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THE AMERICAN BEE JOURNAli. 



Local Convention Directory. 



1887. Time and place of Meet47l^. 



May 24.-N. W. Ills. & 9. W. Wis., at Rockton. Ills. 

 D. A. Fuller, Sec. Cherry Valley, Ills. 



May 26.-^881 Lake Sbore Central, at Kiel. Wis. 

 Ferd Zastrow, Sec, Millhome, Wis. 



May 27.— Darke County Union, at Greenville. O. 

 J. A. Uoe, Asst. Sec, Union City, Ind. 



Dec. 7-9.— Michigan State, at Bast Sa^naw, Mich. 

 H. D. Cutting, Sec, Clinton, Mich. 



^" In order to have this table complete. Secre- 

 taries are requested to forward full particulars of 

 time and place of future meetings.— ED. 



Bees in Excellent Condition.— 

 Charlie W. Bradish, Glendale,5 N. 

 Y., on May 9, 1887, says : 



My bees have come through the 

 winter in excellent condition. They 

 were taken from the cellar on May 3 

 and 4. After examination I have 

 found 100 colonies good and strong, 

 and a few weak ones. They are at 

 work to-day on maple blossoms. 

 Clover has wintered well, and the 

 prospect is good for a honey crop. 



Results of the Winter in Vermont, 

 —John H.Larrabee,Larrabee's Point, 

 ♦o Vt., on May 9, 1887, writes : 



The past winter here has been un- 

 usually severe, and like other bee- 

 keepers in this region, we have lost 

 heavily. Personally, I have been 

 very fortunate, having lost only 2 out 

 of 33. The spring is very backward, 

 and fruit has not yet blossomed. One 

 lady has only 9 colonies left from 25 ; 

 another apiarist lost 40 colonies out 

 of 130. Mr. Manum has met with his 

 usual success, but has lost a little 

 heavier than usual ; I think about 50 

 colonies out of 800. I am of the opin- 

 ion that the Inter-State Commerce 

 law will operate to the discourage- 

 ment of large bee-associations, and all 

 other organizations of a like charac- 

 ter, but it may aid local societies. 

 The bees are booming at present — 

 making up lost time. 



easily found at the first or second 

 time the hives are opened in the 

 spring ; then with care she is in 

 nearly every hive found the first time 

 the combs are looked through. Use 

 as little smoke as possible, and get to 

 looking for the queen as quickly as 

 possible after opening a hive. 



Finding the Queen in a Hive, etc. 



— Mrs. L. C. Axtell, Roseville,*o Ills., 

 on May 5, 1887, writes : 



Our bees (my husband and myself 

 are the apiarists) now are doing finely. 

 Both those wintered out-of-doors and 

 those in the cellar are still packed 

 with straw, and will be until we put 

 on sections. They are increasing in 

 young bees very fast. We always 

 aim to clip the queens' wings before 

 many of the young bees are hatched 

 out in the spring, as it is so much 

 easier to find the queen, for young 

 bees are so apt to run, pile up and fall 

 off in bunches. When bees get to 

 running we give up the search for that 

 time, as it is not very safe to have the 

 bees run, for there is more fear of 

 loss to the queen. The queen is more 



Colonies Strong and Cross.— E. 

 Pickup, Limerick, 5 Ills., on May 11, 

 1887, says : 



Last fall I made a bee-house for my 

 bees, and the result is that this spring 

 my colonies are stronger than usual. 

 It has finally become warm, so to-day 

 I took from the hives the winter 

 packing of sawdust and chaff, and 

 the bees were soon outside. Some 

 think I was foolish for keeping my 

 bees packed until now ; but I do not 

 think so, as my bees are now strong 

 and cross, and not weakened by 

 poverty. 



The Blank-Strip Section-Case.— J. 

 W. Powell & Son, Mankato,? Minn., 

 write : 



In reply to Mr. J. J, Eoe's letter on 

 page 267, we wish to say that we do 

 no desire to argue the matter of 

 "priority" of the invention of the 

 blank-strip section-case. We do not 

 remember just the exact date when 

 we first thought of making surplus 

 cases that way, but we made a num- 

 ber of them last season, and gave 

 them a thorough test, leaving some 

 of them on the hives all of the fall ; 

 and we never have seen sections come 

 off of the hive so clean. We never 

 have intended to try to get a patent, 

 however, but give other bee-keepers 

 the benefit of our thought, in part 

 payment for the many thoughts and 

 ideas that have been so freely given 

 to us. We hope this short explana- 

 tion will satisfy Mr. Roe and all 

 others ; and thus we will leave the 

 matter where it is. 



colonies or over, but what would be 

 glad to have a law passed prohibiting 

 bees from being kept within 25 rods 

 of our public highway. That would 

 wipe out all of these slip-shod bee- 

 keepers who will not Italianize their 

 bees nor have their honey in a suit- 

 able condition for market; conse- 

 quently they are a nuisance to the 

 business. A man who cannot attend 

 to his bees as they should be, 25 rods 

 from a highway, ought not to keep 

 bees. 



Bees are Booming.— Lewis Werner, 

 Edwardsville, P Ills., on May 8, 1887, 

 writes : 



Bees have commenced working on 

 white clover. I am expecting a fine 

 crop of honey this season. Bees are 

 strong, and ready to swarm at any 

 day. Swarming will be a little later 

 than it was last year. 



Non-Progressive Bee-Keepers.— E. 



W. Alexander, Esperance,o N. Y., 

 writes : 



I have kept from 50 to 300 colonies 

 of bees for the past 25 years, and ex- 

 pect to continue in the business the 

 remainder of my life, and I know that 

 there has never been anything that 

 stood so much in the way of selling 

 our honey at a paving price, as that 

 class of slip-shod bee-keepers who 

 give their bees little or no attention, 

 and put their honey on the market in 

 any shape, for any price they can get 

 offered for it. I do not think there 

 are many bee-keepers who keep .50 



Honey and Beeswax Market. 



The following are our very latest 

 quotations for honey and beeswax : 



CHICAGO. 



HONEY.- Sellersask from 7 to 10 cts. for any- 

 thing off in comb honey : this includes dark unde* 

 Blrable and crooked combs, and 2-in'Uiid sections. 

 Good 1-lb. sections, lU(a,l:ic. : choice. 12^@13c.— 

 BBBSWAX,-25C. K. A. BURNBTT, 

 Mar. 28. 161 South Water St. 



DETROIT. 



HONBT.— Best white comb, ili»12o. Market li 

 nearly bare, awaiting the new crop. 



BBESWAX.-23@J-.i4c. 

 May. 1 1. M. H. H ONT, BeU Branch, Mich. 



SAN FRANCISCO. 



HONEY.— We quote : Extracted, white, 4MOS 

 ctg.; light amber, 4i«c.; amber, 4^c Comb, white, 

 j2'«Hc; amber, 7(a9c Demand good. 



BEBSWAX.-23C. 

 May 8. SCHACHT & LKMCKB, 122-124 Davis St. 



CLEVELAND. 



HONEY.— Choice white in 1-lb. sections, 12@13c.; 

 second quality, IWsllic: and buckwheat unsalable 

 at 8'a9c. Extracted, 5(s*6c. 



BEESWAX.— 25C 



Apr. 2U. A. C. KENDEL, 115 Ontario St. 



ST. LOUIS. 



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

 barrels, sii'UHo. Extra fancy, M more than fore- 

 going prices. Extracted. 4^(giHc. Market duU. 



BEES WAX.— Stead j_at 2()c. for orime. 



May 7. D. G. TDTT & CO., Commercial St. 



SAN FRANCISCO. 



HONEY.— We quote : White comb, 12ai4c.: am- 

 ber, 7m»c. Extracted, white, 4>^@9c.; light amber, 

 39^'fli4Hc. Market quiet. 



BEESWAX.— 19(i22c. 



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



MILWAUKEE. 



HONEY. -We quote : Finest white 1-lb. sections, 



12fal2',«c.; choice white 1-lbs., Il(gn2c; choice 2- 



IbA., lOi^llc ; darS not wanted. and imperfect slow. 



Extracted, finest white in kegs, 6V6ftv7c; good 



white in kegs and barrels, 6'46^c. ; dark, 4 to 4Xc. 



Demand good and market firm. 



BEESWAX.-2r.c. „ 



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



NEW YORK. 

 HONEV— We quote : White comb, 9®12c.; dark 

 5(»7c. California comb, 8i*9c.: extracted, 5@6c. 

 Sales larye and demand good. 

 BBBSW AX.— 23(a.24i.?c. 



MCCAUL & HILDRETH BROS., 

 May 10. 28 it 30 W. Broadway, near Duane St. 



BOSTON. 



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

 at 13@loc.; 2-puunds at ll@13c. Extracted, 5^70. 

 Sales slow. 



BEESWAX.- 26 cts. per lb. 

 Apr. 22. Blake & Kipr.ET, 57 Chatham Street. 



CINCINNATI. 



HONE Y.— We quote for extracted, 3(SJ7c. per lb. 

 Best comb brings M@14c. per lb. Demand fair. 



BEESWAX.— Good demand,— 2Uia23c, per lb. lor 

 good to choice yellow. 

 Apr. 21. CFMltth & SoN.Freeman & Central At. 



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