SON.Freeman i, Central Av. 



CLBVBLAND. 



HONEY.- The market is not very active and pri- 

 ces a little lower. Choice l-lb. sections of best. 

 white sell at 13&I4C.; second grade 1-lbs.. l(K§)I2c.; 

 choice white 2-lb8.. Il@l2c. Extracted, slow at 60.^ 



BEBSWAX.-Scarce at 25c. 



Nov. 17. A. c. Kendkl. 115 Ontario Street, 



MILWAUKEE. 



HONEY.— Tne market for honey of choice qual- 

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

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

 white at i2Htoi3c.: 2-lbs.. iij^(ai2c.: dark not 

 wanted. Extracted, white, in half barrels and in 

 kegs, B^@7c. : in tin packages, 7®7Hc.; in barrel^- 

 as to quality, ofe.'i^c. 



BEB8WAX.-N0 demand. 



Oct. 2. A. V. Bishop, 142 w. Water 8u 



SAN FRANCISCO. 



HONEY.— The market remains firm for choice 

 qualities, of which we have a large supply on 

 band. We quote from 3?i(34V4C. wholesale, for 

 extracted honey; and 8(3il2c. lor honey tn 2-Ib. 

 sections, although the latter sells only in a job- 

 bing way at outside prices. Some fine honey in 

 l-lb. sections sells at ll®12c. 



BEES WAX.-Dull at 200220. for the best. 

 Nov. 24. Schacht & LEMCKE, 122-124 Davls St. 



HONBY.- Trade Is quiet. Extra white comb nor 

 amber. T^'Sluc. Extracted, white. 4<^4}^c. ; am- 

 ber. 3)^(ai3?ic. 



BEESWAX.-20@23c. 



Oct. 18. O. B. Smith & Co., 423 Front Street. 



ST. LOUIS. 



HONEY.— Choice comb, ll5f(ai2Xc.; latter price 

 is for choice while clover. Strained, in barrels, 

 3M<*4c. Extra fancy of bright color and in No. 1 

 packages. M advance on above prices. Extracted 

 in barrels. 4Kfe5^.; incansfi@7c. Market dull. 



BEESWAX.— Dull at 20c. for prime. 



Nov. 17. D. G. TUTT 4 CO.. Commercial St. 



KANSAS CITY. 



HONEY.- Demand isgood for allgrades.and re- 

 ceipts have been very large of comb and extrac- 

 ted. Home bee-men have kept out of the market 

 until this month ; having glassed every lb. section 

 on both sides tbey are reducing prices, selling 60 

 lbs. of glass with liio lbs. of honey, making our 

 market lower. There crop is about 7o,(;k.h_i pounds. 

 We quote : While clover l-lbs.. 12(§)13c.: 2-lbs.. He: 

 H-lbs.. 13(ol4c,; dark 1-lbs., lOc: 2-lbs.. 8@9c.— 

 California 2. lbs.. V'(«JlIc. Extracted white clover, 

 6c.: dnrk.4{S.'>c.; white sageCalif.. sMjc; amber,.'}0. 



BEE8WAX.-22C. 

 Nov. 20. CI.EMONS.CI.OON &Co., cor. 4th 4 Walnut. 



