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BOSINESS MANAGER. 



Uxsmess Uatices, 



ITour Full Address, plainly written, 

 Is very essential in order to avoid mistakes. 



It You l>ive near one post-office and 

 get your mail at anotlier, be sure 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. 



Dr. Miller's Book, " A Tear Among 

 the Bees," and the Amekican Bee Joub- 

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



If yoM LiOse Itloiiey by carelessly en- 

 closing it in a letter, it is witliout excuse, 

 when a Money Order, which is perfectly 

 safe, costs but 5 cents. 



I\e-»v j!$iit>scribers can obtain the full 

 numbers for 18S8 and 1889 for 81.80, 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 43<x4Jf and 5J^x5J^. 

 Price, $1.00 per 100, or 88.50 per 1,000. 



Preser^-e Yoiir Papers for future 

 reference. If you have no BIl^UER 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 Joubnai,, 



Please -write American Bee Journal 

 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. 



Honey.— 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 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 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 the second 

 page of this paper. 



UORU AK1' PORTFOI.IO, 



FBICE, 50 CEITTS, 



Will he CLUBBED with the Amehican Bee 

 Journal, at the low price of $1.2.5, postpaid. 



This mag-Qiflcent Art Portfolio is in size just 

 n.\U inches, uiifl besides a (licture of Gustav 

 Dore. the great French Artist, it contains tlie 

 following beautiful engravings : Expulsion 

 from the Garden of Eden— Entering the Arli — 

 Noah Cursing Ham— Samson and Delilah- Ruth 

 and Boaz — Death of Saul— The Judgment of 

 Solomon— Daniel in the Lion's Den — Daniel 

 Confounding the Priests of Baal— The Nativity 

 — Christ Healing the Sick — Sermon on the 

 Mount — The Disciples Plucking Corn on the 

 Sabbath— Jesus Walking on the Water— The 

 Agony in the Garden— Death of the Pale 

 Horse. Seventeen handsome full page plates 

 under one cover. 



Standard Atlas of tlie ^Vorld. 



To any one sending us, direct to this 

 office, Five WEW Subscribers for 



one year, with ^5.00 (renewals not to 

 count), we will present this beautiful 

 Atlas, by ruail, postpaid : 



This ATLAS 



contains large scale 

 Maps of every coun- 

 try and civil division 

 upon the face of the 

 Globe. 



It is beautifully il- 

 lustrated with color- 

 ed diagrams, showing 

 the wealth, the debt, 

 the civil condition of 

 the people, chief pro- 

 ductions, the manu- 

 factures and the com- 

 merce, religious sects, 

 etc., and a superb line 

 of engravings of his- 

 torical interest and 

 value, together with 

 many new and desir- 

 able features which 

 are expressly gotten 

 up tor this work— 

 among which will be 

 I found a concise his- 

 tory of each State. 



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

 11x14 inches ; opened, 22x14 inches), $4.60. 



Red Isabels for Pails.— We have 



three sizes of these Labels ranging in size 



for pails to hold from one to ten pounds of 



honey. Price, 81 for a hundred, with the 



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. 



250 Labels $1.50 $2.00 $2.25 



SOOLabels 2 00 3.00 3.50 



1,000 Labels 3.00 4.00 5.00 



jW Samples mailed free, upon application. 



Hastings' Pertection 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 S3..50, and it can be obtained at 

 this office. Postage 10 cents extra. 



CX,UBBI.>Ci L,ISX. 



■We Club the American Bee Journal 

 for a year, with any of the following papers 

 or books, at the prices quoted in the I.ASX 

 column. The regular price of both is given 

 in tlie first column. One year's subscription 

 for the American Bee Journal must be sent 

 with each order for another paper or book: 



Price ol both. OlMb 

 The American Bee Journal 1 00. . . 



and Gleanings in Bee-Culture 2 00 1 76 



Bee-Keepers' Guide 150 140 



Bee-Keepers' Review 150 140 



The Apiculturist 175 165 



Bee-Keepers' Ad vance 1 50 1 40 



Canadian Bee Journal 2 00... 180 



Canadian Honey Producer... 1 40 130 



The 8 above-named papers 5 65 5 00 



and Langstroth Revised (Dadant).3 00. ... 2 75 

 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 



Root's A B C of Bee-Culture. .2 25.. .. 2 10 



Farmer's Account Book 4 00 2 20 



Western World Guide 150 130 



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



A Tear Among the Bees 1 75 1 50 



Convention Hand-Book 150 1 .30 



Weekly Inter-Ocean 2 00.... 175 



How to Propagate Fruit 150 125 



History of National Society.. 1 50 125 



Do not send to us for sample copies of 

 of any other papers. Send for such to the 

 publishers of the papers you want. 



Send Us tlic IVames of bee-keepers 

 in your neighborhood who should take and 

 read the Amkbican 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. 



Xriple I>ense iVIajS'nifiers 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 21'2. 



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

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



Alfalfa Clover.- For cultivation of 

 this honey-plant, see page 245, of 18S8. — 

 We supply the seed at the following prices : 

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

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

 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 : SS.OO 

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

 White Clmier 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. 



ITiicca Bruslies, 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, 



Pure Phenol for Fonl Brood.— 



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

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

 procured at this oflice at 35 cents per ounce. 

 Not being mailable, it must go by express. 



