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THE AMERICAN BEE JOURNAL. 



The Bee Journal for 1885. 



Preiniuins, $25.00 in Cash. 



To increase the number of readers 

 of the Bee Jovtrnal, we believe, will 

 aid progressive bee-culture and help 

 to elevate the pursuit. We,therefore, 

 offer the following 



CASH PRESmiJIS FOB CLUBS. 



$10.00 for the largest club received 

 at this office before Feb. 1, 188.5 (either 

 of the Weekly, Monthly, or both) ; one 

 Weekly counts same as 4 Monthlies. 



$.5.00 for the second largest : $4.00 

 for the third : S3.0<J for the fourth : 

 $2.00 for the tifth ; 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 now withdrawn.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 )8S.5 is S2.00 for one copy ; 

 $3.80 for two copies (to the same or 

 different po.st-offices) ; S5.-50 for three 

 copies ; $7.20 for four copies ; and for 

 five or more copies, SI .7-5 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-offlces) 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 

 188.5 wilUiave all the numbers for"l8S4 

 free that are published after the sub- 

 scriptions are received at this office. 



^"For $2.75 we will supply the 

 "Weekly Bee Journal one year, and 

 Dzierzon's Rational Bee-Keeping, in 

 paper covers ; or the Monthly Bee 

 Journal and the book for $1.7.5. Or, 

 bound in cloth, with "Weekly, $3.00; 

 with the:Monthly, $2.(0. 



A Christmas Present. 



" The Mysteries of Marseilles ; or, 

 The Loves of Blanche and Phillippe," 

 by the author of '• Xaua," is an in- 

 tense love story, overflowing with 

 excitement and absorbing interest 

 from beginning to end, while it bris- 

 tles with the spiciest of details put in 

 Zola's best and must effective manner. 

 It is published in a large, squaie. duo- 

 decimo volume, paper cover, uniform 

 with "Nana,"' and ■' L'Assommoir," 

 price fifty cents, and will be found for 

 sale by all Booksellers and Xews 

 Agents and on all Railroad Trains 

 everywhere, or copies of it will be 

 sent to any one, to any place, post- 

 paid, on remitting fifty cents in a let- 

 ter to the Publishers. T. B. Peterson 

 & Brothers, Philadelphia, Pa. 



To every person who sentls us onu xi:w 

 subscription, (lusides his owu renewal), for 

 one year, for tlie Weekly Bee JorR-NVL. or 

 4 NEW Monthly subscribers, for a year, we 

 will send as a present, hy mail, postpaid, a 

 copy of " Mistletoe Memories, or What the 

 Poets say about Christmas." 



ISTLETOE 



It comprises a collectiou of poems selected 

 from the writing's of H. W. Lonjrfellow, J. G. 

 Whittier. Thomas Hood, -Vlfred Domett, 

 Chas. -Mackay. Sir Walter Scott. .Jennie Joy, 

 and others. " The whole bound in Banner 

 shape, with rich silk frinj^e and tassels. For 

 presentation, this art souvenir is vasii\ 

 superior to a mere Christmas card, as ii 

 combines the advantages of both art ait- 1 

 literature. Size, 4 by 6'/^ inches. 



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) 12-5 



" 200 colonies (420 pages) 1 60 



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. 



^" 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. 



^?~ The " United States Democrat," pub- 

 lished weekly at 371 Broadway, New York, 

 at S2 a year, is a flrst-class Democratic 

 weekly publication. Ten copies one year for 

 S16.00 and one copy e.xtra to the getter up 

 of the club. It is edited by Mark M. [Brick] 

 Pomeroy, who formerly edited the "La 

 Crosse Democrat." 



CLCBBDiG LIST. 



We will supply the A.inerlcun Bee Journal 

 one year, and any of the following Books, at tfae 



prices quoted in tbe last column of flRures. The 



Bret column gives the regular price of both. All 

 postaKe prepaid. 



Price of both. Club 



The Weekly Bee Journal $2 OU. . 



and Cook's Manual, latest edition 3 26. . 3 00 



Bees and Honey {T.G.Newman)cloth3 00. . 2 75 



Bees and Honey (paper covers) 2 75.. 2 50 



Binder for Weeklv Bee Journal 2 75.. 2 50 



Apiary Register for 121 M^ colonies — 3 50.. 3 25 



Dzierzon'sNew Bee Buok(cloth).... 4 06.. 3 00 



Dzierzon's New Book (paper covers) 3 50.. 2 75 



Quinby's New Bee-Keeping 3 50.. 3 25 



Langstroth's Standard Work 4 00,. 3 75 



Roofs A B C of Bee Culture (cloth) 3 25. . 3 10 



Alley's (jueen Rearing... 3 OC.. 2 75 



Scribner's Lumber and Log Book 2 35.. 2 25 



Fisher's Grain Tables 2 40.. 2 25 



Moore's Universal Assistant 4 50.. 4 25 



Honey as Food A Medicine, lOOCopies 4 oO. . 4 25 



Blessed Bees 2 75.. 2 50 



King's Bee-Keepers' Text Book ....3 00.. 2 75 



The Weekly Bee Journal one year 



andQ!eaningainBee-Culture(A.I.Root) 3 00.. 2 75 

 Bee-Keepers' Magazine (A.J.King). 3 00.. 2 75 



Bee-Keepers' Guide (A.G.HiU) 3 50.. 2 35 



Kansas Bee-Keeper 3 00.. 2 75 



The Apiculturist. (Sihis M.Locke).. 300.. 2 75 



British Bee Journal 3 75. . 3 50 



The 7 above-named papers.^.... 8 25.. 7 00 



\%' A IV T E » — H OiN E V. 



46Atf R. Grinsell, Baden, Mo. 



EXCELSIOR 



HONEY EXTRACTORS 



In answer to frequent inquiries 

 for E.Ytractors carrying 3 and 4 

 ^SL.,^ Langstroth frames, I have con- 

 -' i~~~-~- eluded to adopt these two new 

 sizes. The '-i frame basket is in a 

 can of the same size and style as 

 the li frame. The 4 frame basket 

 is in the larger can, with the cone 

 - , /,t™ or metal standard for the basket 



'^ilujy- 'ii|y« to revive upon, leaving room un- 

 ■^ '^ ■"'IIM derneath the basket for V.'iorSO 

 "ry - rijlllp^ ib?*. of ht.mey. It will becomplete. 

 ';|[i^ with Clivers, and in every way 

 '^Ar'ft^ ''wU identical, except in ^ize. with the 

 "ffl *It^-"" Extractor, i^xlvi, which is 

 %'M intended for any size of frame. 

 ^•-^ >ja Excepting with the |«.m Ex- 



l^'^.O""- — ^"^^i tractors, all the different styles 

 "■^ ■ have strainers over the canal lead- 



ing to the honey pate, and mova- 

 ble sides in the Comb Baskets. The $.S.w and 

 tio.ixi Extractors have no covers. 



For 2 American frames. 13x13 inches $8 00 



For^Langstroth " I(>xl8 " 8 00 



For 3 " " 10X18 " 10 00 



For 4 " " 10x18 " 14 00 



For 2 frames of any size, I3x20 " 12 00 



For3 " " 13X20 12 00 



For4 " " 13x20 " le 00 



ALFRED H. NEWMAN, 



923 \t est JTIadison St., CHICAGO, II*li. 



Bee-Keepers' Badges at Fairs. 



A^ 1 ^Ve li'ive some ELEGANT 

 X^^ RIBBON BADGES, having 



-E.\ a rosette Hnd gol(i Bee, for 

 /-; vf^yKX bee-keepers' use at Fairs, 

 /v\ Conventions, etc. Price 

 oO cents each, by mail, postpaid. 



Address, THOMAS O. NEl^MAN, 



925 West Madison St., CHICAGO, ILL. 



BINGHAM SMOKERS. 



I can sell the above Smokers at 

 MANUFACTUREKS' PRICES, by 

 mail or express, at wholesale or re- 

 tail. All the latest improvements, 

 including THE CONQUEROR, and 

 THE DOCTOR. 



^eud for my 32-pagc Illustrated 

 Catalogue of Bee-Keepers' Sup- 

 plies of every description. 



ALFRED H. NEWMAN, 



923 "W. Madison. CHICAGO. ILL. 



