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37tliYear. 



CHICAGO, ILL., MARCH 18, 1897. 



No. 11. 



See the Wonderful ConiMnatioii Offer 



ON PAGE 170. 



To every person who reoeives this number of the American 

 Bee Journal we make a most magnificent offer. It is made to 

 New or Old subscribers, and ought to bring us thousands of 

 subscriptions right away. The Woman's Home Journal is one 

 that will delight and interest and educate the women folks for 

 12 months ; and the book — " Samantha at Saratoga '" — is just 

 brimming over with healthy humor. The book and woman's 

 paper are alone are well worth all that is askt for the combi- 

 nation which also includes a year's subscription to the Ameri- 

 can Bee Journal. (See page 170.) 



Of this number of the Bee Journal we will send out just 

 10,000 copies, mauy of them to those who are not now regu- 

 lar readers. All such are specially invited to subscribe for it, 

 and begin to receive its weekly visits. It will surely pay 

 to do so, if at all interested in bee-keeping. 



Should there be any new subscribers that would prefer to 

 have the Bee Journal alone, we will send it to such, from the 



Several Visits — Nebraska Apiarian Building. 



BY EDWIN BEVISS. 



On the last day of August, 1896, I started for Omaha, to 

 visit some relatives I had not seen for many" years. When I 

 got to Osceola I found that I should have to wait a few hours 

 for a west-bound train. In order to pass away the time I in - 

 quired of a man who was working about the station if be 

 could direct me to some one in or near town who kept a goo 

 many bees. He told me to go down a street leading south 



Nebraska Bee atid Honey Pavilion, State Fair Oroumis near Omaha. — See page 168 also. 



time we receive their subscription to the end of this year, for 

 only no cents. This offer is made only to induce those not now 

 getting the Bee Journal, to give it a fair trial. After that, we 

 believe they will not try to do without it. 



We hope our present subscribers will show these two gen- 

 erous offers to their bee-keeping friends, and endeavor to get 

 them to send in their order at once. Ife are trying to do our 

 very best for the Interest of all bee-keepers, and we believe 

 they appreciate our efforts fully, and will now do what they 

 can to help on the success of the old American Bee Journal. 



GEORGE W. YORK & CO., Publishers. 



from the station, then turn to the right and go till I reacbt 

 the next street, then go on a little farther south and I would 



find a man named M , who kept bees. 



I started out with pleasing anticipations of having an 

 hour or so of talk with a man who could bee by the book, and 

 who was managing an apiary by the aid of all or most of the 

 modern apiarian appliances. Forgetting my instructions 

 when I reacht the first street running east and west, I turned 

 to the left instead of turning to the right, and then when I 

 reacht the next street running north and south I went on 

 south, but saw no signs of a bee-keeper around any of the 

 dwellings in that part of the town. Seeing the tops of some 



