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gan. He then related the following 

 incident : His father kept bees in 

 Westchester county, N. Y., and 60 or 

 more years ago (when the narrator 

 was about 15 years old) a swarm came 

 out and started to leave, and an older 

 brother shot into it with a shot-gun 

 and it alighted immediately. Two or 

 three days after, the same bees 

 swarmed out of the hive they had 

 been hived in, and circled around, 

 going higher and higher until nearly 

 out of sight A clap of thunder com- 

 ing just at that time, the swarm 

 dropped to the ground, alighting 

 within a short distance of the former 



Elace of clustering. They vpere again 

 ived, and in two or three days more 

 they came out again and took a " bee- 

 line " for a house 10 miles away, and 

 •went directly into a knot-hole in the 

 side of the house, being the fifth 

 swarm that was seen to go into that 

 knot-hole that summer. The bees 

 occupied the spaces between the 

 chamber floor and the ceiling below. 

 When winter came the floor was 

 taken up, and several barrels of 

 honey were taken out. The foregoing 

 seems like a pretty big story, but I 

 have known the narrator several 

 years, and have never known his 

 word to be doubted. 



Losses in Wintering.— H.M.Seeley, 

 Harford, 6 Pa., on April 30, 1887,says : 



I had 4 colonies last fall, and have 

 4 now, 3 strong and 1 weak, the latter 

 being caused by the mice getting into 

 the hive. I have a record of 770 colo- 

 nies in the fall, of which there are 

 now alive 381 colonies. Some bee- 

 keepers lost all they had. 



Death of an Old Subscriber, etc.— 

 J. E. Boyles, Nelsonville,cx Ohio, on 

 May 2, 1887, writes : 



My father, T. M. Boyles, died last 

 fall, and it leaves me in charge of the 

 bees, with a limited experience. I 

 have sold some, and have 35 colonies 

 now, the most of them being in good 

 condition. Father had kept bees 

 about 40 years, was quite successful, 

 and was without a total loss at any 

 time from the first. He had taken 

 the American Bee Journal during 

 nearly the whole time of its existence, 

 and was very fond of both his bees and 

 the Journal. 



Bees doing Well, etc.— W. Mason, 

 rillmore,K) Ind., on April 28, 1887, 

 says: 



A neighbor of mine, who com- 

 menced keeping bees two years ago 

 under my supervision and instruction, 

 has been very successful both in sum- 

 mer and winter management. He 

 had a colony in March, during a 

 warm spell, that acted as though it 

 was swarming. On looking at the 

 entrance of the hive, he saw a queen 

 dead, and looking a little longer he 

 found another queen about dead He 

 returned her to the hive, and the bees 

 returned again. He saw nothing 

 wrong after that, until this week he 

 found no brood or the appearance of 



brood, and the colony was somewhat 

 dwindled. He put in two frames of 

 brood and bees, and awaited results. 

 This was a colony that had cast 2 or 3 

 swarms, consequently the queens 

 were young. Whether they were im- 

 properly wintered, or whether it was a 

 case of superseding, and they de- 

 stroyed both queens, I do not know. 

 Bees are doing well, although the 

 weather is very changeable. We had 

 considerable snow on April 1. Plums 

 and pears are in full bloom, and bees 

 are working hard on them. 



No Loss in Wintering.- J. N. 

 Ginn, Brooks,? Maine, on April 27, 

 1887, says : 



Spring here is unusually late. The 

 snow is deep in the woods. The roads 

 are a mixture of snow-drifts and mud 

 falling in where the frost goes out. 

 We had fine weather from April 19 to 

 April 23, a few poplars blossoming so 

 bees brought in pollen. Since then 

 the weather has been bad ; last night 

 it rained like a flood. My .50 colonies 

 of bees have wintered without the 

 loss of a single colony, in the cellar, 

 and most of them are there yet. I 

 Shall put them out as soon as " Old 

 Sol " shows his face. 



Working with a Will.— H. J. 



Rogers, Stanard's Corners,? N. Y., 

 on April 28, 1887, writes : 



I have kept bees for 5 years, com- 

 mencing with one colony in a box- 

 hive. Last spring I had 36 colonies, 

 and increased them to 52 during the 

 season. Of these all have wintered 

 finely except two, one of which was 

 queenless last fall, and the other had 

 the diarrhea. I first found sealed 

 brood on April 1 . The combs are now 

 well covered with young bees, and 

 the bees are working with a will. I 

 have fed them since March 15, al- 

 though there was plenty of honey in 

 most of the hives. My surplus crop 

 last season was 2.800 pounds of comb 

 honey. With us the season was dry, 

 and most of the honey came from 

 raspberry in June. 



Expecting Early Swarms, etc.— 

 Wm. Ford, Marshalltown,© Iowa, on 

 April 30, 1887, writes : 



I put 25 colonies into the cellar last 

 fall, and on March 22 I took out 22 

 strong colonies and one that was 

 weak^ The two that died were 

 queenless. The temperature of the 

 cellar ranged from 40° to 4-5°. All 

 are breeding very rapidly. I spread 

 the brood-nest as directed by G. M. 

 Doolittle, in his pamphlet called 

 " The Hive 1 Use." My bees carried 

 in the first pollen on April 2. Drones 

 are flying now every day. I expect 

 to have early swarms. The apple 

 blossoms will be out in a day or two. 

 I think we will have a good honey 

 season this year. I am experimenting 

 with anew kind of entrance block to 

 stop robbing. It works like a charm 

 so far. I will report and give a de- 

 scription of it later. 



Encouraging Prospects.- R. B. 

 Woodward, M. D., Somerset,©, Ohio, 

 on April 27, 1887, writes : 



All of my 18 colonies of bees win- 

 tered finely on the summer stands. I 

 have heard of no losses in this sec- 

 tion from persons who follow the 

 modern methods of preparing their 

 bees for winter. I have Italians, 

 Syrians and Cyprians, and I see no 

 difference in their wintering, but the 

 Syrians and Cyprians are rearing 

 brood more rapidly, and have drones 

 flying now. The clover is looking 

 well, and plenty of fruit bloom and 

 locust is near at hand. The prospects 

 are encouraging for an excellent 

 honey crop in this locality. 



Honey and Beeswax Market. 



The following are our very latest 

 quotations for honey and beeswax : 



CHICAGO. 



HONBT.— Sellers aak from 7 to 10 Ota. for any- 

 thing off in comb lioney : tliis includes dark unde- 

 sirable and croolsed combB, and 2-pound sectiona. 

 Good 1-lb. BBCtions, 10(a)12c. ; choice, 12H@13C.— 

 BKBSWAX,-25c. B. A. BUKNBTT, 

 Mar. 28. 161 South Water St. 



DETROIT. 



HONBY.— Best white comb, ll®12c. Market is 

 improving. 



BBB8WAX.-23C. 

 Apr. 11. M. H. HUNT, Bell Branch, Mich. 



SAN FRANCISCO. 



HONEY.— We quote : Extracted, white, ■1@4X 

 cts. Comb, white, 7'ail3c. Market firm. 



BEESWAX.— Scarce at 19@22c. 

 Apr. 4. SCHACHT & LBMCKE, 122-124 Davis St. 



CLEVELAND. 



HONEY.— Choice white in 1-Ib. sections, 12®13c.i 

 second quality, 10@l ic: and buckwheat unsalable 

 at 8a9c. Extracted, 5®6c. 



BEESWAX.-25C. 



Apr. 20. A. C. KBNDEL, 115 Ontario St. 



ST. LOUIS. 



HONEY.— Choice comb, 10@12c. Strained, in 

 barrels, 3H®4Mc. Extra fancy, M more than lore- 

 going prices. Extracted, 4H@6c. Market dull. 



BEESWAX.- Steady at 20c. for crime. 



May 7. D. G. TUTT & CO.. Commercial St. 



SAN FRANCISCO. 



nONEY.—We quote : White comb, 12®14c.; am- 

 ber. 7@9c. Extracted, white, 4H@5c.; light amber, 

 3*((a4!<c. Market quiet. 



BEBSWAX.-19<ai22c. 



Apr. 16. O. B. SMITH & CO., 423 Frout St. 



MILWAUKEE. 



HONEY.— We quote : Finest white Mb. sections, 

 12@12Hc.: choice white 1-lbs., ll@12c.; choice 2- 

 Ibs.. lOOllc; dark notwanted.and imperfect slow. 

 Extracted, finest white in kegs, 6H®7c. ; good 

 white in kef,'8 and barrels. 6@6Hc.; dark, 4 to 4Xc. 

 Demand good and market firm. 



BEESWAX.— 2.'ic. 



May 4. A. V. BISHOP. 142 W. Water St. 



BOSTON. 



HONEY.- 1-lb. packages of white clover honey 

 at 13@15C.; 2-pound8 at ll@13c. Extracted, 5@7c. 

 Sales slow. 



BBBSWAX.- 26 cts. per lb. 

 Apr. 22. Blake Sl kiplet. 57 Chatham Street. 



CINCINNATI. 



HONEY.- We quote for extracted, 3®7c. per lb. 

 Best comb brings I l@I4c. per lb. Demand fair. 



BEBSW AX.— Good demand,— 20<923c. per lb. for 

 good to choice yellow. 

 Apr. 21. C.F.MUTH iS SoN.Freeman & Central At. 



Wy Using tlie Binder made expressly 

 for this Bee Jouknal, all can have them 

 bound and ready for examination every day 

 in the year. We have reduced the price to 

 60 cents, postpaid. Subscription for one 

 year and the binder for $1.50. 



