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man Christie will be there with his, 

 and I cannot compete with liis nice 

 honey, so we will not try this year !" 

 So the fun is all spoiled, unless I had 

 some to compete with. Now joii must 

 get me out of that dilliculty. My bees 

 swarmed but little, and stored about 

 half a crop ; but they are doing nicely 

 now, preparing well for winter. I 

 give my vole for the golden-rod as the 

 national flower. 



[Oh ! that is easy. Just educate 

 your neighbors' sous who keep bees, 

 and bring them up to your standard of 

 excellence. — Ed.] 



Bcc8 Did AVell J. F. Eiken- 



berry, Greene, Iowa, on Sept. 28, 1889, 

 says : 



The honey season is over. I5ees did 

 well in this locality in the forepart of 

 the summer, but the fall honey crop 

 was very poor, on account of dry 

 weather. I got 2,492 pounds of very 

 tine honey — never saw any better. I 

 will sell it all for home consumption. 

 I started last spring with, about 30 

 colonies, and have now 67 in good 

 condition for winter. I like the Bee 

 Journal very much. 



Bees ill a Boxed Fenec-Post, 

 etc. — E. L. Pratt, of Marlboro, Mass., 

 writes : 



As I was passing a prominent streets- 

 corner in Concord, the other day, 1 

 discovered a swarm of bees in a boxed 

 fence-post. They were working like 

 •' good fellows." Authoritj' stepped up 

 and ordered them smothered. No 

 words would be taken with regard to 

 removing them in a rational way ; so 

 at night-fall the poor little bees were 

 sulphured to death in the heighth of 

 their prosperity. The post could have 

 been removed, bees and all, with little 

 trouble ; it was a rotten aB'air, and a 

 new one would have improved the 

 looks of the corner greatly. 



I have read several verj- generous 

 reports of the "bee-suits" being 

 fought out by the Union, in leading 

 Eastern daily papers. 



I have been doing considerable 

 doubling up of colonies for the last 

 two weeks. Fall honey is coming in 

 tirst-rate. There was none last year 

 at this time (Sept. 1). Buckwheat is 

 yielding in fair quantities, and of good 

 grade. Thei-e will be no feeding this 

 season, thank the Powers ! 



We -will Present a Pocket Dictionary 

 for two subscribers with 83.00. It is always 

 useful to have a dictionary at hand to decide 

 Ihe spelling of words, and their meanine:. 



BI'SINESS MANAGER. 



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Your Full Address, plainly written, 

 Is very essential in order to avoid mistakes. 



It Voii I.dre near one post-office and 

 get your mail at another, be .sure to give the 

 address that we have on our list. 



6ive a Copy of " Honey as Food and 

 Medicine " to every one who buys a package 

 of honey. It will .sell lots of it. 



I>r. xVIJIIer's Boole, "A Year Among 

 the Bees," and the Amemcan Bee Jour- 

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



if you I.,ose 9Ioney by carelessly en- 

 closing it in a letter, it is without excuse, 

 when a Money Order, which is perfectly 

 safe, costs but 5 cents. 



Me\»- Subscribers can obtain the full 

 numbers for 1888 and 1889 for 81.80, if appli- 

 cation be made at once, before all the sets 

 of 1888 are gone. 



Paper Koxes— to hold a section of 

 honey for retail dealers. We have two sizes 

 on hand to carry sections4Xx4J^ and 53^x53^. 

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



Preserve Your Papers for futiure 

 reference. If you have no ItllVUER 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 •wrjle Ainerican Bee Journal 

 on the envelope when wTiting to this office. 

 Several of our letters have already gone to 

 another tirm (a commission house), causing 

 vexatious delay and trouble. 



Pure Piienol ibr Foul Urood.— 



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. 

 N'ot 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 and Medicine." 

 Such will create a demand in any locality at 

 remunerative prices. See list on the second 

 page of this paper. 



"%Ve Ciuh the American Bee Journal 

 for a year, with any of the following papers 

 or books, at the prices tjuoted in the I..ASX 

 column. The regular price of both is given 

 in the first coluinu. One year's subscription 

 for the American Bee Journal must be sent 

 with each order for another paper or book: 



Price of both. 01«1> 



The American Bee Journal 1 00. . . 



and GleaDinjrs in Bee-Culture 2 00 1 75 



Bee- Keepers' Guide 150 140 



Bee-Keepers' Review 150 140 



The Apiculturist 175 165 



Bee- Keepers' Ad vance 1 50 1 40 



Canadian Bee Journal 2 00 180 



Canadian Honey Producer... 1 40 130 



The 8 above-named papers 5 65 6 00 



and Langstroth Revised (DadaDt).3 00 2 75 



CouK B ManuHi (old edition) i 2a. . . 2 UO 



Dodhtlle on Queeii-HearinK..2 00 175 



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



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



Dzierzon's Bee-Book (cloth).. .3 00 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.... 1 30 



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



A Year Amon(r the Bees 1 75 1 50 



Convention Hand-Book 150 130 



Weekly Tnter-Oceao 2 00 175 



Toronto Globe (weekly) 2 00.... 1 70 



How to Propagate Fruit 1 50 1 25 



History of National Society.. 1 .50 1 25 



American Poultry Journal . . .2 25 1 50 



l>o not send to us for sample copies 

 of any other papers. Send for such to the 

 publishers of the papers you want. 



Triple-Leu»« 

 inagiilliers for 



(be inspection of 

 iiees, iDsects.etc. 

 Tbey are invalu- 

 able iu 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 Journal, for 

 one year, and the Magnifier, for $1.50. 



Red Isabels lor Palls.— 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. 



2.50 Labels tl.50 $2.00 $2'25 



500Labels 2 00 3.00 3.50 



l.OOOLabels 3.00 4.00 5.00 



«■ Samples mailed free, upon application. 



Having: a Fe-»v extra sets of the 

 American Bee Journal for the years 1887 

 and 1888, we will supply both these years, 

 and 1889 and IS'JO, for 83.00, until all are sold. 

 Or we will send 1888, 1889 and 1890 for 82..50. 

 all by mail, postage paid. These are very 

 valuable, and those who have not yet read 

 them should lose no time in securing them. 



