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689, Sept. 14. aa to price of honey in 

 some of the leading cities. I will only 

 notice the quotations for white honey 

 in onepouiid sections : Ctiicago, 18 

 cents; Detroit, 17 to 18 cents ; Cleve- 

 land, 17 cents ; Boston. 20 to 22 cents 

 —good for Boston ! New York, 16 to 

 18 cents; Milwaukee, 17 to 18 cents; 

 Kansas City. 16 to 18 cts.; St. Louis, 12 

 cents, and Cincinnati, 15 cents. 



If "the old crop is all sold out," 

 " no white clover in market." " offer- 

 ings small of all kinds." " short crop 

 indicated," and " demand large," 

 prices ought to be a little better than 

 in most of the quotations. 1 believe, 

 as a matter of fact, they are better. I 

 think some of the best commission 

 men are among those who advertise 

 the least. They let their sales and 

 returns speak for them. I have in 

 mind one house who have sold our 

 dairy butter for top creamery prices, 

 and above quotations right along. I 

 sent tbem a trial shipment of honey a 

 few days ago, and instructed them to 

 hold for 20 cents. It had barely time 

 to reach the city when I received a 

 telegram saying, " Honey sold — 20 

 cents— send more quick." These men 

 told me that they sold several car- 

 loads last year for bee-keepers who 

 would have none to sell this year. 



In conclusion I will add, don't sell 

 honey at less than Boston prices. 

 , Forest City, 6 Iowa. 



[Yes ; Mr. Secor is right— the mar- 

 kets are bare of comb honey, and the 

 buyers abundant and anxious. Those 

 who have honey to sell should write 

 for prices before shipping, or else 

 hold it for a definite figure, as Mr. 

 Secor did. Do not sell a pound of 

 white honey in one-pound sections 

 for less than 20 cents.— Ed.] 



Local Convention SiTectory. 



1887. Time and place of Meeting. 



Oct. 18.— Kentucky State, at Falmouth, Ky. 



J. T. t'onnley. Sec, Napoleon, Ky. 



Oct. 26, 27.— Pan-Handle, at Wheellnc, W. Va. 



W. L. KInsey, Sec, Blaine, O. 



Not. 16-18.— North American, at Chicago. Ills. 



W. Z. Hutchinson, Sec. Rogereville, Mich. 



Dec 7-0.— Michigan State, at East Saginaw, Mich. 

 H. D. Cutting, Sec, Clinton, Mich. 



Jan. 20.— Haldimand, at Cayuga, Ontario. 



K. C.Campbell, Sec, Cayuga, Ont. 



tW" In order to have this table complete. Secre- 

 taries are requested to forward full particulars of 

 lime and place of future meetings.— Ed. 





Bee and Honey Shows.— H. D. 

 Cutting, Clinton,©, Mich., on Sept. 25, 

 1887, writes : 



I have been attending our Michigan 

 State Fair, and caoie home last even- 

 ing. We have just closed the largest 

 and best exhibit of beps, honey and 

 supplies ever held in Michigan. The 



different exhibits were large and ex- 

 tra good. The building was full to 

 overflowing, there being twelve differ- 

 ent exhibitors. This department is 

 becoming ore of the attractions of 

 our State Fair. How I wish the bee- 

 keepers in other States would work 

 up this matter of honey exhibitions. 

 It would be a great help in working 

 off the surplus, and prevent over- 

 crowded markets. 



Bees did Well— C. W. Conner, 

 Ashton,'^Iowa, on Sept. 22, lS87,says: 



We have had a very dry season here 

 in the northwest corner of Iowa, but 

 I think that my bees have done well, 

 when I see so many reports in the 

 Bee Journal thpt are so much 

 worse. I began last spring with 8 

 colonies, and increased them to 25 

 colonies, but lost 4 by being robbed, 

 as they were weak. I have now 21 

 colonies, and have taken about 300 

 pounds of honey. I think there will 

 be 200 or 300 pounds more in partly- 

 filled cases. 



Partridge-Pea.— A. E. Atkinson, 

 Steele City,os Neb., on Sept. 21, 1887, 

 says : 



I send you flowers and leaf from a 

 stalk to be named. Bees work on it 

 all day, and it remains in flower 

 about two months. 



[It is Cassia chamceerista, commonly 

 called " partridge-pea," and furnishes 

 nectar abundantly. It usually blooms 

 earlier than this, but has been re- 

 tarded by the extreme drouth this 

 year.— Ed.] 



Poor Season for Bees.— John P. 

 Wylie, Prairie Centre, 6 Ills., on Sept. 

 23, 1887, writes : 



This has been a very poor season 

 for bees in this locality. There has 

 been hardly enough honey for the 

 bees to live on. They have gathered 

 some honey the past week, but I think 

 they will not get enough to winter on, 

 so I will have to feed. Out of 44 col- 

 onies of bees I had only 4 first 

 swarms, and 2 second swarms. 



Good HoneyFlowfromGoldenrod. 

 — R. Downs, Naugatuck,6 Conn., on 

 Sept. 21, 1887, writes: 



I examined the most of my hives 

 this afternoon, and took off about 

 500 pounds of pretty good comb honey 

 from 20 hives. My bees have collected 

 about 25 pounds of surplus honey per 

 colony, fall count, with an increase of 

 one-third in number of colonies. All 

 of my colonies except 2 or 3 are in 

 pretty good condition for winter, 

 every hive being full of bees, with 

 eggs and good patches of brood in all 

 stages. There is a good flow of honey 

 from goldenrod, which is very plenti- 

 ful here, and the bees are improving 

 every pleasant hour; they come in so 

 loaded that they can hardly crawl into 

 the hive. 1 have 24 colonies now. 



Two-Thirds of a Crop.— John H. 

 Larrabee, harrahee's Poiut,K) Vt., on 

 Sept. 20, 1887, says : 



The crop here has been about two- 

 thirds. I have about 2,000 pounds, 

 but some of it is not very plump look- 

 ing. Bees are in good condition for 

 winter, as honey-dew, which last win- 

 ter destroyed so many bees, has had 

 no chance this year on account of the 

 wet weather. 1 consider the Ameri- 

 can Bee Journal the most conser- 

 vative and correct of bee-papers. 



Boring Beetles.— Jas. Jardine, Ash- 

 land, o« Nebr., on Sept. 19, 1887, says :- 



I send a hug that I found on the 

 goldenrod with the bees, gathering 

 honey. What is it? I fed it some 

 honey, and it seems to like it well. 



[It is one of our most beautiful bor- 

 ing beetles. It is Clyius speciosus. 

 The beautiful large black beetle with 

 yellow lines across its back lays its 

 eggs on maple trees in June. The 

 grubs from these are white, cylindri- 

 cal, footless, and tunnel the trees 

 through and through for three years. 

 It then pupates in the dust, and soon 

 comes out the beautiful beetle. All 

 beetles of this family— Ccrambi/ctdce — 

 or longicorns, are long and slim, with 

 very long antennse. They are grace- 

 ful and handsome. The beetles feed 

 on pollen, and like others related to 

 it, are often found feeding on golden- 

 rod.— A. J. Cook.] 



One-Fifth of a Crop, etc.— J. W. 

 Eckman, Richmond, <x Tex., on Sept.. 



26, 1887, writes : 



Bees in some parts of our State 

 have done tolerably well. Mine have 

 gathered about one-fifth as much as I 

 expected, as this should have been 

 the year for a large crop, as it has 

 been every alternate year ever since I 

 have been keeping bees. They are 

 gathering now from goldenrod, and if 

 the weather is favorable for the next 

 month, I will get several thousand 

 pounds yet. Please " give us a rest " 

 in regard to the new names suggested 

 for extracted honey. Honey is honey, 

 and there is nothing in a name. All 

 we want is to have plenty of it, and 

 sale for it, and at good prices. 



Preparing Bees for Winter.- Evan 

 R. Styer, Morgantown,o- Pa., on Sept. 

 23, 1887, says : 



I have received only 30 pounds of 

 comb honey this season. I am feeding 

 my bees now for winter, and will give 

 them plenty of stores and warm quar- 

 ters, and will winter them out-doors, 

 with a tight roof over them, open to 

 the south, east, west and north, with 

 the eaves closed up tight. 1 will put 

 the hives within 2 inches of each 

 other, and pack oat chaff between 

 them, and good cushions on them in- 

 side, but only seven frames. 



