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THE AMERICAN BEE JOURNAL. 



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Issued every Wednesday by 



THOMAS Q. NEWMAN & SON, 



Propuietors, 



g23&, 925 WESTMADISON ST., CHICAGO, ILL. 



At One 13ollar a Year. 



ALFRED H. NEWMAN. 



Business manager. 



^p^^cial gl^atxt^s. 



To Correfspondeiits. — It would save 

 us much trouble, if all would be particular 

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

 writingto 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. 



Dr. Miller's Book, "A Tear Among 

 the Bees," and the Bee JotmNAL for one 

 year, we will club for $1.30. 



A New 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. 



Red Isabels for one-pound pails of 

 honey, size .3x414 inches. — We have just 

 gotten up a lot of these Labels, and can 

 supply them at the following prices : 100 

 for $1.00 ; 2.50 for $1.50 ; 500 for $2.00 ; 1,000 

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

 apiarist printed on them — by mail, postpaid. 



North American Bee Keepers' Society 



Tlie Cliicago, St. Louis & Plttsbnrgli 

 Railroad (" pan-handle route ") take 

 pleasure in hereby announcing to all dele- 

 gates and their families desiring to attend 

 the National Convention of Bee-Keepers' 

 Union to be held at Indianapolis, Oct. 12, 13, 

 and 14, that we have arranged to sell tickets 

 to Indianapolis and return at ff''.:JO eacb on 

 certificate signed b.y Mr. Thomas G. Newman, 

 General Manager Bee-Kccpers' Union. 



Tickets good going Oct. 11, and returning 

 up to and including Oct. 10. 



Morning trains leave Chicago, from the 

 Union Depot, at 8:30, reaching Indianapolis 

 at 3:50 p.m. Evening train leaves at 8:30. 

 Night train has through sleeping-car, and 

 day train has through parlor-car to In- 

 dianapolis. 



We can offer you superior accom modations 

 and would be pleased to receive your 

 patronage. 



Tickets will be on sale in exchange for 

 certificate at Union Passenger Station, cor- 

 ner of Canal and Madison Streets, Chicago, 

 also at 65 Clark Street, corner of Randolph 

 Street. 



Yncca Brustaes are employed for re- 

 moving bees from the combs. They are a 

 soft, vegetable fiber, and do not irritate the 

 bees. As each separate fiber e-xtends 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 5 cents 

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

 iifld 1 cent each for postage 



The Monon Route to Indianapolis. 



The inonon Route is the sbort line 

 between Chicago and Indianapolis, and 

 those desiring to attend the National Bee- 

 Keepers' Convention, Oct. 12-14, should bear 

 this in mind. The morning train leaves from 

 the Dearborn Station at 8:35, arri\ing at 

 Indianapolis 3:45 p.m. Evening train leaves 

 at 7 30 p.m., and has attached elegant Pull- 

 man sleepers. Tickets good going Monday, 

 Oct. 11 and returning up to and including 

 Saturday, Oct. 16, will be on sale at Dear- 

 born Station, corner of Fourth Avenue and 

 Polk Streets, also at the city ticket office, 73 

 South Clark Street. For further informa- 

 tion call or address E. O. McCormick. G, N. 

 P. A., 73 South Clark Street, Chicago, Ills. 



Tbe Convention History of America 



and the American Bee Journ.^i. for one 

 year, will be clubbed for $1.13. 



JS^ Sweet Clover, 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 hand, 

 and offer it at the following Reduced 

 Prices, by express or freight : 



One pound $0 20 



" peck— 15 lbs 2 23 



" 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. 



pg~ If you want a chance to make some 

 money, and provide pasturage for the bees 

 during the Fall months, this is your oppor- 

 tunity 1 



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. Every 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 new subscribers before 

 Jan. 1, 1887. 



"Casli 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. 



Round Trip Tickets to tUe Conven- 

 tion.— As Manager of the National Bee- 

 Keepers' Union, we have made arrange- 

 ments with the Indianapolis lines of railroad 

 for round trip tickets from Chicago to 

 Indianapolis and return to Chicago, good 

 from Monday to Saturday, Oct. 11 to 10, 

 1886, for $7.30. The faro one way is $5.50, 

 and this is one fare and one-third. To obtain 

 these tickets, it will be necessary to get a 

 certificate signed by Thomas G. Newman, 

 stating that the bearer la enlitUd to the 

 reduced fare. Now, do not wait until you 

 come to Chicago to get this certificate, for 

 we may have gone before you come. Send 

 for the certificate at once ; and it will be 

 sent by return mail. 



Wben 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. 



■\Ve Itave made arrangements by which 

 we can supply the Weekly American Bee 

 Journal and the Monthly Bee-Keepers' 

 Magazine tor 1S8~, both periodicals for the 

 very small price of $1.25, or the above and 

 Qleanings for $2. Three bee-periodicals for 

 the usual price of one I 



F»" 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. 



Colored Posters for putting up over 

 honey exhibits at Fairs are quite attractive, 

 as well as useful. We have prepared some 

 for 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. 



giduevtisewcuts. 



FOR SAIiE.— 25 Colonies of CHOICE 

 ITALIAN GEES, in chafi'-packed Hilton 

 hives (shingle root). Hives are new and first 

 class ; bees have enough stores for winter.- 

 Will sell for $6.00 per colony. 



A. M. APXE», Grand Kapids, Mich. 

 40A2t 



Honey For Sale. 



We have a large quantity of the best white 

 EXTRACTED HONEY, in 200-lb. Kegs, for 

 sale, which we will deliver on board the cars 

 at 8 cents per pound. Orders solicited. 



THOS. G. NEWMAN & SON, 

 923 & 025 West Madison St., CHICAGO, ILL. 



