THE AMERICAN BEE JOURNAL. 



415 



A Clergyman's Success with Bees. 



The Iowa City Eepuhlican has a 

 long article concerning the apiary 

 and management of the Rev. O. 

 Clute, in that city, from which we 

 extract the following : 



Our townsman, Rev. O. Clute, has 

 for several years made bee-keeping a 

 recreation. Many gentlemen get re- 

 laxation and amusement with the 

 horse, the gun, or the lishing-rod. Mr. 

 Clute gets it among his bees. And in 

 his case the pleasure brings profit also, 

 for he makes bee-keeping a financial 

 success. , 



A year ago he began the season 

 with no colonies of bees, 80 in his 

 apiary, and 30 in charge of Mr. Ed. 

 1 ouiikin on College Hill. The spring 

 and early summer, last year, were 

 most unfavorable for bees. The 

 weather was cold and the rain was 

 excessive, but by daily feeding he 

 kept his bees rearing large quantities 

 of brood, so that they were very strong 

 in bees. After the middle of June 

 the weather became favorable, and 

 the wliite clover bloomed in great 

 profusion. The constant rains of 

 spring and early summer had satur- 

 ated the ground so that the clover re- 

 mained in bloom a long time. It 

 yielded honey well ;"and the linden or 

 basswood also yielded well. From 

 these two sources an excellent harvest 

 was secured. 



In favorable seasons there Is a good 

 flow of honey here from the fall 

 flowers, including asters, golden-rod, 

 ligwort, boneset, sunflowers, Spanish- 

 needle, heart's-ease, and some others. 

 In this locality heart's-ease is found 

 in large quantities. Last tall it 

 seemed especially abundant. The 

 Irost held off until late, so that the 

 season was long. The clover, the 

 linden, and the fall flowers combined, 

 gave a splendid honey yield. When 

 the season was over, the crop from the 

 no colonies was found to be a little 

 over 17,000 pounds, an average of 1.54 

 pounds per colony, spring count. In 

 addition to this yield of honey, the 

 stock of bees was nearly doubled. 



A part of this excellent success was 

 due to the good management given by 

 Mr. Ed. Younkin to the 30 colonies 

 in his care. From these he obtained 

 more than 6,000 pounds of honey, a 

 little more than 200 pounds per colony. 

 He doubled the stock of bees also. 

 Mr. Younkin had for his share one- 

 half of the honey and one-half of the 

 increase of bees, which gave him a 

 very good return for his summer's 

 work. 



Mr. Clute manages his apiary 

 mainly for extracted honey, which he 

 thinks is more protTtable in this 

 locality than comb honey. Not nearly 

 so many pounds of comb honey can be 

 obtained per hive, and it is more dif- 

 ficult to store it after taken from the 

 hives, to prepare it for market, and to 

 send it to market in good condition. 

 The extracted honey is simply 

 thrown out of the combs, run from 

 the extractor directly into nice kegs 

 or barrels, bunged up, rolled into the 

 store room, and gives no further 



trouble. When time for marketing 

 comes, it can be weighed, loaded on a 

 dray, sent totlie railroad station, and 

 go thence around the world with no 

 loss for broken combs and mussed 

 honey. 



Within a few years the production 

 of extracted honey and the demand 

 for it have assumed large proportions. 

 It can never supersede comb lioney, 

 for the latter has excellence and 

 beauty which will always be in de- 

 mand. But the demand for extracted 

 honey will, in a few years,' be im- 

 mensely greater than it is now. Peo- 

 ple are learning that it is a delicious, 

 healthful, and cheap article of food, 

 and are beginning to use it in place of 

 the inferior and unhealthy syrups 

 with which the market has of late 

 years been flooded. 



Visit to a Scientific Apiary. 



The Bloomington Pantagraioh of the 

 9th inst., contains the following ac- 

 count of a visit to Mr. H. W. Funk's 

 apiary : 



A party of bee-keepers, about 15 in 

 number, "left Bloomington about 8:30 

 a. m. yesterday for a visit to the 

 apiary of II. W. Funk, 9 miles north- 

 west of Bloomington. Arriving about 

 10 o'clock, they met a cordial recep- 

 tion from Mr. and Mrs. Funk and 

 their two daughters. The apiary con- 

 sists of about 140 colonies of Italian 

 bees. These are placed on a level 

 plat of ground some 60 or 80 feet 

 square, completely covered with saw- 

 dust, and as clean as a house floor. 

 Not a sprig of grass is allowed to 

 grow on the plat. The hives are all 

 painted white and set in straight rows 

 running north and south, each row 

 covered with an awning high enough 

 for a person to stand under it. Mr. 

 Funk opened hive after hive, showing 

 beautiful Italian queens. Some of 

 them he values as high as f 20. A 

 visit to his honey-house was the next 

 in order, where the visitors saw some 

 6,000 or 7,000 pounds of nice honey, 

 mostly comb honey in sections aiid 

 extracted, in packages of from small 

 sizes to barrels of 5o0 pounds; also a 

 foundation pres.s, large quantities of 

 wax and every appliance required for 

 an extensive apiary. They then 

 visited the vineyard, about two acres, 

 with a great variety of grapes, the 

 vines looking splendidly, but some of 

 the grapes blighted. Dinner was now 

 announced. And such a dinner ! The 

 reporter will not attempt to describe 

 it, but the company will bear him out 

 in .saying that there was nothing lack- 

 ing in the substantials and delicacies 

 of the season. The company then ad- 

 journed to the parlor and had a bee- 

 keepers' meeting, at the close of 

 which a committee was appointed to 

 draft resolutions of thanks to the 

 members of the family for tlieir hos- 

 pitality. But we must not omit the 

 visit to the flower garden, wliere the 

 guests saw an immense variety of 

 flowers and a great variety of honey- 

 producing plants. The last thing was 

 sampling Mr. Funk's wine, but the 

 reporter not being a good judge in 



such matters, will not attempt a com- 



Elete description. The visitors finally 

 ade adieu to the family, with pleas- 

 ant recollections. 



^° Do not send coins in a letter. It 

 is dangerous and increases the postage 

 unnecessarily. Always send postage 

 stamps, for fractions of a dollar, and, 

 if you can get them— o«e-cent stamps ; 

 if not, any denomination of postage 

 stamps will do. 



Honey and Beeswax Market. 



OFFICE OF AMERICAN BEB JOURNAL, ( 



Monday. 10 b. m., Aug. 20, 18«3. f 



The following are the latest quota- 

 tions for honey and beeswax received 

 up to this hour : 



CINCINNATI. 



Our prices, of late, for extracted honey, have 

 been 7@9c. on arrival, and for choice comb honey 

 Hffillfic. 



BR ESWAX-Haa been in fair supply, and sold at 

 30®32c. for Kood, on arrival. Ohas. F. Mdth. 



NEW VORK. 



HONEV— We talte pleasure in quotlnn the fol- 

 lowing prices on honey, obtainable in our market : 

 Fancy white clover, 1 lb. sections (no glass) 20@21c; 

 fancy white clover, 2 lb. sections (glassed) 18(g)20c: 

 fair white clover, 1 and 2 lb. sections (glassed) I(3@ 

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

 15c.: fancy buckwheat, 2 lb. sections (glassed) 13(^ 

 Mc. ; ordinary buckwiieat, 1 and 1 lb. sections 

 (glassed! il(<))13c.: extracted clover honey in kegs 

 or barrels ()'('; IOC. : extracted buckwheat honey in 

 kegs or i^arrels 7^'<iiMc. 



BISESWAX-Prlme yellow beeswax 3!ia33c. 



H. k, & F. B. THDRBElt & Co. 



CHICAGO, 



HONEY"— There has been a marked increase in 

 sales this week of comb honey. New crop, prime 

 1 lb. frames (pure while) have sold at 20c. when in 

 fancy cases, in a small way; good many sales at 

 ISC. for some grade 1^10 2 10. frames (or prize 

 package) when well-fllled and white, l(i;(*17c.: not 

 quite so well tilled, 1.5c, 



Extracted is still slow, but late receipts have 

 been riper, and there is more inquiry^ 9'iluc. for 

 choiceclover; dark and buckwheat, 7[<«Hc. 



BEESWAX— 3o{i(35c. for prime to pure yellow. 

 R. A. Burnett, ihi South Water St. 



SAN FRANCISCO. 



HONEY- A dry North wind in May made our 

 honey crop short in tiie Southern counties, and ^ 

 of a crop is a full estimate for (California. Not 

 much arriving, and the small amount coming for- 

 ward is mostly medium quality. For extra white, 

 eitlier comb or extracted, the market is firm. White 

 to extra white comb 1I5'"j20c.: dark to good 10^'13^: 

 extracted, choice to extra white 7(s.yc: dark and 

 candied (>i^(($— : 



BEESWAX— Wholesale 27(3280. 



Stearns & Sjiiith, 423 Front Street. 



ST. I.OUIS. 



HONEY— New. in libera) ofTering, but little ^-old 

 in quantities— held higher: extracted or strained 

 at 7vi:<',H^c., and comb at IBc. Lots in fanfy pack- 

 ages bring more in a small way, while old and 

 inferior sells leas. 



BKESWAX— Inactive and easy, at 27(a2fic. 



W. T. ANDERSON i Co.. 104 N. 3d Street. 



CLEVELAND. 



HONEY'— New honey continues in good demand 

 at lHirt)l:tc. for choice l lb. sections, and such are 

 reariily placed as fast as received: 2 lbs. not so nc- 

 tive, at liKiilMc. Secnnd quality sells 1-I(ijil7c. Ex- 

 tractetl not in demanil, 



BKESWAX— None in Market. 



A. C. Kendel, 115 Ontario Street. 



BOSTON. 



HONEY— We have had a shipment the past week 

 from J. E. Crane, and a good sized shipment from 

 J. v. Caldwell, of Cambridge, 111., whose honey we, 

 had last year. 



We quote our market prices, as follows : White 

 clover, one lb. combs 2(Ktti22c ; white clover, 2 lb, 

 combs IH(.«20C,; extracted, Oft^iuc. 



BEESWAX— Our supply Is gone: we have none 

 to quote. 



Crocker & Blake, 57 Chatham Street. 



