Jan. 24. 1907 



American l^m Journal 



Lan^stroth on the 

 ^^^ Honey-Bee 



Revised by Dadant— Latest Edition 



This is one of the standard books on 

 bee-culture, and ought to be in the 

 library of every bee-keeper. It is bound 

 substantially in cloth, and contains 

 nearly 600 pages, being revised by that 

 large, practical bee-keeper, so well- 

 known to all the readers of the Ameri- 

 can Bee Journal — Mr. C. P. Dadant. 

 Each subject is clearly and thoroughly 

 explained, so that by following the in- 



structions of this book one cannot fail 

 to be wonderfully helped on the way to 

 success with bees. 



The book we mail for $] .20, or club 

 It with the American Bee Journal for 

 one year — both for 12.00 ; or, we will 

 mail it as a premium for sending us 

 THREE NEW subscribers to the Bee 

 Journal for one year, with $3.00. 



This is a splendid chance to get a 

 grand bee-book for a very little money 

 or work. 



GEORGE W. YORK & CO. 



334 Dearborn Street, CHICAGO, ILL 



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 Fonndation, etc, as we can save jon time and 

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Bbli. Bk&nch, Watnk Co., Mich 



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TWO YEARS FOR $1. 



After a man succeeds in publishing a good 

 journal, the next step is that of getting it into 

 the bands of the people, of getting them to 

 reading it, and Ijeeomins; acquainied with its 

 merits. This can he done by advertising, 

 sending out sample copies, circulars, etc. All 

 this costs money. I think I am safe in say- 

 ing that for every new subscriber I have re- 

 ceived, I have paid -'"J 00 in advertising; 

 hence. I have always said that a publisher of 

 a good journal could afford to send his paper 

 one year free for the salie of getting it into 

 new hands. It would cost no more than 

 other forms of advertising, and would be more 

 effective; but, for obvious reasons this plan 



could not be put into practise; but I am 

 going to come as near to it as I can. I have 

 between 200 and 300 complete sets of back 

 numbers for the present year; and as long as 

 the supply holds out I will send a complete 

 set, and the rest of this year free, to any one 

 who will send me SI. 00 for the Review for 

 1907. 



Back numbers of the Review are different 

 from those of newspapers and some journals. 

 The information they contain is just as val- 

 uable now as when first published. In an ad- 

 vertisement like this it is impossible to give 

 much description, but I will mention one or 

 two features of each issue of 



The Review for 1906 



JANUARY.— The key-note of the Review for 

 1906 is "THE CONTROL OF IN- 

 CREASE ;" and Mr. tiill, of Colorado, 

 starts off by telling how he completely 

 and pro^fitably controls the increase of 

 1000 colonies run for comb honey. 



FEBRUARY.— R. C. Aikin shows how, with 

 a knowledge of principles, increase 

 can be controlled ; but perhaps the most 

 valuable contribution to this issue is from 

 R. F. Holtermann, of Canada, describing 

 " Some Short Cuts in the Production of 

 Extracted Honey.'' 



MARCFI. — In this issue is illustrated and de- 

 scribed the only really successful non- 

 swarniing hive that has yet been in- 

 vented. Its inventor, Mr. L. A. Aspin- 

 wall, secured an average of 140 pounds 

 of comb honey the past season from fifty 

 colonies, and had no swarms. 



APRIL. — The most valuable article in this 

 issue is from C. A. Olmstead, of New 

 York, in which he illustrates and de- 

 scribes a method of foretelling sivarm- 

 ing without opening the hive. 



MAY. — In this issue is begun a series of the 

 most delightfully and beautifully illns- 

 trated sketches that have ever ap- 

 peared in the Review— that of the editor's 

 experience in locating and managing three 

 out-apiaries in the wild, picturesque, 

 raspberry region of Northern Michigan. 



JUNE.— The article this month on " Control 

 of Increase," is by that veteran, J. E. 

 Crane, of Vermont, and shows how to do 

 the work when the -harvest comes 

 early. This issue also gives the editor's 

 experience in moving his 400 colonies 

 into Northern Michigan- illustrated with 

 four engravings. 



JULY.— This issue has a beautiful full-page 

 illustration of the Review apiary here at 

 Flint (105 colonies), and the editor gives 

 a resume of his work in this apiar.v for 

 the first six months of the year — showing 

 ^vhere he failed and why he suc- 

 ceeded. 



AUGUST. — In this number the editor tells of 

 "Reaping the Harvest in Northern Michi- 

 gan," and gives pictures of the different 

 apiaries, some at old abandoned lum- 

 ber-camps, one with a tent tor a honey- 

 house, while the reading-matter has an 

 actual flavor of the wild northern woods. 



SEPTEMBER.— Of all the articles in this 

 year's Review I doubt if any one is more 

 really helpful than the one in this issue 

 by the editor, entitled " Conveniences in 

 the Production of Extracted Honey." It 

 has several illustrations, and shows how 

 to use bee-escapes without the back- 

 aching work of lifting the hives by 

 hand ; how to make a honey-knife cut as 

 "slick as a razor:" how to make an un- 

 capping-can for 10 cents; how to arrange 

 a cheap automatic strainer, and run the 

 honey directly into the cans; and how to 

 arrange an electric bell, at a cost of 60 

 cents, that will ring when the can is full. 



Instead of mentioning some of the special 

 features for October, November, and Decem- 

 ber, let me use the space to say that one of 

 THE GOOD THINGS that will appear in the Re- 

 view for 1907 will be a series of articles from 

 E. D. Townsend, Michigan's foremost bee- 

 keeper. All of his writings in the past have 

 been fragmentary, a glimpse here and there, 

 and they have been scattered here and there 

 in different journals. Now he is going to 

 write in a consecutive manner, starting at 

 the beginning of the season and going through 

 the year — just as though he were writing a 

 book. It will give his system of manage- 

 ment. 



Advanced Bee Culture 



This is a book of 230 pages, beauti- 

 fully printed, bound, and illustrated, 

 that discusses bee-keeping from a 

 money point of view — shows how to 

 make a pleasant and profitable BUSI- 



NESS out of bee-keeping. Price, SI. 20; 

 or, the Review for 1907 (and all of the 

 back numbers of this year free) for 

 only $2.00. 



W. Z. HUTCHINSON, Flint, Mich. 



