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THE AMERICAN BEE JOURNAL,. 



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Issued every Wednesday by 



THOMAS G. NEWMAN & SON, 



Proprietors, 



923&.925 WEST MADISON ST., CHICAGO, ILL. 

 At One Dollar a Year. 



ALFRED H. NEWMAN. 



Business Manaoek. 



^:)jecial Notices. 



To OorrcKpondeiitM. — It would save 

 us much trouble, if all would be particular 

 to^ve their P. O. address and name, when 

 writingto thisofticc. We have several letters 

 (some inclosing' money) that have no name; 

 many others having no Post-Offloe, County 

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

 office and g^et your mail at another, be sure 

 to give the address we have on our list. 



Dr. Miller's Book, "A Tear Among- 

 the Bees," and the Bee Journal tor one 

 year, we will club for $1.50. 



A Ne»v 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 1 Jie. per light, c,\tra. 



Bees for Sale.— We offer to sell a few 

 sti'ong colonies of Italian bees, in ten-frame 

 Simplicity hives, at $6.00 each. 



Red liabcls for one-pound pails of 

 honey, size 3.'£4^ inches. — We have just 

 gotten up a lot of these Labels, and can 

 supply them at the following prices : 100 

 for $1.00 ; a.'.O for SI, .".0 ; .MO for $2.00 ; 1,000 

 for $.t.00 ; all with name and address of 

 apiatist printed on them— by mail, postpaid. 



Yncca Brusbes are employed for re- 

 moving bees from the combs. Thoy are a 

 soft, vegetable fiber, and do not irritate the 

 beci. As each separate fiber extends the 

 wh'.lc 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 .') cents 

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

 add 1 cent each for postage. 



OUR CLUBBINdi 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. Club 

 The American Bee Journal 100.. 



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



Bee-Keepers'Magazine 2 00,. 175 



Bee-Keepers' Guide 150., 140 



The 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 (Newman), ,,2 00., 1 75 

 Binder for Am. Ree Journal.. 1 75., 1 60 

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

 Root's A B C of Bee-Culture, ,2 2o. . 2 10 



Farmer's Account Book 4 00.. .*5 00 



Guide and Hand-Book 150,, 1 .30 



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



Slniiniii»' Non-Swarming 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 

 e.xists 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 (34 pages ; is well printed and 

 illustrated. Price 50 cents. It can now be 

 obtained at this otBce. 



Home Market for Honey. 



i^~ 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 

 pamphletson "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. 

 (5n 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 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. 



System and Success. 



I^~ All who intend to be systematic in 

 their work in the apiary, should gel a copy of 

 the Apiary Register and commence to use it. 

 the prices are reduced, as follows : 



For 50 colonies (120 pages) $1 00 



" 100 colonies (220 pages) 125 



" 200 colonies (4'20 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. 



When 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 elieap that no one 

 can afford to do without it. We will present 

 a Binder for the Bee Journ.\l to any one 

 sending us four subscriptions— with $4.00— 

 direct to this office. It will pay any one to 

 devote a few hours, to get subscribers. 



E»~ Sweet Clover, or Melilntus Alha, is 

 almost the only resource for honey now, 

 on account of the late severe July drouth. 

 If the seed is planted iu 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 otfer it at the following Reduced 

 Prices, by express or freight : 



One pound $0 20 



" peck— 15 lbs 2 25 



" bushel— (iO lbs 7 00 



" sack— 80 lbs 8 00 



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

 again in smaller quantities. 



^^~ If you want a chance to make some 

 money, and provide pasturage for the bees 

 during the Fall months, this is your oppor- 

 tunity I 



Italian Qneens.— We have a few un- 

 tested queens which we can send by return 

 mail. Three for 3i2.75 ; six for $5.00 ; twelve 

 for $9.00. For Tested, double the prices. 



"Cash in .Iflvance " is the I'ule, but no 

 longer than si.x months of grace can be 

 allowed on the small sum of one dollar. 

 Subscriptions may commence at any time, 

 and discontinuances nuiy be ordered at any 

 time when arrearages are paid up. 



Our Book Premiums.- To encourage 

 all our present readers to get one or more 

 additional subscribers we will present 25 

 cents' worth of books for every new sub- 

 scriber (accompanied with $1 for one year's 

 subscription), sent direct to this office. Thus 

 for five new subscribers with $5, the getter 

 up of a club gets $1.25 in valuable reading 

 matter, to be selected by himself from our 

 list on the second page of this paper. It 

 will pay you to devote a few hours to the 

 interests of the Bee Journal. Evfery one 

 who keeps bees ought to take it. We will 

 furnish sample copies free in any quantity 

 to those who intend to get up clubs. We 

 expect to get 5,000 iietu subscribers before 

 Jan. 1, 1887. 



M'hen marketing Extracted Honey, 



it is a sad bhuidcr 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. 



Colored Posters for putting up over 

 houey exhibits at Fairs are quite attractive, 

 as well as useful. We have prepared some 

 tor the Bee Journal, and will send two or 

 more free of cost to any one who will use 

 them, and try to get up a club. 



Frank Cheshire's new book on Bees 

 and Bee-Keeping, can be had at this oflice.— 

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



