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XH® MMBRICSN BEE? J©l&RE*SIr. 



About finding the queen : I am not 

 telling what I can do, but what I have 

 done. My wife and myself clipped the 

 wings of .50 queens in reversible hives 

 in less than two hours, in my home 

 yard. I have another yard seven miles 

 from here, with 73 colonies, spring 

 count, and it required 1}4 days to ac- 

 complish the clipping. The wings of 

 the queens of both yards ought to have 

 been clipped sooner, or before the hives 

 were so full of bees ; but I care but 

 little about the quantity of bees with 

 the reversible hive— I can find the 

 queen 19 times in 20 almost instantly, 

 while I have searched one hour for a 

 queen in the other hives, and then shut 

 them up till some other time, without 

 finding her, especially a black queen. 



Middleburgh, N. Y. 



COIVVESTTION DIRECTORY. 



1888 Time and Place of Meeting. 



Sept. 6.— Bees and Poultry, at New Brunswick, Ind. 

 Ora Knowlcon, Sec, New Brunswick, Ind. 



Sept. 8.— Susquehanna County, at Montrose, Pa. 



H. M. Seeley, Sec, Harford, Pa. 



Oct. 3-5.— North American, at Columbus. O. 



W. Z. Hutchinson. Sec. Flint, Mich. 



Dec. —.-Michigan State, at Jackson, Mich. 



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



I^" In order to have this table complete. Secre- 

 taries are requested to forward full particulars of 

 time and place of future meetines.- Bd. 





Itee!« Doing: ^Vell.— L. Highbarger, 

 Leaf River, Ills., on Aug. 28, 1888, says : 



Bees are doing well at present on asters 

 anil heart' s-ease. If it so continues I ex- 

 pect to ijet some surplus honey besides my 

 increase ol bees. I increased my apiary 

 from 18 colonies to .50. 



portunities neglected, whereby he would 

 wish to account for the total failure of his 

 enterprise. After they have lost there bees, 

 and are " upset," they will whine, and say 

 that it all happened because of other's busi- 

 ness, and that tlie weather was very heavy ; 

 when in fact the waters were very deep, the 

 niyht very dark, and the intellect very 

 muddj'. Such condemn reversible frames, 

 not knowing what they are talking about. 



The plain fact of the business is, all such 

 cases are unfortunate. Bne-keepina can 

 only be achieved by those wlio, like Dzier- 

 zon of old, " pay the costly price for the 

 brilliant meed of honor," by discipline, self- 

 control, and a boundless enthusiasm for the 

 art. 



Bees making- a Liiving;. — M. O. 



Tattle, Osage, Iowa, on Aug. 28, 1888, says : 



Bees in this section are going to make a 

 living for themselves, but not for their 

 keepers, unless we rob them. Durini! the 

 last of June and all of July, there was just 

 honey enough to stimulate swarming, but 

 not enough to get any surplus. There will 

 not be comb hoaey here to one-tenth part 

 supply our home market. Perhaps we can 

 get the people educated to use extracted 

 honey, while they can get nothing else. 

 Honey from buckwlieat, golden-rod and 

 other fall flowers is as plenty "now as any 

 time this season. 



Xhe Igfnorant Uce-Keepers.— J. 



W. Tetft, Collamer, X. Y., writes : 



That class of bee-keepers who do not take 

 good bee- papers— who read no books on 

 honey-bees— have no business with bees, 

 as bees have no business with them. 

 They abuse the profession. No argu- 

 ment can convince them. They are so 

 habituated to intrigue and mystery, and are 

 prone to accept a plain fact, but will dodge 

 the road to common-sense. They will not 

 pause to deliberate upon and minutely 

 scrutinize divers errors committed, and op- 



TVorking on Heart's-Ease.- W. 



H. Martin, Falls City, Nebr., on Aug. 25, 

 1888, says : 



We have had plenty of rain in this vicin- 

 ity this summer, and bees are working on 

 heart's-ease, which is abundant in nearly 

 all stubble fields. 



make Our Cause Strong. — J. W. 



Winder, New Orleans, La., on Aug. 28, 

 1888, writes : 



The honey crop is short again in this por- 

 tion of tlie State. Too much rain has not 

 been conducive to the usual yield, so dollars 

 for the " Union " will be scarce from this 

 source. But as our pursuit must be de- 

 fended against ignorance and wrong, I send 

 in my dollar, to help make our cause strong. 



T¥et Summer and Small Crop. 



— Wm. B. McCormick, Uniontown, Pa., on 

 Aug. 28, 1888, writes : 



I had my back badly strained some three 

 weeks ago, by being thrown from a wagon. 

 I am now able to walk about again, but I 

 have not sufficient strength to attend to my 

 bees. Our prospects for a good crop of 

 honey in the spring were very bright, as the 

 bees all came through the winter in prime 

 condition, witli abuudance of honey. Fruit 

 bloom, etc., was good, as well as the 

 weather, and nearly all of my 40 colonies 

 commenced working in the sections ; but, 

 alas, alas, our hopes were all blasted, for 

 the white clover (our main and only source 

 for surplus) was a perfect failure, and 

 since July 1, our bees nave scarcely made a 

 living. My crop will amount to about 1,000 

 pounds of comt) honey, most of it heing 

 dark, and the sections riot very well filled. 

 We have had a very wet summer. 



honesty than to be persistently accusing 

 others. 



The season Is a failure here with us. 

 There is very little or no white clover, only 

 a light bloom of linden, and the weather is 

 too dry for buckwlieat and fall bloom. I 

 have no honey to sell, and but little increase. 



Honey and Bees^rax jMarket. 



Pleased Mitli the Union^s Suc- 

 cess.— D. Millard, Mendon, Mich., on Aug. 

 2.5, 1888, writes : 



I am much pleased with Z. A. Clark's 

 success, and I sincerely hope that he will 

 come out ahead in the final contest. I am, 

 however, much opposed to keeping large 

 apiaries in thickly settled corporations ; for 

 it they are not" a great public nuisance, 

 they are often a sciurce of great annoyance 

 to one's nearest neigbbors— the very ones 

 with whom we should sustain the most 

 amicable relations. I joined the Union, 

 and gave my first dollar to assist in squelch- 

 ing the absurd idea that bees ever annoyed 

 sheep. My second dollar went to assist in 

 proving that bees of themselves never de- 

 stroy grapes. I now send another dollar 

 hoping that it will aid in "pushing to the 

 wall" any would-be scientific professor, 

 clergyman, idiots, or those who will persist 

 in villifying honey-producers. There is no 

 more positive evidence of ignorance or dis- 



NBW YORK. 



HONEY.— Market is bare of extracted, but choice 

 white clover or basswnod will bring f rom 7^@8c 

 Soutliern ex-tracteil,.55'g60c. per gallon, as to quality. 



BEESWAX.— Dull at l'3c. 



HILDKBTil BK08. & SEGBLKEN, 

 Aug. 23. '^ & 30 W. Broadway, near Uuane St. 



SAN FRANCISCO. . 



HONEY.— White 1-lb. sei:tion». 12®I.5c.: 2-lbs.. 11 

 to 14 cts.; amber, 7@9o. E.xtracted, white, 5X<S6c; 

 lieht amber, rtq.o xc; amber and candied. 44(*45ic. 

 Receipts light and market tlrm for best qualities. 



BBKSWAJC.— 17g.:;lc. 

 Aug. 25. O. B. SMITH * CO.. 423 rrout St. 



nBTROIT. 



HONEY.— Best new white comb. lS®I6c , with lit- 

 tle in sight and slow sales. Market is low, and bee- 

 keepers will do better to hold honey until approach 

 of cold weather. 



BBBSWAJt.-21@22c. Supply limited. 

 Aug. 22. M. U. H U N 1, Bel 1 Branch, Mich. 



CHICAGO. 



HONEY.- New crop offered at 16@17c, demand 

 being very light yet. Extracted is not in much de- 

 mand, and prices are nominal at 7®8c. lor the best 

 grades. 



BBliSWAX,- 220. K. A. BURNETT, 



Aug. 14. 161 South Water St. 



CHICAGO. 



HONEY.— None here, and market In good condi- 

 tion fur new crop. There is some demand for the 

 extracted. 



BEESWAX.- 22C. 

 Aug. 2. 8. T. FISH 4 CO.. 189 8. Water St. 



CINCINNATI. 



HONEY.— We quote extracted at 5®8c. per !b., 

 for which demand is fair. Comb honey. 12@15c. 

 Some small lotB have sold at 14® 16c. Market quiet. 



BEESWAX.-Demana 18 good— 2t)@:i2c. per lb. tor 

 good to choice yellow, on arrival. 

 Au£. 24. C. F. MUTH & SON, Freeman & Central Av. 



KANSAS CITY. 



HONEY.— Choice 1-lb. sections, 18c ; dark l-lbs., 

 14c.: 2-lbs., IHCi dark, 13c. White extracted in 60- 

 Ib. cans. He; amber, 7c.; in barreU and kegs, 5@8c. 

 Demand good, prices firm, and stock light. 



BEESWAX.— None in market. 

 Aug. 29. HAMBLIN & BEAK88, 514 Walnut Bt. 



NEW YORK. 



HONEY.-The market is not yet established, and 

 very little new honev has arrived. From the crop 

 reports, prices will be as high, and perhaps maybe 

 somewhat higher than last year. Reliable quota- 

 tions cannot be given yet, but there is good demand 

 for extracted. We quote choice white clover and 

 basswood extracted at 7Ss8'8Hc. 



Aug. 29. F.G.STROHMBYBR&CO.. 122 Water St. 

 BOrtTON 



HONEY.— We quote : New 1-lb. sections, 18@20c.; 

 2-lbs., 14@16c. New extracted, 8@ 10c. 



BKK><WAX — 2!^ eta- oer Ih 

 Aug. 24. BLAKE & RIPLEY, 57 Chatham Street. 



SAN FRANCISCO. 



HONEY.- We quote : E.xtracted, white, 5>^ cents; 

 light, 5Hc.; amber. 4^^**5c. Comb, l-lbs., 12@l4c: 2- 

 Ibs., 9 ■ 13c., as to quality. Arrivals not large, and 

 supplies held flrmlv. 



BEESWAX.— Dull at 19®22c 

 Aug. 20. SCHACHT & LBMCKB. 122-124 Davis St. 



KANSAS CITY. 



HONEY.— We quote; White l-Ibs., unglassed, 18 to 

 20 cts.; 2-lbs., l.'ifS'l'^c California white l-lbs, 18c,; 

 2-lba., l.'>c.: extracted, white. >*c. -amber, 7c 



BKESV^AX.— None on the market. 

 Aug. 10. CLBMON S, CLOON * CO., cor 4th AWalnut. 



8T- Lonis. 



HONEY.- We quote; Extracted, dark, 4®4^c.; 

 bright. 5(a.-'»^c.; in cans. 7®8c. Comb, white clover 

 in prime condition, 13H@15c.; dark, 1 1 t(.(5H 2^^ cts.— 

 Market quiet, demand good and receipts light. 



BEESWAX.- 22c. tor orime. 

 Aug. 10. D. G. rUTT i OO.. Commercial St. 



MILWAtTKBE. 



HONEY.— New white 1-lb. sections 18c., and very 

 fine. 20c.; 1-lbs. l.'i(5jl.sc.; old 2 and 3 lbs., not salable, 

 r'tjSHc: dark l lbs. old or new, l2®13c. B.vtrac- 

 tC'l new white In kegs and ^-barrels, S®9C.; old. In 

 same packages, 7'iT.^,.-.; in tin, 8fei9c : dark in barrels 

 or "-.-barrels.e&fi'-oc. Arrivals of new crop small; 

 deniand not urgent, and only very moderate trade. 



BEESWAX.- 22®-25C. _ 



Aug.31. A. V. BISHOP, 142 W. Water 8 . 



