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BUSINESS MANAGER. 



Ixisiwess %oixtt5. 



It Yon Ijive near one post-ofiBce and 

 get j'our mail at another, be sure to give the 

 address tliat we liave on our list. 



Oive a Copy of " Honey as Food and 

 Medicine " to every one who buys a package 

 of honey. It will sell lots of it. 



l>r. Miller's Book, " A Year Among 

 the Bees," and the American Bee JotjK- 

 NAL for one year— we send both for $1.50. 



If'yoii I^O!!ie Money by carelessly en- 

 closing it in a letter, it is without excuse, 

 when a Money Order, which is perfectly 

 safe, costs but 5 cents. 



Pure Phenol ior Fonl Brood.— 



Calvert's No. 1 phenol, mentioned in Che- 

 shire's pamphlet on pages 16 and 17, can be 

 procured at this office at 35 cents per ounce. 

 Not being mailable, it must go by express. 



Preser»'e Your Papers for future 

 reference. If you have no BliWER we 

 will mail you one for 60 cents ; or you can 

 have one FREE, if you will send us 3 new 

 yearly subscriptions for tlie Bee Journai,. 



Tucca BriisUes, for removing bees 

 from the combs, are a soft, vegetable fiber, 

 and do not irritate the bees. We supply 

 them at 5 cents each, or 50 cents a dozen ; if 

 sent by mail, add 1 cent each for postage. 



Please -w-rile American Bee Journal 

 on the envelope when wTiting to this office. 

 Several of our letters have already gone to 

 another firm (a commission house), causing 

 vexatious delay and ti"ouble. 



A Home Market for honey can be 

 made by judiciously distributing the 

 pamphlets, " Honey as Food and Medicine." 

 Such will create a demand in any locality at 

 remunerative prices. See list on the second 

 page of this paper. 



Wew !!$iib.«criberscan obtain the full 

 numbers for IS-SS and 18S9 for $1.80, if appli- 

 cation be made at once, before all the sets 

 of 1888 are gone. 



Cork ibr M'inCer Packings. — Its 



advantages are that it never becomes musty, 

 and it is odorless. Cushions can be made 

 of cloth and filled with the cork, for winter 

 packing. We can supply all orders now at 

 10 cents per pound. Or a seamless sack of 

 it, containing 15 pounds, for 81.00. 



CI.IIBBI.liCi 1.ISX. 



'*Ve Club the American Bee Journal 



for a year, with any of the following papere 



or books, at the prices quoted in the l,ASX 



column. The regular price of both is given 



in the first column. One year's subscription 



for the American Bee Journal must be sent 



with each order for another paper or book: 



Price 0/ both. Club 

 The American Bee Journal 1 00 . . . 



and Gleanings in Bee-Culture 2 00 1 75 



Bee-Keepers'Mag-azine 1 50 1 40 



Bee-Keepers' Guide 150 140 



Bee-Keepers' Review 150 140 



The Apiculturist 1 75 1 65 



Canadian Bee Journal 2 00 1 80 



Canadian Honey Producer...! 40 130 



The 8 above-named papers 5 65 5 00 



and Cook's Manual (old edition) 2 25 2 00 



Bees and Honey (Newman)... 2 00 175 



Binder for Am. Bee Journal.. 1 60 1 50 



Dzierzon's Bee-Book (cloth) ... 3 00 2 00 



Roofs A BC of Bee-Culture.. 2 25.... 2 10 



Farmer's Account Book 4 00 2 20 



Western World Guide 1 50.... 1 30 



Heddon's book, "Success,".. 1 50.. 1 40 



A Year Amon^ the Bees 1 75 1 50 



Convention Hand-Book 1 50 1 .30 



Weekly Inter-Ocean 2 00 ... . 1 75 



How to Propagate Fruit 1 50 1 25 



History of National Society . . 1 50 1 25 



I>o not send to us for sample copies of 

 of any other papers. Send for such to the 

 publishers of the papers you want. 



International Bee-Convention. 



— The Pamphlet Report of the Columbus, 

 Ohio, Convention is now issued, and copies 

 have been sent to each member, as well as 

 to the Colleges, Agricultural and Horticul- 

 tural Societies and periodicals devoted to 

 ^he industry. Copies can be obtained at 

 this office, by mail, postpaid, for 25 cents. 

 This pamphlet contains the new bee-songs 

 and words, as well as a portrait of the 

 President. Bound up with the history of 

 the International Society, and a full report 

 of the Detroit, Indianapolis and Chicago 

 conventions, for 50 cents, postpaid. 



Paper Boxes — to hold a section of 

 honey for retail dealers. We have two sizes 

 on hand to carry sections 4Xx43^ and 5}^x.534'. 

 Price, Sl.OO per 100, or $8.50 per 1,000. 



Xlie Bate on the wrapper label of 

 your paper indicates the end of the month 

 to which you have paid. If that is past, 

 please send us a dollar to carry the date 

 another year ahead. 



Honey.— We have for sale a quantity of 

 Extracted Honey in kegs holding about 230 

 pounds each, which we are selling, free on 

 board the cars, at 8 cents per pound for 

 Amber and 9 cents per pound for White. 



In order to pay you for getting new 

 subscribers to send with your renewal, we 

 make you this oflEer. For each yearly sub- 

 scriber, with $1.00, you may order 35 cents 

 worth of any books or supplies that we have 

 for sale— as a preniinni. 



W^e Supply Chapman Honey-Plant 

 SEEU at the following prices : One 

 ounce, 40 cents ; i ounces, $1 ; }{ pound, 

 $1.75 ; 1 pound, $3. One pound of seed is 

 sufficient for half an acre, if properly 

 thinned out and re-set. 



Ked Labels for Palls.— We have 

 three sizes of these Labels ranging in size 

 for pails to hold from one to ten pounds of 

 honey. Price, $1 for a hundred, with th& 

 name and address of the bee-keeper printed 

 on them. Smaller quantities at one cent 

 each ; but we cannot print the name and 

 address on less than 100. Larger quantities 

 according to size, as follows : 



Size A. Size B. Size C^ 



2.50 Labels $1.50 $2.00 $2.25 



SOOLabelB 2.00 3.00 3.50 



1,000 Labels 3.00 4.00 o.OO 



»■ Samples mailed free, upon application. 



Clover Seetls.— We are sellmgAlsike 

 Clover Seed at the following prices : $8.00 

 per bushel; $3.35 per peck ; 35 cents per lb. 

 White Clover Seed : $10.00 per bushel; $3.75 

 per peck ; 30 cents per lb. Melilot or Sweet 

 Clover Seed: $6.00 per bushel ; $1.75 per 

 peck: 20 cents per lb. — by express or freight. 



By i;sin;!f llie Itinder made ex- 

 pressly for this Bee Journal, all can have 

 them bound and ready for reference and 

 examination every day in the year. Price 

 60 cents, postpaid. Subscription for one 

 year and the binder for $1.50. 



Money in Potatoes, by Mr. Joseph 

 Greiner. Price, 40 cents, postpaid. This 

 is a complete instructor for the practical 

 potato-grower, and explains the author's 

 new system in 40 interesting lessons. It is 

 for sale at this office. 



Simniins' IVon-S^'arniin;; Sys-^ 

 tern.— We have a few of these books left, 

 and we will club them with the American 

 Bee Journal for one year, both postpaid, 

 for $1.35. The subscription to the Bee 

 Journal can be for next year, this year, or 

 may begin anew at any time. 



Al'nays Mention your Post-Office, 

 County and State when writing to this 

 office. No matter where you may happen 

 to be for the hour when actually writing— 

 never mention anything but your perma- 

 nent address. To do otherwise leads to 

 confusion, unless you desire your address 

 changed. In that case state the old as well 

 as the new address. 



Apiary Register.— All who intend to 

 be systematic in their work in the apiary, 

 should get a copy of the Apiary Register and 

 begin to use it. The prices are as follows : 



For 50 colonies (120 pages) $1 00 



'• 100 colonies (220 pages) 1 25 



" 200 colonies (420 pages) 150 



Photographs of Bee-Keepers.— 



The " medley " gotten up by E. O. Tuttle, 

 containing the faces of 120 representative 

 apiarists, and a printed sketch of each one, 

 will be sent with the Bee Journal for one 

 year for $1.75 ; or we will present it free, by 

 mail, to any one, for a club of three subscri- 

 bers and $3.00. 



Xhe Xinie tor Reading- has come, 

 with the long winter evenings. We have a 

 large stock of bee-books, and would like to 

 fill orders for them. To read and post up is 

 the way to succeed in any pursuit— in none ■ 

 is it more important than in bee-keeping. 



