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AMERICAN BEE jOURNAL. 



April 18, 1900. 



PDBLISHT WEEKLY BY 



Qeorqe W. York & Co. 



144 & 146 E rie St., Ghicago, III. 



'Entered at the Post-Office at Chicagro as Second- 

 Class Mail-Matter. 



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 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, IWl. 



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 *'r' when so pronounced, except 

 when the "e" affects a preceding sound. Also 

 some 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. AiKlN, Vice-President. 



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



EnGENE Secok, General Manager and Treas- 

 urer, Forest City, Iowa. 



Membership Dues, $1.00 a year. 



fhe Bee-Keeper's Guide; 



Or, :Tlauiial of (lie Apini-y. 



BY 



PROF, A, J. COOK, 



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

 sand- S1.25 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 stvle. 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 4<)0 pages, in neat and sub- 

 stantial cloth binding, we proposeto GIVE away 

 to our present subscribers, for the work of get- 

 ting NEW subscribers for the American Bee 

 Journal. 



Given tor TWO New Subscribers. 



offer 



made to 1 

 premii 



sub- 



flply the Bee Jour 



The follov 

 scribers onl; 



the two NEW subscribeVs- 

 nal for one year: 



Send us two new. subscribers to the Bee 

 Journal (with $i.0O), 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 vear— 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? 



QEORaE W. YORK & CO., 



144 & 146 Erie Street, CHICAGO, ILL. 



I Red Glover Queens 



ONE Untested Italian Queen FREE as a Premium 

 for sending us TWO new subsepibers to tlie 

 Amepican Bee Joupnal fop one year (with $2); 

 OP, one Tested Queen fpee as a premium 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, S2.00 each. Send all orders to 



GEORGE W. YORK & CO. 



144 & 146 Epie St., CHICAGO, ILL. 



paid 



28 cents Cash 

 for Beeswax. 





This is a good time 

 to send in your Bees- 

 wax. We are paying 

 28 cents a pound — 

 CASH— for best yel- 



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...,,,. 



|r^?^ This is the famous White 



5.^J^ Extracted Honey g-athered in 



K^^ the great Alfalfa regrions of 



g;i/ the Central West. It is a 



►'^CW splendid honey, and nearly 



f^^j everybody who cares to eat 



^S honey at all can't get enoug-h 



i^B^ of the Alfalfa extracted. 



BASSWOOD 

 HONEY,,,.,.. 



This is the well - known 

 li^ht-colored honey gathered 

 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, oy mail, 8 cents ; samples of both, IS cents — 

 to pay for package and postage. By freight — one 60-pound can, 9)4 

 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. 



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 honej' and work up a demand for it almost anywhere. 



Address, 



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



