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HONEY AND BEESWAX MARKET.

NEW YORK, Dec. 24.-Demand is limited, and supply sufficient. No demand for 2-b sections. We quote: Comb-Fancy white, 1-lb., 13@14c; off grades, 1-lb., 10@11c; buckwheat, 1-lb., 9@10c. Extracted-Basswood, 7c; California, 7@72c; buckwheat, 51⁄2@6; Southern, 65@70c gal. Beeswax, scarce and firm, at 26@28c.

HILDRETH BROS. & SEGELKEN,

28-30 West Broadway.

KANSAS CITY, MO., Dec. 26.-Demand and supply are fair. We quote: White comb, 1lb., 15@16c; dark, 10@12c. Extracted-White, 7c; dark, 5@6c. Beeswax, is in light supply, and demand good, at 23@26c.

CLEMONS, MASON & CO.,

Cor. 4th and Walnut Sts.

CINCINNATI, Dec. 26.-The demand is slow, with good supply, except choice comb. We quote: Choice white comb, 14@16c. Extracted, 5@8c. Beeswax is in good supply and fair demand, at 23@25c for good to choice yellow.

C. F. MUTH & SON,

Cor. Freeman & Central Aves.

NEW YORK, Dec. 24.-Demand for honey is fair, with adequate supply. We quote: Fancy 1-b.. 14c; do 2-b., 12c; fair, 10@12c; buckwheat, 9@10c. Extracted-Clover and basswood, 7@7c; buckwheat, 5%@6c. Beeswax, in fair demand, with adequate supply, 26@27c. CHAS. ISRAEL & BROS., 110 Hudson St. CHICAGO, Dec. 26.-The demand is good for fancy white comb-honey, in 1-b. sections, at 15c; other grades white, 12@14c. Extracted honey slow sale, owing to abundance of fruit. We quote it at 62@7c. Beeswax, in light supply and good demand, at 26c.

S. T. FISH & CO., 189 S. Water St. KANSAS CITY, Mo., Dec. 26.-Demand poor, with large supply of comb. We quote: Comb -1-lb. fancy, 15@16c; dark, 12@13c. tracted-White, 7@72c; dark, 5@6c. Beeswax -None in market; light demand.

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HAMBLIN & BEARSS, 514 Walnut St. DETROIT, Dec. 24.-The demand for combhoney is fair and supply moderate. We quote: Comb, 12@13c; extracted, 7@8c. Beeswax in good supply, and light demand, at 25@26c.

M. H. HUNT, Bell Branch, Mich. CHICAGO, Dec. 26.-Demand good and supsufficient. We quote: Comb, 14@16c. Extracted, 6@7c. Beeswax, in light supply, and good demand, at 25@27c.

J. A. LAMON, 44-46 S. Water St. MILWAUKEE, Dec. 26.-Demand fair and supply good, except of the best quality. We quote: Comb-choice, 1-lb., 15@16c; fair, 13@14c; dark, 10@12c. Extracted-white, in barrels or kegs, 72@8c; dark, 6@61⁄2c. Beeswax, 23@28c.

A. V. BISHOP, 142 W. Water St. SAN FRANCISCO. Dec. 23.-Demand good, supply small. We quote: Comb, 1-lb., 10@14c. Extracted, 51⁄2@62c. Beeswax, in light supply and good demand, at 23@25c.

SCHACHT, LEMCKE & STEINER,
16 Drumm Street.

NEW YORK, Dec. 24.-Demand moderate, and supply reduced, with no more glassed 1-b nor paper cartons, 1-b. We quote: Comb, 1-bb, 14@15c. Extracted-Basswood, 74@72c; buckwheat, 51⁄2@6%; Mangrove, 68@75c per gal. Good demand for dark extracted honey. Beeswax, in fair supply, with small demand, at 26@27c.

F. G. STROHMEYER & CO., 122 Water St,

CHICAGO, Dec. 26.-Demand is now good, supply is not heavy. We quote: Comb, best grades, 15@16c. Extracted, 6@8c. Beeswax, 26@27c. R. A. BURNETT, 161 S. Water St.

BOSTON, Dec. 24.-Demand is good, supply ample. We quote: 1-b. fancy white comb, 15@16c; extracted, 7@9c. Beeswax, none in market. BLAKE & RIPLEY, 57 Chatham St. ALBANY, N. Y., Dec. 24.-Demand is slow, supply not liberal, as stock is mostly in. We quote: White comb, 12@15c; buckwheat and mixed, 8@12c. Extracted Light, 7@71⁄2c; dark, 6@62c. Beeswax-Supply light, and demand steady, at 28@29c.

H. R. WRIGHT, 326-328 Broadway.

NEW YORK, Dec. 24.-Demand is fair, and supply ample, except buckwheat comb. We quote: Fancy white comb, 14@15c; buckwheat, 10@11c. Extracted-Clover and basswood in good demand at 6@8c; buckwheat in demand at 5%@61⁄2c. Beeswax in fair demand at 26@28c. F. I. SAGE & SON, 183 Reade St.

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and Gleanings in Bee-Culture.
Bee-Keepers' Guide...
Bee-Keepers' Review.
The Apiculturist..
Canadian Bee Journal.
American Bee-Keeper..
The 7 above-named papers

and Langstroth Revised (Dadant) 3 00.
Cook's Manual (1887 edition) 2 25.
Quinby's New Bee-Keeping. 2 50.
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The Convention Hand - Book very convenient at Bee-Conventions. It contains a simple Manual of Parliamentary Law and Rules of Order for Local BeeConventions; Constitution and By-Laws for a Local Society; Programme for a Convention, with Subjects for Discussion. In addition to this; there are about 50 blank pages, to make notes upon, or to write out questions, as they may come to mind. They are nicely bound in cloth, and are of the right size for the pocket. We will present a copy for one new subscription to the BEE JOURNAL (with $1.00 to pay for the same), or 2 subscribers to the HOME JOURNAL may be sent instead of one for the BEE JOURNAL.

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Size, Open, 14 by 22 Inches; Closed, 14 by 11 Inches. By the reference index, counties and county-seats may be readily found on the maps.

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Statistics of immigration into the United States,
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Public debt of the United States for the past 100

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Commercial failures in the United States for 1889 and 1890.

Indebtedness of the world, with per cent of increase or decrease for 1880 and 1890.

Gold and silver statistics of the United States. Interest laws and statutes of limitations for each state and territory.

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Chilled Brood and Foul-Brood

Editorial Buzzings....

Fertilization of Plants...

Few Swarms and Little Honey
First Lessons in Bee-Keeping.
Foul-Brood and the Utah Association...
Good Crop of White Honey....
Illinois State Convention...
Italian Bees-Points of Excellence
Killed by the Sting of a Bee...
Large Increase

Meanness-Killing the Bees
Mine are Fine Italian Bees..
My Experience in Keeping Bees..

North American Bee-Keepers' Convention 46
Prevention of Swarming..

Some Things I Have Learned
Special Notices..

Spraying Fruit Trees..

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Spraying Fruit Trees while in Bloom..
Sublime Impudence...
Successful Apiarists
That Cook-Book Premium
The Honey and the Gall.
They Laugh at Us..
Topics of Interest
Use of Separators..
Wavelets of News..
Welcome Visitor

When to Put Bees into Cellars.

Wintering Bees on Honey-Dew
Wintering on Summer Stands

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