THE AMERICAN BEE JOURNAL. 



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and attack the larvse before it is fully 

 capped over, and pushes it out of tlie 

 cells for the hees to cany out of the 

 hive. They work for months and do 

 not increase in strength. I have had 

 2colonies this season invaded by these 

 worms, and one of my neighbors also 

 had colonies invaded by them. I took 

 the bees from one of these hives and 

 gave them new combs, to start them 

 anew. Being late in the season, both 

 I and my neighbor put a sulphur 

 match to the other hives, and thus we 

 got rid of them for the present. My 

 theory is this : In breeding time I no- 

 ticed a quantity of flies atthe entrance 

 of the hive, and saw the bees pounce 

 on them and drive them away, thus 

 showing them to be enemies. What 

 were those Hies after, if not to deposit 

 eggs in the hive, where tlie heat of 

 the bees will hatch them out? They 

 are very different from the moth, 

 which lean lind. if on the combs; their 

 heads are of a dilferent color, and their 

 bodies are whiter. If any one has no- 

 ticed these Hies or wornis I liope to 

 hear from them in the Bee Journal. 

 RoBEUT Corbet. 

 Manhattan. Kansas, Kov. 3, 1882. 



.Moving IJees, etc. — I enclose some 

 plants for name, and please state 

 where they grow e.xtensively, for they 

 are very scarce here. No. 1 is 2 feet 

 in height, and is very thick with bloom 

 and branches. It commences to bloom 

 in July and is blooming still. No. 2 

 grows from 5 to 6 feet high and 

 blossoms same as No. 1. No. 3 grows 

 from 4 to 6 feet liigh and blooms from 

 September till frost. I want to ship 

 my bees 1.50 miles. Shall 1 ship them 

 by freight or express— now or next 

 spring? Will it injure the brood to 

 ship them in the spring? 



Sylvester Marshall. 



Prattsfork, O., Sept. 28, 1882. 



[No. 1 belongs to the aster family, 

 and abounds in low, rich bottom lands 

 all through the Northern States. It 

 is now also spreading in the South. 



No. 2 is the melilotus alba or sweet 

 clover, and willgrowanywhereon any 

 soil, and in any climate. 



No. S is goldenrod and is also found 

 on the low lands and river bottoms. 

 They are all good honey producers. 



The best time for shipping bees any 

 considerable distance, is in April, or 

 quite early in May, before the combs 

 are too heavy with brood ; but with 

 proper care in preparing them and or- 

 dinary usage in handling, they may 

 be shipped at any time witli compara- 

 tive safety except in very cold weather. 



The first work is to go through the 

 hives and extract all the uncapped 

 honey, as the least daubing will prove' 

 fatal to the bees ; then procure a block 

 one inch square, and as long as the 

 hive is wide, in this cut notches and 

 tack in the bottom of tlie hive, in 

 which to place the frames to keep 

 them steady ; now select the new 



combs and tho.se heavy with brood or 

 sealed honey, secure them well in the 

 frames with strip-binders, and place 

 in the hive ; tack the ends of the 

 frames firmly to the rabbets on which 

 they rest; dij) the blanket in clean 

 water, lightly wriflg, fold about six 

 thicknesses, and lay on the front ends 

 of the frames. If the hive has no por- 

 tico, leave off the cover, and use wire 

 cloth instead, nailing on top of that, 

 three one-inch strips, two inches wide 

 —one across the center, tlie others 

 across each end, to insure ventilation 

 when piled on each. other. Now tack 

 wire cloth over the entrance, and your 

 bees are ready for shipment. 



If the hive has a portico, prepare in 

 the same manner as above, except to 

 bore a one-and-a-half inch hole in each 

 side of the brood chamber, and also 

 in the cover, which will be used in 

 place of the wire cloth over tlie frames; 

 the holes to be covered inside and out- 

 side wire cloth to admit of ventilation 

 Leave the entrance open full size, but 

 cover the entire portico securely with 

 wire cloth, leaving free access to it 

 from the interior of the hive ; care 

 must be taken, however, to bore a 

 one-and-a-half inch hole under the 

 roof-board of the portico, and left 

 open, to allow free ingress to the in- 

 terior of the hive, as the entrance be- 

 neath may become choked up, and the 

 cluster of bees, with the queen, die of 

 starvation through inability to get at 

 the honey in the hive. Hives made 

 with porticoes are much lietter for 

 shipping bees, for it allows them to 

 drag out the dead, cleanse the hive, 

 and, to a great extent, prevent dysen- 

 tery. Prepared in this manner, full 

 colonies may be shipped at all seasons, 

 from May 1st to Aug. 10th, with per- 

 fect success. They should be sent by 

 freight ; the expressage will cost too 

 much, and they will be no more care- 

 fully handled.— Ed.] 



Quick Work.— I get the quickest re- 

 turn from an advertisement in the 

 American Bee Journal of any pa- 

 per I ever advertised in. The Bee 

 Journal is mailed at the office on 

 Tuesday : it reaches me on Friday, 

 and on Saturday, the day after the Bee 

 Journal comes to hand, I frequently 

 get calls for my circular ; these calls 

 come from Pennsylvania and New 

 York States. Henry Alley. 



Wenham. Mass., Nov. 14, 1882. 



i^" We carefully mail the Bee 

 Journal to every subscriber, but 

 should any be lost in the mails we will 

 cheerfully send another, if notified 

 before all the edition is exhausted. 



Honey and Beeswax Market. 



Office op amkiucan Bee Joprnal, ) 

 Monday. 10 a. m.. November -20. 1882. t 



The following are the latest quota- 

 tions for honey and beeswax received 

 up to this hour : 



Quotations of Canh lluyera. 



CHICAQO. 



HONEY— The supply of extracted honey is fully 

 up to the domnnd. M^ quotations are: GXc. for 

 dark and s^c. lor liKht, delivered here. 



BEESWA.X — It is qu.te scarce. I am payine 27c. 

 for good yellow wax, on arrival : dark and off col- 

 ors, 17(§i22c. 



Al. H. Newman. 923 W. Madison St. 



CINCINNATI. 



HONEY— The market for extracted honey is 

 very satisfactory. We have received within the 

 last three weeks more than 2i«)bbl8., principally 

 from Louisiana, .Vlississi|)pi and Florida, aun the 

 demand exceeds oure.xperience and expectations. 

 We have sold more than ever at this time of the 

 year. Florida turnishes a honey which equals our 

 Northern clover, and excels all the Southern honey 

 I have had so far. There Is some call for comb 

 h<)ney, but we have had no arrivals yet of a choice 

 article. Comb honey brings ItiC'.^oc. on arrival: 

 extracted, "(siluc. BEESWAX— Firm at 2u<S25c 

 per lb. Chas. F. MCTB. 



Quotations or CommlsHloa Merchanta. 



CHICAGO. 



HONKY— The demand increases with the cool 

 weather, but not sufficiently fast to keep pace with 

 receipts, which now accumulate, as it is time to get 

 the surplus into market. Prices remain unchanged 

 with perhaps a tendency downward, owing to 

 many consittnors desiring in realize quickly. 



We quote: white comb.in small sections, l«((620o. 

 Fine, well-fllled, 1 lb. sections bring the outside 



Erice. Dark comb honey, little demand, ISfyJHiC. 

 .iKht honey, in larger boxes, 12feli(C. Extracted- 

 white clover, ;i^,OoUic.: dark, H(.i,Hc., in barrels and 

 half- barrels. Kegs will biing but a small advance. 

 If any, above half-barrels. 



BE"E8WA.\— Very scarce. Choice Yellow, 30c.i 

 dark to fair, 2rwu:24c. 



K. A. BlTBNKTT. 165 South Water St. 



SAN FRANCISCO. 



HONEY— Stocks are abundant of medium and 

 dark grades, and the demand for such is light. A 

 sale of 150 cases extra C comb was made Wednes- 

 day at 14c. 



Whitecomb, l^^<§)20c: dark to good, 12@l5c : ex- 

 tracted, choice to extra white, 9(ijliic.; dark and 

 candied, "^(SnHc. 



BEESWAX- We quote 25®28c. 



Steakns & SMITH. 4r) Front Street. 



ST. LOUIS. 



HONEY— Plentiful and slow. We quote, in lots, 

 comb at 15®17c ; strained at 6@7c. ; extracted at 

 9®ioc. 



BEES WA.X-Prime bright quotable at 26(827c. 

 K. C. UkeEU & CO.. 1 17 N. Main Street. 



CLEVELAND. 



HONE Y- There has been no change In honey 

 the past week. No. 1 white, in 1 ft. sections, con- 

 tinues In good demand at 2Ka.22c. per pound. No. I 

 in 2 lb. sections, is also in good request at I9(§'2oc. 

 Second grade, less active, at 1(§)2 cents ^ lb. leas. 

 Extracted, in all shapes, was dull and very little 

 sale. Some l.ouisiuna honey, rather dark, in bar- 

 rels,, was sold at tic. 



BEBSWAX-Pi Ime quality, 2.'i@28c. 



A. C. KendEL, us Ontario Street. 



NEW YOKK. 



HONEY— There Is a fair demand for prime lots 

 of honey, and choi<-e is held firmly, with occasional 

 sales of fancy a trifle higher than we quote. 



We quote: White clover, fancy, suiall boxes, 19 

 @22c : white clover, fair to good. lH(!/;l8c. : buck- 

 wheat, 13f:<jlt:c.; extracted clover, lu@l3c.; ex- 

 tracted buckwheat, ii@10c. 



BEESWAX— There is only a moderate move- 

 ment of wax, but prices held about steady at 2:)@ 

 :iOc, for Western, and 30@3lc. for Southern. 



Western, pure, 2;>('«3nc : Southern, pure. :iO(g3Ic. 

 U. W. QuiNBy, iir> Park Place. 



BOSTON. 



HONEY'— Sells very readily in 1 lb. sections at 

 22{aj2.-»c. for best white, and i;u(gj22c. for I^ to 2 lb. 

 Boxes containini: M; pound, :ioc. per pound. 

 Extracted is selling very slowly at 12<gil4c. 



BEESWAX-2.-.fe2cic. 



CRoCKKll & Bl.AKB. 57 Chatham Street. 



