THE AMERICAN BEE JOURNAL. 



525 



WEEKLY EDITION 



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PUBLISHED BV 



THOMAS G. NEWMAN & SON, 



Phoprietors, 



923&,925 WEST MADISON ST., CHICAGO, III. 

 Weekly, ms a year ; Monthly, SO cents. 



ALiFRED H. NEWMAN, 



Business Manager. 



Jip^cciixl Notices. 



make all Money Orders and Postal 

 Notes payable at Cliieago, Ills.— Some 

 country postmasters insist on making- such 

 payable at some sub-station of Chicago, but 

 we want them drawn on the main office. 



^^ If your wrapper-label reads Aug. 85, 

 please remember that your subscription runs 

 out with this month. Renew at once, so as 

 not to lose any numbers. 



To Correspondents. — It would save 

 us much trouble, if all would be particular 

 to give their P. O. address and name, when 

 writing to this office. We have several letters 

 (pome inclosing money) that have no name; 

 many others having no Post-Office, County 

 or State. Also, if you live near one post^ 

 office and get your mail at another, be sure 

 to give the address we have on our list. 



^^ For two subscribers for the Weekly 

 Bee Journal (or 8 for the Monthly) for one 

 year, we will present a Pocket Dictionary, 

 and send it by mail, postpaid. 



Honey and Beeswax Market. 



5^~ Sample Copies of the Bee Journal 



will be sent FREE upon application. Anyone 

 intending to get up a club can have sample 

 copies sent to the persons they desire to in- 

 terview by sending the names to this office, 

 or we will send them all to the agent. 



^^ We want one number each of the Bee 

 Journal of August, 1866— February, 1867. 

 Any one having them to spare will please 

 send a Postal Card. We will pay 50 cents for 

 one copy of each of the two numbers. 



^^"Preserve your papers tor reference 

 If you have not got a Binder we will mail you 

 one tor 75 cents, or you can have one free 

 if you will send us 3 new yearly subscrip- 

 tions for the Bee Journal. 



^^ Our rates for two or more copies of 

 the book, " Bees and Honey," may be found 

 on the Book List on the second page of this 

 paper. Also wholesale rates on all books 

 where they are purchased " to sell again.'* 



Office of the American Bee Journal, t 

 Monday, 10 a. m., Aug. 17, 1885. f 



The following are the latest quota- 

 tions for honey and beeswax received 

 up to this hour ; 



CHICAGO. 



honey— Receipts of comb honey are coming 

 more freely, tmd the demand la about equal to It. 

 Yet ir>c per pound is all that can be obtained. 

 Extracted honey ranyes I rom 5{a,8c for the differ- 

 ent erades and styles ot packages. 



R. A. BURNETT. 161 SoQth Water St. 



BOSTON. 



HONKY.— We quote the foIlowlDg prices : Fancy 

 white comb In l-lb. seciions, lfi®18c. : the same In 

 2-lb. sections, Mi^loc; fancy while California 2-lb8., 

 i2*fol4c. Extracted weak, 6(q^Sc. Sales very slow. 



BEESWAX.-yo cts. per lb. 



Blake & Kiplet. 57 Cbatham Street. 



NEW YORK. 



HONEY-The honey market Is very quiet, and 

 will continue so until fall trade opens up. Some 

 old stock is on the m:irket yet, with small ship- 

 ments of new comb Imney arriving. Southern 

 extracted honey is cumins in very freely. (Quota- 

 tions are as follows for comb honey : Fancy white 

 in ]-lb. sections, I4wl5c; fair to good in 1- lb. sec- 

 tions, I2^l3c: fancy white in 2-lb. sections, i;i(ajl4; 

 fair to good in i2-lb. sections, l i@I2c; fancy buck- 

 wheat in l-Ib. sections, scfoioc; fancy buckwheatin 

 ■2-ib. sections. 7'«hc. Extracted white clover, 6(^.7; 

 buckwheat. S'u.iic: Southern, per gallon, 55(s.65c. 



BEESWAX-Prime yeilow. 25^:J8c. 



McCAUL & HILDRETH BROS., 34 HudsOJl St, 



CINCINNATI. 



HONEY— The market is quiet with fair demand 

 for extracted, and an abundance of offerings from 

 commission houses and producers. Prices range 

 between 4(<(Sc nn arrival. There is but little new 

 comb honey in the market, with an occasional de- 

 mand. Prices nominal. 



BEESWAX— Is in fair demand with liberal offer- 

 ings, and brings '2\na,'2ic on arrival. 



C. F. MUTH. Freeman & Central Ave. 



SAN FRANCISCO. 



HONEY.— New comb honey sells slowly because 

 of last year's crop now on hand. We now quote- 

 Extracted, old dark 4Hc.; new white, dH't'^c. ; 

 dark. A%iu.5c. No extra white coming forward. 



BEESWAX-Quotable at 2ac.— wholesale. 



O. B. Smith & Co., 423 Front Street. 



CLEVELAND. 



HONEY- Is very dull just now duiingstrawberry 

 time, and although we bold at I4((iiric per lb. best 

 white i-ib. sectional, it is merely nominal, as there 

 are no transactions. As soon as our people have 

 satistied iheir craving for acid fruits, they take 

 very kindly to nice white honey, and we may look 

 with confidence to a good demand in July, August 

 and September. 



BEESWAX.— Scarce at 28@30. 



A. C. KENDKL. 115 Ontario Street. 



KANSAS CITY. 



HONEY— Trade in this article is very quiet just 

 now. Nothing sells atlhis time of year except ex- 

 tracted honey, in bulk and small glasses and tins 

 of honey. Some large sales of extracted this week 

 at 5unc for southern, andfiwTc for clover and sage. 

 Comb honey nominal, at I2@i;ic for choice while 

 2 lb. sections, and 13®i4c for i-lb. 



BEESWAX-Weak at 2U{^-J6c. 



CLEMON8.CLOON A. CO., cor. 4th & Walnut. 



i^^~ To create Honey Markets In every 

 village, town and city, wide-awake honey 

 producers should get the Leaflets " Why Eat 

 Honey" (only 50 cents per 100), or else the 

 pamphlets on "Honey as Food and Medicine," 

 and scatter them plentifully, and the result 

 will be a demand for all of their crops at 

 remunerative prices. *' Honey as Food and 

 Medicine " are sold at the following prices : 



Single copy, 5 cts. ; per doz., 40 cts. ; per 

 hundred, $2.50. Five hundred will he sent 

 postpaid for$10.00; or 1,000 for $15,00. 

 On orders of 100 or more, we will print, if 

 desired, on the cover-page, "Presented by," 

 etc. (giving the name and address of the bee- 

 keeper who scatters them). 



Local Convention Directory. 



1885. Time and place of Meetirtg. 



Aug. 25.— Southern Wisconsin, at Janesvllle. WIh, 

 .John (;. Lynch. Sec. 



Aug. 25.— Des Moines Co, Iowa, at Burlington, loo, 

 John Nau, Sec. 



Aug. 25.— N. W. III. and S. W. Wis. at Rock nty. Ill, 

 J. Stewart, Sec. Kock City. Ills. 



Sept. l.-Llnwood. at Kock Elm Centre, Wis. 



B. J. Thompson, Sec, Waverly, Wis. 



Sept. I, 2-W. N. Y. and N. Pa., at Salamanca. N.Y, 

 A. D. Jacobs, Sec Jamestown, N. V. 



Sept. 3.— Eastern Indiana, at Richmond. 



M. G. Keynolds. Sec. 



Dec. 8— 10.— Michigan State, at Detroit. Mich. 



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



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

 taries are requested to forward full particulars of 

 time and place of future meetings.— Kd. 



To give away a copy of " Honey as Foot! 

 and Medicine " to every one who buys a. 

 package of honey, will sell almost any quan- 

 tity of it. 



gitlucvtiscmeuts. 

 100 Hives and Supers 



FOR SAL.X: CHEAP. 



The Frames are filled with combs — all are 

 complete and in good order, haviiig been in 

 use onl.v cue year. Make me an otter. Also 

 160 ]>bund!« ot Dadants Brood rOmB 

 FOCNDATIOIV, in orifiinal packages. 



UEOi B. ENGLU, Jr., 

 cor. Clinton & Quinc.v Sts., Chicago, Ills. 



Fruit-Farm & Apiary 



FOR SALE CHEAP! 



C\f* ACRES, hill-land, "-^well-stocked with apples, 

 tJ\J peiiche?, pears, plums, quinces, grapes, ami 

 small fruit, in tine bearing condiiion. The remain- 

 der in i)astnre. grass, tiraln, Ptc. Apiary contains 

 140 ITAL.IAM COLONIES in 1-angstroth 

 hives. Bee-houi^e and all modern appliances for 

 apiculture, in as good location for beef and honey 

 as can be found. Good 10-room house, beautifully 

 located, cnimanding a view of the city, river and 

 surrounding country. New barn and out-buildings, 

 cistern, never-failing springs, etc. Ileason for 

 selling—age and ill-health. 



33A0t S. A. STILLMAN, LOUISIANA, MO. 



ITAL,IASr UUEEXS, tested, warranted, and 

 fertilized, for aale at usual prices. Also Nuclei 

 colonies, 2 frames each. 8end for Circular. Dollar 

 Queens ready to ship on one week's notice. 

 27Df!t E. I.. BKIG08, Wilton Junction, Iowa. 



THE HORSE, 



By B. J. KENDALL, M. D. 



A TREATISE eiving an index of diseases, 

 and the symptoms ; cause and treatment of each, a 

 table giving all the principal drugs used for the 

 horse, with the ordinary dose, effects and antidote 

 when a poison ; a table with an engraving of the 

 horse'steeth at different ages, with rules for telling 

 the age of the horse ; a valuable collection of re- 

 cipes, and much valuable information. 



Price S5 ceote— in English or German. 

 THOS. O. NEWMAN & SON, 

 923 & 925 West Madison St., CHICAGO, ILL, 



30 COLONIES of BEES 



for one-hundred dollars, in American hives; 

 or $3.50 each, singly. They are strong- in 

 bees and honey. Syrians and Italians. Safe 

 arrival g-uaranteed. 

 .'WA4t FAYEXTE LEE, Cokato, I?liuu. 



My I7tti Annual Price-List ^^im^iJu^"^ 



(Queens and Nuclei colonies (a specialty): alsa 

 Supplies— will be sent to all who send their names 

 and addresses. U. H. BROTTN, 



l7Dtf Light Street, Columbia County 



