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AMERICAN BEE JOURNAL 



Dec. 6, 1900. 



PUBLISHT WEEKLY BY 



George W. York & Co. 



116 Michigan St., Gliicago, 111. 



'Entered at the Post-Office at Chicago as Second- 

 Class Mail-Matter. 



IMPORTANT NOTICES: 

 The Subscription Price of this journal is $1.00 a 

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

 ico; all other countries in the Postal Union, 

 50c a year extra for postage. 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 

 change 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. 



Or, Manual of the Apiary, 



BY 



PROE A. I COOK. 



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

 sand— $1.25 postpaid. 



A description of the book here is quite unnec- 

 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 Bee-Keepers' Guide. 



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

 mag"nificent book of 460 pag^es, in neat and sub- 

 stantial cloth binding-, we propose to give away 

 to our present subscribers, for the work of g-et- 

 ting- NEW subscribers for the American Bee 

 Journal. 



Given lor TWO New Subscribers. 



The following- offer is made to present sub- 

 scribers only^ and no premium is also g-iven 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 ? 



GEORGE W. YORK & CO., 



118 Michigan Street, CHICAGO, ILL. 





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ALL IN 60-POUND TIN CANS. 





ALFALFA 

 HONEY*....,, 



This is the famous Whit 

 Extracted Honey gathered ii 

 the great Alfalfa regions o 

 the Central West. It is j 

 splendid honey, and nearly 

 everybody who cares to ea 

 honey at all can't get enough 

 the Alfalfa extracted. 



BASSWOOD 

 HONEY....... 



This is the well-known 

 light-colored honey gathered 

 from the rich, nectar-laden 

 basswood blossoms in Wis- 

 consin. It has a stronger 

 flavor than Alfalfa, and is 

 preferred by those who like a 

 distinct flavor in their honey. 



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Prices of Either Alfalfa or Basswood Money : 



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

 to pay for package and postage. By freight — one 60-pouud can, 9J4 

 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. The cans are boxt. This is all 



MBSmWTELI PURE BEES' MmEJ, 



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 raarkt flavor, according to my taste. C. C. Miller. 



McHenry Co., 111. 



Order the Above Honey and then Sell It, 



We would sug"gest that those bee-keepers who did not produce 

 enoug:h 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., ii8 Michigan St., Chicago, III. 



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I Scientific ^^ 



% Queen-Rearing, 



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'^ the best Queen-Bees are reared 



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Index to the Chapters of the Book. ^ 



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Getting the Bees off the Cells; What to S^ 



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 as a premium for sending us TWO NEW subscribers to the Ameri- 

 can Bee Journal for one year, at $1.00 each ; or for $1.60 we will mail 

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GEORGE W. YORK & CO. 118 MICHIGAN ST., CHICAGO. ILL. 



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