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THE AMERICAN BEE JOURNAL. 



Honey Crop of niinois. 



We have received the ofHcial Circu- 

 lar No. 104, from the Crop Reports 

 returned to ttie Department of Agri- 

 culture Aug. 1, 18S3. From it we learn 

 that the colonies of bees reported for 

 1881, were 86,633; for 1882 they num- 

 bered 131,633. The number of pounds 

 of honey produced in 1881 were 618,947 ; 

 in 1882, it had increased to 2,791,301, 

 or over four times as much as in 1881, 

 while the number of colonies had not 

 even doubled. We shall look with 

 interest to the official statistics for 

 1883. 



The statistics, by counties, for 1882, 

 are as follows : 



COUNTIES. 



Number 



of 

 Colonies. 



Adams 1,385 



Ale.xander 260 



Bond 624 



Boone 454 



Brown 794 



Bureau 2,308 



Calhoun 485 



Carroll 273 



Cass 990 



Champaign 2,975 



Christian 2,773 



Clarlc 1,486 



Clav 



Clinton 1,204 



Coles 1 ,438 



Cook 170 



Crawford 1 ,516 



Cumberland 1,408 



DeKalb 580 



DeWitt 752 



Douglas 1,461 



Du Page 87 



Edgar 1,914 



Edwards 701 



Effingham 1,683 



Fayette 1.651 



Ford 715 



Franklin 124 



Fulton 3,009 



Gallatin 500 



Greene 1,262 



Grundy 894 



Hamilton 949 



Hancock 2,492 



Hardin 349 



Henderson 880 



Henry 2,027 



Iroquois 2,767 



Jackson 946 



Jasper 1,566 



Jefferson 1,665 



Jersey 551 



JoDaviess 219 



Johnson 842 



Kane 618 



Kankakee 1,323 



Kendall 514 



Knox 2,050 



Lake 



LaSalle 2,278 



Lawrence 1.405 



Lee 



Livingston 2,256 



Logan 2,84.5 



Macon 2,168 



Macoupin 1,919 



Madison 1,024 



Pounds 



of 

 Honey. 



24,704 



1,960 



8,420 



11,623 



12,460 



59,813 



5,720 



5,695 



16,680 



57,745 



103,262 



18,728 



14,259 

 42,029 



4,420 

 15,070 

 17,784 

 22,420 

 30,8.50 

 49,503 



1,785 

 30.220 



6,839 

 22,420 

 33,239 

 16,213 



1,580 

 71,461 



5,600 

 23,694 

 27,832 

 20,174 

 53.301 

 690 

 27.143 

 56,681 

 65.306 



6,764 

 21,674 

 19,879 

 12,581 



7,650 



4,544 

 14,614 

 28,400 

 18,695 

 70,667 



85,891 

 22,755 



58,732 

 74,673 

 4S,.591 

 46,263 

 19,240 



Marion 3,736 23,011 



jSIarshall 



Mason 



Massac 282 2,242 



McDonough 1 ,913 47.528 



McHenry 725 2:^,809 



McLean 3,987 142,165 



Menard 1,205 3,573 



Mercer 1,705 54,330 



Monroe 208 



Montgomery 2,292 61,116 



Morgan 



Moultrie 1,32,5 26,012 



Ogle 741 21,349 



Peoria 1,.504 48,723 



Perry 376 4,548 



Piatt 1,.522 36,110 



Pike 1,249 18,483 



Pope 412 1,925 



Pulaski 7.32 5,451 



Putnam 713 27,685 



Randolph 846 9,042 



Richland 1,244 10,403 



Rock Island 880 16,032 



Saline 1,070 6,4.54 



Sangamon 3,689 71,193 



Schuyler 1,488 18,424 



Scott 395 9,080 



Shelby 3,604 57,914 



Stark 711 25,185 



St. Clair 1,874 30,750 



Stephenson 1,146 35,718 



Tazewell 1,461 31,721 



Union 1,165 10,201 



Vermilion 2,564 43,934 



Wabash 812 12,208 



Warren 2,123 109,707 



Washington 1,180 13,447 



AVayne 2,675 42,793 



White 2,119 11,304 



Whiteside 2,931 61 ,590 



Will 915 20,959 



Williamson 989 7,275 



Winnebago 592 22,163 



AVoodlord 1,004 17,.308 



Total 131,633 2,791 ,301 



Foul Brood Investigations. 



Prof. T. J. Burrill, of Champaign, 

 111., proposes to make a thorough ex- 

 amination of the subject of foul brood, 

 its cause and cure, and requests us to 

 make the following announcement : 



I am prepared to make some such 

 study, and in the first place would like 

 numerous specimens from different 

 apiaries and localities to ascertain 

 whether the same organisms are to be 

 found in all or not. A small piece of 

 the infected comb, together with any 

 information as to the nature and vir- 

 ulence of the disease will be a con- 

 tribution to the investigation. After 

 finding what is the probable parasite, 

 this must be separated and cultivated 

 in a state of purity, and then try the 

 effect on healthy brood. Doubtless 

 this cannot be fully accomplished be- 

 fore sometime next year, but a be- 

 ginning may be made now. I wish 

 you would insert a note in the Bee 

 Journal, asking for specimens and 

 information as to the nature and vir- 

 ulence of the disease, to be sent by 

 mail to me at Champaign, 111. A half 

 dozen or so infected cells will suffice, 

 and any small wood or tin box may be 

 used. I have no bees, hence do not 

 fear the infection. T. J. Burrill. I 



I®" By the Canadian Farmer we 

 learn that Mr. G. B. Jones' apiarian 

 supply factory has been entirely 

 burned up. The Bee Journal ex- 

 tends its sympathy. 



1^ We regret to learn of the death 

 of Mr. J. Oatman, of Dundee, 111., 

 which occurred early in this month. 

 He was the senior of the late firm of 

 J. Oatman & Sons, well known to our 

 readers. The sons now carry on the- 

 business from vhich the father retired 

 some time ago. 



Honey and Beeswax Market. 



Office op American Bee Journal, > 

 Monday, 10 ». m., Oct. 22, 1888. 1 



The following are the latest quota- 

 tions for honey and beeswax received 

 up to this hour : 



CINCINNATI. 



HONEY— The demand for honey is extremely- 

 slow, and our commission houses are too well sup- 

 plied to expect anything else. Prices rule low. 

 Manufacturers complain of slow business. Ex- 

 tracted honey brings 7@yc. on arrival. I hare 

 bought for less. Combhoneyin good order, 12@]5. 



BEESWAX— Good yellow beeswax brings 27@28 

 cts. ; offerings few. 



CHAS. P. MtlTH. 



NEW YORK. 



HONEY— White clover and basawood in 1 and 2- 

 lb. sections, 17(<i21c. Dark and second quality,- 

 14'fljl5c. : extracted white clover in itegs and bar- 

 rels. 9@10c.; dark. 8c. 



BEESWAX— Prime yellow, 27®29c. 



H. K. & F. B. THUHBEH & Co. 



OHICASO. 



HONEY- -Comb honey has sold freely for the 

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

 sections of white comb are brin^ging ISc; IH to 2 

 lb. sections of same quality, Ii3yjl7c.; varioussized 

 sections of white comb, 15®16c. Extracted honey 

 from8<<^lo cts. per pound, according to body and 

 flavor. 



BEESWAX— Yellow, 326330.; dark. 2uc.! me- 

 dium, 300. ^ ^ 



R. A. Burnett, 161 South Water Bt, 



SAN FRANCISCO. 



HONEY— There is a fairjobbing trade. OfiFerlnga 

 are not large. Choice qualities command extreme 

 tigures. White to extra white comb. lH(rti2nc. ; dark 

 to good, lOoilsMc; Extracted, choice to extra 

 white, 8w9]^c. : dark and candied, 6H@7Kc. 



BEESWAX— Wholesale, 27®28c. 



Stearns it smith. 423 Front Street, 



ST. LOUIS. 



HONEY — Quiet. Salable at appended flguree, 

 but generally held higher. Strained and extracted 

 at 6Mta Tc. ; cnmb at 14c. 



BEESWAX— Salable at 27c. for choice. 



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



CLEVELAND. 



HONE Y— Comes very slowly and sells as Vast as 

 It comes at 18(5 l9c. for best white in I lb. sections, 

 and 17<5il8c. for 2 lb. sections. Second quality is- 

 very slow. Extracted usually sella very slowly in 

 our market. 



BEESWAX— None in Market. 



A. C. KENDEL, 115 Ontario Street. 



BOSTON. 



HONEY— We quote our market at 18@20c. for 

 1 lb. white clover; 18(ft20c. for 2 lb. white clover- 

 Extracted, 8@10c. 



BEESWAX— AVe have none to quote. 



BLAKE & Ripley, 57 Chatham Streei. 



KANSAS CITY, MO, 



HONEY— Market is quite active for choice comb, 

 and readily taken at 17(yjl8c.. not much distinction 

 being made between 1 and 2 lb. sections. Dark and 

 Irregular shaped combs. Ifi(<4l8c. Extracted slow 

 and prices hardly sustained. Choice, in bulk, 9® 

 9Hc. ; dark and dirty, 71*80. 



JKBOiis TwiCHBLL, 536 Delaware Street, 



