THE AMERICAN BEE JOURNAL. 



:i79 



Bee and Honey Exhibition. 



There will be held, at the Southern 

 Exposition, August 28 to September 

 1, under the direction of the Agri- 

 cultural Comnaittee, an exhibition of 

 Dees and honey, when the following 

 premiums will be awarded : 



1. For best exhibit of Italian beea In obser- 



vatory bive 



First I 25 00 



Second 15 00 



2. For best .'tO to I'K) pounds of comb honey 



produced in Kentucky in best shape 



for retail trade or for family use 



First 20 00 



Second 10 00 



3. For 50 to 100 pounds of extracted honey 



produced in Kentucky in bevt shape 



for retail trade or for family use 



First 20 0<i 



Second - 10 00 



Note. — The premiums No. 2 and 

 No. 3 above are offered by the State 

 of Kentucky through Hon. Chas. E. 

 Bowman, Commissioner of Agri- 

 culture, and are contined to the pro- 

 ducts of Kentucky. 



RULES OF THE EXHIBITION. 



1. The exhibition will be in charge 

 of the Superintendent of the Agri- 

 cultural department. 



2. Bees in observatory hives must 

 be so conlined that they shall not have 

 exit in the Exposition building. 



.S. Table room for the exhibits will 

 be provided by the Superintendent. 



4. Articles for exhibition sent by 

 express must be directed to the South- 

 ern Exposition, marked " Bee Exhi- 

 bition," and charges must be prepaid. 



5. Exhibitors will be admitted free 

 on August 28 and 29. 



6. All exhibits must be entered and 

 placed upon the tables by 1 o'clock 

 p. m., August 28, at which time judges 

 will award the premiums. 



7. Judges will be appointed by the 

 Agricultural Committee. 



8. Tlie premiums will be paid in 

 cash. 



The National Convention. 



The National Bee - Keepers' As- 

 sociation, will hold its Annual Con- 

 vention in the City Hall and Council 

 Chamber in the city of Toronto, on 

 Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday, 

 the 18th, Ktth and 20tli days of Sep- 

 tember, during the second week of 

 Canada's Great Fair. All the rail- 

 roads in Canada will issue tickets 

 during this week, good to return, up 

 to Saturday night 22d, at single fare 

 for the round trip. Special excursion 

 rates will be arranged from various 

 parts of the United States, of wliich 

 due notice will be given. Those who 

 intend being present may be kept 

 posted on the latest excursion rates, 

 etc., by addresssng me, and also tliat 

 I may arrange hotel accommodation. 

 Private lodgings will, if possible, be 

 secured for those who desire it, and 

 every effort will be made to make 

 everybody comfortable. A grand 

 meeting is anticipated. 



D. A. Jones, President. 



The Honey Flow. 



Mrs. L. Harrison, in the Prairie 

 Farmer, makes this statement of the 

 case : 



The flow of nectar from white 

 clover still continues, and judging 

 from recent rains, it appears as 

 though there would be no interim be- 

 tween its bloom and fall flowers. 

 Some bee-keepers of this State report 

 " honey dripping from their gar- 

 ments," and this is literally true of 

 those who extract. The flow of 

 honey, this season, has not been con- 

 tinuous, but off and on, resulting in 

 the rearing of multitudes of bees. 

 When swarming has been controlled 

 to the extent of keeping all hives full 

 to overflowing with bees, satisfactory 

 results in honey will be obtained. 



^" Articles for publication must be 

 written on a separate piece of paper 

 from items of business. 



Dio Lewis' Monthly is tlie title of a 

 new serial, the first number of which 

 is on our desk. It is a handsome 

 magazine printed in clear type, and 

 is devoted to health and hygene. It 

 is published by Clark Bros., 08 Bible 

 House, New York, at $2.50 a year. 

 The editor remarks as follows : 



It is conceded that the cloud over- 

 hanging this wonderful land is the 

 doubtful health of its people. With 

 good digestion and good nerves we 

 can more than realize the world's 

 brightest hopes. The aim of this 

 magazine is to popularize sanitary 

 science. We shall strive to make the 

 subject of the health of our bodies as 

 simple and interesting as a story. 



1^" The pamphlet, " Honey, as 

 Food and Medicine," is in such de- 

 mand, that we find it necessary to 

 print them in still larger quantities, 

 and can, therefore, still further re- 

 duce tlie price, as noted on page 387. 

 Let them be scattered like " autumn 

 leaves," and the result, we feel sure, 

 will fully reward honey-producers for 

 both the labor and the small expense. 



St. Joseph, Mo., Honey Show.— We 



notice by the St. Josepli Gazette that 

 Mr. D. G. Parker is again appointed 

 superintendent of the apiarian de- 

 partment of the St. Joseph Exposi- 

 tion. We hope it will be a grand 

 success. 



^- East spring Mr. D. C. Talbot 

 described his " Comb Foundation 

 Fastener " in the Bee Journal, and 

 afterwards advertised it for sale. 

 Now we have two complaints from 

 V^arties tliat have sent for, but, so far, 

 have not received it. We have writ- 

 ten him twice about the matter, and 

 getting no reply, we fear there is 

 something wrong, and now publicly 

 ask for an explanation. 



Postage on Queens to Canada. — On 



any package of merchandise sent to 

 Canada,of 8 ounces or less, the postage 

 is 10 cents. Queens, therefore, cannot 

 be sent for less than 10 cents each. 

 Canadians ordering queens from the 

 United States, should add 10 cents 

 for each queen, if they are to be sent 

 by mail, for that extra 10 cents will 

 usually eat up all the prolits on queen 

 bees, if they are reared as they should 

 be. 



1^" The new two cent rate of pos- 

 tage for letters goes into effect on 

 October 1. Three cent postage stamps 

 will then be but little used. For all 

 fractions of a dollar sent to us here- 

 after we should prefer either one-cent, 

 or else Ave or ten-cent postage stamps. 

 Do not send coins in any letter. 



Honey and Beeswax Market. 



OFPICK OP AMKKICAN BEB JOURNAL. j 



Monday, lo a. m., July yo, 1883. J 



The following are the latest quota- 

 tions for honey and beeswax received 

 up to this hour : 



CINCINNATI. 



IIONEV— Extracted honey commences to come 

 in f peelv, and a large crop is reported from all quar- 

 ters. The demand ia very Kood. and beeps pace 

 with the arrivals. For choice extracted honey I 



Eay 7(*loc: the latter price for choice clover. I 

 ave received several nice lots of comb honey, for 

 whicn we paid 15W!16c on arrival. 



BBK8VVAX.— Arrivals of beeswax are plentiful. 

 We pay 32c. for a good article on arrival. 



Chas. F. MnTH. 



NEW YORK. 



HONEY.— Best clover in 1-lb. sections {no Rlass) 

 20*3210.; in 2-lb. sections (Klassed) 18(§)2uc. Fair 

 quality, 1 and 2-lb. sections. 16ai7c Extracted, 

 white, in small barrels. lix« I Ic; buckwheat, HcjsHMo. 



BEESWAX.— Is more plentiful. Prime yellow 

 sells at 36^c. _ _ „ „ 



H. K. & F. B. ThPRHKR & Co. 



CHICAGO. 



HONEY- New crop of comb honey is being of- 

 fered, and some sales of It have been made at 

 IBOIKcin 1 and IH frames. The receipts of ex- 

 tracted are liberal, and there is a good deal or 

 complaint about unripe honey : consumers holding 

 ocr. Market, H(fljiuc for white. Very little dark 

 left, and some inquiry for it. 



BKESWAX-3l«a/35c, 



B. A. BDRNETT, 161 South Water 8t. 



BAN FRANCISCO. 



HONEY.— New extracted is arriving freely— sell- 

 ing for 7 and H cts. New comb coming forward 

 slowly : extra white. Hie. 



BEESWAX.— No beeswax in the market. 



STEARNS & Smith. 423 Front street. 



ST. LOUIS. 



HONBY.-Consilerablenewarrivine. and selling 

 in lots at IH'vT/ic for extracted in cans: uaiso 

 for comb. Old and all poorer offerings neglected 

 and nominal. ^ , 



BEE.SWA.X.-Easv, but sold mainly at 'Jlt-a.^Oc. 

 W. T. Andkhson & CO., 104 N. 3d street. 



CLEVELAND. 



HONEY -There is a very good demand for new 

 white honev at l.sr.>2oc. for 1 lb. sectbms; 2 lb. new 

 17(^lHc.: old, l.'i'rt;lrtc. No extracted has been re- 

 ceived, and none seems wanteu in our market. 



BB ES W A -X - 320350. 



A. C, KBNDBL. 115 Ontario Street. 

 BOSTON. 



HO.SE Y— Our market is fairly active. We quote: 

 H lb. sections at 30C.: 1 lb. sections. 22(^:i5c.: 2 1b. 

 sections. 2m«22c. Extracted, loc. per lb. Good 

 loTs ot extracted are wanted in kegs or barrels. 



BEESWAX— Our supply is gone: we have none 

 to quote. 



CROCKER & Blakg. 5T Cbatbam Street. 



