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DEVOTED TO THE INTERESTS OF THE PRODUCERS OF HONEY. 



VOL. XX. 



CHICAGO, ILL., JULY 23, 1884. 



No. 30. 



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Published every Wednesday, by 



THOMAS G. NEWMAN, 



EDITOr AND Pkoprietor. 



Work Up the Local Markets. 



Do not fail to try to work up the 

 local markets tor honey. This not 

 only tielps to increase consumption, 

 but also adds to the profits of the 

 honey producer — by obtaining a larger 

 price at retail than by selling it at 

 bulk to middle-men in large commer- 

 cial centres. By saying this we are 

 in no way underrating the valuable 

 services of wholesale merchants in 

 cities, for there is always enough 

 comes to such places to stock that 

 market, and by selling more at retail, 

 it will keep from overstocking such 

 markets, and thereby depreciating the 

 salable value of the product. 



We can do the producers no better 

 service, therefore, than to advise them 

 to work up the markets in their own 

 immediate neighborhoods. To do 

 this, get some" Leaflets," or " Honey 

 as Food and Medicine," with the pro- 

 ducer's name and address printed on 

 them, and scatter them over the ter- 

 ritory that can be supplied. Try this 

 plan, and see how it will astonish you 

 by its results. 



^ ' Missouri's Honey and Bee Show. 



^T We have received a very nice 

 sample of one-pound dovetailed sec- 

 tion forlioney from Julius Tomlinson, 

 Allegan, Mich., and placed in the 

 Museum. 



We have received the rremium 

 List of the Inter-State Exposition at 

 St. Joseph, Mo., to be held Sept. 1-6, 

 1884. We notice that Mr. E. T. Ab- 

 bott is the Superintendent of the Bee 

 and Honey department. With the 

 following liberal list of premiums, 

 there ouglit to be a very large bee and 

 honey show : 



1st 2d 

 Pr. Pr. 



Best colony of Italian bees *I0 $5 



Best colony of Carniolan bees 10 5 



Best colony of Syrian bees 10 5 



Best colony of native bees 5 :l 



Best display of inipnited queens 10 5 



Best display of queens reared by exhibi- 

 tor, and with progeny 10 5 



Best display of the habits and economy 



of a colony of bees 10 5 



Best display of honey in comb, not less 



than 7.-1 lbs 10 5 



Best display of extl'acted honey not less 



thansdibs 10 5 



Best display of honey In various and 



fancy forms 10 5 



Best display of beeswax 2 1 



Best display of honey-producing plants, 

 includintr stalks, flowers and seeds, all 



labelled with name 5 3 



Finest bouquet of honey plants 2 1 



Best comb-foundation machine, to be 



operated on the ground 10 .t 



Best honey extractor 3 2 



Best wax extractor.... 2 1 



Best bee smoker Diploma 



Best section box for comb honey Diploma 



Best comb foundation Diploma 



Best bee veil Diploma 



Best honey knife Diploma 



Best keg tor extracted honey Diploma 



Best bee feeder Diploma 



Best queen cage Diploma 



Best dr. 'Ue trap Diploma 



Best display of apicultural literature — 5 3 

 Best hive for manipulation, procuring 

 comb and extracted honey and winter 

 protection 10 5 



^" We have just issued a new edi- 

 tion of Doolittle's "Hivel Use," to 

 which is now added a detailed state- 

 ment of his system of management 

 for producing comb honey in the 

 largest quantity and best quality, and 

 how to put it up in the most desirable 

 manner for the market. It contains 

 16 pages, and the price is .5 cents. 



The Clover Harvest, etc. 



^- Mr. William P. J. Gerow, of 

 Patterson, N. Y., died on April 21, 

 1884, aged 23 years. He was' a suc- 

 cessful and progressive bee-keeper, 

 and will be missed in that locality. 



i®° German Bee-Keepers will be 

 pleased to know that we have just 

 issued a new and enlarged edition of 

 our pamphlet' on Bee-Culture, m Ger- 

 man. It is revised and brought down 

 to the present time, in all the develop- 

 ments of our rapidly-advancing pur- 

 suit. The Price being only 40 cents, 

 it is within the reach of every Ger- 

 man bee-keeper, and should be in the 

 hands of all. 



^" Letters for publication must be 

 written on a separate piece of paper 

 from items of business. 



The Indiana Farmer of last week 

 contains tlie following (.•oncerning the 

 clover honey harvest, and tlie care of 

 bees and honey at this season of the 

 year, as well as how to protect honey 

 from the ravaged of the moth : 



The white honey harvest for this 

 season is over. Though the flow was 

 good whilij it lasted, the crop secured 

 will be small, compared with that of 

 last year. Bees suffered badly during 

 the month of May, leaving them in 

 poor condition at the commencement 

 of the harvest. Brood combs, liut 

 poorly filled with brood, gave too 

 much space below, in which to store 

 honey, producing ill results especially 

 where comb honey was the object, 

 leaving many sections in the hives 

 only partially filled. Should the fall 

 flow of honey prove good, many of 

 these may be finished, but not in the 

 most desirable shape. 



In most localities there is a dearth 

 of honey-producing flora, from now 

 until about the middle of August, 

 when the fall bloom may bring a 

 good yield. As the white clover yield 

 ceases, bees are easily excited to rob- 

 bery, and care shouW be taken to pro- 

 tect weak colonies or nuclei by reduc- 

 ing the size of the entrance, making 

 it adequate to the force defending it. 

 All work done in apiary should be 

 carefully done, aud all judicious care 

 taken to prevent robbing. Preven- 

 tion may be easily accomplished, but 

 should they once get a start, it is 

 sometimes very difficult to stop them. 



Comb honey that has. been removed 

 from the hives, should be examined 

 every few days. It the comb shows 

 signs of worms, the honey must be 

 fumigated with sulphur. Care must 

 be taken not to give them too much, 

 or it will discolor the comb, giving it 

 a greenish cast. The amount used 

 will depend, of course, on the size of 

 the room or the box used. It requires 

 but very little of the fumes of sulphur 

 to destroy life, either animal or vege- 

 table. Sulphur will not destroy the 

 eggs, so it may be necessary to give 

 them a second dose after all the eggs 

 have had time to hatch. By watching 

 closely, you will be able to discover 

 the worms before they have done any 

 material damage. They are very 

 rmall at first, but you will detect 

 their presence by seeing a small, 

 thread-like streak of a mealy looking 

 substance, on the capping or round 

 the edge of the combs. 



