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THE AMERICAN BEE JOURNAL. 



Aug. 13. 



BEE-BOOKS 



SEXT POSTPAID BV 



Georse W. York & Co., 



Chicago, Ills. 



Bees and Honey, or Management of an Apiary 

 tor Pleasnre and Profit, by Tliomas G.Newman.— 

 This edition has been largely rewritten, thoroughly 

 revised, and is " fully up with the times " In all the 

 Improvements and Inventions In this rapidly-devel- 

 OplDg pursuit, and presents the aijlarlst with 

 everything that can aid In the successful manage- 

 ment of an apiary, and at the same time produce 

 the most huney In an attractive condition. It con- 

 tains 2r)0 pages, and 245 lllustr.itlons — la beautifully 

 printed in the highest style of tiie art, and bound 

 In cloth, gold-lettered. Price. $1.00. 



I^anffstroth on the Honey-Bee, revised by 

 Dadant— Thl3 classic In bee-culture, has been 

 entirely re- written, and Is fully illustrated. It 

 treats of everything relating to bees and bee-keep- 

 ing. No apiarian library Is complete without this 

 Standard worlt by Rev. L. L. L,ane8troth — the 

 Father of American Bee-Culture. It has 520 pages; 

 bound in cloth. 



Price, postpaid, $1.25. 



Bee-Beepers' Guide, or Manual of the 

 Apiary, by Prof. A. J. Cook, of the Michigan Agri- 

 cultural College.— This book Is not only instructive 

 and helpful as a guide In bee-keeping, but is 

 Interesting and thoroughly practical and sclentiflc. 

 It contains a full delineation of thennatomy and 

 physiology of bees. 4ii0 pages ; bound In cloth and 

 fully Illustrated. 



Price, postpaid, $1.25. 



Scientific Queen-Kearlngr, as Practically 

 Applied, by G.BI. Doollttle.— A method by which 

 the very best of Queen-Bees are reared in perfect 

 accord with Nature's way. 17(> pageSi bound la 

 cloth, and illustrated. Price, $1.00. 



A B C of Bee-Culture, by A. I. Root.— A 

 cyclopi«dia of 400 pages, describing everything 

 pertaining to the care of tlie honey-bees. It con- 

 talus auo engraving's. It was written especially for 

 beginners Bound in cloth. Price, $1.2o. 



Advanced Bee-Culture, Its Methods and 

 Management, by W. Z. llutcliiuson.— The author 

 of this work is too well known to need further 

 description of his book. lie Is a practical and 

 entertaining writer. You should read his book. iH) 

 pages, bound in paper, and Illustrated. Price, 50 cts. 



Batlonal Bee-Keeping, by Dr. John Dzlerzon 

 —This is a translation of his latest German book on 

 bee-culture. It has 350 pages; bound In cloth, $1.25; 

 In paper covers, $1.00 



Blenen-Kultur, by Thomas G. Newnan. — 

 This is a German translation of the princlpp' por- 

 tion of the boolv called BEES OF liONEY. lOJ pa^e 

 pamphlet. Price. 4U cents. 



Convention Hand-Book, for Bee-Keepers, ,^ 



Thomas G. Newman.— It contains the parliamen- 

 tary law and rules of order for Bee-Conventions— 

 also Constitution and By-Laws, with subjects for 

 discussion, etc. Cloth, gold-lettered. Price, 25 cts. 



Anierikaiiisehe Bieneiizncbt^ by Haos 

 Buschbauer.— Printed in German. A hand-book on 

 bee-keeping, giving the methods in use by the best 

 American and German apiarists. Illustrated; 138 

 pages. Price. $1.00, 



Tliirty Years Among tlie Bees, by 



Henry Alley.— Gives the results of over a quarter- 

 century's experience in rearing queen-bees. Very 

 latest workof thekind. Nearly lou pages. Price, 50c. 



"Wliy Eat Honey ?— This Leaflet ie intend- 

 ed for FREE distribution, to create a Local Market. 

 100 copies, by mail. 40 cts.: 500 for $1.50; 1000. $2.50. 



B^" If 500 or more are ordered at one time, your 

 name and address will be printed on them FREE. 



HoTV to Keep Honey and preserve its 

 richness and flavor. Price same as Why Eat Honey. 



Apiary Register, by Thos. G. Newman.— 

 Devotes two pages to a colony. Leather binding. 

 Price, for 50 colonies. fi.OO; for 100 colonies, $1.25. 



Preparation of Honey for the Market, 



Including the production and care of comb and 

 extracted honey. A chapter from Bees axc 

 HoxEY. Price, 10 cents. 



Bee-Pasturase aXecesalty.- This book sug 

 Rests what and how to plan It Is a chapter fronr. 

 Bees and Honey. Price. 10 cents. 



The Hive I Use, by G. M. Doolittle. It 

 details his management of bees, and methods 

 of producing: comb honey. Price, 5 cents. 



Dr. Howard's Book on Foul Brood. 



—Gives the McEvoy Treatment and reviews the ex- 

 periments of others. Price. 25 cts. 



Dictionary of Apicullnre, by Prof. John 

 Phin. Gives the correct meaning of nearly 500 api- 

 cultural terms. Price. 50 cts. 



Winter Problem in Bee-Keeping. byG, 

 K. Pierce. Result of 25 years' experience. 50 eta. 



Handling Bees^ by Chas. Dadant & Son.— 

 A Chapter from Langstroth Revised. Price, 8 cts. 



Bee-Keepers' Directory, by H. Alley.— 

 Latest methods in Queen-Rearing, etc. Price, sue. 



Foul Brood Treatment, by Prof. F. R. 

 Cheshire.— Its Cause and Prevention. Price, 10 cts. 



Foul Brood, by A. R. Kohnke.— Origin. 

 Development and Cure. Price, 25 cts. 



History of Bee-Associations, and Brief Re- 

 ports of the first 20 conventions. Price. 15 cts. 



Honey as Food and medicine, by T. 



G. Newman.— A 32-page pamphlet : just the thing to 

 create a demand for honey at home. Should be 

 scattered freely. Contains recipes for Honey-Cakes, 

 Cookies. Puddings, Foam, Wines, and uses of honey 

 for medicine. 



Prices, prepaid— Single copy, 5 cts.; 10 copies, 35 

 cts.: 50for$1.50: lOO f or $2.50; 250 for $5.50; 5U0 

 for $10.00; or iOOO for $15.00. 



When 250 or more are ordered, we will print the 

 bee-keeper's card (free of cost) on the front cover 

 page. 



Bee-Keepins for Profit, by Dr. G. L. 



Tinker.— Revised and enlarged. It details the au- 

 thor's " new system, or how to get the largest yields 

 of comb or extracted honey." 80 p.; illustrated. 2dc. 



Emerson Binders, made especially for 

 the Bee Jopknai.. are convenient for preserving 

 each number as fast as received. Not mailable to 

 Canada. Price. 75 cts. 



Commercial Calculator, by C. Ropp. — 

 A ready Calculator. Business Arithmetic and Ac- 

 count-Book combined in one. Every farmer and 

 businessman should have it. No. 1, bound in water 

 proof leatherette, calf finish. Price, 40 cts. No. 2 

 in tine artificial leather, with pocket, silicate slate, 

 and account-book. Price, 60 cts. 



Green's Four Boolis, by Chas. A. Green. 

 —Devoted to, 1st. How We Made the Old Farm Pay; 

 2nd, Peach Culture; 3rd. How to Propagate Fruit- 

 Plants, Vines and Trees; 4th, General Fruit In- 

 structor. Nearly 120 pages. Fully illustrated. 25 cts. 



Oreen's Six Books on Fruit-Culture, 



bv Chas. A. Green.— Devoted 1st, to Apple and Pear 

 Culture; 2n(1, Plum and Cherry Culture; 3rd, Rasp- 

 berry and Blackberry Culture; 4th. Grape t'ulture; 

 5th, Strawberry Culture. 129 pp.; illustrated. 25 cts. 



Garden and Orcliard, by Cbas. A. Green. 

 —Gives full instructions in Thinning and Marketing 

 Fruits; Pruning. Planting and Cultivating; Spray- 

 ing, Evaporation, Cold Storage, Etc. 94 pages, illus- 

 trated. Price. 25 cts. 



Kendall's Horse-Book. — .35 pictures, 



showing positions of sick horses, and treats on all 

 their diseases. English or German. Price, 25 cts. 



Silo and Silage, by Prof. A. J. Cooli.— It 



gives the method in operation at the Michigan Agri- 

 cultural College. Price, 25 cts. 



fjumber and I^og-Book. — Gives meas- 

 urements of lumber, logs planks; wages, etc. 25c. 



Maple Sugar and the Suprar Bush, by Prof. 

 A. J. Cook.— Full instructions. Price, 35 cts. 



Grain Tables, for casting up the price of 

 grain, produce, hay. etc. Price, 25 cts. 



Capons and Caponizing, by Dr. Sawyer, 

 Fanny Field, and others.— Illustrated. All about 

 caponizing fowls, and thus how to make the most 

 money in poultry-raising. 64 pages. Price, 30 cts. 



Our Poultry Doctor, or Health in the 

 Poultry yard and How to Cure Sicl" Fowls, by 

 Fanny Field,— Everything about Poultry Diseases 

 and their Cure. 64 pages. Price, 30 cts. 



Poultry for Market and Poultry for 



Profit, by Fanny Field.— Tells everything about the 

 Poultry Business. 64 pages. Price, 25 cts. 



Turkeys for Market and Turkeys for 

 Profit, by Fanny Field —AH about Turkey-Raising. 

 64 pages. Price, 25 cts. 



Rural Ijile.— Bees. Poultry. Fruits. Vege- 

 tables, and Household Matters, lOO pages. 25 cts. 



Potato Culture, by T. B. Terry.— It tells 

 how to grow them profitably. Price, 4o cts. 



Hand-Book of Healtli, by Dr. Foote.— 

 Hints about eating, drinking, etc. Price, 25 cts. 



Alsike Clover Ijeaflet.— Full directions 

 for growing. 50 for 25 cts. ; 100 for 40 cts. ; 200, 70c. 



Book Clubbing Offers. 



(Bead Carefully) 

 The following clubbing prices Include the 

 American Bee Journal one year with each 

 hook named. Remember, that only one book 



can be taken In each case with the Bee Jour- 

 nal a year at the prices named. If more books 

 are wanted, see postpaid prices given with 

 the description of the bookB on this page, 

 Followlngis the clubbing-list: 



1. Langstroth on the Honey-Bee 12.00 



3. A B C of Bee-Culture 2.00 



3, Bee-Keeper's Guide 1,75 



4, Bees and Honey [Cloth bound] 1.65 



5, Scientific Queen-Kearing 1.75 



6, Dr, Howard's Foul Brood Book 1.10 



7, Advanced Bee-Culture 1,30 



8, Amerlkanlsche Bienenzucht [Germ,] 1,75 



9, Blenen-Kultur [German] 1.25 



10. Rational Bee-Keeping [Cloth bound] 2,00 



11. Rational Bee-Keeping [Paper bound] 1,75 



12. Thirty Years Among the Bees 1,30 



13. Bee-Keeping for Profit 1.15 



14. Convention Hand-Book. 1,15 



15. Poultry for Market and Profit 1.10 



16. Turkeys for Market and Profit 1.10 



17. Capons and Caponizing 1.10 



18. Our Poultry Doctor 1.10 



19. Green's Four Books 1.15 



20. Green's Six Books on Fruit-Culture.. 1.15 



21. Garden and Orchard 1.15 



23. Rural Life 1.10 



24. Emerson Binder for the Bee Journal. 1,60 



25. Commercial Calculator, No, 1 1,25 



26. Commercial Calculator, No. 2 1.40 



27. Kendall's Horse-Book 1.10 



29. Strawberry Culture 1.20 



30, Potato Culture 1,20 



32, Hand-Book of Health 1.10 



33, Dictionary of Apiculture 1,35 



34, Maple Sugar and the Sugar Bush 1.20 



35, Silo and Silage 1,10 



36, Winter Problem in Bee-Keeping 1,30 



37, Apiary Register (for 50 colonies) 1,75 



38, Apiary Register (for 100 colonies) . 2,00 



39, Bee-Keepers' Directory 1.30 



CODTention rVotices. 



TexjVS.— The third annual convention of the 

 Southwest Texas Bee-Keepers' Association 

 will be held at BeevlUe. Tex., on Sept. 16 and 

 17, 1896. All are invited. No hotel bills to 

 pav. Low rates on railroads. 



Beevllie, Tex. J. O. Gkimsley, Sec. 



Minnesota. — The annual meeting of the 

 Southern Minnesota Bee-Keepers' Association 

 will be held in Winona, on September 24 and 

 25, 1890, at 9 o'clock, a.m. All that feel 

 in any way interested in bees or honey are 

 cordially Invited to attend. 



Winona, Mien. E. C. Cobnwell, Sec. 



Illinois. — The annual meeting of the 

 Northern Illinois Bee-Keepers' Association 

 will be held at the residence of B. Kennedy, 

 3 miles northeast of New Milford, III., on Tues- 

 day, Aug, 18, 1898. All are cordially invited, 

 and I will meet any one at the train in New 

 Milford if they will drop me a card. 



New Milford, 111. B, Kennedy, Sec, 



Doolittle's Book— Have You Read It ? 



Queens and <tiieeu-Rearinja^.— 



If you want to know how to have queens 

 fertilized in upper stories while the old 

 queen is still laying below ; how you may 

 safebj iidrodace any queen, at any time of 

 the year when bees can fly ; all about the 

 different races of bees ; all about shipping 

 queens, queen-cages, candy for queen- 

 cages, etc. ; all about forming nuclei, mul- 

 tiplying or uniting bees, or weak colonies, 

 9tc. ; or, in fact, everything about the 

 queen-business which you may want to 

 know — send for Doolittle's " Scieutiflc 

 Queen-Rearing " — a book of over 170 

 pages, which is as interesting as a story. 

 Here are some good offers of this book: 



Bound in cloth, postpaid, $1,00 ; or clubbed 

 with the Bee Journal for one year — both 

 for only $1,75 ; or given free as a premium 

 for sending us three new subscribers to the 

 Bee JonRNAi for a year at $1.00 each. 



Bee-Keeper's Guide— see page 527. 



