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THE AMERICAN BEE KEEPER. 



February 



The American Bee Journal began 

 the year with a change in its form. 

 It is now of 16 pages, each page 

 about double the former size. While 

 it has not materially increased the 

 amount of composition the new form 

 adds greatly to its appearance. 



Advertisers will find the American 

 Bee-Keeper one of the best paying 

 mediums to be found anj^where. The 

 fact that almost all our present ad- 

 vertisers have been with us continu- 

 ously from one to four years is m it- 

 self the best recommendation we know 

 of. 



The spring crop of new bee papers 

 has begun. The first to make an 

 appearance is the Nebraska Queen, a 

 very well gotten up 16 page maza- 

 zine. We wish it well. 



Ofter JSTo. 1. 



The American Bee-Keeper until 

 January, 1896, for only 35 cents to 

 new subscribers. 



We are having a real old fashioned 

 winter in this section, having had 

 sleighing since about December 28th. 

 Indications of a good spring business 

 were never better. We are running 

 our factory ten hours daily with over 

 eighty hands, while a year ago at this 

 time we were running but eight hours 

 daily with only fifty hands. 



Do not fail to read the list of valu- 

 able premiums offered for single sub- 

 scriptions and clubs. Nothing like it 

 has ever been before offered. 



We have many customers in the 

 New England states who would find 

 it more convenient and a saving of 

 freight to buy their supplies nearer 

 home. For the benefit of such we 

 have appointed W. M. Gerrish, East 

 Nottingham, N. H. as our eastern 

 agent. Our goods can be obtained 

 from him at our regular catalogue 

 prices. 



Offer No. 2. 



To everyone whose subscription is 



received between the 15th and 20th 



of February, we will send free a 



beautiful sheet of music. (Sells at 75). 



It is our intention alwa3's to mail 

 the Bee-Keeper about the fifth of 

 each month, but owing to our en- 

 largement and an extra large edition 

 we have been delayed a few days in 

 getting out this number. 



Great Offer To New Subscribers. 



In order to increase the subscrip- 

 tion list of the Bee-Keeper for 1895, 

 we have decided to offer the magazine 

 to new subscribers for only 35 cents 

 from now until January, 1896, al- 

 most a full year. This offer will 

 hold good only until April 1st, when 

 it will be withdrawn. Enclose the 

 amount in postage stamps. 



Ever}^ new subscriber gets a pre- 

 mium. Read the grand offers. 



At this writing we are experiencing 

 the most severe run of cold weather 

 that has been known in this locality 

 for 30 years. For several daj^s the 

 thermometer has registered from 5° 

 to 25° below zero, with more or less 

 high winds and snow. No doubt 

 many colonies of bees will be lost on 

 account of such extreme cold. 



