A Good Man's Good Work. 



Since the first of January, 1879, Mr. G. M. 

 Doolittle, of world-wide fame, has sent us 

 three hundred and thirty-five subscriptions 

 for the American Bee Journal. This is 

 the largest club sent us by any one party, 

 and is the more gratifying, as coming from 

 so scientific a bee-keeper and such a learned 

 gentleman as Mr. Doolittle. In addition to 

 his lists of names, which come in almost as 

 regularly as the mails themselves, he has 

 furnished a monthly correspondence of in- 

 structions for the management of the apiary, 

 either of which has been worth alone to 

 some subscriber the yearly price of the 

 Journal, and one of which was so eagerly 

 sought after we had to reprint it in pamph- 

 let form. Can any wonder that we feel an 

 enthusiastic pride in such a man's apprecia- 

 tion of our efforts to make an acceptable and 

 useful paper for our many readers? 



'A club for the Bee Journal may be 

 sent all to one post office or to as many post 

 offices as there are names in the club. 



The Hive I Use.— This is a pamphlet 

 of 16 pages, giving a description of the hive 

 used by Mr. G. M. Doolittle; it* is re-pub- 

 lished from the BEEjJouRNAL'for March, 

 for the convenience of the manyjwho desire 

 to get the particulars therein given, either 

 for reference or making the hive for their 

 own use. It can be obtained at this office: 

 price 5 cents. 



JEP"We can fill all orders during the re- 

 mainder of this season for queens, mostly 

 reared and tested in the American Bee 

 Journal apiary. Our queens are all bred 

 in full colonies, from the best American im- 

 proved Italian mothers, and we have no 

 doubt will give satisfaction in every case. 

 We guarantee safe arrival. Price, $2.50 

 each. 



iW Owing to the reduced price of bees- 

 wax and a corresponding reduction by man- 

 ufacturers of foundation, we can fill orders 

 till further notice at the following figures: 



1 to 5 lbs., per lb 47c 



5 to 25 " " 46c 



25 to 50 " " 45c 



50 to 100 " " 44c 



100 lbs. or more " 43c 



Wired and thin flat-bottomed as hereto- 

 fore. 



No book can be more useful to horse- 

 owners than one recently published by Dr. 

 B. J. Kendall, Enosburgh Falls, Vt. The 

 price being only 25 cents, all can afford it. 

 Every one who sees it is very much pleased 

 with it, as it has 35 fine engravings illustrat- 

 ing positions of sick horses, and treats all 

 diseases in a plain and comprehensive man- 

 ner. It has a large number of good recipes, 

 a table of doses, and much other valuable 

 horse information. The book can be had 

 of the author as above, or at the American 

 Bee Journal office. 



Local Convention Directory. 



1879. Time and Place of Meeting. 



Aug. 3.— Southern Iowa, at Mt.- Pleasant, Iowa. 



10.— Lancaster Co., Pa., at Lancaster. 



26— N. W. 111. and S. W. Wis., basket picnic, at 

 Shirland. III. 



30.— Southern Iowa, at Mt. Pleasant, Iowa. 

 Sept. 2, 3.— N. E. Wisconsin, at VVatertown, Wis. 



17.— Warren Co.. Iowa, at Indianola, Iowa. 

 Oct. 2.— Union, at Shelbyville, Ky. 



7.— Central Kentucky, at Lexington, Ky. 

 7. -Albany County, N. Y., at Albany, N. Y. 



15— Central Michigan, at Lansing, Mich. 



21.— National Convention, at Chicago, 111. 



23, 21.— Southern Kentucky, at Edmunton, Ky. 

 Dec. 9.— N. W. 111. & S. W. Wis., annual, at Davis, 111. 

 1880. 

 Feb. 11— Northeastern, at Utica, N. Y. 



tW In order to have this Table complete. Secreta- 

 ries are requested to forward full particulars of time 

 and place of future meetings.— Ed. 



Honey Markets. 



CHICAGO. 

 HONEY.— White clover, put up in single-comb 

 boxes, in slow demand. Prices paid for such,12@14c. 

 When more than 1 comb in a box, 9@10c. Dark, in 

 the comb, slow sale at 9@llc. Extracted Honey, 

 white, 7@8c. ; dark, 6@7c. 



BEESWAX— Prime choice yellow, 20@22c ; darker 

 grades, 12J^@15c, 



NEW YORK. 

 Quotations.— Best fancy white comb honey, 

 ll@13c; extracted, new, 7fe8c; buckwheat comb 

 honey, 8@10c; beeswax, prime, 25c. 



H. K. & F. B. THURBER & CO. 



CINCINNATI. 

 COMB HONE Y— In small boxes, 10@12c. Extracted, 

 1 Hi. jars, in shipping order, per doz., $2.50; per gross, 

 $28.00. 2 ft. jars, per doz„ $4.50; per gross, $50.00. 



C. F. MOTH. 

 CALIFORNIA. 

 The honey crop in a great many parts of the State 

 will be a total failure, in other counties a small yield ; 

 because of this, what little new we have is held at 

 12^c: old, 8 to 10c. Extracted— Old, 7c; no new ex- 

 tracted in the market. 

 Stearns & Smith, 423 Front St., San Francisco, Cal. 



QUINBY'S NEW BEE-KEEPING 



sent postpaid for $1.50. 



NEW QUINBY SMOKER, 



postpaid, $1.00, $1.50 and $1.75. 



Everything In the line of bee- 

 keeping supplies promptly fur- 

 nished. 



Particular inducements offered 

 to those desiring to purchase books 

 and smokers to sell again. 



For circular address 



L. C. ROOT, Mohawk, N. Y. 



