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AMERICAN BEE jOUENAL 



Nov. 21, 1901. 



PUBLISHED WEEKLY BY 



GEORGE W. YORK H COMPANY 



144&l46E rieSt., Gliicaoo, III. 



Entered at the Post-Oflice at Chicago as Second- 

 Class Mail-Matter. 



EDITORIAL STAFF. 



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

 Dr, C. C. Miller, ) npnartmpnt 

 E. E. Hasty. } ^^iPff '"^f °'' 



Prof. A. J. Cook, j ^>i^tors. 



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 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. 

 E. Whitcomb, 



W. Z. HCTCHINSON, 



A. I. Root, 



E. T. Abbott, 

 P. H. Elwood, 

 E. R. Root, 



AUGH, 



J. M. Ha 

 C. P. Da 

 Dr. C. C. Miller. 



EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE. 

 Ernest R. Root, President. 

 R. C. Aikin, Vice-President. 

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



EuGE^JE Secor, General Manager and Treas- 

 tirer. Forest City, Iowa. 



Membership Dues, $1.00 a year. 



fW 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 buttonsj 

 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 tnore or less honey; at any rate it would 

 Ifive 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 oiBca 

 of the American Bee Journal. 



The "Barler Ideal" 



OIL=HEATER.... 



Saves Its Cost Every Year 1 

 NO ODORl NO SMOKE I NO ASHES I 

 Costs only a cent an hour to run it. 



The editor of the American Bee Journal is using tlje 

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

 We liked it so well that we wanted our readers to have it 

 too, so we have recently arranged with its manufacturers to 

 fill our orders. The picture shown herewith is the one we ■ 

 recommend 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 fhoroly well made 

 thruout. The urn removes for heating water. The brass 

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

 kerosene oil. It is just as safe as an ordinary lamp. You 

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

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

 hut this one doesn't. Its hight is 2}.> feet, and weighs 

 20 pounds, or 30 pounds crated rea"dy 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 $6.50. Full Directions 

 GO WITH each Stove. 



If you want something that is really serviceable, 

 reliable, ami 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., 



JTo. 4 ' ' Barler Ideal " Oll-Eeater. 



Chicago, 111. 



Please Mention the Bee Journal lJl?xSJ^f.. 



Ttie Novelty Pocket=Knife. 



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



HOWARD M. MELBEE, 



HONEYVILLE, O. 



[This Cut is tiik i-'ULi, Size of the Knife.] 



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

 address you wish put ou the Kuite. 



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 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 

 shown here. 



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

 the blades are hand-forg-ed 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 back springs of Sheffield spring--stQel, 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 " ts 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 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' gives a faint idea, but cannot fully convey an exact representation ol 

 this^beautiful knife, 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 \ hkee new subsckihers to the Bee Journal (with$.VW.) We will club the Novelty 

 Knife and the Bee Jo -' ' ' ' " "' "" 



aal for one year, both for $1.90. 



GEORGE W, YORK L CO, 



*S"Please alloy •»bout two weeks for your knife order to be filien. 



St., Chicago, IlL 



