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Your Full Address, plainly written, 

 is very essential in order to avoid mistakes. 



It You live 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. 



l»r. Miller's Book, " A Tear Among 

 the Bees," and the Ameuican Bee Jouk- 

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



It yoii Ivose 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. 



j^e^v Siil>scril»erscan obtain the full 

 numbers for 1888 and 1889 tor *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 4)^x4)^ and 5}4x5}i. 

 Price, $1.00 per 100, or S8.50 per 1,000. 



Preserve IToiir Papers for future 



reference. If you have no BlI^MER 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 Jouknai,. 



Please -write American Bee 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 Plienol ior 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 7iew 

 subscribers to send with your renewal, we 

 make you this offer. For each yearly sub- 

 scriber, with 81.00, you f^ay order 25 cents 

 worth of any books or supplies that we have 

 for sale— as a preniiiim. 



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. 



€X.i;bbii«c} i^ist. 



We Club the American Bee Journal 

 for a year, with any of the following papers 

 or books, at the prices quoted ui the IjAST 

 column. The regular price of both is given 

 in the first column. One year's subscription 

 for the American Bee Journal must be seut 

 with each order for another paper or book: 



Price 0] both. Club 



The American Bee Journal 1 00 . . . 



and Gleanings in Bee-Culture 2 00 — 1 76 



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 — 180 



Canadian Honey Producer. ..1 40 — 130 

 The 8 above-named papers 5 65 — 5 00 



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

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



Doolittle on Queen-Rearin>r..2 00 — 1 75 

 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 BC 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,".. 1 50.. 1 40 



A Year Among the Bees 1 75 — 1 50 



Convention Hand-Book 1 50.... 130 



Weekly Inter-Ocean 2 00 — 175 



Toronto Globe (weekly) 2 00 1 70 



How to Propagate Fruit 150.... 1 25 



Historv of National Society..! .50.... 1 25 

 American Poultry Journal. ..2 25,... 1 oO 



I>o not send to us for sample copies 

 of any other papers. Send for such to the 

 publishers of the papers you want. 



Trlple-Lense 

 Magcnlflers for 



the inspection of 

 bees, insects, etc. 

 They are invalu- 

 able in 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 Jodrnal for 

 one year, and the Magnifier, for $1.50. 



A Handsome Present.— As the 



convention season is now on baud, we will 

 make every subscriber this good offer : Go 

 and call on your neighbor who keeps bees 

 and ought to take the Bee Journal. Get 

 his subscription and one dollar for a year ; 

 send it to us, and we will present you a copy 

 of the Convention Hand-Book, by mail, post- 

 paid, for your trouble. Here is a grand 

 chance for all to get a valuable book without 

 costing them a cent ! 



Every Hand-Book contains a simple Man- 

 ual of Parliamentary Law and Rules of 

 Order for Local Bee-Conventions ; Constitu- 

 tion and By-Laws for a Local Society ; 

 Programme for a Convection, with subjects 

 for discussion. They sell at .50 cents each, 

 and are nicely bound in cloth covers. 



Red Isabels fbr Pails.— We have 

 three sizes of these Labels ranging in size 

 for pails to hold from one to ten pounds of 

 honey. Price, $1 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.--'5 



500 Labels 2 00 3.00 3.50 



l.OOOLabels 3.00 4.00 5.00 



^ Samples mailed free, upon application. 



Ilastingfs' Perfection 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 for 40 cents, or a 

 dozen for $3.50, 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. 



Apiary Register.— All who intend to 



be systematic ui their work in 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) $] 00 



" 100 colonies (220 pages) 1 25 



" 200 colonies (420 pages) 1 50 



Al>vays Mention your Post Office 

 County and State when writing to this 

 office. No matter where you may happen 

 to be for the hour when actually writing— 

 never mention anytiiing but your perma- 

 nent address. To do otherwise leads to 

 confusion, unless you desire your address 

 changed. In that case state the old as well 

 as the new address. 



Please to get your Neigbbor, 



who keeps bees, to also take the American 

 Bee Journal. It is now so cheap that 

 no one c*n afford to do withoufi t. 



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'.iO, for S3.00, until all are sold. 

 Or we will send 1888, 1889 and 1890 for »2..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. 



Yucca Bruslies, 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 ; 

 sent by mail, add 1 cent each for postage. 



■»Ve •»vlll Present a Pocket Dictionary 

 for two subscribers with $3.00. It is always 

 useful to have a dictionary at hand to decide 

 the spelling of words, and their meaning. 



