American ISae Journal 



PUBLISHED MONTHLY BY 



GEORGE W.YORK S COMPANY 



146 W. Superior St., Chicago, 111. 



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National B^^-Keepers' Association. 



(Ortranized in 1870.) 

 Objects. 



1. To promote the interests of bee-iteepers. 



2. To protect and defend its members in 

 their lawfnl rights as to keeping: bees. 



3. To enforce laws against the adulteration 

 of honey. 



Membership Dues. 

 One dollar a year. 



Officers and Executive Committee. 

 President— Gp:oR(;e W. York. Chicago. III. 

 Vice-President— W. D. Wright. Altamont. 

 N. Y. 



Secretary— Louis H. Scholl. NewBraun- 

 fels. Te.t. 



Treas. & Gen. Mgr.-N. E. Fran'CE. Platte- 

 ville, Wis. 



Twelve Directors. 

 G. M. Doollttle. Borodino. N. Y. 



Jas. A. Stone, Kl. 4. Sprlngrfield. 111. 

 R. A. Holekamp. 42(i3 Va. Ave., St. Louis, Mo. 

 Wm. McEvny. Woodbum, Ont., Canada. 

 M. U. Mendleson. Ventura, Calif. 



R. C. Aikln, Loveland, Colo. 

 K. I.. Taylor. Lapeer. Mich. 



E. D. Townsend, Remus, Mich. 



ITdo Toepperweln, San Antonio. Tex. 

 J. E. Crane, Middlebury, Vt. 



E F. Atwater. Meridian. Idaho. 



R. A. Morgan, Vermilion, S. Dak. 



Arevou a member? If not, why not send 

 the annual dues of $1.00 at onre to Treas. 

 France or to the office of the American Bee 

 Journal. 1.16 W. Superior St.. Chicago. III.? 

 It will be forwarded promptly to the Treas- 

 urer, and a receiiit mailed to you by him. It 

 is the desire of the officers to increase the 

 membership to 5«i(> by the end of iqio. Every 

 progressive bee-keeper should be a member 

 of this, the greatest bee-keepers' organiza- 

 tion in America. 



Doubled the Sale of Honey. 



The copies of "Honey as a Heath Food" 

 that I have used have about doubled my sale 

 of honey. Gfio. H. Couuson. 



Cherokee, Okla., Oct. 20, 1909. 



Elkhart Buggies 



are the best made, best grade and easiest riding 

 buggies on earth for the money. 



FOR THIRTY-SEVEN YEARS 



we have been selling direct and are 

 The Largest Manufacturers in the World 



selling to the consumer exclusively. 



W'c bblp for finrninaliun and approval, yuar- 

 antecing safe .lt:Uvery, ami also Xn save you 

 monev. If you are Dot satisfied as to style, 

 quality and price yu arenothirif; oi 



May We Send You Our 

 Large Catalogue? 



Elkhart Carriage & Harness Mfg. 

 Elkhart, . - - - Indiana^ 



save you 

 ; to style. 



^g.CoJ 

 ana^^ 



Poultry and 

 Bee-Supplies 



We keep on hand at all times the largest 

 and most complete line of things used by 



Foultry and Bee-men. 



Prairie State Incubators 

 and Brooders 



Root's Bee-Supplies 

 Standard Bone-Cutters 



Our fyec Catalotr for the asking. We save 

 you freig:ht on goods from TOLEDO. 



Beeswax— Wanted at all times. Send 

 list of goods you will need. 



The GRIGGS BROS. CO. 



24 North Erie St., Detroit, IVIich. 



Cook's Honey-Jar. 



With patent Air-Tight Sanitaky Stoi-I'ER 

 is the Best and Cheapest Honey- Jar made. 

 Sold only by 



J. H. M. Cook, 70 Cortlandt St., N. Y. City. 



Send in cents half postage) for sample ,lar. 

 and catalog of Well-Bkkd Bees. Queens, 

 Hives, etc. 



l^r- The oldest Bee-Supply Store in the 

 East, 2.\tf 



Fnr ^alo '- Indian Kunner Duck eggs. 5i. 00. 



rui «dlC 15 White Wyandotte eggs. 81.00; 



i; K(.si' Comb Rhode Island Reds. $1.50. 2.A.3t 



J. F. MICHAEL, Rt. 1, Winchester, Ind. 



Again to the Front with 



The Famous Banats 



Having ni<:>\ed my Banat 

 Apiaries from Sabinal to 

 San Benito. Texas. I am 

 now better prepared to 

 furnish High Quality 



QUEENS 



and guarantee them pure- 

 ly mated. Prices: Untes- 

 ted Queens, each. I'^c: per 

 doz.. $8.00. Tested Queens 

 each. $1.25; per doz.. S12.00. 



My stock is pure and free from disease — 

 the gentlest bees on earth. 



GRANT ANDERSON, 



2Atf 



S.\.\ BENITO. TEX.AS. 



Ruby Nugget 



Tomato 



-^ V^. J'^ueTrww.ut II A gran^l novelty wtiicn ortKliint- 

 IL*^^ _ jSZSkTo »Mro II ed on our place and Is now offei^ 

 'ni5'^ ^HeSbfc ed for Ihe firrtt time. Whllfl Iio( 



pk.l ^ ^T^ L larEP.fitlU it iB a handsome tniit, 

 ^CiVCp-^^-^j-iir^ — <3 of drtl't'oiis flavor and womler- 

 O y^ ^** ^^ fully j.roductlve — over 700 fruits 



\^/% J |.* have teen Krown on one plant. 



OCHll\ rVlA.. A cash prise oftlO.OO will l«i paid 

 ^\|V I I MA to ihe person jrrowinpthelarcesl 

 • VC number of Kul.y NuECet Toma- 

 toes on a slnelo plant this year. Price is 35 cents pel pacKet 

 of 100 seeds, but to Induce yon to give our Choice Iowa 

 Seeds a liiftl this vsnr. we will send von a trial packet of 

 about 25 seeds wiiluut . haree, tocelher with a copy of 

 large Illustrated seed and plant catalog. If you have had 

 our catalog thii year, please say Bo. Mention this paper 

 IOWA SEED CO.. Dept. 5 PES MOINES. IOWA. 



Books for Bee-Keepers 



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