THE SMERIcaN BEE JOURNat. 



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ALFRED H. IVEM^IA:^, 



BUSINESS MANAGER. 



business Jloticcs, 



Your Full Address, plainly written, 

 Is very essential in order to avoid mistakes. 



It Toil Live near one post-office and 

 get your mail at another, 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. 



Mr. Miller's Book, "A Tear Among 

 the Bees," and the American Bee Jotjr- 

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



It 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. 



]\e«- (Subscribers can obtain the full 

 numbers for 1SS8 and 1SS9 tor 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 4}fx4)^ and SJ^xS?^. 

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



Preserve Your Papers for future 

 reference. If you have no BI>'I>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 -WTite American Bee Journal 

 on the envelope when \\Titing to this office. 

 Several of oiu- letters have already gone to 

 another firm (a commission house), causing 

 vexatious delay and trouble. 



Pure Phenol for Font Brood.— 



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

 shire's pamphlet on pages 16 and IT, 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 JlecUcine." 

 Such will create a demand in any locality at 

 remvmerative prices. See list on the second 

 page of this paper. 



CLlJBBi.x;; LIST. 



\*'e Club tlie American Bee Journal 



for a year, with any of tlie following papers 



or books, at the prices quoted m the LAST 



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 anotlier paper or book: 



.^ . Price of both. Club 

 The American Bee Journal 1 00. . . 



and Gleaning-s in Bee-Culture..., 



Bee-Keepers' Guide 



Bee-Kee])er8' Review 



The Apiculturist 



Bee-Keepers' Advance 



Canadian Bee J ournal 



Canadian Honey Producer. 

 The 8 above-named papers 



and Langstroth Revised iDadant) 

 Cook's Manual (old edition) 



Doolittle on Queen-Hearing. , 

 Bees and Honey (Newman).. 

 Binder for Am. Bee Journal. 

 Dzierzon's Bee-Book (cloth).. 

 Root's A B C of Bee-Culture. 



Farmer's Account Book 



Western WorldGuide 



Heddon's book, "SuccesB, ".. 



A Tear Among the Bees 



Convention Hand-Book 



Weekly Inter-Ocean 



How to Propagate Fruit 



History of National Society. 



Do not send to us for sample copies 

 of any other papers. Send for such to the 

 publishers of the papers you want. 



.2 00.. 

 .150.. 



150., 

 .175., 

 .150.. 

 .2 00. 

 .140. 

 .5 65. 



3 00. 

 2 25 , 

 2 00., 

 2 00., 

 160., 

 300. 

 2-25. 



4 00. 

 150. 

 150. 

 175. 

 150. 

 2 00. 

 150. 

 150. 



175 

 140 

 140 

 165 

 140 

 180 

 130 

 5 00 



2 75 

 2 00 

 175 

 175 

 150 

 2 00 

 2 10 

 2 20 

 130 

 1 40 

 150 

 1.30 

 175 

 125 

 125 



Trlple-liense 

 magulflers for 



ithe inspection of 

 bees, Insects.etc. 

 They are invalu- 

 able In the con- 

 servatory, or it 

 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 Journai. 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 ?1.50 $2.00 t2.-25 



oOOLabels 2.00 3.00 3.50 



1,000 Labels 3.00 4.00 5.00 



la- Samples mailed free, upon application. 



International Bee-Convention. 



—The Pamphlet Keport of the Columbus, 

 Ohio, Bee-Conveutiou can be obtained 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 historj' of 

 the International Society, and a full report 

 of the Detroit, Indianapolis and Chicago 

 conventions, for 50 cents, postpaid. 



■>URi: .4«T PORTFOLIO. 



PBICE, 50 CENTS, 



Will be CLrBIiEI) with the American" Bee 

 JOURX.IL. at the low inice of *1.25, postp.iid. 



This maguiflccnt Art Portfolio is in size lust 

 11x14 mohes, iind liesidcs a picture of Gustav 

 Doie, the great Ficni'li .\ilist. it contains the 

 following beautilul ongiavint's : E.\pulsi„n 

 fi-oni the Garden of E.k-n-Eutering the Ark— 

 iNoahCursintrHani— Sauison and Di-Iilah— Kill h 

 and Boaz-Death „( f^aul-The Judgment of 

 l-olomou-I)aiiii-l in the Lion's Den— Daniel 

 toutouudmt: 1 1ll., i'licstsot Baal— The Nativity 

 ^-"'■'.^'n., '■■'''"- ""■ ^Iflc-Sermou on the 

 Moimt.--lhe DiM-i,,!,.* Plucking Corn on the 

 ^sabbath— Jesus Walking on tlio Water— The 

 Agony in the Gar.lcn— Death of the Pale 

 Horse, .'seventeen handsome full page plates 

 under one cover. i * i 



Scientilic Queen - Rearing, 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 tiie pres- 

 ent season. Send all orders for the book to 

 this office. Price, Sl.OO, postpaid. The usual 

 discount to dealers in lots of 10 or more. 



Hasting.^' Perfection 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 S3.50, and it can be obtained at 

 this office. Postage 10 cents extra. 



Alfalfa Clover — For cultivation of 

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

 We supply the seed at the following prices : 

 —Per lb.. 2'3c. ; per peck, J.3.00 ; per half- 

 bushel, S5.50 ; per bushel of 60 lb., SIO.OO. 

 If wanted by mail, add 10 cents per pound 

 for bag and postage. 



Apiary Register.- All who intend to 

 be systematic hi theii' work In the apiary, 

 should get a copy of the Apiarj- Register and 

 begm to use it. The prices are as follows : 



For 50 colonies (120 pages) flOO 



" 100 colonies (220 pages) 1 "5 



" 200 colonics (420 pages) .', ] so 



Clover Seeds.— We are selluig Alsike 

 Clover Seed at the following prices : Ss.OO 

 per bushel; S2.'2.5 per peck ; 2.5 cents per lb. 

 White Clover Seed : SIO.OO per bushel; S2.75 

 per peck: 30 cents per lb. Melllot or Sweet 

 Clover Seed: S6.00 per bushel ; S1.75 per 

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



Yucca 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. 



