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THE AMERICAN BEE JOURNAL. 



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 and carefully to state what they desire 

 for the money sent. Also, if they live 

 near one post office, and get their mail 

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Honey and Beeswax Market. 



Office of American Bee .Ioitrnal, I 

 Monday, 10 a. m.. March lii, 1882. i 



The following are the latest quota- 

 tions for honey and beeswax received 

 up to this hour : 



Qaotatlons or Cash llnyers. 



CHICAGO. 

 HONEY— Bxtracted. dark 7o. llKht, 9c. here. 

 BEKSWAX— It ia qu.te scarce. 1 am paying 30c. 

 for good yellow wax, on arrival ; darli and off col- 

 ors, !7@25c. 



Al. H. Newman. 923 W. Madison St. 



CINCINNATI. 



HONEY— There is no excitement in the honev 

 marliet, t)ut sales are fair to our r«^KuIar trade. 

 Offering's are plentiful of extracted and comb 

 boney. Extracted brings 7®sic. on arrival. The 

 sales of comb honey are very slow, although there 

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

 ket. It brings 12C(;lHc. on arrival. 



BEES WAX— Comes in slowly and brings 20^'.%c. 

 per lb., according to quality. Chas. F. 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 

 Bees 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 semi Cook's Manual in cloth, or 

 Apiary Register for lOOcolonies. 



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. 



New Catalogues and Price Lists. 



We have received the following new 

 Catalogues and Price Lists of Bees, 

 Queens or Apiarian Supplies : 



James Ileddon, Dowagiuc, Mich. 



Bright Bros., Miizeppa, Minn. 



A. D. Benham, Olivet, Mich. 



W. S. Cauthen, Pleasant Hill, S. C. 



F. A.gnell, Milledgeville, III. 

 E. Kretchmer, Coburg, Iowa. 

 J. P. Moore, Morgan, Ivy. 



H. H. Brown, Light Street, Pa. 

 E. J. Baxter, Nauvoo, 111. 

 seed catalogues. 

 Edward Gillett, Southwick, Mass. 



G. L. Miller, Jones Station, O. 

 Jos. Gilbert, Palmyra, N. Y. 



Ribbon Badges, for bee-keepers, on 

 -which are printed a large bee in gold, 

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



Quotations or Commission Merchants. 



CHICAGO. 



HONEY— The past month has not reduced the 

 stock of comb or extracted honev. the receipts 

 having been larger than the amounts taken for 

 consumption. Prices are weak and irregular, 

 ranging from Ific. to ISc. for white comb in the 

 smaller frames ; dark, very little selling, offered 

 at l2i.se. to 14c. Extracted, 8c. to luc, according 

 to color. 



BEBSWAx-32@33c. per lb. for good. 



K. A. Burnett, lei South Water St. 



SAN KKANCISCO. 

 ■ HONEY-Aslde from small lots, off In quality, 

 there is none offering. For the descriptions now 

 in market there is virtually no demand. 



White comb, 14(i9l7c.; dark to good, lioisc; ex- 

 tracted, choice to extra white, 8>^®9!^c,; dark and 

 candled, .^@7^c. 

 BKE8WAX-We quote 30®33c. 



Stearns & Smith. 183 Front Street 



ST. LOUIS. 

 HONEY-Very quiet; dull. Comb at 14®ie.- 

 some inferior sold at inc. : strained at fiH®7c., ex- 

 "acted at 7^@8i.ac., lots in small packages more. 

 BEES WAX— Scarce and wanted at 32(i^33c. 

 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 

 19M20C. for best white 1-lb. sections ; isiaisc. for 

 2-lb. Second griides not inquired after. Extracted 

 very dull at9(sloc. in bbls. and ll®l3c. in cans. 

 BEESWAX— Scarce, 2S@;ioc. 



A. C. Kendel. 11.5 Ontario Street. 



NEW YORK. 

 HONBY--The prospect is very poor for selling 

 honey in this market. I think there is all the 

 honey here that will sell this season, unless itsells 

 fugter during the next month than it has this. 



BKESW AX— There Is only a moderate supply of 

 beeswax and prime hits held flrmly. 

 Western pure, 3o<g,32c: southern, pure, 31@33c. 

 D. W. guiNBy, 105 Park Place. 



BOSTON. 

 ,^?5"^''^'^~0ur market is fairly active. We quote: 

 >6 lb. sections at 30C.: 1 lb. sections, 22(5i25c.: 21b 

 sections. 2o@22c. Extracted. lOc. per lb. Good 

 °S'i?i!.o''-,?,'r'lS""' ^"^ wanted in kegs or barrels. 



BUESWAX— Our supply is gone; we have none 

 to quote. 



CROCKER at Blake. 57 Chatham Street. 



m- Mr. W. S. Cauthen, Pleasant 

 Hill, S. C, has sent us one of his im- 

 proved queen-cages. The improve- 

 ment consists in the box to hold the 

 candy, and keep it from soiling the 

 mails. It is similar to the Peet cage 

 in other ways, but has a wood slide 

 instead of a tin ; this is an improve- 

 ment, wood being not so cold as tin. 



Sample Copies of theAMEKiCAN Bee 

 Journal will be sent tree 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. 



FOR SALE 



I have 3.5 to r.ii colonies of Italians, hybrid and 

 Arkansas brown bees, in A 1 condition, with plenty 

 of stores and brood, which I will sell, on the land- 

 ing, at $3.00 per colony. Addrei-s 



&. B. PETERS, 



1 1 Alw Council Bend, Ark. 



(Established 1864.) 



BEE-SUPPLIES. 



We furnish EVEuVTniNG needed 

 in the Apiary, of practical construction and at the 

 lowest price. Satisfaction guaranteed. 



Send yo'T address on a postal card and we will 

 send you, free, our large, illustrated catalogue. 

 E. KKETCHItlER, Coburtc, Iowa. 

 llA2t4BIt 



100 COLONIES ITALIAN BEES, 



FOR SALE, 

 also, queens and nuclei. Will exchange for Jersey 

 heifer, pair Poland China pigs, or Plymouth Bock 

 fowls. vVrite for prices. 



C. WEEKS. 

 llA4t Clifton, Wayne Co., Tenn. 



IMPROVE YOTJR BEES 



By catching your inferior drones, by the use of 

 the Acme Drone Trap. Price. $l.oo. Patent ap- 

 plied for. L. A. LOWMASTER. 



liAlt ^Belle Vernon. Ohio. 



FflR '{Al F Colonies and Nuclei of ITALIAN 

 I Ull OMLLiBISES, QUKENS. Extractors, Bee 

 Books, and Supplies. Address, OTTO KLEINOW, 

 opposite Fort Wayne. DETROIT, Mich. UAB3t 



THE CHOICE OF l.OOO SEEDLINeS! 



MINNIGHS PKACHBLUW. 

 Result of 15 years' experimenting. A perfect 

 potato on all points. Of flrstquulily, yields enor- 

 mously, is never hollow, dot-s not rot, and is a 

 perfect keeper. In form, like its parent, the Peach- 

 blow. Just tlie thing to take the place of the 

 worn-out Peachblow. If LOW per lb., 3 lbs. for 

 Sa.OW. postage paid. Address Wm. MInnleh, 

 S unvlUe, Ve nango Co.. Pa. llAIt 



BASSWdOD^EDLiGS 



Four to eight inches, Wl.oO per lOO : three to 

 fourfeet, Dii^.On pe" lOO. Address. 



Z,K..aEWETT, Nurseryman. 

 l'A4t Sparta. Wis. 



DO NOT FORGET to send for Moore's new 

 price list of Italian queens, nuclei and full 

 colonies. 3-frame nucleus and tested queen, Ss.uo. 

 Al.",?'' . J- P- MOORE. 



"Alt Morgan, Pendleton CO., Ky. 



100 Colonies of Bees in Langstrotii Hives, 



CIark'9 No. I Potatoes, wax worked up on Dun- 

 lijim FoundHtion Mtll. Alsike Clover Seed and Sil- 

 ver Hull Buckwheat, for sale by 



JEK^ST S. HIKDEMAXN. 



Ashippun, Dodge ('o. Wis. 

 R. R. Station, Oconomwoc, Wis. llAlt4Blt 



Given'sFoundationPress. 



PUBLIC SENTIMENT affirms that the PRESS 

 la SUPERIOR for nuikingCnnUi Koiindaiion either 

 in Wired Frames or for SECTIONS, and insures 

 straight and perfect combs, when drawn out by 

 the bees. Send for Circular and samples. 

 D. S. eiTKN Jtc CO., 



lABtf HOOPESTON. ILL. 



50 Colonies Italian Bees 



FOR SALE (HEAP. 



Address, 

 iiAtf 



W. J. ANUBEVTS, 



COLUMBIA, TENN. 



FLAT - BOTTOM 



COMB FOUNDATION, 



hish side-walls. 4 to 16 square feet to 

 the pound. Circular and samples frea 

 J. VAN DEUSEN & SONS. 

 Sole Manufacturers, 

 Sprout Brook, Mont. Co., N. Y. 



