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THE AMERICAN BEE JOURNAL. 



Bee Moths. — I have been over the 



country conside.i'ably in the last tliree 

 days, and have not failed to pay my 

 respects to the blessed bee. I have 

 not found a dead colony, but few 

 moths, and plenty of honey. This has 

 been a remarkable winter for the 

 preservation of the bee. The ignor- 

 ance that is prevalent concerning the 

 natural history of the bee is distress- 

 ingly conspicnous, and no amount of 

 argument can induce them to sub- 

 scribe for a bee paper or make any 

 move to enlighten themselves. Every 

 intelligent person that keeps bees for 

 profit vifill have to make the business 

 a study, and the beginner will And 

 many mysteries, and will be under the 

 necessity of asking many questions, 

 and as I am a very recent beginner, I 

 will ask a few questions : 1. What is 

 the technical name for the moth V 

 2. How long in tl)e year may we expect 

 to find it ? 3. What time in the day 

 may we expect to see it ? 4. How does 

 it get in the liive V .5. What is the 

 remedy ? Wm. T. Stukgill. 



Pickering, Mo., March 6, 1882. 



[1. Galleria cereana. 



2. Prom early in spring till late in 

 the fall, if colonies are not strong. 



3. You will frequently in summer, 

 especially toward evening of a warm 

 day, see white or cream-colored moths, 

 sometimes called millers, nearly an 

 inch long, suspiciously numerous 

 around the hives. 



4. They frequently enter the hives 

 at night, or in the morning or even- 

 ing. They sometimes deposite their 

 eggs in cracks around the hives, from 

 whence the larvaj enter the hives, and 

 take up their quarters in the combs. 

 These attain nearly an inch in length. 



.5. Keep your colonies strong. They 

 can be exterminated from the combs, 

 by placing the latter in a small, close 

 room, and sulphuring thoroughly 

 three times at intervals of six days. 

 —Ed.] 



Blizzard. — We have a regular" bliz- 

 zard " here— this is the second day of 

 it. We have 2 inches of snow on the 

 ground now. James Heddon. 



Dowagiae, Mich., March 22, 1882. 



[It is better to have it at this time 

 rather than later. It will not be inju- 

 rious now ; two or three weeks later it 

 would cause sad results. As we write 

 (on March 24th) the weather is balmy 

 in Chicago. Very soon the air will be 

 filled with the melody of the feathered 

 songsters, the earth will be decked 

 with " living green," the bursting 

 buds will imfold their beauteous 

 forms, yielding generous perfume to 

 man and honey for the " blessed bees," 

 and all nature will be clothed with 

 loveliness. Is not the prospect soul- 

 inspiring V- Ed.] 



Bees Do Not Punctnre Grapes. — I 



have seen much upon the honey bee 

 and grape question. Those who say 

 that bees puncture grapes have never 

 investigated the subject, or, if they 

 have, it was about like a doctor in my 

 neighborhood who went to inspect a 

 gravel pit. He went to the liill, took 

 up some quicksand in his fingers, felt 

 of it, and reported "good gravel and 

 lots of it." To tell the truth, there 

 was no gi'avel there. This is about 

 the way the bee is found biting grapes. 

 Some of the grape men are about like 

 the doctor with the gravel. I doubt 

 very much if they could tell a bee from 

 a yellow jacket. If they will investi- 

 gate as I have done, and tell what they 

 see, we will hear no more of this non- 

 sense. The first dry summer and fall 

 I want these grape men to get a No. 1 

 microscope, and go to the vines quite 

 early in the morning, and stay all day, 

 when you will see that the bees wait 

 till the leaders come. They will see 

 bumble bees, yellow jackets, hornets, 

 sweat bees, birds, and worms so small 

 you can hardly perceive them. Watch 

 the wasps and count how many grapes 

 she stings in one hour, and see how 

 the bees follow and suck the juice. 

 The wasp gets none, as the bees fol- 

 low closely and crowd it away. Keep 

 tlie wasp and tlie others mentioned 

 away, and there will be no more grapes 

 punctured. Catch one and let it sting 

 half the grapes in a bunch, and see 

 how quickly the bees suck the stung 

 grapes and leave. W. D. Smyser. 

 Ninevah, Ind. 



CLUBBING LIST FOR 1882. 



Premiums. — Those whoget up clubs 

 for the Weekly Bee Journal for 

 1882, will be entitled to the following 

 premiums. Their own subscription 

 may count in the club : 



For a Club of 3,— a copy of " Beea and Honey." 

 " " 3,— an Emerson Binder for 1882. 



" " 4:,— Apiary Register for 5*.) Colonies, 



or Cooli'8 (Bee) Manual, paper. 

 " " 5,— " " cloth. 



" " 6,— Weekly Bee Journal for 1 year, 



or Apiary Register for '200 Col's. 



Or they may deduct 10 per cent in cash 

 for their labor in getting up the club. 



i^°To any one sending two neio 

 Weekly subscribers for a year, we will 

 present a volume of the Bee Jour- 

 nal for 1880, bound in paper covers. 

 It contains much valuable informa- 

 tion, and it will pay any one who does 

 not already possess it, to obtain a copy. 

 Many of our new subscribers will be 

 pleased to learn that they can get it 

 for $1.00, by sending for it «t once, 

 before they are all gone. 



Ribbon Badges, for bee-keepers, on 

 which are printed a large bee in gold, 

 we send for 10 cts. each, or $8 per 100. 



Wesupply the Weekly American ISee «Jour- 

 nal and any of the following periodicals, for 1882 

 at the prices quoted in the last column of figures. 

 The first column gives the regular price of both 

 All postage is prepaid by the publishers. 



Publislwrs' Price. Club, 



The Weekly Bee Journal, S2 00. . 



and GleaningsinBee-CuIture(A.I. Root) 3 00.. 2 75 

 Bee-Keepers' M.agazine (A..I.King). 3 00.. 2 60 

 Bee-Keepers'Inatruitor( W.Thomas) 2 50.. 2 35 



The 4 above-named papers 4 50.. 4 00 



Bee-Keeper8'Exch'nge(Houk,iiPeet)3 00. . 2 80 



Bee-Keepers' Guide I A.G.Hill) 2 iO.. 2 35 



Kansas Bee-Keeper 260.. 2 40 



The 7 above-named papers 6 30. . 5 50 



The Weekly Bee Journal one year and 



Prof.Oook'sManmiKbound in cloth) 3 25.. 3 00 

 Bees and Honey, (T, G. Newman) .. 2 40. . 2 25 



Binder for Weekly, 1S81 2 85.. 2 75 



Binder for Weekly forl882 2 73.. 2 60 



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Honey and Beeswax Market. 



OFFICE OP AarERICAN BEE JOURNAL, 1 



Monday, lO a. m„ March i27, 1882. > 



The following are the latest quota- 

 tions for honey and beeswax received 

 up to tliis hour : 



Qiiotatious or Cash Bayers. 



CHICAGO. 



IIONEY— As the season is well advanced, sales 

 of extracted honey are slow and prices remain un- 

 chanfred. I am paying r-^e. for dark and 10c. for 

 lip:ht, cash on arrival. Good comb honey is scarce 

 and rules hi^b. 



IIEESWAX— I am paying 22c. for good yellow 

 wax, on arrival; lS@20c. for medium grade,and 

 lji;i]~c, for dark. 



Al. H. Newman. 972 W. Madison St, 



CINCINNATI. 



HONEY— The demand for comb honey is slow, 

 andpricesnominalatui(a20c. on arrival. Extracted 

 honey is in fair demand. Our jobbiinK prices for 

 ! lb. jars of clover hnney are, per gross, $25 ; for 2 

 lb. do., per gross, fiiJ. The demand for manufac- 

 turing purposes is very good. We pay 8@iuc. on 

 arrival. 



BEESWAX— Brings I8®22c. The demand ex- 

 ceeds the offerings. C. F. Muth. 



Advertisements intended for the Bee 

 Journal must reach this office by 

 Saturday of the previous week. 



Qiiotatlens of Commission merchants* 



CHICAGO. 



HONE Y— Choice white comb honey is very scarce 

 and commands 22@2:.c. per pound. Other grades, 

 partly dark and dark are very slow sale. Extracted 

 drm at 9(gt 12c., according to quality and style of 

 package. 



R. A. Burnett, 165 South Water St. 



NEW YORK. 



HONEY— There is a liberal supply of honey here 

 for which trade is very little demand, and prices 

 rule weak and irregular. 



We quote as follows: White comb, in small 

 boxes. 18^190 ; dark, in small boxes, 12(gJ14c. Ex- 

 tracted, white, KK^Uc; dark, 7ta'9C. 



BEESWAX.— Prime quality. 21@23c. 



THORN & CO.. 11 and 13 Devoe avenue- 



BOSTON. 

 HONEY— Trade quiet. We quote at 20@22c., ac- 

 cording to quality. 

 BEESWAX— Piime quality, 25c. 



Crocker & Blake, 57 Chatham Street. 



SAN FRANCISCO. 



HONEY— Reports from apiarists in the Southern 

 part of the State give vei'y encouraging prospects 

 for the coming season. These prospects are. of 

 course, subject to contingencies favorable or oth- 

 erwise, later on. Market is quiet and stocks very 

 light. 



We quote white comb. Kica/SOc; dark togood.lO® 

 14c. Extracted, choice to extra white. 89i@10C-; 

 dark and candied, 7(5.>^c. BEESWAX— 23(^'25c. 

 Stkarnw & Smith. 439 Front Street. 



ST. LOUIS. 

 HONEY— Strained dull, atH@9c.; nocomb here 

 to speak uf-worth isi.'iiuc. 

 BEBSWAX-Stifrat2ii'.'2lc. for prime. 



R. C. Gkekh & CO.. 1 17 N. Main Streec- 



CLEVELAND. 



HONEY—Themarketremains unchanged : 1 an<J 

 2 lb. sections of No. 1 white are in regular and 

 quick demand at 2U'"i2'2c. No. 2 white has dragged 

 a little of late, but took a lively start to-riay at 20c. 

 cleaning out all stock on hand. Buckwheat no 

 sale. Extracted is quite active at 12c. for small 

 and lie. for large packages. 



BEESWAX-25<yj30c. 



A. C. Kendet.. 115 Ontario Street. 



