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THE AMERICAN BEE JOURNAL. 



Local Convention Directory. 



Time and place of Meetirifj. 



Dec. 3.— Southeastern Mich., at Adrian, Mich. 



A. M. Gander, Sec. 



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



H. D. Cutting, Sec. Clintoh. Mich. 



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

 1885. 



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

 J. T, Pomeroy, Sec. 



-Jan. 14,— Central Illinois, at Bloominpton, Ills. 



W. B. Lawrence, Sec. 



-Jan. 21— 23.— Northeastern, at Syracuse. N. Y. 



Geo. W. House, Sec. 



.June 19.— Willamette Vallev, at La Fayette. Oreg. 

 E.J. Hadley. Sec. 



tW In order to have this table complete. Secre- 

 taries are requested to forward full particulars of 

 time and place of future meetings.— ED. 



^illxat autl Moxo. 



ANSWERS Br 



James Heddon. Dowagiac, Mich. 



Rules for tliis 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-books. 



4. Ask only such questions as are of 

 igeneral 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. NEWITIAN, 

 925 West Madison St.. CHICAGO. ILL. 



Bees Acting Strangely. 



I close my hives every night and 

 open them' about 9 o'clock in the 

 morning, if the flay is warm. I notice 

 when I open one ot the hives, a few 

 Ijees rush out and some try to fly, but 

 only get away 2 or 3 feet from the 

 hive when they fall to the ground, 

 appearing to be weak. Please give 

 :ine some explanation of the above. 

 Geo. Klitch. 



Ewing?, Ind., Nov. 22, 1884. 



Answer. — It is caused by your im- 

 prisoning your bees. It is hot best to 

 close hives at any time, except when 

 they are being moved. Such impris- 

 oning gets up an agitation and heat, 

 and ruins some of the bees, which 

 causes them to " fall to the ground." 

 If the outside air is cold, that would 

 assist in causing them to fall. 



honey. It seems as though this short 

 question demanded too long an answer 

 for this department, if the answer 

 were to be explicit enough to be of 

 much value. I think that this depart- 

 ment, in back numbers of the Bee 

 JouRKAL for this year, has something 

 upon this subject. 



Shipping Bees. 



'Will Mr. Heddon please describe 

 the best method of packing hives of 

 bees for shipment in a stock car V 



E. SANDrORD.O+ 



Nokomis, Ills., Xov. 19, 1884. 



Answer. — If they are to be shipped 

 at this time of the "year during cold 

 weatlier, with no brood in the hives, 

 they will not need the same prepara- 

 ,.tions which they would require in 

 May. Much depends upon the style 

 of the hive and frames, and whether 

 ■or not the frames are wired, how old 

 i,he combs are and how heavy with 



Is Honey-Dew Poisonous ? 



But wliy call it honey-dew 'i for, 

 according to Prof. Cook, it is neither 

 honey nor dew. After reading all 

 that "has been written on honey-dew 

 as being " vile stuff," " vile trash," I 

 am lead to ask a few questions about 

 it. On page 72.S Mr. L. E. "Webster 

 .says of selling honey-dew, that it has 

 occurred to him that there might be 

 some way to prevent such frauds. Of 

 course he has reference to those sell- 

 ing it ; but will not the same apply to 

 the bees ? for tliey certainly gather 

 and store it in the boxes with white 

 clover and other honey ; Hnd how 

 shall we prevent them, "as it is hard 

 to foretell from what a bee will gather 

 its load when it starts in search of 

 sweets, and just where it will deposit 

 its treasure upon its return y If Mr. 

 L. E. "Webster, or any one else, can 

 give us a practical rule (not merely 

 theory) by which we can stop the bees 

 from perpetrating such a gigantic 

 fraud on us (this sounds a little harsh), 

 as gathering honey-dew for honey, 

 then, and not till then, can we guar- 

 antee our honey pure. Unless these 

 questions can be answered in the 

 aflirmative by good authority, would 

 it not be wisdom on our part to say 

 nothing more, as it only tends to in- 

 jure the sale of honey V" On page 6-13 

 is the following: ""Educate! Edu- 

 cate ! is the watch word. Let all 

 think these things over and be wi.se," 

 Thomas Gorsuch.© 



Gorsuch, Pa., Xov. 18, 1884. 



Answer.— Prof . Cook tells us that 

 the sweet liquid gathered by our bees, 

 which is ejected by the plant-louse, is 

 not usually bad for bees or man ; that 

 much of it makes good honey ; but 

 that ejected by the bark-louse is " vile 

 stuff." not considered safe upon 

 which to winter bees, and being dis- 

 agreeable to the taste. If it is sold 

 to unsuspecting honey-lovers, it will 

 tend to disgust them with bee-keepers 

 and their products, thus workiuff us 

 all a great injury. We must treat 

 the consumer as we would be treated, 

 or he will soon treat us to indifference 

 and consequent failure. It seems 

 that these secretions of the bark- 

 louse, occurring in sufficient quanti- 

 ties and at the right time to attract 

 the bees to it so as to mix it in with 

 our surplus honey, only happens very 

 rarely in any given locality ; and when 

 the bees do mix it, I know of no way 

 but to remove the surplus receptacles 

 till such secretion ceases. It happens 

 so rarely that I have never heard of it 

 till this season, and we here have not 

 experienced it. Regarding " educa- 

 ting " the people to eat h<uiey, I look 

 at it in this manner : Honey is a 

 luxury only, and always will be at 

 any price at which we can afford to 

 produce it. All luxuries should have 

 their presence well advertised by 



keeping them always in sight, and 

 othervrise urging their sale ; but as 

 regards " educating " tire people as to 

 the taste and nature of the commodity, 

 is it not a little too old for that V 



Honey and Beeswax Market. 



OFFICE OF The amekican Bee .Toctbnal. > 

 Monday. 10 a.m., Dec. 1. 1884. t 



The following are the latest quota- 

 tions for honey and beeswax received 

 up to this hour : 



CHICAGO. 



HONEV.— Comb honey has been taken with 

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

 best price obtainable for a fancy article of comb 

 honey in frames. , Some lots brinp from 14 to 15c. 

 when in good order. Stock of comb honey is not 

 large at present. Extracted. 7^8c. for new. 



BEKS'W AX.-For fair to yellow, 2S(930c. 



K. A. Burnett. Ifil South Water Bt. 



NEW YORK. 



HONEY.— The market is well stocked with honey 

 which is in Kood demand at the followinK prices : 

 Fancy white comb in 1 -lb. sections. 18(&liOc.: the 

 same in :^-lb secti^ins. u:^i_' l.^c: fair to good white 

 comb in 1 and 2-lb. sections. 14f<»jli^c. ; fancy buck- 

 wheat comb in I-lb. sections, 12@l3c.; same in 2- 

 Ib. sections, llf^ll'-jc; ordinary buckwheat comb 

 in 2-lb. sections. y(fl 10c. Extracted, white cloyer 

 in kegs or small barrels, 1^1.^(^80. 



BEESWAX.-Prime yellow, .S0@31c. 



McCAUL 4 UILDHETH, 34 Hudson St. 



CINCINNATI. 



HONEY.— There is an unsatisfactory demand 

 for extracted honey from manufacturers, while 

 there is a fair inquiry for small packages of clover 

 honey such as dime. 3^- lb-. 1-1 b.. and 2-lb. jars, from 

 the retail trade. Pr ces are low as arrivals exceed 

 the demand. Extracted honey brings 5'a9c. on 

 arrival ; choice white comb honey is in fair de- 

 mand and sells best in I -lb. sections. It brings 1.5 

 Cfilfic. in the jobbing way. We have several small 

 lots of dark comb honey from parties in Illinois, 

 and offered it as low as lo and II cents per lb, 

 withfjut llnding a buyer. Dealers most certainly 

 mislead producers by quoting buckwheat and pop- 

 lar comb honey, if tliey are not more successful 

 than we are in disposing of the same. 



BEES WAX.— The demand is alow and arrivals 

 are few. Good yellow brings 2fJ@27c. on arrival. 

 C. F. Mum. Freeman & Central Ave. 



BAN FRANCISCO. 



HONEY.— A moderate trade is doing, mainly in 

 best qualities. There are liberal supplies of ex- 

 tracted and common comb. In a wholesale way 

 choice extracted is not readily salable over 4^4'c., 

 buyers being privileged to take a single case at 5c. 

 There is some dark extracted on market for which 

 2Hc. would be a full tlgure to realize. A vessel 

 sailed for Liverpool with 105 tiarrels and 443 cases. 

 White to extra white comb, ttr,i,loc.: dark to good, 

 fi(a8c. E.xtracted. choice to extra white, 4@5c.; 

 dark and candied, ■l\k%'-^^ic. 



BEES W AX.-Wholesale, 24®27c. 



Stkarns Ik SMITH. 423 Front street. 



ST. I-ODIB. 

 HONEY — Steady: demand and supply both 

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

 tracted 6'<tt;Hc. 

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



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



CLEVELAND. 



HOME Y.— Honey is in a little better demand at 

 a little lower price than tiur 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.; iH and 

 2-Ib. sections, best white. I4c. ; dark and second 

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

 there is no demand. 



BBESWAX.-28C. 



A. C. KENDEL. 115 Ontario Street. 



SAN FRANCISCO. 

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

 13(&14c; extracted, fi^c. 



GEO. W. .MEADE & Co., 213 Market. 



KANSAS CITY. 



HONEV.—The market is quiet and unchanged, 

 with good demand and liberal receipts. Comb. H- 

 Ib. sections, none in the market. Thev would bring 

 18c.: I-lbs.. 14^' lOc: 2lbs.. I3'al4c. The above lig- 

 ures are for choice stocii in regularshipping crates. 

 Dark or large combs in rough crates sell slowly at 

 9t0 10c. Extracted. California, (l^Tc: white c\o- 

 ver. T'aSc. : Southern. 5V2iaHc. 



BEESWAX.— None in the market. 



CLEMONS. CLOON & CO. 



Successors to Jerome Twichell. 



BOSTON. 

 HONEY.— We quote best white in l-lb. sections, 

 18g.20c.; 2-lb.. Ififfiisc. Extracted, 8@9c. Un- 

 glassed sections sell best. 

 BEBSWAX-:j5c. 



BI.AKE & RiPLET, 57 Chatham Street. 



