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BUSINESS MANAGER. 



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Your Full Address, plainly written, 

 Is very essential in order to avoid mistakes. 



It You Ulve near one post-office and 

 get your mail at another, be sure to give the 

 address that we have 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. Bliller's Book, "A Year Among 

 the Bees," and the American Bee Joxjk- 

 NAii for one year— we send both for $1..50. 



If you I^ose Bloiiey by carelessly en- 

 closing it in a letter, it is without excuse, 

 when a Money Order, which is perfectly 

 safe, costs but 5 cents. 



Mew ^Subscribers can obtain the full 

 numbers for 188S and 1889 tor S1.80, if appli- 

 cation be made at once, before all the sets 

 of 1888 are gone. 



Paper Moxes — to hold a section of 

 honey for retail dealers. We have two sizes 

 on hand to carry sections 4Xx4K and 5^x5Jf . 

 Price, Sl.OO per 100, or 88.50 per 1,000. 



I»rescrTe Ifour Papers for futiu'e 

 reference. If you have no 1JIN1>ER we 



will mail you one for 60 cents ; or you can 

 have one FREE, if you will send us 3 new 

 yearly subscriptions for the Bee Journai,, 



Please -write American Bee Journal 

 on the envelope when writmg to tills office. 

 Several of our letters have already gone to 

 another firm (a couunission house), causing 

 vexatious delay and trouble. 



Honey.— We have for sale a quantity of 

 Extracted Uoney in kegs holding about 320 

 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 

 stibscribcrs to send with your renewal, we 

 make you this offer. For each yearly sub- 

 scriber, witli $1.00, you may order 25 cents 

 worth of any books or supplies that we have 

 for sale— as a premium. 



A Home Marlcct 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. 



Cl.UltUirVC} L.I8T. 



■We Club the AmerUxm Bee Jov/mal 



for a year, witli any of tlie following papers 



or books, at tlie prices quoted In the I^ASX 



column. The regular price of both is given 



in tlie first column. One year's subscription 



for tlie American Bee Journal must be sent 



with each order for another paper or book: 



Price 0/ both. Oluh 

 The American Bee Journal 1 00 



and Gleanings In Bee-Culture 2 00 175 



Bee-Keepers' Guide 150 140 



Bee-Keepers' Review 150 140 



The Apiculturist 175 165 



Bee-Keepers' Advance 1 50 3140 



Canadian Bee Jourual 2 00 1 80 



Canadian Honey Producer... 1 40 130 



The 8 above-named papers . . 5 65 5 00 



and Langstroth Revised (DadaflD.S 00. . . . 2 75 

 Cook's Manual (old editiou) 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 

 KoofB A B C of Bee-Culture. .2 25. . . . 2 10 



Farmer's Account Book 4 00 2 20 



Western World Guide 1 50.... 130 



Heddon's book, "Success,".. 150.. 1 40 



A Year Among the Bees 1 75 1 50 



Convention Hand-Book 1 50 1 30 



Weekly Inter-Ocean 2 00 1 75 



How to Propagate Fruit 150 125 



History of National Society.. 1 50 125 



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. 



Always Meution your Post-Offlce, 

 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. 



Xriple I..ense Magnifiers have 

 been so often called for that we have con- 

 cluded to keep them in stock for our sub- 

 scribers to inspect bees, insects, etc. See 

 page 212. 



Price, by mail, 80 cts. ; or the Bee Jour- 

 nal one year, and the Magnifier, for S1.50. 



Alfalfa Clover.— For cultivation of 

 this honey-plant, see page 245, of 1888.- 

 We supply the seed at the following prices : 

 —Per lb., 23c. ; per peck, $3.00 ; per half- 

 bushel, »5.50 ; per bushel of 60 lb., 810.00. 

 If wanted by mail, add 10 cents per pound 

 for bag and postage. 



Clover Seeds.— We are selling Alsike 

 Clover Seed at the following prices : 88.00 

 per bushel; 8'2.'2o per peck ; 35 cents per lb. 

 White Clover Seed : 8 10.00 per bushel; 82.75 

 per peck ; 30 cents per lb. Melilot or Sweet 

 Clover Seed: 80.00 per bushel ; 81.75 per 

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



ITucca Brushes, 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. 



■^Ve-will Present a Pocket Dictionary 

 for two subscribers willi 82.00. Jt is always 

 useful to have a dictionary at hand to decide 

 the spelling of words, and then: meaning. 



HastinHfs'' Perlection Feeder. — 



This excellent Feeder will hold 3 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. 



Cliapman Honey-Plant Seed.— 



The United States Commissioner of Agri- 

 culture has a quantity of the Chapman 

 honey-plant seed for free distribution. 

 Applicants desiring packages of the seed 

 will be supplied while the seed lasts, in the 

 order of their applications. The request for 

 seed sliould be addressed to the United 

 States Commissioner of Agriculture (Seed 

 Division), Washington, D. C. 



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 (430 pages) 150 



Send Us tlie Names of bee-keepers 

 in your neighborhood who should take and 

 read the American Bee Journal, and we 

 will send them a sample copy. In this way 

 we may obtain many regular subscribers, 

 for thousands have never seen a copy, or 

 even know of its existence. This is one 

 way to help the cause along. 



A Favorable fVord from any of our 

 readers, who speak from experience, has 

 more weight with their friends than any- 

 thing we might say. Every one of our 

 readers can lend us a helping hand, in this 

 way, without much trouble, and at the same 

 time help to scatter apicultural knowledge 

 and promote the welfare of our pursuit. 



Money in Potatoes, by Mr. Joseph 

 Greiner. Price, 25 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. 



A Modern Bee-Farm and its Eco- 

 nomic Management, by S. Simmins, of Rot 

 tingdean, Brighton, England, is the title of 

 a new book of about 200 pages, printed on 

 excellent paper, and nicely bound in cloth. 

 Price 81.00. For sale at this office. 



Pure Phenol lor Foul Brood. — 



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

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

 procured at this office at 25 cents per ounce. 

 Not being mailable, it must go by express. 



Please to get your I^eighbor, 



who keeps bees, to also take the American 

 Bke Journal. It is now so cheap that 

 no one can afford to do without it. 



Siibscribers who do not receive this paper 

 prulnl>tl.^■. will please notify us at once. 



