THE AMERICAN BEE JOURNAL. 



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Bee Statistics in Oermany, 



Mr. C. A. Stoepel translates the fol- 

 lowing on this subject from the 

 Deutclier Bienenfreund, for the Bee- 

 Keepers'' Exchange : 



The census in Prussia, Germany, of 

 1883, shows a decrease in the number 

 of colonies of bees kept since 1873. 

 The whole number of colonies kept in 

 1873 was 1,461,055, and in 1883 are kept 

 1,232,231 only, a decrease of 228,824. 



Mr. Suppea, a notorious bee-keeper, 

 feels quite disappointed over these 

 figures. He thiuKS that bee-keeping 

 cannot be a paying business to many 

 bee-keepers, or that the bee-keepers 

 must have lost heavily during the last 

 terrible winters. 



He says that these figures are a 

 scorn and sneer in the face of all the 

 work done by the different bee-keep- 

 ers' societies, and all methods set forth 

 in many manuals on bee-keeping 

 toward the advancement of apicul- 

 ture. Probably these figures are a 

 judgment on all tlie new-fangled bee- 

 houses and foreign bees, or the result 

 from low duty on foreign bees. 



C. .1. H. Gravenhorst thinks as a 

 reason why bee-keeping has not been 

 successful with many is, that there is 

 no law protecting bees from the many 

 dangers they are exposed. Lawsuits 

 over the keeping of bees increase from 

 day to day. Birds, although their 

 benefitting the public, is sometimes 

 very doubtful, enjoy such a protection, 

 why cannot bees enjoy such a protec- 

 tion, as well as birds do ? 



At present there is a project of such 

 a law, appended with 16,000 names of 

 bee-keepers before the Reichstag, 

 urging the same to be adopted as a 

 law. 



Why Bees Work on Sunday.— An 



exchange gives the following very 

 silly story as a reason : 



We have just been interrogated by 

 one of our students who asks the 

 question : Why do bees work on Sun- 

 day V To which we answer : In the 

 beginning, God created all things 

 perfect, and to the honey bee he gave 

 an unusually keen accuteness of smell 

 which enables them to become great 

 foragers. And seeing that the red 

 clover was a grand honey-producing 

 plant, he also saw that the honey-bee 

 was likely to outstrip all other insects 

 in storing -up large quantities of 

 honey, especially so if allowed to 

 work the red clover; and to prevent 

 which he gave the hive bee its choice 

 either to work on the Sabbath and let 

 the red clover alone, or to work on 

 the clover and rest on tlie Sabbath, 

 the honey-bee preferred to work on 

 the Sabbath and let the red clover 

 alone, ilence, the reason the common 

 bees of this country leave the red 

 clover for the humble, or what we 

 commonly call the bumble-bee, to 

 work on. And thus the honey-bee 

 is permitted to work on the Sabbath ; 

 while we, as his created beings, in His 

 own likeness, are commanded to re- 

 member the Sabbath day and keep it 

 holy. 



Foul Brood.— Mr. E. W. Felton, of 

 Hastings, Minn., has sent us a sample 

 of what he thinks is the foul brood, 

 with the following letter dated July 2 : 



I send a comb of foul brood, which 

 I have had in my apiary for the last 

 four seasons. The second season I 

 undertook to eradicate it, and com- 

 menced Aug. 7, giving the bees clean 

 hives and foundation, and scalded 

 honey ; but it was so late that they 

 did not build up strong enough to 

 winter without doubling up, which 

 reduced them from 30 to 10, and the 

 disease still remained with them. 

 They increased from 10 to 16 last sea- 

 son, and gathered 800 pounds of comb 

 honey and 200 pounds of extracted. 

 I brimstoned them last fall, boiled the 

 hives, burned everything else, and 

 bought 30 colonies "last spring ; they 

 are in the midst of white clover, and 

 storing honey very fast, and no signs 

 of foul brood yet. I let one of my 

 neighbors have a few colonies last 

 season, three miles from my place, 

 they are doing well, and have no foul 

 brood now. I would like to know if 

 they ever get rid of it without any 

 help. Will some bee-keeperSjWho have 

 it in their apiary, give their experi- 

 ence with it y 



Having had no experience with foul 

 brood, we do not feel competent to 

 give any advice or opinion. It is 

 committed to the flames at once. We 

 do not like it around, and hope our 

 friends will not send us any more 

 samples of it. 



1^ We have received a large 

 pamphlet of 50 pages on the Honey 

 Plants of Italy, enumerating them, 

 giving their time of blooming, quali- 

 ties for honey, etc. It is written by 

 Dr. L. Savastano, and published at 

 Napoli, Italy. 



Imported Queens.- The Lexington, 

 Ky., Transcript, remarks as follows 

 about an importation of bees just 

 arrived at that city : 



Messrs. Mucci and Frank Storm, of 

 our city, brought into our office on 

 yesterday, some bees that they had 

 .lust imported from Italy. They had 

 come by express in a neat little hive, 

 with honey in it. They cannot speak 

 a word of English, but they sting in 

 the American language. The impor- 

 tation was solely for the sake of the 

 queens that were in each little hive, 

 and the few common bees sent along 

 with them were simply as a retinue 

 for their royal highnesses ; the queens, 

 like royalty, queerly preferring to 

 starve to death rather than do any 

 menial service for their own suste- 

 nance. 



The queens are easily distinguish- 

 able by the practiced eye. A single 

 queen bee imported to this city once 

 cost Dr. Dillard ?30, beside a trip to 

 Ohio to bring it here. Bees are im- 

 ported here from Germany, Cypress, 



Palestine and Italy. Those from 

 Italy are the best workes, and are 

 gentler than others. 



A Sample— By George.— The Fre- 

 mont, Mich., IniUcatm- says : 



'" The compliments of the season,' 

 was the inscription attached to a 

 choice piece of honey from the apiary 

 of Geo. E. Hilton, yesterday. George 

 now has 43 colonies of bees, making 

 his prospects for honey ' simply im- 

 mense.' " 



That is the correct way ; Mr. Hilton 

 has hit the nail on the head. Now, fol- 

 low this up with some instructions 

 about " Honey as food," and all the 

 honey will be sold as fast as produced. 



1^" Do not let your numbers of the 

 Bee Journal for 1883 be lost. The 

 best way to preserve them is to pro- 

 cure a binder and put them in. They 

 are very valuable for reference. 



Honey and Beeswax Market. 



OFFICE OF AMEKICAN BEB JOtTRNAL, [ 



Monday, 1(> a. m„ July 9, 1883. t 



The following are the latest quota- 

 tions for honey and beeswax received 

 up to this hour : 



CINCINNATI. 

 HONE Y— Extract, honey has commenced to come 

 In freely, and a larKe crop Is reported from all quar- 

 ters. The demand is very bood. and keeps pace 

 with the arrivals. For choice extracted honey I 



Eay 7t&lOc ; the latter price for choice clover. I 

 ave received several nice lots of.comb honey, for 

 whicn we paid iswiecon arrival. 



BEESWAX.— Arrivals of beeswax are plentlf uL 

 We pay 3:ic. for a good article on arrival. 



CHA8. F. MUTH. 



NEW YORK. 

 HONEY.— Best clover In 1-lb. sections (no glass) 

 20®21c.; in LJ-lb. sections (Klaased) 18@200. Fair 

 quality, 1 and 2-lb. sections, 16v^l7c Extracted, 

 white, in small barrels, n)<gJl I c. ; buckwheat, 8@8i<fc. 

 BEESWAX.— Is more plentiful. Prime yellow 

 sells at 3(3^c. 



H. K. & F. B. Thdrbeb & Co. 



CHICAGO. 

 HONEY.— The demand for extracted is Bood. and 

 the market bare of all unfermented honey. Prices 

 range from rtc. to inc. Comb remains lifeless and 

 will until the new crop comes, or until August. 

 Sales of comb are being made at 8c. to 150. 

 BKKSWAX-30<«35C. 



B. A. BdrNETT. 161 South Water St. 



SAN FRANCISCO. 

 HONEY.— New extracted is arriving freely— sell- 

 ing for 7 and 8 eta. New comb coming forward 

 slowly ; extra white, Ific. 

 BEESWAX.- No beeswax in the market. 



STEARNS & SMITH. 4:23 Front Street. 



ST. LOOIS. 

 HONEY— Some new comb jobbing at 14c. butold 

 do. nominal. Only a few barreNnf extracted and 

 strained sold within quotations— i;'^'<u7'.flc. 



BEESWAX.- Sold irregularly from 32@34o— 

 mainly at 32(^33c. 



W. T. Anderson & Co.. I04 N. 3d street. 



CLEVBLiAND. 

 HONEY.— There is a moderate sale for best white 

 I-lb. sections at 18c. occasionally l9c, but 2 lbs. are 

 not called for. Extracted has no sale at all. 

 BKBSWAX-Not offering. 



A. C. EBNDEI,. US Ontario Street. 



BOSTON. 



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



H lb. sections at 30C.: 1 lb. sections, 'JiO^Sc; 2 1b. 



sections, 2(Xrtj22c. Extracted. lOc. per lb. Good 



lots of extracted are wanted in kegs or barrels. 



BEESWAX— Our supply is gone; we have none 

 to quote. 



CROCKER & Blake. 57 Chatham Street. 



