THE AMERICAN BEE JOURNAL. 



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Local Convention Directory. 



1887. Time and place o.f MeetiUQ. 



.Ian. 11-13.— N.Y.State.KN.Y., Ac. iit Albany.N.Y. 

 Jno. A»pinwiili, riec, Harrytown. N. Y. 



.Ian. 12.— Cortland Union, at Cortland. N. Y. 



D. h\ 81nittuck, Sec, Homer, N. Y. 



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



H. N. PuttersuD, Sec. llumbuldt. Nebr. 



Jan. 13.— Vermont, at Burlintiton, Vt. 



R. II. Holmes. Sec,, Shoreham, Vt. 



Jan. 13.— Sheboygan County, at llinKham, Wis. 

 Mattie B. Thomas, Sec. Sheboygan Falls, Wis. 



Jan. 18.— N. W. Ills. & H. W. Wis., at Rockford, Ills. 

 J. Stewart, Sec, Rock City, Ills. 



Jan. 19, 20.— N. E. Ohio. N. Pa., Ac. at Andover. O. 

 M. E. Mason, Sec, Andover. O. 



HT" In order to have this table complete, Secre- 

 taries are requested to forward full particulars of 

 time and place of future meetlnBs.- Ed. 





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Bees Ready for Winter, etc.— I- J- 



Glass, Sharpsburg,© Ills., on Dec. 3, 



1886, writes : 



I had just got my bees housed in 

 the cellar when the cold wave reached 

 us, and we have been having some 

 zero weather since, as cold as 10° be- 

 low. I have 92 colonies in winter 

 quarters, all in good condition. The 

 temperature ranges between 4.5° and 

 50°. I do not care how warm my cel- 

 lar becomes so I can keep the tem- 

 perature from falling below 4-5°. I 

 am fully convinced that cold is the 

 cause of bee-diarrhea. I had about 

 4,000 pounds of surplus honey this 

 year, 1,800 pounds of comb honey, all 

 of which is sold. I have only one 

 barrel of extracted honey on hand yet. 

 I disposed of ttie greater part in my 

 home market. 



it every season, and never very much. 

 For several years previous to 1884 we 

 got a good deal of honey from thistle 

 and horse-mint, but these have about 

 failed, and I cannot tell what will 

 next turn up that will benefit us. 



" 'TIS hard to toil when toll is almost vain, 

 In barren ways," 



but I shall toil on for I do not want to 

 give up my bees. A majority of our 

 bee-men here have about abandoned 

 the business. The extreme hot and 

 dry weather in summer here is dis- 

 astrous to the bee-keeper, and if he 

 had to depend upon the business for 

 a living here, it would not do at all. 

 We had a very damaging disease 

 among our bees last spring and sum- 

 mer, and many lost nearly all, and all 

 lost more or less. I think it was bee- 

 diarrhea, but others, as well or better 

 informed than I, say it is not. Last 

 spring opened early, and our bees 

 gathflred a large quantity of pollen, 

 bred up rapidly, and later on we had 

 a great deal of cool, misty weather, 

 and all the old stores was consumed, 

 and the bees had to fall back on the 

 pollen. I believe that was the cause 

 of the disease. I would like to have 

 the opinions of some of the bee-mas- 

 ters on the subject, with a remedy. 



Ten Years of Bee-Keeping.— L. D. 



Ormsby, Pierpont,($ 0.,says: 



I began the season with 77 colonies, 

 and obtained 4,400 pounds of honey. 

 This is the poorest season for bees 

 that I have ever experienced. Next 

 year will make ten years of bee-keep- 

 ing for me, and I have been a faith- 

 ful follower of your valuable Bee 

 Journal. If you would like a ten 

 year report from one of your readers, 

 I will send it to you next year. 



[Yes ; send in the report, and let us 

 see what you have done in ten years. 

 — Eu.l 



Bee-Keeping in Central Texas.— E. 

 P. Massey, Waco,© Tex., writes : 



Bee-keeping in central Texas has 

 about ceased to be pleasant or protit- 

 able. For the last two seasons I 

 have not had 100 pounds of surplus 

 from .50 to 60 colonies, although they 

 began the winter with plenty, and 

 came out with plenty of stores and 

 bees. We have no field crop in this 

 country that affords any honey, ex- 

 cept cotton, and that does not yield 



Hard Year for Bee-Keepers.— C. A. 



Hallegas, De Kalb Junction, 5 N. Y., 

 on Nov. 30, 1886, says : 



This has been a hard year for bee- 

 keepers throughout this section of 

 the country. I commenced the sea- 

 son with 112 colonies, and afterward 

 had 8 new ones. One was robbed out 

 this fall, so I now have 119, which are 

 in the cellar. I had about 900 pounds 

 of comb honey, and the most of it was 

 of poor quality. I had .50 colonies 

 that did not have enough honey to 

 winter on, and consequently I have 

 had to feed considerable. 



Red-Clover Italians.— H. M. Moyer, 

 Hill Church, o^ Pa., writes : 



Joseph Beath, on page 731, wanted 

 to know whether any one has bees 

 that work on the first crop of red 

 clover. My bees (Italians) work, 

 every year, on the first crop of red 

 clover. This is nothing new in this 

 locality. The black bees are not 

 worth keeping here, should one get 

 them as a gift. 



Convention Notices. 



ly The eleventh annual meeting of the N. W. 

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

 held in the Grand Army Hall in Kocitford. Ills., 

 on the third Tuesday in January, 1887. There 

 win be a two days' session. J. Stkwakt, Sec. 



XW The next annual meeting of the Nebraska 

 State Bee-Keepers' Association will be held In 

 Lincoln. Nebraska, on Wednesday. Jan. VZ. 1887. 

 Location ot Hall to be used and Hotel accummo- 

 dationa will be given after further arranBementa 

 have been made. H. N. I'atterson, Sec. 



fW The New York State, the Ea'tern 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 1.1. 188(i. 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 h.xlures is promised. An un- 

 usually brilliant programme will be prepared and 

 announced later. Jno. Aspinwall. 



Honey and Beeswax Market. 



The following are our very latest 

 quotations for honey and beeswax : 



CHICAOO. 

 noNEY.— Market Is well supplied with all the 

 grades, and thi-" dernaod is light. Prices are nom- 

 inal at 1 1(.(jl2c. for whit'- in 1 -lb. sections. Fancy- 

 white in scant pound iiections, ]:<c. Very littleex- 

 tracted la being sold, and prices range from 4'*7c. 

 BBESWAX.-22C. K. A. BURNETT, 



Dec. 8. 161 South Water 81. 



NBUT YORK. 



HONEY.— In consequence of a large stock of 

 comb honey on this market, tancy prices cannot 

 be maintained. Fancy white h<.ney in paper box- 

 es, or glassed, are in better favor here than the 

 unglassed honey, hence the riitference In the 

 price. We quote present prices a., follows : Fancy 

 white in l-lb. paper boxes, or glassed, K^c; same 

 unglassed, 12c., and In 2-lh. glassed sections, 10® 

 Uc; off grades I to 2 cts. per lb less, t'allf. comb, 

 8'«)luc.; fancy buckwheat l-lbs., 8X*l)c., and 2-lbs. 

 7H®8c. Extracted white clover, none in the mar- 

 ket. Calif, ext'd. m-lb. cans, 5(g.6c.; buckwheat, Id' 

 kegs and barrels. 4to.'Sc 



BKBSWAX.-21ii/2ac. 



MCCAUL & HILDRETH BROS.. 



Dee. 7. 34 Hudson St. 



BOSTON. 



HONEY.— The demand has Improved. We are 

 selling one-pound packages of white clover honey 

 atl4®l.oc.; 2-pound3at I3(3il4c. Extracted, CIS70. 



BEE8WAX.-2.'> cts. per lb. 

 Dec. 7. Blake & kiplet, 57 Chatham Street. 



DETROIT. 



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

 Best white comb honey in l-lb, sections, li@i2^0r 

 Extracted, 7(gjyc. 



BEESWAX.- 230. 



Nov. 23. M. H. HUNT., Bell Branch. Mloh. 



CINCINNATI 



HONEY. -There Is a lively demand for table 

 honey In square glass jars, and the demand for 

 nice comb iioney 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. ,„ 



BEKSWAX.— Home demand is good. We pay 

 20(fls23c. per lb. 

 Nov. 10. C. F. MtTTH& SON.Freeman &, Central At. 



CLBVELAND. 



HONE Y.— The market Is not very active and pri- 

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

 white sell at 13&.14C.; second grade l-lbs.. I0@12c.: 

 choice white 2-lbs.. ll@12c. Extracted, slow at 60. 



BEKSWAX.-Scarce at 25C. 



Nov. 17. A. c. KENDEL, 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 or 

 white at I2^^ail3c.: 2-lbs., lli^(ai2c.: dark not 

 wanted. Extracted, white, in half barrels and in 

 kegs, fi'^^7c. ; in tin pacliages, 707J.sc. : In barrels, 

 as to quality, ol^.'i^c. 



BEESWAX.— No demand. 



Oct. 2. A. V. BISHOP, 142 W. Water 8t. 



SAN FRANCISCO. 



HONEY.— The market remains Arm for choice- 

 qualities, of whii:h we have a large supply on 

 hand. We quote from Sii@A\ic. wholesale, for 

 extracted honey: and 8(cijl2c. for honey In 2-lb. 

 sections, although the latter sells only In a job- 

 bing way at outside prices. Some tine honey in 

 l-lb. sections sells at l l(ajl2c. 



BEESWAX.- Dull at20lgi-22c. for the best. ' 



Nov. 24. SCHACHT & LBMCKE, 122-124 DavlS St. 



HONEY.-Trade Is quiet. Extra white comb 110^ 

 amber, TH'^loc. Extracted, white, 4ta.434c.; am- 

 ber. -.i^ViUc. 



BEES WAX. -20a23C. 



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



ST. LOUIS. 



HONEY.-Choice comb, ll?<rail2Xc.; latter price' 

 is for choice white clover, strained, in barrels, 

 3i^4((*4c. Extra fancy of bright color and in No. 1 

 packages, M advance on above prices. Extracted 

 in barrels. 4H<&5^2.: in cans (i''t7c. Market dull. 



BEESWAX.- Dull at 2oc. for prime. 



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



K.-VNSAS CITY. 



HONEY.— Demand Is good for all grades, 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 111. section 

 on both sides thev are reducing prices, selling 60- 

 lbs. of glass with Hiu lbs. ot h'jney, making our 

 market lower. There crop la about 70.000 pounds. 

 We quite . White clover l-lbs.. 12'S13c.; 2-lb8., no; 

 >i<.-lb8., 13(ai4c,; dark l-lbs., 10c. ; 2-lha.. K49C.— 

 Calilornia 2-lbs., SKiillc. Extracted white ctoverr 

 He: dark.4'S5c.: white sageCallt.. 5i-^c.; amber,5c. 



BKBSWAX.-2-2C. 

 N0V.20. Ci.EMONS.CLOON & CO., cor. 4th & Walntit^ 



