AMERICAN BEE JOURNAL.. 





PUBLISHED -VTEEKLY BY 



GEORGE W. YORK- & CO., 



At One Dollar a Year, 

 56 Fifth Avenue, CHICAGO, ZI.I.S. 



Entered at the Fost-Office at Chicago as Second-Class Matter. 



Postage to all Countries in the Postal Union 



is 50 cents extra. To all others, $1.00 



more than the subscription price. 



;^~ Hebblewhite & Co., 369 George Street, 

 Sydney, New South Wales, Australia, are our 

 authorized agents. Subscription price, 6 shil- 

 lings per annum, postpaid 



ai>te:rxi!$ii>« katjes. 



15c. per line Apte Space, eacli Insertion. 



So Advertisement Inserted for less than $1.0 



One Inch will contain fourteen 1 

 Special Notices 25 cents per line. 



Transient Advertisements must be paid for 

 IN ADVANCE. 



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On 10 lines, or more, 4 times, 5%; 8 times, 



10%; 1.3 times, 15%; 36 times, 25%; 52 



times, 40%. 

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15%; 13 times, 2 0%; 26 times, 30%; 52 



times, 45%. 

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20 % ; 13 times, 25 % ; 26 times, 35 % ; 52 



times, 50%. 

 On larger Advertisements, discounts will be 



stated upon application. 



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 send them sample copies of the Bee 

 Journal. Then please call upon ihem 

 and get them to subscribe with you, and 

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Tlie Bee >Toxxrnal is sent to subscribers 

 until an order is received by the publishers for 

 Its discontinuance, and all arrearages are paid. 



A. Samjyle Copy of the Bee Journal will, 

 be sent FREE upon application. 



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 it is not. Do not send Checks on Local Banks— 

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never Send Silvef In letters. It will 

 wear holes in the envelope, or may be stolen, 



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 be sent for any fraction of a dollar; or where 

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 any amount may be sent. 



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 money sent us will be given on the address-label 

 of every paper. Tlie subscription is paid to the 

 END OF THE MONTH indicated. 



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 the same sheet of paper with business matters, 

 unless it can be torn apart without interfering 

 with either part of the letter. 



(Smerson Binders, made especially for 

 the AMERICAN Bee Journal, are convenient 

 for preserving each weekly Number, as fast as 

 received. They will be sent, postrpaid, for 50 cts. 

 each. They cannot be sent by mail to Canada. 



Cost lumbers.— We carefully mail the 

 Bee Journal to every subscriber, but should 

 any be lost in the mails, we will replace them if 

 notified before all the edition is exhausted. 



Always State the Post-OflSce to which 

 your paper is addressed, when writing to us. 



Save Money by Using the Following 



^We Club the American Bee Journal 

 for a year, with any of the following papers 

 at the club prices quoted in the t,AS'r 

 column. The regular price of both is given 

 in the first column. One year's subscription 

 for the American Bee Journal must be sent 

 with each order for another paper : 



Price of both. Club. 



The American Bee Journal 81 00 



and Gleanings in Bee-Culture.... 2 00.... 175 



Bee-Keepers' Review 2 00.... 175 



Canadian Bee Journal 2 00 ... 175 



TheApiculturist 175.... 165 



Progressive Bee-Kecpcr .. 150 135 



American Bee- Keeper 150 — 140 



Nebraska Bee-Keeper 150 — 135 



The 8 above-named papers 6 25 — 5 25 



Other PeriodlcalH. 

 The Lever— Temp, wkly .... 200.... 170 



Ladies' Home Journal 2 00.... 180 



OranjreJudd Karraor 2 00 — 175 



Am. Poultry Advocate 2 25 2 20 



Now York Weekly Tribune. 2 00.. . 170 



Youth's Companion-new.-. 2 75 2 40 



New York Weekly Press.... 2 00... 160 

 Illustrated Home Journal.. 150 — 140 



Prairie Farmer 2 00.... 180 



Chicago Weekly Inter-Ocean 2 00 ... 1 80 



