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AMERICAN BEE ;OURNAL 



Oct. 10, 1901. 



EEKLY BY 



GEORGE W. YORK S CONPAINY 



144 & 146 Erie St., Chicago, III. 



Entered at the Post^Offlce at Chicago as Second- 

 Class Mail-Matter. 



EDITORIAL STAFF. 



Gbobge W. Tokk, - - Editor-in-Chief. 

 Dr. C. C. Miller, ) r)p,,„rtment 

 E. E. Hasty, ]- "^fu.!? 



Prof. A. J. Cook, | Editors. 



IMPORTANT NOTICES. 



The Subscription Price of this Journal 

 is $1.00 a year, in the United States. Can- 

 ada, and Mexico; all other countries in the 

 Postal Union, 50 cents a year extra tor post- 

 age. Sample copy free. 



The Wrapper-Liabel 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 prosecute dishonest honey-dealers. 



BOARD OF DIRECTORS. 



E. Whitcomb, 



W. Z. HOTCHINSON, 



A. I. Root, 

 E. T. Abbott, 

 P. H. Elwood, 

 E. R. Root, 



Thos. G. Newmax, 

 G. M. Doolittle, 

 W. P. Marks, 

 J. M. Hambaugh, 

 C. P. Dadant, 

 Dr. C. C. Miller. 



EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE. 

 Ernest R. Root, President. 

 R. C. AlKlN, Vice-President. 

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



Eugene Secor, General Manager and Treas- 

 urer, Forest City, Iowa. 



Membership Dues, $1.00 a year. 



It^" If 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 would be a very 

 good idea forevery bee-keeper 

 to wear one [of the buttonsl 

 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 

 (five 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; 

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

 of the American Bee Journal. 



LanQswtion... 



Tll6H0I16l)B66 



Revised by Dadant— 1900 Edition. 



THE- 



The Bee-Reeper's Guide; 



Or, JVIaniiuI ot tlie Apiary, 



BY 



PROF, A, J, COOK, 



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

 sand— $1.26 postpaid. 



This is one of the standard books on 

 bee-culture, and ought to be in the 

 library of every bee-keeper. It is bound 

 substantially in cloth, and contains 

 over 500 pages, being revised by those 

 large, practical bee-keepers, so well- 

 known to all the readers of the Ameri- 

 can Bee Journal — Chas. Dadant & Son. 

 Each subject is clearly and thoroly ex- 

 plained, so that by following the in- 

 structions of this book one cannot fail 

 to be wonderfully helpt- on the way to 

 success with bees. 



The book we mail for $1.25, or club 

 it with the American Bee Journal for 

 one year — both for $1.75; or, we will 

 mail it as a premium for sending us 

 THREE NEW subscribers to the Bee 

 Journal for one year, with $3.00. 



This is a splendid chance to get a 

 grand bee-book for a very little money 

 or work. 



GEORGE W. YORK & CO. 



144 & 146 Erie Street, - CHICAGO, ILL. 



A description of the book here is quite unnec- 

 essary — it is simply the most complete scientific 

 and practical bee-book published to-day. Fully 

 Illustrated, and all written in the most fasclnat- 

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

 tlie whole bee-world to require any introduction. 

 No bee-keeper is fully equipped, or his library 

 complete, without The Bee-Kkepers' 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 griven to 

 the two NEW subscribers— simply the Bee Jonc- 

 aal 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 only 

 fl.75. But surely anybody can get only TWO 

 NEW SUBSCRIBERS to the Bee Jourual 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, ILI*. 



The Novelty Pocket=Knife. 



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



HOWARD M. MELBEE, 



HONEYVILLE, O. 



[This Cut is tij-b i-'ULL Size of the Knife.) 



Your Name on the Knife.— When ordering-, be sure to say just what name ami 

 address you wish put on the Knife. 



The Novelty Knife ts Indeed a novelty The novelty lies \n the handle. It is 

 made beautifuU.v of indestructible celluloid, which is as transparent as g-lass. 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 



Bhov 



her 



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

 the blades are haud-forg-ed out of the very finest Eug-lish 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 platebrass; 

 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 pood 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 destroy the knife. If traveling, and you meet with a serious accident, and are so for- 

 tunate as to have one of the "Novelties." your Pocket-Knife will serve as an identifier; and. io 

 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 ladv to a gentleman, the knife having 

 the name of the recipient on one side? 



The accompanying cu' gtves a faint idea, but cannot fully convey an exact representation of 

 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 hree new subsckihers to the Bee Journal (with$.^'W.) We will club the Novelty 

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



GEORGE W, YORK L CO, 



4®"Please allor" •»bout two weeks for your knife order to be filled. 



St„ Chicago, IlL 



