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AMERICAN BEE jOURNAL, 



March 21, 1900. 



PUBLISHT WEEKLY BT 



George W. York & Co. 



144 &I46 Erie St., Chicago, III. 



IMPORTANT NOTICES: 

 The Subscription Price of this journal is $1.00 a 

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

 ico; all other countries in the Postal Union, 

 SOc a year extra for postage. 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, *' DecOl" on your 

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

 cember, 1901. 



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- 

 tion. 



Reformed Spelling.— The American Bee Journal 

 adopts the Orthography of the following Rule, 

 recommended by the joint action of the Amer- 

 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 

 6ome other changes are used. 



National Bee Keepers' Association 



OBJECTS: 



To promote and protect the interests of its 

 members. 



To prevent the adulteration of honey. 



To prosecute dishonest honey commission- 

 men. 



EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE. 



Ernest R. Root, President. 



R. C. AiKiN, Vice-President. 



Dr. a. B. Mason, Secretary, Toledo, Ohio. 



Eugene Secor, General Manager and Treas- 

 urer, Forest City, Iowa. 



Membership Dues, $1.00 a year. 



The Bee-Keeper's Guide; 



Or, IVlauiial ol* tlie Apiai-y, 



BY 



PROE A, ]. COOK, 



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

 sand— $1.25 postpaid. 



A description of the book here is quite unnec- 

 essary — it is simply the most complete scientific 

 aad practical bee-book publisbt 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 awav 

 to our present subscribers, for the work of get- 

 ting NEW subscribers for the American Bee 

 Journal. 



Given !or TWO New Subscribers. 



The following oflEer 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 $2.00), 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 onlv 

 $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. Let every 

 body try for it. Will YOU have one ? 



GEORGE W. YORK & CO.. 



144 & 146 Erie Street. CHICAGO, ILL. 



Lono-TonQuefl Bees 



ARE DEMANDED NOW. 



ONE Untested Italian Queen FREE as a Ppemium 

 for sending us TWO new subserlbeps to the 

 American Bee Journal for one year (with $2i; 

 OP, one Tested Queen free as a ppemium for sending us FOUR 

 new subscpibeps (with $4.00.) 



We have arranged with one of the oldest and best queen-breed- 

 ers (having many years' experience) to rear queens for us the coming- 

 season. His bees average quite a good deal the longest tongues of 

 any yet measured. The Breeder he will use is direct from Italy, 

 having imported her himself. Her worker-bees are large, somewhat 

 leather-colored, very gentle, and scarcely requiring veil or smoke. 

 They stored red clover honey last season. 



Orders for these fine, " long-reach " queens will be filled in rota- 

 tion — "first come, first served" — beginning about June 10th. It is 

 expected that orders can be filled quite promptly, as a large number 

 of nuclei will be run. All queens will be guaranteed to arrive in 

 good condition, and all will be dipt, unless otherwise ordered, 



CASH PRICES of these fine queens will be as follows : Untested, 

 SI. 00 each ; Tested, S2.0i) each. Send all orders to 



GEORGE W. YORK & CO. 



144 & 146 Erie St., CHICAGO, ILL. 



28 cents Cash 

 for Beeswax. 



This is a good time 

 to send in your Bees- 



paid for Beeswax. T SHfEjIi 



low, upon its receipt, or 30 cents in trade. Impure wax not taken at any price. 

 Address as follows, very plainly, 

 GEORGE W. YORK & CO., 144 Sc 146 Erie St., CHICAGO. 





White 



Alfalfa or Basswoood Extracted 



ALL IN 60-POUND TIN CANS. 



ALFALFA 

 HONEY.,,..., 



This is the famous White 

 Extracted Honey g-athered in 

 the great Alfalfa regions ol 

 the Central West. It is a 

 splendid honey, and nearly 

 everybody who cares to eat 

 honey at all can't pet enoug^h 

 of the Alfalfa extracted. 



BA5SW00D 

 HONEY....... 



This is the well-kuowu 

 li^ht-colored honey g-athered 

 from the rich, nectar-laden 

 basswood blossoms in Wis- 

 consin. It has a stronger 

 flavor than Alfalfa, and is 

 preferred by those who like a 

 distinct flavor in their honey. 



A sample of either, by mail, 8 cents ; samples of both, 15 cents — 

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

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

 8J2 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. 



Order the Above Honey and then Sell It. 



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

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

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

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



QEORQE W. YORK & CO., 144 & 146 Erie St., Chicago, III. 



