1881. 



THE AMERICAN BEE JOURNAL. 



Welcome to the Weekly Bee Journal. 



We .uive the following ;is samples of 

 the many words of welcome given to 

 the Weekly Bse .Journal: 



I. for one, am pleased with the " new 

 departure," and although my subscrip- 

 tion runs to August next, 1 gladly pay 

 the difference between the monthly ana 



the weekly, believing I can more con- 

 scientiously welcome its visits. I have 

 long been of the opinion that monthlies 

 were behind the spirit of the times : 

 events transpire so rapidly that to keep 

 posted we must have the press going all 

 the time, and as you have promised us 

 all the cream of the current events, we 

 will mix it ourselves with a little honey, 

 and we shall certainly have a rich feast. 

 I wish the Journal and its editor a 

 •' Happv New Year." 



Jajees D. Chadwick. 

 Louisville, Kansas, Dec. 9, 1S80. 



I rejoice that you are going to give us 

 a weekly. If you ever conclude to issue 

 it daily, count on me for a subscriber. 

 I wisli von success in the present under- 

 taking." J. S. Hughes.- 



Macon County, 111. 



1 wisli to add my praises on the tone 

 and quality of the American Bee 

 Journal. I have long given a silent 

 approval to the many encomiums pro- 

 nounced upon it. E. L. Dresser. 



Shopiere, Wis., Dec. 13, isso. 



CHEAP HIVES. 



Tin' bout movable-frame Hives; Oh- best Hone; 



|{.»\.'-. ; L.-wls' IMic-l'irr,. SertiniiH, Onvi'tiiilril ;ilnl 

 NulltHi Sections, I'd., lur tin- l.'iiM immcY. Miinn- 

 lnrtiiiinn c xpi'ilenfe ul 1 lit vi-urw. Semi lur I'rlee 

 List. <J. IC. I.I WIM, 



SiH-eessur to Lewis ,t Parks, Wliterluwn, Wte, 



N, B.— There to no patenton the Lewison 

 Bed I2tf 



igg" Sample copies of the Weekly 

 Bee Journal will be sent free to any 

 names that may be sent in. Any one 

 intending to get up a club can have 

 sample copies sent to the persons they 

 desire to interview, by sending the 

 names to this office. 



The progress of apiculture is assured 

 by the announcement of the birth of the 

 Weekly American Bee Journal. I 

 would sooner miss my dinner once a 

 week than do without it. E. Drane. 



Eminence. Ky., Dec. 7, ISSO. 



Fifty-two times a year is none too 

 often tor such a welcome visitor as the 

 American Bee Journal. 



Wm. A. Ohaver. 



Monmouth, 111. 



I am highly pleased with the prospect 

 of more frequent visits from my favor- 

 ite bee paper, and hope you will be 

 amply rewarded in your proposed new 

 arrangement. B. M. Tankesley. 



Chattanooga, Tenn., Dec. 6, 18S0. 



I wish you great success in the publi- 

 cation of "the Bee Journal weekly. It 

 is a great undertaking— but one we shall 

 all appreciate — to give us fresh apicul- 

 tural news every week. It is just what 

 is needed, and is real progression. 



N. P. Allen. 



Smith's Grove, Ky., Dec. 2, 1880. 



The American Bee Journal is in- 

 dispensable. Send me the Weekly for 

 next year. G. N. Assei.tine. 



(iahanoque, Out., Dec. S, 18S0. 



Bee-keepers everywhere should give 

 the American Bee Journal their 

 constant support, as a weekly, so that it 

 may become a success, and be an ad- 

 vantage to its owner as well as to its 

 thousands of readers. H. H. Brown. 



Light Street, Pa., Dec. 8, 1S80. 



I am greatly pleased to learn that the 

 Bee Journal is to become a weekly 

 next year. D. A. Palmerton. 



Collins, N. Y„ Dec. 9, 18S0. 



The Bee Journal is so interesting 

 and valuable as a guide to scientific bee- 

 keeping, that I cannot do without it. 

 H. N. Cornelius. 



Hope. Ark., Dec. 11,1880. 



The thought of a Weekly Bee Jour- 

 nal is a welcome one here, I assure you, 

 James Heddost. 

 Dowagiae, Mich.. Nov. 20, 1880. 



I am delighted with the idea of hav- 

 ing a weekly paper devoted to bee-cul- 

 ture. J. F. McCoy. 



Van Wert, 0., Dec. 11, 1880. 



I cannot do withoutthe Bee Journal 

 even one week. I think more of it than 

 any paper I take. 



H. M. Williams, M. D. 



Bowden, Ga., Dec. 10, 1880. 



I am highly pleased to have the Bee 

 Journal come out weekly. More than 

 once have I " delayed operations" for 

 the monthly to put in its appearance. 

 Friend Newman, you have taken a step 

 that the bee-keeping fraternity may 

 well feel proud of ; I for one feel thank- 

 ful that we are to enjoy its visits weekly 

 instead of monthly. Allow me to con- 

 gratulate you for the enterprise you 

 have displayed. Wm. H. Graves. 



Duncan. 111., Dec. 6, 1S80. 



CLUBBING LIST. 



We supply tbe Weekly American Bee Journal 



and any of the following periodicals, for 1881, at the 

 prices quoted in the last column of figures. The 

 first column (rives tbe regular price of both : 



Publishers' Price. Club. 



The Weekly Bee Journal (T. G. Newman) ..$2 00 



and Gleaningsin Bee-Culture i A. I. Root) 3C0.. 2 75 



Bee-Keepers' Magazine (A.J. King).. 3 00 . 2 60 



Bee-Keepers' Exchange (J. H.Nellist. 2 75.. 2 50 



The 4 above-named papers 4 75.. 3 75 



Bee-Keepers' Instructor iS.D.Riegeli 2 50.. 2 35 



Bee-Keepers' Guide (A.G.Hill) 2 50.. 2 35 



The above-named papers 5 75.. 5 00 



Prof. Co«>k"s Manual (bound in cloth) 3 25.. 3 00 



Bee-Culture (T.G.Newman i 2 40.. 2 25 



For Semi-monthly Bee Journal, $1.00 less. 

 For Monthly Bee Journal, |1.50 less. 



Honey and Beeswax Market. 



BUYERS' QUOTATIONS. 



CHICAGO. 



HONE V.— Light comb honey held at 20<s,22c. in 1 

 and 2 lb. sections ; in larger packages. I.v« 18c; dark, 

 12&14C. Extracted, 9@10c. 



BEESWAX.-Choice yellow. 20@23c; darker, 15@17. 



NEW YORK. 

 HONEY. — Best white comb honey, small neat 

 packages, 17(it. lite; fair do., 15<al6c.; dark do.. 11*3)3 ; 

 large boxes sell for about 2c. under above. White 

 extracted, HydOc.; dark, TySc.; southern strained, 

 8Ha82c. 



BEESWAX— Prime qualitv. 20fe22c. 



H. K. & F. B. THUKBER & Co. 



CINCINNATI. 



HONEY.— The market for extracted clover honey 

 is very good, and in demand at 10c. for the best, and 

 7w.8c. for basswood and dark honey. The supply of 

 comb honey is good, with a fair demand. We pay 

 16c. for the best. 



BEESWAX-18&22C. C. F. MUTH, 



SAN FRANCISCO. 

 HONEY— Comb honey, 12(?U4c. Extracted, choice 

 white, 7@7>^c. ; off-colors, 6<§j7c. 

 BEESWAX-22<«24c., as to color. 



Stearns &, Smith, 423 Front Street. 



Local Convention Directory. 



1881. Time and Place of Meeting. 



Jan. 11— N. W. III. and S. W. Wis., at Freeport, 111. 

 13, 14— Indiana State, at Indianapolis, Ind. 

 18— Northeastern Wisconsin, atOshkosh, Wis. 

 Feb. 2— Northeastern, at Rome, N. Y. 



5, 6— Ashtabula Co., O., at Andover. O. 



W. D. Uowells, Sec, Jefferson, O. 

 April 5— Central Kentucky, at Winchester. Ky. 

 7— Union Association, at Eminence, Ky. 



E. Drane, Sec. pro tern.. Eminence, Ky. 

 May 4— Tuscarawas and Muskingum Valley, at Cam- 

 bridge, Guernsey Co., O. 



J. A. Bucklew. Sec, Clarks, O. 

 5— Central Michigan, at Lansing, Mich. 



Wm. Williamson, Sec, Lexington. Ky. 



Sept. National, at Lexington, Ky. 



—Kentucky State, at Louisville. Ky. 



fST' In order to have this Table complete, Secreta- 

 ries are requested to forward full particulars of time 

 and place of future meetings.— Ed. 



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Local Printing House. Sliver Creek, N. Y. 



TO BEE-KEEPERS. 



By sending your address to the undersigned, on 

 the back of a postal card, you will receive by mail, 

 free, something entirely new in relation to bees. 

 WM. S. HAWLKY. 



12t2 No. 12 South Francis St., Rochester, N. Y. 



Friends, if you are in any way interested in 



BEES OR HONEY 



We will with pleasure send you a sample copy of our 



Monthly Gleanings in Bee-Culture, 



with a descriptive price-list of the latest improve- 

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Rockford, Winnebago Co.. 111. 



Italian Queens or Colonies. 



Eighteen years' experience in propagating Queen 

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Borodino, 

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Description*,— Sec. 4, township 7, south range 7 

 west. Franklin county. Florida, situated about5u m iles 

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CYPRIAN QUEENS for 1881. 



We are now -registering orders for these bees for 

 the season -Of l&U. Send for uurCvprian Queen Bee 

 Circular. ... H. ALLEY, Wenham, Mass. 



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The Valley Naturalist; 



THE BRITISH BEE JOURNAL, 



AND BEE-KEEPERS ADVISER. 



The British Bee Jaurnalis published monthly at 

 $1.75. and contains the best practical information for 

 tbe time being, showing what to do. and when and 

 how to do do it. C.N.ABBOTT, Bee Master, 



School of Apiculture. Fairlawn.Southall, London, j 



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Send 15 cents forSpeci- 

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Books for jiee-Keepers. 



Cook's Manual of the Apiary.— Entirely re- 

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 ami is fully up with tbe times on "every conceivable 

 subject that interests the apiarist. It is not only in- 

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 one that no bee-keeper, however limited his means, 

 can afford to do without. Cloth, JS1. 25 ; paper cov- 

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Qulnbv's Blew Bee-Keeping, by L. C. Root.— 

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 subject. Price, *»1. SO. 



Novice's ABC ofBee-Culture, by A. I. Root. 

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King's Bee-tteepers' Text-Book, by A. J. 

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L-angstroth on the Hive and Honey Bee. 

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Blessed Bees, by John Allen.— A romance of 

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Bee-Culture ; or Successful Mauaeemeut 

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 and Handling Bees— The Newest Method of Prepar- 

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 cents, postpaid, or $3.00 per dozen. 



Food Adulteration; What we eat and should 

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 it ought to create a sentiment against the adultera- 

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 consumers against the many health-destroying adul- 

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The Dzierzon Theory ;— presents the funda- 

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 condensed statement of the facts and arguments by 

 which they are demonstrated. Price, 15 cents. 



Honey, as Food and Medicine, by Thomas G. 

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 upon the Ancient History of Bees and Honey ; the 

 nature, quality, sources, and preparation of Honey 

 for the Market ; Honey as an article of food, giving 

 recipes for making Honey Cakes, Cookies, Puddings, 

 Foam, Wines, &c; and Honey as Medicine, followed 

 by many useful Recipes. It is intended for consum- 

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 the country, and thus assist in creating a demand for 

 honey. Published in English and German. Price 

 for either edition, 6c. ; per dozen, SOe. 



Wintering Bees.— This pamphlet contains all 

 the Prize Essavson thisimportant subject, that were 

 read before the Centennial Bee-Keepers' Associa- 

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Bees and their Management. This pamphlet 

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 a large circulation. The price has been reduced from 

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The Hive I Use— Beinga description of the hive 

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Kemlnirs Horse Book — No book can be more 

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Chicken Cholera, by A. J. Hill.— A treatise on ttfl 

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Moore's Universal Assistant contains infor- 

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 Cloth, S3.SO. 



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THOMAs O, \EWMAJ(, 

 JM West Madison Street, Chicago, 111. 



