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THE AMERICAN BEE JOURNAL. 



HEDDON'S 



coLXJiN^nNr 



Mv .Veir Lnn(jstntth Hive. 



TliaiikiiiK you for past years' patronage, 

 1 solicit what I may justly merit for tlie 

 comiiiK setisou. I am led to lielieve that 

 the goods I ofler, and my ways of doing 

 business, give at least an average satisfac- 

 tion, from the fact tliat my trade lias more 

 than doubled every year since I have dealt 

 ill supplies, and that nearly all of my for- 

 mer customers are customers still. Tiue, 

 we have had complaints, butweliaveinoi'e 

 than 50 testimonials of hest satisfaction, 

 to every one such complaint. 



1 believe my Hive is growingin popular- 

 ity, to a iiiucli greater degree, tlian is the 

 business of bee-keeping, I am now pre- 

 pared to furnisli these hives made up, and 

 In the flat, at very reasonable prices. 



Given Comb Foundation, after having 

 been thorouglily tested by many of our 

 most experienced, most successful and 

 most extensive bee-keeperSj now stands, 

 at least, second to none. 1 have on hand 

 a large and choice stock of pure, domestic 

 wax, together with improved facilities for 

 making an article of that Foundation ex- 

 celled by none. 



SECTIONS. 



lam now ready to furnish white all- 

 Dovetail Sections as follows: 43^x4)^x0, 7 

 and 8 to the foot, per 1,000, 86.50; 5.\6x3, 

 per 1.000, .$8.00. All shipped from here. 



STUDENTS OF APICULTURE 



Will receixe terms for 1S84 on application. 



BEES and QUEENS. 



If you contemplate the purchase of Bees 

 in any shape, tested or untested Queens, 

 it may pay you to send for my 



CIRCULAR for 1884 



And be SURE to state whether or not you 

 have my Circular for 1883. 

 Aihiress, 



JAMES HEDBON. 



DOWAGIAC, Cass County, MICH. 



BEE-KEEPERS' 



SUPPLIES. 



Send a postal card for my Illustrated 

 Catalogue for 1884. 



COMB FOUNDATION 



On account of the prevailing scarcity nf beeswax 

 the price ot comb foundation is now advanced 3 

 cents per pound above the price quoted in my 

 Catalogue for )SS4. 



BEESWAX. 



1 pay 33c. per pound deliyered here, for yellow 

 Beeswax. To avoid mistakes, tne shipper's name 

 should always be on each package. 



CZiOVBXl SEEDS. 



The present prices are as follows : 



White Clover, $\oM per Inisliel, $4.00 

 per peck, or .SO cts. per pound. 



Alsike Clover, $12 00 per bushel. f.S.-i") 

 per peck, or 25 cts. per pound. 



Sweet Clover, $10.00 per bushel, $2.7.5 

 per peck, or 20 cts. per pound. 



BEES and HONEY, 



Management of an Apiary for Pleasure 

 and Profit ; by 



THOMAS C. NEWMAN. 



Editor of the Weekly Bee JoumaL 

 925 ^Vest MadlaoB Street. Chicago. 111. 



It contains 160 profusely illustrated pages, 18 

 "fully up with the times" in all the improvement* 

 and inventions in this rapidly developing pursuit, 

 and presents the apiarist with everything that cao 

 aid in the successful management of the Honey 

 Bee, and at the same time produce the most honey 

 in its beat and most attractive condition. 



NO. 30 TINNED WJRE 



For Brood Frames. 



One ounce spools, each, - 4 cents. 

 Postage. 2 cents extra. ^ 



One oz. spools, per dozen, 40 cents. 

 Postage, 13 cents extra. 



One pound spools, each, 40 cents. 

 Postage IS cents extra. 



One pound will wire about 17.5 frames. 



WIRE NAILS, 



On account of a decline in the price 

 of Wire Nails, I will make a discount 

 of 15 per cent, from the prices quoted 

 in my Catalogue, until further notice. 



Vaiidervort Foundation Mill. 



G Inch, Price, $2.5.00. 



It makes the finest extra thin Foundation for 

 comb honey. For Sale by 



ALFRED H. NEWMAN, 



Appreciative Xotlces. 



A neat and abundantly illustrated hand-book of 

 apiculture.— American Agriculturist, N. Y. 



Its chapter on marketing honey is worth many 

 times its cost.— Citizen, Pulaski, Tenn. 



Contains all the information needed to make 

 bee-culture successful.- Eagle, Union City, Ind. 



Just such a work as should oe In the hands of 

 every beginner with bees,- News, Keithsburg, 111. 



Valuable for all who are interested in the care 

 and management of bees.— Dem., Allegan, Mich. 



Engravings are fine, (iotten up in the best style 

 and is cheap at the price.— Farmer. Cleveland, O. 



Carefully prepared tor beginners.— Farmers' 

 Cabinet, Amherst, N. H. 



A very valuable work to those engaged in bee- 

 raising.— News, Prairie <;ity. Iowa. 



We advise all who keep bees to send for this ex- 

 cellent work.— Journal. Louisiana, Mo. 



Carefully prepared, and of vast importance to 

 bee-raisers.— Indianian, Clinton, Ind. 



New and valuable, and embellished with 109 

 beautiful engravings.— Democrat, Salem, Ind. 



Much practical useful information, in a cheap 

 form.— Daily Standard, New Bedford, Mass. 



'Ihe most perfect work for the price ever yet pro- 

 duced onthesubjectof bee-culture.— Anti-Monop- 

 olist, Lebanon, Mo. 



A manual, containing all the newest discoveries 

 in the management of these little workers.- Plain 

 Dealer. St. Lawrence. N. Y. 



Full of practica instruction, that no one who 

 contemplates keeping bees can do without.-Far- 

 mers' Journal, Louisville, Ky. 



It comprises all that is necessary for successful 

 bee-culture, save experience and good judgment. 

 —Daily Republican, Utica, N. Y. 



Gives minute details for the management and 

 manipulations necessary to make bee-keeping a 

 Mccess.— Col. Valley and Farm. 

 IwPPritten in an interesting and attractive manner, 

 and^ontains valuable information for all readers, 

 even though they be not directly interested In the 

 care of bees.— Sentinel, Kome, N. Y. 



It embraces every subject that can interest the 

 beginner in bee-culture. The engravings perfectly 

 Illustrate the text.— Farm and Fireside. Spring- 

 Held. O. 



Embraces every subjectof interest In the apiary, 

 giving very thorough details of the management 

 and manipulations necessary to make bee-keeping 

 a success.— Farm. Longmont, Colo. 



It is a valuable and practical book, and contains 

 a complete resume of the natural history of the 

 little busy bee, as well as of all that one needs to 

 know in their care and management.— Chicago 

 Herald. 



Contains a vast fund of information in regard to 

 bee-culture. He wh<.i would keep abreast of the 

 times must keep posted in all the improvements in 

 his line. We advise all interested to get a copy of 

 this book.— Daily Times. San Bernardino, Cal. 



Describes all the newest discoveries in the art, 

 by which the production of delicious and health- 

 giving honey Is obtained, aswell as how to prepare 

 it for the market in the most attractive shape.— 

 Signal, Napoleon, O. 



It embraces every subject that will interest the 

 beginner. It describes all the newest discoveries 

 in the art by which the production of delicious and 

 health-giving honey is obtained, as well as how to 

 prepare it for the market in the most attractive 

 form. It is embellished with beautiful engravlngB, 

 and is the most perfect work of the kind, for the 

 price, that has ever come under our notice.— Far- 

 mer, Lancaster, Pa. 



CHICAGO. 



Miidlaon Street. 



ii.r.iNOis. 



PRICE— Bound In cloth, 7S cents ; in paper 

 covers. 50 cent*, postpaid. 



THOMAS G. NJB\¥MAN, 



925 W. Madison St., Chicago, III. 



A Liberal Discount to Deatera by 

 the Vozen or Hundred . 



