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THE AMERICAN BEE JOURNAL. 



Honey as Food and Medicine. 



A new edition, revised and enlarged, 

 the new pages being devoted to neio 

 Recipes for Honey Medicines, all kinds 

 of cooking in which honey is used, and 

 healthful and pleasant beverages. 



We have put the price of them low 

 to encourage bee-keepers to scatter 

 them far and wide. Single copy 6 

 cents, postpaid; per dozen, 50 cents; 

 per hundred, $4.00. On orders of 100 

 or more, we 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. 



An Instantaneous Light. 



Such hi a word is the unique apparatus 

 ■on exhibition at the rooms of tlie Portable 

 Electric Light Co., ;J3 Water Street, Boston. 

 It occupies the space ot only .5 square inch- 

 ■es, and weighs but .5 pounds, and can be 

 •carried with ease. I'lie liglit. or more 

 properly liglitcr, rcqiiires no extra power, 

 wires or comici'tiniis. and is so r(>u--tnii'ted 

 that any part can be replaced at small cost. 

 The chemicals are placed in a glass retort ; 

 ■a carbon and ziuc apparatus, with a spiral 

 platinum attachment, is tlien adjusted so 

 ■as to form a battery, and the light is ready. 

 The pressure on a little knob produces an 

 lelectric current by wliich the spiral of plat- 

 inum is heated to incandescence. Tlie 

 Portable Electric Liglit Company was re- 

 ■cently incorporated, witli a capital of 

 tlOO,000, under tlie laws of Massatliusetts. 

 Tlie usefulness of the apparatus and the 

 low price (five dollars) will no doubt re- 

 sult in its general adoption. Some of the 

 prominent business men of the State are 

 ideiititied with this enterprise, hi addition 

 to its use as a lighter, the apparatus can 

 also be used in connection witli a burglar- 

 alarm and galvanic battery. — " Boston 

 Transcript,"I)ec. 30. 



New Catalognes and Price Lists. 



The Apiary Register. 



All who intend to be systematic in 

 their work in the apiary, should get a 

 •copy and commence. to use it. 



FoT 50 colonies (120 pages) $1 00 



" 100 colonies (220 pages 1 50 



" 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. 



i^'Postage stamps, of one, two or 

 three cent denomination, accepted for 

 fractional parts of a dollar; but money 

 is preferred. 



i^ Will the various manufacturers 

 of the Standard Langstroth hive please 

 send circulars giving accurate dimen- 

 sions, as made by them, to S. X. Clark, 

 Uelavan, Wis. The result as to the 

 different sizes will be published in the 

 American Bee Journal.— ady. 



We have received the following new 

 Catalogues and Price Lists of Bees, 

 Queens or Apiarian Supplies : 



G. B. Jones, Brantford, Ont. 



Elvin Armstrong, Jerseyville, 111. 



Geo. W. Baker, Lewisville, Ind. 



Dr. Wm. R. Howard, Kingston,Tex. 



W. G. Russell, Millbrook, Out. 



J. H. Tilley & Bro., Castlellill, Me. 



Thos. J. Ward, St. Mary's, Ind. 



C. R. Mitchell, Hawkinsville, Ga. 



G. H. Knickerbocker, Pine Plains, 

 N. Y. 



A. C. Kendel, Cleveland, O.— field, 

 garden and flower seeds. 



1^" In Mr. S. Cornell's excellent 

 article on " Ventilation of Bees," in 

 last week's Journal, on page 200, an 

 omission was made, when putting it 

 in type. In the second column, 28th 

 line from the top, after the period, 

 add the following sentence : " It is 

 just so with the air." 



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 oflice. 



i^ On the next page may be found 

 the advertisement for a " comb foun- 

 dation fastener," by D. C. Talbot, of 

 Elroy, Wis., to which attention is 

 invited. — adv. 



Special Notice.— We will, hereafter, 

 supply the Weekly Bee Journal 

 for 1883 and Cook's Manual in cloth 

 for $2.75, or the Monthly and Manual 

 in cloth for $1.75. As this offer will 

 soon be withdrawn, those who desire 

 it should send for the book at once. 



Golden Italians Again! 



One Golden Italian Queen, warran- 

 ted purely mated.*!.. XI. One pure- 

 ly mated and tested, $2.ri(i. One 

 pure Queen, not warranted, |:].(m. 

 All the above Queens are of the 

 finest slock in the country, Isold 

 'over yiHi last season, and had hut 

 one complaint. Full culoniesready 

 to divide, for *10.(.h) ; safe arrival euaranteed. 

 17Atf r.. ,J. DIEHL, BUTIjBR, IND. 



E.T. LEWIS & CO., Toledo, Ohio, 



Manufacturers of the U. S. STANDARD Honey 

 Extractor (new improvenienta), and all r»ther 

 Apiarian Supplies. Send for circular. 17A oBtf 



BEE 



- KEEPERS, before ordeiinK your 



APIARIAN-SUPPLIES 



send fur our lar^je illustrated cata- 

 logue, sent free to any address. 

 E. ]i.retchiiier, Cobui-g, Iowa. 



1883 ITALIAN QUEENS. 1883 



still they Eo-Bees fur business all ready to ship. 

 Send for our new Circular of Queens, full colo- 

 nies and nuclei ; it tells how to introiluce queens. 

 T. S. HALL. 



l(>Ai;t Kirby's Creek, Jackson co, Ala. 



Bee-Keepers' Handy Book, 



Or, 22 Tears' Experience in Queen Bearing. 



Oiyinions of Eminent Apiarists of its value: 



From Geo. W. House, Fayetteville. N. Y.— "The 

 information gained by a careful study of the new 

 method of Queen RearinR, I consider worth $IW to 

 me. It supplies a lonK felt want to every Queen 

 breeder and dealer, and is invaluable to any bee- 

 keeper. 



From Jame8 T. Norton. Winsted. <_'onn.— "I have 

 read your book with much satisfaction and protlt; 

 it is written concisely and to the point. It should 

 be in the hands of every oee-keeper." 



From Rev. D. D. Marsh. Georgetown, Mass.— 

 "Your book on Queen Rearing has been received. 

 I am very much pleased with it. It is refreshing to 

 see hi>w frankly you have dlvuljzed the hard- 

 earned seeretd of y.mr lonu experience. Vour book 

 contains a Kreat deal of that information, which 

 those who liave already taken the 'first lessons' in 

 apiculture will find new and valuable." 



It will be remembered that Mr. E. T. Flanagan, 

 of Beliville. III., went to Kenner. La., in March last 

 to rear early Queens. After receiving the book he 

 wrote me thus.— "1 would have cheerfully given 

 $.50.(.K.t to have had your book and apparatus here 

 when I first came. I am rearing acxi Queens." 



From L C. Root, Mohawk, N. Y., and one of the 

 most prominent apiarists in America.— "Your book 

 has been received. Its title, 'Twenty-two Years 

 ExpEKiENtE IN Ql'KEN Rea Ki.vi.;.' 18 enough to 

 convince any bee-keeper that they cannot afford 

 to be without it. Good Queens is the rock upon 

 which bee-keeping rests. 1 predict a large sale for 

 the work." 



From J. M. Hicks, editor of the bee department. 

 American Grange Bulletin. Mr. Hicks is well 

 known to nearly all bee-keepers in the west.— 

 "Book received. I pronounce it the best w(_>rk of 

 the kind, of American publications. I consider it a 

 perfect gem for the practical bee-keeper, and 

 should be in the hands of every apiarist." 



Until May lat the book will be sold for $1.00 per 

 copy. After that date, $1.25 per copy, handsomely 

 bound in cloth, and $l.Ou bound in paper. Frac- 

 tionable parts of a dollar can be sent In postage 

 stamps. 



Our new circular and price list of Queens for 

 1883 contains 32 pages, and is illustrated to show 

 our new way of reuringQueens. Send your address 

 on a postal card for it. 



HENBT ALLEY, Wenham, Mass. 



FOR EXCHANGE. 



Comb Foundation Machine for pure Italian Bees. 



Address, S. LONliLEY, CINCINNATI, O. 



Uf In perfect order. 17A it. 



The Bee^Keepers' Guide, 



OR, MANUAL OF THE APIARY. 



9,000 SOLD IN SIX YEARS. 



lOth Thousand *Tu8t Out. 



More than 50 pages, and more than .50 fine illus- 

 trations added. The whole work lias been thor- 

 oughly revised, and contains the vt-ry latest in re- 

 spect to bee-keeping. It is certainly the fullest 

 and most scientific work treating of bees in the 

 World. 



1 had hoped and expected to make the price one 

 dollar, and it has been so advertised by Mr. 

 James Heddon and in Alley's new book; but owing 

 to the increased size and expense, this is impossi- 

 ble. 



PRICE, BY MAIL, $1.25. 



I<lbei*al discount to deiilers and to clubs. 

 A. J. COOK, 



Author and Publisher, Lansing, Mich. 



COI^ONIES of Italian and 

 Hybrid bees for sale in 

 Langstroth and Simplicity 

 hives. 



Three- Frame Nuclei 



a specialty. Safe delivery guaranteed. Write 

 for particulars and special rates to 



FLANAGAN & ILLINSKI, 



1000 



Box SIM. 

 irA4t 5B2t 



BELLEVILLE, St. Clair Co.. ILL. 



Vandervort Comb Fdn. Mills, 



Seud for Sampler <V Keiluced PrEce-Llst. 



ioAi9t J. VANDERVORT, Lacyville, Pa. 



