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THE AMERICAN BEE JOURNAL. 



May 9, 



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OUR FIRST CATALOGUE. 



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READERS 



Three queens were killed by the bees with- 

 in two or three days after I received them. 

 I examined tliem all, and I found three 

 other queens l)alled, and no eggs in those 

 hives. I caged them a few days, and they 

 were received all right. Of the queens you 

 sent me to replace the dead ones which I 

 reported, one died in the cage the first 

 night, and one was killed by the bees after 

 she was liberated, which left me 10 one- 

 frame nuclei with queens, which gathered 

 7S5 pounds of comb honey in one-pound sec- 

 tions, and 175 pounds of extracted, besides 

 some imfinished sections. The best one 

 gave me l;;o well-fiUed one-pound sections — 

 they were pure .3-banded Italians. Only 

 one swarmed. 



I had 22 full colonies, which made 41 all 

 together, and my crop is 2,000 pounds of 

 comb honey iu one-pound sections, and 

 2,500 pounds of extracted: and I increased 

 to 75 strong colonies, with plenty of winter 

 stores. The honey gathered is white, being 

 from white clover and alfalfa. 



J. A. Smith. 



Heber, Utah, Oct. 9, 1894. 



Our Young Friend Reports Again. 



We have our liees out of the cellar, and 

 they are in good condition. We lost 3 colo- 

 nies out of do. It is fine weather here now, 

 and the bees are busy at elm. soft maple, 

 and willow blossoms. 



I have been very much pleased to hear 

 from so many " boy bee-keepers,"' and they 

 have done well. But don't give it up, boys 

 and girls. Write again. The old saying, 

 " boys should be seen and not heard," is 

 not applicable here. As it is impossible to 

 be seen, we ought to have a chance to be 

 htiird, and the American Bee Journal gives 

 us that privilege, so let us take advantage 

 of it. Chas. W. Sanford. 



Ono. Wis., April 16. 



Spreading Brood. 



Concerning the very doubtful practice 

 advocated by some writers called " spread- 

 ing brood,-' Mr. Wm. Barnum suggest an 

 article by Dr. Tinker or myself on the sub- 

 ject. In the climate of Kentucky. Tennes- 

 see. Virginia, including all the middle 

 States and the entire South, no one but a 

 misled novice in bee-culture would attempt 

 to follow the so-called system of "spread- 

 ing brood." To follow the misleading 

 directions how to spread the brood, so often 

 met with in the b,<ick numbers of the Ameri- 

 can Bee Journal, would necessitate doing 

 the spreading of the brood in March and 

 April, when the weather is dangerously 

 capricious, and if put oS late in the season, 

 the warm, favorable weather later on 

 would remove every reason (or such ma- 

 nipulation. 



The whole thing may be summed up 

 thusly: It is a dangerous thing to spread 

 the brood when it would be of any use, and 

 useless to spread it when it is safe to do so. 



Dr. Tinker is much better situated as to 

 climate, to judge and write upon this sub- 

 ject than I am. 



Allow me here to call attention to the 

 fact that Mr. Doolittle, according to his 

 "dates," is fussing with his brood, right in 

 the middle of our early honey-flow from 

 white clover. G. W. De.maree. 



Chri.stiansburg, Ey. 



Bees in 'Virginia. 



One of the severest winters ever known 

 in the valley of Virginia is at last over. 

 The first snow fell on Dec. 3tj, and 15 to 20 

 snows fell during the winter. The ground 

 was continually covered from two to ten 

 inches for nearly three months. The bees 

 had only one flight from Jan. 1 to the last 

 of February. Several times during the 

 winter the mercury fell 14 to is degrees be- 

 low zero, and for days at a time lingered in 

 that neighborhood. 



I have always believed that in this 

 climate bees would winter on the summer 

 stands without any protection, but I must 

 confess that I felt pretty blue and trembled 



Honey & Beeswax Market Quotations. 



CHICAGO. It.t,.. Apr. 18.— The supoly of 

 comb honey is very light and looks as though 

 all would be sold, unless it be some California 

 tliat is being spread upon the street. Best 

 white comb brings 14c.; darli, S@10c. Ex 

 tracted, bM&'f-. according to quality, body. 

 Havor and package. 



Beeswax, USSjiiOc. R. A. B. & CO. 



KANSAS CITY, Mo.. Apr. 18.— The demand 

 for comb iioney is light, and good for extract- 

 ed. We quote: No. I white comb, 1-lb , 14c.; 

 No. 2, 12ai:)c.; No. 1. amber, ll®l2c.; No.2. 

 8@10c. Extracted, 5@6i^c. 



Beeswax, 22@25c. C. C. C. & CO. 



CINCINNATI. O., Apr. 19.— Demand is quiet 

 for all kinds of honey, with a fair supply. We 

 quote: Best white comb, 12@14c. Extracted 

 4C&7C., according to quality. 



Beeswax Is iu good demand at 25@.'^le. for 

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



CHICAGO. Ii-L.. Mar. 18.— Demand is good 

 for all grades of honey excepting dark comb. 

 We quote: Fancy comb. 15c.; No. 1, I4c. Ex- 

 tracted, 5a6!4c. J. A. h. 



PHILADELPHIA, P.\., Apr. 1. — Choice 

 white clover honey is getting very scarce at 

 14c. Dark .and poorly filled sections. 8@10c. 

 Demand is falling off on extracted, prices 

 ranging from 4^(§;7c. Strictly pure white 

 clover very scarce at 10c. Beeswax arriving 

 more freely and selling at 30@3lc. W. A.S. 



NE\V 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 disposingof 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. 5i4@Cc.; buckwheat. 5@5i4c.; 

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

 quality. Beeswax firm and in good demand 

 at30@31c. H.B. &S. 



BUFFALO. N. Y .. Mar. 16.— The honey mai^ 

 ket is gettmg (luite 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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List of Honey and Beeswax Dealers, 



Most of whom Quote in this Journal. 



('tiiea^t>. Ills. 



J. A. Lamon, 4:i South Water St. 



K. A. BnRNETT Jt Co.. 163 South Water Street. 



\cw York, N. Y. 



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

 HiLDKETH Bros, ii Seqelkbn. 



28 & 30 West Broadway. 

 Chas. Israel & Bros.. 110 Hudson St. 

 I. J. Stbingham. 105 Park Place. 



Kansas City, nio. 



C. C. Clemoms i- Co., 423 Walnut St. 



BuSalo, N. V. 

 Battebson & Co.. 167 & 169 Scott St. 



Hamilton, Ills. 

 Chas. Dadant & Son. 



Fblladelpbka, Fa. 

 Wm. a. Selseh, 10 Vine St. 



Cincinnati, Oblo. 

 C. F. Mute & Son, cor. Freeman & Central ave. 



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