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THE AMERICAN BEE JOURNAL. 



WEEKLY EDITION 



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PUBLISHED BY 



THOMAS G. NEWMAN & SON, 



PmUMtlETOKS, 



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



Weekly, S3 a year : Monthly, SO cents. 



ALFRED H. NEtriTIAN, 



Business Manager. 



^preciaX Notices. 



SPECIAIi NOTICE On January 1,1886, 



the price of the Weekly Bee Journal will 

 be reduced to One Dollar 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 ! 



" Don't Slop "—that is what many write 

 to us about their papers, when their time is 

 nearly out. One subscriber says: "This 

 has been a year of disaster, and it is not con- 

 venient forme to send j-ou the money now 

 to renew my subscription. It runs out with 

 this month ; but don't stop sending it. I will 

 ^ei the money to you within three months." 

 Such letters are coming every day, and so 

 for the present we have concluded not to 

 stop any papers until requested to do so. 



t^' Sample Copies of the Bee Journal 

 will be sent FREE upon application. Anyone 

 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 ollice, 

 or we will send them all to the agent. 



Popular Gardening, is a flrst-class 

 monthly, devoted to Fruit, Vegetables, Flow- 

 ers, House-Plants, Poultry, etc., about the 

 Home, with Hou.'sehold, Fashion and Young 

 Peoples Departments, etc. It is bright, 

 able, newsy and entertaining. It comes 

 right down to practical work and things 

 •without waste of words. Its contents, en- 

 gravings, etc., are of superior quality. It is 

 sound and not trashy. There is nothing 

 cheap about it but its price, which is 60 ets. 

 a year. A sample coi)y free by addressing, 

 Kansom, Long & Co., 'JO:.' Main St., Buffalo, 

 N. Y. The Bee Journal and Popular Gar- 

 tlcninn, for 1886, for $1..3.-). 



Honey as Food and Medicine. 



^^ To create Honey Markets in every 

 village, town and city, wide-awake honey 

 producers should get the Leaflets " Why Eat 

 Honey" (only .iO 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 ets. ; per 

 hundred, $2.50. Five hundred will be sent 

 postpaid for $10.00; 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 aivay 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. 



Tlie AVestern TVorld Guide and Hand- 

 Book of Useful Information, contains the 

 greatest amount of useful information over 

 put together in such a cheap form. The 

 printing, paper, and binding are excellent, 

 and the book is well worth a dollar. To any 

 one sending us two new subscribers besides 

 their own, with $3, for one year, we will 

 present a copy of this valuable book. 



^^~ 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." 



Preserve your papers for reference. 

 If you have no BINDER we will mail you 

 one tor 75 cents, or you can have one free 

 if you will send us 4 new yearly subscrip- 

 tions for the Bee Journal. 



To Correspondents. — It would save 

 us much trouble, if all would be particular 

 to give their P. O. address and name, when 

 writing to this office. We have several letters 

 (some inclosing money) that have no name; 

 many others having no Post-Offlce, County 

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

 office and get your mail at another, be sure 

 to give the address we have on our list. 



VVlien Renewing your subscription 

 please try to get your neighbor who keeps 

 bees to join with you in taking the Bee 

 Journal. It is now so cheap that no one 

 can afford to do without it. 



Tlie Time lor Reading has now come. 

 The long winter evenings can be utilized by 

 reading up bee-literature. We have all the 

 newest bee-books and can fill all orders on 

 the day they are received. 



Agents can sell the Guide and Hand- 

 Book like " hot-cakes." Send us an order 

 for Ave copies (with ¥'-.*0) and we will send 

 you the Weekly Bee Journal free for a 

 year. This is a rare opportunitj' to get the 

 Weekly Bee J oubnal without cost 1 I 



Use the boss Zinc and I^eather Interfering 

 Boots and Collar Pads. They are the best. 

 4oD6t 



New Saw for Hive-Making. 



Learning that the Barnes' Saw has 

 been much improved for next season's 

 operations, we sent to them for a des- 

 cription, so that those who intend 

 to make their own hives might see a 

 cut of it and learn what its improve- 

 ments consist in. Here is what the 

 manufacturers say of it: 



The new Macliine is the result of 

 many years' experience and thought 

 in tliis direction. The old Combined 

 Machine, on the whole, gave good sat- 

 isfaction to bee-keepers. There were, 

 however, some weak points about the 

 Machine which we desired to eradi- 

 cate, and we believe that in the new 

 Macliine we have surmounted 'the dif- 

 ficulties. It is stronger and stifferin 

 every way than was the old Machine, 

 and is capable of a larger range of 

 work. 



One of the strongest points of the 

 new Machine is in the matter of the 

 Belt. The belting arrangement is 

 such that friction is reduced to the 

 minimum, and at the same time there 

 isabsolutely no chance of the Belt slip- 

 ping. All will therefore readily per- 

 ceive that this feature makes the 

 Machine capable of a great deal of 

 work at the least possible expenditure 

 of physical power and exertion. 



The Machine embraces, as hereto- 

 fore, Scroll and Circular Saw, although 

 either of tliese can be taken Indepen- 

 dent of the other, if desired. 



These Machines are sold on the 

 same terms and at the same price as 

 before the improvements were made, 

 viz : $35.00 for Circular Saw including 

 1 rip and 1 cross-cut saw. Catalogue 

 free. For sale by 



THOS. «. NE'mnAN & SON, 



923 & 92.-) West Madison St., CHICAGO, ILL. 



Bee-Eeepers' Badges at Fairs. 



We have some ELEGANT 

 RIBBON BADGES, having 

 a rosette and gold Bee, for 

 bee-keepers' use at Fairs, 

 Conventions, etc. Price 

 50 cents each, by mail, postpaid. 



THOJflAS G. NEWIHAN Sc SON, 



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



