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THE AMERICAN BEE JOURNAL. 





The Honey Harvest in Scotland. 



The honey-gathering season has 

 now closed. All colonies which have 

 been at the Heatlier-hills have now 

 been larought liome, and their stores 

 of honey have been found very greatly 

 to exceed any gatherings for many 

 years past. This, coupled ' with a 

 heavy return from colonies that had 

 fed upon clover, well repays apiarists 

 for their trouble. Independent of a 

 heavy yield to the apiarist, a goodly 

 store of honey is left as winter food 

 for the bees, which are now nearly all 

 covered up for the winter. I hope 

 that you have been as successful as 

 we. Jno. D. Hutchison. 9 



Glasgow, Scotland. 



Croton. 



I send you a specimen of a plant 

 which we call wild sage. Will you 

 please Inform us whether we are cor- 

 rect or not y for many of the readers 

 of the Bee Joufnal are anxious 

 about this plant. Do you think that 

 it produces any honey ? Bees are not 

 often seen on it. Bees have done very 

 poorly in this section, this season. 

 ¥^. S. Taylor. o. 



Houston, Tex., Oct. 14, 1884. 



[This is Croton capitalum, and in 

 common with several others usually 

 called simply croton. It cannot be 

 recommended as a honey plant. The 

 plants of the whole family are more 

 or less poisonous, though the nectar 

 may be entirely free from the acrid 

 qualities of the sap. Still the amount 

 of honey produced is small and not 

 likely to be of much value at the best. 

 Croton oil, well known for its severe 

 effects upon the human skin, comes 

 from an allied species.— T. J. Bur- 

 bill.] 



Good Yield and Large Increase. 



From 12 colonies, spring count, I 

 have secured 300 pounds of comb and 

 325 pounds of extracted honey. The 

 largest yield was 116 pounds from a 

 colony of hybrids. I now have 28 

 colonies. \v alter Woodkuff.o+ 



Rockdale, Iowa, Oct. 20, 1884. 



Report from the Sweet Home Apiary. 



My yield, this year, is from 35 colo- 

 nies, spring count, and is 3,392 pounds 

 of comt) honey in one and two-pound 

 sections, and 600 pounds of extracted 

 honey. My largest yield from one 

 colonywas 153 one-pound sections of 

 honey. I sold $70 worth of bees at $5 

 per colony, and have remaining 56 

 colonies, all prepared for winter on 

 Oct. 1, with 30 pounds of good ripe 

 honey per colony. John Key.© 



East Saginaw; Mich., Oct. 20, 1884. 



A Wonderful Yield of Honey. 



This has been a busy season for me. 

 I obtained a fraction over 172,000 

 pounds of honey from 550 colonies, 

 spring count, and increased my apiary 

 to 1,2.50 colonies. I have just sold my 

 honey at 4 cents per pound. This 

 county (Ventura) has a population of 

 about 7,500. The honey production 

 for the season has been about 9,000 

 tons. I had 57 swarms, this year, and 

 saved all of them except one. 



S. M. W. Easley. 9 



Springville, Calif., Oct. 10, 1884. 



A Poor Season. 



I began the season with 140 colonies 

 in fair condition, and increased them 

 to 156 in good condition for winter. I 

 have taken, in all, 3,125 pounds of 

 comb honey, and 225 pounds of ex- 

 tracted— au average of about 24 

 pounds per colony, spring count. The 

 season here was a poor one. My bees 

 were in good order for the honey 

 harvest, but it did not come. 



J. V. Caldwell.^ 



Cambridge, 111., Oct. 15, 1884. 



My Report for the Season. 



I think as Mr. Doolittle said, that is, 

 that every bee-keeper in the United 

 States should send in a report, at 

 least once a year, to one of our prin- 

 cipal bee-papers. With hopes of see- 

 ing some of our bretliren fall into 

 line, I here give my report : In Jan- 

 uary 18S4, 1 had the care of 80 colo- 

 nies of bees ; I did not get a drop of 

 honey until .July 7, and none after 

 Aug. 10. One colony produced 500 

 pounds of honey, while the rest (79) 

 produced only four barrels. How is 

 that for 1884, eh ? R. Johnson. ? 



Iberville Parish, La. 



Convention Notices. 



^" Tiie Southem Illinois Bee- 

 Keepers' Association will meet at Du- 

 quoiu, in the Opera House on Thurs- 

 day, Nov. 13, 1SS4. All are cordially 

 invited. F. H. Kennedy, Sec. 



Wm. Little, Pres. 



1^ The Central Illinois Bee-Keep- 

 ers" Association will hold its next 

 annual meeting in Bloomington, 111., 

 on the second Wednesday in January, 

 1885, at 9 a. m. 



W. B. Lawrence, Sec. 



i^° The bee-keepers of McDonough 

 and adjoining counties are requested 

 to meet at Bushnell, 111., on Nov. 20, 

 1SS4, for the purpose of organizing a 

 bee-keepers" association. 



J. G. Norton. 



^" The Iowa Central Bee- Keepers' 

 Association will hold their annual 

 meeting in the Court House at Win- 

 terset, Iowa, on Friday, Nov. 7, 1884. 

 All interested in bee-culture are re- 

 quested to be present. 



J. E. Pryor, Sec. 



A. J. Adkison, Pres. 



^ The Mahoning Valley Bee- 

 Keepers will hold their fall meeting 

 in Ravenna, O., on Nov. 14, 1884. A 

 cordial invitation is extended to all. 

 E. W. Turner, Sec. 



Newton Falls, O. 



Honey and Beeswax Market. 



OFFICE OF The American Bee .Ioctrnal, ( 

 Monday, 10 a. m., Oct. 27. 18S4. i 



The following are the latest quota- 

 tions for honey and beeswax received 

 up to this hoiu- : 



CINCINNATI. 



HONEY.— Nothing stirring in tile marltet for the 

 last few weelia. The approach of cooler weather 

 is expected to impart more life to the trade. Comb 

 honey sells at 16c. in the jobbing way. and brings 

 14(g;15c on arrival for choice. Offerings exceed the 

 demand. Extracted iKiney has commenced to 

 accumulate, but demand is lair for small pacltages 

 for table-use, as well as ttir darlier grades in bar- 

 rels. It brings 6@9c. on arrival. 



BEESWAX -Is dull at i(!(SiL'«c on arrival. 



(J. F. MDTH, Freeman & Central Ave. 



NEW YORK. 



HONEY— As we have already commenced re- 

 ceiving consignments of this year's crop of honey, 

 we leel safe in malting the following quotations : 

 Fancy white comb, 1-lb, lS(!02Uc., :2-lb. lH@l8c. ; fair 

 to good, 1 and 2-8), l4®lf.c.: fancy buckwheat, 1-ft, 

 12)^(l«i:ic., 2-Eb, llW(a)12e.: ordinary grades of dark, 

 land 2-lb, \\%\\^c. E.xtracted white choice, in 

 kegs or small barrels, 8H''?'yc., buckwheat, 6J,6@7c. 



BEESWAX-Prime yellow, 30@31c. 



McCaul & HiLDRETH, 34 Hudson St. 



BOSTON. 



HONEY.— We quote best white in i -lb. sections. 

 lSf.i,20c.; 2-lb., 16®1KC. B.xtracted, 8@Sc. Un- 

 glassed sections sell best. 



BEESVVAX-Soc. 



Blake & Riplet, 57 Chatham Street. 



CHICAGO. 



HONEY.— Comb "honey has been taken with 

 freedom by the trade this week, but 15®16c. is the 

 best price tibtainabte for a fancy article of comb 

 honey in frames. Some lots bring from 14 to 1.5c. 

 when in good order. Stock of comb honey is not 

 large at present. Extracted, "Q.^c. for new. 



BEE8WA.Y.— For fair to yellow, 28S30C. 



R. A. BURNETT. 161 South Water St. 



SAN FRANCISCO. 



HONEY.— Stocks are large and the demand slow. 

 Qualities other than choice are particularly diffi- 

 cult to move. White to extra white comb, 9@10c.: 

 dark to good, i5cs,8 c; extracted, choice to extra 

 white, 4^''i.'>c.; dark and candied, 4 cents. 



BEESWAX.-Wholesale,J4(»27c. 



STEARNS i Smith. 423 Front Street. 



8T. LOUIS. 



HONEY — Steady: demand and supply both 

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

 tracted GtaeHc. 



BEESWAX- Firm at 32@32)^c. for choice. 



W. T. anpebson Sl Co.. 104 n. 3d Street, 



CLEVELAND. 



HONEY.— Our market is at present overstocked 

 with honey, large quantities having been brought 

 in wagons, and every place is tilled up. Some lots 

 have st)ld as low as 9c. for 1-lb. sections of white 

 comb. We have not changed prices, but find sales 

 very slow at 16c. forbest white 1-lbs., and 14c. for 

 2-lbs. Dark honey we are offering as low as 10 to 

 12c. without being able to effect sales. Extracted 

 is not wanted at all, and no sale at any price. 



BBESWAX.-28(930c. 



A. C. Kendel. 115 Ontario Street. 



SAN FRANCISCO. 



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

 13@14ci extracted, H^c. 



Geo. W. Meade & Co.. 213 Market. 



KANSAS CITY. 



HONEY.— The receipts of honey are very large 

 and fine, with a splendid demand, and we are very 

 low in stock of all kinds of conib honey. While the 

 tendency of everything is to lower prices, honey Is 

 in active demand, with us, at steady prices. One- 

 half lb. sections, none in the market : one- pounds, 

 li; cents ; two-pounds. 14(" 1.5 cents; California 2- 

 Ibs., 14('>li; cents. Chitice California extracted is 

 selling at 1^9 cents per lb. 



BEESWAX.— None in the market. 



CI.EMONS, CLOON & Co. 



Successors to Jerome Twichell. 



