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THT AMERICAN BEE JOURNAi,. 



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Issued every Wednesday by 



THOMAS G. NEWMAN & SON, 



PH(»PKIETORS. 



923&925WESTMADIS0NST.,CHIGAG0,ILL. 

 At One Dollar a If ear. 



ALFRED H. NEWMAN. 



BUSINESS MANAGER. 



Create a Home Market. 



i^:pccial ^aticcs. 



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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 oflice. We have several letters 

 (some inclosing money) that have no name; 

 many others having no Post-Offlce, County 

 or State. Also, if you live near one post 

 office and get your mail at another, be sure 

 to give the address we have on our list. 



F^~ To create Honey Markets in every 

 village, town and city, wide-awake honey 

 producers should get the Leaflets " Why Eat 

 Honey" (only .'iO cents per 100), or else the 

 pamphlets on "Honey as Food and Medicine," 

 and scatter them plentifully, and the result 

 will be a demand for all of their crops at 

 remunerative prices. " Honey as Food and 

 Medicine " are sold at the following prices : 



Single copy, 5 cts. ; per doz., 40 cts. ; per 

 hundred, $2.50. Five hundred will be sent 

 postpaid for $10.00; or 1,000 for $15,00. 

 On orders of 100 or more, we will print, if 

 desired, on the cover-page, " Presented by," 

 etc. (giving the name and address of the bee- 

 keeper wlio scatters them). 



To give away a copy of " Honey as Food 

 and Medicine" to every one who buys a 

 package of honey, will sell almost any quan- 

 tity of it. 



OUR CLUBBING LIST. 



We supply the American Bee Joamal 



one year, and any of the following publica- 

 tions, at the prices quoted in the last column 

 of figures. The first column gives the regu- 

 lar price of both. All postage prepaid. 



Price of both. Club 

 The American Bee Journal 1 00 . . 



and Gleanings in Bee-Culture 2 00. , 1 75 



Bee-Keepers'Magazine 300.. 175 



Bee-Keepers' Guide l.iO.. 140 



The Apiculturist 2 00. 1 75 



Canadian Bee Journal 2 CO.. 1 75 



Texas Bee Journal 2 00. . 1 75 



The 7 above-named papers 6 50.. 5 50 



and Cook's Manual 2 25. . 2 00 



Bees and Honey (Newman). . .2 00.. 1 75 

 Binder for Am. Bee Journal..! 75.. 1 60 

 Dzierzon's Bee-Book (cloth).. .3 00.. 2 00 

 Hoot's A B C of Bee-Culture. .2 25.. 2 10 



Farmer's Account Bfiok 4 CO.. 3 00 



G uide and Hand-Book 1 .=iO . . 1 30 



Heddon's book, "Success,".. 1 .50 1 40 



Noiv Is the Time to Join the Union. 



—Let every bee-keeper send for a copy of 

 the Annual Report and a Voting Blank— fill 

 it up, and become a mcn»ber. It is to the 

 interest of every one to do so. The dues are 

 only 25 cents a year ; and it is intended only 

 to call for one assessment (of S^l.OO) each 

 year. Send to this oCBce for the Report and 

 Voting Blank. 



fl^hen 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 Journal to any one 

 sending us four subscriptions — with $4.00— 

 direct to this olBce. It will pay any one to 

 devote a few hours, to get subscribers. 



Our NevF Catalogue of Bee-Keepers' 



Supplies for the spring of 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. 



" 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 forme to send you the money now 

 to renew my subscription. It runs out with 

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

 get the money to you \vithln 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. 



Job liot of a-lb. Sections, Clieap.— 



See our ofter of a job lot at $:3..'iO per 1,000, 

 onp#ge4]6. If you can use this size of 

 section, there is a bargain for you. They 

 can be shipped the same day the order is 

 received. 



Bed Ijabels for one-pound pails of 

 honey, size 3x4". inches. — We have just 

 gotten up a lot of these Labels, and can 

 supply them at the following prices : 100 

 for $1.00 ; 2.i0 for$l..JO ; 500 for $2 00 ; 1,000 

 for $3.00 ; all with name and address of 

 apiarist printed on them— by mail, postpaid. 



Foundation, Clieap.— We have about 

 75 lbs. of Comb Foundation for the Brood- 

 Chamber, 4xl6'.4 inches, which we offer at 

 35 cents per pound. This is an odd-size lot 

 of our regular " Dadant " stock. 



Italian Qneens.— We can supply them 

 by mail, postpaid, at the following prices : 

 Untested, $1.00 ; Tested, $2.00 ; 6 Tested 

 Queens for $9.00. 



Special Sizes of Sections cause much 

 confusion ; andif such lu.xuries are indulged 

 in they should be ordered long before the 

 "rush" comes, in May and June. Special 

 sizes cost more, and when ordered during 

 the " rush," create considerable dissatisfac- 

 tion by the consequent delay in getting 

 them made. We have a lot of special sized 

 two-pound sections 5^4 inches high and 6 

 inches wide, narrow tops, and square 

 groove, which we can ship instantly at $3.50 

 per 1,000. They are 7 to the foot. 



System and Success. 



^~ All who intend to be systematic in 

 their work in the apiary, should get a copy of 

 the Apiary Register and commence to use it. 

 the prices are reduced, as follows : 



For 50 colonies (120 pages) f ] 00 



" 100 colonies (220 pages) 125 



" 200 colonies (420 pages) .. . 150 



The larger ones can be used for a few col- 

 onies, give room for an increase of numbers, 

 and still keep the record all together in one 

 book, and are therefore the most desirable. 



Simniins' Non-Swarmlng System is 



the title of a new English bee-book. Tbe 

 author claims that it will inaugurate a " new 

 era in modern bee-keeping," and states that 

 "it is based upon purely natural principles, 

 and is the only system that can ever be 

 relied upon, because no other condition 

 exists In the economy of the hive that can 

 be applied to bring about the desired result 

 —a total absence of any desire to swarm." 

 It contains 64 pages; is well printed and 

 illustrated. Price 50 cents. It can now be 

 obtained at this office. 



The ^Vestern World 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 arc 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. 



To any One sending us one nc«) sub- 

 scriber with their own renewal (with $2.00), 

 we will present a copy of the new " Con- 

 vention History of America." 



The Convention Hlstorj' of America 



and the American Bee Journal for one 

 year, will be clubbed for $1.15. 



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. Hambauoh, Sec. 



Frank Clieshlre's new book on Bees 

 and Bee-Keepiug, can be had at this office.— 

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



|pg~ 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 office, 

 or we will send them all to the agent. 



A. J. KING'S New CIRCULAR of 



CABlNIOIiAN, SVBIAN and ITALIAN 



QliEENS sent free on application. 



A. J. KING, 51 Barclay St , New York. 

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