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AMERICAN BEE JOURNAL, 



AujT. 23, 1900 



Ttl6B66K66D6r'S 



Or, Manual of the Apiary, 



BY 



PROE A, J- COOK, 



460 Pages— 16th (1899) Edition— 18th Thou- 

 sand— $1-25 postpaid. 



A description of tbe book here is quite unuec- 

 essary^it is simply the most complete scientific 

 and practical bee-book publisht to-day. Fully 

 illustrated, and all written in the most fascinat- 

 ing style. The author is also too well-known to 

 the whole bee-world to require any introduction. 

 No bee-keeper is fully equipt, or his library 

 complete, without The Bek-Keepers' Guide. 



This 16th and latest edition of Prof. Cook's 

 mag-nificent book of 4oO pages, in neat and sub- 

 stantial cloth binding, we propose to give away 

 to our present subscribers, for the work of get- 

 ting NEW subscrfters for the American Bee 

 Journal. 



Given tor TWO New Subscribers. 



The following offer is made to present sub- 

 scribers only, and no premium is also given to 

 the two NEW subscribers — simply the Bee Jour- 

 nal for one year: 



Send us two new subscribers to the Bee 

 Journal (with $2.00), and we will mail you a copy 

 of Prof. Cook's book FREE as a premium. 

 Prof. Cook's book alone sent for $1.25, or we club 

 it with the Bee Journal for a year— both for only 

 $1.75. But surely anybody can get only TWO 

 NEW SUBSCRIBERS to the Bee Journal for a year, 

 and thus get the book as a premium. Let every 

 body try for it. Will YOU have one? 



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Good Prospects for a Fall Crop. 



Our bees are not doing- anything- to 

 speak of at present, but I think the 

 prospects are good for a fall honey 

 crop. Arthur St.\ni,ey. 



lyee Co., 111., Aug-. 4. 



Bees Doing Fairly Well. 



My bees are doing fairly well — bet- 

 ter than some of the others around 

 here. I have one colony that has filled 

 four supers, -which -was started July 5th. 

 W. Bishop. 



Otero Co., Colo., Aug. 1. 



A Financial Report. 



I have sold $180 worth of extracted 

 honey from 40 colonies. 



W. E. Young. 

 Ontario, Canada, Aug. 10. 



Bees Did More Than Poor. 



Bees have done more than poor this 

 year. My 40 colonies, spring count, 

 have produced only 300 or 400 pounds 

 of white honej'. S. A. MaTson. 



Nodaway Co., Mo., Aug. 10. 



Honey a Light Crop. 



Honey is a light crop, but very nice. 

 The flow is over for the present, tho 

 there may be a fall flow. One neigh- 

 bor one-fourth of a mile from me, in- 

 forms me he has taken one 13-ounce 

 section of honey from SO colonies this 

 season. He is keeping bees according 



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Golden Italian Queens. 



By return mail, 75 cents each; $7.5U per dozen. 

 They pleased every customer this year; well, 

 why not? They are the prettiest, gentlest and 

 best hustlers you ever saw. 



— Muth's— 

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Just tlie package for iiorae trade. Full liue of 

 ROOT'S GOODS at their prices. 



HONEY, 



Have you any FANCY WHTTE comb or e.\- 

 tracted honey for sale? Also beeswax wanted. 

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 2146 Central Ave., Cincinnati. Ohio. 



BEES FOR SALE 



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 hive, complete, $4.00; in 10-frame hive, $4.50. 

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