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THE AMERICAN BEE JOURNAL. 



^nti|wat|^t4^mtn|«I 



THOMAS G. NEWMAN, Manager. 



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Single siiljseriber, oue y^ar, $2.00 



Two subscribers, sent at the same time, 3..50 



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Ten subscribers, sent at the same time, 14.(X) 



Twenty subscribers, sent at the same time 25.00 



Send a postage stamp for a sample copy. 



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SOLID N'ONI'AUIEL MEASURE. 



First insertion, per line $ .2(1 



Each subsequent insertion, per line ■. 1.5 



One stiuare, 10 lines or less, first insertion 2.00 



Next page to Business Department and fourth 

 and last page of cover, double rates. 



Twelve lines of solid Nonpariel occuppv one inch. 

 One column contains !)fj lines of solid Nonpariel. 



Bills of regular Advertising payable quarterly, if 

 inserted three months or more. If inserted for less 

 than three months, payable monthly. Transient 

 advertisements, cash in advance. We'adhere strict- 

 ly to our ]ii-iut('d rates. 



Address all communications and remittances to 

 the Manager. 



Honey Markets. 



Not one letter in ten thousand is lost 1)\- 

 mail if rightly directed. 



Single ':opies of the Ameeicax Bee .Jox^];- 

 NAr> are worth 30 cents each. 



Additional names to a club already formed 

 may be sent at any time at the same club rate. 



Upon the wrapper of every copy of the 

 JouKNAE will be found the date at which 

 subscriptions expire. 



Any numbers that fail to reach subscribers 

 by fault of mail, we are at all times ready to 

 send, on application, free of charge. 



Subscribers wishing to change their post- 

 office address, should mention their old ad- 

 dress, as well as the one to which thev wish 

 it changed. 



JoLHNAi-s are forwarded until an explicit 

 order is received by the publishers for the 

 discontinuance, and until payment of all ar- 

 rearages is made as re(iuirea by law. 



Persons writing to this office should either 

 write their Name, Post-office, County and 

 State plainly, or else cut off the laltel from 

 the wrapi)er of their paper and enclose it. 



The postage on this pai)er is only twelve 

 cents a year, if paid quarterly or yearly in 

 advance at tiie post-office where received. 

 We prei)ay postage to Caiuxda, and re(piire 

 twelve cents e.\tra. 



When a subscriber sends money in pay- 

 ment tor the .\mki;i('A\ Bkio .Jorr.xAi,, he 

 should state to wiiat time he thinks it pays, 

 so that we can compare it with our books, 

 and thus prevent mistakes. 



BiM)i.\(i. — We have been re(iuest('(I to get 

 sets l)ouud for some of oiu- suDscribers, and 

 have made arrauginnents to get the nine Vols, 

 bound in three vols, for $4A){), or the sauu' 

 in four vols, for .•;?.").<»(». Those who wish to 

 avail themselves of the.se liberal terms must 

 send their nuiuiters by express to the Man- 

 ager. 



CHICAGO.— Choice white comb honey, 28 

 @30c ; fair to good, 'i4@28c. Extracted, 

 choice white, 14@16c ; fair to good, 10@l3c ; 

 strained, 8@10c. 



CINCINNATI.— Quotations from Chas. F. 

 Muth, 97() Central Ave. 



Comb honey. l.5@3.5c. according to the con- 

 dition of the honey and the size of the box or 

 frame. Extracted choice white clover honey, 

 ItJc. ~i^ It). 



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



410 Nortli ^lain st. 



The Honey marked is improving. A No. 

 1. box honey is scarce, and can bt^ sold at 

 good tigures. 



The spring is late and the bees are still con- 

 fined to the hives. I have heard of very little 

 mortality in the bees in Missouri, so far. — 

 Connuon strained honey will sell well here 

 now and at good figures. We (luote : 



Choice white comb, '2.^@29p ; fair to good, 

 l<iC"3'ic. Extracted choice white clover, lt)@ 

 18c. Choice basswqod honey, 14@l(ic ; fair 

 to good, extracted, 8C«12c ; strained. ()@10c. 



NEAV YORK.— Quotations from E. A. Wal- 

 ker, 135 Oakland st., Greenport, L. I. 



Whit(^ honey in small glass boxes, 3.5c ; 

 dark l.iW^Oc. "strained honey, 8@13c. Cuban 

 honey, Sl.OO ^^ gal. St. Domingo, and Mexi- 

 an, 'Miq'.}'} pi gai. 



SAN FHANCISCO. — Quotations from 

 Sterns and Smith, 423 Front st. 



The season is about two weeks late. The 

 ])rosi)ect is very flattering for a big yield. We 

 shall have no new honey until June. We 

 quote : 



Choice mountain honey, in comb, 33>^@35c ; 

 common, 17(« 3()c ; strained, 10@13c, in .5 gal- 

 lon cans. Valley honey, in comb, 13@17c ; 

 strained, SC/llU^ 



. We want several copies of No. 1, Vol. 



3, of the AMEiiif'AN Bee .Joi uxae, and will 

 pay .'lO cents each for them. Who will send 

 us some ? 



Every subscriber is reqiu^sted to look at the 

 datealt'.'r his name on the wrapper label of 

 this Ninnhcr of the Amekuan Bee Jouk- 

 N.M,, and if it is not correct send a postal 

 card to this office, and tell us and we will 

 nuike it right <it once. 



If you paste anything on a Postal Can!, 

 when you send to this office, we have to 

 pay six cents ])()stage on it. The law de- 

 mauds that there shall be nothing attached to 

 it in any way, without luxyiug double letter 

 postage. 



Some articles in this number are too per- 

 sonal. As tiie articles were of value, we con- 

 cluded to i)ul)lish them attended with this 

 //i/7(/ rcbiiUc. 



The Michigan Association of Bee-keepers 

 will meet at kalamazoo, on Wednesday next, 

 May (ith. 



Our subscribers in Europe, can uoiv procure 

 Postal Money Orders on Chicago. This plan 

 of sending uioney is sate and economical. 



