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AMERICAN BEE JOURNAL. 



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PUBLISHED WEEKLY BY 



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-At One Dollar a Year, 

 199 RANDOLPH St., CHICAGO, ILLS. 



TO CORRESPONDENTS. 



Tiie Bee Journal is sent to subscribers 

 until an order is received by the publishers for 

 its discontinuance, and all arrearages are paid. 



A Sample Copy- of the Bee Journal wiL 

 be sent FREE upon application. 



How to Send Money.— Remit by Express, 

 Post-Office Money Order, or Bank Draft on New 

 York or Chicago. If none of these can be had, 

 Register your Letter, affixing Stamps both for 

 postage and registry, and take a receipt for it. 

 Money sent thus, IS AT OUR RISK; otherwise 

 it is not. Do not send Checks on Local Banks — 

 we have to pay25 cents each, toget them cashed. 



Never Send Silver in letters. It will 



wear holes in the envelope, or may be stolen. 

 Make all Money Orders Payable at 



Chicago, 111.— not at any sub-station of Chicago. 



Postage Stamps of any denomination may 

 be sent for any fraction of a dollar; or where 

 Money Orders cannot be obtained, stamps for 

 any amount may be sent. 



Subscription Credits.— The receipt for 

 money sent us will be given on the address-label 

 of every paper. The Subscription is paid to the 

 END OF THE MONTH indicated. 



■ Jo not Write anything for publication on 

 the same sheet of paper with business matters, 

 unless it can be torn apart without interfering 

 with either part of the letter. 



Emerson Binders, made especially for 

 the American Bee Journal, are convenient 

 for preserving each weekly Number, as fast as 

 received. They will be sent, post-paid, for 50 cts. 

 each. They cannot be sent by mail to Canada. 



Cost Numbers.— We carefully mall the 

 Bee Journal to every subscriber, but should 

 any be lost in the mails, we will replace them if 

 notified before all the edition is exhausted. 



Always State the Post-Office to which 

 your paper is addressed, when writing to us. 



Special Notices. 



The Date on the wrapper-label of this 

 paper indicates the end of the month to 

 which you have paid for the Journal. 

 If that is past, please send trs one dollar 

 to pay for another year. 



Iiost Copies we are glad to replace, if 

 notified before the edition is exhausted. 



The Convention Hand-Book is very 

 convenient at Bee-Conventions. It con- 

 tains a Manual of Parliamentary Law 

 and Rules of Order for Local Conven- 

 tions ; Constitution and By-Laws for a 

 Loca 1 Society; Programme for a Conven- 

 tion, with subjects for discussion, and 

 about 50 blank pages, to make notes 

 upon. It is bound in cloth, and of the 

 right size for the pocket. We will pre 

 sent a copy for one new subscriber to 

 the Bee Journal, with $1.00. 



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An Apiary Register is a splendid 

 book to have in an apiary, so as to know 

 all about any colony of bees at a 

 moment's notice. It devotes two pages 

 to each colony. We will send one large 

 enough for 50 colonies, for $1.00, post- 

 paid ; for 100 colonies, for $1.25 ; or 

 for 200 colonies, for $1.50. After 

 using it for one season, you would not 

 do without it. 



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The Premiums which we give for 

 securing new subscribers to the Ameri- 

 can Bee Journal, are intended as pay 

 for work done in getting new names 

 among your friends and acquaintances, 

 and are not offered to those who send in 

 their own names as new subscribers, 

 unless such name or names form a part 

 of a club of at least three subscribers. 



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A Binder for preserving the copies of 

 the American Bee Journal as it arrives 

 from week to week, is very convenient. 

 You should have one, as it is so handy 

 for reference from time to time. We 

 mail it for only 50 cents, or will give it 

 as a premium for two new subscribers, 

 with $2.00. 



When Talking About Bees to your 

 friend or neighbor, you will oblige us by 

 commending the Bee Journal to him, 

 and taking his subscription to send with 

 your ( renewal. For this work we offer 

 some excellent premiums that you ought 

 to take advantage of. 



