THE AMERICAN BEE JOURNAL. 



BOOKS! 



Sent by mail, on receipt of price, by 



Tflos. G. mmm & son, 



• 923 & 925 WEST MADISON STREET, 



CHICAGO, ILLINOIS. 



On dozen or half-dozen lots of one kind, we 

 allow 25 per cent, discount, and prepay 

 postage. Special rates on larger quantities, 

 given upon application. 



Bce$ and Honey, or Management of an 

 Apiary for Pleasure and Profit, by Thomas 

 G. Newm-UJ.— It is "fully up with the times," 

 in all the various improvements and inven- 

 tions in this rapidly-developing pursuit, and 

 presents the apiarist with everything that 

 can aid in the successful management of the 

 honey-bee, and at the same time produce the 

 most honey in its best and most attractive 

 eondition. It embraces the following sub- 

 jects : Ancient History of Bees and Honey 

 —Locating an Apiary— Transferring— Feed- 

 ing — Swarming — Dinding — E.\tracting — 

 Queen Rearing— Introducing Queens — Ital- 

 ianiziuir— Bee Pasturage a Necessity— Quiet- 

 ing and Handling Bees— The Management of 

 Rees and Honey at Fairs— Marketing Honey, 

 etc. 220 profusely-illustrated pages. Price, 

 hound in elotli, gl.OO; 2 copies for $1.80; 

 3 copies for $2.55; 5 for J4.00; 10 for $7.50. 



Tlie Apiary Kegister, by Thomas G. 

 Newman.— A Hecord and Account Book for 

 the Apiary, devoting 2 pages to each colony, 

 ruled and printed, and is so arranged that a 

 mere glance will give its complete history. 

 Strongly bound in full leather. Price, for 50 

 colonies, $1.00; for 100 colonies. $1.25 ; for 

 aOO colonies, $1.50. 



Honey as Food and Medicine, by 



Thomas G. Newman.— It gives the various 

 uses of Honey as Food ; recipes for making 

 Honey Cakes, Cookies, Puddings, Foam, 

 Wines, etc. Also, Honey as Medicine, with 

 many valuable recipes. It is intended for 

 consumers, and should be liberally scattered 

 to help in creating a demand for honey. 

 Price, lor either the Engllsli or Ciernian 

 edition. 5 cents- oUtfozen, 40 cents— 100 for 

 Sa.SO-aOO-for $mo8— 1,000 lor $15.00.- 

 If 100 or more are ordered, we will print the 

 bee-keeper's card (free of cost) on the cover. 



Bee • Keepers' Convention Hand 

 Book, by Thomas G. Newm.^n.- It contains 

 a simple Manual of Parliamentary Law and 

 Kules of Order for the guidance of officers 

 and members of Local Conventions— Model 

 Constitution and By-Laws for a Local Society 

 —Programme for a Convention, with Subject* 

 for discussion- List of Premiums for Fairs, 

 etc. Bound in cloth, and suitable for the 

 pockel. Price. 50 cents. Leather 60 cents. 



Why Eat Honey? by Thomas G. 

 Newman.— This Leaflet is intended for dis- 

 tributimi In the Bee-Keeper's own locality, 

 in order to create a Local Market. Price, 50 

 cents per 100 ; SCO copies for $2.25 ; 1,000 

 copies for f4.00. When 300 or more are 

 .•rdered at one time, we print on them the 

 honey-producer's name and address free. 



Preparation of Honey for tlie 

 niarliet, including the production and care 

 of both Comb and E.xtracted Honey, and 

 Instructions on the Ejhibition of Bees and 

 Honey at Fairs, etc.. by Thomas G. Newman. 

 A chapter from " Bees and Honey."— 10 cts. 



Strarininiz, Dividing and Feeding 



Been.- H ints to Beginners.by T. G.Newman. 

 A chapter from "Bees and Honey." Price 5c. 



Bee Pamtirage a Necessity, by Thomas 

 G. Newman- Progressive views on this im- 

 portant subject; suggesting what and how 

 to plant.— A chapter from "Bees and Honey." 

 •it\ engravings. Price. 10c. 



Bees ill Winter, by Tho.mas G. Newman. 

 -Describing Chaff-packing. Cellars and Bee- 

 Houses. A chapter from " Bees and Honey." 

 Price 5c. 



Kit-iieii KiiUiir, by Thomas G.Newman. 

 -In the<i<'riiiaii lani-'uage. Price, in paper 

 covers, 40 cents, or $3 per doz. 



Bee-Keepers' Ouide, or manual of 

 tlie Apiary, by Prof. A. J. Cook.— It is 

 elegantly illustrated, and fully up with the 

 times on every subject that interests the 

 bee-keeper. It is not only instructive, but 

 interesting and thoroughly practical. It 

 comprises a full delineation of the anatomy 

 and physiology of Bees. Price, $1.25. 



Quiuby's New Bee-Keeplng, by L. C. 



Root. — Its style is plain and forcible, making 

 its readers realize the fact that the author is 

 master of the subject. Price, $1.50. 



A B C of Bee-Culture, by A. I. Root.— 

 Embraces everything pertaining to the care 

 of the Honey-Bee, and is valuable to the 

 more advanced bee-keeper, as well as the 

 beginner. Cloth,$1.25; paper, $1. 



Blessed Bees, by John Ali^en. — A 

 romance of bee-keeping, full of practical 

 information and enthusiasm. Price. 75e. 



Tlie Hive and Honey-Bee, by Rev. L. 

 L. Langstroth. — The work of a master, and 

 will always remain a standard.— Price $2.00. 



Dzierzon's Batlonal Bee-Keeping.— 



A translation of the master-piece of that most 

 celebrated German authority. Price, bound 

 in cloth, $2.00; in paper covers, $1.50. 



Bee-Keepers'Haiidy-Booli, by Henry 



Alley.— This book contains 270 pages, and 

 is a complete Manual of Bee-Keeping. Price, 

 $1.50. 



Bee-Keepers'Text Book, by A. J. KiNQ 

 -Revised and enlarged. Price, $1.00. 



Extracted Honey; Harvesting, Handling 

 and Marketing.— By Chas. Dadant & Son.— 

 Details their management. Price, 15c. 



Practical Hints to Bee-Keepers, by 



Chas. F. Muth.— Gives his views on the man- 

 agement of bees. Price, 10c. 



Dzierzon Tlieory. — The fundamental 

 principles of Dzierzon's system of apiculture 

 as set forth by Berlepsch. It was translated 

 by the late Samuel Wagner. Price, 15c. 



Dictionary ol' Practical Apiculture, 



by Prof. John Phin.— This gives the correct 

 meaning of nearly 500 apicultural terms. 

 Price, bound in cloth, 50c. 



Tlie Hive I Use, by G. M. Doolittle.— 

 Details his management of bees. Price 5c. 



Foul Brood, by A. R. Kohnke.— Its origin 

 and cure. Price, 25c. 



Kendall's Horse Book.— No book can 

 be more useful to horse owners. It has 35 

 engravings, illustrating positions of sick 

 horses, and treats all diseases in a plain and 

 comprehensive manner. It has many good 

 recipes, etc. Price, 25c., in either English 

 or German. 



Constitution and By-Latvs, for local 



Associations, $2 per 100. The name of the 

 Association printed in the blanks 50c. extra. 



Scrlbner's Ijumber and Iiog Book.— 



Gives measurement of all kinds of lumber, 

 logs and planks ; wages, rent, etc. Price. 35c. 



Fisher's Grain Tables. -For casting 

 up the price of grain, produce and hay; wood 

 measurer,ready reckoner,tables for plowing, 

 etc. Price, 40c. 



How to Propagate and Grow Fruit, 



by Charles A. Green, contains over 50 illus- 

 trations and two colored fruit plates. It 

 contains 64 pages. Price, 25 cents. 



Previous to the publication of this book, 

 there was no work on the propagation of 

 small and large fruits which could be pur- 

 chased for less than $3.00, therefore the 

 masses have been without a guide in this 

 important branch of fruit-growing, and 

 know very little about priipagiiting. The 

 price of the book places it \\ithin the reach 

 of all. Further than this, the book gives the 

 latest and most approved methods found in 

 no other publication. 



This book tells how to propagate Straw- 

 berries, black raspberries, red raspberries, 

 blackberries, currants, gooseberries, grapes, 

 quince, peach, apricot, plum, cherry, pear 

 and apple: also gener.\l rules for propa- 

 gation, 'vith illustrations showing how to 

 bud. how to graft, how to propagate from 

 layers, stools^ inarching, with full instruc- 

 tions for grafting the gi-ape. Itfells how to 

 lay out a garden or fruit tarm — how to plant, 

 ciiltivate trim, etc. 



moore's Universal Assistant, and 



Complete Mechanic. 



Enlarged Edition — con- 

 tains over 1,000,000 

 Industrial Facts, Calcu- 

 lations, Processes, Trade 

 Secrets, Legal Items, 

 Business Forms, etc., of 

 vast utility to every Mechanic, Farmer and 

 Business Man. The work contains 1,016 

 pages — is a veritable Treasury of Useful 

 Knowledge, and worth its weight in gold to 

 any Mechanic, Business Man or Farmer. By 

 mail, in flue cloth, §2.50. 



The A B C of Carp Culture, is a neat 



pamphlet of about 100 pages. It explains 

 the simplest, cheapest and most effective 

 system of carp culture, and being written by 

 Mt. Milton P. Pierce, of Philadelphia, Pa., 

 Secretary of the American Carp Cultural 

 .Association, it cannot fail to be of inestima- 

 ble value to all interested in the " flnuy 

 tribes." Price, 40 cents. 



The ABC of Potato Culture ; "how to 

 grow them in the largest quantity, and of 

 the finest quality, with the least expenditure 

 of time and labor." The book is not only a 

 valuable one to potato-growers, but a great 

 part of it applies to the management of 

 almost any crop on the farm, especially to 

 the preparation of the soil, manures, etc. 

 Price, 40 cents. 



*' Farmer's Account Book," contains 

 166 pages, printed on writing paper, ruled and 

 bound, and the price is $3.00. We will club 

 it and the Weeklj' Bee Journal for a year 

 for $3.00. If you want it sent by mail, add 

 20 cents for postage. 



Phenol for the Cure of Foul Brood. 



—By Prof. Frank R. Cheshire, of London, 

 England. Price 10 cents : 32 pages. 



Emerson Binders, made especially for 

 the Bee Journal, and lettered in gold on 

 the back. Price, for the Weekly or Monthly, 

 75 cents each. They cannot be sent by 

 mail to Canada. 



Photographs of Rev. L. L. Langstroth, 

 Baron of Berlepsch, or Dzierzon, 25 c. each. 



Bibbou Badges, for bee-keepers, on 

 which are printed a large bee in gold, 10c. 

 each, or $8 per 100. Large and elegant ones, 

 with rosette, 50 cents, post-paid. 



Poulterer's Guide, for treating diseases 

 of Poultry, etc., by C. J. Ward. Price '25c. 



Food Adulteration.— What we eat and 



what we should not eat. Price, 50c. 



DR. FOOTE'S 



HAND-BOOK OF HEALTH, 



Hints and Ready Recipes, 



Is the title of a very valuable book that Kives a 

 preat amount of information, of the Utmost Im- 



Eortance to. Everybody, concerning their daily 

 abits of Eating, Drinking, Dreaaing, Sleepine, 

 Bathing, Working, etc. 



IT TELLS ABOUT 



What to Eat. 

 How to Eat it, 

 Things to Do, 

 Things to Avoid, 

 Perils of Summer, 

 How to Breathe, 

 Overheating Houses, 

 Ventilation. 

 Influence of Plants, 

 Occupation for Invalids, 

 Superfluous Hair. 

 Restoring the Drowned, 

 Preventing Near-Sight- 

 ednesB. 



Parasites of the Sfein. 

 Bathing— Best way, 

 Lungs & Lung Dtseasps. 

 How to Avoid th(--ti. 

 <'lotbing— what t'l Vf:.r, 

 How much to We.if, 

 ContHgiuus Diseases. 

 How to Avoid them. 

 Exercise, 

 Care of Teeth. 

 After-Dinncr Naps, 

 Headache, cause & cure. 

 Malarial Affections, 

 Croup— to Prevent. 



IT TELLS HOW TO CURE 



Black Eyes. Boils, Burns, Chilblains, Cold Feel, 

 Corns,<'oughs,Cholera.Diarrhoei, Diphtheria, Dvs- 

 entery. Dandruff, Dyspepsia, Ear Ache, Felons, 

 Fetid Feet, Freckles, Headache, Hiccough, Hives, 

 Hoarseness. Itching, Inflamed Breasts, Ivy Poison- 

 ing, Moles. Pimples, Piles, Rheumatism, Kingworm, 

 Snoring, Stammering, Sore Eyes, Sore Mouth. Sure 

 Nipples.Sore Throat, Sun-strobe, Stings and Insect 

 Bites. Sweating Feet, I'oothache. Ulcers, Wans. 

 Whiioping Couch. Worms in Children. 

 Price only 85 Cents. Sent by Mail, post-paid. 

 TBOS. G. NE^VMAN <fe SON, 

 923*92.'^ West Madison Street, CHICAGO IJ L. 



