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I ever saw, I do not care to risk them 

 out another winter. I now think that 

 I will try the cellar next winter. I also 

 purchased, at neighboring sales, 5 

 more colonies, mostly Italians ; thus 

 with my former 20, it makes me a neat 

 little apiary of 25 colonies this spring, 

 ami they have an abundance of honej' 

 for breeding purposes, too. The bees 

 carried in pollen during the whole 

 month of March, when it was fair, 

 from the apple and elms. I am selling 

 comb honey for 12J cents this spring. 

 There is a good deal of broken and 

 soiled comli honey in the market here, 

 which makes it drag. I like the 

 American Bee Jocknal very much. 



Wlnlcred on Sugar Stores 



Lemuel Stout, Philadelphia, Pa., on 

 March 31, 1889, says : 



All of my bees (4 colonies) came 

 through the winter nicely on 60 pounds 

 of sugar and 30 pints of water, fed in 

 November, 1888, without any tartaric- 

 acid nonsense. I started with Hill's 

 device, with cotton over it, six years 

 ago, and with that kind of feed, and 

 have never lost a colony. I opened 

 the hives on March 24, and they were 

 carrying in pollen. When I put them 

 away I do not believe that the colonies 

 had 4 pounds of honey iu all. 



SborU^Vingcd Bees, etc.— E. B. 



Cohoon, Lake view, Ont., on April 1, 

 1889, writes : 



I imported an Italian queen from 

 the United States last fall, and on ex- 

 amining her progeny this spring, I find 

 fine, full-developed bees, well bred, 

 but with wings only half the proper 

 length. Can any one explain the 

 cause of this ? The bees are in fine 

 condition. 



I have 10 colonies of bees wintering 

 in the cellar under the house, and they 

 are coming out finely so far. The 

 weather was fine here for sometime, 

 but has changed for cold now. Yester- 

 day it snowed nearly all day. I think 

 very much of the American Bee Jour- 

 nal, which visits me regularlj- every 

 week, and I could not do without it 

 while I am inclined to work with bees. 



International Bee-Convention. 



—The Pamphlet Report of the Columbus, 

 Ohio, Bee-Convention can be obtained at 

 this office, by mail, postpaid, for 35 cents. 

 This pamphlet contains the new bee-songs 

 and words, as well as a portrait of the 

 President. Bound up with the history ol 

 the International Society, and a full report 

 of the Detroit, Indianapolis and Chicago 

 conTentioDS, for 50 cents, postpaid. 



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BUSINESS MANAGER. 



iitstwcss Notices, 



Your Full Adaress, plainly written, 

 Is very essential in order to avoid mistakes. 



It ITou Live near one post-office and 

 get your mail at another, be sure to give the 

 address that we have on our list. 



Qive 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. Itliller's Book, "A Year Among 

 the Bees," and the American Bee JotJB- 

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



li'you L,ose 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. 



I^ew Subscribers can obtain the full 

 numbers for 1888 and 1889 for S1.80, if appli- 

 cation be made at once, before all the sets 

 of 1888 are gone. 



Paper Boxes— to hold a section of 

 honey for retail dealers. We have two sizes 

 on hand to carry sections 4>f x4)^ and 5J^x5J^. 

 Price, 81.00 per 100, or 88.50 per 1,000. 



Preserre Voiir Papers for future 

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Please -wTite American Bee Journal 

 on the envelope when writuig to this office. 

 Several of our letters have already gone to 

 another firm (a coniiuission house), causing 

 vexatious delay and trouble. 



Honey.— We have for sale a quantity of 

 Extracted Honey in kegs holding about 320 

 pounds each, which we are selling, free on 

 board the cars, at S 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 offer. For each yearly sub- 

 scriber, with 81.00, you may order 25 cents 

 worth of any books or supplies that we have 

 for sale— as a preniimn. 



A Home WarUet 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. 



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Will l)c CLUnHEl) with the Amebicax Bee 

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This nuiffniflcont Art Portfolio is in size just 

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 Doi-e, tlic jfi-eal Ficnch Artist, It, contains the 

 followinj,' boiiutiful enKravinga : Expulsion 

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 and Doaz— Dcatli of Saul— The Judgment, of 

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 Confounainjc the Priests of Baal— The Nativity 

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Standard Atlas of the M'orld. 



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This ATLAS 



contains large scale 

 Maps of every coun- 

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 upon the face of the 

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It Is beautifully il- 

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 the people, chief pro- 

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 of engravings of his- 

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 many new and desir- 

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 among which will be 

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Price, in best English cloth binding (size, closed. 

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Hastings' Perlection Feeder.— 



This excellent Feeder will hold 2 quarts, 

 and the letting down of the feed is regulated 

 by a thumb-screw. The cap screws securely 

 on. It is easy to regulate— either a spoonful 

 or a quart- and that amount can be given 

 in an hour or a day, as desired. By it the 

 food can be given where it is most needed- 

 just over the cluster. Not a drop need be 

 lost, and no robber bees can get at it. A 

 single one can be had for 40 cents, or a 

 dozen for 83.50, and it can be obtained at 

 this office. Postage 10 cents extra. 



We m-ill Present a Pocket Dictionary 

 for two subscribers with 82.00. It is always 

 useful to have a dictionary at liand to decide 

 the spelling of words, and their meanmg. 



Clover Seeds.— We are sellmg AUlke 

 Clmer Seed at the following prices : 88.00 

 per bushel; 82.35 per peck ; 25 cents per lb. 

 White Clmer Seed : 810.00 per bushel; 82.75 

 per peck ; 30 cents per lb. Melilot or Sweet 

 Clover Seed: 86.00 per bushel ; 81 ."5 per 

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



