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THE AMEKICAN BEE JOURNAL,. 



Sound of Bees in Winter.— Elias 

 Fox, Hillsborough, Wis., on May 

 12, 1887, says : 



I would say in reply to Mr.Demaree, 

 that years ago, when my father kept 

 bees in box-hives and wintered them 

 on the summer stands, so far as the 

 sound was concerned during the cold 

 weather, one would have said they 

 were dead ; but the sound returned 

 with the warm weather. The same 

 is demonstrated even after bees are 

 removed from the cellar. When the 

 mornings are cool, we cannot hear a 

 sound, but as soon as the mercury 



fets up to about 40° or 45°, we will 

 ear the humming commence. 



Clover Blooming.— Jos. M. Brooks, 

 Columbus,? Ind., on May 14, 1887, 

 writes : 



My bees are in good condition, but 

 are short of stores. The clover is 

 commencing to bloom. 



Noise of Bees in Winter.— Thos. 

 A. Anderson, Big Spring, o Mo., on 

 May 12, 1887, says : 



In 1884, 1883 and 1882 I wintered 

 bees out-doors— in 1883 and 1882 with 

 single stories covered with quilts, and 

 the second story filled with sawdust 

 (10-frameLangstroth hives); in 1884, 

 in single stories without any protec- 

 tion (1 use honey-boards) ; and in- 

 variably when the mercury reached 

 10° below zero, and lower, they could 

 be heard 10 feet and further away, 

 and wintered well. 



Extracted Honey.— J. M. Shuck, 

 Des Moines,o« Iowa, says : 



What shall we call it ? Honey by 

 any other name would taste as sweet, 

 but there is a difference among the 

 " craft " as to what we should name 

 it. My position is that it needs no 

 "ear-marks," so to speak. Call it 

 " honey " and be true. It is honey in 

 its purest form. Let our market re- 

 ports quote " honey " at so much per 

 pound, and " comb honey " at its 

 market value, and all will be under- 

 stood. 



Legislation on Priority of Loca- 

 tion.— Dr. C. C. Miller, Marengo, 5 

 Ills., writes : 



1 am at present a bee-keeper rather 

 than a writer, and have only time for 

 a word in reply to Mr. Clarke. What- 

 ever deductions he may have made 

 (and I cannot so much wonder at his 

 misunderstanding my position, since 

 so many others did so), the fact still 

 remains that I never desired legisla- 

 tion in favor of priority of location, 

 nor advocated it, and after having 

 repeatedly and emphatically said so, 

 (as quoted by Mr. Clarke himself), it 

 seems to me that he might have ac- 

 cepted as my true position that which 

 I gave in plain words that could not 

 well be misunderstood, rather than to 

 still cling to his previous misunder- 

 standing. 



Bees Bnilding up Fast.— O. P. 



Miner, Taylor Centre,© X. Y., on 

 May 12, 1887, vtrites : 



The mortality among bees in this 

 section has been about 30 per cent. 

 The members present at the Cortland 

 Union Bee-Keepers' Convention, on 

 May 10, reported 640 colonies left out 

 of 916, last fall ; with many of them 

 weak. Those in chaff hives and cel- 

 lars have suffered in about the same 

 ratio. My own loss was 3 colonies 

 out of 10 in chaS hives. Last spring 

 my bees gathered the first pollen on 

 April 14, and this spring on April 26. 

 They are now building up quite fast, 

 and bee-keepers anticipate a more 

 favorable season for honey than the 

 last was. 



Honey Crop a Failure for 3 Years. 



—C.M.Davis, Denison,(^ Tex., on May 

 15, 1887, says : 



Bees are doing quite well. We have 

 had frequent rains, and the prospects 

 are good for a harvest of honey ; the 

 farmers say crops never looked bet- 

 ter. The honey crop in northern 

 Texas has been a failure for 3 years. 



No Roaring in Winter.- J. F. 

 Latham, Cumberland,? Me., on May 

 16, 1887, writes : 



I have always wintered my bees on 

 the summer stands, and I have never 

 known them to " roar " or make any 

 perceptible noise during the coldest 

 weather— in my eight years of bee- 

 keeping. 



Bees in Splendid Condition.— N. 



Staininger, Denison,*o Iowa, on May 

 5, 1887, writes : 



All of my 81 colonies of bees win- 

 tered splendidly, 70 full colonies com- 

 ing out strong and healthy, and 11 

 nuclei; one colony starved, 3 queens 

 were lost, and all of the balance are 

 in good condition. I have plenty of 

 drones flying, and some colonies have 

 queen-cells started, with 8 frames of 

 brood. The temperature was at 46° 

 to 48° all winter. I expect a good 

 honey harvest, if we get rain soon. 



Heard the Bees Roaring.— James 

 Irwin, Columbus Grove,^3 O., on May 

 19, 1887, says : 



I wintered my bees on the summer 

 stands with but little protection, with 

 a temperature ranging from zero 

 down to 15° below, and I could hear 

 them roaring from 8 to 12 feet from 

 the hive. 



Winter Losses of Bees.— Mr. Wm. 



Cleary, Algona,5 Iowa, on May 12, 

 1887, writes : 



On page 123 I wrote that I was win- 

 tering 27 colonies, and that I weighed 

 them when put into the cellar on 

 Nov. 16, 1886, and weighed them when 

 put out on April 7. They shrunk in 

 weight about 4}^ pounds each on the 

 average, but the dead bees were in 



the hives yet. I lost 7 colonies, 4 in 

 the cellar, and 3 out of 4 in tenement 

 hives. They are breeding up fast 

 now, and have gathered considerable 

 honey. Almost all the bees in this 

 county died the past winter. One 

 man lost 54 colonies out of 60 ; another 

 lost 40 colonies— all he had— and sev- 

 eral others lost all they had. I saved 

 the best per cent, of any one in this 

 county. 



Honey and Beeswax Market. 



The following are our Tery latest 

 quotations for honey and beeswax : 



CHICAGO. 

 HONBY.— Sellers ask from 7 to 10 cts. for any- 

 thing off in comb honey ; this includes dark unde- 

 sirable and crooked combs, and 2-pound sections. 

 Good 1-lb. sections, loaiac. ; choice. 12^@13c.— 

 BEE8WAX,-25C. R. A. BURNBI'T, 

 Mar. 28. 161 South Water St. 



DETROIT. 



HONEY.— Best white comb, ni312c. Market is 

 nearly bare, awaiting the new crop. 



BEE3WAX.-23®24c. 

 May. II. M. H. HUNT, Bell Branch, Mich. 



SAN FRANCISCO. 



HONEY.— We quote ; Extracted, white, 4Kia5 

 cts. ; light amber. 4J^c. ; amber, 4Mc. Comb, white, 

 I2(ai4c.: amber, 7@9c. Demand good. 



BBESWAX.-23C. 

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



OLBVBi.AND. 



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

 second quality, \0®\ ic; and buckwheat unsalable 

 at 8ia9c. Extracted, 5@6c. 



BEBSWAX.-25C. 



Apr. 20. A. C. K ENDEli, 1 15 Ontario St. 



ST. L0D18. 



HONEY.- Choice comb. 10012c. Strained, in 

 barrels, 3^(S4^ic. Extra fancy, hi more than lore- 

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



BEESWAX.— Steady at 20!ic. for nrime. 



May 20. D. G. TUTT & CO., Commercial St. 



SAN FRANCISCO. 



HONEY.— We quote : White comb, 12@14c. : am- 

 ber, 7@cl0. Extracted, white, 4M@5c.; light amber, 

 35^(34^0. Market quiet. 



BEESWAX.— 19<5i2Ic. 



May 14. O. B. SMITH & CO., 423 Front St. 



MILWAUKEE. 



HONEY. -We quote : Finest white 1-lb. sectiona. 

 12@12^c. ; choice white l-lbs., ll@12c. : choice a- 

 Ibs.. 10(0)1 Ic; dari not wanted, and imperfect slow. 

 Extracted, finest white in kegs, 6Hi@7c. ; good 

 white in kegs and barrels, 6@6J^c.: dark, 4 to 4Xc. 

 Demand good and market firm. 



BBBSWAX.-2.1C. 



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



NEW YORK. 

 HONEY.— We quote : White comb. 9@12c.; dark 

 5(fio7c. California comb, 8@9c.; extracted, S@6c. 

 Sales large and demand good. 

 BEESWAX.- 23®2*4c. 



MCCAUL & HILDRBTH BROS., 

 May 10. 28 & 30 \V. Broadway, near Duane St. 



KANSAS CITY. 

 HONEY.— We quote : White clover I-lbs., 10012 

 cts,; dark, 9to IOC. White clover 2-Ib8., 10 to lie. ; 

 dark, 9 to lOe. Extracted. 5 to 6c. in small way. 

 Very little extracted in the market. 

 May 16. OLEMONS.CLOONJfc CO., cor4th&Walnut 



BOSTON. 



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

 at 13®15C.; 2-poundB at ll@i3c. Extracted, Si37c. 

 Sales slow. 



BEESWAX.- 26 cts. per lb. 

 Apr. 22. Blake A Riplky. 57 Chatham Street. 



CINCINNATI. 



HONEY— We quote for extracted, 3®7e. per lb. 

 Best comb brings ll@l4c. per lb. Demand fair. 



BEESWAX.— Good demand,— 20®23c per lb. for 

 good to choice yellow. 

 Apr. 21. C.F.MCTH & SON.Freeman & Central Av. 



One Dollar invested for the weekly visits 

 of the American Bee Joprnal. for a year, 

 will richly repay every apiarist in Amerioa. 



