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•were in sight except those we saw in- 

 side the hive. Ou the sixteenth day 

 the colony was examined, and a patch 

 of worker-eggs about 6 inches in 

 dianaeter was found. Was the queen 

 mated inside the hive ? She must 

 have been, as it was so cold that not 

 a bee was to be seen. Drones do not 

 fly until 7 days old, so we are told by 

 the veteran bee-keepers. We had our 

 doubts whether the bees would be 

 worker bees, so we have waited to 

 see, and they are all right. Another 

 experience : 1 bought a queen last 

 August, introduced her successfully 

 at the time to a powerful colony of 

 black bees, having 7 frames of brood. 

 That queen never laid an egg last 

 fall. The bees wintered, also the 

 queen ; and up to yesterday it had not 

 laid, when I killed her, and gave the 

 bees a frame of eggs. What was the 

 matter with that queen V Will some 

 one tell V 



Alsike at a Premium.— A. J. Cook, 

 Agricultural College, 9 Mich., on June 

 3, 1887, writes : 



Our bees are swarming, although 

 we have had no honey yet, and there 

 is very little white clover. This is 

 when Alsike would be at a premium. 



Good Crop Expected.— P. P. Nelson, 

 Manteno,o Ills., on June 9, 1887,says: 



My bees wintered all right. We are 

 now having timely and abundant 

 showers, and there is now every indi- 

 cation that the crop of bees and honey 

 will be a good one. 



Description of a Bee-Cellar.— F. A. 



Gibson, Racine,o Wis., on May 31, 

 1887, writes : 



At the request of Chas. Solveson 

 and some others, I will give the fol- 

 lowing description of my bee-cellar: 

 It is 16x24 feet, and 7 feet deep. It 

 has a stone wall all around, with one 

 tier of soft brick set ou edge and 

 cemented together on the inside of 

 the stone wall, with an air space of 4 

 inches between. The floor is also 

 cemented, and the ceiling has 10 

 inches of dry sawdust between the 

 two floors for ventilation. I have 3- 

 inch tile just above the ground floor; 

 also one just below the floor, for water 

 to run out. The drain and ventilator 

 is about 60 feet long. My honey-house 

 is on top of the cellar. 



White Clover and Basswood.— C. 



W. Dayton, Bradford, <i Iowa, on June 

 7, 1887, writes : 



The white clover will yield but 

 little this year, as it is nearly dried 

 up. Basswood promises a full bloom, 

 but it will be very early and likely of 

 short continuance. I was tearing 

 down queen-cells on May 25, to pre- 

 vent swarming in several colonies. I 

 have to feed dailv to prevent starva- 

 tion, but luckily I have just extracted 

 1,200 pounds of last years' crop, that 

 was stored away in combs. It is dark 

 and blue, and was gathered in the 

 fall— not fit to sell, at least not to the 

 ignorant. 



ftueens Entering Wrong Hives.etc. 

 — Edwin Baldwin, Mendon,*o Ills., on 

 June 8, 1887, writes : 



What will keep queens from enter- 

 ing the wrong hive V In mating, 

 many enter hives 20 or more feet dis- 

 tant. It has been rather dry here all 

 the spring, in consequence of which 

 the tubes of the red clover are shorter 

 than usual, and the bees are working 

 on it freely. In consequence of the 

 dry weather, the white clover is about 

 half a crop ; but it yields fairly well. 

 My bees are in good condition, and 

 are working in the supers, the honey 

 comi)ig mostly from red clover. 



Hot Weather in Arizona.- M. H. 



Mendelson writes from Casa Grande, 

 9 Arizona, on May 31, 1887, thus : 



The average heat here for the past 

 few days has been lOO^ above zero, in 

 the shade, and the hot weather for 

 the season isbut just commeucing. I 

 am gfoiug back to San Buenaventura, 

 Calif., in a few days. 



Honey and Beeswax Market. 



Home Market for Honey. 



t^~ To create Honey Markets in every 

 village, town and city, wide-awake honey 

 producers should g-et the Leaflets "Why Eat 

 Honey " (only .50 cents per 100), or else the 

 pamphlets on "Honey as Food and Medicine," 

 and scatter them plentifully, and the result 

 will be a demand for all of their crops at 

 remunerative prices. " Honey as Food and 

 Medicine " are sold at the following prices : 



Single copy, 5 ots. ; per doz., 40 cts. ; per 

 hundred, $2.50. Five hundred will be sent 

 postpaid for $10.00; or 1,000 for $15,00. 

 On orders of 100 or more, we will print, if 

 desired, on the cover-page, "Presented by," 

 etc. (giving the name and address of the bee- 

 keeper who scatters them 



To give a%vay a copy of " Honey as Food 

 and Medicine " to every one who buys a 

 package of honey, will sell lots of it. 



System and Success. 



^^ Ai_ who intend to be systematic in 

 their work in the apiary, should get a copy of 

 the Apiary Register and commence to use it. 

 the prices are reduced, as follows : 



For 50 colonies (120 pages) $1 00 



" 100 colonies (220 pages) 125 



" 200 colonies (420 pages) 1 50 



The larger ones can be used for a few col- 

 onies, give room for an increase of numbers, 

 and still keep the record all together in one 

 book, and are therefore the most desirable. 



The following are our very latest 

 quotations for honey and beeswax : 



CHICAGO. 



HONEY.— Prices are about 10®12c. for comb. 

 Extracted, 5'*7c., according to quality and pack- 

 ages, stocks and demand light. 

 BBESWAX,-22o. K. A. BURNBTT, 

 June 9. 161 South Water St. 



DBTROIT. 

 HONEy.— Best white comb. ll(912c. Market la 

 nearly bare, awaiting the new crop. 

 BEBSWAX.-2a(gi24c. 

 June Ki. M. U. HUNT, Bell Branch, Mich. . 



SAN FRANCISCO. 



HONEY.— We quote : Extracted, white, 4J<®5 

 cts. ; light amber. 4^c. ; amber, 4Hc. Comb, white, 

 ]2'<*I4c.; amber. 7c*9c. Demand good. 



BBBiW AX.-ZM. 

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



CLEVELAND. 



HONEY.— Choice white in 1-lb. sections, 12@l3c.: 

 second quality, nxainc.: and buckwheat unsalable 

 at Hia.9c. Extracted, 5@6c. 



BEK3WAX.-25C. 



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



ST. LOUIS. 



HONEY.— Choice comb. 10(ai2c. Strained, in 

 barrels. 3!^'«4Mc. Extra fancy, M more than lore- 

 going prices. Extracted. 4H@tic. Market dull. 



BEESWAX.— Steady at -Zinic. for urime. 



May 20. D. (i. TUTT & CO.. Commercial St. 



SAN FRANCISCO. 



HONEY.— We quote : White comb, I2014C.: am- 

 ber. 7i.a.cl0. Extracted, white, iH&^c; light amber, 

 a.W(ri4i^c. Market quiet. 



ftBESWAX.-19i<»21c. 



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



MILWAUKEE. 



HONEY.- Choicewbite 1-Ibs.. 12® r21i>c.; choice 2- 

 Ibs., KKtiillc. ; dark not wanted, and imperfect slow. 

 Extracted, finest white in kegs, 6>4@7c. ; In 

 white in kegs and barrels, e»RHc.; dark. 4 to 4Xc.; 

 amber, in barrels, 4^<a5c. Demand limited and 

 supply small. 



UBiCSWAX.-2-iC. 



June 10. A. V. BISHOP, 142 W. Water St. 



NEW YORK. 

 HONEY.— We quote : White comb, 9@112c.; dark 

 5Si7c. California comb, rt(*9c.; extracted, S@6c. 

 Sales large and demand good. 

 BEESWAX.— 23a24'.«c. 



MCCAUL & HILDRETH BROS., 

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



KANSAS CITY. 

 HONBY.-We quote : White clover 1-lbs., 10®I2 

 cts,; dark, 9 to 10c. White clover 2-lbs., lii to lie; 

 dark, 9 to 10c. Extracted, 5 to 6c. in small way. 

 Very little extracted in the market. 

 May 16. CLEMONS.CLUON .^ CO., cor 4th& Walnut 



BOSTON. 



HONBY.—1-lb. packages of white clover honeT 

 at 13@15c.; 2-pound8 at 1 l®13c. Extracted, 5@7c. 

 Sales Blow. 



BEESWAX.— 26 ots. per lb. 

 Apr. 22. Blake dt Riplbt. 57 Chatham Street. 



CINCINNATI. 



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

 Best comb brings 1 l(«il4c. per lb. Demand fair. 



BEESW A.X.— Good demand,— 20®23c. per lb. for 

 good to choice yellow. 

 May 21. O.K. MCTH & SON. Freeman* Central At. 



Slniniluit' Nou-Svrariuing System is 



the title of a new English bee-book. The 

 author claims that it will inaugurate a " new 

 era in modern bee-keeping," and states that 

 "it is based upon purely natural principles, 

 and is the only system that can ever be 

 relied upon, because no other condition 

 exists in the economy of the hive that can 

 be applied to bring about the desired result 

 —a total absence of any desire to swarm." 

 It contains 64 pages ; is well printed and 

 illustrated. Price 50 cents. It can now be 

 ' obtained at this office. 



Tbe Production of Comb Hoiiey, as 



practiced and advised by W. Z. Hutchinson, 

 can be obtained at this office, for 25 cts. 



Dr. Miller's Book, "A Year Among 

 the Bees "(75 cts.), and the Bee Journal 

 for one year ($1.00), both of which we will 

 club for only $1.50. 



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