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THE AMERICAN BEE JOURNAL.. 



Strong Colonies, but no Nectar.— J. 

 W. Bittenbender, Knoxvil!e,9 Iowa, 

 on June 18, 1887, writes : 



Bees in this locality are doing but 

 very little in the way of gathering 

 surplus honey ; if we get a quarter of 

 a crop we will do well. Bees wintered 

 ■well, and colonies are very strong, 

 but it is very dry and warm, and 

 white clover does not secrete any 

 nectar. Linden is just opening, but 

 I cannot tell, at this writing, what 

 the harvest will be. 



No White Clover Honey.— L. 



Highbarger, Adeline, 6 Ills., on June 

 17, 1887, writes : 



The white clover honey crop I pre- 

 dict will be an entire failure in north- 

 ern Illinois, on account of the drouth. 

 My bees have less honey to-day than 

 they had last April, when put out of 

 the cellar. The true time when to 

 put on sections has not appeared yet, 

 and I think it will not (that is, new 

 comb). I have a field of Alsike 

 clover, but there appears to be no 

 nectar in it— something that I have 

 never known before. Pastures have 

 given out, so we have to turn our 

 stock on the grass intended for hay. 



I saw an article in a recent number of 

 the Bee Journal with reference to 

 shading hives. I find that sun-flowers 

 are very satisfactory for shade, in my 

 yard. I keep it hoed, not allowing a 

 weed to grow, but plant about two 

 seeds just at the front corner of the 

 stand ; they come on about July, 

 August, and Sept. 1, at a time shade 

 is needed, while they are out of the 

 way during both spring and fall. The 

 stalk below does not hinder the bees' 

 flight, and the shade above is just 

 where you want it. It affords some 

 pasture, and chicken feed when gath- 

 ered. Basswood is budded very full, 

 and bids fair to open early. 



No Nectar in White Clover.— F. H. 



Kennedy, Du Quoin, $ Ills., on June 

 17, 1887, says : 



The bees here are doing next to 

 nothing. There seems to be no nec- 

 tar in the white clover, so the bees 

 have eaten what honey they had this 

 spring, and are gathering only enough 

 to live on, and are not rearing brood. 

 Some bees are working on red clover 

 now, but it is about all cut. White 

 clover is still blooming. 



No Swarming, etc.— Harry Griffln, 

 Kilgore,(^ Ky., on June 17, 1887, says: 



White clover is in full bloom, and 

 the bees have hardly started to gather 

 any surplus honey. I hear of no 

 swarming in this part of the country. 



Favorable Prospects for Linden.— 



demons, Cloon & Co., Kansas City,*o 

 Mo., on June 16, 1887, write : 



We have had splendid rains the last 

 few weeks, and the prospect for a 

 good crop of linden honey is favor- 

 able ; while the white clover will be 

 very light. 



Bees doing Nothing.— Henry Alley, 

 Wenham,c5 Mass., on June 16, says : 



It is cold here. Bees are doing 

 nothing, and have not done anything 

 so far this year. The season will close 

 here in 20 days. 



Unfavorable Prospects .— D .F . Park, 

 Athens, 5 Pa., on; June 20, 1887, says : 



The prospect of a crop of white 

 clover houey is not good. Clover has 

 been in bloom for ten days, but owing 

 to cold nights it has yielded but little 

 honey. In over 70 hives but 4 show 

 honey in the sections ; one of these is 

 a new colony hived one week ago, a la 

 Hutchinson, which is nearly filled 

 with white honey. Thanks, Mr. II. 

 Swarming is light as yet; my bees 

 have cast but 7 swarms, while my 

 neighbor's bees have not done so 

 much. The last three nights have 

 been warm, and honey is now coming 

 in better. 



Bees Doing Poorly,— Jos. M. Ham- 

 baugh, Spring,+o Ills., on June 16, 

 1887. writes : 



Bees are doing very poorly in this 

 locality. There is no swarming, and 

 but little tendency in that direction. 

 The wholesale slaughtering of drones 

 has been the order of the day up to 

 about three days since, and there are 

 less in the air than I ever saw at this 

 time of the year. I had extracted 

 twice up to this date last year. Clover 

 has been abundant, but comparatively 

 no nectar in it. I hope to be able to 

 present a better report next time. 



Honey and Beeswax Market. 



The following are our very latest 

 quotations for honey and beeswax : 



CHICAGO. 



HONBV.— Prices are about 10012c. for comb. 

 Extracted, 5iqi7c.. according to quality and pack- 

 ages. Stocks and demand light. 



BBBSWAX,-22C. K. A. BORNKI'T. 



June 9. 161 South Water St. 



DETROIT. 



HONEY.— Best white comb, 118120. Market li 

 nearly bare, awaiting the new crop. 

 BEESWAX.— 2a@24c. 

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



SAN FRANCISCO. 



HONBY.— We quote : Extracted, white, 5®5Mo; 

 light amber,4M@5c. : amber. 4M^4Mc. Comb.white, 

 )2«sl4c.: amber, 7i§iluc. Demand very good. 



BEBaWAX.-22w24c. 

 Jun. 13. SCHACHT & LEMCKB, 122-124 Davis 8t. 



CLEVELAND. 



HONEY.— Choice white in 1-lb. sections, 12@13o.| 

 second quality. KK^iic: and buckwheat unsalable 

 at fi'a9c. Extracted, sfeGc. 



BBESWAX.-2.5C. 



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



ST. LODIS. 



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

 barrels, 3Vi'S4Mc. Extra fancy, H more than lore* 

 going prices. Extracted, 4'4®6c. Market dull. 



BEESWAX.— Steady at 2(i(4c. (or orime. 



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



No Honey— Shade for Hives.— O. 



It. Goodno, Carson City,© Mich., on 

 June 20, 1887, writes : 



I began the season with 100 colonies 

 of bees, besides 3 or 4 small, weak 

 ones. On June 1, there was not one 

 pound more honey in the hives than 

 there was when they were put out in 

 the yard, but they were full of brood. 

 Prior to June 1 we had had a dearth 

 of honey, so all the bees in the coun- 

 try were set to robbing ; since white 

 clover opened they have gathered 

 some honey, and a few have swarmed, 

 but there have been no second 

 swarms. I have cases on about 100 

 colonies now ; a few are nearly cap- 

 ped, others not commenced. There 

 IS no boom in either honey or swarms. 

 I am going to try ten reversible hives. 



Excellent Honey-Flow.— Dr. S. W 



Morrison, of Oxford, o^ Pa., on June 

 22, 1887, writes as follows : 



The past five days has exceeded any' 

 previous five days that I have ever 

 seen in the honey influx ! " Hurrah " 

 for Carniolans ! I have 50 colonies of 

 them, and 1 am delighted with them. 



May 20. 



SAN FRANCISCO. 



Surplus Crop Nearly a Failure.— 

 E. T. Jordan, Harmony ,*o Ind., on 

 June 22, 1887, writes : 



Bees wintered well in this locality. 



I lost 2 colonies out of 63, and then 

 disposed of 12 colonies. Bees have 

 done nothing as far as producing 

 honey, and the crop will be very light. 

 They obtained no surplus from fruit- 

 bloom, and white clover is almost a 

 failure. We have very little bass- 

 wood, so our surplus honey will be 

 nearly a failure. By this time last 

 year I had taken over 2,000 pounds of 

 honey from 42 colonies ; this year I 

 have not taken any, and have had only 



II swarms. 



HONBY.—We quote ; White comb, 12(3140.; am- 

 ber, 7®cl0. Extracted, white, 4Ji®5c,; light amber, 

 3i*i'oi4^c. Market quiet. 



1BEESWAX.-I96i;21c. 



May 14. O. B. SMITH & CO., 423 Front 8t. 



MILWAUKEE. 



HONEY.— Choice white l-lbs..l2®12M>c.; choice 2- 



lbs loiallc; dark notwanted.and imperfect slow. 



Extracted, finest white in kegs, Gi4®7c. ; In 



white in kegs and barrels, 6(3iHHc. : dark, 4 to 4><c.j 



amoer, in barrels, iii'g,5c. Demand limited and 



supply small. 



BBESWAX.-2-.C. „ 



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



NEW YORK. 



HONEY.- We quote ; White comb, 9@12c.; dark 

 5(Jr7c. California comb, S(g,9c.; extracted, 5®6c. 

 Sales large and demand good. 



BEBSWAX.— 23a24'<.c. 



MCCAUL & HILDKETH BROS., 



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



KANSAS CITY. 



HONBY. -We quote : White clover 1-lbs., 10(912 

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

 dark, 11 to 10c. Extracted, 5 to 6c. in small way. 

 Market almost bare of comb and extracted honey. 

 Jun. 16. CLBMONS.CLOON&CO., C0r4th&Walnat 



BOSTON. 



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

 ati3@15c.: 2-pound8at 11&13C. Extracted, 5(^70. 

 Sales slow. 



BEESWAX.- 26 0U. perlb. 

 Apr. 22. Blake A riplkt. .it Gbattaam Street. 



CINCINNATI. 



HONEY.— We quote for extracted. 3(§>7c. per lb. 

 Best comb brings lldiUc. Demand improving. 



BEESWAX.— Good demand,— 20(S22c. per lb. for 

 good to choice yellow. 

 Jun. 11. C.r.MCTTH & SON. Freeman & Central AT. 



