THE AMERICaiN BEE JOURNAL. 



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1^ Tlie Southeastern Michigan 

 Bee- Keepers" Association will liold 

 their annual meeting in the court- 

 house at Ann Arbor, Jan. liO, 18S3. All 

 are invited. II. D. Cutting, Pres. 



G. J. Pease, .*c., Ann Arbor. 



(^ The Oliio State Bee-Keepers' 

 Association will meet in Columbus, in 

 the rooms of the Ohio State Journal, on 

 Tuesday auti Wednesday. Jan. 9 and 

 10, 1883. A full attendance of mem- 

 bers, and all interested in bee-eulture, 

 is requested, as matters of interest 

 and importance will be discussed. 



Dr. H. Besse, Delaware, O., Pres. 



DanielSpeau, Cardington, O., Sec. 



^" The Nortlieastern Bee-Keepers' 

 Association will hold their thirteenth 

 Annual Convention in the City Hall, 

 at Syracuse, N. Y.. on the etb, 10th 

 and nth days of January, 1883. 



Business "of great value to every 

 bee-keeper in the State will be brought 

 before the meeting. Every member 

 is requested to attend and bring their 

 friends, that all may be benefited by 

 the action there taken. 



The question drawer will be opened 

 each day, and questions answered and 

 discussed. All are invited to send 

 questions. Appropriate diplomas will 

 be awarded to succes.sf ul e.xliibitors of 

 implements, etc. Let all attend. 



. Geo. VV. House, Sec. 



(©"The annual meeting of the Ma- 

 honing Valley Bee-keeoers' Associa- 

 tion will be held at Berlin Center, 

 Mahoning Co., O., in the town hall on 

 Friday and Saturday the 19th and 20th 

 of January, 1883. All bee-keepers are 

 invited to'attend and send essays, pa- 

 pers, implements, or any thing of in- 

 terest to tlie fraternity. A full at- 

 tendance is requested of all who are 

 interested. In fact, the meetings will 

 be so interesting that you cannot 

 afford to miss them. We expect a 

 lecturer from abroad on the evening 

 of the 19th. L. Cakson, Pres. 



I®" The annual meeting of the Cort- 

 land Union Be|-keepers" Association 

 will be held in Cortland, N. Y., on 

 Tuesday, Jan. 9, 1883. 



M. C. Bean, Sec. 



McGra-\\'ville, K. Y. 



^' The annual meeting of the 

 Champlain Valley Bee-Keepers' Asso- 

 ciation will be held at Middleburg, 

 Vt., on Thursday. January IS, 1883, at 

 10 a. m. T. Brookins, Sec. 



Honey and Beeswax Market. 



OFKICE OF AMEKICAN BEK JOtTKNAL, ( 



Monday, li' a. ui., December i;5. ihhi'. i 



The following are the latest quota- 

 tions for honey and beeswax received 

 up to this hour : 



Qiiotutlons of Cash Bayers. 



CHICAGO. 

 HONE Y— The supply of extracted honey is fully 

 up to the deniiind. My quotations are : 7c. for 

 darli and ;4c. fur liKht, delivered here. 



BEKSWA.X— It is qu.te scarce. I am payiny 27c. 

 for good yellow wa.\, on arrival ; dark and oiTcol- 

 ora, 17@2:ic. 



Ah. H. Newman. 923 W. Madison St. 



CINCINNATI. 



HONEY— The demand is good for e.vtructed in 

 barrels as well as in giass jars and tin bucitets : ar- 

 rivals are fair. The demand is fair tor comb 

 honey, which, however, is not cheap enough to 

 niAke trade lively. Extracted brings 7tiiliic. on 

 arrival ; comb honey, 14f<9:;oc. 



BEESWAX— Is scarce and brings 20(^27c. on 

 arrival. Chas, F. Mdth. 



^" The Indiana State Bee-Keepers- 

 Association will hold its annual meet' 

 ing at Indianajiolis, Iiid., on Jan. 10 

 and II, 1883. All are invited. 



Dr. J. 11. O'Eeau, Pres. 



H^ The quarterly meeting of the 

 Marshall County 15ee-Kee|)ers' Associ- 

 ation will meet in Marshalltown.Iowa, 

 on Siturday, Jan. (i, 1883, at the 

 Sheriff's office, in the Court House, at 

 10:30 a. m. Thesubject for discussion 

 •being " Winter and Spring Care." 

 J. W. Sandeks, Sec. 





Wmfkr^ 



<|uotatlona of Comnilsalon Merchants. 



CHICAGO. 



HONE Y— The demand for comb honey does not 

 keep pace with the receipts. There is a large sur- 

 plus on this market at present, and prices are from 

 •2 to 3c. lower than last month. 



We quote : white comb honey, in 1@2 lb. sections, 

 I7@lSc. I>ark comb honey, hardly anydemand. It 

 is held at I2'^ca,l5c. E-ttracted— White brings from 

 itrtilnc: dark, 8(s(9c.: kegs, half- barrels and casks 

 bring about same price. 



BEESWA.X— Choice Yellow, 30c.; dark to med- 

 ium, 18@25c. 



R. A. Burnett, 161 South Water St. 



SAN KKANCISCO. 

 HONEY-Stock is small, with but little demand, 

 and buyers bid low. 



White comb. 1H(5.-J0c; dark to good, U@l4c : ex- 

 tracted, choice to extra white, 8^90.; dark and 

 candied, "tit^sc 

 BEESWAX- We quote 2^(S)-2Sc. 



STBABNS & SMITH. 423 Front Street. 



ST. LOUIS. 

 HONEY— Dull. Comb, at 16c. for large or hard 

 to IHf'i.^uc. for choice bright in small packages ; ex- 

 tracted at 8(s.9c.; strained. hi,^(3,7c, ; choice, in 

 smaller quantities, brings more. 

 BEESWAX— Prime bright steady at 27®28c. 



K. C. GUKEH Si Co.. 117 N. Main-Street. 



C1,EVELAND. 

 HONEY - Has changed in price a very little, we 

 And it necessary to sell ail grades about I cent per 

 lb. less. Best white, in 1 ft sections, 2')@21c. per 

 per pound ; in 2 lb, sections, I8®20c. Extracted Is 

 very dull indeed, hardly any sale. 

 BHBSWAX-Scarce. 28(i>30o. 



A. C. Ke.si>bl. 115 Ontario Street. 



NEW YORK. 



HONEV— There is only a moderate supply of 

 choice to fancy w-liite clover honey, and prices are 

 still held firmly, though the demand is not large. 

 Buckwheat and extracted honey continue slow. 



We quote: W^hite clover, flrst quality, 1 Tb boxes. 

 2.5c; fair to good. 20O2.5e.: buckwheat. 1 ft boxes, 

 17c. Extracted, clover, i:ic.; buckwheat. IOC. 



BEESW.VX— The supply has been light and prime 

 lots held a shade higher. 



Western pure, li'Jdt-'.ilc; southern, pure, 31(§i32c. 

 D. W. QUINBV. 105 Park Place. 



BOSTON. 



HONEY— Our market is fairly active. We quote: 



H lb. sections at 30c. : I lb. sections, 22@25c.; 2 lb. 



sections, 20^22c. Extracted. 10c. per lb. Good 



lor« o' extracted are wanted in kegs or barrels. 



BEESWAX-30C. 



CROCKER & Bl.AKE. 57 Chatham Street. 



i^"May we ask you, dear reader, to 

 speak a good word for the Bee Jour- 

 nal to neighbors who keep bees, and 

 send on at least one new subscription 

 with your own V Our premium, " Bees 

 and Honey," in cloth, will pay youfor 

 your trouble, besides having the satis- 

 faction of knowing that you have 

 aided the Bee Jouunal to a new 

 subscriber, and progressive apiculture 

 to another devotee. 



Duty on lleeswax.— I see that bees- 

 wax is in the tariff list of chemicals, 

 and is to be assessed 20 per cent, in 

 the new tariff bill. The home sup- 

 ply of wax is not large enough to 

 furnish wax for comb foundation, 

 and the demand for foundation is 

 rapidly increasing. This means a big 

 raise in the price of wax, and also in 

 comb foundation. Chemical and me- 

 chanical purposes will use some, and 

 must have it. Comb foundation 

 manufacturers and dealers would 

 make as much with lower-priced wax. 

 Bee-keepers would use more of it and 

 succeed better. The burden will be 

 heaviest on the users of foundation. 

 Cannot something be done to let the 

 wax be imported free of duty. 



C. E.'Mead. 



Chicago, 111., Dec. 14, 1882. 



[We get but little beeswax from 

 foreign countries, and none from 

 Europe ; to the latter, however, we ex- 

 port large quantities of our brightest 

 yellow wax. 



The law of " supply and demand " 

 will regulate the price ; and, as the 

 value of beeswax increases here, on 

 account of bee keepers becoming 

 consumers, instead of producers, 

 the foreign demand will be less; 

 and thus prevent its rising to such 

 figures as it would if the European 

 markets were constantly demanding 

 all we bad in stock. We do not see, 

 therefore, that the tariff cuts any 

 figure in the matter. — Ed.] 



Correction.— On looking over the 

 American Bee Joui{NAl,No. .50, just 

 received, I notice on page 79.5^ 2nd 

 column,3d line from the top, what may 

 be a typographical error. The word 

 " heated " should be breathed. And in 

 the 6tb line from the top, " inhaled" 

 should be exhaled. See the passage 

 near the foot of page 728, 2nd column. 

 Possibly it was misquoted by Dr. 

 Oldham. It might be worth while to 

 correct these errors. If there is any 

 good in it, give it a chance ; if not, it 

 will not be necessary to strangle it. 



S. CORNEIL. 



Lindsay, Ont., Dec. 1.5, 1882. 



[It was an eiror in the copy ; we 

 printed it as it was written. It was 

 an oversight, of course.— E».l 



My Report for 1882.— I started, last 

 spring, witli 11 colonies; all middling 

 strong, until May 28, when on account 

 of cold and wet weather, I came near 

 losing 5 out of the 11 ; but, by feeding 

 them I brought them through, and 

 got 1 swarm from each. The strong- 

 est commenced swarming on May 14, 

 and from that time until May 22, 1 got 

 .5 swarms ; tiiey commenced.swarming 

 again on June 21, and continued until 



