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THE AMERICAN BEE JOURNAL. 



CoRKECTiON. — In noticing the business 

 of C. O. Perrine, of Chicago, in our last 

 issue, it was stated that he had handled 

 $30,000 worth of honey the past year. 

 The facts are he has sold of Maple syrup 

 and honey — the two specialties he deals 

 in — the past year about $150,000 worth. 

 Where the $30,000 comes in — which is the 

 best part of it — he has that much now 

 clear after paying all his fire losses, dollar 

 for dollar, and every dollar he owes. 



What seems queer to us is that if he is 

 selling bogus honey, how he can double 

 and treble his trade every year, and ex- 

 tend it all over the United States, north, 

 south, east and west. 



We noticed that he was getting a very 

 large share of his honey from California, 

 and was making arrangements for a very 

 heavy supply from there this year, having 

 an agent traveling there in his interest, as 

 he has one in Canada buying Canada 

 maple sugar for his maple syrup trade, 

 of which he is calculating to make 100,- 

 ■000 gallons this year. He is the pioneer 

 distributing agent of this choice sweet, as 

 he so long was of honey. 



A letter from our worthy co-la- 

 borer, the Rev. W. F. Clarke, informs us 

 that he is hard at work as the agricul- 

 tural editor of The Weekly Liberal, a large 

 and handsome paper published at Tor- 

 onto, Ontario, and though his time has 

 been largely occupied of late with duties 

 connected with that paper, he hopes to be 

 able soon to send us more articles for 

 The American Bee Journal. 



The wheat crop of Europe is almost an 

 entire failure, and the price of wheat is 

 rapidly advancing. The wheat in the 

 "Great West" will again command good 

 prices. While Great Britain and all 

 Europe will be the sufferers, America 

 will be greatly benefited. It may be we 

 shall hear no more of hard times now, 

 in the West at least. 



Errata. — In C. F. Muth's article, 

 June number, page IJiG, third line from the 

 end of the article, for mixing, read ^'feed- 

 ing a few barrels of cotlee sugar." 



We can sui)p]y no more full Vols, for 

 this year, ami hereafter shall commence 

 all new subscriptions with the July No. 



Back Yolumes. 



Complete sets of back volitmes are 

 scarce. But few can be procured at any 

 price. We have a set, consisting of the 

 ten volumes (complete), which we offer 

 for sale, either bound or unbound, for a 

 reasonable sum. Many of the numbers 

 we have paid fifty cents for, to complete 

 them. Those who wish them, should 

 write us at once for price. 



We have several single volumes (com- 

 plete), which we will send postpaid for 

 $2.00 each. 



Several volumes, which lack only a sin- 

 gle number of being complete, we will 

 send postpaid for $1.00 each. 



Vol. 1, we can supply in cloth boards, 

 postpaid, for $1.25. Bound in paper 

 covers, $1.00, postage 10 cents. This vol- 

 ume is worth five times its price to any 

 intelligent bee-keeper. It contains a full 

 elucidation of scientific bee-keeping, in- 

 cluding the best statement extant of the 

 celebrated Dzierzon theory. These arti- 

 cles run through all the numbers, and are 

 from the pen of the Baron of Berlepsch. 



'^W Beginners in bee-culture, who de- 

 sire to read up in the literature of bee- 

 keeping, are earnestly advised to obtain 

 these back volumes. Many of our best 

 apiarians say they would not sell their 

 back volumes of the American Bee Jour- 

 nal for ten times the sum the}' cost, if 

 they could not replace them. They are 

 exceedingly valuable alike to beginners 

 and more advanced apiarians. 



A Choice op Six Volumes for $5. — 

 Having a few back volumes complete, 

 and some lacking only one or two num- 

 bers each, we will give the purchaser the 

 choice of six of such volumes for $5.00, 

 until they are disposed of. As only a few 

 can be supplied, those who wish to avail 

 themselves of this offer should send for 

 them at once. 



m^" It will be a source of gratification 

 to us if all tiiose in arrears for The Amer- 

 ican Bee Journal will settle the same as 

 soon as possible. Our increasing circu- 

 lation vastly increases our regular month- 

 ly expenses for paper and printing. "A 

 word to the wise is sufficient." 



