THE AMERICAN BEE JOURNAL. 



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Son. I have taken 1,900 pounds of 

 extracted honey, and about 1,800 

 pounds of comb honey in two-pound 

 sections. I am very well satisfied 

 with the honey crop this year, but I 

 had to sell it cheap— extracted honey 

 for from 5 to 7 cents per pound, and 

 comb honey for from 10 to 15 cents 

 per pound— on account of a neighbor 

 bee-keeper who sold his honey for 5 

 to 10 cents per pound. I prepare my 

 bees in October for winter, and I find 

 it the best. I think that every bee- 

 keeper ought to take the Bee Jour- 

 nal. I would not do without the 

 Bee Journal for anything. 



Good Fall for Honey.— E. W. 

 Powers, Palmyra, 6 Tenn., on Dec. 



4, 1886, writes : 



I have 28 colonies of bees, all of 

 which are in good condition for win- 

 ter, with from 25 to 50 pounds of 

 honey each. This has been the best 

 fall for honey that we have had for 

 2 or 3 years. This locality is a very 

 good one for an apiary 1 tliink, as we 

 have a few of the many resources of 

 honey, which consists of white clover, 

 buckwheat, linden and poplar ; the 

 last yielding the greatest quantity, 

 but continues onlyabout twenty days. 

 My bees work on buckwheat but very 

 little ; why it is I do not know, unless 

 they dnd something better. 



A Little Tennesseean's Report.— 

 Master Charlie H. Austin, of Johnson 

 City,<^ Tenn., on Nov. 30, 1886, wrote 

 us the following : 



I thought that I would write to you 

 (as my papa is taking the Bee Jour- 

 nal, and has not time to write for it), 

 and tell you how our little Italians 

 are getting along in Tennessee. We 

 have 15 colonies ; papa does the work, 

 and I do the smoking. Our bees are 

 in good condition tor winter. We sold 

 all of our spring honey in one-pound 

 sections for 20 cents a pound. 1 am a 

 a little boy just 10 years old. 



Reports of the Market.— J. O. 

 Shearman, New Richmond, ? Mich., 

 on Dec. 12, 1886, says : 



On page 771 the editor asks all to 

 answer the question about excluding 

 the market reports of commission 

 men. They are generally the first 

 thing that I read ; I would sooner ex- 

 clude any other part of the paper. 

 Those reports benefit the Bee Jour- 

 nal as much as they do the commis- 

 sion men. 



Keeping up the Price of Honey.— 



E.T. Flanagan, Belleville, pill., says : 



I have talked to several bee-keep- 

 ers in regard to Mr. Baldridge's arti- 

 cle on page 774, and all say that he 

 has struck the key-note. We must 

 organize, we must put up and keep 

 up the price of honey or quit the 

 business. All agree that a convention 

 at Chicago, very soon, would be a 

 proper step in the right direction ; 

 and all were unanimous in regard to 

 the commission men in large cities. 



Do not allow tliem the columns of the 

 bee-papers, even if they pay for tlieir 

 space as advertisers, as they have 

 greatly injured the bee-business. 

 Appoint some one in every centre to 

 buy up the honey of the small bee- 

 keepers that spoil the trade. I, for 

 one, believe that a call for a conven- 

 tion would be responded to from all 

 over the United States. But I may 

 be too sanguine. 



Securing Lower Freight Rates.— 

 Henry L. Rouse, Ionia, (^ Iowa, writes: 



As I wish to join the Bee-Keepers' 

 Union I send the $1.25. I am of the 

 opinion that if bee-lseepers would or- 

 ganize it would benefit them not only 

 in holding the price of honey, but also 

 in securing lower rates of freight. 

 When it costs 50 cents per 100 pounds 

 to ship honey from Iowa to Ctiicago, 

 and only SO cents per 100 pounds to 

 ship from San Francisco, Calif., to 

 Philadelphia, Pa., something is wrong 

 somewhere. We (the bee-keepers) 

 should endeavor to establish a lower 

 rate of freight by some means or 

 other. I should like to see the matter 

 agitated a little anyway. 



Labeling Honey, etc.— Charlie W. 

 Bradish, Glendale,5 N. Y., on Dec. 



7, 1886, says : 



At this date, when the mercury is 

 below zero, my 140 colonies of bees 

 are packed in the cellar in good condi- 

 tion. The past one has been a good 

 season for honey, but not for in- 

 crease. I have sold over 4,000 pounds 

 of honey in this county, and I can sell 

 all I have left at 10 cents per pound 

 for extracted, and 123^ cents per 

 pound for comb honey. I label my 

 honey, and I find that it pays to do so. 



Convention Notices. 



f3ff~ The next annual convention of the Cort- 

 land Union Bee Keepers' Association will be held 

 in Union Hall, at Cortland. N. Y.. on Jan. 12, 1S87. 

 D. F. Shattuck, Sec. 



J3^ The eleventh annual meeting of the N. W. 

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

 ileld in the Grand Army Hall in Itockford. Ills., 

 on the third Tue.'^day in January, 18.^7. There 

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



tW The Northeastern Ohio. Northern Pa. and 

 Western New York Bee-Keepers' Association will 

 hold Its Kth annual convention in Chapman's 

 Opera Honse, at Andover. t ■., on Wednesday and 

 "I'tiursday. Jan. ly and lin. 1887. First-class hotel 

 accommodiitiuns are offered at $1 per day to those 

 attending the convention. A general invitation is 

 extended to all. M. E. Mason, Sec. 



tS~ 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. 1 1, 1:2 and 13, I8.Sfi. 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 axtures is promised. 



GEO. H. KNICKEKBOCKEK i'fc. N. Y. State. 



John asi'inwall. Sec. Eastern N. Y. 

 e. E. -Johnson, Sfc. n,J. & Eastern. 



g^" The next annual meeting of the Nebraska 

 State Bee-Keepers' Association will be .held in 

 Lincoln. Nebraska, on Wednesday, Jan. 12, 1887, 

 at lied Ribbon Hall, commencing at 1 :3n p.m. and 

 continuing for ;i days. E. Kretchmer, ot Coburg, 

 iowa, will deliver an address on Modern Apicul- 

 ture. E. M. llayhurst, of Kansas City, and many 

 others from abroad are expected. Members can 

 return on one-third fare over the B. ,^- M., U. P. 

 and M. P. lines, by securing a certihcate of pay- 

 ment of fare toLincoln.from the agent of;their8ta- 

 tion. In order to secure the reduced rates on re- 

 turn trip members holding such certificates must 

 present them to the Secr^ftary of the Bee-Keep- 

 ers' Association for endorsement. 



U. N. Patterson, Sec. 



Honey and Bees-wax Market. 



The following are our very latest 

 quotations for honey and beeswax : 



CHICAGO. 

 HONEY.— Market is well supplied with all the 

 grades, and the demand is light. Prices are nom- 

 inal at I If-tl^c. for wliiti' in 1-lb. sections. Fancy 

 white in scant pound sections, IHc. Very little ex- 

 tracted is being sold, and prices range f rfira 4(*7c. 

 BBESWAX,-22c. K. A. BUKNK'rT, 



Dec. 8. itii South Water St. 



NEW YORK. 



HONEY.~In consequence of a large stock of 

 comb honey on this market, fancy prices cannot 

 be maintained. Fancy white honey in paper box- 

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

 unglassed honey, hence the difference in the 

 price. We quote present prices as follows : Fancy 

 white in l-lb. paper boxes, or glassed, i:ic.; same 

 unglassed, 12c.,and in L'-Ib. glassed sections, 10® 

 I Ic: otr grades l to 2 cts. per lb less. Calif, comb, 

 8'tiiH)c.: fancy buckwheat l-lbs.. 8.}^'«9c., and 2-lba, 

 7i^{a8c. Extracted white clover, none in the mar- 

 ket. Calif. ext'd,t,o-ib, cans, 5(a.6e,; buckwheat, in 

 kegs and barrels, 4<'t6.5c. 



BEESWAX.-21(%2:«. 



MCCAUL & HILDRBTH BROS., 



Dec. 7. 34 Hudson St. 



BOSTON. 



HONEY,— The demand has improved. We are 

 selling one-pound packages of white clover honey 

 at 14@1')C.: 2-pounds at iac§ll4c. Extracted, 6@7C. 



BEK8WAJC.-25 Cts. per lb. 

 Dec. 7. Blake & uiplet. 57 Chatham Street. 



DETROIT. 



HONEY.— The market is a trifle more active. 

 Best white comb honey in l-lb. sections, 11@12HQ. 

 Bucliweat, loc. Extracted, 7@9c. 



BEBSWAX.-23C. 



Dec, 13, M. H. Hunt., Bell Branch, Mioh. 



CINCINNATI. 



HONEY.-There is a lively demand for table 

 honey in square glass jars, and the demand for 

 nice comb houey is very good. Demand from 

 manufacturers is slow for dark grades of ex- 

 tracted honey. The ranging prices for extracted 

 is 3(flj7c. a lb. Nice comb brings 12@l5c. per lb. in 

 a jobbing way. 



BEESWAX.— Home demand is good. We pay 

 20(^23c. per lb. 

 Nov.lO. C. F. MUTH & SON. Freeman & Central Ay. 



CLHVBLAND. 



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

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

 white sell at I3!(tl4c. : second grade 1-lbs., 10^ 12c. ; 

 chiiice white 2-lbs.. ll@12c. Extracted, slow at 6c 



BE ESWAJC,— Scarce at 2oC. 



Nov. 17. A. C. kendel, 115 Ontario Street, 



MILWAUKEE. 



HONEY.— The demand for honey is only mod- 

 erate and the supply ample, of very flue quality 

 and in e.vtra good order. We quote choice l-lb. 

 sections <il white at 12@l3c.; 2-ibs.. inail2c.; dark 

 not wanted. Extracted, white, in barrels, half- 

 barrels and in kegs, 6@t>Hc. : in tin packages, 

 6J.*i'rtj7c. : dark, in barrels and ^-barrels, 5(g>6c. 



BEESWAX.— Nominal at 25c. 



Dec. 13. A, V. Bishop, 142 W. Water St, 



SAN FRANCISCO. 



HONEY.— The market has been rather duller 

 the last week, but prices are well maintained, par- 

 ticularly for choice white extracted and choice 

 white comb honey, as both kinds are not freely of- 

 fered. We quote : 3^(«,4'-ic. for e-xtracted, and 

 9Cffll2c. for comb ; with easier sales for the best 

 grades, than for the darker honey, as none seem 

 to be able to use the dark just now. 



BEESVVAX.-Dull at U)iu)22c. 

 Dec. 11. SCHACHT & IjEMCKE, 122-124 DaviS St. 



HONEY.— Trade is quiet, E.xtra white comb lie; 

 amber, 7^'aioc. Extracted, white, 46y4J4c.; am- 

 ber. ■sHO.sUc. 



BKBSWAX.-20(5i23c. 



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



ST. LOUIS. 



HONEY.— Choice comb. llJi®12Xc.; latter price 

 is for choice white clover. Strained, in barrels, 

 3]4C<^4c. E.xtra fancy of bright color and in No. 1 

 packages, H advance on above prices. Extracted 

 in barrels. 4^(3.0^.: in cans t;'.ii7c. Market dull. 



BKESWAX.— Dull at 20c. for prime. 



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



KANSAS 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 lb. section 

 on both sides they are reducing prices, selling 60 

 lbs. of glass with H>i( lbs. of honey, making our 

 market lower- There crop is about 7n,noo pounds. 

 We quote . White clover l-lbs., 12tqil3c.; 2-lb8., lie; 

 Ve-lbs., )3(3l4c,: dark 1-lbs., inc.: 2-lbs.. H@9c.— 

 Calilornia 2-lbs., M<«.nc. Extracted white clover, 

 f!c. : dark.4io.'",c.; white sage Calif., o^c. ; amber, 5c 



BEESWAX.- 22C. 



Nov.20. Cr.EMONS.CLooN & CO., cor. 4th & Walnnt. 



