^xisiu^ss flatters* 



m^^For nice Comb Honey, in Prize 

 Boxes, we pay tlie iiighest marltet prices. 



TERMS OF SUBSCRIPTION. 



Single subscription, one year $2 OO 



Two subscriptions, sent at the same time 3 50 



Three " " " " 5 00 



Four or more, " " " ..each, 150 



Advertisements will be inserted at the rate of 

 SO cents per line of Agate space, for each insertion, 

 cash in advance. One inch measures fourteen lines. 

 Special Notices 50 cents per line. ^iiSB 



12;^"A line will contain about eight words; fourteen 

 lines will occupy an inch of space. Advertisements 

 must be received by the 20th, to insure insertion. <«■ 



Notice to Advertisers.— We intend only to ad- 

 vertise for reliable dealers, who expect to fulfill all 

 their advertised promises. Cases of real imposition 

 will be exposed, and such advertisements discon- 

 tinued. No advertisement received for less than $1. 



Address all communications and remittances to 

 THOMAS G. NEWMAN & SON, 



974 West Madison St. CHICAGO, ILL. 



To Correspondents. 



When changing a post-office address, mention the 

 old address as well as the new one. 



We send the Journal until an order for discon- 

 tinuance is received and all arrearages are paid. 



We do not send goods by C. O. D., unless sufficient 

 money is sent with the order to pay express charges 

 both ways. 



When ordering Extractors, give outside dimen- 

 sions of frame or frames to be used, length of top- 

 bar, width and depth of frame Just under top-bar. 



In consequence of the dearth of small currency in 

 the country, we will receive either one, two or three 

 cent stanjps, for anything desired from this office. 



Strangers wishing to visit our office and Museum 

 of Implements for the Apiary, should take the Madi- 

 son street-cars (going west). They pass our door. 



Additions can be made to clubs at any time at the 

 same rate. Specimen copies. Posters, and Illustrated 

 Price List sent free upon application, for canvassing. 



Remit by post-office money-order, registered letter 

 or bank-draft, payable to Thomas G. Newman & Son, 

 so that if the remittance be lost it can be recovered. 



We will send a tested Italian Queen to any one 

 sending us three subscribers to The American Bee 

 Journal with $(i.00. Premium Queens will in every 

 case be tested, but not sent till after July 1st. 



Write name and post-office address plainly. If 

 there is no express office at your post-office address, 

 be sure to give your nearest express office when or- 

 dering anything by express. Give plain directions 

 how goods are to be sent. 



Seeds or samples qf merchandise can be mailed for 

 one cent per ounce, Printed matter one cent for 

 every two ounces. These must be tied up; if pasted, 

 they are subject to letter postage. Don't send small 

 packages by express, that tan just as wellbe sent by mail. 



For the convenience of bee-keepers, we have made 

 arragements to supplv, at the lowest market prices. 

 Imported or tested Italian Queens, Full Colonies, 

 Hives, Extractors and anything required about the 

 Apiary. Our Illustrated Catalogue and Price List 

 will be sent free, on application. 



We have gotten up a "Constitution and By-Laws," 

 suitable for local Associations, which we can supply, 

 with the name and location of any society printed, 

 at $2 per hundred copies, postpaid. If less than 100 

 are ordered, they will have a blank left for writing in 

 the name of the Association, etc. Sample copy will 

 be sent for a three-cent postage stamp. 



Our answer to all who ask credit is this : We sell on 

 smsill margins, and cannot afford to take the risks of 

 doing a credit business. If we did such a business, 

 we should be obliged to add at least 10 to 20 per cent, 

 more to our prices, to make up for those who would 

 never pay, and to pay the expenses of keeping book- 

 accounts with our customers— this we know our Cash 

 customers would not think to their advantage.— 

 This rule we must make general in order not to do 

 injustice to any one. The cash system gives all the 

 advantage to cash customers, while the credit sys- 

 tem works to their injury. In justice to all we must 

 therefore require Cush ^vlth the order, for all 

 Apiarian Supplies. 



Choice Italian Bees.— We have a few 

 colonies of choice Italians for sale at $10.00 

 each. To be delivered in October. 



(U^" Instead of Queens from Tremontani, 

 we can only get promises. We sent him 

 the money by draft on Paris more than 4 

 months ago. 



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B^^Sutliff's Smoker has been improved 

 by the addition of a valve, which o, ens of 

 itself when it is thrown down, and is 

 always closed when being used. jFriend 

 Sutliif says some have an idea that it 

 requires both hands to operate it, and wants 

 us to correct it. It is intended to be opera- 

 ted with the left hand, but it will take some 

 practice to be able to use it.with ease. 



Bee-Culture ; or Successful Manage- 

 ment of the Apiary, by Thomas G. Newman, 

 editor of the American Bee Journal. 



This is the title of a new pamphlet of 80 

 pages, which has been carefully prepared 

 for beginners who desire a cheap work, but 

 one up with the times, to familiarize them- 

 selves with the fascinating avocation of the 

 management and care of bees. 



It is published both in the English and 

 German languages, and is beautifully illus- 

 trated. It is cheap, the price being only 40 

 cents for it, in either English or German. 



It embraces every subject that will inter- 

 est the beginner. Commencing with a 

 short chapter on the Natural History of the 

 Honey Bee, it passes to the consideration 

 of the Situation, Stocking and Arrange- 

 ment of the Apiary, giving minute details 

 of the management and manipulations nec- 

 essary to make Bee-Keeping a success. It 

 describes all the newest discoveries in the 

 art, by which the production of delicious 

 and health-giving Honey is obtained, as 

 well as how to prepare it for the market in 

 the most attractive shape. 



Convention at New Boston, 111. 



The Western Illinois and Eastern Iowa Bee-Keep- 

 ers' Society, will meet at New Boston, Mercer Co., 111., 

 Wednesday and Thursday, October 2d and 3d, 1878. 

 All are cordially invited to attend our Convention, 

 and bring anything that will be of interest to bee- 

 keepers, such as hives, extractors, smokers, boxes, 

 honey-knives, bee-veils, honey, tools, etc. What 

 may seem old to you may be new and of interest to 

 others. Reduced rates will be given at hotels. The 

 meeting will commence at 10 o'clock a. m. Several 

 valuable prizes will be given away to members pres- 

 ent. iW Membership fee, 50 cents ; Ladies free. 

 D. D. PALMER, Fres't. 



New Boston, Mercer Co., 111. 



WILL M. KELLOGG, Sec'y, 



Oneida, Knox Co., 111., and Oquawka, 111. 



