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THE AMERICAN BEE JOURNAL. 



New Premiums for 1883. 



As the season for reading has now 

 arrived, we hope that each of our 

 subscribers will endeavor to send at 

 least one new subscriber for the 

 Weekly Bee Journal for 1883 and 

 thus not only help on the cause of 

 progressive bee-culture, but assist in 

 sustaining the only Weekly bee paper 

 in the world. 



Providence has smiled on the bee- 

 keepers during the past season, and as 

 a general thing tliey are abundantly 

 able to procure a good assortment of 

 bee-literature. 



In order to encourage every one who 

 keeps bees, be they few or many colo- 

 nies, to thoroughly read the many 

 very interesting books on bee-culture, 

 now published, we have determined 

 to make liberal offers, which will be 

 available until January }, 1883, as 

 foUovs's : 



To any one sending us $8 for any 

 books they may select from our " Book 

 List," on the last page of this paper, 

 we will present the Weekly Bee 

 Journal for one year. 



To any one purchasing $i worth of 

 books, selected from our " Book List," 

 on the last page of this paper, we will 

 present the Weekly Bee Journal 

 for six months or the Monthly for one 

 year. 



Any one sending us a club of two 

 subscribers for 1883, for the Weekly, 

 with 14, will be entitled to a copy of 

 Bees and Honey, in cloth, postpaid. 



For three subscribers, with $6, we 

 will send Cook"s Manual, in paper, 

 Emerson's Binder for tlie Weekly, or 

 Apiary Register for .50 colonies. 



For four subscribers, witli $8, we 

 will send Cook's Manual in cloth, or 

 Apiary Register for 100 colonies. 



For five subscriliers, with $10, we 

 will send the Apiary Register for 200 

 colonies, Quinby's New Bee-Keeping, 

 Root's A B C of Bee Culture, or an 

 extra copy of the Weekly Bee Jour- 

 nal for one year. 



To get any of the above premiums 

 for the Monthly Bee Journal send 

 double tlie number of subscribers, and 

 the same amount of money. 



1^" We will send Cook's Manual 

 in cloth, or an Apiary Register for 100 

 colonies, and Weekly Bee Journal 

 for one year, for $3.00 ; or with King's 

 Text- Book, in cloth, for $2.7.5 ; or with 

 Bees and Honey, in cloth, $2.50. The 

 Monthly Bee Journal and either of 

 the above for one dollar less. 



The Monthly Bee Journal for 1 883. 



At the request of many who have 

 heretofore taken the Monthly and 

 Semi-Monthly Bee Journal, we shall 

 next year print a Monthly consisting 

 of 32 pages, issuing it about the 

 middle of each month, at $1.00 a year, 

 in advance; 2 copies for $1.80; 3 

 copies for $2.50 ; 5 copies for $4.00 ; 10 

 or more copies at 75 cents each. An 

 extra copy to the person getting up a 

 club of 5 or more. 



The Weekly is now permanently es- 

 tablished, and will be continued as 

 heretofore. 



The Weekly and Monthly Bee 

 Journals will be distinct papers, each 

 having its own sphere of operation 

 and different readers. 



We shall aim to make the Monthly 

 Bee Journal a welcome and proBta- 

 ble visitor to the homes of those who 

 feel the need of a cheap, first class, 

 reliable bee paper in pamphlet form— 

 whose time is too much occupied to 

 read a w^eekly, or whose means or re- 

 quirements are more limited, and who 

 can dispense with the routine matter 

 more properly belonging to a weekly. 



Emerson Binders — made especially 

 for the Bee Journal, are lettered in 

 gold on the back, and make a very 

 convenient way of preserving the Bee 

 Journal as fast as received. They 

 will be sent, post-paid, for 75 cents, for 

 the Weekly; or for the Monthly, 50 

 cents. They cannot be sent by mail 

 to Canada. 



i^The Bee Journal is mailed at 

 the Chicago postoffice every Tuesday, 

 and any irregularity in its arrival is 

 due to the postal employes, or some 

 cause beyond our control. 



1^ Articles for publication must be 

 written on a separate piece of paper 

 from items of business. 



Sample Copies of theAMERiCAN Bee 

 Journal will be sent free to any per- 

 son. Any one intending to get up a 

 club can liave sample copies sent to 

 the persons they desire to interview, 

 by sending the names to this office. 



Ribbon Badges, for bee-keepers, on 

 whicli are printed a large bee in gold, 

 we send for 10 cts. each, or $8 per 100. 



1^" Do not let your numbers of the 

 Bee Journal for 1881 be lost. The 

 best way to preserve them is to pro- 

 cure a hinder and put them in. They 

 are very valuable for reference. 



The Apiary Register. 



All who intend to be systematic in 

 their work in the apiary, should get a 

 copy and commence to use it. 



For 50 colonies (120 pages) $1 00 



" 100 colonies 220 pages 1 50- 



" 200 colonies (420 pages) 2 Oa 



The larger ones can be used for a 

 few colonies, give room for an increase- 

 of numbers, and still keep the record 

 all together in one book, and are there- 

 fore the most desirable ones. 



Subscription Credits.— After send- 

 ing subscriptions to this office, we 

 would respectfully ask every one to 

 look at the label on the wrapper of the 

 next two papers, and there they will 

 find the credit indicated thus : Those 

 who have paid for the first six months 

 of next year will find " June 83 " after 

 their names. Those who have paid 

 for the whole year will find " Dec. 83 " 

 on their papers. The credit runs to 

 the end of the month indicated. If 

 the mark is " Dec. 82," it means that 

 the subscription is paid until the end 

 of the present year. Please remem- 

 ber that the credit given on this label 

 is a sufficient notification of subscrip- 

 tions due and receipt for payments- 

 made. If not so indicated within two 

 weeks after sending money to us, you 

 may be sure sometliing is wrong, and 

 should write to us about it. It will 

 save annoyance and trouble if our 

 subrcribers will give this matter due 

 attention. 



Bee Pasturage a Necessity. — We have 

 just issued a new pamphlet giving our 

 views on this important subject, with 

 suggestions what to plant, and when 

 and how. It is illustrated with 26 en- 

 gravings, and will be sent postpaid to- 

 any address for 10 cents. 



■^Postage stamps, of one, two or 

 three cent denomination, accepted for 

 fractional parts of a dollar; but money 

 is preferred. 



1^" The time for the usual winter 

 rush of correspondence is here, and we 

 wish to impress upon all our patrons 

 the necessity of being very specific, 

 and carefuUy to state what they desire 

 for the money sent. Also, if they live 

 near one post office, and get their mail 

 at another, be sure to give us the ad- 

 dress that we already have on our 

 books. 



1^" The result of the election has 

 proved a grand success, but not more 

 so than Kendall's Spavin Cure is 

 proved to be every day. 48w4t 



