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THE AMERICAN BEE JOURNAL. 



Something New. — One day during 

 the lirst week in May, I opened h liive 

 containing a fertile worker, and in de- 

 stroying her brood discovered some 

 young worker Ijees coming out of tlie 

 cells. I was surprised, but said noth- 

 ing about it, tor fear I might be 

 laughed at. Yesterday I examined 

 the colony again, and found 10 or 12 in 

 a patch of brood from 5 to 6 inches 

 square. Have any of our more expe- 

 rienced apiarists ever witnessed any- 

 thing of the kind, or read of the likeV 

 I would have liked for a scientist to 

 have seen them. This is a very 

 discouraging season so far ; starvatioii 

 prevailed during swarming time ; lar- 

 viB was destroyed and brood uncapped, 

 so that colonies are not as far advanced 

 now as they were on the last day of 

 April ; and all this is not the result of 

 a scarcity of bloom, but tlie cold con- 

 fined the bees to the hives, and the 

 nectar went to waste, if any was se- 

 creted. I am not able to enumerate 

 the number of colonies lost, but there 

 have been many. 



Robert Corbett. 



Manhattan, Kans., June 9, 1882. 



Scientific Pleasantry. 



Two prodiKiea this aize has shown— 

 In Art sleek (Jacnr's flower has blown, 

 In Science Wiley reigns alone. 



Let "Riley" quickly stand aside. 

 It was a Hooster— well, he never lied— 

 A " scientific joke " is what he tried. 

 Evanaville, Wis. H. 



Splendid Prospects.— Bees have been 

 doing splendidly the past few days, 

 and the prospects areniow very good. 

 Williamson &'I5uo. 



Lexington, Ky., June 14, 1882. 



Honey Locnst.— Bees are just boom- 

 ing on the lionev locust ; indeed, I am 

 beginning to think it equal to bass- 

 wood, where it is abundant. Tliere 

 are, periiaps, 200 large honey locust 

 trees in my vicinity. Most of them 

 are loaded with racemes of blossoms. 

 The bees have partly deserted lields 

 of white clover, and their iiiusic can 

 be heard all day long in the tree tops. 

 This morning I had a swarm by 6 

 o'clock. Work in sections is going on 

 finely. C. H. Dibbekn. 



Milan, 111., June 14, 1882. 



No Nectar.— For the last 3 or 4 years 

 there lias not in this part of Mis- 

 souri, been enough nectar at any 

 time to support bees— saying nothing 

 of surplus— that is when bees could 

 get It. This spring we had a line ap- 

 ple and peach bloom ; also crab apple, 

 with many other blossoms in the tim- 

 ber ; but not a day that the bees could 

 get out after it. I have fed and tried 

 to save them, but to no purpose ; they 

 are all about gone. We have not had 

 any honey to eat for years, so I have 

 concluded to raise sorghum for table 

 use, since all other sweets are adulter- 

 ated. Hive in a newly settled country, 

 where the people make " war " on 

 white clover ; no clover is sown— noth- 

 ing for bees until Spanish-needles, 

 and they have been worthless for the 

 last three years ; we may as well sow 

 onions as buck wheat for bees. 

 Scarcely a bee is living in this part of 



the country, and I guess the harvest 

 will get better before we hear the 

 " hum of bees " again. 



P. P. Collier. 

 Rush Hill, Mo., June 10, 1882. 



Rain Needed.— Bees here never win- 

 tered better than last winter, and the 

 opening of spring found them in 

 splendid condition. April was cold 

 and wet, and May cold and dry, with 

 heavy frosts almost every night, 

 which killed nearly all the fruit blos- 

 soms, leaving nothing but dandelions 

 tliat bees could obtain anything from. 

 Unless rain comes soon "there will be 

 but little white clover ; it has just be- 

 gun to blossom, but is drying up fast. 

 Tliere has been no swarniing yet, and 

 drones are flying from only a few of 

 the strongest colonies. Taken all to- 

 gether, the season since the lirst of 

 April is the worst that we have liad 

 tor twelve years, and unless a change 

 soon occurs for the better, the present 

 will prove a most disastrous season 

 for bees. O. E. Cooley. 



Bluffton, Iowa, June 11> 1882. 



Honey and Beeswax Market. 



Office of American Bee Jouhnal, [ 

 Monday, 10 a. m., June ih. 1882. i 



The following are the latest quota- 

 tions for honey and beeswax received 

 up to this hour : 



Quotiitloua orCashBnyei-8. 



CHICAGO. 



HONEY— I am paying 7c. for dark and 9c. for 

 liflht extracted. 



BBESWAX-Choice lots are worth 2.'ic. here; 

 bright yellow, i>4c.: dark to good. I7(",i,:2c. 



Ai,. H. Newman. a23 W. Madison St. 



CINCINNATI. 



HONEY— For Extracted we pay7@9c. on arrival. 

 Prices for comb honey nominal and demand slow. 



BBESWA.X-Brlngs 18Si22c. The deniand ex- 

 ceeds the otTerings. c. F. ML'TH. 



Quotations of ContmlsHlon Merchants. 



CHICAGO. 

 HONE V— The demand for comb honey is light, 

 prices being made to meet views of purchaser. 

 BEESWAX -Scarce, and in demand at 23(3;-25c. 

 R. A. BUKNETT, 165 South Water St. 



BOSTON. 



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

 cording to quality. 

 BEESWAX- Piime quality, 2.'->c. 



CROCKKIl & Bl.AKE. 57 Chatham Street. 



NEW YORK. 



HONEY- White clover, fancy, I lb. bxs., 15®16e.; 

 white clover, good to choice, 1 and 2 lb. bxs., 13@ 

 14c: buckwheat, 2 lb. bxs., per lb., 11(51120. Ex- 

 tracted and strained, white, llcgiioc; dark Vf-^si?. 



BEESWAX— The market continues rather quiet, 

 but the supply is light and prices Ilrmly sustained. 

 Western, pure, 24(5j24i^c, : Southern pure, 25@ 

 25>^c. D. W. QuiNBV, 103 Park Place. 



ST. LOUIS. 

 HONEY— In fair demand. Extracted selling at 8 

 @10c. : comb scarce— nominal at 18@22c. 

 BBBSWA.X-Prime in demand at 22(g>2:jc. 



K. c. GiiEEii&Co.. 117 N. Main Street. 



SAN FRANCISCO. 



HONEY— The tlrst consignments of new arrived 

 this week. Including comb and extracted. Some 

 new extracted in half barrels was placed at 8c., 

 and so I e new comb, of very good quality but not 

 extra white, sold at IPc. 



We quote white comb, I4@16c.:dark to good. 8 

 @12c. Extracted, choice to extra white, .S((i8!'4C.; 

 dark and candied, c^\^®7c. BEESW A.\— 2H<ii(25c. 

 Steauns & SMITH. 423 Front Street. 



CLEVELAND. 

 HONEY'— As there is no honey In market, we 

 have no quotations this week. 



A. C. Kend£L. 115 Ontario Street. 



ADVERTISING RATES. 



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A line of Agate type will contain about elK^t 

 woi'dn; fourteen lines will occupy 1 inch of space. 

 Transient Advertisements payable in advance. 

 Special Notices, 5U cents per line. 



DISCOUNTS will be given on advertisements 

 published WEEKLY as follows, if the whole 13 

 paid in advance : 



For ■* week8 lO per cent, discount. 



" 8 " 20 " 



" 13 " (3 months).... 30 " " 



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" 52 " (1 year) CO " 



Discount, for 1 year, in the MONTHLY alone, 

 2S per cent., 6 months, lO per cent., 3 months, 

 5 percent. 



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 alone, 40 per cent.. Q months, 20 per cent., 3- 

 months, lO per cent. 



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THOMAS G. NEWMAN, 



935 West Madison Street., C'hlcneo, III. 



^:pecial ijoticcs. 



1^ The Bee Journal is mailed at 

 the Chicago Postofflce every Tuesday, 

 and any irreguhirity in its arrival is 

 due to the postal employes, or some 

 cause beyond our control. 



1^ We will send Cook's Manual 

 in cloth, or an Apiary Register for lOO 

 colonies, and Weekly Bee Journal 

 for one year, for $3.00 ; or with King's 

 Text-Book, in cloth, for $2.7.t ; or with 

 Bees and Honey, in cloth, $2.50. 



I^Alioays forward us money either 

 by postal order, registered letter, or 

 by draft on Chicago or New York. 

 Drafts on other cities, or local checks, 

 are not taken by the banks in this city 

 except at a discount of 2.5 cents, to pay 

 expense of collecting them. 



Premiums. — Those who get 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 " Bees and Honey." 

 " " 3,— an Emerson Binder tor 1882. 



" " 4,— Apiary Register for .50 Colonies, 



or Cook's (Bee) Manual, paper. 

 " " 5, — *' " cloth, 



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



or Apiary ReKister for 200 Col'8. 



Or they may deduct 10 per cent in cash 

 for their labor in getting up the club. 



