THE AMERICAN BEE JOURNAL. 



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^ijjjccial glotites. 



The Bee Journal for 1885. 



$25.00 Cash Premiiinis. 



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 



CASH PREMIUMS FOR CLUBS. 



$10.00 for the largest club received 

 at this office before Feb. 1, 1885 (either 

 of the Weekly, Monthly,or both) ; one 

 AVeekly counts same as 4 Monthlies. 



$5.00 for the second largest ; $4.00 

 for the third ; $3.00 for the fourth ; 

 $2.00 for the fifth; and $1.00 for the 

 sixth largest club. 



All former offers of Premiums are 

 now withdrawn. 



The price of the "Weekly Bee Jour- 

 nal for 1885 is $2 00 for one copy ; 

 $3.80 for two copies (to the same or 

 different post-offices) ; $5.50 for three 

 copies ; $7.20 for four copies ; and for 

 five or more copies, $1.75 each. 



We have decided to publish the 

 Monthly Bee Journal for next year 

 of the same size and shape as the 

 Weekly, (which contains about the 

 same amount of reading matter as 

 the present Monthly,) at .50 cents a 

 year ; two copies (to the same or dif- 

 ferent post-offices) for 90 cents ; three 

 copies for $1.30; four copies for $1.70 ; 

 five copies for $2.00 ; more than five 

 copies for 40 cents each. The time has 

 been extended on all portions of next 

 year, which have been paid for at the 

 rate of $1.00. 



Subscriptions for two or more years 

 for one person, will count the same 

 as each year for a different person. 



New Subscribers for the Monthly for 

 1885 will have all the numbers for 1884 

 free, that are published after the sub- 

 scriptions are received at this office. 



Create a Local Honey Market. 



Now is tlu' time to create Honey 

 Markets in every village, town and 

 city. Wide - awake honey producers 

 should get the Leaflets " Why eat 

 Honey"' (only -"iO cents per 100), or else 

 the pamphlets on " Honey as Food 

 and Medi('iiie," 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. 



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. 



Convention Hand-Book. 



It is 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 Fairs— 32 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 bee-keeper in the 

 English-speaking world. 



We have had some bound in Eussia 

 leather, with colored edges— price 60 

 cents. 



We will supply them by the dozen at 

 25 per cent, discount, post-paid. 



Notice to Correspondents. 



Examine 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 draft 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. 



^" When writing to this office on 

 business, our correspondents should 

 not 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. 



1^" 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. 



Preparation of Honey for the Mar- 



liet, including the production and care 

 of both comb and extracted honey, 

 instructions on the exhibition of bees 

 and honey at Fairs, etc. This is a 

 new 10 cent pamphlet, of 32 pages. 



Sample Copies of the American Bee 

 Journal will be sent free to any per- 

 son. Any one intending to get up a 

 club can have sample copies sent to 

 the persons they desire to interview, 

 by sending the names to this office. 



t^ 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. 



Ribbon Badges, for bee-keepers, on 

 which are printed a large bee in gold, 

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



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. 



ABEE-KEEPEK FROBI IREI.AND 

 wishes to pet on a Bee-Ranch. He under- 

 stands Modern Bee-Keeping, and the ciiretif cows, 

 horses, etc. Address MICHAEL BUTTLBK. 

 37Alt ^40 Howard St., San Francisco. Cal. 



ELECTROTYPES 



EDKravin^a used in the Bee Journal for sale at 

 25 cents per square inch— no single cut sold for leis 

 than 500. THOMAS G. ^E^WM.ATt, 



9S5 West Madtson Street Chlcaso* III. 



