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THE AMERICAN BEE JOURNAL. 



June 6, 



quite a flurry this morning. This cold wave 

 will be hard on the liees. 



We had a wonderful apple-liloom, but we 

 fear this cold wave will blast our hopes, as 

 we were expecting a fine crop of apples 

 after the bees had gotten a good supply of 

 nectar from the bloom. 



I am much delighted with the weekly 

 visitor— the American Bee Journal. I feel 

 that I could not make a success with my 

 little apiary without it. If I get "tangled" 

 a little during the week. I just wait until 

 Saturday afternoon, when the Bee Journal 

 steps in. and I at once consult it, and I soon 

 find something that lets me out. 



Ira Shooket. 



Long, W. Va., May IS. 



Hard Winter for Bees. 



Last fall I had about 38 colonies of bees. 

 It was a hard winter for bees, and now I 

 have just about 15 left from 28. 



Fked Eisemann. 



Chelsea, Mich., May 24. 



Prospects Not Good. 



Bees are very strong— I had several 

 swarms, and they stored considerable honey 

 the first week in May, but they are doing 

 but little now. with no prospect for a good 

 honey crop. Horsemint, our main depend- 

 ence, is a total failure this season, as well 

 as last. J. D. Givens. 



Lisbon, Tex., May 20. 



First Swarm — Overstocked. 



To-day my first swarm of bees came out— 

 the earliest I have had for years. My only 

 desire is for a No. 1 field of bee-pasture. 

 My poor bees will be badly disappointed, 

 though, with about 1,500 colonies in a circle 

 of 4 to 5 miles in diameter. How can these 

 poor, winged things get enough to satisfy 

 both them and me ? S. M. Carlzen. 



Montclair, Colo., May 22. 



Bees in Slontana. 



Some one has called for a report from 

 Montana. I don't live there, but I can tell 

 him what I know about that place in re- 

 gard to bee-culture. 1 shipped a colony of 

 bees to a Mr. Brockway, at Billings, Mont., 

 last season. They arrived in good condi- 

 tion, and swarmed three times, and stored 

 about 100 pounds of surplus honey. Mr. B. 

 wrote me a few weeks ago, saying that his 

 bees had wintered well. Without doubt 

 bees would do well there, if handled rightly. 



Onsted, Mich. L. E. Evans. 



Cold Weather — Wintering. 



The cold freeze last night beat all the 

 freezes I ever looked on in a May day, for 

 east Michigan fruit of almost all kinds is 

 cut. Alslke clover is drooped. My bees 

 have been shut in for four days — some of 

 them have made the stores disappear as if 

 by magic. 



I commenced last winter with 11 colonies, 

 all strong and well cared for, with chafl" 

 hives and cushions, but in February mala- 

 ria fever got the best of me, and kept me 

 housed for about eight weeks, and I could 

 not attend to them. 



In March we had a soft snow from the 

 East; it was a heavy, driving storm, and it 

 drove into half of my hives and smothered 

 two of the heaviest colonies 1 had. The 

 rest of them were left in p.oor condition. 

 The other colonies facing south are in the 

 best of condition. Three years of experi- 

 ence tells me that the east is not best to 

 face hives. If I had been able to get out at 

 the time it would not have happened. 



The most of the bees in this locality suf- 

 fered last winter— about one-third or more 

 are dead ; and the reason is, as near as I 

 can find out, they were left in a haphazard 

 condition for winter. I have looked at 

 some colonies that died, and there were lots 

 of stores in the adjoining combs that they 

 were not on. My belief is those colonies 

 starved to death. The reason is this : In a 



long, cold spell the bees will not go around 

 the end of the frames or break cluster, and 

 when all the honey is consumed they 

 starve. Now, then, if those colonies had 

 had a Hill device, or something of that 

 description, would they have starved ? I 

 have not lost a colony in that way. 



I think the reason most of the folks lose so 

 many bees is that they do not understand 

 them. They would do better if they would 

 take the American Bee Journal, or some 

 other good bee-paper. Fked Card. 



Burns, Mich., May 17. 



Honey & Beeswax Market Quotations. 



CHICAGO. III.. May 23.— The trade in 

 comb honey Is very light at this time of the 

 year— as it is between seasons. Soon we will 

 get the new crop, and It will come on a bare 

 market. Just now what little comb sells 

 brings 14o. for the best grades. Extracted. 

 5i4@7c. All good grades of beeswax. 30c. 



R. A. B. &Co. 



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

 for all grades of hooey excepting dark comb. 

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

 tracted, 5@6 He. J. A. L. 



KANSAS CITy. Mo., May 20.— The demand 

 for comb honey is light, with considerable on 

 the market. Receipts of extracted are llght^- 

 demand fair. We quote: No. 1 white comb, 

 1-lbs., 13@14c.; No. 3, 12@13c.; No. 1 amber, 

 12@13c. : No. 2, 8@10c. Extracted, 5@7c. 



Beeswax. 25c. C. C. C. & Co. 



CINCINNATI, O., May 20.— The market is 

 very quiet. No change since our last. We 

 quote: Choice white comb honey, 12@16c. 

 Extracted, 4@7c. 



Beeswax Is in good demand at25®31c. for 

 good to choice yellow. 0. F. M. & S. 



PHILADELPHIA, PA., May 18. — Comb 

 honey is in poor demand. Large stores are 

 now waiting for the new crop. Extracted is 

 in fair demand. Beeswax has declined some, 

 but good sales keep market from being over- 

 stocked. We quote: Comb honey, 9c. Ex- 

 tracted, 4V4@6c. Beeswax, 29@30c. W.A.S. 



NEW YORK, N. T., May 24.— White comb 

 honey is well cleaned up. Considerable buck- 

 wheat remains on the market, and, as the sea- 

 son is about over, some of it will have to be 

 carried over. Extracted is doing fairly well, 

 with plenty of supply to meet the demand. 

 New southern Is ai riving quit« freely. We 

 quote: Extracted, white, 6@6!4c. ; amber, 5 

 @5Hc. Southern, common, 45@50c. per gal- 

 lon ; choice, 60@65c. 



While beeswax holds firm at 31@32c., we 

 think it has reached top market and do not 

 expectit to go higher. H. B. & S. 



List of Honey and Beeswax Dealers, 



Most of whom Quote In this Journal. 



Cblcago, Ills. 



J. A. Lamon, 43 South Water St. 



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



New York, N. Y. 



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

 HiLDBETH Bros. & Seqelken. 



120 & 122 West Broadway. 

 Chas. Israel & Bros.. 110 Hudson St. 

 1. J. Stbingham, 105 Park Place. 



Kansaii City, Mo. 



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



BnSalo, N. Y. 



BATTERSON & Oo., 167 & 169 Scott St. 



Hamilton, Ills. 



Chas. Dadant & Son. 



Philadelphia, Pa. 



W.M. A. Selser, 10 Vine St. 



Cincinnati, Ohio. 



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



A Oi-and ll«>fSnioker is the one 



offered by W. C. R. Kemp, Orleans, Orange 

 Co., Ind. It has a 3-inch fire-barrel, burns 

 all kinds of fuel, and is simple, efficient and 

 durable. Send lOll cents for a sample 

 smoker, and you will have a rare bargain. 



Doctor^s )i\r)\s 



By DR. PEIRO, CJiicag-o, ni. 



100 state Street. 



Some Causeti or Headache. 



Decayed teeth are a frequent source of 

 some of the most excruciating headaches, 

 even though the teeth do not ache. 



Excessive study of books, especially by 

 lamp-light, often occasions serious head- 

 aches. 



Indiscriminate use of tobacco, either 

 smoking or chewing, can cause violent 

 headaches. 



Irregularity in eating, instead of at 

 stated hours, frequently results in oppres- 

 sive headaches. 



An overloaded stomach usually produces 

 a more acute, intense headache. 



Constipation is another frequent source 

 of severe headaches. A saline cathartic — 

 salts — is the best and safest remedy. 



A cold In the head often causes a stupefy- 

 ing headache, especially over the eyes and 

 root of the nose. Cloths wrung in hot 

 water and tightly held to the forehead 

 often gives immediate relief. 



Malaria is a potent cause for most pain- 

 ful and persistent headaches, for which 

 proper remedies should be taken — better 

 still, get away from malarial districts. 



In hundreds of cases the headache has its 

 origin in defective eye-sight or badly- 

 fitting glasses. An oculist should be con- 

 sulted ; an optician won't do. 



Bad ventilation— sleeping in close, dark 

 rooms with little or no access to outer air — 

 very often gives rise to protracted and 

 severe headaches. 



Grief and worry may very naturally 

 cause obstinate headaches. People of hot 

 temper and irritable disposition are seldom 

 free from it. Hot water with half tea- 

 spoonful of cooking soda every hour most 

 likely relieves it. Keep your temper ! 



Too heavy or tight clothing can occasion 

 severe headaches. 



Sick headaches are usually caused by 

 some form of indigestion, for which a skilled 

 physician had best be consulted. 



Headaches of "plain drunks," as the 

 police stations term it, are best disposed of by 

 small doses of salts in hot water frequently 

 repeated. If very faint, a little red-pepper 

 may be added. But you're a fool if you do 

 it again ! 



In many cases the most obstinate and 

 violent headaches have been occasioned by 

 tumors growing and pressing upon the 

 brain. Medicines in such cases can only be 

 palliative— nothing short of an operation 

 and removal of the tumor (where this pro- 

 cedure is feasible) can effect a cure. 



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