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AMERICAN BEE jOURNAL, 



Oct. 17, 1901. 



GEORGE YV. YORK S COMPANY 



144 & 146 Erie St., Chicago, III. 



Entered at the Post-Office at Chicago as Second- 

 Class Mail-Matter. 



EDITORIAL STAFF. 



Geoege W. York, - - Editor-in-Chief. 

 Dr. C. C. Miller, ) n„„„,t„,„„f 

 E.E. Hasty, 1-°1F?u'"r 

 Prof. A. J. Cook, ) ^'^"°'^^- 



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 prosecute dishonest honey-dealers. 



BOARD OF DIRECTORS. 



Thos. G. Newman, 

 g. m. doolittle, 

 W. F. Mari 



E. Whitcomb, 

 W. Z. HUTCHI^ 

 A. I. Root, 

 E. T. Abbott, 

 P. H. Elwood, 

 E. R. Root, 



M. Hambaugh, 

 C. P. Dadant, 

 Dr. C. C. Miller. 



EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE. 

 Ernest R. Root, President. 

 R. C. AiKiN, Vice-President. 

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



Eugene Secor, General Manager and Treas- 

 nrer. Forest City, Iowa. 



Membership Dues, $1.00 a year. 



t^" If more convenient. Dues may be sent 

 to the ofBce 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 

 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 fitr- 

 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. 



LangsMlion... 



TI16H0I1611B66 



Revised by Dadant — 1900 Edition. 



THE 



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 SI. 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. 



The Bee-Keeper's Guide; 



Or, J9Ia,iiual ol tlie Apiary, 



BY 



PROE A. I COOK, 



460 Pages— 16tli (1899] Edition-18tli 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 published to-day. Fully 

 Illustrated, and all written in the most fasclnat- 

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

 the whole bee-world to require any introduction. 

 No bee-keeper is fully equipped, or his library 

 complete, without The Bee-Keepeks' 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 aw at 

 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 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 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 try for it. Will YOU have one 7 



QEORGE W. YORK & CO., 



144 & 146 Erie Street. CHICAGO, ILL. 



The Novelty Pocket=Knife. 



d Address on one side— Three Bees on the other side. 



HOWARD M. MELBEEp 



HONEYVILLE, O. 



[This Cut is the i-^CTLL Size of the Knife.] 



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

 address you wish put on the Knife. 



The Novelty Knife is indeed a novelty. The novelty lies In the handle. It is 

 made beautifully of indestructible celluloid, which 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, aud Worker, as 

 shown here. 



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

 the blades are haud-forged out of the very finest English 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 



the back springs of Sheffield spring-steel, 

 above. It will last a last-time, with prope 



Why Own the Novelty Knife ? In ca 

 owner will never recover it; but if the *' N 

 of owner, the finder will return it; othei 

 dress, would destroy the knife. If travelii 

 lunate as to have one of the " Novelt;( 

 case of death, your relatives will at on< 



How appropriate this knife is for a pre 

 give to a son, a wife to a husband, a sister to a brother, 

 the name of the recipient on one side? 



The accompanying cu(, gives a faint idea, but cannot fully 



h of the handle as described 



:ase a good knife is lost, the chances are the 



Novelty " is lost, having name and address 



erwise to try to destroy the name and ad- 



ing, and you meet with a serious accident, and are so for- 



" your Pocket-Knife will serve as an identifier; and la 



be notified of the accident. 



What more lasting memento could a mother 

 lady to a gentleman, the knife having 



this>eautiful knife, as the ** Novelty ' 

 How to Get this Valuable Knife. 



one sending us i hree new subscrib: 

 Knife and the Bee Journal for one yea 



an exact representation of 

 must De seen to be appreciated. 

 We send it postpaid for $1,25, or give it as a Premium to the 

 Rs to the Bee Journal (with$3,W.J We will club the Novelty 

 , both for $1.90. 



GEORGE W, YORK L CO, 



-e^Please allor" '»bout two weeks for your knife order to be filied. 



Stf ChicagOf IlL 



