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THE AMERICAN BEE JOURNAL. 



Bees Doing Well. 



On Feb. li all the bees in Northern 

 Ohio had a splendid flight, and are in 

 the best condition possible. I have 21 

 colonies packed in buckwheat chafl ; 

 they have had no flight since Xov. 5 

 until Feb. 2. The weatlier is and has 

 been very cold ; often as low as 26- 

 below zero. I have made inquiries of 

 men who own an aggregate of 300 col- 

 onies, and have found but 4 dead colo- 

 nies. Success to the Bee Journal; 

 it comes to hand chock-full of news, 

 and as regular as a clock. 



W. S. Bair. 



Bollersville, O., March 7, IS.'il. 



[The Weekly Bee -Iournal ought 

 to be regularly received everywhere, 

 for we never vary an hour in getting 

 all of them into the mails at 4 p. m., 

 every Tuesday. — Ed.] 



Not Progressive. 



I have had bees for thirty or more 

 years. I n'ow have 70 odd colonies, 

 all in " King " hives. Excepting 2 or 

 3 years I have obtained annualjy from 

 l,.50O to 2,000 lbs. of comb honey in 

 bcxes weighing, when full, 20 lbs. 

 net. Last year I had some larger 

 boxes holding 25 lbs. I have been in 

 the habit of shipping to my commis- 

 sion merchant in St. Louis, who gen- 

 erally obtained very fair prices, 12 and 

 18 cents per pound, with no loss, dam- 

 age or trouble, for 2J^ per cent, com- 

 mission, and returns made quickly. 

 This I considered doing pretty well, 

 as I never had any more trouble with 

 bees than to put them in hives as they 

 swarmed ; and two weeks afterward 

 putting on bo.xes, and just before the 

 first box was finished, raising it up 

 and placing an empty one at the bot- 

 tom. I rarely get more tlian two 

 boxes from one colony. Have lost 

 upon an average 3 to 4 colonies yearly 

 from the moth ; never any froni out- 

 door wintering. .Judging from the 

 E resent weight of my hives, they now 

 ave stores sufficient to carry them 

 through another winter. I never saw 

 more than three queens ; never gave a 

 new queen to a colony ; never knew of 

 a colony being queenless ; never tried 

 to prevent swarming ; and the wonder- 

 ful stories I read of about manipulat- 

 ing bees and honey, confuse me. I 

 cannot tell where or how to begin. 

 A. M. CUKL. 

 Waverly, Mo., March 11, 1884. 



do anything. When I want to see 

 how they are getting along, I get into 

 my skiff and rap on each, and it is 

 answered by their buz ; sometimes, if 

 I give a second rap, the guards will 

 come to the entrance to see what is 

 wanted They were wintered on the 

 summer stand's, and out of 12-5 colo- 

 nies I have lost 4 or 5, and I think 

 they were robbed. I was away from 

 home one w-arm day, and on reliirning 

 late in the afternoon, the robljers 

 voices were the first thing I heard. 

 On going to them, I found tliey had 

 cleaned out two weak colonies. The 

 maples, elms and peach trees were in 

 bloom some 2 or 3 weeks ago, but we 

 have had cold wet weather most of the 

 time, and the bees have had but little 

 chance at them. We hope the water 

 will go down in a few days, and then 

 the bees can come out in full force. 

 Chas. H. Kincade. 

 Sterling, Ark., ilarch 7, 1884. 



Bees in Arkansas. 



We are having the greatest over- 

 flow here since 18S4, so say some of 

 the old folks. I put my bees on a 

 ridge that I never saw under water 

 since I have lived in this country 

 (which is about 14 or 1-5 years), and 

 now the water is 2 feet deep under 

 some of the hives. As soon as the 

 water began to come upon the ridge, 

 I raised the hives between 2}4 and 3 

 feet, and so far I have lost only a few 

 that fell into the water. The bees 

 were working finely until a few days 

 ago; the weather became cold, and 

 with it a heavy rain fell. For near two 

 weeks now they have not been able to 



Educate the Customers. 



Mr. S. Smith, on page 154. expresses 

 my sentiments exactly. I have had 

 the same question asked me probably 

 over 100 times. When I would e.x- 

 plain it to a customer and show him 

 the extractor, how it worked, and all 

 about it, I had no trouble to sell him 

 extracted honey ; but just so sure as 

 it is offered in a locality w'here it is 

 not known, they will raise the cry of 

 " adulteration,'' glucose-sugar, etc. 

 The uninitiated think, of cotu'se, it 

 should sell for more than comb honey; 

 they do not know the why and wliere- 

 fore ; so we must teach them. You, 

 Mr. Editor, offer to help us out, in 

 your foot note, and want to know who 

 will take them ? I can make good use 

 of about 500, at the price you offer. 



E. J. SCOFIELD. 



Hanover, Wis., March 10, 1884, 

 [The responses have been sufficient 

 for us to announce positively that the 

 Leaflet of two pages will be issued at 

 once, so that orders may be sent in 

 at any time. The prices will be : 200 

 copies for a dollar ; 500 for S2.2.5 ; 1,000 

 for $4.00. AMien 200 or more are or- 

 dered at one time, we will print the 

 houey-producer"s name and address 

 free, at the bottom. Less than 200 will 

 have a blank in which the name and 

 adress can be written. All by mail, 

 post-paid, at the prices named. 



Leaflet Xo. 1 is entitled, " Why Eat 

 Honey V" It describes what pure 

 honey is— explains how the bees place 

 the comb in the sections — how pure 

 honey is extracted from the comb, and 

 why it can be sold at a less price than 

 comb honey — shows the difference be- 

 tween "strained"' and "extracted" 

 honey — and explains the cause of 

 candying, and how to liquefy it, etc. 

 It is illustrated with a honey extractor, 

 a section of comb honey and a pail of 

 extracted honey. Samples are sent to 

 all who have responded to our query— 

 " Who will take them V"— Ed.] 



Honey and Beeswax Market. 



Office of The Americ.w Bee Journal, J 

 Monday, 10 a. m., March 17. 1884. S 



The following are the latest quota- 

 tions for honey and beeswax received 

 up to tills liour : 



CINCINNATI. 



HONEY— There is no change to note in the hon- 

 ey market. No change in the price of extracted 

 honey, but there is an improvement in the de- 

 mand. Comb honey is in large supply, and llie best 

 in 1 ib. sections brings no mure tban 16c. a lb. from 

 store. E.vtracted. "(liioc. 



BEESWAX— Fair demand, and arrivals are fair. 

 It brings 28(ft32c. on arrival. 



Chas. F. Mdth. 



NEW YORK. 

 HONEY— White clover and basswood in 1 and 2 

 lb. sections, n<ttil>ic. Dark and second quality, 

 l.=.c. ; extracted white clover in liegs and bar- 

 rels, 9®inc. 

 BBESWAX-Prime yellow, 34<5;35c. 



H.K. & F.B ThlrBKK & CO. 



CHICAGO. 



HONEY— Goes off slowly, and prices are lower on 

 sections that are imperfectly tilled. The demand 

 seems to be chiefly for lots that are fancy in ap- 

 pearance, and in every way perfect sales are made 

 of 1 lb. sections at ir.(<tiioc.: ]^i<a2 Ib. secticms. 14@ 

 18c. : dark and mixed in color, very slow, iit about 

 12(§il3c. Extracted honey steady, but limited de- 

 mand; prices range from Tio^mc. per Ib. 



BEESWAX-Scarce, at 28(ft35c., according to 

 color and cleanliness. 



R. A. BDBNKTT, 161 South Water 8t. 



KANSAS CITY. 

 HONEY— Receipts of comb honey quite liberal, 

 and prices lower. Choice white 1 and 2 Ib. sec- 

 tions. 16Cq317c, with probability of still lower prices. 

 Dark and irregular combs, Io'*12c, and slow sale 

 atthat. Extracted dull at. sraidc. 

 BEESWAX— None in this market. 



JEKOME TwiCHELL, 514 Walnut street. 



SAN FRANCISCO. 



HONEY— Reports from the bee districts are to 

 the effect that the prospect isexcellentfor a heavy 

 yield, the only disCnuraging news being the loss of 

 a good many bees which were located in the bot- 

 toms of canyons, and were washed away by the 

 freshets. Market is inactive. White to extra 

 white comb, 15(3il8c; dark to good, 10(ail3c; extrac- 

 ted, choice to extra white, 7(3;8c: darkand candied, 

 5@— 



BEESWAX- Wholesale, 27(^®30c. 



STBARN8 & SMITH. 4^ Front Street. 



BT. LOUIS. 

 HONEY— Steady: demand and supply both 

 small. Comb. 12@16c per lb., and strained and ex- 

 tracted H'.<.f;4c. 

 BEESWAX— Firm at 33iii33Xc. for choice. 



w, T. ANPEKSoN & Co.. 104 N. 3d Street, 



CLEVELAND. 



HONEV—Thehoney market has been dull with 

 us during the month of January, but the past week 

 it has been bett. r, so that stock* are again re- 

 duced. Choice white 1 Ib. in good order, sold at 18 

 cts.; the same quality when broken sold at l(>c.: 2 

 lb. best white, 10(*l7c.; second quality, no sale. 

 Extmcted as usual, not a tall wanted in our market. 



BEESVVAX-ln great demand, but no supply; 

 nominally 3Uc, per lb. 



A. C. KENDEL, li.'j Ontario Street. 



BOSTON. 

 HONEY.— Demand light. 1 Ib. sections comb 

 honey. lH@2nc.: 



; Ih. ingiisc. Extracted, a®lio. 

 BBESWAX-35C. 



Blake & Riplkt. 57 Chatham Street. 



®' The Western Bee-Keepers' As- 

 sociation will meet at Independence, 

 Mo.. Thursday, April 24, 1884. 



C. M. Crandall, Sec. 



Western Midiigan bee keep- 

 ers, will hold their spring meeting at 

 Berlin, on April 24. 



F. S. Covey, Sec. 



Bee Pastnrage a Net-essity.— W e have 

 issued a new pamphlet giving our 

 views on this important subject, with 

 suggestions what to plant, and when 

 and how. It is illustrated with 26 en- 

 gravings, and will be sent postpaid to 

 any address for ten cents. 



