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THE AMERICAN BEE JOURNAL. 



Statistics Wanted. — Bee-keepers in 



this State, wlio wish to forward the 

 interests of apiculture, will please 

 send me the name and address of the 

 Secretary of the local agricultural 

 society, as I wish to correspond with 

 them in regard to the offering of 

 premiums for the best display of 

 honey, implements for the apiary, 

 bees, etc. I would also like to have 

 all bee-keepers in Massachusetts send 

 me a report of the season's work, 

 number of colonies, etc., as I wish to 

 give a more complete report of the 

 condition of bee culture in this State 

 than has ever been published before, 

 at the meeting of the National Society 

 in October. Bees are doing very 

 poorly in this section this season ; no 

 houey and but few swarms. 



E. A. Thomas, Vice Pres. 

 for Mass. of N. A. B. K. Society. 

 Colerain, Mass.. July 10, 1882. 



[We hope all bee-keepers in Massa- 

 chusetts will promptly respond.— Ed.] 



Just Started in the Sections.— My 70 



colonies of bees have just started in 

 the sections, but it rains so frequently 

 that they do not make much progress. 

 They were nearly famished when red 

 raspberries came into bloom, 3 weeks 

 ago. No swarms have issued yet, 

 and this is the situation of all the bees 

 in this section. Still, clover is abun- 

 dant and is yielding honey, and bass- 

 wood will be ten days or two weeks 

 later than usual, and may give us a 

 good harvest. 



LeRoy WniTFORD. 

 Stow, N. Y., July 3, 1882. 



Still Continues.— The prospects of a 

 good honey crop still continue. So 

 far I have taken off 7,000 lbs. ex- 

 tracted honey. We have occasional 

 shovcers whicli contribute greatly to 

 the improvement of the cotton, corn, 

 and other crops. Fruit is very abun- 

 dant. O. M. Blanton. 



Greenville, Miss., July 9, 1882. 



The Pi'ospects Discouraging. — The 



weather has been so windy and stormy 

 that bees have liad very little chance 

 to gather honey. Some colonies have 

 not swarmed yet, and none have 

 gathered much honey. 



Du. J. A. Morton. 

 Bethel, Maine, July 13, 1882. 



Bees in a Starving Condition.— Bees 



just starving, with the 4th and 5th of 

 July the coldest and most rainy days 

 I ever knew in this month. If queen- 

 rearing isn't up-hill business, call me 

 a goose. As far as I hear, bees are 

 generally in a starving condition 

 throughout this State. 



G. M. DOOLITTLE. 



Borodino, N. Y., July 7, 1882. 



Bees in South Carolina.— We have 

 had an excellent spring for honey, 

 until June 15th. Since then bees are 

 gathering but little. We also have a 

 boom in tlie bee business in this 

 county. We are talking of organiz- 

 ing an association. H. S. Hakdin. 



Chester, S. C, July 10, 1882. 



ADVERTISING RATES. 



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



A line of Agate type will contain about el^ht 

 wordN; fourteen lines will occupy 1 inch of space. 

 Transient Advertisements payable in advance. 

 Special Notices, 50 cents per line. 



lUSCOXr^TS will be given on advertisements 

 published WEEKLY as follows, if the whole is 

 paid in advance : 

 For 4 weeks lO per cent, discount. 



" 8 " ao 



"13 " (3 months).... ao " 



'* 2« " (6months)....40 " *' 



"SO '* (9 months) 50 



" sa " (1 year) 60 '* 



Discount, for 1 year, in the MONTHLV alone, 

 S5 per cent., 6 months, lO per cent., 3 months, 

 5 percent. 



Discount, for 1 year, in the SEMI-MONTHJ.Y 

 alone, 40 per cent., O months. 20 per cent., 3 

 months, lO per cent. 



Advertisements withdrawn before the expiration 

 of the contract, will be charged the full rate for 

 the time the advertisement is inserted. 



THOMAS G. NEWMAN. 



QSii West Mudiaon Street., fhlcago. III. 



Special IJoticcs. 



1^ The Bee Jottenal is mailed at 

 the Chicago PostofBce every Tuesday, 

 and any irregularity in its arrival is 

 due to the postal employes, or some 

 cause beyond our control. 



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 $2.75 ; or with 

 Bees and Honey, in cloth, $2..50. 



1^ Always forward us money either 

 by postal order, registered letter, or 

 by draft on Chicago or New York. 

 Drafts on other cities, or local checks, 

 are not taken by the banks in this city 

 except at a discount of 25 cents, to pay 

 expense of collecting them. 



Premiums. — Those who get up clubs 

 for the Weekly Bee Journal for one 

 year, will be entitled to the following 

 premiums. Their own subscription 

 may count in the club : 



For a Club of S8,— a copy of " Bees and Honey." 

 " *' a,— an Emerson Binder tor 18H2. 



" '* 4,— Apiary Register for 50 Colonies, 



or Cook's (Bee) Manual, paper. 

 " " 5,— " " cloth. 



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



or Apiary Register for 200 Col's. 



Or they may deduct 10 per cent in cash 

 for their labor in getting up the club. 



Honey and Beeswax Market. 



Office of a.mer[can Bee Jotrnal, > 

 Monday, 10 a.m., July 17. I«82. ( 



The following are the latest quota- 

 tions for honey and beeswax received 

 up to this hour : 



Quotations or di»h Buyers. 



CHICAGO. 



HONEY— I o.m paying 7c. for dark and 9c. for 

 light extracted. 



BEESWAX-Choioe lotif are worth 25c. here; 

 bright yellow, 24c.: dark to good. 17&22C. 



AL. H. New.van. a23 W. Madison St. 



CINCINNATL 



HONEY— The market for honey is quiet. Ex- 

 tracted brings 7@Ktc. on arrival. No comb honey 

 on the market worth mentioning, prices nominal. 



BEESWAX- Scarce, and brings 20@25c. on arri- 

 val. C. F. ML'TH. 



Quotations of Commission Merchnnts. 



CHICAGO. 

 HONEY— The demand for comb honey is light, 

 prices being made to meet views of purchaser. 

 BEESWAX -Scarce, and in demand at 23@25c. 

 R. A. Bl'lt.N'KTT, 11)5 South Water St. 



NEW YORK. 



HONEY— White clover, fancy, 1 lb.bxs..l5@16c.; 

 white clover, good to choice, 1 and 2 lb. bxs., 13® 

 14c: buckwheat, 2 lb. bxs., per lb., ll@12c. Ex- 

 tracted and strained, white, S(@10c; dark 7(<ti8c. 



BEESWAX— The market continues rather quiet, 

 but the supply is light :ind prices tlrmly sustained- 

 Western, pure, 2.5(iu2ric. ; Southern pure, ■2'>(il27c. 

 D. W. Ql'lNBV, 105 Park Place 



CLBVBi.AND. 



HONE Y— The first new honey arrived this week^ 

 and 1 lb. sections soM iit 2r,c. per lb. No extracted 

 received as yet. BEESWAX-25®28c. 



A. C. Kp:ni»ki.. 115 Ontario Street. 



SAN FUANCISCO. 



HONEY— Not much arriving, and most of that is 

 held above buyers' views. Some very white comb. 

 is offering at I6c. Buyers refuse to name more 

 thun 8c. for extriictetl of the choicest quality, but 

 there are some lots f>t excellent body, color and 

 flavor, which are limited at 9c. 



We quote white comb, 15(&'29c.: dark to good, 8@ 

 12c. Extracted, choice to extra white, "•'i'SSJ^c.; 

 dark and candied, 6@C!^c. HKESWAX— 23®250. 

 STEARNS & S.^IITH, 423 Front Street. 



BOSTON. 



HONEY— Trade quiet. We quote at 2oa22c., ac- 

 cording to quality. 

 BEKSWAX-Piime quality. 25c. 



CROCKER & BLAKE. 57 Chatham Street. 



S'r. LOUIS. 



HONEY— First receipts of new Texas (comb> 

 offered to-day. Selling at 21@22c. per lb. 

 BEES WAX— Prime in demand at 22@23c. 



B. C. GREEK & Co.. 117 N. Main Street. 



i^"'Bad luck," when applied to 

 bee-keeping usually should be stated 

 as " bad management." 



Examine the Date following your 

 name on the wrapper label of thla 

 paper ; it indicates the end of the 

 month to which you have paid your 

 subscription on the Bee Journal. 



Advertisements intended for the Bee. 

 Journal must reach this office by 

 Saturday of the previous week. 



^ Our new location, No. 925 West 

 Madison St., is only a few doors from 

 the new branch postofHce. We have 

 a telephone and any one in the city 

 wishing to talk to us through it will 

 please call for No. 7087— thai beinfj 

 our telephone number. 



