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THE AMERICAN BEE JOURNAL. 



Bablow & Churchwell, have sent us a 

 postal card ou business, but failing to give 

 their address, we must wait for that essen- 

 tial element before we can attend to it. 

 "Will thej^ please write again, and state 

 their Post-Office, County and State, and it 

 shall receive attention. 



Our Premiums for Clubs. 



'Winter is the time to "read up" on 

 bee-culture, and all who expect to be suc- 

 cessful should spend the time to profit, by 

 studying the subject to the best of their 

 ability. 



_ Those who wish Demorests' Monthly 

 Magazine with the American Bee Jour- 

 nal for 1877 can get both for the small simi 

 of $4.00 ; thereby saving one dollar. 



' The only safe way to send money by 

 mail is to get the letter registered, or pro- 

 cure a money order or draft. We cannot be 

 responsible for money lost, jinless these 

 precautions are taken. Then it is at our 

 risk, and if lost we will make it good to the 

 sender, but not otherwise. 



12^° The proceedings of the Ky. B. K. As- 

 sociation was duly received from the Secre- 

 tary, but by an oversight was put into a 

 pigeon-hole and overlooked till this issue 

 was too full to admit them. Will appear in 

 next number. 



"We employ no traveling agents, de- 

 pending entirely upon local club agents and 

 our volunteer friends generally, to keep up 

 our circulation. 



Any of our subscribers who wish to 

 present a copy of the American Bee Jour- 

 nal to a friend for the year 1877, can do so 

 by sending us one dollar and the name and 

 address. 



Read our list of Premiums for getting 



up clubs. We have extended the time to 

 January 31, 1877 — in order to encourage 

 agents to work for the best premiums. 



The Ohio and Texas Land Co. turns 

 out to be a "swindle;" at least so says the 

 P. M. at Mineral City, Texas. The adv't. 

 was sent us by a advertising agent in Cin- 

 cinnati, and we supposed it all right or 

 would not have published it. 



We do our readers a favor by directing 

 their attention to that most valuable practi- 

 cal journal, the American Agriculturist, 

 which is just now entering upon its 36th 

 year. It is packed full of useful informa- 

 tion, that cannot fail to be very helpful to 

 every family, and to every man whatever 

 his calling, and whether residing in City, 

 Village or Country. We supply it and The 

 American Bee Jottrnal for 1877 for ^3.15. 



A. G. Hill has sent us one of his Gas Pipe 

 Extractors to be presented to the person 

 sending in the largest club of new subscrib- 

 ers to The American Bee Journal be- 

 fore January 31, 1877. The Extractor is 

 light and extremely simple. We will pay 

 the express charges, so that it shall be 

 "without charge" to the recipient. 



D. A. Pike will present one of his beauti- 

 ful Albino Qvieens— whose progeny will be 

 one-half Italians and one-half Albinos— to 

 the getter up of the second largest club of 

 subscribers. The Albino will be sent, post- 

 paid. May 1, 1877. 



We will add the following: 



For the third largest list, we will send a 

 tested Italian queen in May, 1877. 



For the fouHh largest list, we will send 

 500 young tulip trees (4 to 8 inches high) in 

 April or May, 1877. 



For the fifth largest list, we will give a 

 copy of The American Bee Jolrnal for 

 1877, post-paid. 



For the sixth largest list we will send, 

 post-paid, a copy of Vol. I. of The Ameri- 

 can Bee Journal, bound. 



See our club rates on page 35 of this is- 

 sue. Names and money can be sent in as 

 received, mentioning that you wish to com- 

 pete for the prizes, and we will open an ac- 

 count accordingly. Work should be com- 

 menced at once. 



Three Numbers Free ! 



By an arrangement with the manufactur- 

 ers of the Abbott Pocket Microscope 

 we are able to make the following remark- 

 able offer to new subscribers : 



To give those who are unacquainted with 

 tha merits of our paper an opportunity to 

 try it before becoming regular subscribers, 

 we propose to send three numbers of The 

 American Bee Journal "on trial" and 

 The Abbott Pocket Microscope, des- 

 cription of which will be found in oiu- ad- 

 vertising columns, for $1.50, the price of 

 THE Microscope alone, and thus get the 

 Journal for three months practically free. 

 The Microscope alluded to is the most com- 

 plete thing of the kind we ever saw, and 

 can be made valuable in many ways, be- 

 sides being a constant source of amusement 

 and instruction. Send in your orders. 



We will present 100 tulip trees to any 

 person sending one or more new sub- 

 scribers for 1877. See Club Rates on 

 page 35. The trees will be from 4 to 8 

 inches high, and will be sent in Novem- 

 ber or May, as desired. Those desiring 

 these trees must mention them when 

 sending in subscriptions. 



