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THE AMERICAN BEE JOURNAL, 



Local Convention Directory. 



1883. Time and Place o.t Meeiing. 



Dec. 15.— Piatt County, at Monticello. Ills. 



A, T. Pipher, Sec. 



Dec. 19.— Lorain County, at Elyria, O. 



O. J. Terrell. Sec, N. RidKeville, O. 

 1684. 

 Jan. 8,— DvJ Moines Co., at Middleton, Iowa. 



Jan. 8.— Cortland Union, at Cortland, N. Y. 



M. C. Bean, Sec, McGrawville, N. Y. 



Jan. 9.— Central Illinois, at Blooraington, III. 



Jas. Poindexter. Sec 

 Jan. 10.— Champlain Valley, at Mlddleburg. Vt. 

 J. E. Crane, Pres. 



Jan. 14, 15, 16.— Ohio State, at Columbus, O. 



(.'. M. Kingsbury, Sec 



Jan. 15, in— N. W. Ills., & S. W. Wis., at Kreeport. 

 J. Stewart, Sec, Rock City, 111. 

 Jan. 16, 17.— N.E. Ohio, and N.W.Pa., at Jefferson.O. 



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

 April 18.— Iowa Central, at Winterset, Iowa. 



J.E. Pryor, See. 



Oct. 11. 12.— Northern Mich., at Alma. Mich. 



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



|y In order tu have this table complete. Secre- 

 taries are requested to forward full particulars of 

 time and place of future meetinRa.— Ed. 



Wi\v<\\ and gloiu. 



ANSWERS BY 



James Eeddon, Dowagiac, Mich. 



Cellar Wintering. 



Will Mr. Heddon please answer the 

 following : 



1. Will a pipe 6x4 inches be large 

 enough to ventilate a cellar contain- 

 ing 50 colonies Y 



2. Would the above pipe be suffi- 

 cient unjoined to the stove-pipe, but 

 25 feet high ? 



3. Do bees always hum more or less 

 when they are wintered in the cellar ? 



C. W. Dayton. 

 Bradford, Iowa, Nov. 28, 1883. 



Ajtswees. — I have never been 

 able to satisfactorily demonstrate that 

 ventilation pipes in cellars and double 

 houses did any good in wintering bees. 

 Perhaps they do ; though I have seen 

 cellarsfull nearly all die with venti- 

 lation pipes attached, and all alive to a 

 colony with no ventilation pipes, and 

 every thing in wet, moldy condition. 



1. 6x4 inches would be large enough 

 for the interior of a pipe, either at- 

 tached to a stove-pipe, or I should 

 think if standing 25 feet high, though 

 I have never tried that. 



2. Answered above. I would let the 

 bottom of the pipe extend down to 

 within 6 inches of the bottom of the 

 cellar. 



3. I have known bees to winter well 

 where a good deal of humming was 

 kept up through their confinement. I 

 have known bees to keep almost per- 

 fectly still during the same time, and 

 they always winter well. I have 

 found that changing the degree of 

 temperature will change the tendency 

 to roar or hiun, but it will not prevent 



or cure diarrhoea. Another thing. I 



found that in some winters 10" lower 

 temperature kept the bees stiller 

 than the still temperature of the pre- 

 ceding winter, when the number of 

 colonies and hive ventilation was the 

 same. This is one more of the un- 

 accountables. 



Frames Standing on tlie ends in Winter. 



Will ;Mr. Ileddon please answer the 

 following question i Have you ever 

 wintered bees on the Langstroth frame 

 standing on the end in a case, packed 

 with chaff V If so, what were the re- 

 sults ? J. G. Norton. 



Macomb, 111., Nov. 28, 1883. 



Answer.— I have tipped Langs- 

 troth hives up iit various angles, from 

 a slight pitch to nearly standing on 

 end, but I have never seen any better 

 results by so doing. You need not be 

 afraid of any derangement by chang-' 

 ing the position of the combs. AVe 

 used to winter box hives upside down 

 with good results, and I have had the 

 queen breed in a comb lying horizon- 

 tal. If I considered it advantageous 

 to make any change at all, my idea 

 would be to give the hive a pitch a 

 little more than 45 degrees, and do so 

 just as soon as the surplus receptacles 

 are removed in the fall. This will 

 give the colony a chance to arrange 

 their stores to their notion, according 

 to the new position of the hive. In 

 the Kansas Bee-Keeper for March 

 1883, 1 gave my ideas of wintering in 

 shallow vs. tall hives. 



1^ Much complaint was made last 

 season of the delay in getting " sup- 

 plies," which were ordered of the dif- 

 ferent " dealers " in the rush of the 

 season. Now, to avoid a repitition, 

 let all order early, and then if a delay 

 does occur, it will not make as much 

 difference to them as if the orders 

 were sent in just as the goods were 

 wanted for use. 



i^For $2.75 we will supply the 

 Weekly Bee Journal one year, and 

 Dzierzon's Rational Bee-Keeping, in 

 paper covers; or in cloth for $3.00. 

 This is a rare chance to get the latest 

 book of that celebrated German bee- 

 master for a trifle. The price of the 

 book alone is $2.00. 



1^ Owing to the death of our Sec- 

 retary, Mr. T. Brookins, please an- 

 nounce in the Bee Journal that the 

 annual meeting of the ChamplainVal- 

 ley Bee-Keepers' Association, will 

 meet in the parlors of the Addison 

 House, Mlddleburg, Vt., the second 

 Thursday in January, 1884. 



J. E. Crane, Pres. 



Honey and Beeswax Market. 



Office of ambhican bee joctrnal, I 

 Mondnr, lu a. m.. Dec. 10. i883. 1 



The following are the latest quota- 

 tions for honey and beeswax received 

 up to this hour : 



CINCINNATI. 



HONEY— The market is slow; arrivals exceed 

 the demand which, however, has improved some. 

 There is a better detuand for comb honey, and 

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

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

 was at its highest, when our sanguine friends very 

 naturally held on, expecting more. However, large 

 supplies commenced to arrive, and prices kept 

 going down steadily. Bee-keepers in general bent 

 their energies on the production of extracted 

 honey last season, more than ever before. We had 

 a large crop, and e.xtracted has been dull so far. 

 not only because of the large supply, but because 

 manufacturers complain of dullness in their busi- 

 ness. Consequently, we have reason to believe 

 that the Dresent slow market is temporary. 



The present state of the honey market gives our 

 bee-keeping friends another chance for a disap- 

 pointment, to-wit; That of over-production of 

 comb honey another season. This is merely an 

 ideaof my own, and our friends may take it for 

 what it is worth. 



Extracted honey brings 7@9c. on arrival Best 

 comb honey, iii(^17c. in small sections. 



BEESWAX— Is of ready sale at 28@30 on arrival. 



CHAS. F. MDTH. 

 NEW YORK. 

 HONE Y— White clover and basswood in 1 and 2 

 lb. sections, 17t"21c. Dark and second quality, 

 14&15C.: extracted white clover in kegs and bar- 

 rels, 9® inc. : dark. 8c. 

 BEESWAX- Prime vellow, 27ei2flc. 



H. K. & F. B. ThdrbER & Co. 



CHICAGO. 



HONEY— The market remains without change 

 from that of last week. Dealers and retailers buy 

 only enough to supply the demand for present use. 

 It is impossible to place lots, or entire shipments, 

 owing to the reluctance of dealers to buy in ad- 

 vence of immediate wants. Prices obtained for 

 white comb in 1 lb. sections, lS(ffl20c.; l^and^lb., 

 lotoisc. according to beauty of same. Extracted 

 honey, 8(§.10c. per lb., according to color, body and 

 flavor. 



BEESWAX— Yellow, 33c.; medium, 2S@30c. 



R. A. BURNETT. 161 South Water Bt. 



KANSAS CITY. MO. 

 HONEY— Receipts of comb honey has been more 

 liberal for the past week, but the demand still 

 keeps everything that is of fair quality well cleaned 

 up. Choice 1 and ■! lb. sections are taken on ar- 

 rival at I8c.; larger sections and dark honey 16(5^ 

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

 4,ti00 lbs., mostly at 8 cts. The feeling for extracted 

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

 JEROME TwiCHELl,, 536 Delaware Street. 



SAN FRANCISCO. 



HONEY— There has been some attempts at ne- 

 gotiation in comb honey on Eastern account this 

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

 doubtful if more than "%c. could be realized for 

 choice water white in a wholesale way. White to 

 e.xtra white comb, l(J@I8c. ; dark to good, 12@14c-: 

 e.xtracted, choice to extra white, 7^s®8c. ; dark and 

 candied, oi^ta>7c. 



BEESWAX- Wholesale, 27!^(a3nc. 



Stearns & Suith. 423 Front Street. 



ST. LODIS. 

 HONEY— Choice comb in light supply, fair de- 

 mand and Arm at 15(§, I7c. per lb. ; dark, broken aad 

 poorly handled, dull at less. Strained and extrac- 

 ted steady at6H®7hc.: choice in fancy pkgs. more. 

 BEESWAX— Salable at isc. for prime. 



W. T. ANPEHSON 4 Co.. 104 N. 3d Street. 



CLEVELAND. 



HONE Y— Honey continues in excellent demand, 

 as reported last; every lot of choice white comb 

 is taken up as fast as it comes at 18c. in quantity 

 for 1 lb. sections, and an occasional sale at 19; in 

 a very few instances only, "JOc. has been reached. 

 Broken lots and second quality is very slow sale. 

 For extracted there is no demand. 



BEESWAX— Is eagerly inquired for at 28@300., 

 but none to supply the demand. 



A. C. EENDEL. 115 Ontario Street. 



BOSTON. 

 HONEY— Our market is very quiet on honey. We 

 quote 16@I8c. for beat 2 lb. sections— 18&i20c. for 

 best white 1 lb., and 10c. for extracted. 

 BEESWAX— We have none to quote. 



Blake & riplet, 57 Chatham Street. 



^T Constitutions and By-Laws for 

 local Associations $2.00 per 100. The 

 name of the Association printed in the 

 blanks for 50 cents extra 



