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everything full. I kept some queens 

 caged, just lying in the portico for a 

 week. I am a queens' wing " clipper," 

 henceforth. 1 formerly said I did not 

 let my bees swarm. 1 now take it all 

 back. Several nucleus colonies 

 swarmed. I had to stuff them full of 

 bees by dividing up my colonies, and 

 they started other cells, and when 

 the queen hatched in the cell I gave 

 them, out they came, and in some 

 cases, leave with a swarm, when the 

 old mother had to stay at home. The 

 bees are swarming now, and I must 

 see about it. E. Drane. 



Emenence, Ky., June 27, 1883. 



Bees are Doing Well Here. 



There are four times as much white 

 clover, this year, as there has ever 

 been in this part of the country. 



Hugh McCormick. 



Pellsville, 111., July 5, 1883. 



Best Season for Many Years. 



Bees are doing well here, this sea- 

 son. It is the best season that we 

 have had for many years. There are 

 not a great many bees in this county. 

 Comb honey sells readily at 20 cents 

 per pound. I am running my bees 

 tor comb honey, this season. 



Joseph E. Shaver— 15. 



North Eiver, Va., June 29, 1883. 



Too Rainy. 



It has been too rainy for bees ; for 

 the last two days they are doing well, 

 but I am afraid of more rain shortly. 

 I have but 8,000 pounds of extracted 

 honey up to date. I have about 600 

 colonies, 500 in good condition. 



L. LiNDSLY. 



Waterloo, La., July 2, 1883. 



The National Convention. 



The National Bee - Keepers' As- 

 sociation, will hold its Annual Con- 

 vention in the City Hall and Council 

 Chamber in the city of Toronto, on 

 Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday, 

 the 18th, 19th and 20th days of Sep- 

 tember, during the second week of 

 Canada's Great Fair. All the rail- 

 roads in Canada will issue tickets 

 during this week, good to return, up 

 to Saturday night 22d, at single fare 

 for the round trip. Special excursion 

 rates will be arranged from various 

 parts of the United States, of which 

 due notice will be given. Those who 

 intend being present may be kept 

 posted on the latest excursion rates, 

 etc., by addresssng me, and also that 

 I may arrange hotel accommodation. 

 Private lodgings will, if possible, be 

 secured for those who desire it, and 

 every effort will be made to make 

 everybody comfortable. A grand 

 meeting is anticipated. 



D. A. Jones, President. 



1^ The bee-keepers of Haut Coun- 

 ty, Texas, will meet at Dr. Wm. R. 

 Howard's apiary, on the 19th of July, 

 for the purpose of permanently or- 

 ganizing a County Association. 



Wm. R. Howard. 



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 otlice 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. 



Our Premiums for Clubs. 



Any one sending us a club of two 

 subscribers for 1 year, for the Weekly, 

 with $4, will be entitled to a copy of 

 Bees and Honey, in cloth, postpaid. 



For three subscribers, with $6, we 

 will send Cook's Manual, in paper, 

 Emerson's Binder for the Weekly, or 

 Apiary Register for 50 colonies. 



For four subscribers, with $8, we 

 will send Cook's Manual in cloth, or 

 Apiary Register for 100 colonies. 



For five subscribers, with $10, we 

 will send the Apiary Register for 200 

 colonies, Quinby's New Bee-Keeping, 

 Root's A B C of Bee Culture, or an 

 extra copy of the Weekly Bee Jour- 

 nal for one year. 



To get any of the above premiums 

 for the Monthly Bee Journal send 

 double the number of subscribers, and 

 the same amount of money. 



Bee Pasturage a Necessity. — We have 

 just issued a new pamphlet giving our 

 views on this important subject, with 

 suggestions what to plant, and when 

 and how. It is illustrated with 26 en- 

 gravings, and will be sent postpaid to 

 any address for 10 cents. 



Special Notice.— We will, hereafter, 

 supply the Weekly Bee Journal 

 for one year, and the seventh edition 

 of Prof. Cook's Manual of the Apiary, 

 bound in fine cloth, for $2.75, or the 

 Monthly Bee Journal, and the Manual 

 in cloth for $1.75. As this offer will 

 soon be withdrawn, those who desire 

 it should send for the book at once. 



How to Create a Market for Honey. 



We have now published another 

 edition of the pamphlet on "Honey as 

 Food and Medicine," with more new 

 Recipes for Honey Medicines, all kinds 

 of cooking in which honey is used, and 

 healthful and pleasant beverages. 



We have put the price still lower, 

 to encourage bee-keepers to scatter 

 them far and wide. Single copy 5 

 cents, postpaid ; per dozen, 50 cents ; 

 per hundred, $3.00. 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. 

 Try it, and you will be surprised. 



How to Advertise Judiciously. 



This is what Robert Bonner, the 

 New York publisher, and one of the 

 most extensive advertisers in the 

 country, has to say on the very in- 

 teresting subject of advertising. Its 

 application is general enough to cover 

 the entire field : 



" One of the points of good advertis- 

 ing, is to address the same people over 

 and over again. For instance : Sup- 

 pose you were introduced, with about 

 500 others, to the President, the 

 chances are that the President would 

 not remember you. But if you had 

 an opportunity of seeing him again, 

 and said, ' Mr. President, I am Charles 

 Wolsey, ef Brooklyn ; Senator So-and- 

 so did" me the honor of introducing 

 me to you,' and you did this two or 

 three times, you would be sure to be 

 remembered. In the same way an 

 advertisement presented once is for- 

 gotten, while one presented over and 

 over again makes an impression." 



Tlie Apiary Register. 



All who intend to be systematic in 

 their work in the apiary, should get a 

 copy and commence to use it. 



For 50 colonies (120 pages) $1 00 



" 100 colonies 220 pages 150 



" 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^" Do not send coins in a letter. It 

 is dangerous and increases the postage 

 unnecessarily. Always send postage 

 stamps, for fractions of a dollar, and, 

 if you can get them — one-cent stamps ; 

 if not, any denomination of postage 

 stamps will do. 



