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AMERICAN BEE JOURNAL. 



HONEY AND BEESWAX MARKET. 



DETROIT, Feb. 28,— Comb-liouey is quoted 

 at 14@15c; demand light. Exti-acted, 7@8c. 

 Beeswax in fair demand, 27@.28c. 



M H. HUNT, Bell Branch, Mich. 



NEW YORK, Feb. 28.— The marliet is bai-e of 

 comb-honey. We quote: Extracted, buck- 

 wheat, 7@7^c; California, in good demand, at 

 QK@'^H:C, and market well supplied ; Southern, 

 none in market. Beeswax, 25@27c. 



HILDRETH BROS. & SEGELKEN, 

 28-30 West Broadway. 



KANSAS CITY, Feb. 28.— The receipts of 

 comb-honey are very light: our market will be 

 well cleaned up by March 15. We quote: White 

 1-lb. comb, at 16@18c; California white, 2-lb., 

 14@15c; extracted,. 6@7c. Beeswax, 22@25c. 

 CLEMONS, MASON & CO., 

 Cor. 4th and Walnut Sts. 



CINCINNATI, Feb. 28.— Demand is good for 

 all kinds of honey, with a good supply on the 

 market of all but Southern honey, which is 

 scarce. Choice comb honey brings i6@17c per 

 pound. Extracted honey, 6@8c. 



Beeswax is in good demand at 24@26c., for 

 good to choice yellow. C. F. MUTH & SON, 

 Corner Freeman & Central Aves. 



CHICAGO, Feb. 28.— Demand at present not 

 very active on comb honey. Fancy white, 17c; 

 white, 16c; white, 2-lb. sections, 14c; buck- 

 wheat, 1-lb. sections, 12c; extracted, 7@8c. 

 Beeswax, 28c. 



S. T. PISH & CO.. 189 S. Water St. 



KANSAS CITY, Feb. 27.— Fancy white 1-lb. 

 comb, 18c; fair to good, 17c; dark 1-lb., 14@ 

 15c; 2-lb. white comb, 15@16c; 2-lb. dark, 13® 

 14c; extracted, white, 7c; dark, 5@6c. 



HAMBLIN & BEARSS, 514 Walnut St. 



CHICAGO, Feb. 28.— The volume of trade in 

 honey is very small. A few of the best lots are 

 taken at 17@18c ; but where the condition and 

 appearance of honey is a little off, 16c is about 

 the top. The supply is not large, but there 

 seems to be about enough for the trade. Ex- 

 tracted, is selling at 7@8c, with fair trade. 



Beeswax, 27@.28c. 



R. A. BURNETT, 161 S. Water St. 



BOSTON, Feb. 27. -Honey is in fair demand; 

 supply shoi-t. Fancy, 1-lb. comb, 19@20c; fair 

 to good, 18@19c; 2-lb. sections, 16@17c. Ex- 

 tracted, 8@9c. There is no beeswax on hand. 

 BLAKE & RIPLEY, 57 Chatham Street. 



ALBANY, N.Y., Feb. 28.— The honey market 

 is slow and unsatisfactory, stocks of comb- 

 honey being light and prices unchanged ; stock 

 of extracted increasing. We are selling white 

 at 16@18c; mixed, 14@loc; dark, 12@14c. 

 Extracted, white, 8@9c ; dark, 6@7c. Beeswax, 

 )c. 



H. R. WRIGHT, 326-328 Broadway. 



We Club the American Bee Journal 

 and the Illustrated Home Journal, one 

 year for $1.35. Both of these and 

 Gleanings in Bee Culture, for one year, 

 for $2.15. 



Supply Dealers desiring to sell our 

 book, "Bees and Honey," should write 

 for terms before issuing their Catalogues 



Clover Seed. — White Clover Seed has 

 declined, and Alsikc has advanced. The 

 price of either seed will be 25 cents per 

 pound ; $2.50 per peck ; and $9.00 per 

 bushel, until further notice. 



Consent ion rVotiec$$. 



iW" The Southwestern Wisconsin Bee-Keepers' 

 Association, will hold its next Convention in the 

 Court House, at Lancaster, Grant Co., Wis., March 

 25, 26, 1891. All who are interested in bee-culture 

 and convention-work are cordially invited to attend. 

 The topics for essays and discussions are enumera- 

 ted on page 183. 



Benjamin E. Rice, Sec, Boscobel, Wis. 



J^"The 13th annual session of the Texas State 

 Bee-Keepers' Association, will be held at Greenville, 

 Hunt Co., Texas, on April 1, 2, 1891. All interested 

 are invited. J. N. Hunter, Sec. 



iW The Huron, Tuscola and Sanilac Counties 

 Bee-Keepers' Association, will meet in convention 

 at Court House, at Caro, Tuscola Co., Mich., March 

 10, 11. All interested are cordially invited to at- 

 tend, as it promises to be one of the best meetings 

 the Association ever held. 



Jno. G. Kundinger, Sec, Kilmanagh, Mich. 



H. K. Gordon, Pres., Unionville, Mich. 



tW The 8th semi-annual meeting of the Susque- 

 hanna County Bee-Keepers' Association will be held 

 at Montrose, Pa., on Thursday, May 7, 1891. 



H. M. Seelev, Sec, Harford, Pa. 



Wants or Exctiajigw. 



Under this heading. Notices of 5 lines, or 

 less, will be inserted at 10 cents per line, 



for each insertion, when specially ordered 

 into this Department. If over 5 lines, the 

 additional lines will cost 20 cents each. 



WANTED— To exchange 1-lb. thin V^ander- 

 vort f 'd'n for 2 of wax. Samples and tes- 

 timonials free. C. W. DAYTON, Clinton, Wis. 

 SAlOt 



WANTED— To exchange Strawberry Plants 

 for Poultry, or other leading varieties. 

 Address, DOUGLASS BROS., Hamburg, Mich. 

 9Alt 



FOR SALE— 40 colonies of bees, $3.00 per 

 colony, aboard cars, all in Laugstroth 

 hives, painted. Will ship from 1st io 15th of 

 April, 1891. Am going South. 

 9Atf L. REED, Orono, Osceola Co., Mich. 



WANTED— To sell 50 22-pound Pails of 

 Basswood Extracted Honev, by A. C. 

 SANFORD, Ouo, Wis. lOAlt 



FOR EXCHANGE— One 10-iuch Foundation 

 Mill, new; will exchange for Bees by the 

 pound, and Foundation. 

 10A2t L. L. ESENHOWER, Reading, Pa. 



WANTED— Names of bee-keepers who want 

 Honey Plant Seeds. G. M. WHITFORD, 

 Arlington, Nebr. lOAlt 



WANTED— You to see my advertisement in 

 another column, if you are interested 

 in Honey. H. L. PANG BORN, Maquoketa, loa. 

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