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to entitle it to become our emblematic 

 flower; it is wide spread, and universally 

 known and admired by every one, and it is 

 so modest that it does not infringe upon 

 space alloted to anything else, but is con- 

 tent with the fence-corners, dry marshes, 

 and other waste-places where it can be 

 seen gracefully lifting its hat, and nodding 

 its golden head to its welcome guests — the 

 busy bees. 



^ This has been quite a good honey season 

 for this section, though not nearly as good 

 as we used to have in days of yore. My 

 bees averaged nearly 60 pounds of comb 

 honey per colony, spring count, and I in- 

 creased them 40 per cent. All are well 

 supplied with stores for winter. 



B. T. Davenpokt. 

 Auroraville, Wis., Oct. 27, 1889. 



Caolden-Rod His Favorite. 



In regard to the golden-rod, I would say 

 that when I was living in Illinois, I had 85 

 colonies of bees, and I must say that the 

 golden-rod honey I got in the fall was the 

 finest of all the fall honey, and I obtained 

 lots of it, too. It was my favorite for my 

 own use, and I would not eat any other as 

 long as the golden-rod lasted. If I had 50 

 votes to cast, I would give them all for 

 _golden-rod as the national flower. 



John Boekstler. 



Vashon, Wash. Ter. 



Ifig Stuck Farms and Stakes. 



The largest breeding establishment in 

 America for thoroughbred hoi-ses is the Belle 

 Mead stock farm, in Sumuer county, Tenn. 

 It contains 4,000 acres. The richest stakes 

 ever won in America were the Peyton, rua 

 at Nashville in 1843, and the Futurity, run at 

 New York in 1888. Each was worth $41,000 

 to the winner. The Futurity was for 3-year- 

 olds, and was won by Proctor Kuott, owned 

 by Bryant & Scroggins, of Kentucky. This 

 horse won the largest stakes of that season, 

 the sum reaching $09,780, which is the largest 

 amount ever won by a 3-year-old in a season. 



Snow Flakes. 



The lightness of snow flakes is the result of 

 their surface being so great when compared 

 with their volume, and is accounted for in 

 some degree by the large quantity of air 

 amid their frozen particles. Snow flakes con- 

 tain about nine times as many volumes of air, 

 entangled, so to speak, among their crystals, 

 as they contain water. Very fine and lightly 

 deposited snow occupies about twenty-four 

 times as much space as water, and is from 

 ten ia twelve times lighter than an equal 

 bulk of that fluid. 



A nig Talley. 



The valley of the Amazon is larger than 

 that of the Mississippi, the former river 

 draining 3,330,000 square miles and the latter 

 1,344,000 square miles. The Amazon drains 

 a greater area than any other river on the 

 globe. 



United States Population. 



The present estimated population of the 

 United States is 04,000,000. The annual 

 growth by natural increase and immigration 

 is placed at about a million. The estimated 

 for».is;n population is not far below 14,000,000. 



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AL,FREI> H. IVEWMAIV, 



BUSINESS MANAQER. 



Be not slow in common and usual acts of 

 devotion and quick at singularities; but, hav- 

 ing first done what thou art bound to, pro- 

 ceed to the extraordinaries of religion as you 

 aee cause. — Jeremy Taylor. 



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Your Full Address, plainly written, 

 Is very essential in order to avoid mistakes. 



It "Won tiive near one post-office and 

 get your mail at another, be sure to give the 

 address that we have on our list. 



Crive 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. Miller's Book, " A Year Among 

 the Bees," and the American Bee Jotm- 

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



It you Liose 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. 



New ^Subscribers can obtain the full 

 uumbers for 1888 and 1889 tor 81.80, 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}^x4J^ and 53^x5)^. 

 Price, $1.00 per 100, or $8.50 per 1,000. 



Preserve Your Papers for future 

 reference. If you have no BINBEK 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 Jouenai,, 



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 Phenol 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 3.5 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 35 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 



Red Isabels tor 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 $2.23 



SOOLabels 2.00 3.00 3.50 



1,000 Labels 3.00 4.00 5.00 



49~ Samples mailed free, upon application. 



Hastings' 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 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 35 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 in 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) $1 00 



" 100 colonies (220 pages) 125 



" 200 colonies (430 pages) 1 50 



Always Mention your Post-Offlce 



County and State when writing to this 

 office. No matter where you may happen 

 to be for the hour when actually writing— 

 never mention anything 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. 



Having a Fe^v extra sets of the 

 American Bee JouitNAL for the years 1887 

 and 1888, we will supply both these years, 

 and 1889 and ISOO, for 83.00, until all are sold. 

 Or we will send 1888, 1889 and 1890 for 83..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 Brushes, 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. 



W^e -M'ill Present a Pocket Dictionary 

 for two subscribers with 83.00. It is always 

 useful to have a dictionary at hand to decide 

 the spelling of words, and their meaning. 



