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THE AMERICAN BEE JOURNAl.. 



Issued every Wednesday by 



THOMAS G. NEWMAN & SON, 



PK<)PRIETOR8, 



823&925 WEST MADISON ST.,CHICAGO, ILL. 

 At One Dollar a Year. 



ALFRED H. NEWMAN. 



BDSLNKSS MANAGER. 



Special ^oXxczs, 



To Correspondents. — It would save 

 us much trouble, if all would be particular 

 to give their P. O. address and name, when 

 writing to this office. We have several letters 

 (some inclosing money) that have no name; 

 many others having no Pos1>OBice, County 

 or State. Also, if you live near one postr 

 office and get your mail at another, be sure 

 to give the address we have on our list. 



Money Orders can now be obtained at 

 the Post Offices at reduced rates. Five 

 dollars and under costs now only 5 cents. 

 As these are absolutely safe, It will pay to 

 get them instead of the Postal Notes which 

 are payable to any one who presents them, 

 And are in no way safe. 



Preserve your Papers f®r reference. 

 If you have no BINDER we will mail you 

 one for 60 cents, or you can have one free 

 If you will send us 3 new yearly subscrip- 

 tions for the Bee Journal. 



Colored Posters for putting up ever 

 honey exhibits at Fairs are quite attractive, 

 as well as useful. We have prepared some 

 for the Bee Jodr.val, and will send two or 

 more free of cost to any one who will use 

 them, and try to get up a club. 



Honey and Beeswax Market. 



The following are our very latest 

 quotations for honey and beeswax : 



CHICAGO. 



HONEF.— Sellers ask from 7 to 10 cts. for any- 

 thinkT off in comb honey ; this includes dark unde- 

 sirable ami crooked combs, and 2-pound sections. 

 Good i-lii. sections, lofqiiac. ; choice, 12Vs@i3c.— 

 Sales have been larger this month than at any 

 time since November, and prices average a little 

 lower for comb than the above. 

 BBK8WAX.-25C. R. A. BTJRNETT, 

 Mar. 28. 161 South Water St. 



DETROIT. 



HONEY.— Be.1t white comb, ]0@llc. Suppiy is 

 large and sales are slow. 



B1SB8WAJC.-23C. 

 Mar. 11. M. H. HUNT, Bell Branch, Mich. 



SAN FRANCISCO. 



HONBY.— We quote : Extracted, white, 4®4!Ji 

 cts. Comb, white. Tit* 13c. Market firm. 



BEBSWAX.-Scarce at 19fo)22c. 

 Apr. 4. SCHACHT & l^EMCKE, 122-124 Davis St. 



SAN FRANCISCO. 



HONEY.— We quote : Old comb, extra white. 

 12H(flll4c.: dark, ft(ailc. Extracted, amber and 

 candied, 3!J4fii4c. ; extra white. 4H^®5c. Outlook is 

 gloomy, as rain is needed badly. 



BEBSWAX.-Scarce at 22(a23c. 



Apr. 5. O. B. SMITH & CO., 423 Front St. 



BOSTON. 



HONEY.— 1-lb. packages of white clover honey 

 at 14@l.'ic.; 2-pnund8 at 1 l(ai2c. Extracted, 5@7c. 

 Demand for 1-lb. sections lively. 



BEESWAX.— 24 ots. per lb. 

 Mar.23. Blake & Riplby. 57 Chatham Street. 



CINCINNATI. 



HONEY.— We quote for extracted, 3@7c. per lb. 

 Nice comb brings l l@14c. per lb. Demand fair. 



BBESW AX.— Good demand,— 20(5i23c. per lb. for 

 good to choice yellow. 

 Mar. 29. C.P.MtJTH& SON.Preeman & Central At. 



CLEVELAND. 



HONEY.— Choice white,l-lb. sectlons.sells clU2M 

 @13c.; second quality white. 10(9illc.: white 2-lbs., 

 10@iic. Buckwheat, 8(s.9c. Extracted, 5@6c.— 

 Market dull. 



BEESWAX.- 25C. 



Mar. 9. A. C. KENOKL, IIS Ontario Street. 



MILWAUKEE. 



HONEY.- We quote choice 1-lb. sections at 11® 

 I2c.: 2-lb8.. 10@llc. No call for dark. White ex- 

 tracted, in barrels and kegs,6@6^^c. : in small pack- 

 ages, 6^@7c. ; dark, in barrels and kegs, 4@5c.— 

 Demand good. 



BEESWAX.— 25c. 



Mar. 28. A. V. BISHOP, 142 W. Water St. 



■We ^vill Present Webster's Dictionary 

 (pocket edition), and send it f)y mail, post- 

 paid, for two subscribers with $2. It is 

 always useful to have a dictionary at hand 

 to decide as to the spelling of words, and to 

 determine their meaning. 



One Dollar invested for the weekly visits 

 of the American Bee Jouknal for 1887, 

 will richly repay every apiarist in Ameriea. 



ODR CLUBBIN« LIST. 



We supply the American Bee Joamal 



one year, and any of the following publica- 

 tions, at the prices quoted in the last column 

 of figures. The first column gives the regu- 

 lar price of both. All postage prepaid. 



Price of both. 0Iu6 

 The American Bee Journal 1 00 . . 



and Gleanings in Bee-Culture 2 00. . 1 75 



Bee-Keepers'Magaztue 1 25.. 125 



Bee-Keepers' Guide 150.. 140 



The Apiculturist 200,. 170 



Canadian Bee Journal 2 00. . 1 75 



Bays of Light 1.50.. 135 



The 7 above-named papers 5 25 . . 4 50 



and Cook's Manual 2 35. . 2 00 



Bees and Honey (Newman)... 2 00.. 175 

 Blnderfor Am. Bee Journal. .1 60.. 150 

 Dzierzon's Bee-Book (cloth) ... 3 00 . . 2 00 

 Root's A B C of Bee-Culture. .2 25.. 2 10 



Farmer's Account Book 4 00.. 2 00 



Guide and Hand-Book 1 50 . . 1 30 



Heddon's book, "Success,".. 150.., I 40 

 A Year Among the Bees 175.. 150 



One yearly subscription for the American 

 Bee Journal must be ordered with each 

 paper or book, in order to take advantage 

 of the prices named in the last column. 



E. Duncan SnilTen, Advertising Agent, 

 3 Park Row, New York, inserts advertise- 

 ments in all first-class Newspapers and 

 Magazines with more promptness and at 

 lower prices than can be obtained elsewhere. 

 He gives special attention to writing and 

 setting up advertisements in the most at- 

 tractive manner, and guarantees entire 

 satisfaction. In all his dealings, he is honor- 

 able and prompt. Send for his Catalogue 

 of first-class advertising mediums. Mailed 

 free. 52A40t 



Bed Isabels for one-pound pails of 

 honey, size 3x454 inches. — We have now 

 gotten up a lot of these Labels, and can 

 supply them at the following prices : 100 

 for $1.00 ; 250 forSLM ; .500 for $2.00 ; 1,000 

 for $3.00 ; all with name and address of 

 Apiarist printed on them— by mail, postpaid. 



Home Market for Honey. 



t^~ 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, $2.50. Five hundred will be sent 

 postpaid for $10.00; or 1,000 for $15,00. 



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 lots of it. 



Yucea Bruslies are employed for re- 

 moving bees from the combs. They are a 

 soft, vegetable fiber, 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 6 cents 

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

 iirtd 1 cent each for postage 



Do you Want a Farm Account Book? 

 We have a few left, and make you a very 

 tempting offer. It contains 166 pages, is 

 printed on writing paper, ruled and bound, 

 and the price is $3. We will club it and the 

 Weekly Bee Jodrnal for a year and give 

 you both for $2. If you want it sent by 

 mail, add 20 cents for postage. 



Wlien Beneivlng your subscription 

 please try to get your neighbor who keeps 

 bees to .'om with you in taking the Beb 

 Journal. It is now «« ctMxp that no one 

 can afl'ord to do without it. We will present 

 a Binder for the Bee Journal to any one 

 sending us three subscriptions— with $3.00— 

 direct to this office. It will pay any one to 

 devote a few hours, to get subscribers. 



By Using the Binder made expressly 

 for this Bee Journal, all can have them 

 bound and ready for examination every day 

 in Uie year. We have reduced the price to 

 60 cents, postpaid. Subscription for one 

 year and the binder for $1.50. 



Dr. Miller's Book, "A Year Among 

 the Bees," and the Bee Journal for one 

 year, we will club for $1..50. 



