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Local Convention Directory. 



1883. Time and Place oj MetUng. 



Aug. 11.— Cortland, N. Y. Unicm, at Cortliind, N. V 

 M. C. Bean, Sec. 



AuH. 29.-S. W. Iowa, at Red Oak, Iowa. 



K. C. Alkln, Sec, 



AuR. 29.— Iowa Central, atWinterset Fair Grounds, 

 Z. G, Cooley, Sec. Pro tern. 



Aug. 29, 30.— Ky. State, at Louisville. Ky. 



Dr. N. P. Allen, Sec, Smith's Grove, Ky, 



Sept. 12-14.— Trl-State, at Toledo, Ohio. 



Dr. A. B. Mason, Sec, Wagon Works, O, 



Sept. 18-2<:i.— North Americanrat Toronto, Ont. 

 A. 1. Root, Sec, Medina, O. 



Oct. 9, 10.— Northern Mich, at Sheridan. Mich. 



O. R. Goodno, Sec, Carson City, Mich. 



Oct. 17, 18.— Northwestern, at Chicago, III, 



Thomas G. Newman, Sec. 



Oct.— Northern Ohio, at Norwalk, O. 



S. F. Newman, Sec, 



Dec, 5-6, Michigan State, at Flint. 



H. D. Cutting. Sec, Clinton, Mich. 



ty In order to have this table complete. Secre- 

 taries are requested to forward full particulars of 

 time and place of future meetings.— Ed. 



From Deep to Shallow Frames. 



Mr. J. B. Mason, of Mecliauics' 

 Falls, Maine, gives the following rea- 

 sons, in the Home Farm, for changing 

 from the deep to the shallow frame : 



My prejudices have for a long time 

 led me to favor a deep frame, and so 

 strong were they that I would not 

 ^ive the standard Laugstroth frame a 

 tair trial. This prejudice arose, 1 

 suppose, from accepting the theories 

 of the opponents of the Langstroth 

 frame, which theories seemed so plaus- 

 ible that I was led to acce|)t them 

 without proof, and adopt them as 

 being absolutely correct. I suffered a 

 large per cent, of loss with tlie deeper 

 frames, but this I laid to various 

 causes and any, as it proved, but the 

 right one. At last, after seeing so 

 many accounts from various sources 

 of the success that disinterested bee- 

 keepers met with in using the stand- 

 ard Langstroth, I was led to try it, 

 and as a matter of fact it proved a 

 success with me. Now I claim to be 

 honest in the matter of apiculture, 

 and as I am not interested pecuni- 

 arily in the success of the Langstroth 

 or any other frame, consequently I 

 cannot be accused of self-interest in 

 adopting it for myself or advising its 

 use by others. I have in the last two 

 years transferred over 50 colonies 

 from the deep frames to the standard 

 Langstroth, and paclced away the old 

 hives which are worthless to me, and 

 as James Heddon said, two years ago, 

 I think I liave saved money by so 

 doing, and to show how the tendency 

 is for the Langstroth frame, I will say 

 that out of over 70 orders in the State 

 of Maine for bees, all but 4 were for 

 the Langstrotli frame. 



Again, I have not as yet attained 

 that profound knowledge of apicul- 

 ture which would lead me to think 

 that I know it all, and that no one 

 can teach me anything ; neither am I 

 ashamed to admit errors, when by 

 study and observation I find my pre- 

 vious opinions, deep-seated tliough 

 they are, to be incorrect. I had a 

 deep battle with myself before I was 



willing to admit, to myself even, that 

 the Langstroth frame would and did 

 winter better than deeper ones, but 

 the results in my own apiary, and not 

 only in mine, but in apiaries generally 

 throughout this State, forced me to 

 change my mind, and having so 

 changed, in justice to those who had 

 been taught differently by me, caused 

 me to give my new views to the pub- 

 lic. So far from being changeable in 

 matters of bee-culture, I have here- 

 tofore clung to my pre-conceived ideas 

 with great tenacity, and have been 

 led to change them only by proof of 

 tlie most solid character. He who 

 sticks to his opinions does well, but 

 he who changes when he is fully 

 proved in error does better, and 1 

 trust to always stand among those 

 who are ready to give up an opinion 

 when proved to be wrong. 



Having stated my position and the 

 reason that led me to change my 

 views in regard to the relative merits 

 of deep and shallow frames, I will 

 say, that while all open-top, movable, 

 sectional, hanging frames are Langs- 

 troth, and were fully covered by his 

 patent, the term " L." frame, for con- 

 venience sake, was given to tlie par- 

 ticular form, that Mr. Langstroth ad- 

 vised ; while those of different form 

 were called after their originators. 



Alley's Shipping Cage Food.— Mr. 



Henry Alley, of Wenham, Mass., has 

 sent us a black queen and some bees 

 in a cage supplied witli his new kind 

 of food. They came in excellent con- 

 dition, and we returned them to him 

 to see how they stand the journey of 

 2,000 miles. The food is soft, but 

 does not run, and there is not the 

 slightest chance for its " daubing the 

 mails," and it does not have the dis- 

 agreeable feature of crumbling and 

 rattling about the cage. The bees 

 ate it with the greatest avidity, and 

 with apparent relish. We hope it 

 will prove to " just the thing " we 

 have long been wanting for use in 

 shipping cages. 



1^ The Fremont, Mich., Indicator 

 says : " Gleorge Hilton says you can 

 take your dish to his apiary and get 

 pure extracted honey for a sliilling a 

 pound. This is almost as cheap as 

 the adulterated syrups of commerce, 

 and a great deal better for the child- 

 ren." That is the way to say it. It 

 gives health ; not disease like the vile 

 syrups ! and yet costs no more than 

 the adulterated trash I 



1^ The Rev. \V. F. Clark, who 

 went to AVinnepeg, last summer, is 

 about te return to the States, and 

 possibly may locate in Chicago, as an 

 attache of the agricultural press here. 



Honey and Beeswax Market. 



OFFICE OF AMERICAN BEE JOURNAL, { 



Monday, 10 a. m., Aug. 6, 1883. > 



The following are the latest quota- 

 tions for honey and beeswax received 

 up to this hour : 



CINCINNATI. 



HONEV— The honey harvest in this neighbor- 

 hood is over, and was very satisfactory every 

 where. Largo crops were oroduced in my Imme- 

 diate neighborhood of bulk extracted and comb 

 honey, and our Kentucky neighbors seem to belong 

 to that favored class of mortals with whom there 

 is no such wf»rd as failure. While we hud very poor 

 seasons for '1 years in succession, they harvested 

 medium to good crops every time, and this season 

 eclipses all previous ones with them, in quantity. 

 Their quality cannot be excelled. We have bad 

 very large arrivals, and, our commission houses 

 being well supplied, the market Is overstocked at 

 the present. 



Tliere was almost no demand for the last 3 or 4 

 weeks for our small packages— 1 iind 2 lb. jars. We 

 sell for table use, and there is a very slow demand 

 for such qualities as are used in barrels for manu- 

 facturing purooses. Honey being pushed on the 

 market in sucn quantities, Is sold at all prices, and 

 our friends have the best show in the world for 

 running prices down to a point from which they 

 may be hard to recover. 



Our prices, of late, for extracted honey, have 

 been *r(3i9c. on arrival, and for choice comb honey 

 14fa)16c. 



BBKSWA.X- Hasbeenin fair supply, and sold at 

 30®32c. for good, on arrival. Chas. F. Muth, 



NEW YORK, 



HONEY— We take pleasure in quoting the fol- 

 lowing prices on honey, obtainable in our market : 

 Fancy will tec lover, 1 lb. sections (no glass) 2()®2Ic; 

 fancy white clover, 2 lb. sections (glassed) 18(S20c: 

 fair white clover, 1 and 2 lb. sections (glassed) lii@ 

 17c.: fancy buckwheat, 1 lb. sections (no glass) 

 15c.: fancy buckwheat, 2 lb. sections (glassed) l3(a 

 14c.; ordinary buckwheat, 1 and 1 lb. sections 

 (glassed) ll(ii)13c.; extracted clover honey In kega 

 or barrels 9<" IOC. ; extracted buckwheat honey in 

 kegs or barrels 7'^(d.sc. 



BEESWAX— Prime vellow beeswax 31@33c. 



H. k. & F. B. ThUUBER & CO. 



CHICAGO. 



HONEY— New crop of comb honey Is being of- 

 fered, and some sales of It have been made at 

 ](i(ti)l.sc in 1 and l**! frames. The receipts of ex- 

 tracted are liberal, and there la a good deal of 

 complaint about unripe honey; consumersholdlng 

 off. Market, ;)(.i)li)c for white. Very little dark 

 left, and some Inquiry for It. 



BEESWAX-30(!i35C. 



H. A. Bdhnett, 161 South Water St. 



SAN FRANCISCO. 



HONEY- Gloomy accounts continue to be re- 

 ceived from the Southern coast counties regarding 

 the honey crop. In the region of Tulare there is 

 a good yield. Some Tulare comb, crossed and 

 mixed, was placed at l.'-t'.'jc., and extracted of the 

 crop of IMSl sold at 7i^c. White to extra white 

 comb 16(§;20c.: dark to good KKjiiiav^c: extracted, 

 choice to extra white 7iSi9c. ; dark and candled 

 e]4@-. 



BBBSWA.X -Wholesale, 27(5l2Sc. 



Steabnb & Smith, 423 Front Street. 



ST. LODIS. 

 HONBY-New, In liberal offering, but little sold 

 in quantities— held higher: e.xtracted or strained 

 at 7'^''tfi'i>c., and comb at lf<c. Lots in fancy pack- 

 ajjes bring more In a small way, while old and 

 inferior sells leas. 

 BKBSWA.\— Inactive and easy, nt 27''^28n. 



W. T. ANDERSON & Co.. 104 N. 3d street. 



CLEVELAND. 

 HONEY— There Is a very good demand for new 

 white honey at l^^*fl■20c. for I lb. sections; 2 lb. new 

 l7(<Dl)Hc.; old. 15'<(.l6c. No extracted has been re- 

 ceived, and none seems wanteu in our market. 

 BBESWA.'C-32®35c. 



A. C. Kendel, 115 Ontario Street. 



BOSTON. 



HONEY— We are now just commencing anew 

 season, and the prospect is very bright. We are 

 receiving letters from all over the country report- 

 ing an abundant supply, tiur principal New Eng- 

 land supply comes from .1. E. Crane, who writes us 

 that his estimate, made 4 weeks ago. was a safe 

 one. Jind tliat instead of from ir,,()Oo to 2(l,t)oo lbs., 

 he will have Iroiu 25,(»)l) to ;i(),i«)o one lb. combs; 

 the finest he ever saw. He will make us his tlrst 

 shipment this week. We had a shipment of 8 cases 

 of one lb. combs from J. A. Green, of Dayton, III., 

 the first we iuive bad. About 4, imk) lbs. of orange 

 blossom extracted hone^ from Alderman & Rob- 

 erts, uf lola. West Florida, and sold at 9c. 



We quote our market prices, as follows : White 

 clover, one lb. combs 20(*^22e ; white clover, 2 ID. 

 combs lS(ai2<)c.; extracted from 9(§*loc, 



BEESWAX— Our supply is gone; we have none 

 to quote. 



Crocker & Blake, 57 Chatham Street. 



