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THE AMERICAN BEE JOURNAL. 



Oct. 29, 1903. 



PUBLISHED WEEKLY BY 



GEORGE W. YORK 8 COMPANY 



I44&146E. Erie St., Chicago, III. 



EDITOR, 

 OEOR-OEJW-. -Z-OK/IC. 



DEPT. EDITORS, 



Dr.C.C.Mii,i.er, E.E.Hasty, Emma M.Wilson 



IMPORTANT NOTICES. 



The Subscription Price of this Journal 

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The Wrapper-Label Date of this paper 

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Subscription Receipts. — We do not send 

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Advertising Rates will be given upon ap- 

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National Bee Keepers' Association 



Objects of the Association : 



1st. — To promote the interests of its members. 



2d.— To protect and defend its members in 

 their lawful rights. 



3d.— To enforce laws against the adulteration 

 of honey. 



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President— W. Z. Hutchinson, Flint, Mich. 

 Vice-President— J. U. Harris, 



Grand Junction, Colo, 

 .secretary— George W. York, 



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 General Manager and Treasurer— 



N. E. France, Platteville, Wis. 



BOARD OF Directors. 



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W. Z. Hdtchinson, Flint, Mich. 



Udo Toepperwein, San Antonio, Tex. 

 R. C. AiKiN, Ivoveland, Colo. 



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 E. R. Root, Medina, Ohio. 

 Wm. a. Selser, Philadelphia, Pa. 

 G. M. Doolit-, le, Borodino, N. Y. 

 W. F. Marks, Chapinville, N. Y. 



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Dr. C. C. Miller, Marengo, I'' 



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 to ihe Secretary, ^t the office of the American 

 Bee Journal. 



A Celluloid Queen-Button is a very 



preity thing for a bee-keeper or honey-seller to 

 wear on his coat-lapel. It of- 

 ten serves to introduce the 

 subject of honey, and fre- 

 quently leads to a sale. 



The pictureshown herewith 

 is a reproduction 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 10c; 



or 6 for 25 cents. Send all orders to the ofBce 



of the American Bee Journal. 



Editorial Estimates of 



Dr. Miller's Book. 



AN AUSTRALIAN ESTIMATE. 



•• Forty Years Among the Bees '• is the title 

 of a new bee-book written by Dr. C. C. Miller, 

 in his usual chatty stjle. Dr. Miller has the 

 knack of makinj; all his writings readable, 

 interesting, and instructive. He has had over 

 41 years' experience with bees, and sets out 

 to tell the successes and failures he had dur- 

 ing that time, special attention being given to 

 failures. Such a book can not fail to instruct 

 both professional and novice. The book is 

 illustrated with over 100 half-tone illustra- 

 tions taken by the Doctor himself, and mostly 

 in his own apiary. I look upon the book as a j' 

 valuable addition to apicultural literature. 



The writer, on looking over the pages, is 

 reminded of the very pleasant and instructive 

 day spent at the Doctor's home, about 4'o 

 years ago, when visiting the American States'. 

 Many of the illustrations include pans of the 

 apiary and home surroundings which are 

 familiar to him, and it is such pleasant recol- 

 lections as these that create a desire again to 

 visit the same spot. I would like Dr. Miller 

 to visit our sunny land. He would he wel- 

 comed by all the bee-keepers, and especially 

 by myself.— Editor W. S. Pendeu, in the 

 Australian Bee-Keeper. 



The American Bee-Keeper contains the fol- 

 lowing very complimentary paragraph : 



Dr. C. C. Miller, the world-renowned api- 

 arist of Marengo, ni., whose dominant traits 

 are deep thinking and cheerfulness, has re- 

 cently published another work on bee-keep- 

 ing, entitled, " Forty Years Among the Bees." 

 The new volume is a real gem of H3S pages, 



beautifully bound in cloth, and handsomely 

 embellished in gold. It is profusely illus- 

 trated with half-tone engravings reproduced 

 entirely from photographs taken ijy the au- 

 thor, and the Doctor's concise style and cheer- 

 ful vein is maintained throughout. We have 

 to thank Dr. Miller for the privilege of perus- 

 ing this splendid book, and can heartily com- 

 mend it to our readers as a most entertaining 

 and instructive treatise. 



The Rocky Mountain Bee Journal refers to 

 the book in this kindly manner : 



" fortt years among the bees." 



This is the title of the latest addition to the 

 book-lore of bee-culture, and emanates from 

 Marengo, III., bearing the insignia of our 

 genial friend. Dr. C. C. Miller. Through the 

 kindness of the good Doctor we are in pos- 

 session of an autograph copy of th£ book. 



The book is exactly what its name indi - 

 cates — a narrative of experiences, the failures 

 and successes of "forty years among the 

 bees." It is a record of actual, daily work, 

 and supplies what most of the text-books fall 

 short of in detail — a description of the modus 

 iilitrKiidi of doing things about an apiary. 

 The liook is written in plain, simple language, 

 and does not confuse the student with Uights 

 of rhetorical extravaganza. As an accom- 

 paniment to any of the standard text-books it 

 will be found invaluable. 



Every chapter is permeated with that in- 

 comparable philosophy of good cheer that has 

 so distinguished Dr. Miller's life and work. 

 Aside from the main issue we regard this as 

 one of the chief charms of the book. 





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Dr. Miller's New Book 



Kree as* a Pi-eniiiini for S«'nding Xtvo 

 Wew Siiib.vcriltei-!^. 



The book contains 328 pages, is bound in handsome cloth, with gold 

 letters and design ; it is printed on best book-paper, and illustrated with 

 over 100 beautiful original half-tone pictures, taken by Dr. Miller himself. 

 It is unique in this regard. 



The first few pages of the new book are devoted to an interesting 

 biographical sketch of Dr. Miller, telling how he happened to get into 

 bee-keeping. Seventeen years ago he wrote a small book, called "A Year 

 Among the Bees," but that little v-ork has been out of print for a number 

 of years. While some of the matter used in the former book is found in 

 the new one, it all reads like a good new story of successful bee-keep- 

 ing by one of the masters, and shows in minutest detail just how Dr. Mil- 

 ler does things with bees. 



HOW TO GET A COPY OF DR. MILLER'S 



"FORTY YEARS AMONG THE BEES." 



The price of this new book is f 1.00, post-paid; or, if taken with the 

 WEEKLY American Bee Journal for one year, both will be sent for fl.7S. 



Or, any present regular subscriber to the American Bee Journal 

 whose subscription is paid in advance, can have a copy of Dr. Miller's new 

 book free as a premium for sending us Two New Subscribers to the Bee 

 Journal for one year with $2.00. This is a magnificent offer, and should 

 be taken advantage of at once. For many of our readers it is not only an 

 easy way to earn a copy of the book, but at the same time they will be 

 helping to extend the subscription list of the old American Bee Journal, 

 and thus aiding also in spreading the best kind of apicultural information 

 among those who would be successful bee-keepers. 

 Address all orders to 



GEORGE W. YORK «Sc CO , 



144 & 146 E. Erie Street, CHICAGO, ILL. 



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