THE AMERICA!^ BEE JOURNAL. 



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Issued every Wednesday by 



THOMAS G. NEWMAN & SON, 



PUOPItlETOKS, 



923&925 WEST MADISON ST., GHICAGOJLL. 

 At One Dollar a Year. 



ALFRED H. NEWMAN, 



Business Manager. 



^p^eciaX glotices. 



Tlie NEW Hcddon Hive.— We have 

 made arrangements with tbe inventor, by 

 which we shall make and sell the Heddon 

 Reversible Hive, both at wholesale and re- 

 tail ; nailed and also in the flat. Further 

 announcement will be made hereafter, 

 giving prices, etc. 



THOS. G. NEWMAN ic SON, 

 923 & 92.5 West Madison St., CHICAGO, ILL. 



i3^~ Our rates for two or more copies of 

 the book, " Bees and Honey," may be found 

 on the Book List on the second page of this 

 paper. Also wholesale rates on all books 

 where they are purchased " to sell again." 



To Correspondents. — It would save 

 us much trouble, if all would be particular 

 to give their P. U. address and name, when 

 writing to this olttce. We have several letters 

 (some inclosing money) that have no name; 

 many others having no PostrOflice, County 

 or State. Also, if you live near one post- 

 oiEce and get your mail at another, be sure 

 to give the address we have on our list. 



^Vlien Renewing your subscription 

 please try to get your neighbor who keeps 

 bees to join with you in taking the Bee 

 Journal. It is now so cheap that no one 

 can afford to do without it. We will present 

 a Binder for the Bee Journai, to any one 

 sending us four subscriptions— with $4.00- 

 direct to this otlico. It will pay any one to 

 devote a few hours, to get subscribers. 



" Don't Stop "—that is what many write 

 to us about their papers, when their time is 

 nearly out. One subscriber says : " This 

 has been a year of disaster, and it is not con- 

 venient for me to send you the money now 

 to renew my subscription. It runs out with 

 this month ; but don't stop sending it. I will 

 get the money to you within three months." 

 Such letters are coming every day, and so 

 for the present we have concluded not to 

 stop any papers until requested to do so. 



Xlie Time for Reading has now come. 

 The long winter evenings can be utilized by 

 reading up bee-literature. We have all the 

 newest bee-books and can fill all orders on 

 the day they are received. 



Beeswrax Wanted.— We are now paying 

 24 cents per pound for good, average, yellow 

 Beeswax, delivered here. Cash on arrival. 

 Shipments ai-e solicited. The name of the 

 shipper should be put on every package to 

 prevent mistakes. 



Preserve your papers for reference. 

 If you have no BINDER we will mail you 

 one for ?."> cents, or you can have one free 

 if you will send us i new yearly subscrip- 

 tions for the Bee Joubnal. 



Agents can sell the Guide and Hand- 



Book like "hot-cakes." Send us an order 

 for five copies (with ^2.50) and we will send 

 you the Weekly Bee Journal free for a 

 year. This is a rai-e opportunity to get the 

 Weekly Bee JouBN.ii, without cost I 1 



ps~ Sample Copies of the Bee Journal 

 will be sent free upon application. Any one 

 intending to get up a club can have sample 

 copies sent to the persons they desire to in- 

 terview by sending the names to this oflice, 

 or we will send them all to the agent. 



The Guide and Hand-Book^is a book 

 of ready reference and an encyclopcCdia of 

 everything desirable to know. As a guide 

 to the home-seeker, it is invaluable. Its con- 

 tents are partially given on page (54, and 

 will convince any one of its value. We do 

 not think any of our readers can afford to 

 do without it. As a book of ready reference 

 we find it of great value in our library. We 

 will send the Weekly Bee Journ.il for a 

 year and the Guide for $1.30 



l^~ The proceedings of the North Ameri- 

 can Bee-Keepers' Convention at Detroit are 

 published in pamphlet form. A copy will 

 be sent free to each paid-up member. All 

 others who desire can secure a copy on the 

 payment of 2.j cts. F. L. Dougherty, Sec. 

 Indianapolis, Tnd. 



The Initial Cliapters of "The Heir of 

 the Ages," a thrilling and mysterious love- 

 story, by James Payn, appears in the Illus- 

 trated Qrapltic (Cincinnati),commencing Sat- 

 urday, Jan. 23. This is said to be one of the 

 most interesting stories ever published. 



To show the high appreciation in which 

 the Graphic is held, it may interest many of 

 our readers to know that the Nonotuck Silk 

 Company, famous for its Corticelli and 

 Florence Silks ; the Emerson & Fisher Com- 

 pany, large carriage manufacturers, and the 

 John Shillito Company, all leading houses 

 of Cincinnati, occupied the choice pages of 

 the grand holiday number of that paper, 

 paying the sum of several hundred dollars 

 per page. 



The Grapfiic will issue, on Mayl, agrand 

 mid-summer number, which will be far 

 ahead of anything yet published. 



Knitting and Embroidery.— We have 

 received from the publishers a handy little 

 book, entitled " Knitting, Crocheting and 

 Embroidery," which gives full instructions 

 to all who desire to become successful 

 workers in the art. It contains 70 illustra- 

 tions and 84 pages, bound in paper cover. 

 The book will be sent by mail to any address 

 for 15 cents, by J. S. Ogilvie & Co., Publish- 

 ers, 31 Rose Street, New York. 



To any One sending us one new sub- 

 scriber with their own renewal (with $2.00), 

 we will present a copy of the new " Con- 

 vention History of America." 



Perforated-Zlnt'.- We have laid in a 

 stock of perforated zinc, for excluding 

 drones and queens, and can fill orders for 

 any size of pieces or quantity at 15 cents 

 per square foot, or in full sheets 3x8 feet at 

 §12.75 per sheet. We also have pieces cut to 

 fit the Langstroth hive— lfl;4Xl4'i— Price 25 

 cents each. 



Are you Entitled to a pension? You 

 may be and may not know it. If you ex- 

 amine the Guide and Hand-Book you will 

 soon find out. Thousands of things worth 

 knowing will be found in it. The Bee 

 Journal for 1886 and the Guide Book will 

 both be sent for $1.30. 



5^~ The Eastern New York Bee-Keepers' 

 Association will hold its annual convention 

 in Agricultural Hall at Albany, N. Y., ot» 

 Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday, January 

 26—28, 1886. The first session will begin on 

 Tuesday, at 2 p.m. All interested in bee- 

 keeping are requested to attend, and bring 

 apiarian supplies for exhibition. The pro- 

 gxamme will consist of essays on important 

 subjects, discussions, etc. 



E. W. Philo, Sec. 



g^duevtisemeuts. 



WANTED.— Two youn;; men to work with 

 bees. Three hundred colonies— 27 yeara* ex- 

 perience. Address, S. I. FREEBORN. 

 4Atf ITHACA. WIS. 



All tlie Numbers from the beginniug 

 of the year are sent to new subscribers, 

 unless otherwise ordered. 



BEESf bee-hives, imported queens— flrst-class — 

 cheap. O. N. BALDWIN. Clarksville, Mo. 

 4Aly 



A A New Style, Embossed Hidden Name and 

 Mil Chromo Visiting Cards, no i2 alike, name on, 

 V w lOc, 13 packs $1; warranted beat sold. Sam- 

 llAly plebook,4c. L. JONES & CO., Nassau. N. Y. 



Use the boss Zinc and Leather Interfering- 

 Boots and Collar Pads. They are the best. 

 45D6t 



A FASCINATING PITRSUIT. 



Queen-rearing- is a fascinating- pursuit. 

 Every bee-keeper should rear a few queens 

 for amusement and experiment. The best 

 method for rearing queens may be found in 

 the third edition of Tlie Bee-Keepers' 

 Handy -Bo ok, a work of :J00 pages and 100 

 illustrations. Of this treatise on bee-culture, 

 Mr. Langstroth says : " It certainly is the 

 best authority on this important branch of 

 bee-keeping. You have done more, in my 

 opinion, than any one else to facilitate the 

 breeding of choice queens, and to simplify 

 the process by which those who breed such 

 queens either on a large or small scale, can 

 make the most of all time they devote to 

 this important branch of bee-culture." 



The book is handsitmely and substantially 

 bound in cloth, and sent by mail for $1.50 

 per copy. 



Prospectus and price-list of queens and 

 supplies sent free. Address, 

 4Etf HENRY ALLEY & CO. , Wanham, Mass. 



