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Your Full Address, plainly written, 

 Is very essential in order to avoid mistakes. 



U Ifou Uve near one post-office and 

 get your mall at another, be siire to give the 

 address that y/e have on our list. 



Oive a Copy of " Honey as Food and 

 Medicine " to every one vpho buys a package 

 of honey. It will sell lots of it. 



I>r. Miller's Book, "A Tear Among 

 the Bees," and the American Bee Joue- 

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



It you Lose 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. 



Wew Subscribers can obtain the full 

 numbers for 1888 and 1889 for $1.80, 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 4Xx4)^ and 53^x53^^. 

 Price, 81.00 per 100, or 88.50 per 1,000. 



Preserve Your Papers for future 

 reference. If you have no BIIVI>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 vrrite American Dee 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 PUenol tor 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 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 aud Medicine." 

 Such will create a demand in any locality at 

 remunerative prices. See list on the second 

 page of this paper. 



Trlple-liense 

 inagulfiers for 



the inspectiODOf 

 bees, insects.etc. 

 They are invalu- 

 able iu the con- 

 Bervatory, 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 Journal for 

 one year, and the Magnifier, for $1.50. 



Hastings' Perfection Feeder.— 



This excellent Feeder will hold a quart, 

 and the letting down of the feed is regulated 

 by a thumb-scre\v. 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 dron 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. 



International Bee-Convention. 



—The Pamphlet Report of the Columbus, 

 Ohio, Bee-Convention 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 history of 

 the International Society, and a full report 

 of the Detroit, Indianapolis and Chicago 

 conventions, for 50 cents, postpaid. 



Send Us tlie I^anies 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 liave never seen a copy, or 

 even know of its existence. This is one 

 way to help the cause along. 



Many <j!ood Advertisers invite our 

 readers to send for their descriptive Circu- 

 lars, etc. It will pay to get these, and see 

 what is for sale, by whom, at what prices, 

 and what things are offered. Every one 

 can learn something in this way. Please 

 always tell advertisers where you saw their 

 cards ; they like to know, and we like to 

 have them. 



Frank's National Flower Is the title of a 

 beautiful pamphlet w hiih contains two colored 

 plates of the two most popular candidates lor 

 selection as the National Flower of America. 

 It also has two poems, and a postal card 

 addressed to Messrs. L. Prang & Co., Boston, 

 Mass., with a vote to bo filled uj) for the 

 selection of a National flower. The pamplilet 

 costs 25 cents, and emi be obtained at this 

 office. 



Queens.— We can supply Tested Ital- 

 ian Queens at §1.50 each; Untested, $1.00 

 each, by mail, postpaid. 



CL,i;BBI.liO LIST. 



We Club the American Bee Jcmmal 



for a year, with any of the following papers 

 or books, at the prices quoted iu the l.,AST 

 column. The regular price of both is given 

 in the first colimin. One year's subscription 

 for the American Bee Journal must be seut 

 with each order for another paper or book: 

 „, . Price of iMiUi. Club 

 The American Bee Journal 100... 



and Gleanings in Bee-Culture 2 00.... 175 



Bee-Keepers' Guide 150 140 



Bee-Keepers' Review 150 140 



The Apiculturist 1 75.... 165 



Bee-Keepers' Advance 1 50 1 40 



Canadian Bee Journal 2 00. . . . 1 80 



Canadian Honey Producer...! 40 130 



The 8 above-named papers.. 5 65 6 00 



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



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



Doolittle on Queen-Hearing.. 2 00.... 175 



Bees and Honey (Newman).. .2 00 1 '75 



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



Dzierzon's Bee-Book (cloth).. .3 00 2 00 



Root's A BCof 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 1 50.... 130 



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



How to Propagate Fruit 1 50 1 25 



History of National Society. . 1 50. . . . 1 25 



I>o not send to us for sample copies 

 of any other papers. Send for such to the 

 publishers of the papers you want. 



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 $'3.00 $2.25 



500Label8 2.00 3.00 3.50 



1,000 Labels 3.00 4.00 5.00 



49- Samples mailed free, upon application. 



Apiary Itesfisler.— All who intend to 

 be systematic iu their work in the apiary, 

 should get a copy of the Apiary Register and 

 begin to use it. Tlie prices are as follows : 



For 50 colonies (120 pages) $1 00 



" 100 colonies (220 pages) 125 



" 200 colonies (420 pages) 1 50 



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 iu 40 interesting lessons. It is 

 for sale at this office. 



A Modorn 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 Sl.OO. For sale at this office. 



Cheap lOxtraoted Honey. — We 



have a keg of DARK HONEY, weighing 

 1(^ pounds, net, suitable for feeding to bees, 

 which we will sell at O cents per pound, 

 delivered on the cars here. 



