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increased them to 6, in good condition 

 for winter. On the first warm day in 

 April all were doing well, with the ex- 

 ception of two which were weak in 

 numbers. One was robbed, through 

 my own carelessness, so that I have 

 five to begin the season with. I ex- 

 tracted, in the first week of Septem- 

 ber, 80 lbs. of goklenrod honey. I 

 would like to ask G. B. Jones, Brant- 

 ford, Ont., if the three entrances 

 spoken of, on page 210, are more ser- 

 vicable to winter, than one on a tight 

 bottom-board i Jos. M. VVisjibr. 

 Jordan Sta., Ont., April 28, 1883. 



Bee-Keeping in Ireland. 



You can scarcely imagine wdth what 

 interest I have re-read the able arti- 

 cles, during the past year, in the 

 American Bee Journal. Do not 

 let me miss any number of this vol- 

 ume. Long may it be cater for us all. 

 We have had a very long, wet cold 

 winter, and it has tried our plans of 

 wintering. I hope we may all have a 

 good honey season. Wm. Ditty. 



Newtownards, Ireland, April 19,1883. 



Bees Breeding Up. 



My bees came through in first-class 

 order. They are breeding up to very 

 strong colonies at the present date. 

 All that were put up, either in cellar 

 or in chaff receptacles on the summer 

 stands, with chaff box cushion cover, 

 lived and are in good trim. Those 

 left upon the summer stands unpro- 

 tected, and with tight honey-board, 

 took Heddon's " pollen disease," and 

 about 10 per cent. died. 



E. L. Briggs. 



Wilton Junction, Iowa, April 30. 



Still Cold in Nortliern Ohio. 



There is a cold north wind to-day, 

 with aclear sky; the ground was frozen 

 this morning. The past week has 

 been cold, with two or three mornings 

 that the thermometer ranged from 27^ 

 to 30 '. Bees have flown but little, 

 and the maples, elms and willows that 

 were furnishing them such fine forage 

 have, of course, been blighted. 



P. F. TW^TCHELL. 



Andover, O., April 29, 1883. 



Problem of Wintering Bees Solved. 



The past winter has been the cold- 

 est ever known here ; notwithstand- 

 ing which, bees have wintered un- 

 commonly well. I put 32 colonies in 

 the cellar on the first of November, 

 and took them out April 3. All came 

 out in good order, after the five 

 months confinement. They did not 

 have a flight for 15 days, before being 

 put into the cellar, last fall. The 

 cellar, that my bees wintered in, dur- 

 ing the past winter, was very cold ; 

 potatoes froze solid ; and for weeks at 

 a time the mercury stood at 123 below 

 freezing, and I expected to lose heav- 

 ily ; but all came out right. I have 

 been so uniformly successful with my 

 method of wintering bees for the past 

 13 years, that I think that, to my sat- 

 isfaction, the problem is solved. I 

 have never lost but one colony, in the 

 cellar, that did not starve to death, 

 and that one was queen less, and con- 



tained only a few old bees, when it 

 was put in. The result of my experi- 

 ence, in wintering bees, entirely fails 

 to coroberate many of the scientific 

 theories advanced by writers on that 

 subject, and I am content to follow 

 the course tljat has uniformly proved 

 successful with me, regardless of 

 what science may prove, if not sus- 

 tained by experience. In a future 

 article I will briefly give my method 

 of preparing for wintering bees. 



O. E. COOLEY. 



Ridgeway, Iowa, April 26, 1883. 



Ln-poetic Bee-Cnlture. 



We are having but little of tlie 

 poetry of bee-keeping in this state. 

 A poor honey season, followed by a 

 winter, quite as disastrous to the bees 

 here as was tlie winter of 1880-81. 

 Many bee-keepers have lost all. 

 My own loss is about 20 per cent. 



W. J. Davis. 



Youngsville, Pa., May 1, 1882. 



Honey and Beeswax Market. 



I 



Office of amekicax bee JorKNAL. ) 

 Monday. 10 a. m., May 7, 1882. ( 



The following are the latest quota- 

 tions for honey and beeswax received 

 up to this hour : 



Qiiotatlunfi of Cash Bayers. 



CHICAGO. 



HONEY— The nominal price of extracted is 7c. 

 for dark and 9c. fur liunt— here. The supply is 

 abundant imd sales are slow. 



BEESWAX— None in the market. 



AL. H. Newman, yiia W. Madison St. 



CINCINNATI. 



HONEY.- The demand for extracted honey is 

 very good, and arrivals are slow. We pay 7@*i0c. 

 on arrival. We sold, since last October, more than 

 600 barrels, and ciur stock is exhausted, while our 

 customers are relying on us for supplies. Hope our 

 friends will supply us. No demand for comb 

 honey, and prices nominal. 



BEESWAX.— Arrivals of beeswax are pood, and 

 prices range from 3n(5i35c. for a pood article. 



Chas. F.Muth. 



QuotiitloDB or CominliiBlon Merchants. 



CHICAGO. 



HONEY— The demand is light and it ia not now 

 probable that all of the comb honey can be sold 

 before a new crop comes. Prices are very irrecular 

 and generally low: i.i>'a.l6c. for white, and dark un- 

 salable. Extracted, very little trade is being done 

 in it. 7@9c. is ab<-iul the market. 



BEESWAX— 35(a;30c. 



R. A. BUKNETT. 161 South Water St. 



SAN FRANCISCO. 

 HONEY— Buyers are readily obtained for choice 

 comb or extracted at full figures, but ofi qualities 

 meet with slow sale. 



White comb, ]4('i'i7c.; dark to good. ll@l3c.; ex- 

 tracted, choice to extra white, 8}^@9j^c. ; dark and 

 candied. 56*"Hc. 

 BEESWAX— We quote 30cgt33c. 



STEARNS & SMITH. 423 Front Street. 



ST. LOUIS. 

 HONEY-Dull; light jobbing sales only. Comb 

 at KHsiUc — Strained and extracted at 7@7!^c. 

 Couple lots of pO'jr Comb sold at 10c. 

 BEESWAX-Sold lightly at 35@36c. 



W.T. ANDEUSON & Co.. 117 N. Main Street. 



CLEVELAND. 

 HONEY— Is a little lower, and at the lower price 

 it has moved off a little better of late. 1 -lb. sections 

 of best white sold at I8^@l9c.; second grades, 

 1-lb., 17c.; li-lb. sections a tittle slow at I7@18c. 

 Extracted very dull at 9@1 Jc. 

 BEESWAX— None in market. 



A. C. Kendel. U.5 Ontario Street. 



BOSTON. 



HONE Y— Our market is fairly active. We quote : 



!-6 lb. sections at 30C.; 1 lb. sections, 22(st25c.; 2 1b. 



sections, liotgi-jiic. Extracted. lOc. per lb. Good 



lots ot extracted are wanted in kegs or barrels. 



BERSW.\X— Our supply is gone; we have none 

 to quote- 



CROCKEK & BLAKE. 57 Chatham Street. 



^prjedal notices. 



Examine the Date following your 

 name on the wrapper label of this 

 paper; it indicates the end of the 

 month to which you have paid your 

 subscription on the Bee Journal. 



For safety, when sending money to 

 this office get either a post office or ex- 

 press money order, a bank di-aft on 

 New York or Chicago, or register the 

 letter. Postage stamps of any kind 

 may be sent for amounts less than one 

 dollar. Local checks are subject to a 

 discount of 2-5 cents at Chicago banks. 

 American Express money orders for 

 $5, or less, can be obtained for 5 cents. 



\V e wish to impress upon every one 

 the necessity of being very .specific, 

 and carefully to state what they desire 

 for the money sent. Also, if they live 

 near one post office, and get their mail 

 at another, be sure to give us the ad- 

 dress we already have on our books. 



Preparation of Honey for the Mar- 

 ket, including the production and care 

 of both comb and extracted honey, 

 instructions on the exhibition of bees 

 and honey at Fairs, etc. This is a 

 new 10 cent pamphlet, of 32 pages. 



Honey as Food and Medicine. 



A new edition, revised and enlarged, 

 the new pages being devoted to «e(o 

 Recipes for Honey Medicines, all kinds 

 of cooking in which honey is used, and 

 healthful and pleasant beverages. 



We have put the price of them low 

 to encourage bee-keepers to scatter 

 them far and wide. Single copy 6 

 cents, postpaid; per dozen, .50 cents; 

 per hundred, $4.00. On orders of 100 

 or more, we 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. ' 



The Apiary Register. 



All who intend to be systematic in 

 their work in the apiary, should get a 

 copy and commence to use it. 



For 50 colonies (120 pages) $1 00 



" 100 colonies 220 pages 1 50 



" 200 colonies (420 pages) 2 00 



The larger ones can be used for a 

 few colonies, give room for an increase 

 of numbers, and still keep the record 

 all together in one book, and are there- 

 fore the most desirable ones. 



