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^"One Dollar and fifty cents in ad- 

 vance will procure the Bee Journal 

 for 1879. Clubs of five for five dollars, 

 cash with the order. Two dollars per 

 year in all cases, as heretofore, when 

 not paid for in advance. 



Jt^^D. D. Pahner passed through the 

 city last week with a car-load of honey, 

 going east. 



^^W Those wishing a Premium Queen for 

 getting up Clubs will now please send^-ue 

 subscriptions and $7.50, and we will send 

 them a choice queen in July. 



Our new Illustrated Catalogue of 

 "Implements for the apiary" will be ready 

 in a few days and will be sent to any address 

 on application. 



1^" A. Stiles, Genoa, Iowa, offers to sell 

 14 Vols, of American Bee Jouknal for 

 $20.00. He says : " 1 owe my success to the 

 A. B. J., but my infirmaties compelled me to 

 sell my bees and give up the business." 



'Silver is now flooding the country and 

 the old "postal currency " is getting scarce. 

 Therefore for fractions of a dollar it is best 

 to buy postage stamps, when sending to this 

 oflice. One, two or three cent stamps are 

 always useful to us. 



'The Michigan Homestead is the title 

 of a new agricultural paper in Detroit, 

 Mich., the first number of which is on our 

 desk. It is a large and handsome sheet, and 

 is well-filled with good matter. It is pub- 

 lished at $1.50 per year. 



Printed Envelopes.— We have gotten 

 up some neatly printed envelopes containing 

 the card of the American Bee Journal. 

 On these we will print a card of honey pro- 

 ducers, and furnish them by mail postpaid 

 for 50 cents per 100 ; $1.00 for 250 ; $1.75 for 

 500 ; or $3.00 for 1,000. Samples furnished 

 free upon application. 



IW'P- F. Collins, of Dallas, Texas, has 

 been in Chicago and vicinity for a week 

 past, and has chartered two cars for Texas, 

 taking comb and extracted honey, and lum- 

 ber for hives, crates, boxes, &c. He uses 

 the Langstroth hive and prize boxes, and 

 took all the premiums at the Texas State 

 Fair last fall, on bees and liouey. 



iW The queen spoken of on page 368 of 

 the Bee Journal for November we learn 

 was from an apiary in Crown Point, Ind. 

 From the letter of Mr.SpauUling we inferred 

 that it was the one we sold him, as he 

 spoke of both in that connection. 



We have been obliged to defer pub- 

 lisliing the Proceedings of the North-East 

 Wisconsin Association till our next No. 

 The report is quite long, and we could not 

 do justice to it in the space available in this 

 nund)er of the Journal. 



m^" The Maryland Farmer is an old 

 and reliable paper for the farm and fireside, 

 and can be obtained clubbed with the Bee 

 Journal for $2.50 per year, for both. It is 

 conducted with spirit and is reliable 

 authority on ail matters pertaining to the 

 farm. 



When packing comb honey in boxes, 

 straw is a detriment to it, and of no advant- 

 age whatever. It so persistently becomes 

 scattered over the honey, and packing down 

 so easily, its presence is not only no protec- 

 tion, but objectionable. 



Pure Linden Honey.— For certain 

 reasons I am particularly desirous of having 

 an analysis of unqiiestloiuihly pure linden 

 or basswood honey, made by the able Prof. 

 of Chemistry, Mr. K. C. "Kedzie, of the 

 State Agricultural College, Lansing, Michi- 

 gan. Any bee-keeping friend advising 

 Prof. Kedzie that he can send a quart of 

 such honey, can learn how to send it, and 

 will confer a personal boon upon. 



L. L. Langstroth, 



Canada.— All interested in calling a 

 Convention, are requested to communicate 

 witii Mr. W. G. Walton, Hamilton, Out., 

 who will if desired make proper arrange- 

 ments for holding such the coming winter. 



__ 'The petition against adulteration will 

 be presented to Congress in January. Let 

 all who favor it, send for a copy at once, 

 and get it signed and returned to Mr. 

 Dadant, in time to go with others. Mr. 

 Charles Oliver, of Spring, Pa., has just 

 returned three petitions containing 360 

 names. There is no time to lose now. 



" Carmen."— By Prosper Merimee. The 

 original work, from which the opera of 

 "Carmen," now being presented by Miss 

 MimueHank and Miss Kellogg, was drama- 

 tizeil, has been translated into English from 

 the French, and will be published in a few 

 days by T. B. Peterson & Brothers, Phila- 

 dei|)lHa, in their popular square duodecimo 

 foini. price lifty cents, vuiitorm with "Theo," 

 " Kathleen," "Savell's Expiation," "Dosia," 

 "Marrying off a Daughter," and " Souia," 

 published by the same Urm. 



