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AMERICAN BEE jOURNAL 



Dec. 26, 1901. 



PUBLISHED "WEEKLY BY 



GEORGE W. YORK S COMPANY 



144 & 146 Erie St., Chicago, III. 



Entered at the Post-Offlce at Chicago as Second- 

 Class Mail-Matter. 



EDITORIAL STAFF. 



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



Dr. C. C. Miller, ) •r.„„„,» , 



E.E. Hastt. '(Deopartment 

 Prof. A. J. Cook, f Editors. 



IMPORTANT NOTICES. 



The Subscription Price of this Journal 

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

 ada, and Mexico ; all other countries in the 

 Postal Union, 50 cents a 3'ear 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 



OIJJECTS: 

 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. Newma; 



g. m. doolittle, 



W. F. Marks, 



J. M. Hambaugh, 



C. P. Dadant, 



Dr. C. C. Miller. 



A. I. Root, 

 E. T. Abbott, 

 P. H. Elwood, 

 E. K. Root, 



EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE. 

 Ernest R. Root, President. 

 R. C. AiKiN, Vice-President. 

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



Eugene Secok, General Manager and T 

 nrer. Forest City, Iowa. 



Membership Dues, $1.00 a year. 



11^" 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 for every 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 

 yive 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 offica 

 of the American Bee Journal. 



1 0>xira6l)6(l Honeu For Sale i 



•^ ALL IN 60 POUND TIN CANS. ^ 



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=BEST= 



Alfalfa 

 Honey J/c 



ted 



This is thefam. 

 White Exirac 

 Honey gathered 

 the great Alfalt 

 regions of the Cent 

 ral West. It is : 

 splendid honey 

 nearly every bod 

 who cares to e a 

 honey at all can 

 get enough of th 

 Alfalfa extracted. 



Basswood 

 Honey J?<C 



This is the well- 

 known light-colored 

 boney gathered from 

 the rich, nectar- 

 taden basswood blos- 

 soms. It has a 

 stronger flavor than 

 \lfalfa, and is pre- 

 ferred by those who 

 like a distinct flavor 

 in their honey. 



Prices of Alfalfa or Basswood Honey: 



A sample of either, by mail, 10 cents, to pay for package and post- 

 age. By freight — two or more 60-pound cans of Alfalfa, 7}i cents per 

 pound. Basswood Honey, yi cent more per pound than Alfalfa prices. 

 Cash must accompany each order. You can order half of each kind of 

 honey, if j'ou so desire. The cans are two in a box, and freight is not 

 prepaid. 



Order the Above Honey and then Sell It. 



We would suggest that those bee-keepers who did not produce 

 enough honey for their home demand this year, just order some of the 

 above, and sell it. And others, who want to earn some money, can get 

 this honey and work up a demand for it almost anywhere. 



GEORGE W. YORK & CO., 144 & 146 Erie St., Chicago, III. 



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 tiik t^ULL Size of the Knife.] 



iderlug-, be sure to say just what name aud 



Your Name on the Knife.— Whe 



address you wish put on the Knlte. 



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-forged out of the very finest Eng-lish razor-steel, and we war- 

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

 ^he rivets are hardened German silver wire; the linings are plate brass; 

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

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

 tunate as tb have one of the "■ Novelties," your Pocket-K>'ife will serve as an identifier; and in 

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



rant every 

 corrode. '^ 

 the back spr 

 above. 



Ho 



V appropriate this knife is i 

 son, a wife to a husband, a s 

 of the recipient on one side? 



orapresenti What more lasting memento could a mother 

 ister to a brother, or a ladv to a gentleman, the knife having 



The accompanying cu( gives a faint idea, but cannot fully convey an exact representation of 

 this^beauiiful 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 usj. riREE newsuescribers to the Bee Journal (with ST-.')").! We will club the Novelty 



Knife aud the Bee Journal for t 



, both for $1.90. 



GEORGE W, YORK & CO, 



iBS^Please allor* ■'bout two weeks for your kuife order to be filien. 



St, Chicago, IlL 



