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THE AMERICAN BEE JOURNAL. 



$525. This leaves a balance of $340 

 in my favor. A eood share of the 

 honey has already been sold at 15 

 cents per pound. I also have several 

 dozen fruit cans on hand as well as 

 1000 sections and crates for tlie same. 

 Also 20 pounds of foundation which I 

 do not give myself credit for, which I 

 can use next season. It has been a 

 poor season for tioney. It commenced 

 to rain about May 15, and rained 21 

 days in .June, and nearly all the time 

 until .July, whe]i the weatlier turned 

 too dry. and tliere was no rain for « 

 weelcs. Frost killed all buckwheat 

 and corn here. S. -J. Youngman. 

 Cato, Mich., Sept. 28, 1883. 



©oneset or Thoroughwort. 



It is the first day of October, and 

 the bees are tumbling over one 

 anotlie»into the hive, as though they 

 had not laid up winter supplies, and 

 they liave not ; but a few more days 

 like the last four, with the tempera- 

 ture from 85^ to 92^ at mid-day, they 

 can feel that they will be able to live 

 high, and even entertain a little. 

 Please name the enclosed weed. The 

 bloom has a delicious aroma, and 

 furnishes a pretty, light honey, but 

 seems to have a curious, if not deadly 

 effect on the bees. "While at neigh- 

 bor Daniels', a couple of days since, 

 we noticed bees dead on the bloom, 

 and under it on the ground ; others 

 had fallen off and were crawling 

 away as though over-powered in some 

 way, and others on the bloom too far 

 gone from the effects produced there- 

 by to be able or disposed to sting 

 while handling them. What is just 

 as curious is, that the same bloom 

 apparently has no effect on my bees, 

 they working the day long as lively as 

 crickets, ^o'.v. can it lie only a tem- 

 porary imlniaiing effect it has V or is 

 it poisonous iu its ellects ? 



W. T. Maddox. 



Alexandria, La., Oct. I. 1883. 



[The plant is of the euvatorium 

 family (boneset or thorouglivvort), and 

 is rich with golden nectar. The tea 

 made from it is used as an emetic, and 

 probably that accounts for the tem- 

 porary weak condition of the bees, 

 especially if they work on it soon after 

 a rain.— Ed.] 



Bees Gathered Nothing after June. 



The season of 1883 lias come to a 

 close, and, althougli, I do not call it a 

 poor one, it is by no means a glowing 

 one, for this part of the State. Bees 

 (>id little or nothing until .June 10, 

 and then the flow, wliich was very 

 great, lasted only .30 days, and our 



freat expectations were blasted, 

 rom July 1 until Aug. 15, there was 

 no honey to be had, and war among 

 the blacks began, and the loss was 

 great. Some of my neighbors, owning 

 black bees, have not received 15 lbs. 

 per colony, spring count ; not getting 

 any surplus after the .June liovv. My 

 bees being all Italians, have done 

 fairly ; the average being 100 lbs. per 

 colony, spring count. I say spring 

 count, for tlie flow stopped witti the 

 swarming fever in June. My best 



colonies gave IfiS lbs. of surplus per 

 colony, and ttie poorest 40 11)S. I pre- 

 fer Italian bees and Langslroth hives. 

 J. G. Norton. 

 Macomb, 111., Oct. 4, 1883. 



Poor Season iu Texas. 



I send an insect I captured in the 

 act of carrying off one of my bees. I 

 have noticed several this season ; they 

 pounce on a bee while resting on a 

 shrub, plant or tree, and fly off with 

 it. Please name it in the J3ee Jour- 

 nal. This has been a very poor sea- 

 son in this locality; no surplus, except 

 sufficient to winter on. Bee-keeping 

 has cloudy as well as bright sides, 

 but to the experienced bee-keeper a 

 dull season this year indicates a 

 bright one next year. The monthly 

 visits of the Bee Journal are a 

 source of pleasure to me. 



And though I am here, on the Texas frontier. 



With my bees and my Journal on b.ind; 

 I hear from them all, both great and small 



Bee-keepers, over the land. 

 May the Bweet honey bee.ai I our hearts full of glee, 



Our minds with sweet prospects store; 

 Let biciierings cease, and knowledge incre ise. 



By the aid of the Journals lore. 



Annie Sutcliffe. 

 Weatherford, Texas. 



[The insect is the bee killer called 

 Asilus Missouriensis, which has often 

 been described in tlie Bee Journal 

 of late.— Ed. 1 



Not a Good Locality for Bees. 



I had 8 colonies of bees to commence 

 in the spring, 5 strong and 3 weak 

 ones. They gave me about 30 lbs. of 

 honey in all, and I made two new 

 swarms from the five strong ones. It 

 took the other three all summer to fix 

 themselves for winter. White clover 

 yielded no honey here; it lias not for 

 the last 3 years, at least. I think this 

 is a very jioor place for bees. Two of 

 my neighbors that live in the timber, 

 3 and 4 miles from here, say they got 

 a l)ig crop. 1 have 10 colonies uiiw to 

 try to winter. That is all the good I 

 can get out of them, and I generally 

 loose oue-lialf before spring. 



Hugh Williams. 



Kacine, Wis., Oct. 6, 18So. 



Another Aster. 



Enclosed you will find a stock with 

 Uowers, on which the l)ees are work- 

 ing from morning until night. Please 

 name it. J. W. Sturwold. 



Ilaymond, Ind„ Oct. 5, 1883. 



[It is an aster— its value is shown by 

 the preference of the bees for it.— Ed.] 



100 lbs. of Honey to the Colony. 



My bees wintered all right. I began 

 the spring with 7 colonies— increased 

 to 18. I have taken .'335 lbs. of extrac- 

 ted honey, and 375 lbs. of comb honey. 

 My bees are mostly hybrids. I have 

 one colony of Syrian bees. I do not 

 know how I like them yet. I use the 

 Simplicity liive, holding 10 frames. I 

 use the 1 lb. sections and winter my 

 bees on from 4 to frames, with chaff 

 division boards at the sides, and then 

 set the hives in cases, holding from 



one to three hives, and fill all around 

 with chaff. Prepared in this way 

 they will winter with but little loss. 

 B. W. Peck. 

 Kichmond Centre, O., Oct. 2, 1883. 



Unseasonable Weather in Mass. 



The weather has been unusual un- 

 seasonable for over a month. It 

 caused a loss to me of over 200 queens. 

 I now have 50 fine ones that I will 

 destroy in a few days, as they will not 

 mate this fall. Up to Aug. 1, the 

 weather was splendid for queen rear- 

 ing ; since that date it has been the 

 worst I ever knew. 



Henry Alley. 



Wenham, Mass., Oct. G, 1883. 



Honey and Beeswax Market. 



OFFICKOF AMERICAN BEE JOUR.NAL. ( 



Monday, l"a. m., Oct. 15, 1883.) 



The following are the latest quota- 

 tions for honey and beeswax received 

 up to this hour : 



CINCINNATI. 



HONEY— Our prices are 7(3)9c. for extracted, and 

 14(<il6c. for comb honey on arrival. 



BKESWAX -Arrivals of beeswax are good at 

 25^:^c., and the demand is fair. 



, CHAS. F. MtlTH. 



NEW yORK. 



HONEY— White clover and basswood in 1 and 2 

 lb. sections, l((y.:ilc. Dark and second quality, 

 14@15c.: extracted white clover in kegs and bar- 

 rels, 9aioc.: dark, 8c. 



BEESWAX- Prime vellow, 27®29c. 



H. k. & F. B. THDBBER i CO. 



CHICAGO. 



HONEY— Comb honey has sold freely for the 

 past two weeks, and stocks are at present low. 1 lb. 

 sections of white comb are bringing inc.; l^ to 2 

 lb. sections of same quality, UifiJJlTc.: varionsstzed 

 sections of white comb, l",(g)l6c. Extracted honey 

 from 8(^10 cts. per pound, according to body and 

 flavor. 



BEESWAX- Yellow, 32S330.! dark, 25c.; me- 

 dium, 30C. 



R. A. BrRNETT. 161 South Water 8t. 



BAN FBANCISCO. 



HONEY— There is a fair jobbing trade. Offerings 

 are not large. Choic* qualities command extreme 

 figures. White to extra white comb, ](3i^2nc. ; dark 

 to good, 10(*13^c.; Extracted, choice to e.\tra 

 white, 8Cfli9>^c. : dark and candied. t^^&lUc. 



BEBSWAX-Wholesale, 27«jsc. 



STSARNS & SailTa. *.., l-^ront Street. 



ST. LOUIS. 



HONEY- Quiet. Salable at appended flgiires, 

 but generally held higher. Strained and extracted 

 at 6Vi'.^7c.: cnib at 14c. . 



BEESWAX -Ready salable at2o®26c. for prime. 

 W. T. ANDERSON & CO.. 104 N. 3d Street. 



CLEVELAND. 



HONEY— Comes very slowly and sells as fast aa 

 it comes at 18(iiii9c. for best white in l ib. sections, 

 and 17@18c. for 2 ib. sections. Second qualify is 

 very slow. Extracted usually sells very slowly in 

 our market. 



BEBSWAX-None in Market. 



A. C. KENDKL. 115 Ontario Street. 



BOSTON. 



HONEY- We quote our market at is®20c. for 

 1 Ib. white clover; 18(§i2uc. for 2 lb. white clover. 

 Extracted, 8® I Oc. 



BEESWAX-Wa have none to quote. 



Blaee & KIPLEY, 57 Chatham Street. 



KANSAS CITY. MO. 



HONEY— A large part of the local crop in this 

 section has been marketed, though considerable 

 remains yet in the hands of prot^ucers. Very little 

 California honey in this market this season, except 

 extracted, which is in fair supply at 10@!lc. for 

 choice new. and 8^'._,'iri loc. for ilark or candied. 

 Choice bright comb 2 Ib. sections, 18(.>jl9c.; 1 lb. 

 sections, l9(t>.20c. Demand is fair for the better 

 grades. 



Jerome Twichell. 536 Delaware Street. 



