THE AMERICAN BEE JOURNAL. 



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WEEKLY EDITION 



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PrBMSHED BY 



THOMAS G. NEWMAN & SON, 



PUOPItlETORS. 



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



Weekly. »a a year ; Monthly, SO cents. 



ALiFRED H. NEWMAN, 

 Business Manager. 



^pctial gloticcs. 



SPECIAL. NOTICE.— On January 1,1886, 

 the price of the Weekly Bee Journal will 

 be reduced to One Dullar a Tear. This we 

 have contemplated for some years, and only 

 awaited the proper time to warrant us in 

 issuing the Weekly Bee Journal at the very 

 low price of one dollar a year. That time 

 has now come. We shall continue to im- 

 prove the Bee Journal, and it will main- 

 tain its proud position as the leading bee- 

 paper of the World ! 



New subscribers will he supplied with the 

 Weekly from now until the end of the year 

 1886, for $1.2.5. 



Those who have already subscribed for 

 any portion of iiext year will have the time 

 beyond January 1st doubled. These changes 

 in the mail-list type are already made. 



For §1.25 we will send the Weekly Bee 

 Journal to new subscribers from now until 

 the end of 188.1— fifteen months. Now is 

 the time to subscribe. The sooner it is done 

 the more they will get for the money. 



To Correspondents. — It would save 

 us much trouble, if all would be particular 

 t« give their P. O. address and name, when 

 writingto this oftiee. We have several letters 

 (some inclosing money) that have no name; 

 many others having no Post^Offlce, County 

 or State. Also, it you live near one post- 

 office and get your mail at another, be sure 

 to give the address we have on our list. 



Bees and Poultry.— But few outdoor 



pursuits go so well together as bees and 

 poultry. Give the poultry the necessary 

 attention in the morning and evening, and 

 give the bees such of the time between as 

 becomes necessary. We have made arrange- 

 ments by which we can supply the American 

 Poultry Journal (price ¥1.2.5)and the Weekly 

 Bee Journal both for $1,75 a year. This 

 Is a rare opportunity to get two standard 

 papers for less than the price of one. 



Local Convention Directory. 



1885. Time and place oj Meetino. 



Oct. 1.— Southern llUnolo, at Duquoln. Ills. 



F. 11. Kennedy, See.. Duquoin, Ills. 



Oct. li.— Union, at Dexter, Iowa. 



M. E. Darby. Sec. Dexter, Iowa. 



Oct. 10.— Wabash County, at N. Manchester, Ind. 

 J. J. Martin, Sec, N. Manchester, Ind. 



Oct. 15, 10.— Western, at Independence, Mo. 



C. M. Crandall, Sec, Independence. Mo. 



Oct. 15.— Progressive, at Macomb. Ills. 



J. G. Norton. Sec, Macomb, Ills. 



Oct. 21.— Md., Va. & W. Va.. at Hagerstown, Md 

 D. A. Pike, Prea., Suuithshurg, Md. 



Oct. li8, 29.— Central Illinois, at Jacksonville, Ills. 



Nov, 5, e.— N. .1. & Eastern, at Trenton, N. J. 

 Wni. B. Treadwell, Sec. 16 Thomas St., N. T. 



Nov. 12.— Central Michigan, at Lansing. Mich. 



E. N. Wood, Sec, N. Lansing, Mich. 



Dec. 8— 10.— Michigan State, at Detroit. Mich. 



H. D. Cutting. Sec, Clinton, Mich. 



Dec. 8— 10.— North American, at Detroit, Mich. 

 W. Z. Hutchinson, sec Rogersville, Mich. 



Dec. 8-10.— Northwestern, at Detroit, Mich, 



"W. Z. Hutchinson. Sec, Uogersville, Mich, 



fW In order to have this table complete. Secre- 

 taries are requested to forward full particulars of 

 time and place of future meetings.- Bn. 



Any person not a subscriber, receiving a 

 copy of this paper, will please consider it 

 an invitation to become a subscriber to it. 



E^~ 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 

 pam phlets on "Honey as Food and Med ici ne," 

 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 SIO.OO; or 1,000 for $15,00. 

 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 give 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. 



Preserve yotir papers for reference. 

 If you have no BINDER we will mail you 

 one for 75 cents, or you can have one free 

 if you will send us 'i new yearly subscrip- 

 tions for the Bee Journal. 



J^~ Our rates for two or more copies of 

 the book, " Bees 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." 



Wlien ITIarketlng Extracted Honey, 



it is a sad hlutidrr to use barrels hold ingfrfim 

 300 to 500 pounds— they are too large to he 

 desirable for the trade, too bulky to be hand- 

 led with care in transportation, and too dear 

 to be lucrative to the producer, for honey 

 put up in such large barrels is subject to a 

 discount f)f one i;ent per pound, because of 

 the dltficulty in disi>osing of it without 

 repacking and dividing into smaller lots. 



^~ Sample Copies of the Bee Journal 

 will be sent free upon application. Any one 

 intending to get up a club can have sample 

 copies sent to the persons they desire to in- 

 terview by sending the names to this office, 

 or we will send them all to the agent. 



t^~ AH 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) $1 00 



" 100 colonies (220 pages) 125 



" 200 colonies (420 pages) 150 



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 are therefore the most desirable. 



^dxttvtistmcnts. 



85 COLONIES of BEES for SALE, 



SYKIO-ITAI-IANS and KED-Cl.OVEK 

 ITAI-IAN**— iill on L. frames, mostly wired. 

 "Wisliinn t'l Ko South for my hpalth. I offer the 

 above in lot?* of ."> or more, at S-'i per coUmy, or 

 a^.'^eo for the lot. if taken soon; together with 

 extractor, section-cases, and extra frames. All 

 re-queeneil from the bet^t Btrains this year. 

 «J. SINOLETON. 

 39Alt Brooklyn Village. Cuyahoga Co., O. 



BEESWAX. 



"We pay ZOk. per lb.. deliTcred here, for yellow 

 Beeswax. To avoid mlstHkes. toe shipper's came 

 should always be on each packaee. 



THOS. 6. N£TV'AIAN <& SON, 



923 & 925 West Madison Street, CHICAGO, ILL- 



WE are now in the inarkct, and will be 

 during' the entire season, for all honey 

 offered us, in any quantity, shape, or cl)ndi- 

 tion— just so it is pure. We will sell on com- 

 mission, chargring 5 per cent.; or, if a sam- 

 ple is sent us, we will make the best cash 

 offer the general market will afford. We 

 will handle beeswax the same way, and can 

 furnish bee-men in quantities, crude or re- 

 fined, at lowest market prices. Mr. Jerome 

 Twichell, our junior member in this depart- 

 ment, has full charge, which insures prompt 

 and careful attention in all its details. 



Sample of comb honey must be a full casCr 

 representing a fair average of the lot. On 

 such sample we will make prompt returnsT 

 whether we buy or not. 



CLEMONS, €LOON &: CO., 



36A17t KANSAS CITY, MO. 



BEE-KEEPERS' GUIDE; 



Or, MASJUAl. OF THE APIART. 



12,000 SOLD SINCE 1876. 



13th Thensnnd tJast Out! 



10th Thousand Sold in Just Four Months 



8.000 Sold Since May. 1883. 



More than ^0 pages, and more than 50 fine illus- 

 trations were added in the nth editi" -n. I'he whole 

 work has been thoroughly revised, and contains the 

 very latest in respect to bee-keepinp. It is certainly 

 the fullest and most scientitlc work treating of 

 bees In the World. Price, by mail, Sll 35. Liberal 

 discount to dealers and to clubs. 



A. J. COOK, Author and Publisher, 



iCly Agricultural College, Mich. 



^~ For sale also at the Office of the Bee 

 Journal, at wholesale or retail. 



ACKERMAN'S 



BOTTOM-BOARD HOOK 



A cheap and desirable contri- 

 vance for securing- loose bot- 

 -™„gj^ torn-boards to the hives. It can 

 eMC^Si^F be operated instantly. One 

 sample set, by mail, 20 cents. One or more, 

 by express, 15 cents each. For sale by 



THOS. ti. NEH'MAN & SON, 



923 & 925 West Madison St., CHICAGO, ILL. 



