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THE AMERICAN BEE JOURNAL. 



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Issued every Wednesday by 



THOMAS G, NEWMAN & SON, 



Proprietoks, 



923&.925WESTMADISQNST.,CHICAG0,ILL. 

 At One Dollar a ITear. 



ALFRED H. NEWMAN. 



Business Manager. 



^:|jetial Notices. 



To Correspondents. — It would save 

 US much trouble, if all would be particular 

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

 writing-to this office. We have several letters 

 (some inclosing money) that have no name; 

 many others having no Post-Oflice, County 

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

 offlce and get your mail at another, be sure 

 to give the address we have on our list. 



Our New? Catalogue of Bee-Keepers' 

 Supplies for 1886 is issued, and will be sent 

 to any one desiring a copy. Send name and 

 address, plainly written, on a Postal Card 

 for it. 



Perforated-Zinc— We have laid in a 

 stock of perforated zinc, for excluding 

 drones and queens, and can till orders for 

 any size of pieces or quantity at 1.5 cents 

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

 $2.75 per sheet. We also have pieces cut to 

 fit the Langstroth hive— l!)3ixl4i;— Price 25 

 cents each. 



There will be a Rusli for supplies 

 needed in the apiary after awhile, and we 

 cannot do better than to urge all to look 

 over their stock, ascertain what will be 

 needed, and get it on hand before it is nec- 

 essary for use— thus avoiding the perplexity 

 consequent upon its possible delay in reach- 

 ing them in time. 



Wire Nails have advanced in price, as 

 will be seen by quotations on page 159, last 

 column. 



t^~ Our rates for two or more copies of 

 the book, " Hces 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." 



Alsike Clover Seed.- We can furnish 

 Alsike Clover Seed at S8.50 per bushel— or 

 $2.25 per peck. These prices will take the 

 place of those published in our Catalogue, 

 until further notice. 



Convention Notices. 



^" A cordial iHTltation is extended to all to 

 attend the 8th annual meeting of the Texas State 

 Bee-Keepers' Association, to be held at Judge W. 

 H. Andrews' bee-farm, at McKlnney,Tex.,on May 

 5 and ti, iSHfi, Indications for a erand meeting 

 grow brightf r every dav. and every effort will be 

 made to render this meeting; the best and largest 

 ever held in the State. No hotel bills to pay. 



B. F. Carholl. Sec. 



t^~ The next meeting of the Cortland Union 

 Bee-Keepers' Association will be held at Cortland, 

 N. Y., on May 11. 1886. at Hi a.m. 



D. F. Shattock, Sec. 



tW The next annual meeting of the Michigan 

 State Bee-Keepers' Association will be held tn 

 Ypailanti. Mich., on Dec. 1 and li, 188fi. 



H. D. Cutting, Sec 



t^" The Central Michigan Bee- Keepers' Associ- 

 ation will meet on May is.]88i>. with Capital Grange 

 at their Uall in Nortli Lansing. Mich., to hold a 

 sessions, viz : Forenoon, afternoon and evening. 

 All interested in bee-culture are invited to attend 

 and bring articles of the apiary for exhibition. For 

 any special information addres-s the Secretary, 

 E. W. Wood, N. L,anslng, Mich. 



^~ The Northwestern Illinois and Southwes- 

 tern Wisconsin Bee- Keepers' Association will hold 

 their next meeting at Mr. Ed Whittlesey's, 2!^ 

 miles south of Pecatonica, Ills., on May 25, 1886. 

 J. STEWART, Sec. 



I^~ The Illinois Central Bee-Keepers' 

 Association will hold its next meeting at 

 Mt. Sterling, Ills., on Tuesday and Wednes- 

 day, Oct. 19 and 20, 1886. 



J. M. Hambauqh, Sec. 



Tlie AVestern Tforld Guide and Hand- 



Book of Useful Information, contains the 

 greatest amount of useful information ever 

 put together in such a cheap form. The 

 printing, paper, and binding are excellent, 

 and the book is well worth a dollar. To any 

 one sending us two new subscribers besides 

 their own, with $3, for one year, we will 

 present a copy of this valuable book. 



'Wlien Reneiving 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 Journ,vi, to any one 

 sending us four subscriptions— with 84.00- 

 direct to this ollice. 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 ; hut dnii'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. 



Casli in Advance is the rule, but no 

 longer than si.x months of grace can be 

 allowed on the small sum of SI. 00. Sub- 

 scriptions may commence at any time, and 

 discontinuances may be ordered at any 

 time, when arrearages are paid up. 



Preserve your papers for reference. 

 If you have no BINDER we will mail you 

 one lor 75 cents, or you can have one free 

 if you will send us 4 new yearly subscrip- 

 tions for the Bee Jouknai,. 



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 

 compreaensive manner. It has many good 

 recipes, etc. Price, 2Sc., in either Englisli 

 or German. 



The lllufitrnted Graphic Xe^vs of this 



weelt will give exciting scenes from the terrible 

 Chicago lliots, exhibiting the fearful Bomb Ex- 

 plosion, together with portraits of the Sheriff, 

 Mayor, Prominent Police OfBcials and Murdered 

 Officers; and other interesting illustrations, be- 

 sides an abundance ol the choicest reading matter. 



Frank Cliesliire's new book on Bees 

 and Bee-Keeping, can be had at this office.- 

 Vol. I, bound in cloth, $2.50, postpaid. 



^dxizxti^tmtnts. 



F OR 8AL.E. -Best Brood Foundation at 40 cts.; 

 Light, .'ii lets. Samples free. Also Sections, Smo- 

 kers. etc.-GUST. PKOCHNOW, Mayville. Wis. 



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FOR SAL,i:.-100 Colonies Italian Bees and 

 8O0 Tested and Untested Queens. 

 17A4t E. ^URKE. VINCBNNES, IND. 



PURE Italian Bers, of the best strain. In 

 Langstroth or Gal lup hives. Send for Circular. 

 llAtf O. CLUTE, lawn City, Iowa. 



^l(\f\ COtOSriES of Choice Italian Bees foi 

 ^\J\J Sale. For terms, adddess 



W. J. BAVIS. (box 148), 

 13W9t YOONGSVILLB, PA. 



SEND 6S CENTS 



AXD get a Sample DRONE AND QUEEN TRAP 

 by return mail. If it does not work perfectly, 

 we will return the money. 



IIESTRTf AI.I,ET, WENHAM, MASS. 

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 Honey Packages, etc. Our large, 20-page 

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