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THE AMERICAN BEE JOURNAL. 



Educate the Customers. 



Leaflet No. 1 is received, and I pro- 

 nounce it very good. I think it will 

 be a great help to many, situated as I 

 am, among people totally ignorant of 

 the improved methods in bee-culture, 

 which includes about nine-tenths of 

 the country people. Why, I have those 

 who keep bees in the " go-as-you- 

 please " way, come for me to go and 

 extract from box hives and log gums, 

 and when told that it is necessary to 

 have movable frame hives in order to 

 extract the honey, they look amazed, 

 and when shown comb foundation, 

 they look as if they would have the 

 lock-jaw. S. Smith. 



Neoga, 111., March 20, 1884. 



Four Per Cent, of Loss in Winter. 



Last fall I packed 100 colonies of 

 bees on the summer stands, with 

 planer shavings and chaff. They flew 

 quite freely to-day, for the first time 

 since winter set in. They were con- 

 fined to the hives 98 days, and some 

 of them were badly affected with 

 diarrhoea. The loss thus far is 4 per 

 cent. Colonies on new combs are 

 wintering much the best, which I no- 

 ticed was also the case last winter. 

 The bees in my cellar are quiet. 



W. D. WRIGHT. 



Knowersville, N. Y., March 13, 1884. 



colonies, and expect to Italianize the 

 rest in the spring. We intend to work 

 for extracted honey in the future, and 

 build up a home market for it. We 

 use a frame 9i^xlo3-^ inches, outside 

 measurement, and prefer it to all 

 others for our use ; it will work cross- 

 wise in a Simplicity body ; we call it 

 the Crosswise Langstroth frame. 

 Quite a number of bee-keepers in 

 this part of the State use it, and like 

 it better than others. 



H.D. Gates & Son. 

 Gerry, N. T., March 18, 1884. 



Hard on Bees. 



My .57 colonies of bees wintered on 

 the summer stands very well until the 

 last blizzard, which caused the brood 

 to be almost entirely destroyed, which 

 will be a very heavy loss to all who 

 have bees in this section of Northern 

 Kentucky. Success to the Bee Jour- 

 nal. May it outlive all the adultera- 

 tors of sweets, so that pure honey 

 will be one of the staples of this 

 country. Wm. G. Gosney. 



De Mossville, Ky., March 14, 1884. 



Iced Entrances. 



It is too early to report yet, but 

 some in this section are losing bees 

 pretty lively. Diarrlicea appears to be 

 the trouble ; also smothering, from ice 

 accumulating in the hives. Mine are 

 still in the cellar, and most of them 

 appear to be doing finely, but more 

 about them later, after I see just how 

 they come out. M. Bailey. 



Winterset, Iowa, March 12, 1884. 



Successful Beginners. 



To-day our bees are flying ; and 

 some are gathering sap from the sugar 

 maple. We commenced, last spring 

 with 6 colonies in box hives. AV e had 

 never used frame hives, and, there- 

 fore, nearly everything was new to 

 us. Having the Bee Journal and 

 Cook's Manual we made fast progress, 

 and after a bee-keeper had shown us 

 how to transfer a colony, we trans- 

 ferred the rest without any trouble, 

 and also several for neighbors. We 

 increased to 1.5, and got over 200 lbs. 

 of honey, most of it in one-pound sec- 

 tions ; the rest extracted. Nearly all 

 of our honey was from linden. We 

 got none from white clover. Our 

 comb honey sold for 22 cents per 

 pound, and the extracted for 15 cents. 

 Our colonies brought us about S20 

 each, spring count, which, I think, is 

 excellent for the first year. We 

 planted a piece of mignonette about 

 30 feet square ; the bees worked on it 

 early and late, till frost. We intend 

 planting more extensively the coming 

 year. 1 have seen remedies for bee 

 stings in the Bee Journal, and have 

 used many different ones, but the best 

 was common salt and water imme- 

 diately applied to the wound. We 

 have Italianized about half of our 



Feeding in Winter. 



I have read quite a little about 

 feeding bees in cold weather, so last 

 fall I thought I would try and feed 

 2 colonies all winter. Late in Octo- 

 ber, I put all my bees in winter quar- 

 ters ; these 2 with the rest. The latter 

 had less than 3 lbs. of honey each. I 

 put on a Nellis feeder; it will hold 

 about 2 quarts ; I filled it once in Oc- 

 tober, and have fed them every 

 month since, and they are, to-day, in 

 as tine condition as you could wish to 

 see. The food was granulated sugar, 

 about as thick as thin honey. They 

 have to leave the cluster and come 

 up about 4 inches to get the food. I 

 only feed them when it is warm 

 enough for them to fly ; then pour it 

 in quite hot. The feeder is very 

 easily made, and I like it better than 

 any I have had yet. I have kept bees 

 7 years ; have always wintered on the 

 summer stands ; never lost any until 

 this winter, when I lost one with dys- 

 entery. The rest are all right so far. 

 I thought, perhaps, this might be a 

 help to some that would like to feed. 

 D. S. Bassett. 



Farnumsville, Mass., March,18,1884. 



beings sometimes do, but pitch into 

 the first thing that has any sweetness 

 about it, aud work at it with a will 

 while it lasts, and then when the 

 better does come, they can enjoy that 

 all the more. The past winter has 

 been a very severe one, on bees that 

 were left on the summer stands, but 

 owing to the good quality and quan- 

 tity of well capped honey, and being 

 strong in numbers, and mostly all 

 young bees bred late in the fall, 

 they nave come through in good con- 

 dition, with but very few losses, in 

 this section, although the thermome- 

 ter stood away below zero most of the 

 time, and on .Ian. 5, it was 320'below. 

 The white clover has not been winter- 

 killed, and looks very promising up 

 to date. E. Armstrong. 



Jerseyville, 111., March 13, 1884. 



Honey and Beeswax Market. 



Office of The amekican Bef. Johrnal. { 

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



The following are the latest quota- 

 tions for honey and beeswax received 

 up to this hour : 



ClNl'INNATI. 

 HONEY—There is no life in the market. Ex- 

 tracted honey sells in its regular way and to its 

 wonted channels, without any speculative feeling 

 ahout it, and brings "(iiloc on arrival. Comb honey 

 sells sibw at I5tol6c a lb. from store for choice. 



BEESWAX--IS in good demand; choice yellow 

 brings 35c a lb. on arrival. 



Chas. F. Moth. 



NEW TOIiK. 



HONEY— White clover and basswood in I and 2 

 lb. sections, 17@18c. Dark and second quality, 

 ir>c. I extracted white clover in kegs and bar- 

 rels, 9@inc. 



BEESWAX— Prime yellow, 34(«3r)C. 



AF.B.THtJRBER &CO. 



White Clover Not Winter-Killed. 



The weather has been very fine here 

 for the past two days, and the bees 

 are making good use of it, seeming 

 glad to get out once more, after their 

 long confinement. Much to my sur- 

 prise they were carrying in pollen 

 quite freely this afternoon, but what 

 they gather it from is a puzzle to me. 

 for there are no trees in bud or bloom 

 yet. I have a row of very large maples 

 on the east side of my place, and the 

 severe freezing weather of the past 

 winter has cracked them open pretty 

 badly; the sap is now oozing out 

 freely, and running down the bodies 

 of the trees. These places are literally 

 covered with bees sipping the sap ; 

 the little fellows do not wait for some- 

 thing better to turn up— as human 



le yell( 



CHICAGO. 



HONE i'— of late receipts of comb honey haa 

 been scattered amongst many firms, and as ail are 

 desirious of realizing on their receipts at as early 

 a day as possible, prices have been irregular ana 

 low. some lots being offered from 5c to 7c per lb., 

 less than 3(.i days ago. I quote white comb I3@t6c: 

 fancy 18c. Extracted honey— demand light, at 7® 

 9c. 



BEES W AX— 30@37c. 



R. A. BDHNKTT. 161 South Water St. 



KANSAS CITY. 

 HONEV— Demand for comb honey good, and 

 stocks reduced quite low. The recent cancessiona 

 in prices have brought orders in quite freely. 

 Choice white l and - lb. sections. 16tiS17c. Ex- 

 tracted in better demand, at 8@l0c. 

 BEESW.\X— None in this market. 



JBKOME TwicHELL. 514 Walnut Street. 



SAN FRANCISCO. 

 HONEY— Stocks are mostly of fair to medium 

 quality. There is very little inquiry. Prices are 

 nominally unchanged, but the undertone of the 

 market is weak. Wiiite to extra white comb, 1.5@ 

 iHc; dark to good, li.ii.(jl3c: e-xtracted, choice to ex- 

 tra white. 7C^6c: dark and candied, .'>@— 

 BEESWAX- Whole.?ale, 27(.4(3i3(ic. 



Stearns a smith. 123 Front Street. 



ST. LODI8. 

 -Steady: demand aod 



_ supply both 



and strained and ex- 



HONEY 



small. Comb, lilistiec per lb. 

 tracted fi'-dH'..jC. , 



BEESWAX— Firm at 33@33Xc. for choice. 



W. T. ANDERSON & CO.. 104 N. 3d Street, 



CLEVELAND. 

 HONE y— The honey market is improving a little: 

 are selling tlrst-class l lb. sections quite readily at 

 IMc. with an occasional sale at l9c; 2 lb. isnotqulte 

 St. active, at 17c. Second quality is dull at 15c. 

 E.vtracted not wanted. 

 BEESWAX— 35c. but very sca-ce. 



A. C. KENDEL. 1 15 Ontario street. 



BOSTON. 

 HONBY.-Demand light. 1 

 honey. l8iffl2oc.;2 lb. 16®18c, 

 BEESWAX-35C. 



Blake & Ripley, 57 Chatham Street. 



lb. sections comb 

 Extracted, 9® no. 



