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THE AMERICAJS[ BEE JOURNAL. 



Cinnamon-Oil for Bee-Stings.— 



Dayton E. Barker, St. Joseph,'© Mo., 

 on Aug. 9, 1887, writes : 



I have tried everything for bee- 

 stings, and I found that pure cinna- 

 mon-oil is the best thing I have ever 

 tried. Two drops of cinnamon-oU 

 will keep it from swelling. Perhaps 

 all bee-men have not tried this. On 



gage 491 , Mr. Denison Hoxie suggests 

 erosene, but I think he will And 

 cinnamon-oil better than kerosene oil. 



Predicts Great Winter Mortality. 

 —Dr. S. W. Morrison, Oxford, o^ Pa., 

 on Aug. 9, 1887, says : 



There is, fairly reckoning, no sur- 

 plus honey, as for winter stores as 

 much must be fed back as has been 

 taken. I have correspondents all 

 over the United States, and have the 

 same report everywhere. Unless 

 proper attention is given to this, I 



Eredict that the winter mortality will 

 e unprecedented. 



Quoting the Price of Sugar.— J. 



W. Wilcox, Scales Mound, nj Ills., on 

 Aug. 8, 1887, says : 



The honey crop being a failure in 

 many places, and bee-keepers being 

 obliged to feed sugar syrup to keep 

 their bees from starving the coming 

 winterj would it not be well for you 

 to quote the price of sugar by the 

 barrel, in the American Bee .Jour- 

 nal. I mean Chicago prices, and for 

 how much you could supply it to your 

 subscribers. If you can aid us in any 

 way this unfortunate year, bee-keep- 

 ers will, I think, be thankful for the 

 favor. 



[Sugar varies in price, and quota- 

 tions can be seen in all the daily 

 papers. The margins are very close, 

 and every one can buy just as well in 

 their nearest town as in large cities, 

 by adding the freight charges. To- 

 day pure sugar is worth from 6 to 6J^ 

 cents, according to quality.— Ed.] 



Motherwort.— W.F.Stewart, Green- 

 field, 9 Iowa, on Aug. 6, 1887, says : 



I send you a plant found growing in 

 my orchard. I would like to know 

 what it is, and if it will pay to culti- 

 vate for honey. It has been in blos- 

 som for a month, and covered with 

 bees all the time. I cannot see that 

 they get any pollen from it. It will 

 have seed ripe at the bottom of the 

 stalk, and blossoms on the top. 



[It is motherwort, an excellent 

 honey-producer.— Ed.J 



Light Crop in jCentucky.— E. 



Drane & Son, Eminence, 5 Ky., on 

 Aug. 7, 1887, write : 



We have a very light crop of honey 

 this year. We had reasonably plenty 

 of white clover bloom, but the weather 

 was too cool. We had 40 acres of 

 Alsike clover that was very fine, but 



the weather conditions were such 

 that it yielded but little honey. We 

 sowed 200 acres to Alsike and other 

 grasses on wheat last spring ; 60 acres 

 that was sown late, has been killed so 

 badly by dry weather that we will 

 have to plow the land and sow again. 

 We got 600 or 700 pounds of very nice 

 comb honey that we are selling at 25 

 cents per pound. 



Must Feed Bees for Winter.— Geo. 

 H. McGee, Point Marblehead,6 O., 

 on Aug. 3, 1887, says : 



The honey crop in this county is an 

 entire failure. Nothing was gathered 

 from clover, very little from bass- 

 wood, and nothini^ is expected from 

 fall flowers. The bees will have to 

 be fed to keep them from starving 

 the coming winter. I commenced the 

 season with 30 colonies, and have had 

 no swarms. 



Centrifugal or Thrown' Honey .—J. 



Tomlinson, Allegan,? Mich., says : 



Let me add my mite to the discus- 

 sion of the change of name of ex- 

 tracted honey. Why not " let well 

 enough alone '?" The word extracted 

 expresses the exact truth. But if we 

 must have another name, I would 

 suggest "centrifugal honey," or if 

 that is too long a word, why not call 

 it " thrown honey," which is also the 

 exact truth. 



[It is not desirable to make a change 

 unless a great improvement is at the 

 same time obtained. Extracted is 

 far superior as a name to either of 

 those mentioned by Mr. Tomlinson— 

 though either of them would express 

 the truth.— Ed.] 



The Honey Crop in Virginia.— H. 



P. Deahl, Berryville,5 Va., on Aug. 

 6, 1887, says : 



The honey crop is a complete failure 

 this season. Last season I had 11,000 

 pounds of comb honey in one-pound 

 sections; this season I have taken 

 about 3 000 pounds from 220 colonies. 

 1 have increased my apiary to 250 

 colonies. I hope that next season mv 

 apiary will bring me 15,000 or 20.000 

 pounds of comb honey. I have also 

 disposed of quite a number of fine 

 Albino and Italian queens,this season. 



Buckwheat Yielding Well, etc.— 



Charlie W. Bradish, Glendale,6 N, 

 Y., on Aug. 5, 1887, writes : 



At the beginning of the honey 

 harvest this season I had 100 colonies 

 in the best condition. They went to 

 work in the sections with a rush, and 

 had a set nearly completed when the 

 drouth commenced. They did not 

 gather anything to speak of after 

 that until linden bloomed, when they 

 finished up the sections which they 

 had left unfinished; and that ended 

 the honey crop for 1887, being about 

 25 pounds per colony, spring count, 

 with an increase of 41 colonies. What 

 honey I did get was very nice. The 



bees are now at work on buckwheat, 

 and it is yielding honey very well. 

 If it continues a few days more they 

 will have enough -for winter. Most 

 of the bee-keepers in this county re- 

 port not over one-fourth of a crop. 



Poorest Season in 15 Years.— R. A. 

 Calvin, Hartford, 9 Mich., on Aug. 4, 

 1887, says : 



I packed 43 colonies of bees in 

 clover chaff last fall, in low sheds. I 

 lost 9 colonies, leaving me 34 this 

 spring, which I increased to 60 colo- 

 nies by natural swarming; besides, 

 I returned 10 second swarms, and 

 have taken 1,000 pounds of honey, 

 against 3,000 pounds last year from 28 

 colonies. This is the poorest season 

 that I have experienced for 15 years,, 

 on account of the continued drouth. 



Honey and Beeswax Market. 



The following are our very latest 

 quotations for honey and beeswax : 



CHICAGO. 

 HONEY.— We quote : In Mb. sections, 1S®18C 

 The color makes the difference in price. 

 BBBSWAX:,-22@24c. R. A. BUKNBTT, 

 Aug. 12. 161 South Water St. 



KANSAS CITr. 



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

 Ih. sections. 15c.; darli 2-lbs..l t(^12c. choice white 

 l-lbs.. 18c.; darlt l-lbs., 12®14c. Calif, white 2- 

 lbs., 14c.; extraC 2-lbs.. I2(ai3c.; C 2lbs., lOano. 

 Extracted, new crop, choice white. Sic 10c. ; dark, 

 5(<*7c : Calif, white. 8c.; amber, 6fe7c. Prices firm. 



BEESWAX.— 20 to 22c. 

 Aug. 10. HAMBLIN & BEAR3S. 514 Walnut St. 



CLEVELAND. 



HONEY.— Choice new white i-lb. sections sell as 

 fast as they arrive, at 16c.; 2-lb8., 14 to 15c.: sec- 

 ond crade. laf^Hc. Extracted, 4(ft6c. Bemandgood. 



BBBSWAX.-250. 



Aug. 9. A. C. KBNDBL, 1 15 Ontario St. 



DETROIT. 

 HONEY.— Some new white comb sold at 12Mct8., 

 but prospects for better prices are good. 

 BBESWAX.-23C. 

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



SAN FRANCISCO. 



HONEY.— We quote : Extracted, white liquid, 

 5rti5^c. ; amber colored and candied, 4@4^c. — 

 White to extra white comb. 12(ai4c.; amber,8(»llc. 

 Demand improving and market firm. 



BBBSWAX.-17in.2oc. 

 Aug. 6. SCUACHT & LEUCKE, 122-124 Davis St. 



ST. L0DI8. 



HONEY.- Choice comb, 10(31120.; latter price for 

 choice wMte clover in good condition. Strained, 

 In barrels, 4(«4!4c. Extra fancy, of bright color 

 and in No. 1 packages. V4-cent advance on above. 

 Extracted, in bbls., 4'-^ He. ;in cans, 5H to 60. — 

 Market verv firm at above prices. 



BEESWAX.- 21C. tor nrime. 



Aug. 2. D. G. TUTT & 00.. Commercial St. 



SAN FRANCISCO. 



HONEY.— We quote : White comb, 12@13c.; ex- 

 tra white comb, 14 to 15c.; dark, V to inc. White 

 extracted. 5i4'»5^c.: light amber, 4^(a*5c.; amber 

 and candied. 4^(0.4^0. Receipts light: poor crop. 



BEBSWAi.— 21(<ii23c. 



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



MILWAUKEE. 



HONEY.— Choice new l-lbs., 14@15c.; old 1-bs., 

 12(312>^c.; 2-lbs. not in demand. lOeillc. White 

 extracted in kegs and barrels, TtS-TKc; in smalt tin 

 cans. 7^'a8c.: dark in kees and barrels, 6(«6J^c.; in 

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



BBESWAX.-2.'ic. 



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



CINCINNATI. 



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

 Best comb brings 1 l(^14c. Demand improving. 



BEESWAX.— Good demand,— 20O22C. per lb. lor 

 good to choice yellow. 

 Jun. 11. C.F.M17TB& SOK.Freeman & Central At. 



BOSTON. 



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

 at 130150.; 2-DOuPds at 110130. Extrwcted. 5®7c 

 Sales very light. Fancy white extracted in good 

 demand, but supply limited. 



BBB8W AX.— 26 ots. per lb. 

 July 11. B1.AEII & RiPLET. 57 Gbatbam Street. 



