December, ic 



PUBLISHED MONTHLY BY 



GEORGE VI. YORK S COMPANY 



118 W.Jackson Blvd., Gliicago, 111. 



IMPORTANT NOTICE. 



THE SUBSCRIPTION PRICE of this Journal is 

 75 cents a year, In the United States of America, 

 (except Chicaso, where it is $1.00), and Mexico; 

 In Canada 8? cents; and in all other countries in 

 the Postal Union, 25 cents a year extra for post- 

 age. Sample copy free. 



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SUBSCRIPTION RECEIPTS.-We do not send 

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Nothine less than 4 lines accepted. 



Discounts: 



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6 " 12c" ." 12 •• (lyr.) lOcaline 



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National Bee-keepers' Association 



Objects of the Association. 



iBt.— To promote the Interests of its members. 

 2d.— To protect and defend its members in their 



American Vae Journal 



3 Standard Papers at a Bargain! 



Farm Journal (2 yrs.). Garden Maga- 

 zine-T arming, and C^merican "Bee Jour- 

 nal— Cill 3 Monthlies for Only $1.30, 



What the Papers Are : 



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honey 



enforce laws against the adulteration of 



Annual Membership Dues, $1.00. 



General Manager and Treasurer- 



N. B. Fhancb, PlatteylUe. Wis. 



tSr If more cimvenient, Dues may be sent to the 

 publishers of the American Bee Journal. 



"Songs of Beedom" 



This is a pamphlet, 6x9 inches, con- 

 taining 10 songs (words and music) 

 written specially for bee-keepers, by 

 Hon. Eugene Secor, Dr. C. C. Miller, 

 and others. They are arranged for either 

 srgan or piano. The list includes the 

 following: " Bee - Keepers' Reunion 

 Song;" "The Bee-Keeper's Lullaby;" 

 "The Hum of the Bees in the Apple- 

 Bloom;" "The Humming of the Bees;" 

 "Buckwheat Cakes and Honey;" "Dot 

 Happy Bee-Man;" "Bee-Keepers' Con- 

 vention Song;" "Tlie Busy, Buzzing 

 Bees :" "Spring-Time Joys ;" and "Con- 

 vention Song." The pamphlet is mailed 

 for 2S cents, or sent with the American 

 Bee Journal one year — both for only 

 90 cents. Send all orders to the Ameri- 

 can Bee Journal, 118 W. Jackson, Chi- 

 cago, III. 



Western Bee-Keepers .sl!w^"'„ 



how to eave money. Send for our new cala- 



lOR of the best Bee-ware made. 



TBK COlOaiDO noiEY-raODUCEKS' tM'), D»Tcr. C«l« 



The Garden Magazine-Farming is a 

 constant inspiration for tliose who enjoy 

 flowers and vegetables and trees and lawns, 

 and a very present help in titne of need. 

 The Garden Magazine has superb illustra- 

 tions and practical and helpful planting 

 tables. It can help you. The leading series 

 for the coming year is " Old World Effects 

 with New World Material." showing how 

 England grows our own flowers better than 

 we do, and what we should do for ourselves. 

 Another big feature is a planting table for 

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 of tables run each year. "The cheapest 

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 different plans for small yards at very mod- 



erate cost." Two double numbers at 25 

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The Farm Journal has over a half- 

 million subscribers— 3,000,000 readers. It is 

 practical, honest, progressive, cheerful, 

 clean. It is for the farmer, stockman, 

 trucker, fruit grower, dairyman, poultry- 

 man, the women folks, the boys and girls. 

 It is boiled down— cream, not skim-milk— 

 full of gumption and sunshine. It is for the 

 good folks in our farm and village homes. It 

 is for human beings, not fat hogs. Fat hogs 

 are all right, but they do not come first. 



The American Bee Journal— well, you 

 have a copy right here, so it speaks for itself. 



The above 3 papers for only $1.50 is surely a bargain. And the Farm Journal 

 will be sent for 2 years— the others 1 year each — to either new or renewal subscribers 



George W. York &• Co., S^.S'^^ 



" If Goods are Wanted Quick Send to Touder. " 



established 1889 



Bee-Supplies. Root's Goods in Indiana. 



standard Hives with latest improvements. Danzenbaker 

 Hives, Honey-Boxes, Comb Foundation and everything that 

 is used in the bee-yard. Large illustrated catalog mailed 

 free. Finest White Clover E.xtracted Honey for sale in any 

 quantity desired. :_^. 



WALTER S. POUDER, 513-515 Massachusetts Ave., Indianapolis, Ind. 



Dittmer's Comb Foundation 



Is the Best. Not because we say so, but because the Bees prefer 

 it to other makes. 



Dittmer's Process is Diitmer's 



It has built its Reputationand established its Merits, on its own 

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We make a Specialty of Working Was into Founda- 

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Write for free catalog and prices on full Line of 

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GUS DITTMER CO.. Augusta. Wis. 



Lewis Bee-Ware 

 Excells All 



Best Goods on the market for the 

 money. Prompt shipment. Satisfac- 

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The C. M. SCOTT CO., 



1009 E. Washington St., Indianapolis, Ind, 



200 Bee-Hives at a Sacrifice 



Buy your hives now fur ne.\t season and 

 save money. These are practically as good 

 as new set up and well painted ready for the 

 bees. Will be shipped to take the K. D. rate. 

 Regular dovetailed. $1.00 each: regular 

 Langstroth. il.OO each; Langstroth-Sim- 

 plicity, 75c each : standard size, plain-joint 

 hive with lodse-hanging frames, 75c each: 

 one 4-fr. Rout Autoinatic E.xtractor, good as 

 new, $17; uncapping can,$3..50: Miller feed- 

 ers, set up, new, each L'5c. Queen-e.xcluders, 

 each 10c. Fine heiivy-bodied extracteil 

 lioiie}', $S.!>5 |>er UO-lh. cHii. Order the 

 goods from this ad , and do bo »t once, as 

 they must be sold soon. 12Alt 



L. M. GULDEN, Osakis,4Mlnn. 



