t^ W. M. Kellogg wishes to know 

 the names of the best botanical works 

 for beginners. Gray's Lessons in Bot- 

 any for analyzing, and Gray's School 

 and Field Book, are the best. 



1^ By request of many, we have got- 

 ten up a '■'■ Constitution and By-laws," 

 suitable for local Associations, which 

 we can supply with the name and loca- 

 tion of any society printed, at $2 per 

 hundred copies, postpaid. If less than 

 100 is ordered, they will have a blank 

 left for writing in the name of the asso- 

 ciation, etc. A sample copy will be 

 sent for a 3c. postage stamp. 



i^Our Stock of Vol. 1, American 

 Bee Journl is now exhausted ; so we 

 take it from our list of Books for Sale. 

 "The Dzierzon Theory" which we 

 have re-published in pamphlet form, 

 now takes its place. It contains much 

 that every bee-keeper ought to know, 

 and is one of the most interesting and 

 instructive little works ever published. 

 Its low price (only 20 cents, postpaid,) 

 places it within the reach of all. 



Hoge's Carrier.— Here is a case 

 where comb honey was carried on ox- 

 wagons, steamboats and railroads, a 

 distance of 2,250 miles, without break- 

 age. This is a fact worth recording, 

 we therefore give the proof : 



Deadwood City, Dec. 17, 1877. 

 Messrs. H. K. & F. B. Tuuubeb & Co., N. Y. City : 



Dear Sirs;— Agreeable to promise we report: The 

 ten cases comb honey purchased of you, packed in 

 your patent rubber-ball cases, shipped from New 

 York, Oct. fith, '77. reached Deadwood, Dec. 6th, '77, 

 having been in transit just tU) days, traversing about 

 1,000 miles via railroad, 1,000 miles via lake steamer, 

 250 miles in dead-axle ox-wagons (24 days); 2,250 

 miles. When opened, not a single comb was found to 

 be broken. You can frame this if you choose. The 

 cases can not be subjected to a more thorough test 

 than these were. Yours truly, 



[Signed,] Miller & McPhebson. 



Send by Mail.— We have just re- 

 ceived a package costing us 45 cts. for 

 expressage. It weighed only 8 oz., and 

 if sent by mail would have come just as 

 safely for 8 cents. This is only one of 

 the many; and we shall thank our 

 friends to make a note of the follow- 

 ing: Seeds or samples of any kind of 

 merchandise can be mailed for 1 cent 

 per ounce. Printed matter for 1 cent 

 I'or each two ounces. DonH send us any 

 small packages by express. 



_ Subscribers will please notice the 

 date upon their subscription labels and see 

 that they are "up with the times," 



Removal. — In order to get more 

 room for our constantly - increasing 

 museum of implements for the apiary, 

 we have removed our office to Ko. 974 

 West Madison St., where we have two 

 floors 20x60 feet each. The Madison 

 street cars (going west) pass our door, 

 making it very convenient for those 

 visiting the city to call on us. 



1^ It is suggested that we get up a 

 Petition to Congress to have the Postal 

 Law amended to admit of Queens 

 being sent in the Mails, as heretofore. 

 We will in a few days get up Blank 

 Petitions ready for signatures, which 

 any one can have on application at 

 this office, who will get them signed 

 and returned to us by March 1st. We 

 will then see that they are properly pre- 

 sented to Congress, and by a united 

 effort try to have our voice heard. We 

 ought to have 100,000 signatures, in 30 

 days. Who will take hold of the 

 matter? 



i^°In answer to H. L. Lankton's 

 letter on page 422, Dec. l^o., H. Allen 

 says there are two sides to such contro- 

 verses ; that he felt insulted, and hence 

 wrote sharply, but will send the two 

 queens due Mr. L. in the spring. A 

 little of the oil of kind words, (on both 

 sides, perhaps), will be productive of 

 peace and harmony. We decline to 

 publish, in future, details of all person, 

 al controversies. They are neither 

 pleasant nor profitable reading. 



1^ Many complain of the dearth of 

 small currency, all over the country. 

 In reply to correspondents, we will say 

 that Postage Stamps, of any denomina- 

 tion, can always be obtained at every 

 country post-office; and when currency 

 cannot be had, we shall receive such 

 stamps for anything desired from this 

 office. 1, 2 and 3 cent stamps preferred. 



1^" Paper made expressly for the 

 covers of The Bee Journal did not 

 arrive from the mill in time for this 

 issue. Hereafter it will have a nicer 

 cover and be of uniform color. 



I^^When you have a leisure hour or 

 evening, why not drop in on a neighboring 

 family and see if you cannot get a subscrib- 

 er for The American Bee Journal? 



