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THE AMERICAN BEE JOURNAL. 



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keeper in the ranks, just trot him out, and 

 1 will with pleasure hand over the belt. 



I have past through all the changes, from 

 the king-bee and hollow log to the present 

 time. I have been a very successful honey- 

 producer. I have had no other aim than 

 the production of honey and the study of 

 the habits of the honey-bee, in which I have 

 taken a great deal of pleasure. I have 

 never produced any zebra queens to sell, 

 but I have bought a few queens to infuse 

 uew blood in my hybrids. I have never 

 had any use for a bee-veil or any other pro- 

 tection, notwithstanding my bees are 

 mostly the vicious.incorrigible hybrids; for 

 iioney-production I want no other — they 

 are just as amiable as the Italians, that is, 

 mine are. I fail to notice any difference. 

 They will all sting if you invite them to. A 

 1 ee can tell a coward as far as she can see 

 bun, and gets after him just to see him run. 



Worthington, Ohio. A. S. Goodrich. 



Loss of Bees in Ohio. 



The loss of bees throughout Ohio is great, 

 llore than half of them have disappeared. 



WM. BAIiLANTlNE. 



Alta, Ohio, March 19. 



Colonies Whooping Strong. 



My IS colonies of bees are all whooping 

 strong. I never put any in-doors, but 

 always leave them on the summer stands, 

 and never lost a colony as yet. I make out- 

 side cases, and there they are, packed in 

 leaves, winter and summer. I have it so 

 that I can put supers inside, and close it 

 over. I never keep over IS colonies. 



Henrt White. 



Bradgate, Iowa, March 20. 



Deep Brood-Frames Again. 



I have noticed that some are inclined to 

 deep frames. My experience with hives as 

 to size would be, 153sxl3 and lljo inches 

 deep from extreme top to bottom, with a 

 % bee-space at the bottom, and a '4 space 

 at the top. No more shallow frames for 

 me. I think the standard hive is a " hobby" 

 without a very large percentage of practi- 

 cal advantages. 



My bees are wintered on the summer 

 stands, and of 11 colonies I have 11 left. I 

 never have lost a colony yet. It is on ac- 

 count of the preparation they receive on 

 going into winter quarters. I always put 

 on clover litterings off the barn floor on 

 top of the brood-frames 4 to 6 inches deep, 

 and all is O. K. My frames have a 13J^- 

 inch bottom-bar, and side-bars 10%. 



Ellis, Mich. Carson Van Blaricum. 



Montana Called For. 



I have watched for some time for bee- 

 notes from Montana. Who can tell us 

 something of the soil, climate, flora, and 

 probable success of bee-culture in the Flat 

 Head valley ? B. 



A Boy's Experience with Bees. 



Having read the letters of many boy bee- 

 keepers, I thought I would try to give our 

 bee-experience. 



In 1S91 1 found a bee-tree from which we 

 took a washboiler full of honey and a large 

 swarm of bees, which was the beginning of 

 our apiary. In 1893, papa bought two weak 

 colonies, one of which died, and in 1893 we 

 worked for as much increase as possible, 

 and found another bee-tree. On about 

 June 10, 1893, the colony which I had found 

 first swarmed, but as soon as the swarm left 

 the hive, it began raining, and before we 

 could get them under shelter, they were as 

 wet as drowned rats; but papa swept 

 them into a pan and took them upstairs, 

 where he put them on a cloth near the en- 

 trance of a hive, which had a comb of 

 young brood and honey in it. The bees 

 soon got warm and dry, for they were near 

 the stovepipe, and began going into the 



hive. They were soon all in. and now it is 

 a strong colony, which belongs to me. 



In the spring of 1894 we had 10 colonies, 

 and increased to 16, and got about 350 

 pounds of clear white honey. We found 

 three more swarms, two of which we put 

 together, and gave the other away. From 

 the last bee-tree we cut we took six water 

 pails jam-full of honey. 



We leave our bees on the summer stands. 

 I will try to do my best with my colony, 

 and report again if this is not dumped into 

 that "big basket." 



Theodore K. Sattler. 



Glen wood, Oreg., March IT. 



Section Covers — Bee-Brushes. 



We use the common oilcloth for our sec- 

 tion covers, and we find it the best cover 

 we have tried. Our bees are blacks and 

 Italians. We like the Italians very much, 

 but we cannot tell which gathers the most 

 honey, because they are mixed. I think we 

 have as many Italians as blacks. 



For a home-made bee-brush, I think a few 

 small branches from a Russian pine-tree 

 would be sufficient for brushing off bees 

 when they settle on a stump or body of a 

 tree. Of course, these brushes would not 

 do for brushing off the bees from the 

 frames. We do not have much to do with 

 extracted honey — we only deal with comb 

 honey. I do not think a brush made from 

 animals' hair, or even a feather from a 

 fowl, would be a good one. It will work all 

 right, but I think it makes a bee cross to be 

 brushed with a feather. Take a bee when 

 she is in good humor, and brush her with a 

 hair a few times — it will not take her long 

 to " change her tune." 



Savanna, Ills. Chas. D. Handel. 



Adulteration — Basswood in the South. 



Permit me to say amen to the recommen- 

 dation headed, " Properly label the adul- 

 teration," page 179. "Them's my senti- 

 ments" exactly, Mr. Jenkins. Why should 

 vendors of adulterated honey not be re- 

 stricted by law the same as those of " oleo" 

 and other spurious wares 1 Is there any 

 justice in permitting this base imposition 

 upon an unsuspecting public, to the disgust 

 of the deceived purchaser, and the detri- 

 ment. and ultimate death of, honest produc- 

 tion ? 



As none of the many who are better 

 qualified by reason of their long residence 

 in this State, have noticed the question as 

 to how far south basswood would grow, I 

 would say that I have seen quite a number 

 of large, thrifty basswood trees growing in 

 the hammocks of this (Volusia) county. It 

 is said to yield honey, though my inform- 

 ant could not give the exact season of 

 bloom. H. E. Hill. 



New Smyrna, Fla., March 20. 



CouTention Notices. 



Minnesota.— The reguUirsemi-annual meet- 

 ing of the Southern Minnesota Bee-Keepers' 

 Association will be held on the first Monday 

 in May, 1895, at LaCrescent, Minn. All bee- 

 keepers invited. E. C. Cornwell, Sec. 



Winona. Minn. 



Illinois.— The spring meeting of the North- 

 ern Illinois Bee-Keepers' Association will be 

 held at the residence of H. W. Lee, in Pecaton- 

 Ica, May 21, 1895. It will be held one week 

 later If 'it is a stormy day. 



New Milford. 111. B. Kennedy, Sec. 



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 Please mention the Bee Journal. Novl5 



Honey & Beeswax Market Quotations. 



CHICAGO, III.. Mar. 18.— Demand is good 

 for all grades of honey excepting dark comb. 

 We quote: Fancy comb, 15c.; No. 1, 14c. Kx- 

 tracted, 5(a6^c. J. A. L. 



CHICAGO, III., Mar. 7.— During the past 

 two weeks a good movement has been felt In 

 the market. Sales have been in small lots, 

 but quite frequent. We quote: White comb 

 of the highest grade, 14c.; oft in color, l.')@ 

 13V4C.; yellow. 10@llc ; dark, 7@9c. Ex- 

 tracted. 5H® 7c.— the higher price lor white 

 in 60-lb. cans. 



Beeswax, 28@30c. R. A.B. &Co. 



KANSAS CITY. Mo., Mar. 14.— Demand Is 

 fair for comb and extracted. We quote: No. 

 1 white, 1-lbs.. 14@15c.; No. 2 whtte.l2@1.3c.; 

 No. 1 amber, ll@12c.; No. 3 amber, 10@llc. 

 Extracted, 454®6i^c. Beeswax. 22(325c. 



C. C. C. & Co. 



CINCINNATI. O., Mar. 19.— Demand is slow 

 for extracted and comb honey, with a fair 

 supply. We quote: Comb honey, 13@16o. 

 for best white. Extracted, 4®7c. 



Beeswax is in good demand at 25@28c. for 

 good to choice yellow. C. F. M. &S. 



PHILADELPHIA, PA.. Apr. 1. — Choice 

 white clover honey Is getting very scarce at 

 140, Dark and poorly filled sections. 8@10c. 

 Demand is falling ott on extracted, prices 

 ranging from 4;4@7c. Strictly pure white 

 clover very scarce at 10c. Beeswax arriving 

 more freely and selling at 30®31c. W. A.S. 



NEW YORK. N. Y.. Feb. 20. -We are gradu- 

 ally working down our stock of comb honey. 

 and the indications are that we will succeed 

 in disposing of all of the white honey and pos- 

 sibly all of the dark during the spring, at fol- 

 lowing quotations: Fancy white. 1-lbs., 12c.; 

 fair. 10c. ; buckwheat, 8@9c. The market is 

 well supplied with extracted honey. Demand 

 is fair for choice grades, while common stock 

 is neglected. We quote: White clover and 

 basswood, 5H@6c.; buckwheat. 5@5Hc ; 

 Southern, 45@55c. per gallon, according to 

 quality. Beeswax firm and in good demand 

 at30®31e. H.B, &S. 



BUFFALO, N. Y.. Mar. 16.— The honey mar- 

 ket is getting quite well cleaned up here. We 

 quote: Fancy. 13@14c.; choice. ll@12c.; 

 buckwheat and commoner grades, 7@8c. Ex- 

 tracted is in very light demand here, and we 

 would not advise shipments. B. & Co. 



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Bkpkbknce— Metropolitan National Bank, Chicago, 



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List of Honey and Beeswax Dealers, 



Most of whom Quote in this Journal. 



CblcagOt Ills. 



J. A. Lamon, 43 South Water St. 



R. A. Burnett & Co.. 163 South Water Street. 



New York, N. Y. 



F. I. Sage & Son, 183 Reade Street. 

 HiLDRETH Bros. & Segelken, 



28 & 30 West Broadway. 

 Chas. Israel & Bros., 110 Hudson St. 

 I. J. Strxnoham, 105 Park Place. 



Kansas City, Mo. 



C. C. Clemoms & Co., 423 Walnut St. 



Buffalo, N.Y. 

 Batterson & Co., 167 & 169 Scott St. 



Hamilton, Ills. 

 Chas. Dadant & Son. 



Ptalladelpbla, Pa. 

 Wm. a. Selser. 10 Vine St. 



Cincinnati, Oblo. 

 C. F. MnTH & Son, cor. Freeman & Central av8. 



Bee-Kecpliis for Profit, by Dr. G. L. 



Tinker.— lieviseil and enlarged. It details the au- 

 thor's " new system, or how to Ket the largest yields 

 Of comb or extracted honey." Hb p.; illustrated. 25c. 



