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THE AMERICAN BEE JOURNAL. 





ADVERTISING RATES. 



20g. per agate line of space, each insertion. 



A line of Agate type will contain about eight 

 tvords; fourteen lines will occupy 1 inch of space. 

 Transient Aflvertisenients payable in advance. 

 Special Notices, 50 cents per line. 



BISCO^NTS will be given on advertisements 

 published WEEKLY as follows, if the whole is 

 paid in advance : 



For 4 weeks lO per cent, discount. 



" 8 '• SO 



" IS " (3 months).... ao " 

 " ae " {(5niontha)....4:« " 



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" 5a " (1 year) 60 " 



Discount, for 1 year, in the MONTHLY alone, 

 35 per cent., G months, lO per cent., 3 months, 

 5 percent. 



Discount, for 1 year, in the SEMI-MONTHLY 

 alone, 40 per cent., 6 months, 30 per cent., 3 

 months, lO per cent. 



Advertisements withdrawn beforethe expiration 

 of the contract, will be charged the full rate for 

 the time the advertisement is inserted. 



THOMAS G. NEWMAN, 



9S5 West Madison Street.. ChfcuKO, III. 



The Apiary Register. 



J^pccial IJotices. 



To Advertisers.— By reference to our 

 schedule of rates for advertising by 

 the year, it will be seen that consider- 

 able reduction has been made. This, 

 in connection with our large and in- 

 creasing circulation, makes it advan- 

 tageous to dealers to avail themselves 

 of its weekly visits to the bee-keepers 

 of America to make their announce- 

 ments for the coming season's trade. 

 We not only offer tlie best advertising 

 medium, butthe lowestrates on yearly 

 contracts. 



A Sample (Jopy of the Weekly Bee 

 Journal will be sent free to any per- 

 son. 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. 



i^ The Bee Journal is mailed at 

 the Chicago Postolfice every Tuesday, 

 and any irregularity in its arrival is 

 due to the postal employes, or some 

 cause beyond our control. 



1^" Articles for publication must be 

 written on a separate piece of paper 

 from items of business. , 



As the time is now at hand to com- 

 mence the use of this valuable book, 

 all who intend to be systematic in 

 their work during tlie coming season, 

 should obtain a copy and commence to 

 use it. 



For .50 colonies (120 pages) $1 00 



" 100 colonies (220 pages 1 50 



" 200 colonies (420 pages) 2 00 



The larger ones can be used for a 

 few colonies, give room for an increase 

 of numbers, and still keep the record 

 all together in one book, and are there- 

 fore the most desirable ones to pro- 

 cure at the start. 



Binders for 1882.— We have had a 

 lot of Emerson binders made espe- 

 cially for the Bee Journal for 1S82. 

 They are lettered in gold on the back, 

 and make a nice and convenient way 

 to preserve the Journal as fast as 

 received. They will be sent postpaid 

 by mail for 75 cents. 



Bee Pasturage a Necessity.— We have 

 just issued a new pamphlet giving our 

 views on this important subject, with 

 suggestions what to plant, and when 

 and how. It is illustrated with 26 en- 

 gravings, and will be sent postpaid to 

 any address for 10 cents. 



Ribbon Badges, for bee-keepers, on 

 which are printed a large bee in gold, 

 we send for 10 cts. each, or $8 per 100. 



Honey and Beeswax Market. 



Advertisemeuts intended for the Bee 

 Journal must reach this office by 

 Saturday of the previous week. 



i^To any one sending two neto 

 Weekly subscribers for a year, we will 

 present a volume of the Bee Jour- 

 nal for 1880, bound in paper covers. 

 It contains much valuable informa- 

 tion, and it will pay any one who does 

 not already possess it, to obtain a copy. 

 Many of our new subscribers will be 

 pleased to learn that they can get it 

 for $1.00, by sending for it at once, 

 before they are all gone. 



For man it has no equal ; for beasts 

 it is not excelled. What ? Kendall's 

 Spavin Cure. 14w4t 



Examine the Date following your 

 name on the wrajtper label of this 

 paper; it indicates the end of the 

 month to which you have paid your 

 subscription on the Bee Journal. 



1^ We will send Cook's Manual 

 in cloth, or an Apiary Register for 100 

 colonies, and Weekly Bee; Journal 

 for one year, for $.3.00 ; or with King's 

 Text-Book, in cloth, for $2.7.5. 



OFFICE OP AMERICAN BEE JOURNAL, > 



Monday, 10 a. m., April 17. 1882. ( 



The following are the latest quota- 

 tions for honey and beeswax received 

 up to this hour : 



QuotatluiiH of Cnnb Buyers. 

 CHICAGO. 



HONEY— As tbe season is well advanced, salefl 

 of extracted honey are slow and prices remain un- 

 cbantied. I am payinc sc. lor dark and luc. for 

 liKlit. cash on arrival. Good comb honey is scarce 

 and rules hieh. 



BEESAVAX— I am paying J4c. for aood yellow 

 wax, on arrival ; 18(ij-2Jv.-. for medium grade, and 

 15(sJl7c, for dark. 



Al. H. Newjian. 07:; W. Madison St. 



OINCINNATL 



HONEY— The demand for comb honey is slow,, 

 and pricesnoniinal at h;i".juc. on aniv.-il. Kxtracted 

 honey is in fair demand. Our jobbinii prices for 

 1 lb. jars of clover honey are, per ;rross, $2.') ; for 2 

 lb. do., per yross, $4_'. The demand for manufac- 

 turinfi purposes is very good. We pay Hfeioc. on 

 arrival. 



BEKSWAX— Brings 18®22c. The demand ex- 

 ceeds the offerings. C. F. Muth. 



QnotatloDB ofCommiiiSion Merchants. 



CHICAGO. 

 HONEY— Our honey market would be (;ood, as 

 there is considerable inquiry for white honey in 

 sections, with none to satisfy the demand. It- 

 would bring 22c. readily for choice. Buckwheat 

 honey, no sale. Extracted, ll(iil2c, per lb. 

 BEESWAX -25630c. 



K. A. BguNETT. 165 South Water St. 



SAN FRANCISCO. 



HONEY— All reports from the honey-producinfr 

 districts in the southern part of the State are of 

 the same tenor, viz.: th:it there will be a heavy 

 yield this season. Bees are havint.' an abundance 

 of flowers, full of sweet nectar, and are gathering 

 large quantities of honey and making brood comb. 

 Our quotations are mainly nominal, as there iB- 

 little doing at present. 



We qunte white comb. 16®18c.: dark to good. 10 

 (ajl4c. E.xtracted, choice to extra white, 8(ffl9c, ^ 

 dark and candied, 7c. BKBSWA.X— 23(42.5c. 



Steakns a S.mith, 423 Front Street. 



CLEVELAND. 

 HONEY— The demand for honey is light, most of 

 the trade finding fault with the best offered, as it 

 is nu)re or less candied. Values are not steady, 

 prices being made to meet the views of the pur- 

 chaser. 

 BEESWAX -Scarce, and in demand at 2:i®25c. 

 A. C. Kendei.. 1 15 Ontario Street. 



NEW YORK. 

 HONEY — Scarcely any demand reported for 

 honey; prices weak and little more than noaiinal. 

 We quote as follows: White comb, in small 

 boxes, I5^'il7c; dark, in small boxes, 11®I2C. Ex- 

 tracted, white, 9@nic. : dark, 7"i8c. 



BEESWAX.— Western, pure, 24@25c. ; Southern, 

 pure, 23@24c. 



THOKN & Co.. 1 1 and 13 Devoe avenue. 



BOSTON. 



HONEY— Trade quiet. We quote at 20®22c., ac- 

 cording to quality. 

 BEESWAX-Piime quality, 2.'ic. 



Crookeu & Blake, ;')7 Chatham Street. 



ST. LOUIS. 

 HONEY— In fair demand. Strained selling at9 

 ©inc.; comb scarce— nominal at i8<i'j22c. 

 BEESWAX— Stiff af 2ng21c. for prime. 



K. C. G11EEH& Co.. 117 N. Main Street. 



Premiums. — Tliose who get up clubs 

 for the Weekly Bee Journal for 

 1882, will be entitled to tlie following 

 premiums. Their own subscription 

 may count in the club : 



For a Club of 3,— a copy of " Bees and Honey." 

 " 3,— an Emerson Binder lor 1882. 

 " 4,— ApiaiT Register for .'iO Colonies, 

 or Cook's (Bee) Manual, paper. 

 5,— " " cloth. 



" " 6,— Weekly Bee Journal for I year, 



or Apiary Register for2tNj Col's. 



Or they may deduct 10 per cent in cash 

 for their labor in getting up the club. 



