THE AMERICAN BEE JOURNAL. 



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Local Convention Directory. 



Time and place of Meetino- 



Dec 3.-Souihea9lern Mich., at Adrian, Mich. 



A. M. Gander, Sec. 



Dec. 10. 1 1.— Michigan State, at Lansinn. 



11. D. Cuttinn. Sec. Clinton, Mich. 



Dec 12.— Northeastern Kansas, at Hiawatha, Kan. 



1«S5. „ 



Jan. 6.— Southern Wisconsin, at Janesville. wis. 

 J. T. Pomeroy. Sec. 



Jan. 14,— Central Illinois, at BloominBton, Ills. 



\V. B. Lawrence, Sec 



June I't.- Willamette Valley, at La Fayette. Oreg. 

 E.J, Hadley, See. 



1^" In order to have this table complete. Secre- 

 taries are requested to forward full particulars of 

 time and place of future meetings.- Er>. 



t^hat ami Bom, 



ANSWBKS Br 



James Heddon, Dowagiac, Mich. 



Rules for titis Department. 



1. Give your name and post-office address. 



2. Be brief, and to the point. 



3. Send no simple questions, such as are 

 answered in the bee-boolss. 



4. Asli only such questions as are of 

 general interest. 



5. This department is not intended for 

 advertising: any one's wares — therefore 

 questions concerning the manufacture of 

 goods for sale are not appropriate. 



6. Direct all questions to the editor— 



THOS. G. NEWMAN, 



925 West Madison St.. CHICAGO, ILL. 



Oil-Cloth Covering. 



Please inform me through the Bee 

 .Journal whether a covering of oil- 

 cloth (or any material impervious to 

 water) over the frames in winter is 

 likely to cause the comhs to become 

 moldy. I have been troubled with 

 that some and propose to cover only 

 with sacking as I put mv colonies into 

 the cellar. " W. W.o 



St. Paul. Minn. 



Answer.— Of course, a porous cloth 

 will pass the moisture away from the 

 combs and cluster of bees, while one 

 impervious to moisture would not. 

 In my own experience, I could never 

 discover any harm resulting from a 

 porous covering, and for that reason 

 I use such a one over all colonies 

 which are wintered out-of-doors. 



Moving Bees, etc. 



1. I have bought some bees in box- 

 hives, and I wisn to move them home 

 2% miles and put them into the cel- 

 lar. Which is the best time, a warm 

 or cool day ? Now or later V Would 

 it be best to put them right into the 

 cellar from the wagon or leave them 

 in my bee-yard till they can have a 

 flight ? 



2. On Kov. 11 my bees had a flight, 

 not having flown before for some time; 

 they voided an excrement which 

 spotted white clothes and resembled 

 that voided at the first spring flight. 

 Is it an indication of disease V or is 

 sjjch voiding a cleansing process pre- 

 paratory for winter ? 



3. For extracted honey I use pails, 

 the covers of which slip over or out- 

 side of them ; and I find that in mov- 

 ing the honey, it will leak out from 

 under the cover. How can I remedy 

 it? 



4. Is it necessary to wax a well 

 made oak-barrel holding 160 pounds V 

 Can parafline be used to advantage for 

 waxing V W. G. Fish. 



Answers.— 1. On a day when the 

 temperature is warm enough so they 

 can have a thoroughly cleansing flight 

 when you get home with them. Place 

 them a considerable distance apart, in 

 irregular positions, and smoke the 

 bees well back from the entrances be- 

 fore you open them to release them. 

 Do this and give tliem their flight 

 before you open the hives at the top. 

 I should much prefer that they have 

 this flight before placing them .in the 

 cellar. 



2. It is both ; though it is no sure 

 sign that sucli accumulation will go 

 on increasing until your bees die with 

 the diarrhoea. 



3. I prefer a pail which has a cover 

 whose flange or rim goes inside of the 

 pail. Any of these pails are not 

 intended to ship honey in while it is 

 in tlie liquid state. When you can 

 turn a pail down on its side, or turn 

 it " up side down," and leave it so for 

 48 hours, and no leakage occurs, then 

 you have a pail fit to ship liquid honey 

 in. 



4. No. I find no need for waxing 

 well made barrels, and it pays to use 

 no otlier. Waxing costs about the 

 same as tlie cooperage. I know noth- 

 ing of the nature of parafBne. 



Create a Local Honey Market. 



Now is the time to create Honey 

 Markets in every village, town and 

 city. Wide - awake honey producers 

 should get the Leaflets " Why eat 

 Honey" (only .50 cents per 100), or else 

 the pamphlets on " Honey as Food 

 and Medicine," and scatter them 

 plentifully all over the territory they 

 can supply with honev, and the result 

 will be a demand that will readily take 

 all of their crops at remunerative 

 prices. The prices for "Honey as Food 

 and Medicine " are as follows : 



Single copy 5 cts.; per doz., 40 cts. ; 

 per hundred, $2.50. 600 will be sent 

 postpaid for $10.00 ; or 1000 for 

 $15.00. On orders of 100 or more, 

 we will print, if desired, on the 

 cover-page, " Presented by," etc., 

 (giving the name and address of the 

 bee-keeper who scatters them). This 

 alone will pay him for all his trouble 

 and expense— enabling him to dispose 

 of his honey at home, at a good profit. 



^" To give away a copy of " Honey 

 as Food and Medicine " to every one who 

 buys a package of honey, will sell almost 

 any quantity of it. 



Honey and Beeswax Market. 



OFFICE OF The amehican bee .Iournal, ) 

 Monday, 10 a.m., Nov. 24, 1S84. ( 



The following are the latest quota- 

 tions for honey and beeswax received 

 up to this hour : 



CINCINNATI. 



HONEY.— There is an unsatisfactory demand 

 for extracted honey from manufacturers, while 

 tiiere is a fair inquiry for small paokai^es of clover 

 honey such as dime, Jtf-lb., I-Ib.,and li-Ib. jars, from 

 the retail trade. Prices are low as arrivals exceed 

 the demand. Extracted honey brinss .3'o9c. on 

 arrival ; choice wliite comb honey is in fair de- 

 mand and sella best in l-lb. sections. It brings 15 

 (ojldc. in the jobbinK way. We have several small 

 lots of dark comb honey from parties in Illinois, 

 and oflered it as low as 10 and u cents per lb, 

 without tindlnK a buyer. Dealers most certainly 

 mislead producers bv quoting buckwheat and pop- 

 lar comb honey, if iney are not more successful 

 than we are in disposing of the same. 



BEESWAX.- The demand is slow and arrivals 

 are few. tJood yellow brings 26(Sl27c. on arrival. 

 C. F. MUTH, Freeman & Central Ave. 



NEW YORK. 



HONE v.— The market is well stocked with honey 

 which is in good demand at the following prices: 

 Fancv white comb in l-lb. sections. lH(g/20c.; the 

 same in 'J-lb sections. lfi(*lHc. : fair to good white 

 comb in l and "J-lb. sections, 14(ail(ic.: fancy buck- 

 wheat comb in l-lb. sections, 12(3il3c.: same in 2- 

 Ib. sections, 1 KiiJl l^c: ordinary buckwheat comb 

 in 2-lb. sections, 9(3Jluc. Extracted, white clover 

 in kegs or small barrels, 6^<giyc. 



BEESWAX.-Prime yellow, 30O31C. 



McCaul i HiLDUETH, 34 Hudson St. 



CHICAGO. 

 HONEY.— Comb honey has been taken with^ 

 freedom by the trade this week, but 15(SilRc. is the 

 hest price obtainable for a fancy article of comb' 

 honey in frames. Some lots bring from 14 to 15c. 

 when in good order. Stock of comb honey is not 

 large at present. Extracted, 7®Hc. for new. 

 BEESWAX.- F'or fair to yellow, 28®30c. 



K. A. Bdknett, 161 South Water 8t. 



SAN FRANCISCO. 



HONEY. —There is a good demand for bPstqual- 

 ites of comb and extracted, but ordinary sells 

 slowly at low figures. White extracted in cases 

 changed hand' at 4Vic., and granulated honey of 

 good quality sold for 3Vic. For extra choice 

 extracted, .^.^c. is readily obtained in a jobbing 

 way. White to extra white comb, 9®I0c.: dark to 

 good, 6(ft8c.: extracted, choice to extra white, 4H 

 (gj5c.; dark and candied, 3!^(a:3Xc. 



Bli;ESWAX.-Wholesale, 24(»27c. 



STEARNS A SMITH. 423 Front Street. 



ST. LOUIS. 

 HONEY — Steady: demand and supply both 

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

 tracted 6<aJH14C. 

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



W. T. ANPERSON A Co., 104 N. 3d Street. 



CLEVELAND. 



HONEY.- Honey is in a little better demand at- 

 a little lower price than our former quotations.. 

 Whilst the market is still full, we are enabled to 

 place extra lots of strictly white one-lb. sections at 

 about 15c., with an occasional sale at 16c.: 1^ and 

 2-lb. sections, be.^t white, 14c.; dark and second 

 quality, rather slow at 12 to 14c. For extracted 

 uiere is no nemand. 



BBESWAX.-28C. 



A. C. EENDEL, 115 Ontario Street. 



SAN FRANCISCO. 

 HONEY— We quote comb honey in 2 lb. sections. 

 13@14c: extracted, «!^tc. 



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



KANSAS CITY. 

 HONEY.— The market Is quiet and unchanged,, 

 with good demand and liberal receipts. Comb, %- 

 lb. sections, n(u)e in the market. They would bring 

 INC.; l-lbs.. 14(.f iHc: 21bs., 13tol4c. The above fig- 

 ures are for choice stock in regularshippingcrates. 

 Dark or large combs in rough crates sell slowly at. 

 9toI(ic. Extracted, California, 6@7c.; white clo- 

 ver, 7'ttSc.; Southern, 5H'i6c. 



BEESWAX.— None in the market. 



Clkmons, Cloon ft Co. 

 Successors to Jerome Twtcbell.. 



BOSTON. 

 HONEY.— We quote best white in 1-Ib. sectlonsu 

 18(ffl2nc.: 2-lb., IfifailHc. Extracted, 8@9c. Un- 

 glassed sections sell best. 

 BEB8WAX-35C. 



Blake & Ripley, 57 Chatham Street 



Ribbon Badges, for bee-keepers, on 

 which are printed a large bee in gold, 

 we send for 10 cts. each, or $8 per 100, 



