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niiinbor of rocipos for making honey cukes, 

 hoiK'j' cookies, Iione.v p;istr.>', honey snaps, 

 honey nieiifl and other hoalthrul' drinks made 

 wil li honey ; and testimonials from those who 

 have used the various honey medicines, slat- 

 ing its mar\elous healing and preserving- 

 power, as well as its nutritious and heallh- 

 g-iving- properties. 



We will ]irlnt the honey-producer's name 

 and address on the first pag:e, free of charge, 

 when ordered in lots of 100 or more— In some- 

 thing of this stylo : 



PUESENTED BV 



JOHN UOE, SM1TH8B0 ROUGH, IOWA, 



Whose honey may be obtained at 



The Giijcei-y aitd Meat Market of Wm. Johnson. 



This will not only tell whore the honey can 

 be obtained, but will create a reputation for 

 the honey-producer, which will be lasting and 

 profitable. 



They will be delivered at the Express or 

 Freight offices here at the following prices: 

 100 copies for J2.30 ; S.'iO copies for Jfi.'.'.'i ; .jOO 

 copies for .$10.00 : or, 1,000 copies for Sd.'i.OO. 

 They ought to be ncaltered Hherally in order to 

 create a universal sentiment in favor of honey 

 consumption. 



This Honey Annual should be ready for 

 delivery in about a month, and no time, there- 

 fore can be lost, if it is to be put to a practical 

 test this season. If sufficient quantities are 

 spoken for at once to warrant the outlay, we 

 will publish it. At least from .^O.OOO to 100,- 

 000 should he scattered. 



Now, we would ask every one who reads this 

 to consider whether these Almanacs would not 

 do him considerable good In his localitj- in 

 selling his honey, and giving him good returns 

 for the outlay of the small sum necessary to 

 get them. 



If so, please sit down at once and write us a 

 Postal Card, stating how many copies you will 

 take. You need not send any money until we 

 decide whether to publish it or not, and that 

 will be announced in the Bee JouKXAr,. 



Also, we reijuest every one who has tried 

 recipes for making honey cakes, cookies, 

 candy, mead, or anything for consumption 

 where honey is used, to send such to us. Also 

 all recipes (or honey used as medicines. 



Please do this at once. In the interest of the 

 pursuit iu general and yourself In particular. 

 If .you neglect this matter, it may cost you 

 hundreds of dollars in the decline in price of 

 the honey .vou have unsold. "JVoiu is the ac- 

 cepted time." 



X Xeinptins: Otter for those who are 

 willing to help t!et new names for our 

 Journals : 



Some are desirous of collecting names at 

 once, and we would like them to do so, and 

 thus begin early to get new readers for 1890. 



We propose to all who subscribe now 

 for 1890, to give them all the rest of the 

 numbers of this year free— so the sooner 

 they subscrib •, the more they will get for 

 their money. 



Now, ill order to pay our friends to work 

 for our Journals, we have gotten up 

 special editions of Mr. Doolitlle's " Scientific 

 Queen-Rearing," (with Appendix), and Dr. 

 Miller's " Year Among the Bees," bound 

 with nice paper covers, and will present a 

 copy of either book to any one who will 

 seud us two new suhscribers for either of 

 our Journals (the Bee Journal, weekly, 

 or the HcME Journal, monthly). 



These editions are uot for sale, but are 

 gotten up specially for premiums for getting 

 new subscribers. They are nicely printed, 

 and will be sent free of postage, as pay for 

 work to be done for our Journals. Clubs 

 need not be located at one post-office, and 

 may contain one " Bee Journal " ami one 

 " Home J dirnal " to the same or different 

 addresses ; or both may be for either Jour- 

 nal, as may be desired. Dickens or 

 Waverley may be obtained fur each sub- 

 scriber in this club as offered oa the last 

 page of this Journal. 



The Home Journal is needed in every 

 family, and it will be no trouble to get sub- 

 scribers for it anywhere and among all 

 classes of persons. For largnr clubs of it, 

 consult any issue, and our list of premiums. 



Call upon your neighborina bee-keepers 

 who are not subscribers to tliis Journal, 

 and secure the premium mentioned above. 

 We stroDtily urye you to commence collect- 

 ing names at nnce. 



Jn sending in new subscriptions, remem- 

 ber to give the full address, wiihthe county, 

 and at the time of sending, state that the 

 names enclosed are for premiums, if the 

 premiums are not then selected. 



Xliird Covers.— Since the publication 

 of the article on " Wintering," by Mr. C. F. 

 Muth, on page 001, there have been many 

 inquiries as to what Mr. Muth meant by 

 " third covers." We asked him to explain, 

 and here is his reply : 



Our brood-chambers are '203^ inches long, 

 outside measure. We cover them with 

 three boards, each one of which is (5'< inches 

 wide ; as it takes three to cover a brood- 

 chamiier, we call them "third covers." 

 They cover also our one and two pound sec- 

 tion boxes. It is immaterial for wintering, 

 whether we use third or half covers, or 

 whether one board covers the brooricham- 

 ber. But I prefer wood to enameled cloth, 

 for the same reason that 1 prefer a woolen 

 blanket to a rubber cloth. There is always 

 something damp and uncomfortable under 

 the latter. 



Now allow me to add something to my 

 article on wintering, which may prove of 

 interest to some, if it is a repetition of the 

 old story, viz : 



If your hives are prepared as described on 

 page IjOI, then do not be afraid of having the 



combs filled, or partly filled, with bee- 

 bread ; but as bee-biead is of but little value 

 as winter food, hang these comtis towards 

 the sides of the hives. They will cause no 

 diarrhea, becau.se tlie bee-bread will not 

 sour, but they will prove valuable when 

 mild weather begins, and the bees com- 

 mence to breed. 



Do not fear for the wellfare of your bees 

 when, in fall, they hart access to cider-mills, 

 or laid in for winter stores a stock of honey- 

 dew. They will pro.sper and thrive on it, 

 and come out liealthy in the spring ; and it 

 you commence to pontract the brood-cham- 

 bers, to promote breeding about the be- 

 ginning or middle of March, you will never 

 envy your cellar-wintering neighbors on 

 account of early swarms. 



If I differ from the majority of bee keep- 

 ers, it does not alter the situation, for I have 

 been as successful a bee-keeper, perhaps, as 

 any of them, and produced as large crops of 

 honey under greater difficulties than the 

 most. CiJAs. F. Muth. 



Cincinnati, 0., Sept. 34, 1889. 



Honey a Staple Article.— In order to make 

 honey a staple article, it is absolutely essential 

 to create a marliet for It. This can be done If 

 bee-keepers are willingto undertake the work. 

 All that is necessary is to formulate a plan, 

 and then work it out. Are honey-producers 

 willing to test the matter 'i* If so, we submit 

 a plan from Mr. H. O. Kruschke, a successful 

 apiarist of Wisconsin, for their consideration ; 

 and we commend its careful perusal : 



Mr. Editoi! :— 1 want to make a few sugges- 

 tions. I like your pamphlet on " Honey as 

 Food and Medicine" very much, but I think It 

 would bean iinproveinentif a similar pamphlet 

 was Issued like the Medicine Almanacs, to be 

 looked for every > ear, and bo useful at all 

 times. Get then! yp in large editions, and let 

 them be attractive. The honey-producers can 

 well afford to pay for them, because of the en- 

 hanced price of their honey. Put into it 

 reports of what has been done with honey by 

 the different consumers, medicinally and in 

 culinarj' uses. I could furnish a good i-eport 

 from a neighbor of mine, who had the misfor- 

 tune to lose an eye. Nothing helped him, 

 until he used houey, though he had the best of 

 doctors to prescribe for it. You can figure out 

 what 100,000 can be gotten up for. how large, 

 attractive, etc. Then how many will subscribe 

 for them. I will take 1,000 annually, it the 

 price does not exceed $'.i0.00. I want to dis- 

 tribute them gratuitously. 



They should contain directions for the care 

 of honey ; how to li(|uefy extracted honey 

 when it has granulated ; a brief .statement that 

 comb houey is not adulterated, etc. 



These suggestions, if carried out, will put 

 many dollars intf) the (toekets of honey-pro- 

 ducers. They are of more practical Impor- 

 tance than anything I have seeu brought out 

 at any meeting of bee-keepers In the world. I 

 am ready to pay for anything that has 

 DOLi.ARs'at the end of it. 



H. O. Kruschke. 



The plan Is a practical one '. What is It that 

 makes such enormous sales of the patent 

 medicines'^ The persistent advertising done 

 by their proprietors; and one of the chief 

 methods— we may say the most successful one 

 — is the scattering of millions of Almanacs 

 every year into the humes allover the countrj-, 

 where they are consulted and kept for refer- 

 ence "the whole year round." 



Mr. Kruschke, noticing the success of the 

 Patent Medicine -\lmanacs, desires to test the 

 same i)lan for honej-, and we have promised 

 !nm to put it into inimediate operation, if the 

 bee-keepers who ha\-e honey to sell will 

 "second the motion." 



The "Honey .Minanae" will consist of :!■; 

 pages, with an illustrated page devoted to 

 each month; tlie other pages will contain 

 illustrations and matter about the various 

 uses of honey for medlcliio and food, and a 



Xlie t'liifasjo Conveulion will be 

 held on Fri«lay and Saturday, Oct. 



11 and 13, 1S8». The Railroad Traffic 

 Association has made a rate of one fare tor 

 the round trip fiom any point wthiii -.200 

 miles of Chicago, good on Oct.l0,and can be 

 used on any train returning after that until 

 Monday, Oct. U. The first session will be 

 held at 9 o'clock in the morning of Friday, 

 and an adjournment can be had on Saturday 

 afternoon in lime for those who may wish to 

 return on that day. 



Xlic F«-artuI «;ycIonic J^torni 



which recently devastated the Atlai tic 

 coast is pictured in Frank Leslie's Illus- 

 trated Newspaper Ms week, with wonder- 

 ful accuracy and striking force. In all. ten 

 pictures are shown, forming the leading fea- 

 ture of the paper this week. 



