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and wide, most sweet and strong. Now the fragrance is not nearly 

 so discernible to the nostrils when one is near a grove. Nor can 

 we see drops of nectar shining in the bottom of the blossoms, as 

 we can when the bloom is full of nectar. While we have masses of 

 blossoms, it is not so full of honey as it should be. The bees do a 

 lot of flying, and hustling, are busy whenever the weather allows 

 it, but results are not commensurate with their efforts. As a re- 

 sult, they are cross as Hybrids all the time — I can hardly explain 

 their savageness otherwise than by the fact that they are con- 

 stantly in the condition of bees, when the flow has ceased suddenly. 

 They are worried and exasperated, and ready to "take it out" on 

 the first intruder. But we are likely to have two weeks of orange 

 bloom yet, and it is too soon to know the yield. Two weeks can do 

 wonders for the supers, all things being right for it ! — E. G. B. 



The Honey Market Situation 



The honey market is in much better shape than we feared it 

 would be at this time. There has been produced none too much 

 comb honey of the better grades. The fact is, more comb honey 

 could be produced and not glut the market. The tendency seems 

 to be to produce extracted honey, to the neglect of comb. Those 

 who are situated to produce comb honey, had better think twice be- 

 fore changing to the production of extracted. There will likely 

 never be an over production of good comb honey. The extracted 

 honey market is different. While there will not be much, if any 

 good white clover, raspberry or basswood extracted honey carried 

 over, there is an over supply of the medium to poor grades of ex- 

 tracted on the market, both imported and domestic. 



Conditions This Year in Cuba 



We have received a very interesting letter, giving a glimpse 

 of honey conditions in Cuba this winter. It is from Mr. R. Herbert 

 Bigelow, of Ceiba Mocha, Prov. de Matanzas, Cuba, and we append 

 it herewith in full. 



We have noticed in several of the current issues of the apicul- 

 tural papers, honey advertised for sale from Cuba. It may be 

 that conditions are not quite so bad, all over the Island, as at 

 Ceiba Mocha, as our friend reports. We trust it is not, but the 

 low prices that he regrets, will doubtless prevail until better bus- 

 iness conditions obtain generally all over the world. Heretofore, 

 hundreds of German buyers had advance agents out, all over Cuba, 

 buying up the honey of the large producers by the shipload. They 



