AMERICAN BEE ;OURNAL 



PUBLISHT WEEKLY BY 



George W. York & Co. 



116 Michigan 5t., Chicago, UK 



IMPORTANT NOTICES: 



The Subscription Price of tbis journal is $1.00 a 

 year, in the United States, Canada, and Mex- 

 ico; all other countries in the Postal Union, 

 50c a yearextra for postag-e. Sample copy free. 



The Wrapper-Label Date of this paper indicates 

 the end of the month to which your subscrip- 

 tion is paid. For instance, " DecOO" on your 

 label shows that it is paid to the end of De- 

 cember, 1900. 



Subscription Receipts — We do not send a receipt 

 for money sent us to pay subscription, but 

 change the date on your wrapper-label, which 

 shows you that the money has been received 

 and duly credited. 



Advertising Rates will be given upon applica- 



Reformed Spelling.— The American Bee Journal 

 adopts the Orthography of the following Rule, 

 recommended by the joint action of the A mer- 

 ican Philological Association and the Philo- 

 logical Society of England: — Change "d" or 

 **ed" final to "t" when so pronounced, except 

 when the "e" affects a preceding sound. Also 

 some other changes are used. 



TI16 B66-K6eDer's 



Or, Manual of the Apiary, 



■ BY 



PROE A, J. COOK. 



460 Pages— 16th (1899) Edition— 18th Thou- 

 sand— $1.25 postpaid. 



A description of the book here is quite unnec- 

 essary — it is simply the most complete scientific 

 and practical bee-book publisht to-day. Fully 

 illustrated, and all written in the most fascinat- 

 ing style. The author is also too well-known to 

 the whole bee-world to require any introduction. 

 No bee-keeper is fully equipt, or his library 

 complete, without The Bee-Keepers' Guide. 



This 16th and latest edition of Prof. Cook*s 

 magnificent book of 460 pages, in neat and sub- 

 stantial cloth binding, we propose to give away 

 to our present subscribers, for the work of get- 

 ting NEW subscribers for the American Bee 

 Journal. 



Given tor TWO New Subscribers. 



The following offer is made to present sub- 

 scribers only, and no premium is also given to 

 the two NEW subscribers— simply the Bee Jour- 

 nal for one year: 



Send us two new subscribers to the Bee 

 Journal (with $i.OO), and we will mail you a copy 

 of Prof. Cook's book FREE as a premium. 

 Prof. Cook's book alone sent for $1.25, or we club 

 it with the Bee Journal for a year — both for only 

 $1.75. But surely anybody can get only TWO 

 NEW SUBSCRIBERS to the Bee Journal for a year, 

 and thus get the book as a premium. I^et every 

 body try for it. Will YOU have one ? 



GEORGE W. YORK & CO., 



IIS Michigan Street, CHICAGO, ILL. 



YELLOW OR WHITE 



Sweet Clover Seed 



Free as a Premium 



For Sending us One New Subscriber for a Year. 



There has been so much written 

 about both the white and the yellow 

 variety of sweet clover, that we will 

 simply say here that if one of our pres- 

 ent regular subscribers will send us $1 

 with a new name for next year (1901), 

 we will send the new subscriber the bal- 

 ance of this year's (1900) numbers free, 

 and mail, postpaid, to the one sending 

 the new name and the dollar, either 

 one pound of yellow sweet clover seed, 

 or two pounds of the white sweet clo- 

 ver. This is a good chance to get a 

 start of both kinds of these honey clo- 

 vers. Better send two new subscribers 

 (with $2.00) and get the three pounds 

 of seed. Address, 



GEORGE W. YORK & CO., 118 Michig'an St., CHICAGO, ILL. 





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BEST = 



Exiractefl Honeu For Sale 



ALL IN 60-POUND TIN CANS. 



ALFALFA 

 HONEY.**. 



This is the famous 



Extracted Honey gath — 



the great Alfalfa regions of 

 the Central West. It is a 

 splendid honey, and nearly 

 everybody who cares to eat 

 honey at all can't get enough 

 the Alfalfa extracted. 



BASSWOOD 

 HONEY*....„ 



'his is the well-known 



ixt-colored honey gathered 



m the rich, nectar-ladeu 



iswood blossoms in Wis- 



^,^^asin. It has a stronger 



flavor than Alfalfa, and is 



preferred by those who like a 



distinct flavor iu their honey. 





Prices of Either Alfalfa or Basswood Honey : ^^ 



A sample of either, by mail, 8 cents ; samples of both, IS cents — Jl^ 

 to pay for package and postage. By freight — one 60-pound can, 9;i ^^ 

 cents per pound; two cans, 9 cents per pound; four or more cans, ^' 

 8'2 cents per pound. Cash must accompany each order. If ordering ^^ 

 two or more cans you can have half of each kind of honey, if you so «* 

 desire. The cans are boxt. This is all (^!U- 



EBSOLWTBLY FURE BEES' E&MEJ. 



The finest of their kinds produced iu this country. 



m*- 



Read Dr. Miller's Testimony on Alfalfa Honey : 



just sampled the honey you sent, and it's prime. Thank you. I feel that 



" ■ ' ■ " "iral thousand pounds of honey of my own pro- 



usfbt to 



I'm something- of a heretic, to sell several thousand pounds of honey of 

 duction and then buy honev of you for my own use. But however loyal ( 

 be to the honev of his owii region, there s no denying- the fact that for 



kind of hot drink, where one prefers the more wholesome honey to su^ar. the very ^^ 



excellent quality of alfalfa honey I have received from you is better suited than the §fe<- 



honevs of more markt flavor, according to my taste. C. C. Miller. >j"' 



McHenry Co.,Ill. /^ 



Order the Above Honey and then Sell It. ^*" 



We would suggest that those bee-keepers who did not produce |^L 



enough honey for their home detnand this year, just order some of ^^ 



the above, and sell it. And others, who want to earn some money, J^ 



can get this honey and work up a demand for it almost anywhere. ^jf^ 

 Address, • 



GEORGE W. YORK & CO., ii8 Michigan St., Chicago, III. ^^ 



