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THE AMERICAN BEE JOURNAL. 



Centrifugal Honey.— Mark Coffin, 

 Milton, 5 Ky., writes : 



There appears to be considerable 

 discussion about the name for " ex- 

 tracted honey," and I think the term 

 extracted frequently creates a wrong 

 impression. A groceryman in this 

 place put labels with ''extracted 

 honey " printed ou them, on some 

 packages of honey, and a little girl 

 went home and told her ma that Mr. 

 N. had " extract of honey," and she 

 was sent back to the store to get 

 some, and the lady remarked that it 

 was no better than strained honey. 

 Now if no better name can be found, 

 I would suggest that we call it " cen- 

 trifugal honey," which would be ex- 

 pressive, and most people would un- 

 derstand that it was thrown out by 

 centrifugal force. In some instances 

 it might need an explanation, but not 

 often. I think that Mr. Demaree 

 might like that as well as " liquid." 



A "Helping-Hand Society."- W. 



H. Shirley, Millgrove, p Mich., on 

 July 15, 1887, says : 



My honey crop for this year will not 

 exceed the $1.25 fees for the Kational 

 Bee-Keepers' Union, unless the latter 

 part of the season is better than it 

 has been so far. I cannot afford to 

 miss the benefit that the Union has 

 been, and will continue to be to our 

 pursuit. I cannot understand why 

 bee-keepers will neglect to join such 

 a " helping-hand society." 



Strained Honey, etc.— F. Wileox, 

 Mauston,© Wis., on July 14, 1887, 

 says : 



I have not taken a pound of comb 

 honey yet this season, and only one 

 pound per colony of that other kind- 

 let us call it " strained," because the 

 old-fashioned strained honey has en- 

 tirely disappeared in this country. 

 The time fixed for the convention, 

 Nov. 16 to 18, suits me very well. 



Honey Enough for Winter Stores. 

 — John Peters, Eldora,© Iowa, on 

 July 19, 1887, writes: 



The bees are provided for ; they 

 had 6 days run on basswood. The 

 weakest have enough, and the ma- 

 jority have some surplus. My amia- 

 ble and beloved wife has been taken 

 from me by death. My apiary being 

 in the middle of the farm, I fear no 

 trouble from neighbors. I send my 

 fees to the Union, however, so as to 

 defend the pursuit. 



Securing Increase— Half a Crop.— 



Harvey Feathers, Royalton,© Wis., 

 on July 18, 1887, writes : 



We have had some exceedingly hot 

 weather here for the last week ; on 

 July 16 it was 104° Fahr.,the warmest 

 that it has been for many years. I 

 see from reports of some bee-keepers, 

 that their bees do not swarm as much 

 as usual. We have had the most ex- 

 cessive swarming that we have ever 

 had. I had 220 colonies, spring count, 



and almost all of them have swarmed. 

 On June 24 and 25 we had 49 prime 

 swarms (for I allow no others to 

 issue), which kept my wife and my- 

 self very busy hiving them. My man- 

 ner of getting increase is as follows : 

 Put about % of the bees from each of 

 2 swarms into one hive, and return 

 the remaining bees to their former 

 homes ; by so doing I have to sacrifice 

 14 of my old queens, but I keep all of 

 my colonies very strong in bees, and 

 consequently get enough more honey 

 to more than compensate for the loss 

 of the queens. Bees in this locality 

 did not store much surplus honey 

 from the clover this season, but bass- 

 wood yielded fairly well, with the ex- 

 ception of two days ; it lasted from 

 June 30 until July 11, which was ten 

 days earlier than usual. We do not 

 expect more than one-half of a good 

 crop of honey this season. Last sea- 

 son I obtained 11,000 pounds of nice 

 comb honey from 175 colonies, spring 

 count. 



"Honey" vs. Extracted, etc.— T. 

 Pierson, Summit,© Va., says : 



In reference to the matter on pages 

 421 and 435,about re-naming extracted 

 honey, it seems to me that calling 

 honey out of the comb simply 

 " honey " is best, as you suggest on 

 the latter page. But if a new name is 

 wanted, how would " separated " 

 honey do ? Creamery men separate 

 milk from cream by centrifugal force. 

 Would it show a lack of originality or 

 an act of petty stealing to use the 

 word " separated V" Can you recom- 

 mend the rubber stamp advertised by 

 G. T. Hammond. Brockport, N. Y, 



[Yes ; we have one of the rubber 

 stamps, and it works to perfection 

 and we want nothing better.— Ed.] 



Drouth and Buckwheat.— H. H. 



Brown, Light Street,© Pa., on July 

 20, 1887, writes : 



I have had no surplus honey yet. 

 White clover was plentiful, but there 

 was no honey in it. There is but little 

 basswood in this locality, and buck- 

 wheat honey will not be much, for the 

 past five weeks have been too dry to 

 plow so as to sow buckwheat, and the 

 drouth is going to hurt late fall honey- 

 plants, as they are dying. So pros- 

 pects for buckwheat cakes and honey 

 are rather poor. But we will hope 

 that it is for the best. 



Honey Crop very Light, etc.— Rev. 

 S. Roese, Maiden Bock,*o Wis., on 

 July 15, 1887, writes : 



In this (Pierce) and adjoining coun- 

 ties the honey crop is very light. We 

 had some white clover. It has been 

 too dry, and in some localities no rain 

 has fallen since the snow went off. 

 Basswood opened ten days earlier 

 than usual, and yielded very little 

 honey ; the flow lasted only three 

 days. We have had, of late, several 

 good showers, but too late for bass- 

 wood. Wild sunflowers and golden- 

 rod are just appearing, and we hope 



for some fall honey from the several 

 kinds of fall flowers. I lost about all 

 my bees last winter in an above- 

 ground bee-house. I got some again 

 in the spring (27 colonies in all),which 

 cast only 14 swarms. Many hives are 

 full of bees, and ought to swarm, but 

 they seem to understand the season 

 and matters in general better than 

 their keepers ; at any rate all of mine 

 have stores enough for winter. I ex- 

 tracted in all only 13^ barrels of bass- 

 wood honey. I have all my bees in 

 Simplicity hives and frames, with 

 upper story, and all filled with combs 

 saved from last year. The North- 

 western Bee-Keepers' Convention I 

 think will meet just at the right time 

 to suit us all in this part of the coun- 

 try. Our bees are put into winter 

 quarters about the 10th or middle of 

 November, and at the appointed time, 

 Nov. 16, 17 and 18, on which dates 

 fare will be low, we will take the 

 opportunity to see our many fellow- 

 bee-keepers. 



Honey and Beeswax Market. 



The following are our very latest 

 quotations for honey and beeswax : 



CHICAGO. 



HONEY.— We quote: Extracted, SSVc, accord- 

 ing to quality and paciiaKe- Newlioney in l-lb- 

 sections bring:s 15(g)Hic.. and one nice lot sold for 

 17c. Comb honev crop of lss6 ia exhausted. 



BBESWAX,-22C. U. A. BURNETT. 



July 20. 161 South Water St. 



DETROIT. 

 HONE v.— Some new white comb sold at 12>^ cts., 

 but prospects for better prices are good. 

 BEB8WAX.-23C. 

 July 20. M. H. HCNT, Bell Branch, Mich. 



SAN FRANCISCO. 



HONEY.— We quote : Bxtracted.white. 5^05^0; 

 light amber, 5(*5Kc.; darli, 4^fai5c. Comb, 2-lb8., 

 10(*14c. : 1-lbs., I0(9l5e. Market firmer and prices 

 improvinc. 



BKBaWAX.-20<a23c.. Marliet firm. 

 July 19. SCHACHT & 1,BMCKB, 122-124 DavlB St. 



ST. LOD18. 



HONEY.- Choice comb, s@ioc. Strained, In 

 barrels. 3^^(a4c. Extra tancy, W more than lore- 

 going prices. Extracted, -i^f^i^c. Market dull. 



BEESWAX.— Steady at 21c. for prime. 



July 11. 



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



SAJI FRANCISCO. 

 HONEY.— We quote : White comb, 12®14o.: am- 

 ber, TtgJclO. Extracted, while, iH®oc.; light amber 

 3«(a4^c. Market quiet. 

 BEESWAX.— 19(a21c. 



May 14. O. B. SMITH * CO., 423 Frout St. 



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MILWAUKEE. 



HONEY.- Choice new 1-lbs., 14®15c.; old 1-bs., 

 12@12V^c.: 2-lb8. not in demand. lO^llc. White 

 extracted in kegs and barrels, 7(a7!.^c.; in small tin 

 cans, "Wa-Sc; dark in kegs and barrels, 6@6V^c. : in 

 small tin cans, 6ioc. Jdarket ready for new crop. 



BBBSWAX.-25C. 



July 21. A. V. BISHOP, 142 W. Water St. 



KANSAS CITY. 



HONEY. -We quote : White clover l-lbs., I0O12 

 cts,; dark, 9 to 10c. White clover 2-lb8.. It) to lie; 

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



BBESWAX.-17O20C. 



July 14. CLKM0N8,CL.OON & CO., cor 4thft Walnut 



CINCINNATI. 



HONEY.— We quote tor extracted. 3@7e. per lb. 

 Best comb brings UfgiUc. Demand improving. 



BBB8W A.X.— Good demand,— 20@22c. per lb. for 

 good to choice yellow. 

 Jun. 11, C.F.Mt7TH& SoN.FreemanA Central At, 



BOSTON. 



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

 at l3@15c.; 2-pound8 at Mtaisc. Extracted. 5®7o. 

 Sales very light. Fancy white extracted in good 

 demand, but supply limited. 



BBB8W AX.— 26 cts. per lb. 

 July 11. Blaeb a RiPLET, 57 Ghatbam Street. 



