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CHICAaO, ILL., JUNE 25, 1896. 



No. 26. 



M for a MIoDtli Campaign 



Please Read All of this Page. 



A Few of the Oood Tilings to Appear in the 

 Bee Journal the 'Sext Six Months : 



Fifteen Year's Experience in Kee-Keeping. 



Mrs. Sallie E. Sherman will begin, in the first 

 number for July, a full account of her 15 years of bee- 

 keeping in Texas. An article from her will appear each 

 week for a number of weeks. They will be of much inter- 

 est to all, and especially so to Southern bee-keepers. 



A Dozen Articles by " The Dadants." 



Chas. Dadant «& Son, of Illinois, are the leading extracted 

 honey producers of this part of the country. One year 

 they had 48,000 pounds. They will contribute during 

 the next six months, at least a dozen articles, drawn from 

 their experience of a third of a century of bee-keeping. 



A Dozen Articles by Mr. Doolittle. 



G. M. Doolittle is unquestionably one of the very ablest 

 bee-keepers in this country, and his writings on practical 

 bee-culture have made him famous. With his 27 years' 

 experience, he is well equipped to write profitably for 

 the beginner or even the expert bee-keeper. 



A Half-Dozen Articles by Prof. Cook. 



Prof. A. J. Cook, of California, author of "The Bee-Keep- 

 ers' Guide," will contribute at least six good articles be- 

 fore Jan. 1, 1897. He is always interesting and helpful. 



A Full Report of the North American Convention 



will be published in this paper immediately after the 

 annual meeting, which will be held in September or Octo- 

 ber next, at Lincoln, Nebr. The Secretary — Dr. A. B. 

 Mason — is now at work on the program, which promises 

 to be the best ever gotten up by the Association. Every 

 American bee-keeper will be interested in the many valu- 

 able essays and discussions found in the proceedings of 

 their great annual convention. 



A Variety of Contributions by Many Others, 



who are well qualified to teach modern bee-culture, will 

 also appear during the next six months. All the fore- 

 going in addition to the 



Several Special or Regular Departments 



will make the American Bee Journal almost priceless to 

 the man or woman who desires to make a genuine success 

 of bee-culture, and keep informed about the doings of the 

 apiarian world. 



Some Liberal Premiums to Regular Subscribers. 



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