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AMERICAN BEE jOUPNAL, 



March 28, 1900. 



GEORGE W. York & Co. 



144 & 146 ErieSl..GhiGago, 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, 

 50c a year extra for postage. Sample copy free. 



The Wrapper-Label Date of this paper indicates 

 the end of the mouth 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 

 chang'e the date ou 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 

 some other changes are used. 



National Bee Keepers' Association 



To promote ; 

 members. 



To prevent the adulteration of honey. 



To prosecute dishonest honey commiss 

 men. 



EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE. 



Ernest R. Root, President. 



R. C. AiKiN, Vice-President. 



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



Eugene Secor, General Manager and Treas- 

 urer, Forest City, Iowa. 



Membership Dues, $1.00 a year. 



The Bee-Keeper's Guide; 



Or, ^laniial of* the Apiary, 



BY 



PPOF, 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 

 mag"nificent 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 lor 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. Let every 

 body trv for it. Will YOU have one ? 



GEORGE W. YORK & CO.. 



144 A 146 Erie Street, CHICAGO, ILL. 



LoflQ-TonQuefl Bees 



ARE DEMANDED NOW. 



ONE Untested Italian Queen FREE as a Premium 

 fop sending us TWO new subscribers to the 

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

 or, one Tested Queen free as a premium for sending us FOUR 

 new subscribers (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, S2.00 each. Send all orders to 



GEORGE W. YORK «Sc 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. W ^^£EB 



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 & 146 Erie St., CHICAGO. 





Alfalfa or Basswoood Extracted Honey 



ALL IN 60-POUND TIN CANS. 



ALFALFA 

 HONEY.....,, 



This is the famous While 

 Extracted Houey g^athered in 

 the great Alfalfa regions of 

 the Central West. It is a 

 splendid houey, and nearly 

 everybody who cares to eat 

 honey at all can't get enough 

 of the Alfalfa extracted. 



BA5SW00D 

 HONEY....... 



This is the well-known 

 lig-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. 



f) A sample of either, oy mail, 8 cents ; samples of both, IS cents — 



Ki 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, 



^ S'i cents per pound. Cash must accompany each order. If ordering 



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



W desire. The cans are bost. 



vj Order the Above Honey and then Sell It. 



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



Nj 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, 



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

 w Address, 



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



