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THE AMERICAN BEK-KEKPKR. 



The flmepican Bee-Reeper, 



PUKI.ISIIKI) .MONTHLY BY 



THE W. T. FALCONER MANFG CO. 



TERMS : 



50 cents a your in mlviinco ; 2 copies, 85 cents ; 3 

 copies, SI. 20 ; all to be sent to one postoffice. 



Postage prepaid in the U.S. and Canada; 10 cents 

 extra to all countries in the postal union and 20 

 cents extra to all other countries. 



ADVERTISING RATES: 



15 cents per line, 9 words; S2.00 per inch. 5 per 

 cent, discount for 2 insertions; 7 per cent, for 3 in- 

 sertions; 10 per cent, for 6 insertions; 20 per cent. 

 for 12 insertions. 



Advertisements must be received on or before 

 the 20th of each month to insure insertion in month 

 following. Address, 



THK AMERICAN BEE-KEEPER, 

 Falconer, N. Y. 



^^Subscribers finding this paragraph marked 

 with a blue cross will know that their subscripiton 

 expires with this number. We hope that you will 

 not delay in sending a renewal. 



J^'A Red Cross on this paragraph indicates that 

 you owe for your subscriprion. Please give the 

 matter your attention. 



EDITORIAL. 



A large honey crop has been gath- 

 ered throughout this section. 



Our sales have been unusually 

 large during^the past three months, 

 and while the early part of the season 

 did not promise even fairly well, the 

 aggregate has exceeded the amount of 

 business last year by several hundred 

 orders. 



We will send the American Bee- 

 Keeper one year with the Cosmopol- 

 itan for $1.25. The Cosmopolitan is 

 a monthly magazine containing an 

 average of over 100 pages and 80 il- 

 lustrations each month. 



The annual convention of the North 

 American Bee Keepers" Association 



will t.ake place Oct. 7th and 8th at 

 Lincoln, Neb, A good pro_uriun has 

 been arranged and no doubt an enjoy- 

 able time will be had by those attend- 

 ing. The subject of amalgamation 

 with the Bee Keepers Union will be 

 brought up, and will no doubt be 

 voted down. 



"How to Manage Bees " is a 50c 

 book for beginners in bee keeping. 

 We will send it postpaid for 25c. 



The Southland Queen, with its Aug- 

 ust number, sent out as a supplement^ 

 the program of the Southwest Texas 

 Bee Keepers' Association, whose con- 

 vention is to be held at Beeville Sept. 

 16th and 17th. It is neatly gotten 

 up in pamphlet form, and reflects 

 credit upon the printers. 



Wm Gerrish, East Nottingham, N 

 H., keeps a complete supply of our 

 goods and Eastern customers will 

 save freight by ordering from him. 



It is told thst recently a son of the 

 Marquis of Salisbury sent to a near- 

 bj'town for a queen bee, and received 

 a telegram which read, " The queen 

 will arrive at 3:40 this afternoon." 

 The telegraph operator, supposing it 

 to refer to the Queen of England, 

 could not keep such good news to 

 himself, and the result was an im- 

 mense crowd of people at the station 

 when the bee arrived. 



We will duplicate the prices on 

 hives and supplies offered b}' any 

 first class manufacturers — and in 

 many cases can do even better by you 

 than anyone else. 



