THE AMERICAN BEE JOURNAL. 



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J^pecial glotices. 



Exainine the Date following your 

 name on the wrapper label of this 

 paper; it indicates the end of the 

 month to which you have paid your 

 subscription on the Bee Journal. 



For safety, when sending money to 

 this office get either a post office or ex- 

 press money order, a bank di'aft on 

 New York or Chicago, or register the 

 letter. Postage stamps of any kind 

 may be sent for amounts less than one 

 dollar. Local checks are subject to a 

 discount of 25 cents at Chicago banks. 

 American Express money orders for 

 $5, or less, can be obtained for 5 cents. 



We wish to impress upon every one 

 the necessity of being very specific, 

 and carefully 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 we already have on our books. 



Subscription Credits. — We do not 

 acknowledge receipt of each subscrip- 

 tion by letter. The label on your 

 paper, or on the wrapper, shows the 

 date to which your subscription is 

 paid. When you send us money, if 

 the proper credit is not given you, 

 within tv.o weeks thereafter, on your 

 label, notify us by postal card. Do 

 not wait for months or years, and 

 then claim a mistake. The subscrip- 

 tion is paid to the end of the month 

 indicated on the wrapper-label. This 

 gives a continual statement of account. 



(GETTING UP CLUBS. 



^" When writing to this office on 

 business, our correspondents should 

 n«t write anything for publication on 

 the same sheet of paper, unless it can 

 be torn apart without interfering with 

 either portion of the letter. The edi- 

 torial and business departments are 

 separate and distinct, and when the 

 business is mixed up with items for 

 publication it often causes confusion. 

 They may both be sent in one envelope 

 but on separate pieces of paper. 



^" In reply to many correspondents 

 let us say that we take any kind of 

 postage stamps at their face value — 

 including the 3 cent ones. Silver 

 should never be sent by mail, as it en- 

 dangers the loss of the letter either 

 by thieves, or else breaks through the 

 envelope and is lost in that way. 



^Tor $2.75 we will supply the 

 "Weekly Bee Journal one year, and 

 Dzierzon's Kational Bee-Keeping, in 

 paper covers; or the Monthly Bee 

 Journal and the book for $1.75. 



To increase the number of readers 

 of the Bee Journal, we believe, will 

 aid progressive bee-culture and help 

 to elevate the pursuit. We, therefore, 

 offer the following premiums for 

 getting up clubs : 



While no subscription to the Bee 

 Journal will be taken for less than 

 the regular advertised prices (viz. : 

 Weekly, $2.00; Monthly, $1.00),— any 

 one getting up a club of two copies, 

 or more, may select from " Our Book 

 List " anything therein named, to 

 the amount of 15 cents for every dollar 

 they send direct to this office, to pay them 

 for the trouble of getting up the club ; 

 and these books will be sent, postpaid, 

 to any address desired. 



For a club of 3 Weekly or 6 Monthly 

 and $6.00, we will make an additional 

 present of a Pocket Dictionary, bound 

 in cloth, containing 320 pages. 



For a club of 5 Weekly or 10 

 Monthly, (or a mixed club of both,) 

 with $10, we will, in addition to the 

 15 per cent, present a copy of the 

 Ajierican "Popular" Dictionary, 

 comprising every word in the English 

 language that enters into speech or 

 writing ; it contains 32,000 words and 

 phrases,670 illustrations and 512 pages; 

 it is nicely bound in cloth, and will be 

 sent by mail, postpaid, to any address 

 desired. 



For a club of S20, for 10 Weeklies, or 

 an equivalent in Monthlies, we will 

 present, besides the 15 per cent, in 

 books, a tested Italian queen, by mail, 

 postpaid. 



Subscriptions for two or more years 

 for one person, will count the same 

 as each year for a different person. 



For a club of 100 Weekly (or its 

 equivalent in Monthlies), with $200, 

 we will send a Magnificent Organ 

 worth $150. See description on page 

 614 of the Weekly for Nov. 28, 1883. 



1^ It must be understood that, 

 should an advertiser desire to cancel 

 an unexpired contract, he can do so 

 only by paying regular rates for the 

 number of insertions his advertise- 

 ment has had. 



Honey as Food and Medicine. 



A pamphlet of 16 pages giving 

 Recipes for Honey Medicines, all kinds 

 of cooking in which honey is used, and 

 healthful and pleasant beverages. 



We have put the price still Imoer,. 

 to encourage bee-keepers to scattet 

 them far and wide. Single copy 5 

 cents, postpaid ; per dozen, 40 cents ; 

 per hundred, $2.50. 500 will be sent 

 postpaid for $10.00 ; or 1000 for- 

 $1500. 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). This- 

 alone will pay him for all his trouble 

 and expense— enabling him to dispose 

 of his honey at home, at a good profit. 



^^ All money orders from foreign 

 countries, should be made payable at 

 Chicago, as the " Madison Street Sta- 

 tion " is not an International office. 



1^" A correspondent asks if any one 

 may select a Binder for the Bee: 

 Journal, among the books given as 

 Premiums for getting subscribers; we 

 reply, yes, any book or binder we keep 

 for sale may be selected by those who- 

 get up clubs. 



The Apiary Register. 



All who intend to be systematic ivt 

 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 SO' 



" 200 colonies (420 pages) 2 00 



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. 



^" We now club the British Bee- 

 Journal and our Monthly for $2.50. 



1^ Our friends will find this the- 

 season for securing subscriptions. We 

 offer the premiums and they can easily 

 secure them. 



^- Constitutions and By-Laws for 

 local Associations $2.00 per 100. The 

 name of the Association printed in the 

 blanks for 50 cents extra 



^°Do not let your numbers of the- 

 Bee Journal for 1884 be lost. The- 

 best way to preserve them is to pro- 

 3ure a binder and put them in. They 

 are very valuable for reference. 



^g" As the reading season has come- 

 with the long winter evenings, it is 

 just the time to read the various books 

 on Bee-keeping. When renewing 

 your subscriptions will be a good time 

 to get a supply of such literature. See 

 our club rate on Books with the Bee 

 Journal, on the first page of this, 

 paper. 



