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THE AMERICAN BEE JOURNAL.. 



Issued every Wednesday by 



THOMAS G. NEWMAN & SON, 



PHOPRIETOES, 



923&.925WESTMADIS0NST.,GHICAG0,ILL. 

 At One Dollar a Vear. 



ALFRED H. NEWMAN. 



Business Manager. 



^:pecial Notices. 



To Correspondents. — It would save 

 us much trouble, if all would be particular 

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

 writingto this office. We have several letters 

 (some inclosing money) that have no name: 

 many others having no Post-OPRce, 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. 



Dr. Miller's Book, "A Year Among 

 the Bees," and the Bee Journal for one 

 year, we will club for $1.50. 



A Neiv Crate to hold one dozen one-pound 

 sections of honey. — It has a strip of glass on 

 each side, to allow the honey to be seen. It 

 Is a light and attractive package. As it holds 

 but one tier of sections, no damage from the 

 drippings from an upper tier can occur. We 

 can furnish the material, ready to nail, for 

 9 cts. per crate. Glass l^c. per light, extra. 



Bees for Sale.— We offer to sell a few 

 strong colonies of Italian bees, in ten-frame 

 Simplicity hives, at $6.00 each. 



Bed Labels for one-pound pails of 

 honey, size .3x4'/i 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..-)0 ; .'jOO tor $2.00 ; 1,000 

 for $•''.00 ; all with name and address of 

 apiaxist printed on them — by mail, postpaid. 



Yncca Bmstaes are employed for re- 

 moving bees from the combs. They area 

 soft, vegetable fiber, and do not irritate the 

 bees. As each separate fiber extends the 

 whole length of the handle as well as the 

 brush, they are almost indestructable. 

 When they become sticky with honey, they 

 can be washed, and when dry, are as good 

 as ever. The low price at which they are 

 sold, enables any bee-keeper to have six or 

 more of them, so as to always have one 

 handy. We can supply them at ii cents 

 each, or .50 cents a dozen ; if sent by mail, 

 add 1 cent each for postage. 



OUR CLUBBING LIST. 



We supply the American Bee Journal 



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. Olub 

 The American Bee Journal 1 00 . . 



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



Bee-Keepers'Magazine 2 00.. 175 



Bee-Keepers' Guide 150.. 140 



Tbe Apiculturist 2 00,. 1 75 



Canadian Bee Journal 2 00.. 1 75 



The 6 above-named papers 5 50. . 5 00 



and Cook's Manual 2 25. , 2 00 



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

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

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

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



Farmer's Account Book 4 00 . . 3 00 



Guide and Hand-Book 1 50.. 1 30 



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



Simmins' Non-Sivarming System is 



the title of a new English bee-book. The 

 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 oflice. 



WUen Bene^vtng 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 office. It ^rill pay any one to 

 devote a few hours, to get subscribers. 



{3g~ Sweet CloTer, or Melilotus Alba, is 

 almost the only resource for honey now, 

 on account of the late severe July drouth. 

 If the seed is planted in September, it will 

 come up this Fall and bloom next year, in 

 its second season. 



We have a large lot of this seed on band, 

 and offer it at the following Reduced 

 Prices, by express or freight : 



One pound $0 20 



" peck — 15 lbs 2 25 



" bushel— 60 lbs 7 00 



" sack— 80 lbs 8 00 



It will pay to buy it by the sack and sell it 

 again in smaller quantities. ^ 



i^~ If you want a chance to make some 

 money, and provide pasturage for the bees 

 during the Fall months, this is your oppor- 

 tunity ! 



Italian Queens.— We have a few un- 

 tested queens which we can send by return 

 mail. Three for S2.75 : six for $5.00 ; twelve 

 for $9.00. For Tested, double the prices. 



'' Casta in Advance " is the rule, but no 

 longer than six months of grace can be 

 allowed on the small sum of one dollar. 

 Subscriptions may commence at any time, 

 and discontinuances may be ordered at any 

 time when arrearages are paid up. 



Home Market for Honey. 



^P~ To create Honey Markets in every 

 village, town and city, wide-awake honey 

 producers should get the Leaflets " Why Eat 

 Honey" (only .50 cents per 100), or else the 

 pamphlets on "Honey as Food and Medicine," 

 and scatter them plentifully, and the result 

 will be a dem.\nd 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 who scatters them). 



To give aivay 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. 



System and Success. 



J^^ 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) $100 



" 100 colonies (220 pages) 1 25 



" '300 colonies (4'20 pages) 150 



The larger ones can be used for a few col- 

 onies, give room for an increase of numbere, 

 and still keep the record all together in one 

 book, and are therefore the most desirable. 



When Marketing Extracted Honey« 



it is a sad blunder to use barrels holding 

 from 300 to 500 pounds— they are too large 

 to be desirable for the trade, too bulky to be 

 handled with care in transportation, and too 

 dear to be lucrative to the producer, for 

 honey put up in such large barrels is subject 

 to a discount of one cent per pound, because 

 of the difficulty in disposing of it without 

 repacking and dividing into smaller lots. 



The Mfestern World Guide and Hand- 

 Book of Useful Information, contains the 

 greatest amount of useful information over 

 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 Bending us two new subscribers besides 

 his own, with $3.00, for one year, we ivill 

 present a copy of this valuable book. 



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

 to us about their papers, when their time is 

 nearly out. One subscriber says : " It is not 

 convenient for me to send the money now 

 to renew my subscription. It runs out with 

 this month ; but dnji'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. 



!3e~ Sample Copies of the Bee Journai, 

 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. 



