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THE AMERICAN BEE JOURNAL. 



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Single subscriber, one year, $3.00 



Two subscribers, sent at the same time. . . 3.50 



Three " " " " •' .. . 5.00 



Six " " " •' •' ... 9.00 



All higher clubs at the same rate. 



RATES FOR ADVERTISI!^G. 



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3 ....12 " 



6 " " " " " ....lO " 



One inch in Length of Column makes Twelve Lines. 



Special Notices, and pages next to reading 

 matter, one-third more tluin tlie above rates. 

 Last page of cover, double rates. 



No advertisement received for less than $1. 



Cash in advance for all transient advertise- 

 ments. Bills of regular advertisers p;iAable 

 quarterly. We adhere strictly to our printed 

 rates. 



Address all communications and remit- 

 tances to THOMAS G. NEWMAN, 



184 Clark St.. Chicago, 111. 



"Write names and addresses plain— giving 

 County and State. 



Additions can be made to clubs at any 

 time, at tlie same club rate. 



Wlien changing post-office address, men- 

 tion the old address as well as tlie new one. 



Spechnen copies, canvassing outfit, 

 Posters, and Illustrated Price List sent free 

 upon application. 



We send the Journal until an order for 

 discontinuance is received at this office, and 

 arrearages are all paid. 



We will give Hill's worlf on "Cliicken 

 Cliolera" (price 50 cents), to any one desir- 

 ing it, as a premium for two subscribers. 



B;^ When you have a leisure hour or 

 evening, wiiy not drop in on a neigliboring 

 family and see if you cannot get a subscrib- 

 er for The Ameiiican Bee Journal? 



Remittances to be sent at our risk must 

 be by Post-office Order, Registered Letter, 

 Draft or Express (charges prepaid). Make 

 Post-office Orders and Drafts payable to 

 Tliomas G. Newman. 



_.^ "For the convenience of bee-lceepers, 

 we iiave made arrangements to supply, at 

 the lowest marl<et prices, Imported or test- 

 ed Italian Queens, full colonies, Langstroth 

 or other hives, Extractors of all the makes, 

 and anything required about the apiary. 



..^ ■ The only safe way to send money by 

 mail is to get the letter registered, or "pro- 

 cure a money order or draft. We cannot be 

 responsible for money Inst, unless these 

 precautions are taken. Then it is <at our 

 risk, and if lost we will make it good to the 

 sender, but not otherwise. 



'Attention is called to the advertise- 

 ment of ROPP'S CO.MMERCIAL CALCULA- 

 TOR. It is in all respects what is claimed 

 for it, and is a very valuable work. 



Secure a Choice Queen. 



We now renew our offer to send "a choice 

 tested Italian queen as a premium to any 

 one will send us four subscribers to The 

 American Bee Journal with $8.00. This 

 premium, giving a good queen for four sub- 

 scribers, will pay any one for taking some 

 trouble to extend the circulation of the 

 Journal. Premium queens will in every 

 case be tested. 



Rev. D. C. Millett, of Holmesburg, Pa., 

 lias received a diploma and medal for the 

 " Deborah Bee Hive," for the following 

 reasons: 



As an economical hive in sections, with 

 movable combs and facilities for inspection. 

 It is easily made, is inexpensive, and well 

 adapted by the protection it affords for 

 northern climates. 



Jonh Coleman, Jndqe, 



Francis A. Walker. Chief of Bureau, 



A. T. GosHORN, Director Oeneral, 



J. R. Haavley, President. 



A full description of this hive was pre- 

 pared for this issue but is crowded out. It 

 will appear in our next. 



Bingham Smoker.— I have just received 

 my Smoker, ordered last winter. Isn't it 

 a gem? Tell A. I. Root that it is not as 

 much like the Quinby as the Quinby is lilte 

 an old Dzierzon Smoker tliat a German has 

 near Kalamazoo. If Mr. Bingham sells this 

 smoker at the standard price of $1.50 or $1.60 

 by mail, which he tells me he will, he is 

 surely a great benefactor to bee keepers. 

 Somebody awes me an " improved " smoker, 

 as the one from Mr. Root aid not last four 

 weeks. 



Bees about here are dead, dead, dead— say 

 three-fourths, on an average. The Italians 

 are away ahead. 



It is no more than fair to say that the 25 

 stocks of Italians which I purchased of Mr. 

 Oatman, of Dundee. III., last May, are in 

 prime order, except two or three that I left 

 queenless in the fall. I went hunting ducks 

 and snipe, you see. James Heddon. 



Dowagiac, Mich., April 17, 1877. 



Honey Markets. 



CHICAGO.— Choice white comb honey, 

 15@18c. Extracted, choice white, 8@9c. 



CINCINNATI. — Quotations by C. F. 

 Muth. Comb honey, in small boxes, 12}4@ 

 20c. Extracted, 1 lb. jars, in shippina; order, 

 per doz., $3; per gross, $30.00. 3 lb. jars, 

 per doz.. $H.00; per gross, $60.00. 



ST. LOUIS.— Quotations bv G. W. Smith. 

 Comb, 18@20c. Extracted, 8(glOc. Strained, 

 8@9c. 



SAN FRANCISCO. — Quotations by 

 Stearns & Smith. White, in boxes and 

 frames, 10(Sl.5c. Strained honey in good de- 

 mand at 9(a) lOc; comb, ll(ai23.^c.; beeswax, 

 25@26c. Extra fine grades of honey are 

 firmer. Markets well supplied with low 

 grades. 



