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Nine brood-fi'ames, including the two 

 thin partitions, formed a square of 14 

 Indies, with 5 inclies across each end 

 for surplus. I make a case holding 

 6 sections for the ends, tiering up 3 

 cases high. Another case holding 7 

 sections, and 6 cases being used, will 

 just fill the space over the brood- 

 fr<ames, and between the end eases ; 48 

 section in the ends, horizontal to and 

 above the brood, and 42 sections being 

 directlj' over tlie brood-frames. The 

 sections are 5x4JxlJ inches, () of which 

 weigli 7 pounds. Here is a ver}' solid 

 fact : Fiftj'-six pounds along side of 

 that theoretical view, that bees work 

 best over the brood. But see, the bees 

 slide right and left like a base-ball 

 j>layer to the goal, under the thin par- 

 tition into the first case, or climb up on 

 the side of the hive and enter the sec- 

 ond, third or fourth case, or at the 

 ends of the 6 cases over the brood- 

 frames, thus having access to every 

 section from the ends of the hive. 

 Every section was well finished, and 

 taken off in a pile (105 pounds) just 

 before all the white was changed to 

 yellow at the close of July. I had 

 other colonies with as good results, but 

 they had more time. 



Priority Right to Keep Bees. 



— J. A. Proctor, M. D., of Union City, 

 Ind., writes : 



In his article on page 217, Mr. Pettit 

 seems to think that our Constitution is 

 not right, where it says that all men 

 are born equal, and shall have the 

 right of life, liberty, and the pursuits 

 of happiness. It looks very strange 

 to me, when I hear a man reason so 

 inconsistently. If Mr. P's logic is true, 

 when a man buys a farm and com- 

 mences to raise corn, cattle, hogs, 

 poultry, no other man should be al- 

 lowed to come near him, and do the 

 same. The idea of a man who keeps 

 bees, and is making money, and his 

 poor neighbor with his wife" and little 

 children must be prohibited from keep- 

 ing bees that they might have some of 

 their sweets, because the other man 

 was in the business first, and there 

 should be a law to prohibit him ! " Oh, 

 consistency, thou art a jewel." Why, it 

 would be a usurpation of the right that 

 our Constitution guaranteed to him ! 

 Mr. P's heart goes out in sjnupathy for 

 the man that first kept bees, and so it 

 must for the man that located the first 

 farm, and first commenced to raise 

 corn and stock. What a tender heart 

 Mr. P. must have, for the prior man ! 

 I have read all of the discu.ssions on 

 this subject, but I never saw any foun- 

 dation for them. 



SubscriUexs who do not receive this paper 

 promptly, will please notify us at once. 



AI.FRED H. I^ElinVIAIV, 



BUSINESS MANAGER. 



Your Full Address, plainly written, 

 is very essential in order to avoid mistakes. 



It Yom Irive near one post-office and 

 get your mail at another, be sme to give the 

 address that we have on our list. 



Give 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 Amekican Bee Joiik- 

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



If you I^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. 



New !!$iil>scribers can obtain the full 

 numbers for 188S and 1889 for $1.80, if appli- 

 cation be made at once, before all the sets 

 of 1888 are gone. 



Paper Uoxes — to hold a section of 

 honey for retail dealers. We have two sizes 

 on hand to carry sections 4Kx4i^ and 5Xx5)^. 

 Price, $1.00 per 100, or *8.50 per 1,000. 



Preser»-e Your Papers for future 



reference. If you have no UIIVUER 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 Jouknai,. 



Please \rrite American Bee Jmimal 

 on the envelope when writing to this office. 

 Several of our letters have already gone to 

 another firm (a commission house), causing 

 vexatious delay and trouble. 



Homey.— We have for sale a quantity of 

 Extracted Honey in kegs holding about 220 

 pounds each, which we are selling, free on 

 board the cars, at 8 cents per pound for 

 Amber and » cents per pound for White. 



In order to pay you tor 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 premium. 



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 th e second 

 page of this paper. 



CXIIBBI.XC} I.ISX. 



W^e Club the American Bee Jawmal 



for a year, with any of the following papers 



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



column. The regular price of both is given 



in the first colunm. One year's subscription 



for the American Bee Joiunal 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' Guide 150 140 



Bee-Keepers' Review 150 140 



The Apioulturist 175 1 65 



Bee-Keepers' Ad vance 1 50 1 40 



Canadian Bee Journal 200 180 



Canadian Honey Producer... 1 40 130 



The 8 above-named papers 565 500 



. 2 75 

 . 2 00 

 . 175 

 . 150 

 . 200 

 . 210 

 . 220 

 . 130 

 1 40 

 . 150 

 . 130 

 . 175 

 . 125 

 . 125 



and Langstroth Revised (Dadant).3 00... 

 Cooks Manual (old edition) 2 35. . , 

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

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

 Dzierzon'8 Bee- Book (cloth). . .3 00. . . 

 Root's A B C of Bee-Culture. .2 25. . , 



Farmer's Account Book 4 00. . , 



Western World Guide 1 50. . , 



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



A Tear Among the Bees 1 75,., 



Convention Hand-Book 1 50 . . , 



Weekly Inter-Ocean 2 00. . , 



How to Propagate Fruit 150... 



History of National Society.. 1 50... 



l>o not send to us for sample copies of 

 of any other papers. Send for such to the 

 publishers of the papers you want. 



Al'ways 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. 



Xriple Liense Ma;nutiers have 

 been so often called for that we have con- 

 cluded to keep them in stock for our sub- 

 S(!ribers to inspect bees, insects, etc- See 

 page 21'2. 



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

 nal one year, and the Magnifier, for $1.50. 



Alfsilfa Clover. — For cultivation of 

 this honey-plant, see page 345, of 1888.— 

 We supply the seed at the following prices : 

 -Per lb., 22c. ; per peck, $3.00 ; per half- 

 bushel, $.5.50 ; per bushel of 60 lb., $10.00. 

 It wanted by mail, add 10 cents per pound 

 for bag and postage. 



Clover Seeds.— We are selling Alslke 

 Clover Seed at the following prices : $8.00 

 per bushel; $2.25 per peck ; 25 cents per lb. 

 White CUroer Seed : $10.00 per bushel; 82.75 

 per peck; 30 cents per lb. MelUot or Sweet 

 Clovex Seed: 86.00 per bushel ; 81.75 per 

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



Tucca Briislies, 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. 



We ■will Present a Pocket Dictionary 

 for two subscribers with $2.00. it is always 

 useful to have a dictionary at hand to decide 

 the spelling of words, and their meaning. 



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