THE AMERICAN BEE JOURNAL. 



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Local Convention Directory. 



t?«4. Tiiiit and place of Mfttintj. 



Sept. 4.— SoDttaern Indiana, at Madison, Ind. 



Dr. t'lrth. See. 



^ept. !*.— Fayette County, Iowa, at Brush ('reek. la. 

 H. F, I.lltle. Sec. 



Sept. l;l.~rnion. "VVesteni Iowa, at Dexter. Iowa. 

 .M. K. Darby, Sec. 



Sept. 17.— Eastern Indiana, at Uichmond. Ind. 



M, ti. Reynolds, Sec, VVilliiinisburt:h. Ind. 

 Sept. :;4-26.— Western, at Independence. Mo. 



C. M. Crandall. Sec. 

 <>ct. 1. J.— Cedar Valley, Iowa, at Waterloo, Iowa. 

 H. O. McKllmny; Sec. 

 Oct. a.— N. Ind. and S. Mich, at (ioshen. Ind. 



F. L. Putt, .M. D., Sec. 

 Oct. 4.— Marshall Co., Iowa, at .Marshalitown. la. 

 J. VV. Sanders, Sec. 

 Oct, II, IL\— Northern Mich., at Alma. Mich. 



F. A. Palmer, Sec, McBride, Mic 

 Oct, I.'t, It^.^rNorthwestern. at Chicago, III. 



■\V. Z. Hutchinson. Sec. 

 Oct. 28-3t>.— North American at Rochester, N. Y. 

 Dr. C. U. Miller, Sec. Marengo, 111. 

 • Kov. 25.— Western Mich., at Fremont, Mich. 



Get'. E. Hilton, Sec, 

 Dec. y.— Southeastern Mich., at Adrian, Mich. 



A. M. Gander. Sec. 

 Dec. 10, 11.— Michigan State, at Lansing. 



H. D. Cutting. Sec, Clinton, Mich. 



|y In order to have this table complete. Secre- 

 taries are requested to forward full particulars of 

 time and place of future meetings.— Ed. 



A New Estimate of the "Busy Bee." 



Uiider the above heading the Lon- 

 don Sporting Times gives the following 

 article, which shows either the ignor- 

 ance or stupidity of the writer, or else 

 it was written for the same purpose 

 as other nonsense with which the 

 daily papers are filled now-a-days. 

 The Times says : 



There is no insect more thoroughly 

 objectionable than the bee. It is even 

 more disgustingly active than the ant. 

 At the first dawn of day the bee sets 

 off to hunt for honey, and continues 

 at the sticky occupation until night. 

 So far as is known, the bee receives 

 no salary whatever, but works either 

 to pamper the pride of a fat and use- 

 less queen, or because it is a iirty to a 

 miserly passion for heaping up honey. 

 In the former case the bee deserves 

 the contempt of all free men, and in 

 the latter, it displays a loathsome 

 mental and moral degradation. In- 

 either case the bee's willingness to do 

 unnecessary work is an insult to intel- 

 ligent human beings. 



Scientific persons are fond of telling 

 us of the bee's tremendous geometri- 

 cal knowledge, and parade in proof 

 thereof the fact that it builds he.\ago- 

 iial cells, thereby packing the greatest 

 number of cells with the smallest 

 possible amonnt of wax within agiven 

 space. They fail, however, to notice 

 that there is no law requiring bees to 

 build their preposterously little cells. 

 If these were really intelligent insects, 

 and knew the comparative value of 

 wax and honey, they would build cells 

 holding a pound of honey each, and 

 thus enable a human being to eat 

 honey without at the same time filling 

 up the interior of his person with 

 wax. This simple plan has never yet 

 occurred to the bees. They go on 

 building their antiquated and clumsy 

 cells without once undertaking to im- 

 prove upon them. They may be intel- 



ligent, but they do not improve it by 

 adhering to a pattern of cell invented 

 by their antediluvian ancestors. 



To hold up these miserly and wan- 

 tonly busy insects to the admiration 

 of mankind is a positive outrage. 

 Dr. \Vatts, who openly forbade all 

 interference with dog-tights, was in 

 the constant habit, when he met a 

 bee, of politely inquiring, "' How doth 

 the little busy bee I " thus treating 

 the insect with a courtesy which 

 would not be out of place if e.xtended 

 to a bishop. Tlie pernicious intliience 

 of Watts in this matter has been 

 widespread and enduring. 



It is time that a protest should be 

 made against the bee. and that man- 

 kind should henceforth be taught the 

 plain and obvious truth that an insect 

 which spends its whole existence in 

 working and stinging is even more 

 unworthy of emulation than is the 

 mosquito or the book agent. 



The National Convention. 



^° The date for holding the next 

 meeting of the North American Bee- 

 Keepers" Society, in the city of 

 Rochester, N. Y., lias been fixed for 

 Oct. 28, 29 and 80, 1884. At the last 

 meeting of the Northeastern Bee- 

 Keepers' Association a committee was 

 appointed to secure a Hall and make 

 other necessary arrangements for this 

 meeting. Knowing the men who 

 compose this committee, we can as- 

 sure all who are interested, that the 

 matter is in good hands, and that 

 everything will be arranged for one 

 of the best meetings ever held by the 

 Society. Rochester is one of the 

 finest cities in the United States, and 

 this should be an enjoyable meeting 

 for all who are interested. We hope 

 soon to announce a complete pro- 

 gramme. C. C. Miller. Sec. 



L. C. Root. Vice-Pres. 



^' The semi-annual meeting of 

 the Fayette County Bee-Keepers' As- 

 sociation will be held in Brush Creek, 

 Iowa, on Sept. !), 1884. This is to be 

 a basket picnic held in the yard and 

 lawn of B. F. Little. All who are 

 interested are invited to attend. Come 

 with your baskets well-provided, and 

 we will have a whole day of enjoy- 

 ment. I!. F. Little, Sec. 



1^" The Union Bee-Keepers' As- 

 sociation of Western Iowa will meet 

 in Dexter, Iowa, on the second Satur- 

 day in September, at 9:30 a. m. This 

 Association is doing a good work, and 

 bee-men in Western and Central Iowa 

 would do well to avail themselves of its 

 benefits. M. E. Darby, Sec. 



1^" The Cincinnati Exposition of 

 this year, the twelfth in the series, 

 opens September 3 and closes October 

 4— one month. Every facility of low 

 rates on railroads and by boat are 

 offered to the stranger to visit the 

 city. Exhibitors, and any others seek- 

 ing fuller information, may address 

 the Secretary, who will furnish rules, 

 regulations, premium lists, etc. 



J, F. Walton, Sec. 



Honey and Beeswax Market. 



Office or The amehican Bee Journal, ) 

 Monday, lUa. m., Sept. 1, l.'iS4 i 



The following are the latest quota- 

 tions for honey and beeswax received 

 up to this hour : 



CINCINNATI. 



HONEY— There Is no change to note in the 

 price of honey, but demand is improving grad- 

 ually. E.xtraoted brings 6®;ic on arrival, and 

 choice white comb honey in sections, l.'j'foHic. 



BEESWAX-Is dull at ai(sl2Nc on arrival. 



C. F. MliTH. Freeman & Central Ave. 



NKW yORK. 



HONEY— As we have already commenced re- 

 ceiving consignments of this year's crop of honey, 

 we feel safe in making the following quotations : 

 Fancy white comb, l-lt, l8@20c„ ■j-tti, It:(!slHc, ; fair 

 to good, 1 and:i-a. ]4(gil6c.; fancy buckwheat.l-ni, 

 l2Hi'«i:{c., J-tt, I lXfqil-2c.; ordinary grades of dark, 

 land ■J-ft, ]l{*ll',.c Extracted white choice. In 

 kegs or small barrels, 8!^(q;9c.. buckwheat, 6H*3'7c. 



BKESWA.X-Prime yellow, :loa31c. 



MCCAUL * HiLDRETH, 34 Hudson St. 



BOSTON. 



HONEY.— New honey is coming in, and selling 

 at IKf^lHc. for best white land 0-pound sections. 

 New e.xtacted. 8<tLi)c. Honey in unglassed sections 

 setls the most readily, old comb honey all gone. 



BEB8WAX-:«c. 



Blake & Ripley. 57 Chatham Street. 



CHICAGO. 



HONE Y— The demand for comb is very light. 

 The retailers have bought a little during this 

 month ; but say that they do not have any call for 

 it at present. Prices range from lii(g*lt;c per pound 

 for the different sized frames and style of pack- 

 ages. There is a continued dullness in extracted. 

 Some of the new crop is on sale. 



BEESWA.V-Is dull, and J5c for dark, with 30® 

 32c for yellow, is the range of prices. 



R. A. Burnett, 161 South Water St. 



SAN FRANCISCO. 



HONEY— There is plenty offering, mostly of 

 ordinary quality, and very little demand. There 

 is some inquiry for choice and extra white ex- 

 tracted for shipment at not to exceed 5c. White 

 to extra white comb, iic§*llc; dark to good, 9c: ex-, 

 tracted, choice to extra white, 4J^@5c; dark and 

 candied. 4c. 



BBESWAX-Wholesale, -JSc. 



STEARNS & SMITH. 423 Front street. 



KANSAS CITY. 



HONEY— 1 have to report a little easier feeling 

 in the honey market. Dealers generally have an 

 idea that the crop is large and are not willing to 

 buy more than for present demands, which are. as 

 yet, comparatively light. Then. too. the immense 

 crop in Calitornia and low prices there have a ten- 

 dency to equallize the Eastern markets. Crops, 

 except in the extreme east. I think, are not so 

 light as is supposed, and there will be no scarcity 

 in the Mississippi Valley. My last quotations are 

 hardly sustained this week. I am trying to hold 

 this market up, but small buyers are quoting 

 country prices on me which compel some conces- 

 sions. I think our bee-keepers wilt find it good 

 policy in quoting prices to these occasional buyers, 

 to hold a slifl" margin of J or 3 c. on them, and 

 when they do make a sale, it will count to their 

 profit. But when they quote prices or make sales 

 at about what their commiS3i(»n merchant or large 

 buyers are getting, these fellows use it to heat 

 down the prices in the regular channels, and it 

 only reacts on the producers afttr all. I am in 

 favor of the bee-keeper selling all he can around 

 home and any where else when he can get a good 

 price ; but if he places himself in the field as a 

 competitor of the regular honey merchant, he 

 only pulls down the market on his own head. 



BEESWAX— Nominal. 30(&35cper lb. 



JEROME TWICHELL. 614 Walnut Street. 



ST. LOUIB. 



HONEY — Steady: demand and supply both 

 small. Comb, 12@14c per lb., and strained and ex- 

 tracted 6f^«^c. 



BEESWAX— Firm at 32@32Xc. for choice. 



W. T. ANDERSON & Co.. 104 N. 3d Street. 



CLEVELAND. 



HONEY— The honey market seems to be im- 

 proving, so that there is a larger demand. Best 1 - 

 lb. sections were sold in quantity at ltic:in a 

 amall way 17c is occasionally obtained, but 16c 

 would be the more reliable quotation; 2-lb8., best 

 white, l4(g.l,">c; second quality slow at lotarjc. 

 Extracted slow at 8»9c. 



BEESWAX-3I1C. 



A. C. KENDEL. 115 Ontario Street. 



S.IN FRANCISCO. 



HONE Y— We quote comb honey in 2 lb. sections, 

 ftc; extracted. 7(a7>4c. 



GEO. W. .Meade & CO., 213 Market 



