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THE AMERICAN BEE JOURNAL.. 



Crop Cannot be Large.— B. A. 



Manley, Milo,? Iowa, June 9, 1887, 

 writes : 



Our honey crop in this (Warren) 

 county cannot be large, though the 

 recent showers may improve it some- 

 what. White clover is blooming pro- 

 fusely, but there is not sutflcient mois- 

 ture in the ground to give it any 

 vitality. Of course bees make quite 

 a show at work on these weakly blos- 

 soms—more show than honey stored. 

 Along the streams are good linden 

 groves, and we are looking forward to 

 an improvement when they bloom. 

 I think a good rain would put a new 

 face on the matter. 



Exceedingly Discouraging Pros- 



pects.— J. V. Caldwell, Cambridge, ^o 

 Ills., on June 10, 1887, says : 



Bees here are doing little or noth- 

 ing. I have not had a swarm yet, and 

 not one of my 200 colonies is working 

 In the sections. We are having ex- 

 tremely dry weather, with cool nights 

 and north winds. Bees are in good 

 condition, but it looks as though we 

 will not have a pound of surplus 

 clover honey in this locality. 



Wintered on Honey-Dew, etc.— 



Chas. Solveson, Nashotah,©^ Wis., on 

 June 14, 1887, writes : 



As I stated in the valuable Ameri- 

 can Bbb Journal, that I put my 

 bees away last fall upon stores com- 

 posed largely of thick, black " honey- 

 dew," perha;ps some would like to 

 know how they " pulled through " the 

 winter. On April 8, 1 removed them 

 from the cellar and found only 7 dead 

 colonies out of 90 ; since then as many 

 more have dwindled and have been 

 robbed ; this with some sales of bees 

 and queens, leaves me with 65 colo- 

 nies to begin the season with. Con- 

 sidering the " stuff " they had to win- 

 ter on, I think they did well. White 

 clover has been in bloom since June 

 5, but as yet the bees have gathered 

 no honey, and the indications are that 

 we will have but little surplus from 

 clover, as it is drying up for want of 

 rain. 



which is now just commencing to 

 bloom, and the country is just full of 

 raspberries and blackberries, but I 

 am a beginner and have to learn much 

 yet. I have 1 colony of hybrids, 

 and 2 of Italians. We have had but 

 little rain this spring, so it is pretty 

 dry. There are no bees nearer than 

 16 miles from me. 



My Experience with Bees.- Levi 

 Kichards, Ellison Bay, (5 Wis., on 

 June 1.5, 1887, says : 



1 got 3 colonies of- bees last fall and 

 put them in the cellar under the 

 house on Nov. 1.5, 1886, and took them 

 out on April 26, 18S7, and they went 

 right to work on the same day carry- 

 ing pollen from the poplar ; and they 

 have not been idle a single day. They 

 have built up, and are now strong, 

 excepting one which came out of the 

 cellar weak, but it is doing well also, 

 as I crowded them together in the 

 spring, and now I have but two frames 

 more to put in, then it will be strong 

 also. I think that here is a good 

 place for bees, for we have plenty of 

 poplar, willow, maple (soft and hard) ; 

 also some kind of willow which blos- 

 soms now, that looks more like maple. 

 Then we have linden and white clover 



Honey and Beeswax Market. 



Bees Roaring in Winter.— A. D. 

 Keller, Firth, oi Nebr., on June 7,1887, 

 says : 



This is my seventeenth year in bee- 

 keeping, and I have kept from 5 to 

 626 colonies at different times. Of 

 late years I have wintered them on 

 the summer stands, placed very close 

 together in rows, and packed with 

 chaif, straw, etc., with a ventilating 

 tube in front of the hives. If there 

 was any hum or roar I certainly could 

 have heard it very distinctly, by plac- 

 ing my ear at one end of this long 

 ventilating tube. But I did hear 

 something, and this is what I heard 

 when the temperature was slightly 

 below zero : A low, gentle hum, and 

 the colder the louder. From zero to 

 30^ or 40° above, not a sound could 

 be heard ; from 40°above,and warmer, 

 a loud hum could be heard, the 

 warmer the louder. If my bees had 

 not been packed they would have 

 commenced to roar before it became 

 so cold. Thus we see the difference 

 of opinion. 



Poor Prospects for a Good Crop.— 



12— Mrs. A. B. Winder, (50), Grand 

 View,olowa, on June 12, 1887,writes: 



Our long drouth was broken to-day 

 by a very welcome rain of three 

 hours' duration. I fear it has come 

 too late to benefit the bees very much, 

 as the white clover has about all dried 

 up. I had 53 colonies put in the cellar 

 on Dec. 8; they wintered well with 

 the loss of only one colony. I have 

 lost one since putting them out, and 

 sold one, which leaves me 50 to begin 

 the season with. They are all strong 

 in numbers, but short of stores, as 

 they have not gathered honey enough 

 to keep them. I have had to feed 

 them. The prospects for a good crop 

 of honey this year are very poor. Last 

 year I got 4,000 pounds of honey from 

 43 colonies. 



Plenty of Bees, but no Honey,— M. 



S. Roop, Council Bluffs, 9 Iowa, on 

 June 10, 1887, writes : 



Bees wintered very poorly in this 

 part of the country the past winter, 

 and the prospects for a honey crop 

 appears to be slim. We have had but 

 two good showers this spring. White 

 clover is about all dead. Our only 

 show is for a fall honey flow. Bass- 

 wood is very uncertain here. To-day 

 our hives are full of bees, and noth- 

 ing for them to eat. 



The following are our very latest 

 quotations for honey and beeswax : 



CHICAGO. 



HONEY.— Prices are about io@12c. for comb. 

 Extracted, 5(S7c., according to quality and pack- 

 ages. Stocltg and demand light. 

 BBE8WAX,-22c. K. A. BURNETT, 

 June 9. lai South Water St. 



DETROIT. 

 HONEY.— Best white comb, ii(Si2c. Market la 

 nearly bare, awaitint: the new crop. 

 BEB8WAX.-23Si-'4c. 

 June 10. M. H. HUNT, Bell Branch, Mich. 



SAN FRANCISCO. 



HONEY.- We quote ; Extracted, white, 5®5Jic; 

 light amber,49^@oc. : amber, 4i4a4}Hic. Comb,white, 

 I2r«l4c.Lamber, 7®10c. Demand very good. 



BEESWAX.— 22fe24c. 

 Jun. 13, SCHACHT & LBMCKB, 122-124 DaviB St. 



CLEVELAND. 



HONEY.— Choice white in I-lb. sections, I2®13c.; 

 second quality, lnrq;i ic; and buckwheat unsalable 

 atSiaiSic. Extracted, 5®6o. 



BEE8WAX.-25C. 



Apr. 21). A. C.KBNDEL, 115 Ontario St. 



ST. LOUIS. 



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

 barrels, 34®4Hc. Extra fancy, M more than lore- 

 going prices. Extracted, 4i4(3(6c. Market dull. 



BEESWAX.— Steady^at -lo^^c. for orime. 



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



SAN FKANCISCO. 



HONE v.— We quote : White comb, 12@14c. ; am- 

 ber, 7(§clO. Extracted, white, 4%@.5c.; light amber, 

 3M®4Hc. Market quiet. 



BKBSWA_X.-l»(a.21c. 



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



MILWAUKEE. 



HONEY.— Choice white 1-lbs., 12@12'«c. ; choice 2- 

 Ibs., Ktrai ic: dark not wanted, and imperfect slow. 

 Extracted, finest white in kegs, 6V6@7c. : in 

 white in kegs and barrels, 6@fiHc. ; dark, 4 to 4Xc,: 

 amlier, in ijarrels, 4';;'ft5c. Demand limited and 

 supulT small. 



BBKSWAX.-2.ic. 



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



NEW YORK, 

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

 5&7c. California cimb, rt(<t9c.; extracted. 5@ec. 

 Sales large and demand good. 

 BBBSW AX.— 23(»24'<c. 



MCCAUL & HILDRETH BROS., 

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



KANSAS CITY. 

 HONEY. -We quote : White clover i-lbs., 10O12 

 cts,: dark, 9 to lOc. Wliite ciover 2-lb8., 10 to lie; 

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

 Market almost bare of comb and extracted honey. 

 Jun. 16. CLEM0NS,CL0ON&CO., cor 4th&Walnut 



BOSTON. 



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

 at I3@i.5c.; 2-pound8 at ii®i3c. Extracted, 5®7c. 

 Sales slow. 



BEESWAX.— 26 cts. per lb, 

 Apr. 22, BLAKE & HiPLET, 57 Chatham Street. 



CINCINNATI. 



HONE Y.~We quote for extracted. 3@7c. per lb. 

 Best comb brings ll(<il4c. Demand improving. 



BEBSW A.X.— Ooiid demand,— 2U022C, per lb, tot 

 good to choice yellow. 

 Jun. 11. C.F.MtJTH & SON.Freeman & Central AT. 



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