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THE AMERICAN BEE JOURNAL,. 



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Issued every Wednesday by 



THOMAS G. NEWMAN & SON, 



Prophietors, 



fl23&925 WEST MADISON ST., CHICAGO, ILL. 



At One Dollar a Year. 



ALFRED H. NEWMAN. 



Business manager. 



J':|jecial Notices. 



Xo Correspondents. — It would save 

 UB much trouble, if all would be particular 

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

 writing to this office. We have several letters 

 (some inclosing money) that have no name; 

 many others ha\ing no Post-Office, County 

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

 oflHce and get your mail at another, be sure 

 to give the address we have on our list. 



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 cheap that no one 

 can afford to do without it. We will present 

 a Binder for the Bee Journal to any one 

 sending us three subscriptions— with $.3.00— 

 direct to this office. It will pay any one to 

 devote a few hours, to get subscribers. 



The Report of the Indianapolis Conven- 

 tion is now published in pamplUet form, 

 uniform with that of last year. It will be 

 sent postpaid for 2.*) 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 

 fiend 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. 



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 100.. 



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



Bee-Keepers'Magazine 125.. 125 



Bee-Keepers' Guide 150.. 140 



The Apiculturist 2 00 . , 1 70 



Canadian Bee Journal 2 00. . 1 75 



Hays 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. . 1 75 



Binder for Am. Bee Journal. .1 60.. 1 50 



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



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



Farmer's Accou nt Book 4 00 . . 3 00 



Guide and Hand-Book 1 50 . . 1 30 



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



Reader, do you not just now think of 

 one bee-keeper who does not take the 

 Weekly Bee .Journal, and who should do 

 so? Perhaps a wfird 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 ne-\t year? 

 When you rlo so, please select any 2.'» 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 ncii' subscribers for 1887, 

 — will you not assist us to obtain them ? 



Our Rook 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 for ISSff. 



The Western 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 are e.xcellent, 

 and the book is well worth a dollar. To any 

 one sending us two Jicw subscribers besides 

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

 present a copy of this valuable book. 



New Subscribers are coming in rapidly 

 —for this our thanks are tendere'd to the 

 friends of the American Bee Journal, who 

 are exerting their influence in its behalf. 

 We should thribhle our list at the present 

 low rate of one dallnr a year. We hope every 

 one of our present subscribers will send at 

 least one additional subscriber with the re- 

 newal for 1887. 



We refer our Subscribers to our ofl'ers of 

 premiums and net club rates for new sub- 

 scribers, and if they will send us one or 

 more subscripticvns from among their neigh- 

 bors who are interested in bees, they will get 

 the premiuBis nr Cash reductions as they 

 may indicate— to pay for their trouble ; and 

 at the same time they will be enhancing the 

 usefulness of the Journal and contributing 

 toward its prosperity. 



Preserve your Papers for reference. 

 If you have no BINIIKR we will mail you 

 one for 60 cents, or yon can have one free 

 if you will send us 3 new yearly subscrip- 

 tions for the Bee Journal. 



More Premiums — Mr. L. J. Diehl, of 

 Butler, Ind., offers a colony of Italian bees 

 as a present to the person sending to this 

 office the largest club of subscribers for 

 1887. The subscriptions may be sent in at 

 any time before the first of May at our regu- 

 lar club rates, and additions made as de- 

 sired, but it must be stated that you are 

 working for that premium, so that we can 

 keep account of the subscriptions. 



As a premium to the second largest club 

 we will send my mail, postpaid, a copy of 

 the '■ Farm Account Book," worth $3. The 

 postage is 20 cents. 



As there Is Another firm in Chicago by 

 the name of " Newman & Son," we wish our 

 correspondents would write " American Bee 

 Journal " on the envelope when writing to 

 this office. Several letters of ours have 

 already gone to the other firm (a commission 

 house), causing vexatious delay and trouble. 



Flfty-Xwo Dividends from the invest- 

 ment of one dollar is just what every sub- 

 scriber of the American Bee Journal 

 receives. Can any better interest be found 

 for the investment of one hundred cents ? 

 If so, where? 



■We anticipate a largely increased list 

 of subscribers for 1887, as $1.00 cannot be 

 invested by any bee keeper that will bring 

 him better returns. 



gidxrevtiscincnts. 



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 in the World. Excellent for rear- 

 ing Queens ; also for Inci'ease, when desired. 

 Write for Circulars.-NON-SWABMING 

 BEE-HIVE CO., GENESEO, ILLS. 

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 Retail.— E. S. Hildeniann, A&hippun, Wis. 

 51-2-5 



WANTED.— Situation on a Bee or Stock 

 Farm— South Virginia preferred. Have 

 had 8 years experience with bees. 



Address, J. H. WE1.1.INGT01V, 

 olAlt SAGINAW, MICHIGAN. 



[M POKTKD Italian Queen In full Colony, only 

 tS.DU -O. N. BALDWIN, Clarksyille, Mo. 

 4AIy 



FOR SALE. 



SEED from Echinnps Spha:rncei)halxis — 

 commonly called "Chapman Honey- 

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

 $l..jO : 2 ounces, $2 50. Warranted genuine. 

 Also all kinds of BeeKeepers' Supplies ; 

 Sole right for Shuck Bee Hives and Feeders 

 in Canada. The Stanley Automatic Honey- 

 E.vtractors. Address, 



S2. X,. C3-OOX.r> Sc CO., 

 50A2t BRANTFOKD, CANADA. 



Dadant'sFonndationFactory, wholesale 



and rtitall. See Advertisement in another column. 



OHIO POULTRY JOURML, 



DAVTON, O.— .'K pages — Handsomely 

 Illustrated ; $1 per Year. Wil send you 

 sample copy tor only U cts. in stamps. 



Or, we will send vou the American Bee 

 Journal and OHKi POULTRY JOURNAL 

 for only $1.40. 



Address, KORT. A. RRADEN, 



51A:)t DAVTON, OHIO. 



