THE AMERICAN BEE JOURNAL. 



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J>pccial gloticcs. 



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^^ When writing to this office on 

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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- 

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^" In reply to many correspondents 

 let us say that we take any kind of 

 postage stamps as money, but coins 

 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. 



^f We carefully mail the Bee 

 Journal to every subscriber, but 

 should any be lost in the mails we will 

 cheerfully send another, if notified 

 before all the edition is exhausted. 



Create a Local Honey Market. 



Now is the time to create Honey 

 Markets in every village, town and 

 city. Wide - awake honey producers 

 should get the Leaflets " Why eat 

 Honey" (only .jO cents per 100), or else 

 the pamphlets on " Honey as Food 

 and Medicine," and scatter them 

 plentifully all over the territory they 

 can supply with honey, and the result 

 will be a demand that will readily take 

 all of their crops at remunerative 

 prices. The pricesfor "Honey as Food 

 and Medicine " are as follows : 



Single copy 5 cts,; per doz., 40 cts ; 

 per hundred, *2.50. 500 will be sent 

 postpaid for $10.00 ; or 1000 for 

 $15.00- 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. 



(^ To give away a copy of " Honey 

 as Food and Medicine "to every one who 

 buys a package of honey, will sell almost 

 any quantity of it. 



Apiary Register— New Edition. 



All who intend to be systematic in 

 their work in the apiary, should get a 

 copy and commence to use it. The 

 prices will hereafter be as follows : 



For 50 colonies (120 pages) $1 00 



" 100 colonies 220 pages) 1 2-5 



" 200 colonies (420 pages) 1 50 



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. 



Convention Hand-Book. 



^"Do not let your numbers of the 

 Bee Journal for 1881 be lost. The 

 best way to preserve them is to pro- 

 cure a binder and put them in. They 

 are very valuable for reference. 



lis a nice Pocket Companion for 

 bee-keepers. It is beautifully printed 

 on toned paper, and bound in cloth- 

 price 50 cents. 



It contains a copy of a model 

 " Constitution and By-Laws " for the 

 formation of Societies for Bee-Keep- 

 ers— a simplified manual of Parlia- 

 mentary Law and Rules of Order for 

 the guidance of officers as well as 

 members, a blank form for making 

 statistical reports — a Programme 

 of questions for discussion at 

 such meetings— model Premium Lists 

 for Fairs which may be contracted or 

 enlarged, and then recommended to 

 the managers of adjacent County or 

 District S'airs— S2 blank leaves for 

 jotting down interesting facts, etc. 



We have aimed to make it suitable for 

 any locality, and a book that will com- 

 mend itself to every beekeeper in the 

 English-speaking world. 



We have had some bound in Russia 

 leather, with colored edges— price 60 

 cents. 



AVe will supply them by the dozen at 

 25 per cent, discount, post-paid. 



Bingham Corner. 



Mark.noo, III., .Iiiiio IS, 1SS4. 

 Tlio Dorlol- SillxllicK All.— Mr. T. F. 



Bingham. Di/iii- Sii-:— I've iiscrt tlu- "Doctor" 

 till its uli iliiulic'ii up with licc-K-luc, and al- 

 thoiiyh lit tiist si;;lit 1 tlioiiBht 1 dill not like 

 liny tliinK SCI luiKr, I could not now Ijc induced 

 cxc'C'|.t liv till' clirc'st poverty, to do with any 

 thintisiiKilliv. As a matter of "economy" 

 I muih pii'liT the " Uoctoi- " to any of the 

 olii'iipcr smokers, of which I have worn out 

 several. Tlie "Doctor" has entirely cured 

 me. so that I am now a Binfrham man, as my 

 wife always has lieen. If the somewhat 

 vajiue remark in your letter ini'Uiis that 

 nothing- was charged for the Smoker sent, 

 except the readiin; of yourlttter, 1 shall be 

 very ffladof aniitlier "Doctor" fortliemoney 

 sent, so that m,\' wife won't take mine from 

 me. Bees just Ijooinlng on white clover. 

 Yours Truly, C. C. MiLr.ER. 



Woodard's Lanuino, Wasii. Ter. 



Tlie Best Smoker. — To Binoham & 

 HKTHEitiNGTON, Alirouia, Mich., Dear Sirs : 

 —Find enclosed money for :) Conqueror 

 Smokers, which please send per mail — one to 

 each. Dr. Batch. J. M. Louderback, and H. 

 A. Towner. The Conqueror is the best 

 Smoker I ever used. Respectfully, 



May 17, 1884. H. Hastings. 



Dresden, Te.x., May 28, 1884. 

 Conquer llie " Cyps."— T. F. Bingham, 



Abronia, Mich.. Dear Sir: — Enclosed find 

 $1.73, for which please send, per mail, one 

 "Conqueror Smoker" to Ma,ior H. A. High, 

 Waxahachie, Tex. He bought a C.vprian 

 Queen from me. and the Bees have worsted 

 the old gentleman. I told him that the Con- 

 queror Smoker would conquer the "Cyps," 

 as I had tried one for two years, and " it 

 never failed." Respectfully, 



B. F. Carroll. 



Borodino, N. Y., Aug. 1.'), 1882. 

 Cyprians Coiiqueretl — All summer long 

 it has been "which and tother" with me and 

 the Cyprian colony of bees I have— but at 

 last T am "boss." Bingham's Conqueror 

 Smoker did it. If you want lots of smoke 

 just at the riglit time, get a Conqueror Smo 

 kerof Bingham. Kespecttully, 



G. M. DOOLITTLE. 



i^° For $2.7.') we will supply the 

 Weekly 13ek Journal one year, and 

 Dzierzon's Rational Bee-Keening, in 

 paper covers ; or the Monthly IJee 

 Joi;rnal and the book for Sl.7.5. Or, 

 bound in cloth, with Weekly, $3.00 ; 

 with the Monthly, $2.(0. 



^^ A Canadian wishes us to state 

 in the Bee JouitXAL.whether we take 

 Canadian money for subscription or 

 books. We do ; and for tractions of a 

 dollar, Canadian postage stamps may 

 be sent. 



Prices, by mail, post-paid. 



Doctor smoker (wide shield) ..Sli inch.. $2 00 

 Conquerorsmoker{widoshield)3 " .. 175 



Large smoker (Wide shield) 2',i " .. 150 



Extra smoker (Wide shield! 3 " ..125 



Plainsmoker 3 " .. 100 



Little Wonder smoker 194 " 65 



Bingliam & Hetherington Honey Knife, 



3 inch 115 



TO SELL AGAIN, apply for dozen or half- 

 dozen rates. Address, 



T. F. BINGHAM, P. M.. or 

 BINGHAM & HETHERINGTON, 



ABRONIA, miCH. 



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. 



^g" We can supply photographs of 

 Rev. L. L. Langstroth,the Baron of 

 Berlepsch, orDzierzon, at 2.5 cts. each. 



