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years, and I And them the only hive 

 that needs no shade in summer or 



Erotectiou in winter ; and my bees 

 ave always kept strong in them, and 

 ever ready for the honey- flow when it 

 comes. This is a good time to test 

 them, as regarding heat, as the ther- 

 mometer has indicated 96° to 104° in 

 the shade for several weeks. It will 

 be very easy to bnd a market for all 

 the honey produced in the United 

 States this year. 



Section-Case— Bees and Grapes.— 



Leonard Hammersmith, Amana,o» 

 Iowa, on July 30, 1887, writes : 



Mr. Editor : — I have sent you one 

 of my section-cases for examination ; 

 also a few " views " of our " Arbor 

 Apiary." My hives are square-edge, 

 with a bee-space above the frames, so 

 that I can lay on a zinc honey-board, 

 with a rim of wood MxlM inches all 

 around, and pile up 1,2, 3, or more 

 honey-cases thereon. Our bees are 

 on all sides surrounded by grape- 

 vines. As I am often asked by visit- 

 ing bee-keepers if they do any harm, 

 I would say no, they are a benefit. If 

 Concord grapes crack, as they gener- 

 ally do by wet weather in the fall, the 

 bees suck the overflowing juice and 

 prevent rotting. I can prove by fifty 

 witnesses that bees will never hurt 

 grapes. We have within 100 yards of 

 the apiary, Delaware, lona, Brighton, 

 Catawba, Isabel, Champion, Concord, 

 and other kinds of grapes. 



[The section-case is placed in our 

 Museum, where there are several 

 others very similar in all the essential 

 points. The views of apiary are 

 placed in the Bee Journal, album.— 

 Ed.] 



Severe Drouth, etc.— D. Millard, 

 Mendon,? Mich., on July 29, 1887, 

 writes : 



Fully three-fourths of the bees in 

 this vicinity perished during the win- 

 ter and spring, and from what is left 

 we have obtained only about one- 

 fourth of a crop of honey so far. The 

 blooming season came on unusually 

 early, and the bees were not in readi- 

 ness to gather the little nectar that 

 was secreted. The prevailing winds 

 were mostly from the northwest, and 

 very dry, and to-day we are suffering 

 from the severest drouth known here 

 for many years. Everything is dried 

 up, and I am feeding my stock out of 

 the barn, and my nuclei colonies of 

 bees from honey gathered last year. 



Dncking for Covers— Pure Honey. 

 — H. C. Gifford, Morris,5 Ills., on 

 July 29, 1887, writes : 



I have always covered my bees 

 with shingles and cut air-holes in 

 them to admit of ventilation. This 

 year I use 10 ounces of ducking to 

 cover the brood with. Will that ad- 

 mit enough ventilation, or must I 

 cut holes in that to let the breath and 

 steam of the bees escape, so that the 

 hive will be dry and free of bad air ? 



I had no experience in the use of 

 ducking for covers, till this year. I 

 like it well for summer use. I winter 

 my bees on the summer stands, the 

 caps being filled. The American 

 Bee Journal has been worth to 

 me fifty times its cost, and 1 take 

 great comfort in reading it. My bees 

 have done nothing this year. From 

 2-5 colonies I have taken only 60 

 pounds of comb honey. Talking 

 about changing the name of extracted 

 honey, I think of no name more ap- 

 propriate than " pure honey " instead 

 of extracted honey. 



[Why use the word " pure " before 

 " honey," meaning clear V Is not that 

 in the comb "pure honey," too? 

 Would it not be better to call it 

 " clear honey," to distinguish it from 

 that in the comb V It is all pure, but 

 not all in the comb. 



Ducking covers for the brood- 

 frames will need no holes cut for 

 ventilation. — Ed.] 



No Difficulty in Naming Honey.— 

 H. B. Geer, Nashville, 5 Tenn., on 

 July 29, 1887, writes : 



I find no difficulty in naming my 

 honey. When I say to a customer 

 " 10 pounds of honey," it is under- 

 stood that I mean koney— not comb or 

 wax ; and when I say " 10 pounds of 

 comb honey," they know that I mean 

 honey in the comb. In my estimation 

 that which we call "extracted honey" 

 is entitled to the simple, pure, and 

 sweet name honey. If not, why not? 

 Again, if honey in the comb is not 

 comb honey, what is it ? Why then 

 put a handle to that which needs it 

 not. Let the public understand that 

 honey is simply honey, and comb 

 honey is honey in the comb. Put the 

 prefix where it will not be questioned. 



[That is just what we suggested on 

 page 435, a month ago, and we like it 

 better than anything suggested so 

 far.— Ed.] 



Basswood Honey ,etc.— Edwin Hub- 

 bard, Oil City,*o Wis., on Aug.3, 1887, 

 says : 



I had 56 colonies to start this season, 

 and have increased them to 73. So 

 far I have taken 1,600 pounds of ex- 

 tracted or combless honey, and 130 

 pounds in sections. The most of it 

 was gathered from basswood. Bees 

 are getting but very little honey at 

 present, it being too dry. Honey sells 

 for 10 to 15 cents per pound. 



Satisfied with the Crop.— Wm. 

 Malone, Newbern,9 Iowa, on July 30, 

 1887, writes : 



I wintered 42 colonies of bees suc- 

 cessfully last winter in a bee-cave 

 made purposely for them. But I took 

 them out too early— March 10. I lost 

 4 colonies by spring dwindling, and 6 

 more came nearly dying, but they 

 have built up, and are ready for the 

 fall honey, if we ever get it. I worked 



20 colonies for extracted honey, and 

 12 for comb honey. Up to July 4 I 

 had taken 1,500 pounds of nice, thick 

 extracted honey from 15 colonies. I 

 have also taken off 200 one -pound 

 sections, and have some 400 or 500 

 pounds to take off yet ; most of them 

 being only partly "filled. I was ex- 

 pecting too much from linden, and 

 put on too many sections for the crop. 

 1 am satisfied with my crop, even if I 

 do not get any fall honey. I have 

 increased my apiary to 58 colonies by 

 natural swarming. My bees worked 

 well on red clover this season ; they 

 have honey enough to winter on. 



Honey and Beeswax Market. 



The following are our very latest 

 quotations for honey and beeswax : 



CHICAGO. 

 HONEY.— New, in 1-lb. sections, 15@16c.; one lot 

 sold for 17c. Comb honey crop of 1k86 16 exhausted. 

 BBE8WAX.-220. K. A. BUKNBTT, 

 July 20. 161 South Water St. 



KANSAS CITY. 



HONEY.— We quote new crop : Choice white 2- 

 Ib. sections, 14c. : dark ■_'-Ib8., 1 l(tt 12c. choice white 

 1-lbs., 16®l8c. ; dark llhs., 12ffll4c. Calif, white 2- 

 lb8., 14C.T eitraC 2-lba., 12(*i3c.; C 21bs.. lO&Uc. 

 Extracted, new crop, choice white, 8<jtl0c.; dark, 

 5(ff7c ; Calif, white. 8c.: amber, 6&7C. Prices firm. 



BEESWAX.— 20 to 22c. 

 Aug. 3. HAMBLIN & BEAKSS, 514 Walnut St. 



CLEVELAND. 



HONEY.— Choice white in 1-lb. sections, ought to 

 bring 15@16c. Extracted not wanted. Waiting for 

 the new crop, but it is very short and none ready. 



BEESWAX.— 28c. 



July 26. A. C. KENDBL, 115 Ontario St. 



DETROIT. 



HONEY.— Some new white comb sold at 12}^ct8., 

 but prospects for better prices are good. 

 BKBSWAX.-23C. 

 July -20. M. H. HUNT, Bell Branch, Mich. 



SAN FRANCISCO. 



HONEY.- We quote : Extracted,white,5)i®5)^0; 

 light amber, 5@5Kc.; dark, 4M'®5e. Comb, 2-lb8., 

 10(f(14c.; 1-lbs., 10<^15c. Market firmer and prices 

 improving. 



BEESWAX.— 20(a23c.. Market firm. 

 July 19. SCHACHT & LEMCKB. 122-124 Davis St. 



ST. LODIS. 



HONEY.- Choice comb, 10® 12c. ; latter price for 

 choice white clover in good condition. Htralned, 

 in barrels, 4@4Mc. Extra fancy, of bright color 

 and in No. I packages, M-cent advance on above. 

 Extracted, in bbls., 4^ig;.'-^;C. ; in cans, 5H to 6c.— 

 Market very firm at above prices. 



BEESWAX.- 21c. for orlme. 



Aug. 2. D. O. TUTT & CO., Commercial St. 



SAN FRANCISCO. 



HONEY.— We quote : White comb. 123130.: ex- 

 tra white comb, 14 to i.'ic.j dark, 7 to 10c. White 

 extracted, 5M<353ic.: light amber, 4^@5c.; amber 

 and candied, 4Ji<a4?ic. Receipts light; poor crop, 



BEESWAX.— 21(a23c. 



July 25. O. B. SMITH 4 CO., 423 Front St. 



MILWAUKEE. 



HONEY.— Choice new l.lbs., 14®15C.: old l-bs., 

 12@12^c.: 2-lb8. not in demand. I0@11c. White 

 extracted in kegs and barrels, 7(ai7Hc.i in small tin 

 cans, 7!^'a8c.: dark in kegs and barrels, 6(fll6Hc.: in 

 small tin cans, 6^6C. Market ready for new crop. 



BEESWAX.— 2.1C. . 



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



CINCINNATI. 



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

 Best comb brings ll<gil4c. Demand improving. 



BEESWAX.— Good demand,— 20®22c. per lb. tor 

 good to chctlce yellow. 

 Jun. 11. C.F.MITTH & Son. Freeman St Central At. 



BOSTON. 



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

 at 13@15c.: 2-poundeat 11(all3c. Extracted. 5070. 

 Sales verv light. Fancy white extracted in good 

 demand, but supply limited. 



BEESWAX.- 26 otB. per lb. 

 July 11. Bl^ki a Kiplkt. 57 Chatham Street. 



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