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THE AMERICAN BEE JOURNAL. 



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Honey and Beeswax Market. 



OFFICEOF AMEltlCAN BEE JOtTRNAI., I 



Monday. 10 a. m.. Marcb 5, 1882. i 



The following are the latest quota- 

 tions for honey and beeswax received 

 up to this hour : 



Quotations or Cash Buyers. 



CHICAGO. 



HONK V— Extracted, dark 7c. light, 9c. here. 

 BEESWA.X— It is qu'.te scarce. 1 am payine 30c. 

 for (iood yellow wax, on arrival ; dark and off col- 



'al. H. Newman, 923 W. Madison St. 



CINCINNATI. 



HONEY— There is no excitement In the honey 

 market, but sales are fair to our regular trade. 

 Offerings are plentiful of extracted and comb 

 honey. Extracted brings 7<«9c. on arrival. The 

 sales of comb honey are very slow, although there 

 is a large supply of llrst-class quality on the mar- 

 ket. It brings 12eilM. on arrival. „„,„ 



BEESWAX— Comes in slowly and brings 20@30c. 

 per lb., according to quality. Chas. K, MUTH. 



Our Premiums for Clubs. 



Any one sending us a club of two 

 subscribers for 1 year, for the Weekly, 

 ■with $4, will be entitled to a copy of 

 j?ees and Honey, in cloth, postpaid. 



For three subscribers, with $6, we 

 •will send Cook's Manual, in paper, 

 Emerson's Binder for the Weekly, or 

 Apiary Register for 50 colonies. 



For four subscribers, with $8, we 

 •will send Cook's Manual in cloth, or 

 Apiary Register for 100 colonies. 



For five subscribers, with $10, we 

 will send the Apiary Register for 200 

 colonies, Quinby's New Bee-Keeping, 

 Root's A B C of Bee Culture, or an 

 extra copy of the Weekly Bee Jour- 

 nal for one year. 



To get any of the above premiums 

 for the Monthly Bee Journal send 

 double the number of subscribers, and 

 the same amount of money. 



1^ Several correspondents ask if it 

 is essential to write only on one side 

 of the sheet of paper when preparing 

 an article for the Journal. For us, 

 it is just as well to write both sides, 

 and saves postage in sending it. 



Special Notice.— We will, hereafter, 

 supply the Weekly Bee Journal 

 for 1883 and Cook's Manual in cloth 

 for $2.75, or the Monthly and Manual 

 in cloth for $1.75. 



Headquartersjn the West 



Having fitted up our shop with new machinery, 

 we lire prepared to furnish all kinds of 



APIARIAN SUPPLIES, 



Simplicity, Chaff, Langatroth and other hives. 



BEES AND QUEENS. 



One-PlL'ce Sections, !»;.«. OO per lOOO. 



Dunham Foundation at bottom prices. 



Silver Hull Buckwheat, SI. 50 per Bushel. 



.lob Printing done on short notice. 

 l.AKeE, NEW r,I8T, FKEK. 



BRIGHT BROS., 



Uazeppa, Wabasha Co., Minn. 



AlO, 14, 16 



Quotations or CommlBBlon merchants. 



CHICAGO, 



HONEY— The past month has not reduced the 

 stock of comb or extracted honey, the receipts 

 having been larger than the amounts taken for 

 consumption. Prices are weak and irregular, 

 ranging from IGc. to 18c. for wliite oomb in the 

 smaller frames; dark, very little selling, offered 

 at vHic. to 14c. Extracted, 8c. to lOC, according 

 to color. 



BKBSWAx-32®33c. per lb. for good. 



R. A. BURNETT, 161 Soutb Water St. 



SAN FRANCISCO. 



HONEY-Offerings of comb are mostly of ordi- 

 nary quality, and holders are disposed to close out 

 at concessions. Market for beeswax is quite firm, 

 with sti'Cks quite llnuted. 



White comb, H(»in;.; dark to good, llOlSc; ex- 

 tracted, choice to extra white, SH®Sii<:-; dark and 

 candied, 5@7Hc. 



BEESWAX- We quote 27Vj'*32>ic. 



STKAR-vs & SMITH, 123 Front Street 



ST. LOUIS. 



HONEY— Very quiet; dull. Comb at 14®lfic., 



strained, at 6"^®7Hc., extracted at 7X®8)^c.— lots 



in small packages, more. , . ,^^ 



BEESWAX— Scarce, firm ; quote choice at 28® 



3UC., dark at 22®24c, , ., , „. 



W. T. ANDERSON & CO., 117 N. Main street. 



CLEVELAND. 

 HONEY— Is very slow, just now hardly anything 

 selling, stock on hand quite liberal. Sales slow at 

 l!](ui20c. for best white i-lb. sections ; 1S(<!119C. for 

 2-lb. Second grades not inquired after. Extracted 

 very dull at y(»loc. in bbls. and ll®l3c. in cans. 

 BEESWAX- Scarce, 2«®3i5c. 



A. C. KENDEL. 11.5 Ontario Street. 



NEW YORK. 



HONEY— Choice to fancy white clover honey 

 continues scarce and firm, but buckwheat and ex- 

 tracted honey slow and irregular. 



We quote: White clover, first quality, 1 » boxes. 

 24<»i25c: fair to good, 22(!a23c.; buckwheat, lo(»17c. 

 Extracted, clover. iu®13c.; buckwheat. !)®10c. 



BE15SW AX —There is only a moderate supply of 

 beeswax and prime lots held firmly. 



Western pure, 30@32c; southern, pure, 31®33c, 

 D. W. QulNBV, 105 Park Place. 



BOSTON. 



HONEY-Our market is fairly active. We quote: 

 a lb. sections at 3nc.: 1 lb. sections, 22@2pc.; 2 lb. 

 sections, 2u®22c. Extracted, inc. per lb. Oood 

 lots 01 extracted are wanted in kegs or barrels. 



BBESWAX-Our supply is gone; we have none 



o quo "•^jjgp^j.jj ^ Blake, 57 Chatham Street. 



®" Constitutions and By-Laws for 

 local Associations $2.00 per 100. The 

 name of the Association printed in the 

 blanks for 50 cents extra. 



Ribbon Badges, for bee-keepers, on 

 which are printed a large bee in gold, 

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



Notice.— Bee-Keepers, we call your 

 special attention to the advertisement 

 of Champion Bee-hive Manfactory. 2t 



Advertisements intended for the Bee 

 Journal must reach this office by 

 Saturday of the previous week. 



t^ We have a few copies of our 

 pamphlet entitled " Bee Culture " left, 

 and have reduced the price from 40 

 to 25 cents each, or $2 per dozen. 



Important ]oJee Keepers 



Our New Book is now ready for Delivery. 



THE ONI.T- -WORK. BEVOTED TO 

 QTJEEX-REAKING EXTANT. 



Every bee-keeper should have a copy at hand, as 

 it not only gives 



MY NEW METHOD OF REARING QUEENS, 



but also the results of 



Twenty-five Tfears* Exi»ei*leuce as a 



Practical Apiarist. 



The work also contains an essay, by one of the 

 most practical, prominent and successful bee- 

 masters in New York State, on 



The Best Management of the Apiary 



to obtain the largest amount of surplus honey, 

 including preparing for and marketing the same. 

 Also, an essay on 



The New Races and Coming Bee, 



by a former superintendent of the queen-rearing 

 department of the apiary of D. A. Jones, Beeton, 

 Ontario. .... ^ j 



The work contains ISO pages and is intended as a 

 *' handy book" for bee-keepers, and niuch that is 

 new and valuable never before pubhshed, will be 

 found by a perusal of its pages. 



Price Ibound in clothl, by mail, Sl.OO. 



Enclose the money in presence of the postmaster 

 at my risk. Those who so desire may remit on re- 

 ceiptofbook, HENKY AI-I.EX. 



lODtf Wenham, Mass. 



CZXSiiF ! CIZSiiF ! 



l,ANG9TROTH HIVES! 

 SIMPI-ICITY HIVES!, 



All kinds of hives and surplus comb foundation, 

 etc., etc. Having superior advantages for the 

 manufacturing of hives and of procuring lumber 

 low. I can furnish very low rates. 



Send for descriptive circul.tr. 



A. D. BEN HAM, 



lOAtf OHvet, Mich. 



WANTED an expert, possessing the necessary 

 credentials, to act as manager, with or with- 

 out a share, in establishing an apiary at Macieay 

 Kiver in New Soutb Wales, .\ddrcss terms, etc.. 

 to the undersigned, from whom other inf^irmation 

 may be oitained. A. VERGE. E. Kempsey. 



Macieay River, New South Wales. Australia, lotl 



POTATOES AND STRAWBERRY PLANTS 1 



Send for Circular and Price List of the " Jordan's 

 Prolidc" Potatoes, and -Big Bob," " Nigh s Su- 

 perb "and "Wilson's Albany" Strawberry Plants, 

 to j'd. K-KVSeHKE. Sidney, Ohio. lOAM 



THE BlUTISH BEE JOURNAL 



AND BEE-KEEPER'S ADVISER. 



The BKITI9U Bee J0['K-NAL is published month- 

 ly and contains llie best practical information lor 

 the time being, showing what to do, and when ana 

 how to do it. Kev. H. K. PEEL, Editor. 



We send the Weekly AMEKlCAN BEE JOURNAL 

 and tl.e British BceJotmial. both for »3,S0 a year. 



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