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AMERICAN BEE jOURNAL 



GEORGE W. YORK & CONPAINY 



144 & 146 Erie St., Chicago, III. 



Entered at the Post-Office at Chicago as Second- 

 Class Mail-Matter. 



EDITORIAL STAFF. 



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



Dr. C. C. Miller, ) r,„„„,f„„„, 

 E.E. Hasty. '(Department 

 Prof. A. J. Cook, ) J^'^""'"^- 



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 



To promote ; 

 members. 

 To prevent the adulteration of honey. 

 To prosecute dishonest honey-dealers. 



BOARD OF DIRECTORS. 



EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE. 

 Ernest R. Root, President. 

 R. C. AlKiN, Vice-President. 

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



EncENE Secok, General Manager and Treas- 

 urer, Forest City, Iowa. 



Membership Dues, $1.00 a year. 



^^° If more eonvenieut. 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 Celluloifl Queen-Button is a very 

 pretty thing for a bee-keeper or houey-seller 

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

 troduce the subjectof honey, 

 and frequently leads to a 

 sale. 



Note, — One reader writes: 

 " I have every reason to be- 

 lieve Ihat it would be a very 

 good idea for every 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 more or less honey; at any rale it would 

 give the bee-keeper a superior opportunity to 

 enligrhten 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 offica 

 of the American Bee Journal. 



Ko. 4 "Barter Ideal" Oil-Beater. 



The "Barler Ideal" 



OIL=HEATER.... 



Saves Its Cost Every Year ! 

 NO ODOR I NO SMOKE I NO ASHES ! 

 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. 

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

 too, so we have recently arranged with its manufacturers to 

 till our orders. The picture shown herewith is the one we 

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

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

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

 thruout. The urn removes lor heating water. The brass 

 fount, or weU, 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, 

 but this one doesn't. Its hight is 2J._; feet, and weighs 

 20 pounds, or 30 pounds crated ready lor shipment, 

 either by freight or express. 



Price, fob. Chicago, $6.00 ; or, combined 

 ■with a year's subscription to the American Bee 

 Journal-^both for only $6.50. Full Dikections 

 Go WITH EACH Stove. 



It 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 Irom one room to another, and thus 

 have all the heat you want right where you want it 



Address, 



GEORGE W. YORK & CO., 



Chicago, IlL 



Please Mention the Bee Journal IfcSS^f.?. 



The Novelty Pocket=Knife. 



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



I HOWARD M. MELBEE, 



HONEYVILL.E, O. 



(This Cut is this r'tTLL Size of the Knife.] 



rderiug-, be sure to say just what name aud 



Your Name on the Knife —Who 



?.ddress you wish put 09 the Knite. 



The Novelty Knife is iudeed a novelty The novelty lies iu the handle. It is 



made beautifully of indestructible celluloid, which is as transparent as grlass. Un- 

 derneatfi the celluloid, on one side of the handle is placed the name aud residence of 

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

 shown here. 



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

 the blades are haud-forg-ed out of the very finest Eng-lish razor-steel, and we war- 

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

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

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

 above. It will last a last-time, with proper usag-e. 



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 foi- 

 tunaie 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 lasti: 



™: — . if e to a husband, a sister to a brother, or a ladv to a 



ide? 



xact representation oS 



the name of the recipient ( 



The accompanying- cu' ujfres a faint idea, but cannot fully convey ; 

 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 ^ive it as a Premium to thg 

 one sending- us_iriKEE new subscribers to the Bee Journal (with $.•'».) We will club the Noveltj 



Knife and the Bee Journal for t 



r, both for $1.90. 



GEOKGE W. YORK L CO. 



*#*Please allor ■•bout two weeks f«r your knife order to be tiln 



St.f Chicago, IlL 



