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GLEANINGS IN BEE CULTURE. 



Oct. 1. 



DANZENBAKER'S 



LATEST CARTONS 



Will Sell Your Honey. 



1 lb. I%x4x5 sections, Ic each; 25, 20c; 100, 60c; 500, S2.50 

 lib. l^orl%, 41^ " Ic " 25, 20c; 100, 60c: 500, 2.,50 

 Sent by mail, po.stage 2c each, for lots of 25 or over, 

 Ic each. " Pacts About Bees " and sample carton by 

 mail for 4 cents in stamps. 



F. Danzenbaker, Box 66, Washington, D. C. 



OIIFFN^ 500 tested and untested golden queens 

 \^UCrl-<ll0. fQi- gale during October at way-down 

 prices, to unite nuclei for winter. Inclose 60c for a 

 sample queen; or, if you want a number, write for 

 special prices. Breeders producing faultless 5-banded 

 bees, always on hand, 82..50 each. L,eather queens, if 

 you desire, at same price. 



W. H. LAWS, Lavaca, Ark. 



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Wm. A. Selser, 



lo Vine St., Philadelphia, Pa. 



Honey Expert. 



Send a H oz. bottle and SI. 00, and have the hon- 

 ey tested that you buy. See if it is pure. The 

 most complete laboratory for testing honey in 



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OIIFFN^ Warranted purely mated, either gold- 

 V^UCrL<l'(o. g], Qr imported, by return mail. Un- 

 tested, li doz., SI. 75; select tested, ^ doz., S2.40; best 

 breeders, $2.00. One sample queen to new cu.stomer, 

 ■S5cts. each. E. A. Seeley, Bloomer, Ark. 



P. O. M. O. office, Lavaca, Ark. 



Headquarters in the West for Bee=keepers' Supplies. 



The Largest Business of the Kind in the ^A^est. 



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Thousands of hives, milhons of sections, tons of foundation, and quantities of 

 other stock sold the past season. 



We sell the ROOT GOODS AT THEIR FACTORY PRICES, AT DES MOINES, IOWA. 



1898 finds us in enlarged quarters with the largest stock and greatest variety of 

 goods ever offered. All the latest improved up-to-date goods kept in stock. 



ORDERS SHIPPED PROMPTLY. Estimates cheerfully given. Catalog free. Address 



JOSEPH NYSEWANDER, Pes Moines, Iowa. 



THE AMERICAN BEE JOURNAL 



10 WEEKS FOR 10 CENTS! 



For Ten Cents T/ie American Bee Journal will be sent for ten. vveek.s on trial to any 



bee-keeper not now a subscriber. (Or for SI. 00 we will send the weekly American Bee Journal to a new 

 subscriber from Oct. 1, 18!»8, to Jan. 1, 1'JOO — 15 months — less than 7cts. a month). This is a splendid chance 

 to become acquainted with the weekly Bee Journal. Getting it ten weeks reiriilnrly will show pretty 

 well what may be expected when it comes to a bee-keeper's home week after week for years. 



These Special Articles will Appear, .... 



With others, During the next Ten Weeks. 



Best riethod for Creating and Maintaining a 

 Harket for Honey. 



By Herman F. Moore. 



First Half-century of Bee=keeping in America. 



By Hon. Eugene Secor, General Manager 

 United States Beekeepers' Union. 



The Apiary on the Farm and in the Orchard. 



By Hon. E. Whitcomb, Supt. Apiary Depart- 

 ment Trans-Missis.sippi Exposition. 



Needs of Bee Culture in the South. 



By Dr. J. P. H. Brown, of Georgia. 



General Advice to Bee=keepers. 



By Rev. E. T. Abbott, of Missouri. 



The Relation Existing between the Apiary and 

 the Successful Production of Fruit. 



By G. M. Whitford, of Nebraska. 



The fore^nina: list of Specia/ Articles represents a part of the program at the Omaha 

 Convention. Maiiy of the subjects will be followed by much helpful discus.sion. Of course, many other 

 interesting and valuable contributions will he found in the American Bee Journal during the 10 weeks' 

 " trial trip," besides the other regular departments. But in order to secure all the above articles, the 

 trial subscriptions should be sent in firoinjttlv. 



B^^e^^- Bee-keeper in ^4nieriea'ousiht to have the old American Bee Journal for 10 weeks 

 from Oct. 1, ISSLS, and right along thereafter. It wilfbe worth to any one of them nianx times its full 

 subscription price. Send lO cents now, an wva v, and get it for the 10 weeks. Address 



GEORGE W. YORK & CO., 118 Michigan St., Ciiicago, III. 



Bee-keeping in Cuba and Porto Rico. 



By O. O. POPPLETON, of Florida. 

 Recent Progress in Apiculture. 



By E. R. Root, Editor Gleanings. 

 Bee-keepers and Supply-manufacturers. 



By Dr. C. C. Miller. 

 Foul Brood in the Apiary. 



By Wm. McEvoy, Foul-brood Inspector, Can. 



Advanced Methods of Comb-honey Production. 



By S. T. Pettit, of Canada. 

 Migratory Bee-keeping. 



By H.E. Hill, Editor American Bee-keeper. 

 The Scientific Side of Apiculture. 



By C. P. Dadant. 



Experiences and Suggestions in Marketing 

 Honey. 



By S. A. NiVER, of New York. 



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