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THE AMERICAN BEE JOURNAL. 



Local Convention Directory. 



1883. Time arid Place of Meeting. 



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



U. D. OuttiDK. Sec. Clinton, Mioli. 



Jan 16, I7.-N.K. Ohio, and N.W.Pa., at Jeffer8on,0. 

 C. H. Coon, Sec, New Lyme, Ohio. 



Deo. U.-Keystone, at Scranton, Pa. 



Oeo. C. Green, Sec, Factoryvllle, Pa. 



DeclO.— Lorain County, at Blyrta.O. 



_ O. J. Terrell, Sec, N. Ridgeyille. O. 



1884. 



Jan. R.-De Moines Co., at Middleton, Iowa. 



Jan.S.-Cortland Union, at Cortland, N. Y. 



M. O. Bean, Sec, McGrawvllle, N. Y. 



Jan. lO.-Champlaln Valley, at MlJIlebmi. \;M.^ 



Jan. 14, 15, 16.-Ohlo State, at Columbus, O. 



C. M. Kingsbury, Sec 



Jan. 15, 16.-N. W. Ills.. & S. W Wis. at KreePOrt 

 J. Stewart, Sec, Kock City, lil. 



April 18.-lowa Central, at Winterset, Iowa. 



J, K, rryor, bcc 



Oct. 11,12. -Northern Mich., at Ataa, Mich. 



F. A. Palmer, Sec, McBride, Mich. 



|y Id order to have thi» table complete. Secre- 

 taries are requested to forward full particulars ol 

 time and place of future meetings-— KD. 



Popular Ignorance about Bees. 



Mr. S. 11. Clark, of Delavan, Wis., 

 has sent us the following item from a 

 New York paper, which shows very 

 clearly tlie popular ignorance about 

 bees. It is headed : 



AN IMPORTANT DISCOVERY. 



Deckkrtown, Sussex County, N. 

 J. Aug. 4.— A great quantity of 

 honey is made in this and the adjoin- 

 inc counties. The principal producers 

 are Mr. T. L. Babcock, of Vernon, 

 this county, and Mr. Wisner Utter, 

 of Amity, Orange (lounty, N. 1 . ihe 



production of honey, tins year, will 

 not be as large as was anticipated; 

 the season having been too wet. J. he 

 bees bad an early and good start m 

 the spring on apple, peach, pear and 

 cherry blossoms, and more recently 

 ■worked on basswood and sumac. 

 During the past month they should 

 have been actively working on white 

 clover. The latter has been plentiful, 

 but the season has been so wet that 

 this flower has not yielded its usual 

 harvest of sweetness, and, as a conse- 

 quence, the bees of late have been 

 nearly idle, except in the work of 

 making wax-which is the employ- 

 ment of bees during idle seasons—and 

 the slight work which they have been 

 enabled to do on other flowers. . . . 



A discovery which Mr. Babcock 

 claims to have made, is of great in- 

 terest. It is the cell, and not the egg, 

 that determines the sex of the bee. 

 This summer, wishing to stop the ex- 

 cessive swarming from one particular 

 hive he cut from the combs all the 

 queen-cells, leaving those for the 

 drones and neuters. Soon afterward 

 he discovered that the bees were con- 

 verting some of the neuter cells into 

 queen-cells, the egg that had been 

 previously laid in each for a neuter 

 remaining. He let the bees go ahead. 

 When the time came for hatching out 

 the eggs, he cut out the cells and they 

 hatched out queens while he was 

 watching them. Two days before 



these queens were hatched out, he 

 heard the queens calling each other. 

 This is something that he had never 

 liefore noticed. 



The idea of bees "making wax" 

 during " idle seasons !" Bee-keepers 

 will enjoy a hearty laugh at the folly 

 of Mr. B. and that newspaper re- 

 porter who was gulled by him ! 



The the best joke is tliat important 

 discovery ! ! It is truly wonderful, 

 and Mr. B. is entitled to a " leather 

 medal " for making it ! To use the 

 language of the reporter, Mr. B. 

 actually "discovered that the bees 

 were converting some of the neuter 

 cells into queen-cells ; the egg that had 

 been previously laid in each for a 

 neuter, remaining. He let the bees 

 go ahead, and when the time came 

 for hatching out the eggs, he cut out 

 the cells, and they hatched out queens, 

 while he was watching them." Had 

 Mr. B. troubled himself to read the 

 bee literature, he would known a great 

 deal more about the habits of bees, 

 and would have been saved the ludic- 

 rous position he now occupies, while 

 trying to palm himself ofl as a " dis- 

 coverer" of that which has b^n 

 known for ages ! and that, too, which 

 the merest novice is quite familiar 

 with. 



Of course he made a discovery ; he 

 heard the queens calling each other " 

 —something " never before noticed !" 

 Such ignorance is inexcusable in this 

 Nineteenth Century, under its full 

 blaze of intelligence ! Had it been 

 written a thousand years ago, there 

 might have been some excuse for it, 

 but now there is nom. 



Prof. Hasbrouck should send a 

 missionary down to that benighted 

 locality, in his State, to save the 

 wonderful " discoverer " from making 

 himself a laughing stock for a world ! 



Honey and Beeswax Market. 



OrriCE OF AMERICAN BEE JonKNAL, ( 



Monday, 1" a. m.. Deo. 3, 1883. 1 



The following are the latest quota- 

 tions for honey and beeswax received 

 up to this hour : 



^^ The annual meeting of the 

 Cortland Union Bee-Keepers' Asso- 

 ciation will be held in Cortland, N. 

 Y., on Tuesday, Jan. 8, 1884. 



M. C. Bean, Sec. 



McGrawville, N. Y., Nov. 2,3, 1883. 



1^ To all new subscribers for the 

 Weekly Bee .Iournal who send us 

 $2.00 for 1884, we will send the re- 

 mainder of this year free, from the 

 time the subscription is received. So, 

 the sooner they subscribe, the more 

 numbers they will get free. 



1^ We regret to learn that Mr. Jer- 

 ome Twitchell, of Kansas City, Mo., 

 was severely injured last Thursday by 

 a falling wall. 



CINCINNATI. 



HONEY— The market is slow: arrivals exceed 

 the demand which, however, has Improved some. 

 There Is a better demand for comb honey, and 

 supplies are short, which, no doubt, la temporary, 

 aa usual. Last year at about this time, comb honey 

 was at ita hlKhest, when our sanguine friends very 

 naturally held on, expecting more. However, large 

 supplies commenced to arrive, and prices kept 

 aoinx down steadily. Bee-keepera in general bent 

 their enertties on the proriuction of e.\tracted 

 honey last aeilaon, more than ever before. We had 

 a large crop, and e.vtracted haa been dull so far, 

 not only because of the large supply, but because 

 manufacturers complain of dullneas in their busi- 

 ness. Consequently, we have reason lo believe 

 that the present alow market is temporary. 



The present state of the honey market gives our 

 bee-keeping frlenda another chance lor a disap- 

 pointment, to-wlt: That of over-production ot 

 co[i!b honey another season. This is merely an 

 Idea o I my own, and our friends may take It tor 

 what It Is worth. d™=* 



Kxtructed honey brings 7@9c. on arrival. Best 

 comb honey, 16817c. in small sections. . 



BBBSWAX-Is of ready sale at 28<!930 on arrival. 

 CHAS. F. MUTH. 



NEW YOKK. 

 HONEY— White clover and basswood in 1 and 2 

 lb sections, 17w21c. Dark and second quality, 

 14(B.l."ic.: extracted white clover in kega and bar- 

 rels, ot^inc.; dark, He 

 BKBSWAX-Prime yellow, J/fiiSac 



H. K. i F. B THURBER&CO. 



CHICAGO. 



HONEY— The market remains without change, 

 from that of last week. Dealers and retailers buy 

 only enough to supply the demand for preaentuse. 

 It is impossible to place lots, or entire shipments, 

 owing t.i the reluct.mce of dealers to buy In ad- 

 venes ot immediate wants. Prices obtained for 

 whiiecombin 1 lb. sections, l.sovioc; li^andall)., 

 15®18c according to beauty of same. Extracted 

 honey, SislOc. per lb., according to color, body and 



BISESWAX- Yellow, 33c.; medium, 28®30c 



R. A. B0RNETT, 161 South Water St. 



KANSAS CITY, MO. 

 HONEY— Receipts of comb honey has been more 

 liberal for the past week, but the demand still 

 keepseverythingthatisoffalrquality well cleaned 

 up. Choice 1 and '2 lb. aectiona are taken on ar- 

 rival at IMc; larger sections and dark honey 1613 

 17c. Sales of extracted for the past week, about 

 4 000 lbs., mostly atScta. The feeling for extracted 

 is a little better, and 1 look for a firmer market. 

 JEKO.ME TwiCHELL, 536 Delaware Street. 



SAN FHANCI8CO. 



nONEY-There has been some attempts at ne- 

 Koti.ation in comb lioney on Eastern account this 

 week. The market for extracted is dull, and it is 

 doubtful if more than 7«c could be realized for 

 choice water white In a wholesale way. Wliite to 

 extra white comb, lefelKc; dark to good, USiMc, 

 extracted, choice to extra white, 7^(a8c.i dark ana 

 candle' I, Hi4(aj7c. ,...,, 



BBBSWAX-Wholesale, 27VS30C. 



STEARNS S 8.MITB. 423 Front Street. 



ST. LOUIS. 

 HONBY-Cholce comb in light supply, fair de- 

 mand and Arm at l.scSino. per lb.; dark, broken and 

 poorly handled, dull at less. Strained and extrac- 

 ted steiKlv at«'i.(a7«c.; choice In fancy pkgs. more. 

 BEBSWAX-Saiableat^Sc for prime. 



W. T. ANDERSON & CO.. liH N. 3d Street, 



CL.BVB1,AND. 



HONEY- Cholcehoney is in excellent demand 

 now Every lot received thus far in good order, 

 haa been sold on arrival; best 1 lb. aectlons bring- 

 ing IHC. quickly, occasionally 190.; J lb.. iTc.with 

 an occasional sale at 18. Second quality and brok- 

 en lots are very hard to sell. Extracted honey not 

 In demand. 



BBBSWAX-28C. ^^.jjj^j.^ J, 5 Ontario Street. 



BOSTON. 

 HONE Y-Our market la very quiet on honey. We 

 quote l(;cjl8c. for beat 2 lb. sections-lBei20c. for 

 best white I lb., and luc for extracted. 

 BBBSWAX-We have none to quote. 



BLAKE & RIPLEY, 57 Chatham Street, 



^- Constitutions and By-Laws for 

 local Associations $2.00 per 100. The 

 name of the Association printed in the 

 blanks for 50 cents extra 



