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queenless. 1 have 2 queenless colo- 

 nies, I think, for they have no young 

 brood, and I gave them queen-cells 

 but they tore them down ; then I gave 

 them unsealed brood, and they start- 

 ed queen-cells, and had them sealed 

 over, and then tore them down. 



I have completed a bee-house with 

 the expectation of wintering my bees 

 more safely next winter. It is 12x18 

 feet, with stone foundation, sheeted 

 on the outside with inch boards ; next 

 is a layer of bricks placed on the edge. 

 The scantlings used are 8 inches wide 

 and 2 inches thick. It is sheeted in- 

 side with matched flooring, floor and 

 ceiling the same, with one ventilator 

 underground 20 feet long in extent, 

 with an 8-inch opening coming up 

 through the floor, and one ventilator 

 extending out at the roof of the house, 

 the same size. On top of the upper 

 floor is a covering of 2 feet of sawdust ; 

 also the space between the brick and 

 inside sheeting (6 inches) is filled with 

 the same. Besides, I am going to 

 bank it outside about 4 feet high, or 

 more. 



Good Fall Crop Expected.— Fred. 

 Bott, Wabasha, OsMinn., on Aug. 22, 

 1887, says : 



I receive the Bee Journal every 

 Saturday afternoon, and am very well 

 pleased with it. I think I am doing 

 well for a one-horse bee-keeper. I 

 put out twelve colonies in the spring, 

 increased them to 15 colonies by nat- 

 ural swarming, and obtained about 

 800 pounds of comb-honey and 100 

 pounds of extracted, so far. There 

 is a good prospect for a good fall 

 crop. 



Very Poor Honey Crop.— P. Sun- 

 day, Goodeirs,o»Mich., on Aug. 18, 

 1887, says : 



The honey crop was very poor in 

 this part of th§ state, on account of 

 the long drouth. Bees gathered but 

 very little honey from basswood and 

 clover. We are having a nice rain 

 now, which might help buckwheat 

 and autumn flowers some, and pro- 

 duce enough honey for bees to winter 

 on. 



Pollen in Combs — Bald - Headed 

 Brood.— J. H. Wellington, Saginaw, 

 ©Mich., on Aug. 19, 1887, writes : 



I will give my way of managing 

 combs filled with much pollen : Ex- 

 tract the honey from the combs, and 

 put them into water for half an hour 

 or longer. If dry, they need more 

 time. Put the combs with water into 

 the hive of a strong colony, and inside 

 of 24 hours the combs will be nearly 

 as clean as new combs. The pollen 

 can be extracted when dissolved in 

 water. Bald-headed brood I think 

 is caused by either a lack of comb- 

 making bees in the hive, or a lack of 

 honey to make comb from. Old bees 

 with a new queen will very often leave 

 bald-headed brood. A queen in a 

 colony that builds up very fast with 

 few workers, will have bald-headed 

 brood. If the honey-flow stops sud- 

 denly, when queens are laying boun- 

 tifully, colonies that have put nearly 

 all their honey into the boxes will 

 leave brood partly unsealed. 



Crop nearly a Failure.— N. Sunnes, 

 Elliott,o.Ill., on Aug. 10, 1887, writes: 



The honey crop was nearly a failure 

 here this year. From 30 colonies, 

 spring count, I have taken only 850 

 pounds of extracted and 200 pounds 

 of comb-honey. I worked 12 of my 

 strongest colonies for comb honey ; 8 

 of them swarmed once. I worked 

 them on the Heddou plan for both 

 comb and extracted honey, for in 

 good honey seasons it is almost im- 

 possible to prevent swarming without 

 extracting the honey before it is 

 capped over. Ten of the weakest 

 colonies gathered scarcely enough to 

 winter on. Fall flowers are very 

 scarce, owing to the dry weather we 

 have had. 1 intend to move my bees 

 about 5 miles to where there is usual- 

 ly an abundance of Spanish-needles, 

 so I expect a little fall honey yet. 



Good Increase— Painting Hives.— 



A. C. Waldron, Buflfalo,OMinn., on 

 Aug. 24, 1887, says : 



I have had a good increase of bees 

 but very little surplus. This is my 

 first year, and I have increased my 

 apiary from 2 colonies to 8, by pur- 

 chasing 3 small nuclei, and then 

 building up. The Bee Journal has 

 been a great help to me, as well as 

 " Bees and Honey." I have some new 

 hives with bees in them ; will it in- 

 jure the bees to paint those hives 

 now? 



[You can paint all but the alighting, 

 boards, at any time, and those can be 

 done after dark, and will dry over 

 night. It will not injure or disturb 

 the bees in the least. — Ed.1 



isfied to call it " pure honey." I think 

 if I should send an order of .500 lbs. of 

 honey, I would say, .500 lbs. of 

 comb-honey, or .500 lbs. of honey in 1 

 or 2 pound sections. If I wanted ex- 

 tracted honey, I would say, 500 lbs. of 

 " pure honey" in jars, pails or kegs. 

 But I do not care much what it is 

 called, if we only had plenty of it. 



Honey-Honse.— S. J. Youngman,© 

 Mich., writes : 



I am about to build a house for the 

 exclusive use of extracting honey. 

 Any suggestions from practical bee- 

 keepers would be thankfully received, 

 especially as to the arrangement of 

 the dow and windows. 



Honey and Beeswax Market. 



Pure Honey, Poor Season, etc.— A. 



Pinkerton, Marshalltown,©Iowa, on 

 Aug. 23, 1887, writes : 



I had 1.50 colonies when the honey 

 season should commence, and 1 made 

 preparations for a large crop of honey. 

 I built a shop to work in, made a lot 

 of new hives, and bought sections 

 enough to hold 10,000 lbs. of honey ; I 

 also made cases to hold the sections, 

 and procured plenty of comb founda- 

 tion. But about the time everything 

 was ready, I decided to save all my 

 fixtures for another season. I had 7 

 swarms and no honey. A few of my 

 colonies have honey enough to winter 

 on now. I do not think we need any 

 new name for extracted honey this 

 season, but if we did I would be sat- 



The following are our very latest 

 quotations for honey and beeswax : 



CHICAGO. 

 HONEY.— We quote ; In 1-lb. sections, 15@18c 

 The color makes the difference in price. 

 BBKSWAX,-22@L;4c. K. A. BOKNETT. 

 Auk. 12. 161 South Water St. 



nBTROIT. 

 HONEY.— New comb is very scarce, and quoted 

 at i7®lrtc. per lb. 

 BEB3WAX.-23C. 

 Aug. 17. M. H. HUNT. Bell Branob, Mloh. 



CLEVBLANn. 

 HONEY.— Best white i-lba. sold tOKiay at 17o.: 2- 

 lbs.. i4<aiir)C.; dark, iu<aii2c. White extracted, 8c. 

 BBBSWAX.-25C. 

 Aug. 25. A. C.KENDBL, 115 Ontario Bt. 



BOSTON. 



HONEY.— New crop. Mb. sections, 2na22o.! 2- 

 Ib. sections, 18@20c. Short crop indicated. 



BEE8WAX.-25 cts. per lb. 

 Aug. 25. BLAKJt & KiPLET, 57 Chatham Street. 



SAN FRANCISCO. 



HONEY.— We quote : Extracted, white liquid, 

 5®55^c. ; amber colored and candied, 4@494c.— 

 White to extra white comb, 12@14c.; amber, 8«lic. 

 Receipts light. 



B B BS W AX.-17ia20c. 

 Aug. 20. SCHACHT & LBMCKB, 122-124 DaTls St. 



SAN FRANCISCO. 



HONEY.— We quote : White comb, 12(3130.; ex- 

 tra white comb, 14 to I5c.i dark, 7 to inc. VThlte 

 extracted, .5J4rrf(5Vc.; light amber, 4^(a5c.: amber 

 and candied, 4Hia.4%c. Receipts light; poor crop. 



BBBSWAX.-21to23c. 



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



MILWAUKEE. 



HONEY.- Choice l-lbs., I7@18c.; 2-b9., 15®16c. 

 White extracted in kegs and barrels. 7H'38c., and 

 in tin cans, 8c.; dark in kegs and barrels, 6f*6Hc., 

 in tin cans, 6H@7c. Demand good ; supply limited. 



BEBSWAX.-25C. 



Aug :;6. A. V. BISHOP, 142 W. Water St. 



NEW YORK. 

 HONEY.- We quote : Fancy white in i-lb. sec- 

 tions, 16(Sa8c.; Ihe same in 2-lbs., 13@14c.; fair to 

 good l-lbs., 13@15c., and 2-ibs„ 10®12c. Extracted 

 white clover, in kegs and barrels, 7@8c. 

 BEB8WAX.-21«il22c. 



MCCAUL & HILDRBTH BROS., 

 Aug. 24. 28 & 30 W. Broadway, near Duane Bt. 



KANSAS CITY. 



HONB Y.— We quote new crop : Choice white 2-lb. 

 sections, 15c.: dark 2-lbs., I2'ijji3c. choice white 1- 

 lbs.. 18c.; dark l-lbs., l.i(.iil4o. Calif, white 2.1b8.. IS 

 to 15c. Extracted, new choice white, 8iftl0c.; dark, 

 5(o6c ; Calif, white. He. ; amber, 6ia'7c. 



BBESW AX.-20 to 22C. 

 Aug. 25. HAMBLIN & BEARSS, 514 Walnut Bt. 



KANSAS CITY. 



HONBY.-Wequote : White l-lbs., leffllSc; dark, 

 15®16c.; white 2-lbs., 15®17c.; dark, I4@15c.; Cal- 

 itornla— white i-ibs., 1.5(5il7c.. 2-lb8.. l.'.@16c.; dark 

 l-lbs. 14@15c., 2-lbs. 14c. Calif, white extracted, 

 7@7^c. : dark, 6@6'^c. No white clover in market. 



BEESWAX. -No. I,20m22c.; No. 2, 16®l8c. 

 Aug. 24. CLBMONS.CLOON & CO., cor 4th&Walnut 



'S T. LOUIS.C •* 



HONEY.— Choice comb, 10«i>12c.; latter price for 

 choice white clover in good condition. Strained, 

 in barrels, 4(«4Mc. Extra fancy, of bright color 

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

 Extracted, in bbls., 4Mi'(i^Hc.; in cans, 5H to 6c.— 

 Market very firm at above prices. 

 BEESWAX.— 21c. for nrime. 

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



CINCINNATI. 



HONBY.-Wequote for extracted. 3'a7c. per lb. 

 Comb 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 l.ic. in a jobbing way. 



BEESWAX— Fair demand,— 20(3220. per lb. for 

 good to chcilce yellow. 

 Aug. 19. C.F.MUTH & SoN.Freeman t, Central At. 



