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TMM MMMKICMlf MMM JO'lSiMlfMlL. 



BUSINESS MANAGER. 



Sitsiuess Moticts. 



In 



OO; 



Market dull. 



If Yon LiTC near one post office aud 

 get your mail at another, be sure to give the 

 address tliat we have on our list. 



Hilton's nevr pampliletonComb Honey 

 Production has been reduced in price to 5 

 cents. For sale at tliis office. 



Crive a Copy of " Honey as Food and 

 Medicine " to every one who buys a package 

 of honey. It will sell lots of it. 



If yon liose Money by carelessly en- 

 closing it in a letter, it is without excuse, 

 when a Money Order, which is perfectly 

 safe, costs but 5 cents. 



Please to get your I^eig-libor, 

 who keeps bees, to also take the American 

 Bee Journal. It is now so cheap that 

 no one can afford to do without it. 



Preserve Yoiu* Papers for futiu:e 

 reference. If you have no BIMWER we 

 will mail you one for 60 cents ; or you can 

 have one FREE, if you will send us 3 new 

 yearly subscriptions for the Bee Journai., 



Please wrilc AmeHeam, Bee Jowmal 

 on the envelope when writing to this office. 

 Several of our letters have already gone to 

 another firm (a commission house), causing 

 vexatioxis delay and tiouble. 



Xlie Convention. — The pamphlet 

 containing the report of the proceedings of 

 the Union Convention in Chicago, is now 

 published, and can be obtained at this office 

 for 35 cents. Or bound up with the history 

 of tlie International Society, and a full re- 

 port of the Detroit and Indianapolis conven- 

 tions, for .50 cents, postpaid. 



Home Markets tor honey can be 

 made by juiliciously distributing the 

 pamphlets, " Honey as Food and Medicine." 

 Such will create a demand in any locality at 

 remunerative prices. See list on the second 

 page of this paper. 



Alvi'ays Mention your Post-Offlce, 

 County and State when writing to this 

 office. No matter where you may happen 

 to be for the hour when actually writing— 

 never mention anything but your perma- 

 nent address. To do otherwise leads to 

 confusion, unless you desire your address 

 changed. In that case state the old as well 

 as the new address. 



Honey and ICeesvrax Market. 



DBTBOIT. 

 HONEY.— Best white In 1-pound sectionB, isoiec. 



Extracted, 9@10c. Little demand and few sales. 



BEESWAX.- 23®-24c. 

 Apr. 12. M.H. HUNT, Bell Branch. Mich. 



NEW YORK. 



1-lb. sec- 

 tions, 13@15e.: the same 

 wheat l-lbs., lOc; 2-lbs..9c 

 BEBSWAX.-24C. 



MCCAUL & HILDKBTH BROS., 

 Apr. 7. -28 & 30 W. Broadway, near Duane St. 



CHICAGO. 



HONEY.— Prices range from 16@18c. for best one- 

 lb. sections, to l4('«15c. for off color and condition: 

 2-lb8., 14(§)l5c. Dark is slow of sale at almost any 

 price. Extracted, 7@9c., with good supply. Light 

 demund. 



BEESWAX,— 22®23C. R. A. BURNETT. 



Mar. 22. 161 South Water 8t. 



NSW YORK. 

 HONEY.- We quote : Fancy white i-lb. sections, 

 I4(ail5c.; fancy 2-lbs., I2c. Lower grades l@2c. per 

 lb. less. Buckwheat i-lbs., lOOlOHc; i-lbs., 9®9Hc. 

 Extracted, white, TiSiVi-^c.: dark. 5>^@6c. 

 Mar. 19. F.G.STROHMKYER&CO., 122 Water St. 



CHICAGO. 



HONEY.— We quote : Fancy white clover i-lbs., 

 16@i7c.: 2-lbB., 15@16c. Dark is slow sale at almost 

 any price. Extracted is scarce, and sells at 7@10c. 



BBESWAX.-23C. 



Mar. 13. 8. T. FISH & CO., 189 S. Water St. 



01N(UNNATI 



HONEY.— We quote extracted at 4J^@9c. per lb., 

 for which demand is good. Comb honey, 14@17c.— 

 Supply large and demand slow. 



BEKSWAJC.— Demand is good— 20O22C. per lb. f or 

 good to choice yellow, on arrival. 

 Mar. 28. C. F. MDTH & SON, Freeman & Central Av. 



MILWAUKEE. 



HONEY.— Choice white one-lb. sections, 17018c. : 

 2-lbs.. 15@16c.; 3-lbs., 14c. Dark and' brofcen not quo- 

 table. Extracted, white in kegs and ^-barrels, 8?^ to 

 9c.-, in tin and pails, Di^Oloc.; dark, ^-barrels and 

 kegs, 5@7c. Market slow. 



BEBSWAX.-22®2,sc. 

 Mar. 10. A. V. BISHOP. 142 W. Water St. 



DENVER 



HONEY.— Best white 1-lb. sections, 17®19c.i 2-lb. 

 sections. ]5@17c. Extracted, 7®loc. 



BEESWAX.-20(iS'3c. 

 Mar. 1. J. M. CLARK & CO., 1409 Fifteenth St. 



2idtret*tiscmeuts. 



BEES FOTl S^^VHiE, 



DANIEL. WHITinER, 



17D2t P. 0. Box 48.1. SOUTH BEND. IND. 



ITAI^IANS on Langstroth frames— 2-frame 

 Nucleus (no Queen), $1.25 ; :i-frame, $1.75. 

 Bees per lb. 65c. Tested Queeo, $2; Untested. 

 $1.00. Also Dew-Berry Plants which I will 

 sell for 50o. perdoz. Every plant warranted 

 to live, or I will replace them. 

 15A4t 11* L. Panprborn, Maqnoketa, Io\%'a. 



35 COLONIES of BEES 



In good condition 

 I 



17A2t 



For particulars, address, 

 . O. BOX 40, 



BELLEVUE, NEBR. 



HOW TO RAISE COMB HONEY, 



PAMPH1.ET full of new and Improved 

 methods : Price. 5 one-cent stamps. You 

 n( ed also my list of Italian Queens, Bees by 

 the lb., and Supplies Oliver Foster, 

 13Atf Mt. Vernon, Linn Co., Iowa. 



WANTED, 



Bees-wax.— We will pay SO cents per 



pound, delivered here, for Tellow Beeswax. 

 To avoid mistakes, the name of the shipper 

 should always be on each package. 



THOS. G. IVEWTTIAN & SON, 



923 & 925 WflSt Madison St.. - CHICAGO. ILLS. 



Dadants' Foundation Factory, wholesale 



and retail. See advertisement in another column. 



KANSAS CITY. 



HONEY.— We quote; Choice white 2-ib. sections, 

 17@l8c.; dark2-lb8, I4(3il5c.; choice white l-lbs.. 18 to 

 20ctB.. dark l-lbs., 15®16c. White extracted, 7®8o.; 

 dark. 5(5.fic. Demand is slow. White extracted is 

 Arm when in 60-lb. tin cans. 



BEESWAX.— 21 to 22C. 

 Mar. 29. HAMBLIN & BBAR88, 514 Walnut St. 



BOSTON. 



HONEY.— We quote : 1-lb. sections, 16®17c.; 2- 

 lb. sections, 14@16c. Extracted. 8@9c. The market 

 is not very brisk and sales are slow. 



BBKSWAX.— 25 cts. perlb. 

 Mar 24. Blakk & KiPLBT. f.7 Chatham Street 



SAN FRANCISCO. 



HONBY.— We quote ; White to extra, io®l7c.; 

 amber. y@I4c. Extracted, white liquid, 7@7>^c.: 

 amber and candled, 6(3)7c. Market quiet. 



BEESWAX.— 18®21c. 

 Mar. 20. 8CHACHT * LBMCKB, 122-124 Davis St. 



KANSAS CITY. 



HONEY.-We quote; White l-lbs., glassed. I6®17c; 

 unglassetl, I7(rtil8c. ; and dark l-lbs., glassed, l.'jc. : un- 

 glassed, 16c.; white 2-lb8., glassed, 16c., : unglassed 2- 

 Ibs., 17c. California white 2-lb8.. 17c. Caliiornia ex- 

 tracted in fio-lb. cans, 8c. Market quiet and receipts 

 are larger. 



BBEttWAX.-No. 1.200.; No. 2, ISc. 

 Mar.l9. CLBM0N8. CLOON & CO., Oor 4th iWalnut. 



Clover Seeds,— We are selling Alsike 

 Clover Seed at tlie following prices : $8.00 

 per busliel; $2.2.5 per peck ; 35 cents per lb. 

 Wliite Clover Sepd : $10.00 per bushel; $3.75 

 per peck ; 30 cents per lb. Sweet, or Melilot, 

 Clover Seed: Sfi.OO per bushel ; $1.75 per 

 peek : 20 cents per lb.— by express or freight. 



YiK-ca ICi-iislies, for removing bees 

 from the combs, are a soft, vegetable fiber, 

 and do not irritate the bees. . We supply 

 them at 5 cents each, or 50 cents a dozen ; if 

 sent by mail, add 1 cent each for postage. 



A Grand Offer on Bees ! 



IlVII^Ii SElili to the tlrst man that means 

 business, my 20 «olonies, and Hives 

 \v-|lli Empty Combs, Extractor and Cap- 

 ping-Box, etc., at a bargain. For I can- 

 not run a store and bees to. I must sell imme- 

 diately. This is the best kind of a chance for 

 any one to go into the business. Come and 

 see me if you wish to buy. 



J. B. iniiRDOCK, Dexter, micb. 



2-OUNGE HONEY SECTION. 



SEND for Circular of the Shavinsr System 

 for small Sect ions. Invented and brought 

 to practical perfection by 



1VAI.TER H.ARinER, 



]6Atf 411 WfSt 8th St., MANISTEE, MICH. 

 MenMoJi (^f Amrrknyi Bee Journal. 



Dadants' Fonndation Factory, wholesale 



and retail. See advertisement in another column. 



SC'KE to send for our Circular 

 before buying. Italian Bees by 

 the lb., 2 or 3 fr. Nuclei, Queens, 

 Foundation, &c. Unt'd Queens In 

 May. SI; in June, 75c.; 6 tor $4. 

 Jno. Nebel & Son, High Hill, Mo. 

 14Atf 



Jones' Frame Fliers. 



FOB taking frames ont of lilveB, or 

 moving them in any way desired. It 18 

 made of Japanned Iron, and can be utillzea 

 in many ways. It has a long claw for loo^ 

 ening frames, and a book which maybe used 

 for carrying other frames besides the one 

 held by the Pliers. Price, 40 cents., by mau. 

 By express, 30 cents. 



THOS. G. NEWTWAN & SON, 

 923 & 926 W. Madison St., - CHICAGO, ILL. 



