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THE AMERICAN BEE JOURNAL. 



honey crop was that the bees were in 

 poor condition in the early part of 

 the season. When basswood came 

 on, the weather was so hot and dry 

 that there was but little honey 

 secreted in the blossoms, and that 

 early in the morning and late in the 

 afternoon. There was but three days 

 that the bees kept at work all day 

 while basswood was in bloom. 

 Swarming was rather light in nearly 

 all the apiaries. The quality of the 

 honey is as good as I ever saw, and 

 the bees have an abundance to winter 

 on, of fine clover and basswood honey. 



Little Surplus and Few Swarms.— 



Francis M. Holt, Palatine, 5 W. Va., 

 on Aug. 16, 1887, says : 



Bees have done nothing in this part 

 of the State. We have had but few 

 swarms, the most of them coming 

 late. There will be little or no sur- 

 plus at all, this being the poorest sea- 

 son we have had for several years. 

 Bee-keepers are very much discour- 

 aged. 



Old Name Good Enough,— Geo. E. 



Hilton, Fremont,*o Mich., on Aug. 17, 

 1887, says : 



I have watched with interest for 

 the coming name for extracted honey, 

 and as yet I fail to see any improve- 

 ment suggested. Now, I am neither 

 a scholar nor a grammarian, but so 

 far as I understand I fail to see 

 wherein the word " extracted " is a 

 misnomer. The best authority I have 

 at hand says the meaning of the 

 word is, " To draw out, to remove 

 forcibly,"' and that is just what we 

 do when we secure extracted honey. 

 I have labored hard and earnestly for 

 ten years, to instruct the consumers 

 of my honey what extracted honey is, 

 and I very seldom get an order for 

 strained, squeezed or rendered honey 

 now, and I for one do not want the 

 name changed. But suppose honey, 

 or combless honey is adopted, what 

 are you going to call the " extractor ?" 

 I suppose it will be " the honey ma- 

 chine," or "combless honey ma- 

 chine." I think the old way is good 

 enough. 



In Favor of " Extracted."— A. Dur- 



ward, San Marcos,© Tex., says : 



I must put in a word for the name 

 " extracted." After doing all we 

 could for years to crowd out the 

 name " strained," and substitute that 

 of " extracted," we would simply 

 make ourselves ridiculous by now 

 trying to change again. 



Honey Season in Minnesota, etc.— 

 C. Theilmann, Tbeilmanton,o, Minn., 

 on Aug. 13, 1887, writes : 



This has been a dry, hot summer, 

 and the bees did not gather any honey 

 from white clover, except what they 

 needed for themselves from day to 

 day, but they did nicely on basswood, 

 from *hich I got over 2,500 pounds of 

 comb honey. They have not stored 

 much since, as the dry weather held 



on until 3 or 4 days ago, when we had 

 some good showers. Last night a 

 heavy rain set in, and has continued 

 all day to-day, and is still at it now— 

 6 p.m. The ground is well soaked 

 now, and it will help the bees yet, if 

 we have good weather for them here- 

 after ; also corn and potatoes, which 

 were suffering for want of rain. The 

 wheat crop here is almost an entire 

 failure on account of the multitudes 

 of chinch-bugs. Oats are good ; corn 

 promises good where the bugs did not 

 destroy it; some fields are nearly ripe. 

 I never expect to call for aid from the 

 Bee-Keepers' Union, but it pleases 

 me that the General Manager has 

 managed all the difficulties so well, 

 and come out ahead on them all so 

 far. I hope that he will be successful 

 hereafter. 



Poorest Season in 10 Years.- Alex. 



W. Stith, Portland, (iKy., on Aug 11, 



1987, writes : 



I have kept bees in northeastern 

 Kentucky for the past ten years, and 

 the season of 1887 has been the poor- 

 est that I have ever experienced. 

 From 60 colonies in fair condition in 

 the spring, I have taken 70 pounds- 

 just to please the children. Although 

 my bees for the past few days have 

 been gathering some surplus in the 

 morning (probably from buck-bush), 

 yet there is hardly a blossom to be 

 seen, as we have not had sufficient 

 rain for nine weeks, to lay the dust, 

 and everything is burned up. Stock 

 is nearly ready to starve on our blue 

 grass pastures, and bone-wagons have 

 made there appearance. The mer- 

 cury has for the past six weeks been 

 dancing around between 90° and 106°, 

 and I am fearful that many colonies 

 of bees in Kentucky will not have 

 sufficient stores to winter on. 



Fuel for Bee-Smokers.- J. L. Har- 

 ris, of Chicago, d Ills., says : 



One of the very best, if not the best 

 material for smokers, is old cedar 

 bark. It can be procured now nearly 

 everywhere from railroad ties or 

 fence-posts. It lights readily, gives 

 but little heat or ashes, aninever goes 

 out, even if placed where there is no 

 draught ; it imparts no unpleasant 

 ordor to the honey. Be sure and lay 

 in a good supply when you are where 

 you can get it. 



Extracted Honey, Catnip, etc.— 

 Frank M. Baldwin, Marion,© Ind., 

 on Aug. 15, 1887, writes : 



The season seems to have been a 

 little better with us than in many 

 other parts of the country, though we 

 will have less than half a crop of 

 honey. There was plenty of bloom, 

 white clover, Alsike, and linden, but 

 the nights were too cold in June for 

 the secretion of nectar. The bees 

 gathered some surplus in July, from 

 red clover (probably 30 pounds per 

 colony), which, added to what we got 

 from "the June blossoms, will give us 

 about 50 pounds of extracted honey 

 per colony. It seems to mo that It is 



a waste of time and effort to try to 

 find a better word than " extracted." 

 It has been in use too long to be 

 easily superseded by any new term, 

 especially as any new one is open to 

 more objection than the old. No 

 name can be found that will not be 

 misunderstood, or that will not call 

 for unlimited explanation from honey 

 producers. Catnip is a good honey- 

 plant with us. There was nectar in 

 it all through the drouth— enough to 

 keep the brood-chamber full of brood, 

 though the plants are not numerous 

 enough to give us anything in the 

 upper stories of the hives. I shall 

 gather the seed and scatter it in all 

 waste places. Ordinarily the hybrids 

 are our best workers ; this year the 

 Italians are far ahead. 



Honey and Beeswax Market. 



The following are our very latest 

 quotations for honey and beeswax : 



CHICAGO. 

 HONEY.— We quote : In I-lb. sections, 15018C 

 The^color makes the diiTerence in price. 



BEESWAX,-22(»24o. 

 Auk. 12. 



K. A. BURNETT, 

 161 South Water St. 



KANSAS CITr. 



HONEY.— We quote new crop ; Choice white 3-lb. 

 sections. H(I' 15c.:dark 2-lbs.,ll@12c.: choice white 

 !-lbs.. IHc. ; dark l-lbs., 12((!il5c. Calif, white 2- 

 Ibs., 15C.; extraC 2-n)s., 13(S14c.; C 21bs., ll(S12c. 

 Extracted, new crop, cboice white. Sp-ioc.; dark, 

 .S'ffTc : Calif.white.se.; amber, 6(§,7c. Prices firm. 

 Very little honey is bein^ received. 



BEESWAX— 20 to 22c. 

 Aug. 16. HAMBLIN & BBARS3, 514 Walnut St. 



CLEVELAND. 



HONEY.— Choice new white 1-lb. sections sell as 

 fast as they arrive, at :6c.; 2-lb8., 14 to 15c.; sec- 

 ond grade. ia(a)14c. Extracted, 4@6c. Demandgood. 



BBESWAX.-25C. 



Aug. 9. A. C. KENDBL. 115 Ontario St. 



DETROIT. 

 HONEY.— New comb is very scarce, and quoted 

 at l7@18c. per lb. 

 BEB8WAX.-23C. 

 Aug. 17. M.H. HUNT, Bell Branch, Mich. 



SAN FRANCISCO. 



HONEY.— We quote : Extracted, white liquid, 

 5(35^0. ; amber colored and candied, 4@494c.— 

 White to extra white comb, I2@14c.; amber,8®l Ic. 

 Receipts light. 



BEBSWAX.-17ia2nc. 

 Aug. 13. SCHACHT i LEMCKE, 122-124 Davis Ht. 



ST. LOOTS. 

 HONEY.— Choice comb, I0®12o.; latter price for 



choice white clover in good condition. Strained, 

 in barrels, 4®4^c. Extra fancy, of bright color 

 and in No. 1 packages, ^^-cent advance on above. 

 Extracted, in bbls., 4'->2(i^.nii,c.; in cans, 5}^ to 6c.— 

 Market very firm at above prices. 



BEESWAX.— 2lc. for orime. 



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



SAN FRANCISCO. 



HONEY.— We quote : White comb, 12913oj^ ex- 

 tra white comb, 1410 15c.; dark, 7 to 10c. Vvhite 

 extracted, 5^(a.55ic.; light amber, 4^@5c. ; amber 

 and candied. 4Hf*»4Kc. Receipts light; poor crop. 



BEBSWAi.— 21(Si23c. 



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



MILWAUKEE. 



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

 12@jl2V6c.; 2-lbs. not in demand, IO@llc. White 

 extracted in kegs and barrels, 7<57^c.; in small tin 

 cans. 7Vt.(ii8c.: dark in kegs and barrels, 6@6^^c.; in 

 small tin cans, 6He- Market ready lor new crop. 



BBESWAX.-25C. 



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



CINCINNATI. 



HONB Y.— We quote for extracted, 3@7c. per lb. 

 Cumb honey has been sold out perhaps better than 

 ever before at this time, only remnants of dark 

 honey being left. Choice white would readily 

 bring 15c. in a jobbing way. 



BEESWAX.— Fair demand,— 20@22c. per lb. for 

 Kood to choice yellow. 

 Aug. 19. C.F.MDTH & SON.Freeman & Central Av. 



BOSTON. 



HONEY.- We quote : Best new white, in 1-lb 

 sections, lR@18c.; best white 2-lbs., 14<2>I6c. Ex- 

 tracted, 6»8c. 



BKK8W AX.— 25 ots. per lb. 



Aug. 18. Blake & Riplbt. 57 Chatham Street. 



