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AMERICAN BEE ;OURNAL 



Sept. 26, 1901. 



PUBLISHED WEEKLY BY 



GEORGE W. YORK & COMPANY 



144 & 146 E rie St., Chicago, ill. 



Entered at the Post-Offlce at Chicago as Second- 

 Class Mail-Matter. 



EDITORIAL STAFF. 



Gbokge W. York, - - Editor-in-Chiet. 



Dr. C. C. Miller. ) Dp,„rtme„t 

 E. E. Hasty. v department 



Prof. A. J. Cook, ' 



( Editors. 



IMPORTANT NOTICES. 



The Subscription Price of this Journal 

 is SI. 00 a year, in the United States, Can- 

 ada, and Mexico ; all other countries in the 

 Postal Union,. 50 cents a year extra for post- 

 age. Sample copy free. 



The Wrapper-Label Date of this paper 

 indicates the end of the month to which 

 your subscription is paid. For instance. 

 "decOl" on your label shows that it is 

 paid to the end of December, 1901. 



Subscription Receipts. — We do not send 

 a receipt for money sent us to pay subscrip- 

 tion, 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 ap- 

 plication. 



National Bee Keepers' Association 



OBJECTS: 

 To promote and protect the interests of its 

 members. 

 To prevent the adulteration of honey. 

 To orosecute dishonest honey-dealers. 



E. Whitcomb, 



W. Z. HCTCHINSO 



A. I. Root, 

 E. T. Abbott, 

 P. H. Elwood, 

 E. K. Root, 



BOARD OF DIRECTORS. 

 Thos. G.N 

 G. M. DOOL 



J. M. Hamb 

 C. P. Dada> 

 Dr. C. C. Mi 



EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE. 

 Ernest R. Root, President. 

 R. C. AiKiN, Vice-President. 

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



Eugene Secor, General Manager and Treas- 

 urer, Forest City, Iowa. 



Membership Dues, $1.00 a year. 



H^" It more convenient, Dues may be sent 

 to the office of the American Bee .Journal, 

 when they will be forwarded to Mr. Secor, 

 who will mail individual receipts. 



A Celluloid Queen-Button is a very 

 pretty thing for a bee-keeper or honey-seller 

 to wear on his coat-lapel. It often serves to in- 

 troduce the subject of honey, 

 and frequently leads to a 

 sale. 



Note. — One reader writes: 

 " I have every reason to be- 

 lieve that it wottld be a very 

 good idea for every bee-keeper 

 to wear one [of the buttons] 

 as it will cause people to ask 

 questions about the busy bee, and many a con- 

 versation thus started would wind up with the 

 sale of more or less honey; at any rate it would 

 give the bee-keeper a superior opportunity to 

 enlighten many a person in regard to honey 

 and bees." 



The picture shown herewith is a reproduc- 

 tion of a motto queen-button that we are fur- 

 nishing to bee-keepers. It has a pin on the 

 underside to fasten it. 



Price, by mail, 6 cents; two for 10 cents; 

 oi 6 for 25 cents. Send all orders to the office 

 of the American Bee Journal. 



JTo. i " Barler Ideal" Oil-Beater. 



The "Barler Ideal" 



OIL=HEATER.... 



Saves Its Cost Every Year ! 

 NO ODOR 1 NO SMOKE! NO ASHES I 

 Costs only a cent an hour to run it. 



The editor of the American Bee Journal is using the 



" Barler Ideal " Oil Heater, and it is all right in every way. 



V\'e liked it so well that we wanted our readers to have it 



too, so we have recently arran^'ed with its manufacturers to 



fill our t>i'ders. The picture shown herewith is the one we 



recoumiend for general use. It is a perfect gem of a stove 



for heating dining-rooms, bed-rooms, and bath-rooms. It 



hinges back in a substantial way, and is thoroly well made 



thruout. The urn removes for heating water. The brass 



fount, or well, has a bail, and holds nearly one gallon of 



ker<i.sene oil. It is just as safe as an ordinary lamp. You 



wouldn't be without it for twice its cost, after once having 



c of these stoves. Most oil-stoves emit an offensive odor, 



but this one doesn't. Its bight is 3K feet, and weighs 



30 pounds, or 30 pounds crated ready for shipment, 



either by freight or express. 



Price, f.o.b. Chicago. $6.00 ; or, combined 

 ■with a year's subscription to the American Bee 

 Journal— both for only $6.30. Full Dikections 

 GO WITH EACH Stove. 



If you want something that is really serviceable, 

 reliable, and thoroly comfortable, you should get this 

 " Barler Ideal " Oil Stove, as it can easily be carried 

 by any woman from one room to another, and thus 

 have all the heat you want right where you want It. 

 Address, 



GEORGE W. YORK & CO., 



Chicago, 111. 



Please MentioD the Bee Journal ^^"" ^"'°^ 



Advertisers 



The Novelty Pocket=Knife. 



Your (Name and Address on one side — Three Bees on the other side. 



Your Name on the Knife.~Whe 



address you wish put oa the Knite. 



The Novelty Knife is iudeed a novelty The novelty Hes lu the handle. It is 

 made beautifully of indestructible celluloid, v/hich is as transparent as glass. Un- 

 derneath the celluloid, on one side of the handle is placed the name and residence of 

 the subscriber, and on the other side pictures of a Queen, Drone, and Worker, as 

 shown here. 



The Material entering- into this celebrated knife is of the very best quality; 

 the blades are hand-forged out of the very finest Euglish razor-steel, and we war- 

 rant every blade. The bolsters are made of German silver, and will never rust or 

 corrode. The rivets are hardened German silver wire; the linings are plate brass; 

 the back springs of Sheffield spring-steel, and the finish of the handle as described 

 above. It will last a last-time, with proper usage. 



Why Own the Novelty Knife ? In case a good knife is lost, the chances are the 

 owner will never recover it; but if the " Novelty " is lost, having name and address 

 of owner, the finder will return it; otherwise to try to destroy the name and ad- 

 dress, would destrov the knife. If traveling, and you meet with a serious accident, and are so for. 

 tunaie as to have one of the " Novelf.es." your Pocket-Knife will serve as an identifier; and in 

 case of death, your relatives will at once be notified of the accident. 



How appropriate this knife is for a present! What more lasting memento could a mother 

 give to a son, a wife to a husband, a sister to a brother, or a lady to a gentleman, the knife having 

 the name of the recipient on one side? 



The accompanying cu' gi res a faint idea, but cannot fully convey an exact representation oi 

 this],beautiful kuife,'as the ** Novelty" must be seen to be appreciated. 



How to Get this Valuable Knife.— We send it postpaid for $1.25, or give it as a Premium to the 

 one sending us 'i. riKi:E nkw subscribers to the Bee Journal (with $.''-'». 1 We will club the Noveltj- 

 Knife and the Bee Journal for one year, both for $1.90. 



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