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things on which he based his judgment. But it is doubtful if 

 as much can be told about queenlessness from outside indica- 

 tions as you have been led to suppose. While more or less 

 guessing may be done by watching from the outside, if you 

 want to be sure whether a queen is present or not you must 

 open the hive. Perhaps the chief thing that is given gen- 

 erally from outside appearances, is that queenless bees carry 

 in little or no pollen. But if you will look in a hive that has 

 had no queen laying for some time, you will generally find an 

 unusual amount of pollen present, showing that a good deal 

 of pollen must have been gathered. Less probably than 

 would have been gathered with brood-rearing going on, the 

 accumulation being rather because so little was used. If you 

 watch the bees going in with a few loads of pollen, the loads 

 being light, while at the same time all other colonies are 

 carrying in big loads, you may suspect queenlessness, which 

 suspicion will be strengthened by a general air of listlessness 

 on the part of the bees ; but, as before said, if you want to 

 know for sure, you must look inside. 



Encyclopedia for BeesiK'ax. — Some time ago we 

 offered a splendid work of eight large volumes, called "The 

 New Standard American Encyclopedia," having nearly 4,000 

 pages, and over 300 colored maps, charts, and diagrams. 

 Size of volume, 2 inches thick, 8J3 wide, and 11}^ long. As 

 per that offer, last publisht on page 1S6, the eight volumes 

 were offered by freight for only .519 cash. We can furnish 

 a set or two at that price, bound in half morroco ,; or will ex- 

 change a set for 7.J pounds of yellow beeswax delivered at 

 our office. You would be more than satisfied with the En- 

 cyclopedia, and a set of such books ought to be in every 

 family for reference. 



The Horse— Ho-w to Break and Handle.— 



This is a pamphlet of 32 pages, giving complete instructions 

 for breaking and educating colts, teaching horses to drive, 

 and for use under the saddle, together with many instructions 

 which have never before been publisht, and which are the re- 

 sult of the author's experience covering a period of 20 years. 

 By Prof. Wm. Mullen, with whom the editor of the Bee Jour- 

 nal is personally acquainted. Price, postpaid, 20 cents ; or 

 given as a premium for sending us one new subscriber to the 

 Bee Journal for the rest of the year at 50 cents. 



A PJe'w Binder for holding a year's numbers of the 

 American Bee Journal, we propose to mail, postpaid, to every 

 subscriber who sends us 20 cents. It is called "The Wood 

 Binder," is patented, and is an entirely new and very simple 

 arrangement. Full printed directions accompany each Binder. 

 Every reader should get it, and preserve the copies of the Bee 

 Journal as fast as they are received. They are invaluable for 

 reference, and at the low price of the Binder you can afford to 

 get It yearly. 



The Alsike Clover Leaflet consists of 



pages, 



with illustrations, showing the value of Alsike clover, and 

 telling how to grow it. This Leaflet is just the thing to hand 

 to every farmer in your neighborhood. Send to the Bee Jour- 

 nal office for a quantity of them, and see that they are dis- 

 tributed where they will do the most good. Prices, postpaid, 

 are as follows : 50 for 20 cents ; 100 for 35 cents ; or 200 

 for (iO cents. 



Lang'stroth on the Honey-Bee, revised by 

 The Dadants, is a standard, reliable and thoroughly complete 

 work on bee-culture. It contains 520 pages, and is bound 

 elegantly. Every reader of the American Bee Journal should 

 have a copy of this book, as it answers hundreds of questions 

 that arise about bees. We mail it for Si. 25, or club it with 

 the Bee Journal for a year — both together for only S2.00. 



Back )Kuiut)ers Since Jan. i.— We are able to 

 supply complete sets of the Bee Journal since Jan. 1, 1897, 

 to any who may desire, at two cents per copy. There are a 

 number of new readers who perhaps would like to get some of 

 the first numbers of this year, to complete their volume for 

 1897. We shall be glad to furnish them as long as they last, 

 at two cents each. 



Now New Subscribers 



4 September— Oct.— Nov.— December 4 

 4 MONTHS rOR 25 CTS. 



Get Your Bee-Keeping Frieuds and Neighbors 

 to Take the Old American Bee Journal. 



We would like to have each of our present readers send us 

 ivio new sxibscribers for the Bee Journal before November 1, 

 1897. That surely will not be hard to do, when each will 

 need to pay only 25 cents for the last -t months of this 

 year, or only about 6 cents a month for the weekly 

 American Bee Journal. Any one with only a colony or two 

 of bees should jump at such an offer as that. 



Now, we don't ask you to work for us for nothing, but 

 will say that for each t'wo new 25c. subscribers you send us, 

 we will mail you your choice of one of the following list : 



Wood Binder for the Bee Journal 20c. 



50 copies of leaflet on "Why Eal Honey?" '^Oc. 



50 •• " on ■' How 10 Keep Honey " 20c. 



50 •' " on •■ Alsike Clover" 20c. 



I copy each " Preparation of Honey for the Market "(10c.) 



and DooUttle's " Hive T Use " (5c i loo. 



1 copy each Dadants' -Handling Bees" (8c.) and " Bee- 

 Pasturage a Necessity " (lOc.) 18c. 



Dr. Howard's boote on "Foul Brood." 2oc. 



Kohnke'8" Foul Bro. d" book 25c. 



Cheshire's " Foul Brood " book (10c.) and Dadants' " Hand- 

 ling Bees •' [8c ] 1 8c. 



Dr. Foote'a Hand-Book of Health 25c. 



Rural Life Book 23o. 



Our Poultry Doctor, by Fanny Felld 25c. 



Poultry for Market and ProBt, by Fanny Field 25c. 



Capons and CaponizlDg 23c. 



Turkeys for Market and Profit 2oc. 



Green 8 Four Books on Frult-Growlng 25c. 



Ropp Commercial Calculator No. 1 -. . 25c. 



SUoand Silage, by Prof. Cook 23c. 



BienenKu Itur [German] 40c. 



Kendall's Horse-Book [English or German] 23o. 



1 Pound White Clover Seed 23c." 



1 " Sweet " '■ 23c. 



Hi •• Alsike " " 25c. 



1% '■ Alfalfa " " 25c. 



1(4 " Crimson" " 23c. 



The Horse— How to Break and Handle 20c. 



We make the above offers only to those who are now sub- 

 scribers ; in other words, no one sending in his own 25 cents 

 as a new subscriber can also claim a choice of the above list. 



The Names and Addresses of all your bee- 

 friends, who are not now taking the Bee Journal, are wanted 

 at this office. Send them in, please, when sample copies will 

 be mailed to them. Then you can secure their subscriptions, 

 and earn some of the premiums we are offering. The 

 next few months will be just the time to easily get new sub- 

 scribers. Try it earnestly, at least. 



The McEvoy Foul Brood Treatment is 



given in Dr. Howard's pamphlet on " Foul Brood ; Its Natural 



History and Rational Treatment." It is the latest publication 



on the subject, and should be in the hands of every bee-keeper. 



Price, 25 cents ; or clubbed with the Bee Journal for one year 



—both for SI. 10. 



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Every Present Subscriber of the Bee Journal 

 should be an agent for it, and get all others possible to sub- 

 scribe for it. See offers on this page. 



See " Bee-Keeper's Guide" offer on page 624. 



