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OLR TERMS OF SUBSCRIPTION, 



PAYABLE STRICTLY IN ADVANCE. 



Single subscription, one year $>l..'»0 



Two subscriptions, " " 3.50 



Three subscriptions, " " :t. ."»«► 



Four subscriptions, " " I.r.o 



Five or more, " " each, l.OO 



Advertisements will be inserted at the rate of 

 8© cents per line of Agate space, for each insertion. 

 A line will contain about eight words; fourteen 

 lines v ill occupy an inch of space. Advertisements 

 must be received by the 20th, to insure insertion. 

 Special Notices 50 cents per line. 



J&~ We intend only to advertise for reliable deal- 

 ers, who expect to fulfill all their advertised promises. 

 Cases of real imposition will be exposed. 



Remit by express, money-order, registered letter or 

 New York or Chicago drafts, payable to our order. 

 Do not send checks on local banks, for such cost us 26 

 cents each for collecting. 



THOMAS G. NEWMAN & SON, 



972 & 974 West Madison St. CHICAGO, ILL. 



To Correspondents. 



Our Illustrated Catalogue and Price List will be 

 sent free, on application. 



When changing a post-office address, mention the 

 old address as well as the new one. 



Constitutions and By-Laws, for local Associations, 

 $2.00 per 100. The name of the Association printed 

 in the blanks for 50 cents extra. 



We do not send goods by C. O. D., unless sufficient 

 money is sent with the order to pay express charges 

 both ways, in case not taken from express office. 



Strangers wishing to visit our office and Museum 

 of Implements for the Apiary, should take the Madi- 

 son street-cars (going west). They pass our door. 



In consequence of the dearth of small currency in 

 the country, we will receive either 1, 3 or 3 cent 

 stamps, for anything desired from this office. We 

 cannot use Canadian or other foreign stamps. 



We will send a tested Italian Queen to any one 

 sending us FIVE subscribers to the American Bee 

 Journal with SST.SO. The premium Queens will in 

 every case be tested, but not sent till after July 1st. 



Club names for the Bee Journal may be sent to 

 as many post offices as there are names in the club. 

 Additions can be made to clubs at any time at the 

 same rate. Specimen copies, Posters, and Illustrated 

 Price List sent free upon application, for canvassing. 



Seeds or samples of merchandise can be mailed for 

 one cent per ounce, Printed matter one cent for 

 every two ounces. These must be tied up ; if pasted, 

 they are subject to letter postage. Don't se7id small 

 packages by express, that can just as tvell be sent by mail. 



Our answer to all who ask credit is this : We sell on 

 small margins, and cannot afford to take the risks of 

 doing a credit business. If we did such a business, 

 we should be obliged to add at least 10 to 20 per cent, 

 more to our prices, to make up for those who would 

 never pay, and to pay the expenses of keeping book- 

 accounts with our customers— this we know our Cash 

 customers would not think to their advantage.— 

 This rule we must make general in order not to do 

 injustice to any one. The cash system gives all the 

 advantage to cash customers, while the credit sys- 

 tem works to their injury. In justice to all we must 

 therefore require Cash with the order. 



Catalogues for 1880.— We have re- 

 ceived the new Circulars and Price 

 Lists of the following dealers in api- 

 arian supplies ; all of them are nicelv 

 printed : 



Dr. J. P. H. Brown, Augusta, Ga. 

 I. 8. Crowfoot, Hartford. Wis. 

 J. E. Moore, Byron, Genesee Co.,]SJ\ Y. 

 Hiram Roop, Carson City, Mich. 



Doolittle Hive. —We have received 

 from Mr. I. A. Gooding, Peru, 111., one 

 of these hives, which he is making for 

 the trade. It is nicely made, of good 

 material, and painted. It was fully des- 

 cribed in the Journal last March. 



Local Convention Directory. 



1880. Time and Place of Meeting. 



Feb. 2— Southern Michigan, at Battle Creek, Mich. 



3— Fireman's Hall, Cortland, N. Y. 



11— Northeastern, at Utica, N. V. 



IS, 14.— Nebraska State, at Omaha. 

 May 4.-N. W. 111. & S. W. Wis., at Pecatonica, 111. 



25.— Northwestern Union, at Hastings, Minn. 

 Oct. National, at Cincinnati, Ohio. 



5, 6.— Northern Michigan, at Carson City, Mich. 



14— Southern Kentucky, at Louisville, Ky. 

 Dec. 8.— Michigan State, at Lansing, Mich. 



%W In order to have this Table complete. Secreta- 

 ries are requested to forward full particulars of time 

 and place of future meetings.— Ed. 



Honey and Beeswax Market. 



HIYERS' QUOTATIONS. 



CHICAGO. 



HONEY.— White clover, in single-comb sections, 

 lfi@18c. : when with more than one comb in a box, 2c. 

 per lb. less. Dark, in the comb, slow sale, at 12 < 14c. 

 Extracted, 8®10c. 



BEESWAX.— Prime choice yellow, 20ft22e; darker 

 grades, 14& 10c. 



NEW YORK. 



HONEY.— Best white, in single-comb sections, 16<5j 

 18c; fair do., l4@lHc. Larger boxes, 2c. per lb. less. 

 Extracted, 8&10c. 



BEESWAX.— Prime quality, 23<«25c. 



CINCINNATI. 



HONEY.— White, in single-comb sections, 15@17c. 



It retails very slowly on occourit of the increased 



price, which is above the views of consumers. The 



extracted sells readily-St- 9c. ( '. K. Muth. 



SAN FRANCISCO. 

 HONEY— Comb, 15(S18c. Extracted, 10<S;12c. # ft. 

 The stock is light, as is also the demand. 



Stearns & Smith. 



CLUBBING LIST. 



We supply the American Bee Journal and any 

 of the following periodicals at the prices quoted in 

 the last column of figures. The first column gives 

 the regular price of both. 



Gleanings in Bee Culture %'l 50 $2 25 



Bee-Keepers' Magazine 2 50 2 00 



Bee-Keepers' Exchange 2 25 2 00 



Bee-Keeper's Instructor 2 00 175 



The five Bee papers of U. S 4 75 3 40 



Hale's Price-List. 



Send for my price-list of Bees, Queens, Nuclei, &c, 

 for 1880. Early Queens a specialty. Address, 

 2-11 E. W. HALE, WirtC. H.,W. Ya. 



