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THE AMERICAN BEE JOURNAL. 



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Issued every Wednesday by 



THOMAS G. NEWMAN & SON, 



PROPRIETUKS, 



923&925 WEST MADISON ST., CHIGAGO.ILL. 

 At One Dollar a Year. 



ALFRED H. NEWMAN. 



Business Manager. 



special Notices. 



Home Market for Honey- 



To Correspondents. — It would save 

 us much trouble, if all would be particular 

 togive their P. O. address and name, when 

 writingto this office. We have several letters 

 (some inclosing money) that have no name; 

 many others having no Post-OfBce, County 

 or State. Also, if you live near one post- 

 office and get your mail at another, be sure 

 to give the address we have on our list. 



Dr. Miller's Book, " A Year Among 

 the Bees," and the Bee Journax, for one 

 year, we will club for S1..30. 



A New Crate to hold one dozen one-pound 

 sections of honey.— It has a strip of glass on 

 each side, to allow the honey to be seen. It 

 Is a light and attractive package. As it holds 

 but one tier of sections, no damage from the 

 drippings from an upper tier can occur. We 

 can furnish the material, ready to nail, for 

 9 cts. per crate. Glass liic- per light, extra. 



iS~ To create Honey Markets in every 

 village, town and city, wide-awake honey 

 producers should get the Leaflets " Why Eat 

 Honey" (only .50 cents per 100), or else the 

 pamphlets on "Honey as Food and Medicine," 

 and scatter them plentifully, and the result 

 will be a demand for all of their crops at 

 remunerative prices. " Honey as Food and 

 Medicine " are sold at the following prices : 



Single copy. 5 cts. ; per doz., 40 cts. ; per 

 hundred, $a.50. Five hundred will be sent 

 postpaid for $10.00; or 1,000 for $13,00. 



On orders of 100 or more, we will print, if 

 desired, on the cover-page, "Presented by," 

 etc. (giving the name and address of the bee- 

 keeper who scatters them). 



To give away a copy of " Honey as Food 

 and Medicine" to every one who buys a 

 package of honey, will sell almost any quan- 

 tity of it. 



Yticca Broslies are employed for re- 

 moving bees from the combs. They are a 

 soft, vegetable flber, and do not irritate the 

 bees. As each separate fiber extends the 

 whole length of the handle as well as the 

 brush, they are almost indestructable. 

 When they become sticky with honey, they 

 can be washed, and when dry, are as good 

 as ever. The low price at which they are 

 sold, enables any bee-keeper to have six or 

 more of them, so as to always have one 

 handy. We can supply them at 5 cents 

 each, or 50 cents a dozen ; if sent by mail, 

 iirtd I cent each for postage 



Five Thousand new subscribers to the 

 Bee Journal is what we have made our 

 calculations for ; they will come in clubs 

 between now and next spring. Installments 

 are coming every day. 



C^~ Sample Copies of the Bee Journal 

 will be sent free upon application. Any one 

 Intending to get up a club can have sample 

 copies sent to the persons they desire to in- 

 terview, by sending the names to this olflce, 

 or we will send them all to the agent. 



System and Snccess. 



^^~ All who intend to be systematic in 

 their work in the apiary, should get a copy of 

 the Apiary Register and commence to use it. 

 the prices are reduced, as follows : 



For .50 colonies (120 pages) f 1 00 



" 100 colonies (220 pages) 125 



" 200 colonies (420 pages) 150 



The larger ones can be used for a few col- 

 onies, give room for an increase of numbers, 

 and still keep the record all together in one 

 book, and are therefore the most desirable. 



Red Isabels for one-pound pails of 

 honey, size 3x-^^^ inches. — We have just 

 gotten up a lot of these Labels, and can 

 supply them at the following prices : 100 

 for $1.00 ; 2.50 for $1..50 ; 500 for $2.00 ; 1,000 

 for $.''.00 ; all with name and address of 

 apiarist printed on them — by mail, postpaid. 



i^~ Sweet Clover, or Melilotus Alba, is 

 almost the only resource for honey now, 

 on account of the late severe July drouth. 

 If the seed is planted in September, it will 

 come up this Fall and bloom next year, in 

 its second season. 



We ha%'e a large lot of this seed on hand, 

 and offer it at the following Reduced 

 Prices, by express or freight : 



One pound $0 20 



" peek— lolbs 2 25 



" bushel— GO lbs 7 00 



" sack— 80 lbs 8 00 



It will pay to buy it by the sack and sell it 

 again in smaller quantities. 



t^~ If you want a chance to make some 

 money, and provide pasturage for the bees 

 during the Fall months, this is your oppor- 

 tunity I 



The Convention History or America 



and the American Bee Journal for one 

 year, will be clubbed for SI. 15. 



As there is Another firm in Chicago by 

 the name of " Newman & Son," we wish our 

 correspondents would write ** American Bee 

 Journal " ou the envelope when writing to 

 this ofBce. Several letters of ours have 

 already gone to the other firm (a commis- 

 sion house), causing vexatious delay and 

 trouble. 



Honey and Beeswax Market. 



The following are our very latest 

 quotations for honey and beeswax : 



CHICAGO. 



HONKY.— Receipts are liberal and prices vary 

 from 10@13c. per lb. for white in sections varying 

 from 1 to ll-i and IH lbs. Many sales of pood 

 white 1-lb. sections are made at lie. Extracted 

 is quiet and rant'inji from 5@7c. 



BBBSWAX,-23(4:;dc. R. a. BURNETT. 



Oct. 13. 161 Sontn WatorBt. 



NEW YORK. 

 HONEY.— We quote this year's crop as follows : 

 Fancy white in 1-lb. sections, clean and neat 

 package8._ 15@l6c.: 2-]b8., l"2(sil3c.; fair to Kood 

 1-lbs.. 12014C.: 2-lbs., 1(1(^1 ic; fancy buclcwheat 

 1-Ibs., 11(21120.; 2-lb8., ;Kii.l0c. White clover ex- 

 tracted in kees and small barrels, 6^(&7c. : Calif- 

 ornia extracted in 6( 1-1 b. cans, 5(s*5 1-2C. J Califor- 

 nia comb honey, I'Kgii tc, 

 BEES WAX.— Prime yellow. 22®24c. 



MCCAUL & HILDRETH BROS., 



34 Hudson St. 



BOSTON. 

 HONEY.— The demand has improved. We are 

 selling one-ponnd packages of white clover honey 

 at 14@15c.; 2-pouud8 at 13(3;14c. 

 BEESWAX.— 2.'. cts. per lb. 



Blake i Ripley, 57 Chatham Street. 



DETKOIT. 



HONEY.— Best white in 1-lb. sections, I2f3l3c.; 

 dark, luis*llc., witli a good supply in commission 

 houses. 



BEESWAX.- 2.1c. 



Oct. lu. M. H. Hunt.. Bell Branch. Mich. 



CINCINNATI. 



HONEY.— Demand is fair for choice comb in I 

 and 'i lb. sections, which brings l2@l.5c. a pound in 

 a jobbing way. according to quality and neatness 

 ot package. There is a fair retail and jobbing de- 

 mand for extracted in square glass jars, while the 

 order trade lor dark grades from manufacturers is 

 improving. Range of prices for extracted is 3J^(gl 

 7c. per lb. 



BEBSWAX.— It is in good demand, and good 

 yellow brings readily 2uc. 



Oct. 0. C. F. MtJTH& Son. Freeman & Central Av. 



CLEVELAND. 



HONEY.— Choice new honey in I-lb. sections is 

 selling at 14c.: 2-IPs. 12^.' 13c. Old honey is very 

 dull at in®l2o. Extracted, B®7c. 



BBBSWAX.-2,>u. 



A. C. Eendel. 1 15 Ontario Street. 



KANSAS CITY. 



HONEY.— The market is good for all grades, 

 and sales are large, while the supply is the same. 

 Prices remain Mie same. One-pound sections, 

 white clover. 13(ul4c.; dark 1-lbs., Il'-i.l2c.; 2-lb8., 

 1 ti« I2c.: dark 2-lbs.. iKq.liic.: ?^-lbs,. light. 14<$15C. 

 E.xtracted white clover, Go7c.: dark, 4&5c.; white 

 sage. .M''.^!^c. 



BE BS WAX.-20®22C. 



Cr.KMONS.CLOON It CO., cor. 4th 4 Walnot. 



MILWAUKEE. 



HONEY'.— The market for honey of choice qual- 

 ity is firmer and we are trying to establish a high- 

 er range of values. We quote I-lb. sections of 

 white at 12^((«13C.; 2-Ibs.. ]^hi<<tV2c.; dark not 

 wanted. Extracted, white, in half barrels and in 

 kegs, 6V6(ti7c. : in tin packages, 7C3i7^c.; in barrels, 

 as to quality, b<&.^^c. 



BEESWAX.— No demand. 



Oct. 2. A. V. BISHOP, 142 W. Water St. 



SAN FRANCISCO. 



HONEY —There is a firmer market for extrac- 

 ted, and especially for comb honey, as the crop 

 of the latter is rather small. Apiarists have sold 

 what thev were obliged to dispose of for payment 

 of packages and labor, and they bold the balance 

 back at higher prices. The deiuand is increasing, 

 and we quote with ready takers. 4@41.ic. for choice 

 extracted ; 3H"^'-iHo. for amber extracted : and 

 ftwiuc. for comb honey in 2-lb. sections ; 12®13c. 

 for 1-lb. sections. 



BEESWAX.— It finds buyers at 2n®23c. 



Sep. 28. SCHACHT & LEMCKE, 122-124 DaViS St. 



HONEY.— Receipts are light and the market is 

 very quiet. We quote : White extracted, 4(qi4Hc.: 

 amber, :iHc. Comb, hi^^kic. for white. 



BBESVrAX.-lSic<}J2c. 



O. B. S.MITH & CO., 423 Front Street. 



ST, LOUIS. 



HONEY.— Choice comb, 11 if.'ftI2^c.: latter price 

 l9 tor choice white clover. Strained. In barrels, 

 3H@4c. Extra fancy of bright color and In No, 1 

 packages, Vi advance on above prices. Extracted 

 in barrels. 4H(3.oh..: la canBfiCg)7c. 



BBESWAX.— Dull at 21c. for prime. 



Sep. 30. D. G. TUTT & CO., Commercial St. 



