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AMERICAN BEE [OURNAL 



Oct. 4. 1900. 



PUBLISHT WEEKLY BY 



GEORGE W, YORK & CO. 



116 Michigan St., Chicago, III. 



[Entered at the Post-Office at Chicag-o as Second- 

 Class Mail-Matter. J 



IMPORTANT NOTICES: 



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 year, in the United States, Canada, and Mex- 

 ico; all other countries in the Postal Union, 

 5Cic a year extra for postag^e. Sample copy free. 



The Wrapper-Label Date of this paper indicates 

 the end of the month to which your subscrip- 

 tion is paid. For instance, " DecOO" on your 

 label shows that it is paid to the end of De- 

 cember, 1900. 



Subscription Receipts— We do not send a receipt 

 for money sent us to pay subscription, but 

 chang-e the date on your wrapper-label, which 

 shows you that the money has been received 

 and duly credited. 



Advertising Rates will be given upon applica- 

 tion. 



Reformed Spelling.— The American Bee Journal 

 adopts the Orthography of the following Rule, 

 recommended by the joint action of the Amer- 

 ican Philological Association and the Philo- 

 logical Society of England: — Change "d" or 

 "ed" final to "t" when so pronounced, except 

 when the "e" affects a preceding sound. Also 

 some other changes are used. 



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Mr. J. T. Calvert, of the A. I. Root 

 Co., called on us last week when in 

 Chicago on business. He had just re- 

 turned from his European trip, and 

 lookt as if he was enjoying the best of 

 health. 



Mr. J. B. JODD, of Cass Co., N. D., 

 made us a very pleasant call last week 

 when on his way, with Mrs. Judd, to 

 visit Boston and other places in the 

 East. After that they will go to Cali- 

 fornia and spend the winter on the 

 Pacific Coast. Mr. Judd is only 78 

 years old, and as lively as a boy. He 

 was a bee-keeper off and on for years 

 beginning- about 1860, and has kept 

 bees continuously the past few years. 



Mr. Chas. Alberts, of Dane Co., 

 Wis., wrote as follows, Sept. IS : 



" I consider the American Bee Jour- 

 nal one of the right things in the right 

 place. There are some 25 bee-keepers in 

 this vicinity, and one of them has kept 

 bees for 25 years, and sometimes over 

 100 colonies, and never subscribed for 

 a bee-paper. I think none of the others 

 have, either, for I talk with nearly all 

 of them, and find that with my five- 

 years' experience and the Bee Journal 

 I have done much better than the aver- 

 age. One man who has kept bees for 

 16 years complimented me at the last 

 Farmers' Institute by saying that my 

 exhibit of honey there was the best he 

 ever saw." 



Miss Ella Woodcock, of Cook Co., 

 111., sends us the following item which 

 first appeared in the London (England) 

 Chronicle : 



B.A.TTLE OF BEES AND W.\SPS. 



A resident in the Colney Hatch-lane 

 possest a hive of bees. One day they 

 were besieged by a large swarm of 

 wasps. A battle raged between the 

 rival armies for a couple of days, with 

 the result that the wasps are now in 

 possession of the hive. The dead 

 bodies of hundreds of bees killed dur- 

 ing the encounter now lie around the 

 hive. 



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Editor Hutchinson, of the Bee- 

 Keepers' Review, said in his Septem- 

 ber issue that he was about to move 

 into his new house, which is on a small 

 lot with streets on three sides of it, so 

 that he would be compelled to give up 

 the keeping of bees. 



We are glad to know that Mr. Hutch- 

 inson and his family are to have a new 

 home, as it shows a degree of pros- 

 perity that is well deserved. Some 

 day. in the by-and-by, we hope to 

 make a similar " move." It is likely a 

 far-away day, tho. 



As Others See Us. — Some of our 

 esteemed contemporaries have our 

 thanks for kind notices referring to 

 the American Bee Journal. Here are 

 a few : 



" A great change in the appearance 

 of the American Bee Journal has been 

 made by Mr. York. A new heading, 

 very tastily designed, graces the first 

 page ; and instead of reading-matter a 

 half-tone of Mr. Eugene Secor fills the 

 rest of the space. It seems there will 

 be no more reading on the first page, 

 but a picture of some prominent bee- 

 keeper. Some might think the change 

 would effect a saving ; but the expense 

 of the cut is fully equal to that of the 

 reading-matter. The idea is an excel- 

 lent one. The issue for this week 

 gives a half-tone of E. R. Root." — 

 Gleanings in Bee-Culture. 



"The 'old reliable' American Bee 

 Journal comes to us with a new face, 

 the cover being artistically designed 

 and printed on a highly calendered 

 paper." — Canadian Bee Journal. 



Please meutlou Bee Journal 

 when writing advertisers. 



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ALL IN 60-POUND TIN CANS. 



ALFALFA 

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This is the famous White 

 Extracted Honey gathered in 

 the great Alfalfa regions of 

 the Central West. It is a 

 splendid honey, and nearly 

 everybody who cares to eat 

 honey at all can't ffet enough 

 of the Alfalfa extracted. 



BA5SW00D 

 HONEY....... 



This is the well - know^n 

 light-colored honey gathered 

 from the rich, nectar-laden 

 bass wood blossoms in Wis- 

 consin. It has a stronger 

 flavor than AJfalfa, and is 

 preferred by those who like a 

 distinct flavor in their honey. 



Prices of Either Alfalfa or Basswood Honey : 



A sample of either, by mail, 8 cents ; samples of both, 15 cents — 

 to pay for package and postage. By freight — one 60-potind can, 9.^2 

 cents per pound ; two cans, 9 cents per pound ; four or more cans, 

 8 '2 cents per pound. Cash must accompany each order. If ordering 

 two or more cans you can have half of each kind of honey, if you so 

 desire. This is all 



EBSQLUTBLJ FWME BEES' HQ'MEI, 



The finest of their kinds produced in this country. 



Read Dr. Miller's Testimony on Alfalfa Honey : 



I've just sampled the honey you sent, and it's prime. Thank you. I feel that 

 I'm something of a heretic, to sell several thousand pounds of honey of my own pro- 

 duction and then buy honey of you for my own use. But however loyal one ought to 

 be to the honey of his own region, there's no denying the fact that for use in any 

 kind of hot drink, where one prefers the more wholesome honey to sugar, the very 

 excellent quality of alfalfa honey I have received from you is better suited than the 

 honeys of more markt flavor, according to my taste. C. C. Miller. 



McUenry Co., Ul. 



Order the Above Honey and then Sell It. 



We would suggest that those bee-keepers who did not produce 

 enough honey for their home demand this year, just order some of 

 the above, and sell it. And others, who want to earn some money, 

 can get this honey and work up a demand for it almost anywhere. 



Address, 

 GEORGE W. YORK & CO., 118 Michigan St., Chicago, III. 







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