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THE AMERICAN BEE JOURNAL. 



Sept. 19, 



tbem from starving; through the summer 

 months. The drouth of last summer fol- 

 lowed by a cold barren winter, aud the 

 continued drouth of this summer killing; the 

 clover familj'. is the cause of no honey this 

 summer. Kill off the clover family in Wis- 

 consin, and our bees would not store honey 

 enough Ui live on, eight years out of U>. 

 We are a'basswood country, too. The old 

 tree only blossoms every other year. The 

 weather must be just right then, or it 

 secretes no honey. 



We are the small-fruit center of Wiscon- 

 sin ; large farms of blackberries, all the 

 raspberry family, gooseberries and straw- 

 berries. We never see any of this fruit- 

 blossom honey in the sections. It helps, for 

 it is all used for brood-rearing in May. Do 

 bees work on strawberries ? Yes, they do; 

 but it is so very little it is no benefit to the 

 bee-keepers. 



It is hard to tell what the poor little 

 honey-bee is to live on in this country the 

 coming few years. We will feed them as 

 long as there is any sweet left to be had. 



I came to this country in 1840. The In- 

 dians told us then that only a few years be- 

 fore the first swarms were seen passing 

 over to the west, and then they knew the 

 white man was coming close by. 



Ripon, Wis., Aug. 2(;. R. Dart. 



Sweet Clover the Best. 



Another year has proved to me that 

 melilot or sweet clover is the best honey- 

 plant in existence. There was not one 

 pound of white clover honey in Lee county; 

 basswood yielded very little honey, and 

 catnip is good, but there is little of it, I 

 have plenty of colonies that gave me 60 

 pounds of sweet clover honey this season, 

 although we have had a severe drouth here. 

 I will get over 3,300 one-pound sections of 

 honey this season from sweet clover. 



Compton, 111., Aug. '11 . R. Miller. 



Another Season of Failure. 



This is another season of failure for the 

 bee-keeper here. So far not any honey has 

 been secured, and the prospect for a fall 

 crop is poor. All vegetation is dried up, 

 and unless we have a good rain soon, and 

 frosts stay off until late, we will have to 

 feed for wintering. I believe, as a general 

 thing, bee-keepers have a good deal of grit, 

 but it is trying one's patience to have fail- 

 ures three years in succession. No swarm- 

 ing at all this season. Thos. O. Hines. 



Anamosa, Iowa, Aug, 24. 



ConventiOD I^otices. 



West Virginia.— The Braxton County Bee 

 Keepers' Association will meet at Sutton. W 

 Va., Sept. 21. 1895. Everybody invited to be 

 present. Jacob Frame. See. 



Sutton, W. Va. 



Minnesota. —The next meeting of the 

 Southern Minnesota Bee-Keepers' Association 

 will be held at Winona. Oct. 15 and 10,189.3. 

 All members are urgentlj* requested to at- 

 tend. All bee-keepers and others interested 

 are cordially invited. E. C. CoiiNWEijii. Sec. 



Winona, Minn. 



Wisconsin.— The Southwestern Wisconsin 

 Bee-Keepers' Association will hold its uext 

 meetintr at PUtteville, Wis., Oct, S and 9, 

 1895. "Come, every one." Don't get dis- 

 couraged if we haven't got a crop of honey. 

 We will have a good time at Platteville, just 

 the same Bring your wives and daughters 

 with you. Many interesting subjects will be 

 discussed. M. M. KiCE. Sec. 



Boacobel, Wis, 



Utah.- The Utah Bee-Keepers' Association 

 will hold their semi-annual meeting in Uoom 

 34. City and County Building, Salt Lake City, 

 Oct. 5, 1895. at 10 a.m. Ail are invited. Come 

 aud have a good time. Many interesting sub- 

 jects will be discussed. Among other ques- 

 tions to be considered will be Markets and 

 Transportation. A union of interest in the 

 industry is mut-h desired. 



Provo, Utah. Geo. E. Dudley, Sec. 



Lumber and Iiog-Book. — Gives meas- 

 uretnents of lumber, logs, planl»; wages, etc. 25o. 



loii-Swarmiiig Bees 



1 am rearing Queens from a strain of yellow- 

 banded Bees that have never been known to 

 cast a swarm ! Can any other bee-keeper 

 make such a claim ? These Queens are a beau- 

 tiful orange-color, very prolific, and produce 

 handsome thrre-baiided workers. The Bees 

 are great honey-gatherers, very gentle, enter 

 the sections readily, cap their honey snow- 

 white, and winter on the summer-stands in 

 perfect condition in any climate; and In most 

 cases can be handled without smoke or pro- 

 lection of any kind. 1 can till an order by re- 

 turn mall Jor 200 Queens. Safe arrival and 

 perfect condition guaranteed ; when other- 

 wise, another Queen will be sent by return 

 mal. 



One Tested Queen, $1,00; three Queens, 

 $2.75: six Queens, $5.50; twelve Queens, $9. 

 All my (Queens are mailed in self-iutrodU'-ing 

 cages, aud directions for safe introduction 

 with each Queen. 



HENRY AI.LEY, 



36A WENHAM, Essex Co., MASS. 



Queens an«1 ttueen-Rearins-. — 



If you want to know how to have queens 

 fertilized in upper stories while the old 

 queen is still laying below ; how you may 

 saffly bdroduct' any queen, at any time of 

 the year when bees can fly ; all about the 

 different races of bees ; all about shipping 

 queens, queen-cages, candy for queen- 

 cages, etc. ; all about forming nuclei, mul- 

 tiplying or uniting bees, or weak colonies, 

 etc. ; or. in fact, everything about the 

 queen-business which you may want to 

 know — send for Doolittle's " Scientific 

 Queen-Reaming" — a book of over 170 

 pages, which is as interesting as a story. 

 Here are some good offers of this book; 



Bound in cloth, postpaid, $1.00 ; or clubbed 

 with the Bee Journal for one year — both 

 for only .?1.T.t ; or given free as a premium 

 for sending us three new subscribers to the 

 Bee Journal for a year at $1.00 each. 



List of Honey and Bcei^wax Dealers, 



Most of whom Quote In this Journal. 



Honey St Beeswax Market ^notations. 



Vblca;io, Ills. 



J, A. LamON, 43 South Water St, 



S, T. Fish & Co.. 1 89 S. Water St. 



K. A. Bornett li Co.. 163 South Water Street. 



New Vork, N. Y. 



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

 Hildreth Bros. & segelken, 



120 & 122 West Broadway, 

 Chab. Israel & Bros.. 486 Canal St. 

 I. J. Stringham, 10.) Park Pla.oe. 

 Francis H. Legoett & Co., 128 Franklin St. 



Kansas City, ITIo. 



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



BllSalo, N. \. 

 Batterson & Co., 167 & 169 Scott St. 



Haiuilton, Ills. 

 CBA8. Dadant & Son. 



Pblladelplila, Pa. 

 Wm. a. Selser, 10 Vine St. 



CinciunaU, Oblo. 

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



Uindei's for this size of the American 

 Bee Journal we can furnish for 75 cents 

 each, postpaid; or we will club it with the 

 Bee Journal for a year — both for $1.60. We 

 have a few of the old size (6x9) Binders 

 left, that we will mail for only 40 cents 

 each, to close them out. 



Please Send Us the Names of your 

 neighbors who keep bees, and we will 

 send them sample copies of the Bkk 

 JouRNAl,. Then please call upon them 

 and get them to subscribe with you, and 

 secure some of the premiums we offer. 



CHICAGO. III.. Aug. 25.— We are having 

 considerable inquir.v for comb honey. We 

 have as yet received but a few small consign- 

 ments. Weq'uote: Fancy white, 15c.; No. 1 

 white, 14c, Extracted, 5@7c. 



Beeswax, 25@27c. J. A, L, 



KANSAS CITY, Mo., Aug. 20. -The receipts 

 of new comb and extracted honey is fair, the 

 demand not large, but will increase with 

 cooler weather. We quote: No. 1 white comb, 

 l-lbs., 14@15c.; No. 2. 12@13c.; No. 1 amber, 

 ll@12c.; No. 2, lOiailc. Extracted, white, 

 6@6!.4c.; amber. 5',5@6c.; Southern. 4^@5c. 



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



PHILADELPHIA, Pa., Aug. 19— New crop 

 of comb honey is coming in more freely and 

 generally in good condition. Demand is now 

 beginning to spring up. New extracted is 

 arriving in a small wa.v. We quote: Fancy 

 comb, 14@15c.; good, 13c.: fair. 9@llc. Ex- 

 tracted, 4 ',4@5 '/4c. It is hard to get our mar- 

 ket to rally after the blow it received in the 

 spring on discovering such a large amount of 

 beeswax adulterated. We quote pure wax, 

 320250. W. A. S. 



ALBANY. N. T., Sept. 6.— Honey market 

 opening with good demand. Receipts lighter 

 so far this year than last, but do not look for 

 higher prices. We quote: White comb. 14@ 

 15c.; mixed, 13®14c.; dark, ll@12c. Ex- 

 tracted, white. 6 H® 7 14c.; mixed. 6a6!4c.; 

 dark, 5»4@6c. Beeswax. 28@29c. H. R. W. 



CHICAGO. III.. Sep. 4.— The new crop is 

 coming forward and sells at 15@16c. for best 

 lots; dark grades, 9®12c. Extracted ranges 

 from 6@7c. for white, and 5®5(4c. for colored, 

 flavor and package making difference in price. 



Beeswax. 27@28c. K. A. B. & Co. 



BUFFALO. N. T.. Aug. 23.— Receipts of 

 honey are light as yet. Comb and fancy stock 

 would sell at 14@15e.; choice, 12@13c, ; buck- 

 wheat is moving exceedingly slow and is hard 

 to place. The indications are that early ship- 

 ments will realize the best results. 



Beeswax, 25@30c. B. & Co. 



CINCINNATI. O.. Aug. 7.— Demand is live- 

 ly for new extracted and comb honey, all old 

 honev being closed out. Arrivals are fair but 

 insuliicient for the demand. Comb honey 

 brings 14@loc. for choice white. Extracted, 

 4@7c. 



Beeswax is in good demand at 20@25c. for 

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



CHICAGO, III., Aug. 23. — Fancy white 

 comb honey (l-lbs.) in nice, clean packages 

 sells at 16c.; other grades of white honey, 14 

 @15c.; amber. 13@14c. We are having a 

 good trade in extracted honey, selling light 

 amber and while at 6@7c.; dark, 5@5!>4c. de- 

 pending on quality and style of package. 

 Early shipments to market advised so as to 

 permit of sale before cold weather sets in. 



Beeswax. 28o. S. T. F, &Co. 



NEW FORK. N. Y .. Sent. 11.— New crop of 

 comb honey is arriving and while the receipts 

 from N. Y. State are light, we are receiving 

 large quantities from California. Had two 

 cars of choice comb aud have se%'eral more to 

 follow. On accountof warm weather the de- 

 mand Is rather light as yet. We quote: Fancy 

 white, libs., lo@16c.; fair white. 12@13e. 

 No demand as yet for buckwheat and dark 

 honej'. Kxtracted is plentiful, especially Cal- 

 ifornia and Southern. We quote: California. 

 5@5?ic.; white clover and basswood, 6@6!4C.; 

 Southern. 45@5.tc. a gallon. 



Beeswax in fair demand and Arm at 28@29o. 



H. B. &S. 



Wants or Excfianges. 



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 or bona-flde " E-xchanges," and such will be 

 Inserted here at 10 cents a Hue for each 



time, when specially ordered into this depart- 

 ment. Exchanges for cash or for price-lists, 

 or notices offering articles for sale, will not 

 be inserted here— such belong In the regular 

 advertising columns, at regular rates. 



TY\0 EXCHANGE.— Ash, Box-Elder, or Bass- 

 -L wood Seeds: Blackcurrant or Juneberry 

 Bushes— for Apiarian Supplies. 



P. H. EMERY, Summit, So. Dak. 



