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THE AMERICAN BEE JOURNAL. 



June 30. 



Noticed the leaving off of the post-office address of all corres- 

 pondents, and blamed not the editor, but our miserable com- 

 petitive system, that almost compels us lo do all sorts of mean 

 things we would never do under an up-to-date system. 



" No. I have not kickt, and I don't now ; but when you 

 print as good an article as Mr. Cowan's, and I get it with the 

 middle dropt out, I can't stand it. 



" Please send me No. 23, current volume." 



We are always glad to replace lost copies if notified in 

 time, before the edition is all gone. 



Dr. Miller, after being favored with a visit by Mr. and 

 Mrs. Cowan, of England, sent this " straw" to Gleanings : 



"I can sing 'God Save the Queen ' more heartily than 

 ever, after a visit from Mr. and Mrs. T. \V. Cowan. They 

 are delightful people, and, above all, they're good." 



Right you are. Doctor. We wish that they could attend 

 the next meeting of the United States Bee-Keepers' Union, 

 where many of our bee-keepers could get acquainted with 

 them. It would be well worth going a long way in order to 

 meet them — among " the Queen's best." 



Mr. R. C. Aikin, President of the Colorado State Bee- 

 Keepers' Association, writing us June 20, said : 



" My honey-flnw is just starting, with everything appar- 

 ently favorable. I will probably be exceedingly busy for the 

 next few weeks." 



Mr. Aikin appeared before the Western Classification 

 Committee at its meeting in Manitou Springs, Colo., June 14, 

 in the interest of the less than carload rates on bees by 

 freight. As yet nothing is known about the result of their 

 deliberations. But we hope to learn soon that the petition of 

 the bee-keepers was granted. 



Editor E. R. Root, in Gleanings for June 15, copies 

 entire our editorial on " Shipping Comb Honey by Express," 

 found on page 328 of the Bee Journal. He then followed it 

 with this paragraph : 



" It is almost unnecessary for us to state that our experi- 

 ence in handling comb honey leads us to endorse every word. 

 Indeed, I should like to underscore every line of it in red ink 

 if I could." 



It is not often that an editorial in these columns receives 

 such a "red-hot" endorsement as that, and from such an able 

 source. 



In a letter to us dated June 18, Mr. Root had this to say 

 about the honey prospects in his locality in Medina Co., Ohio : 



"There is no clover honey here of any consequence. Bees 

 are being fed, altho the prospects from basswood Is very good ; 

 but we may be disappointed in this also." 



A Western BEE-SurPLv Firm, that had been written to 

 In a joking manner, tho at the same time being urged to rush 

 on a carload of goods at once— if not sooner — replied in the 

 following manner — we omit, of course, all names : 



"Dear Sir: — Referring to your communication we beg 

 leave to advise that we promist we would ship the car on or 

 before June 30. This is the very earliest that we could 

 promise it. 



" We certainly do not wish to see you go to the insane 

 asylum for a good many years to come, altho we do not doubt 

 but what you and all of the rest of us will ultimately land 

 there, for of all the impatient, unreasonable people on the 

 face of the earth, the bee-keepers are the worst — when 

 swarming-time comes around. 



" We will do our very best to get the car there as many 



days before the 30th as we possibly can, as we wish Mrs. 



to have her husband with her as long as possible. 



"You say you have a mail full of kicks. That is nothing. 

 Get hardened to it the same as we are. Before you have many 

 more gray hairs on your head you will find that the bee-supply 

 business is not all that it is crackt up to be." 



Lang^stroth on the 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. 



FOR THE READERS OF THE 

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PROFITABLE BEE-KEEPING, 



—WITH 



HINTS TO BEGINNERS 



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



Author of ■' Bees and Bee-Keeping," " 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 lutrodiictor}'. 4. Sivariuiug. 7. Suprrlng. 

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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 Ameri- 

 can Bee Journal, beginning in July. 



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 months of 1898, 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 

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SIX MONTHS FOR ONLY 

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

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

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 your choice ofJoNE of the following list, for each new •lOcent 

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For Sending ONE Neiv 40-cent Subscriber : 



10 Foul Broort— by Dr. Howard 



11 Silo and Silage— by Prol. Cook 



12 Foul Brood Treatment — by 

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13 Foul Brood -by A R Kohnke 



14 Muth's Practical Hints to Bee- 

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15 20 •• Honey as Food" Pamph- 

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16 Rural Lile 



1 Wood Binder for a Year's Bee 



Journals 



2 Queen-Cllppinfir Device 



3 Handbook of Health— Dr. Foote 



4 Poultry for Market— Fan. Field 



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6 Our Poultry Doctor— Fan Field 



7 Capons and Caponlzlng— Field 



8 Kerdall's Horse-Book 



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1 Potato Culture— by T. B. Terry 



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5 40 "Honey as Food" Pamphlets 



6 Winter Problem In Bee-Keeping 



—by Pierce 



7 Hutchinson's "Advanced Bee- 



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8 Dr Brown's 'Bee-Keeping for 



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9 Blenen-Kultur— German 



10 Bees and Honey— 160 pages— 



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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 1898, you 

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

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



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

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