" Hot Honey."— Friend R. Corbett re- 

 marks that his cure for "hot honey" is as 

 follows : " Boil it, takinfj off the scum, and 

 put it into a bright pan or kettle. This will 

 not change its color, but will render it palat- 

 able audit will not disagree with the most 

 delicate stomach." 



IIt^"A"Cliip from Sweet Home," not of 

 tlie usual kind— i. e. a letter— made its debut 

 at friend Palmer's on the 19th. It was 

 welcome, however, and did not distract his 

 attention from his 196 colonies of bees, 

 which he reports in good condition, and 

 ready for the bountiful harvest now so 

 promising. 



m^'Our pamphlet on "Honey as Food 

 and Medicine " was issued about the 10th of 

 April. It received a hearty welcome, and 

 orders for it lias been coming in quite 

 freely. We append a few much abbrevi- 

 ated indorsements of it — as samples of the 

 many — our space forbidding the insertion 

 of all : 



"Excellent; well gotten up."— W. P. Henderson, 

 Murf reesborough, Tenn. 



" It is truly excellent; I shall try to get up a club of 

 the bee-keepers of this vicinity to send for a quanti- 

 ty for distribution." —Frances A. Dunham, DePere, 

 Wis. 



*' Pamphlet on Honey received— most valuable to 

 large Honey producers; you ought to dispose of 

 many thousands of them."— J. M. Shuck, Des 

 Monies, Iowa. 



" Your pamphlet on Honey is a step in the right 

 direction."— H. F. Walton, Woodman, 111. 



" Honey pamphlet is received ; send me 250 of them ; 

 I would like to have it printed in German; I shall 

 want more of them soon."— F. Claussen, Mishicot, 

 Wis. 



dt^" A beginner asks, "If I buy a North 

 Star Hive, which is a patent, I believe, 

 liave I a right to use it, and if I sell bees in 

 it, has the purchaser a right to use it ?" — 

 Certainly ; Sperry & Chandler say that they 

 reserve only the right to make them. Any 

 one who has purchased of them can use it, 

 and if they dispose of it, the buyer has 

 exactly the same right to use and sell, &c. 



'Friend Bingham lias contracted for a 

 " Corner " in our Business Department. In 

 this he intends to put Gleanings on the 

 Smoker question, from time to time. He 

 says lie has piles of interesting letters that 

 should be printed— hence, he has purchased 

 a "Corner" in the American Bee Jour- 

 nal for their insertion. 



II!:^"We keep Prize Boxes and Crates in 

 stock at this office, and can supply orders, 

 without delay, lower than the lumber for a 

 small quantity can be bought for, in the 

 country. See prices on last page of cover. 



Honey Markets. 



NEW YORK.— We quote as follows: 



There is no change in the condition of the market 

 during the past month, and prices are still quotable 

 as follows: 



Buckwheat Honey— comb 8 to 12c 



Strained or extracted 8 to 10c 



Clover— in comb 15 to 25c 



extra 8 to 12c 



H. K. & F. B. Thurber & Co. 



CHICAGO. — We quote as follows: 



honey. — The current quotations for good to 

 choice comb, are ranging at 11 to 12c. ^ lb; common 

 and dark colored lots at 8 to 10c. and choice extract- 

 ed honey at 8 to 10c. 



BEESWAX.— In fair request at 24 to 26c. per lb. for 

 prime choice yellow. 



CINCINNATI. —Quotations by C. F. 

 Muth. Comb honey, in small boxes, 15@ 

 30c. Extracted, 1 ft. jars, in shipping order, 

 per doz.,$2..50; per gross, $28.00. 2 ft. jars, 

 per doz., $4..50; per gross, $50.00. 



LOUISVILLE. — Quotations by B. B. 

 Barnum.— I will pay for choice, light, ex- 

 tracted honey 8@ 10c. ; for white comb 12>^ 

 @1.5c., in small boxes. 



CALIFORNIA.-Everything looks well for the 

 coming crop of honey to be large and of fine quality. 

 It will be a little late : that in San Diego Co. will 

 come about June 1st. Stock here is mostly from the 

 crop of 1S76. Holders of all kinds want to unload.— 

 We quote : Comb, white, ViVic. @ 15c. Dark to me- 

 dium, 10c. @ 12c. Extracted, dark, tjc. and 9c. Choice, 

 best, 10c. and 12c. Beeswax, 29c. and 31c. 

 Stearns & Smith, 42a Front St., San Francisco, Gal. 



E:^" Several oifers of interests in Patent 

 Rights and inventions of bee-appliances, 

 have been oifered to us, very kindly, of late, 

 but we have declined them because we think 

 The Journal should be independent, and 

 not be in any way interested m such mat- 

 ters. Of course we thank our friends for 

 their kind offers— but we shall steadly de- 

 cline nil such, and make this notice to all, 

 that we have fully determined not to accept 

 any such, under any circumstances; so none 

 should feel hard at our refusal. The Jour- 

 nal must continue to be subservient to no 

 party, clique or patent interest, as long as we 

 have conti'ol of it. It is to the interest of 

 all that it should be so. 



Il:^"In reference to the " Concord Hive" 

 that was exhibited at the Michigan Conven- 

 tion—the manufacturers, Kraetzer Brothers 

 & Stauber, desire to say, that it was one of 

 the first that they made. One of Mr. Stau- 

 ber's workmen was ordered to ship a hive, 

 and by mistake he got down an old one 

 from the loft and shipped it, instead ot one 

 of their new style. 



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Catnip Seed should be sown very thick, 

 in March, on good garden soil. Plants 

 blossom the first season, but it requires tw© 

 years to give them full bloom. In the fall, 

 cover the plants slightly with rubbish, to 

 prevent the fi'ost from throwing them out of 

 the ground. In the spring, set the plants 

 out 33^ ft. apart each way, and cultivate 

 like corn. Two years ago, in many locali- 

 ties, all sources o"f honey failed but Catnip. 

 Those who wish to sow this honey-pro- 

 ducing seed should procure and sow it at 

 once. We can supply a few pounds at $3 

 per ft. 



