THE AMERICAN BEE JOURNAL. 



445 



WEEKLY EDITION 



OF THE 



PITBLISnED BY 



THOMAS G. NEWMAN & SON, 



PKOI'UIKTOHS. 



923&.925 WEST MADISON ST., CHICAGO, ILL. 



Weekly. »SS a year ; Monthly, 5« <;ents. 



AliFRED H. NEWMAN, 



Business Manager. 



J»:p^cx;ial Notices. 



TIiOK. (i, Netviiian &• Son will publish 

 the Ameiucan Bee Jouhnal hereafter. The 

 editorial department will be conducted, as 

 heretofore, by Thomas G. New[nan, and the 

 business department by Alfred H. Newman. 

 The firm will (as before the division, .3 years 

 ago to-day), carry on the business of publish- 

 ing: the Bee Journ.\l, books and pamphlets, 

 and keep for sale the usual assortment of 

 bee-keepers' supplies. 



I^~ If your wrapper-label reads July 8.5, 

 please remember that your subscription runs 

 out with this month. Renew at once, so as 

 not to lose any numbers. 



S^~ Bark Numbers.— We can supply a 

 few moi'e of the back numbers to new sub- 

 scribers. If any want them, they must be 

 sent for soon, before they are all gone. 



Honey Is good rood and good medicine. 

 Its regular use will ward off doctors' bills. 



^~ For two subscribers for the Weekly 

 Bee Journal (or 8 for the Monthly) for one 

 year, we will present a Pocket Dictionary, 

 and send it by mail, postpaid. 



J^~ All who intend to be systematic in 

 their work in the apiary, should get a copy of 

 the Apiary Register and commence to use it. 

 The prices are as follows : 



For .50 colonies (120 pages) fl 00 



" 100 colonies (220 pages) 125 



" 200 colonies (i20 pages) 1 50 



The larger ones can be used for a few col- 

 onies, give room for an increase of numbers, 

 and still keep the record all together in one 

 book, and arc therefore the most desirable. 



EF"PregeiTe your papers for reference 

 If you have not got a Binder we will mail you 

 one tor 75 cents, or you can have one free 

 if you will send us 'i new yearly subscrip- 

 tions for the Bee Joubnal. 



The National Bee- Keepers' Union. 



OOIVSTITUTION. 



AiM'ici.E I.— Tliis orffiniziitkin shall be 

 known as the "National Bee- Ket'iicrs' 

 Union," iiiKl sliall iiieet annually, or as 

 often as necessity may rciiuirc. 



Aitrici.E II.— Us oliject sliall be to pro- 

 tect the interests of bee-keepers, and to 

 (lefeiiil their riglits. 



Ahtici.e III.— Till' oflicer.sof this Union 

 sliall consist of a President, five Vice- 

 Presidents, and a General Manager (who 

 shall also be the Secretary antl Treasurer), 

 whose duties sliall be those u-siially per- 

 tonned by such oflicers. They shall he 

 elected by ballot, and liold their several 

 oHiees for one year or until their successors 

 are elected and installed ; blank ballots 

 for this iinrpose to be mailed to every mem- 

 ber by tlie General Manager. 



AnTiCLE IV.— The otticers shall consti- 

 tute an Advisory Board, which shall 

 determine what action shall be taken b>' 

 this Union, uiiou the aiiplicatioii of any 

 bee-keepers for defense, and cause such 

 extra as.sessments to be made u])oii all the 

 members as may become necessary for their 

 defense. 



AtiTici.E v.— Any person may become a 

 member by paying to the General Manager 

 an Entrance ?ee of one dollar to the 

 Defense Fund, and an annnal fee of 2.5 

 cents, for which he shall receive a printed 

 receipt making him a ineinlier of this Union, 

 entitled to all its rights and benefits. The 

 annnal fee shall be due on the first day of 

 July in each year, and mi'st be paid within 

 30 da^s in order to retain menibershi)) in 

 this Union. 



Article VI.— Donations ot any amount 

 may be made at any time to the Defense 

 Fund, in addition to the entrance and 

 membership lees and the regular assess- 

 ments niatle upon the members by the 

 Advisory Board. 



Aktkle VH.— The Defense Fund shall 

 be used for no otherpurjiose than to dclenil 

 and protect bee-keepers m theinights, after 

 such cases are approved by the Advisory 

 Board, and shall only be subjected to Drafts 

 regularly made in writing by the Advisory 

 Board. 



Akticle VIII.— The annual fees paid by 

 the members shall become a general fund, 

 from which shall be paid the legitimate 

 expen.ses of this Union, such as printing, 

 postage, clerk-hire, etc. 



Article IX.— Meetings of this Union 

 shall be held at such times and places as 

 sliall he designated by the Advisory Board, 

 or upon the written requisition of ten 

 members. 



Article X.— This constitution may be 

 amended by a majority vote of all the 

 members at any time. 



SW To create Honey Markets in every 

 village, town and city, wide-awake honey 

 producers should get the Leaflets " Why Eat 

 Honey" (only .50 cents per 100), or else the 

 pamphlets on "Honey as Food and Medicine," 

 and scatter them plentifully, and the result 

 will be a demand for all of their crops at 

 remunerative prices. " Honey as Food and 

 Medicine " are sold at the following prices : 



Single copy, 5 cts. ; per doz., 40 cts. ; per 

 hundred, $2.50. Five hundred will be sent 

 postpaid for $10.00; or 1,000 for $1.5,00. 

 On orders of 100 or more, we will print, if 

 desired, on the cover-page, "Presented by," 

 etc. (giving the name and address of the bee- 

 keeper who scatters them). 



To alve away a copy of " Honey as Food 

 and Medicine " to every one who buys a 

 package of honey, will sell almost any quan- 

 tity of it. 



I3y~ .Sample Copie* of the Bee Journal 

 will be sent free upon application. Anyone 

 intending to get up a club can have sample 

 copies sent to the persfins they desire to in- 

 terview by sending the names to this ofUce. 



5^" Our rates for two or more copies of 

 the book, " Hees and Honey," may be found 

 on the Book List on the second page of this 

 paper. Also wholesale rates on all books 

 where they are purchased " to sell again." 



Lizzie Cotton.— I would request all who 

 have been defrauded during the past 10 years 

 by Mrs. Lizzie Cotton, to send to me a plain 

 statement of the case.— James B. Mason, 

 President of the Maine Bee-Keepers' State 

 Association. 



^(lucvtiscMtcuts. 

 HioiiEYllfiNTEDr 



I WILL FAY the highest market price 

 for 4 IKHfU EXTK.iCXlil* AND 

 CO.TIB IIOEV. Address, 



A. W. PRESTON, Kansas City, Mo. 



DOUBLE -WALLED 



Langstroth Hives 



FOR WINTERING BEES ON SUMMER STANDS. 



''PHEY are made identical and interchangeable 

 L with our Standard Lanpatroth Ilivea.as adver- 

 tised and descrihed in our Catalogue. All upper 

 Btorie- ;ind surplus arran^'ementB made by us will 

 tit this double- walled brood chamber. Prices: 

 Nailed, SOc; in the flat. 35c. per hive, in addition 

 to our prices of the Standard hariKstroth. Wealso 

 make our 7!-s-inch Caps with a sloping or Cottape 

 Koof. which is worth 30c. nailed and l5o. flat, in 

 addition to the prices of the Standard Langstroth 

 hive, which has a flat tnp, 



THOS. O. NEWMAN <fc SON, 



923 & 92r. West Madison Street. CHICAGO, ILL. 



Do yoii expect to go South? 



ARE you in any way interested in the Farming, 

 Stock-raisinii, Lumbering, or Mining Interests 

 of the SOUTH ? Or are you eoiag South for your 

 health ? If you are, why don't you subscribe for a 

 good Southern paper? The 



Blue Ridge Enterprise 



gives reliable information about the Blue Kidge 

 country of Western North Carolina — the finest 

 section on the American Continent. 



Published Weekly— only it>1.50 per vear. Fifty 

 cents in stamps will pay for the paper 3 months. 

 Address, *' JENTERl»ltISE,'» 



28A4t WEBSTER, Jackson Co., N, C. 



COMB FOUNDATION ! 



REDUCTION IN PRICE. 



Until fnrthernoticcwe will furnish Comb 

 Foundation at 5 cents per pound less 



than the price.s quoted in our Catalogues. 

 This is caused by the decline in the price of 

 beeswax. 



CHAS. DADANT & SON, Hamilton, 111. 

 THOS. G. NEWMAN & SON, Chicago, HI. 



Wooden Pails for Honey! 



WE can furnish regular Wooden Water-Pails — 

 well painted on the outside, and with :i iron 

 hoops and a tight-fitting wood cover, at S>2.a*» 

 per dozen. Thev will hold as lbs. of honey, and 

 when empty, can be utilized for use as an ordinary 

 household pail. 



TUOS. G. NE\^&IAN ^ SON. 

 923 & 925 West Madison Street, CHICAGO, ILL, 



