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THE AMERICAN BEE JOURNAL. 



June 9 



way — at least in the consolation that I am not the only ignor- 

 ant ' cuss ' that is trying to keep bees. 



"It does seem to me that Dr.Miller is the modern 'Job' for 

 patience. What simple questions are sometimes askt. Why 

 don't they get a book and study some ? Well, ' let her go ;' if 

 he can stand it, so much the better for the rest of us fools, for 

 where we don't learn something we get a good laugh at the 

 other fellow's ignorance; but I must say that I usually learn 

 something. 1 read that department first. 



"My bees came through all right on the summer stands. 

 No loss. I have had 4 swarms. I have now 22 colonies in 

 dovetailed hives, and all extra-strong. 



"Do soldiers eat honey ? May be we may find the market 

 somewhat butter on account of the war. But for my part it 

 makes no difference, as I have a home market for all I can 

 produce." 



Yes, sir, we are quite sure soldiers eat honey — when they 

 can get it .' We think that they ought to be f urnisht honey in 

 their bill of fare, just as well as beans, hard-tack, etc. It 

 would help to sweeten them up, and make them feel more like 

 defending a country that can produce the delicious honey that 

 this can. 



President McKinley is to be given the unique distinc- 

 tion of having a number of a woman's magazine named for 

 him and prepared in his honor. The .July Issueof The Ladies' 

 Home Journal is to be called "The President's Number." It 

 will show the President on horseback on the cover, with the 

 President's new " fighting flag " flylneover him ; a new march 

 by Victor Herbert is called "The President's March;" the 

 State Department has allowed the magazine to make a direct 

 photograph of the original parchment of the Declaration of 

 Independence, while the President's own friends and intimates 

 have combined to tell some 20 new and unpublisht stories and 

 anecdotes about him which will show him in a manner not be- 

 fore done. The cover will be printed in the National colors. 

 For -SI. 80 we will send the American Bee Journal and The 

 Ladies' Home Journal one year. 



Bee-Keeping for Beginners is the title of a 

 110-page book just out, from the pen of that expert bee- 

 keeper of the South, Dr. J. P. H. Brown, of Georgia. It 

 claims to be " a practical and condenst treatise on the honey- 

 bee, giving the best modes of management in order to secure 

 the most profit." Price of the book, postpaid, 50 cents. Or, 

 we will club it with the Bee Journal for one year — both to- 

 gether for $1.40; or, we will mall it as a premium to any of 

 our present subscribers for sending us one new subscriber to 

 the Bee Journal for a year (at $1.00), and 10 cents extra. 



The '^BVood Binder for holding a year's numbers of 

 American Bee Journal, we propose to mail, postpaid, to every 

 subscriber who sends to us 20 cents. It is a very simple 

 arrangement. Full printed directions accompany each Binder. 

 Every reader should get it, and preserve the copies of the Bee 

 Journal as fast as they are received. They are invaluable for 

 reference, and at the low price of the Binder you can afford to 

 get it yearly. 



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Lang-strotli on ttae Honey-Bee, revised by 

 The Dadants, is a standard, reliable and thoroughly complete 

 work on bee-culture. It contains 520 pages, and is bound 

 elegantly. Every reader of the American Bee .Journal should 

 have a copy of this book, as it answers hundreds of questions 

 that arise about bees. We mail it for .$1.25, or club it with 

 the Bee Journal for a year — both together for only $2.00. 



Tlie Names and Addresses of all your bee- 

 friends, who are not now taking the Bee Journal, are wanted 

 at this office. Send them in, please, when sample copies will 

 be mailed to them. Then you can secure their subscriptions, 

 and earn some of the premiums we are offering. The 

 next few months will be just the time to easily get new sub- 

 scribers. Try it earnestly, at least. 



Xtie mcCfoy Foul Brood Treatment Is 



given in Dr. Howard's pamphlet on " Foul Brood ; Its Natural 

 History and Rational 'Treatment." It is the latest publication 

 on the subject, and should be in the hands of every bee-keeper. 

 Price, 25 cents ; or clubbed with the Bee Journal for one year 

 —both for $1.10. 



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IS'" See " Bee-Keeper's Guide" offer ou page 365. 



FOR THE READERS OF THE 

 ANERICAN BEE JOURNAL. 



PROFITABLE BEEKEEPING, 



WITH 



HINTS TO BEGINNERS 



By Mr. C. N. White, of England, 



Author of ■' Bees and Bee-Keeplng," "Pleasurable Bee-Keeping," etc. 



Mr. White is owner of one of the largest apiaries in the 

 country where he lives, and has made a life study of the sub- 

 ject. He is also lecturer, under the Technical Education 

 Scheme, to several County Councils in England. He will treat 

 the subject in a 



Series of Miie Illustrated Articles : 



1. General and Introdnclorr. 4. Swarming. 7. SuperlDg. 

 'i. Been. 5. Hives. 8. DIseasPK. 



3. Handliug Beei>. 6. Ponndatlon. 9. Wintering: 



This will be a series of practical articles that bee-keepers 

 of the United States will not want to miss reading. They are 

 copyrighted by Mr. White, and will appear only in the Amkw- 

 CAN Bee Journal. 



We want our present readers to begin at once to get their 

 neighbor bee-keepers to subscribe for the Bee Journal for the 

 last six mouths of isys, and thus read the articles by Mr. 

 White. In order that all may be able to take advantage of 

 this rare opportunity to learn from a successful and practical 

 English authority on bee keeping, we will send the American 

 Bee Journal for 



Tlie balance of 1^9§ for only 40 i'enl§ — 

 To a MEW Subscriber — tiius maliiiig it 



SIX MONTHS FOR ONLY 

 FORTY CENTS- 



Which can be seut in stamps or silver. If you are a subscriber 

 already, show the offer to your bee-keeping neighbors, or get 

 their subscriptions, and we will give you, for your trouble, 

 your choice of one of the following list, for each new 40-cent 

 subscriber you serd : 



For Sending ONE Sew 40-cenl Subscriber: 



1 Wood Binder for a Year's Bee 



Journals 



2 Queen-Cllpplnc Device 



3 Handbook of Health— Dr. Foote 



4 Poultry for Market -Fan. Field 

 3 Turkeys for Market— Ftn Field 



6 Our Poultry Doctor— Fan Field 



7 Capons and Caponlzlng — Field 



8 Kendall's Horse-Book 



9 Mullen's Horse- Book 



10 Foul Brood— by Dr. Howard 



11 Silo and Silage— by Prol. Cook 



12 Foul Brood Treatment — by 



Prof. Cheshire 



13 Foul Brood -by A R Kohnke 



14 Muth's Practical Hints to Bee- 



Keepers 



15 20 •• Honey as Food " Pamph- 



lets 



16 Kural Life 



For Sending TWO New 40-cent Subscribers : 



1 Potato Culture— by T. B. Terry 



2 Green's Four B' oks 



3 Kopp'6 rommercial Calculator 



4 Dr. Tinker's BeeKeeping for 



Proflt 



5 40 "Honey as Food" Pamphlets 



6 Winter Proolem in Bee-Keeplng 



—by Pierce 



7 Hutclitnson's "Advanced Bee- 



Culture 



8 Dr Brown's 'Bee-Keeplng for 



Beginners" 



9 Blenen-Kultur— German 



10 Bees and Honey— 100 pages — 



bv Newman 



11 People's Alias of the World 



Please remember that all the above premiums are offered 

 only to those who are now subscribers, and who will send in 

 new ones. A new subscriber at 40 cents cannot also claim a 

 premium ; but we will begin the subscription just as soon as 

 it is sent in, which will secure several June numbers in addi- 

 tion to the last 6 months of this year, provided the subscription 

 is forwarded to us at once. 



If you want your bee-keeping neighbors to be certain of 

 getting ALL the numbers of the last 6 months of IStiy, you 

 had better get their subscriptions "in before July I, as we 

 may run out of copies before the end of that month. 



Now, let every one go to work, and help roll up the largest 

 list of subscribers the old American Bee Journal ever had. It 

 can easily be done if all who possibly can get a few new 

 subscribers will kindly do po. 



OEOROE W. YORK & CO., 



lis MIcbisan Street. CHICAGO. ILL. 



