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Your Full Address, plainly written, 

 is very essential in order to avoid mistakes. 



II Von Uve near one post-office and 

 get your mail at another, be sure to give the 

 address that we have on our list. 



Give a C^opy 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 Tear Among 

 the Bees," and the American Bee Jour- 

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



It you I^ose Ifloney by carelessly en- 

 closing it in a letter, it is without excuse, 

 when a Money Order, which is perfectly 

 safe, costs but 5 cents. 



NeM' (Subscribers can obtain the full 

 numbers for 1888 and 1889 tor 81.80, 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 4^x43^ and 5J^x5)^. 

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



I»reserve Your Papers for future 

 reference. If you have no mi\l>EI6 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 Journai., 



Please 'write American Bee Journal 

 on the envelope when writing to this office. 

 Several of oiu: letters have already gone to 

 another firm (a commission house), causing 

 vexatious delay and trouble. 



Pure Phenol for Poiil Itrood.— 



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 preniinin. 



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. 



Trlple-l^eiisc 

 ITIagiiiliers for 



the inspection of 

 bees, insects.etc. 

 They are invalu- 

 able in the con- 

 servatory, or i( 

 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 JonBNAL, for 

 one year, and the Magnifier, for $1.50. 



Hastings' Pertection Feeder.— 



This excellent Feeder will hold a quart, 

 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 lor 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^ames 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 have never seen a copy, or 

 even know of its existence. This is one 

 way to help the cause along. 



many Good 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. 



Frang''s national Flower is the title of a 

 beautiful pamphlet which contains two colored 

 plates of the two tnost popular candidates for 

 selection as the National Flower of America. 

 It also has two poems, and a postal card 

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

 Mass., with a vote to be filled up for the 

 selection of a National flower. The pamphlet 

 costs 25 cents, and can be obtained at this 

 ofljce. 



<|ueens.— We can supply Tested Ital- 

 ian Queens at 81.50 each; Untested, $1.00 

 each, by mail, postpaid. 



c'l,i;bbii>g I.ISX. 



"Wc 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 the first colimin. One year's subscription 

 for the American Bee Journal must be sent 

 with each order for another paper or book : 



PHU 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 Apiculturist 175 165 



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 6 00 



and Langstroth Revised (Dadant).3 00 2 75 



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



Doolittle on Queen-Rearing.. 2 00 1 75 



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



Binder for Am. Bee Journal..! 60 150 



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



Hoot'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,".. 1 50.. 1 40 



A Year Among the Bees 1 75 1 50 



Convention Hand-Book 1 60.... 1.30 



Weekly Inter-Ocean 2 00.... 176 



How to Propagate Fruit 1 50. . . . 1 25 



History of National Society . . 1 50 1 25 



Do 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 $2.00 $2.25 



500 Labels 2 00 3.00 3.50 



1,000 Labels 3.00 4.00 5.00 



ts- Samples mailed free, upon application. 



Apiary Register.— All who intend to 

 be systematic in their work m the apiary, 

 should get a copy of the Apiary Register and 

 begin to use it. The prices are as follows : 



For 50 colonies (120 pages) $1 00 



" 100 colonies (220 pages) 126 



" 200 colonies (420 pages) 150 



money in Potatoes, by Mr. Joseph 

 Greiner. Price, 35 cents, postpaid. This 

 is a complete instructor for the practical 

 potato-grower, and explains tlie author's 

 new system in 40 interesting lessons. It is 

 for sale at this office. 



A modern 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 81.00. For sale at this office. 



Xlie Bate on the wrapper label of 

 your paper indicates the end of the month 

 to which you have paid. If that is past, 

 please send us a dollar to carry the date 

 another year ahead. 



