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BUSINESS MANAGER. 



Ittsmess Notices. 



Your Fill! Address, plainly written, 

 is very essential in order to avoid mistakes. 



It Yon Ijve near one post-ofiBce 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. lYliller's Book, "A Tear Among 

 the Bees," and the American Bee Joitb- 

 N AL for one year— we send both for $1.50. 



If you L.ose 9Ioiiey 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\e^v tiubscriberscan obtain the full 

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

 cation be made at once, before all the sets 

 of 1SS8 are gone. 



Paper Boxes— to hold a section of 

 honey for retail dealers. We have two sizes 

 on hand to carry sections4Kx4K and 5J^x5J^. 

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



Prcsen-e Tour Papers for future 

 reference. If you have no 1H>'1>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 Journal, 



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. 



Pure Phenol for 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. 



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 Sl.OO, 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. 



C'I.inUBI.A4J L,ISX. 



We Club the American Bee Jmimal 

 for a year, with any of the following papers 

 or books, at the prices quoted in the 1.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 of both. Club 

 The American Bee Journal 1 00... 



and Gleanings in Bee-Culture 2 00 1 75 



Bee-Keepers' Guide 160 140 



Bee-Keepers' Review 150 140 



The Apiculturist 1 75 1 65 



Bee-Keepers' Advance 1 50 1 40 



Canadian Bee Journal 2 00 1 80 



Canadian Honey Producer. ..1 40 130 



The 8 above-named papers 5 65 500 



and LangBtroth Revised (Dadant).3 00 2 75 



Cook's Manual (old edition) 'i 25.... 2 00 



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



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



Dzierzon'8 Bee-Book(cloth)...300.... 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 1 50.... 130 



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



A Year Among the Bees 1 75 1 50 



Convention Hand- Book 150.... 1 30 



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



How to Propagate Fruit 150 125 



History of National Society..! 50 1 '25 



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. 



Triple-Ijense 

 ina;;iiiflers for 



'he inspection of 

 bees, ineects.etc. 

 They are invalu- 

 able in the con- 

 servatory, or If 

 for only a very 

 few plants. For 

 boys and girls, 

 they make very 

 pleasant studies, 

 and arouses in 

 them a laudable 

 enthusiasm for investigation. Price, by mail, 

 80 cents ; or the American Bee Jouunai. for 

 one year, and the Magnifier, for $1.50. 



Red Labels for Pails.— We have 

 three sizes of these Labels ranging in size 

 for pails to hold from one to ten pounds of 

 honey. Price, SI 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 »l-50 *2.00 $2.25 



500 Labels 2.0O 3.00 3.50 



1,000 Labels 3.00 4.00 o.OO 



4»- Samples mailed free, upon application. 



International llee-Convcntion. 



—The Pamphlet Report of the Columbus, 

 Ohio, Bee-Convention can be obtaiued 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. 



BORi: .IICX PORTFOLIO, 



FBICE, 50 CEItTS, 



Will be CLUBBKI) willi Ihe .\MEHICAN Bee 

 Journal, at the low price of $1.25, postpaid. 



This inagniflcpiit .\rt Portfolio Is in size Just 

 11x14 iiifhes, uufl liisldos a picture of Gustav 

 Doro. the gt-ciit I-'ic-iirh ArtisI, it contains the 

 following bfuulit'iil engravings: Kxpiilsion 

 from thf (iurdun of Eden— Eiilcring tlio Ark — 

 Noah (.'ursitig Ham— Samson and Orlilah— Uuth 

 and lioaz- Death of Saul— The .Imlgment of 

 Solomon— Daniel in the Lion's Den— Daniel 

 Confotuiding the Priestsof Baal— The Nativity 

 —Christ Healing the Sick— Sermon on the 

 Mount— The Disciples Plucking Corn on the 

 Sabbath— Jesus Walking ou the Water— The 

 Agony in the Garden— Death of the Pale 

 Horse. Seventeen handsome full page plates 

 under one cover. 



Scientific <lueen - Rearingf. as 



practically applied ; being a method by 

 which the best of queen-bees are reared in 

 perfect accord with Nature's ways— by G. M. 

 Doolittle, of Borodino, N.Y. 176 pages. 



In this book Mr. Doolittle details the re- 

 sults of his experiments in rearing queen- 

 bees for the past four or five years, and is 

 the first to present his discoveries to the 

 world. It is published in time for every 

 progressive bee-keeper to test the various 

 discoveries which it details, during the pres- 

 ent season. Send all orders for the book to 

 this office. Price, $1.00, postpaid. The usual 

 discount to dealers in lots of 10 or more. 



Hastings' Perlection Feeder.— 



This excellent Feeder will hold 2 quarts, 

 and the letting down of the feed is regulated 

 by a thumbscrew. The cap screws securely 

 on. It is easy to regulate— either a spoonful 

 or a quart— and that amount can be given 

 in an hoiu- 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 cau get at it. A 

 single one can be had for 40 cents, or a 

 dozen for $3.-50, and it can be obtained at 

 this office. Postage 10 cents extra. 



Alfalfa Clover.— For cultivation of 

 this honej'-plant, see page 245, of 1888.— 

 We supply the seed at the following prices : 

 —Per lb., 22c. ; per peck, 13.00 ; per half- 

 bushel, S5.50 ; per bushel of 60 lb., $10.00. 

 If wanted by mail, add 10 cents per pound 

 for bag and postage. 



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 (1'30 pages) f 1 00 



'• 100 colonies (220 pages) 125 



" 200 colonies (4'20 pa«es) 150 



Clover Seeds.— We are selling Alsike 

 Clcrver Seed at the following prices : S8.00 

 per bushel; S^.-ii per peck ; 25 cents per lb. 

 RTifte Cl(rver Seed ; $10.00 per bushel; 82.75 

 per peck ; 30 cents per lb. Melilot or Sweet 

 CUyver Seed: S6.00 per bushel ; 81.75 per 

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



Yucca Brnslies, 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. 



