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THE AMERICAN BEE JOURNAL.. 



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Issued every Wednesday by 



THOMAS G NEWMAN & SON, 



PlioPtUETUKS. 



■323& 925 WEST AflADISON ST., CHICAGO, ILL 

 At Oue Dollar a Year. 



ALFRED H. NEWMAN, 



Business Manager. 



^p^ecial ^otkes. 



To Correspondents. — It would save 

 ■us much trouble, if all would be particular 

 )to g-ive 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 PostrOffice, County 

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

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

 to g'ive the address we have on our list. 



OUR CLUBBINO LIST. 



We supply the Aiiierioau Bee Journal 

 one year, and any of the following publica- 

 tions, at the prices quoted in the last column 

 iif 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 135.. 125 



Ree-Keepers' Guide 1.50.. 140 



The Apiculturist 2 00.. 1 70 



Canadian Bee Journal 2 00. . 1 75 



Rays of Light 150.. 135 



The 7 above-named papers 5 25 . . 4 50 



and Cook's Manual 2 25. .• 2 00 



Bees and Honey (Newman). ..2 00.. 1J75 

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

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

 Root'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'6 book, "Success,".. 1 50 1 40 



When Reuewiit;^: your subscription 

 please try to get your neighbor who keeps 

 •bees to Join with you in taking the Bee 

 Journal. It is now no choap that no one | 

 .can afford to do without it. We will present 

 s. Binder for the Bee Journal, to any one 

 .sending us three subscriptions— with $3.00— 

 direct to this oBice. It will pay any one to 

 .devote a few hours, to get subscribers. 



To ali New Subscribers for 1887 we 

 ■will present the rest of the numbers for 

 1886 ; so the sooner they subscribe the more 

 they will get for their money. 



Colored Posters for putting up over 

 honey e.xhibits at Fairs are quite attractive, 

 .as well as useful. We have prepared some 

 for the Bee Jouknal, and will send two or 

 more free of cost to any one who will use 

 •them, and try to get up a club. 



A New Crate to hold one dozen one-pound 

 ■flections of honey. — It has a strip of glass on 

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

 iB 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 Jic. per light, extra. 



Five Thousand new subscribers to the 

 •Bee Journal, is what wc have made our 

 calculations for ; the.v will come in clubs 

 between now and ne.xt spring. Installments 

 are coming every day. 



tW The next annual convention of the Cort- 

 land Union Bee Keepers' Association will be held 

 in Union Hall, at Cortland, N. Y.. on Jan. 1-J. iss7. 

 D. F. Shattuck, Sec. 



Yucca Brushes 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 extends the 

 whole length of the handle as well as the 

 brush, they are almost indestruetable. 

 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 si.x 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, 

 iirtd 1 cent each for postage 



Reader, do you not just now think of 

 one bee-keeper who does not take the 

 Weekly Bee .Jouknal, and who should do 

 so ? Perhaps a word or two from you will 

 induce him to do so. Will you not kindly 

 oblige us by getting his subscription to send 

 on with your own renewal for next year ? 

 When you do so, please select any 25 cent 

 book in our list, and we will send it to you 

 post-paid, to pay for your trouble. We are 

 aiming to get 5.000 new subscribersfor 1887, 

 —will you not assist us to obtain them '/ 



Tlie Report of the Indianapolis Conven- 

 tion is now published in pamphlet form, 

 uniform with that of last year. It will be 

 sent postpaid for 25 cents to any address. 



We have also bound it up with last year's, 

 together with the History of the Society : 

 this we will mail for 40 cents. Or if you 

 send us one new subscriber (with one dollar) 

 besides your own renewal, we will present 

 you with a copy by mail. 



Money Orders can now be obtained at 

 the Post Offices at reduced rates. Five 

 dollars and under costs now only 5 cents. 

 As these are absolutely safe, it will pay to 

 get them instead of the Postal Notes which 

 are payable to any one who presents them, 

 and are in no way safe. 



|y Th« Northeastern Ohio, Northern Pa. and 

 Western New York Bee-Keepers' Association will 

 hold its Mth annua! convention in Chapman's 

 Opera Uonse, at Andover. (•., on Wednesday and 

 Thursday, Jan. In and '2(1, ikh7. First-class hotel 

 accommodations are offered at $ 1 per day to those 

 attending the convention. A eeneral Invitation la 

 extended to all. M. B. Mason. Sec. 



Home Market for Honey. 



!S^ 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 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 who scatters them). 



To give aAva y a copy of " Honey as Food 

 and Medicine " to every one who buyB a 

 package of honey, will sell almost any quan- 

 tity of it. 



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) {] 00 



" 100 colonies (2'20 pages) , 125 



" 200 colonies (420 pages) 1 50 



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 

 boob, and are therefore the most desirable. 



Dr. Miller's Book, " A Year Among 

 the Bees," and the Bee Journal for one 

 year, we will club for $1.50. 



Tlic Convention History of America 



with a full report of the proceedings of the 

 Detroit and Indianapolis conventions, and 

 the American Bee Journ.\l for one year, 

 will be clubbed for $1.25. 



We would call Special Attention to 



the property advertised by L. C. Root, on 

 page 733, in the issue of Nov. 17th. It is a 

 choice property, and offers a rare chance for 

 some person desiring to keep Bees under 

 the most favorable circumstances. For 

 particulars, address L. C. Root, Mohawk, N. Y. 



^ducrtiscmcuts. 



TIT'ANTED.— Some one with or without 

 Vt experience, but with some ready cash, 

 to join me in rearing- Bees and producing" 

 Honey, and to take a half interest in 100. 

 liJO, '200, or 250 colonies of bees. My honey 

 crop the past season was 19,000 pouDds. 

 Correspondence desired. 



M. I?I. BALDKIDGE, 

 50C2t ST. CHARLES, ILLS. 



FOR SALE. 



SEED from Er/iiHop.« Spluvrnccphalus — 

 commonly called "Chapman Honey- 

 Plant." Price per ^2 ounce. 75 cts.; per oz., 

 SI. 50 ; 2 ounces, .f2 50. Warranted genuine. 

 Also ail kinds of Bee-Keepers' Supplies : 

 Sole right for Shuck Bee Hives and Feeders 

 in Canada. The Stanley Automatic Honey- 

 Extractors. Address, 



:e:. u. GOOLiD <Sc co., 



.50A2t BRANTFORD, CANADA. 



