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THE AMERICAN BEE JOURNAL. 



iingham Smoker Corner. 



Large Smokers need wide shields. Bingham's 

 Laiave them, and sprlnKs that donotrust and break, 

 and bellows tbat sparkB and smoke do not enter. 

 -The Conqueror has all improvements made to date, 

 .And a 3x7 Inch stove, and 5x7 inch bellows. Sent 

 j)08t-pald for Sl.7o. Address. 



BINOHAM & HETHEBINGTON, 



Abronla Mich. 



Cyprians Con- 

 AiUKKED. — All sum- 

 mer long it has been 

 '•which and tuther" 

 -with me and the Cyp- 

 :rtan colony of beea I 

 have— but at last I nm 

 •■ boss. " Bingham's 

 "Conqueror Smoker" 

 .did it. If you want 

 lots of smoke juat at 

 -the right time, get a 

 ^OHt^ueror Smoker of 

 Bingham. 



G. M. DOOLITTLE. 



Borodino. N. Y., 

 ,AuK. 15. 1882. 



Excelling all.— 

 Messrs. Bingham & 

 Hetherington. Dear 

 -.Sirs:— lam now sell- 

 ■ing your Smokers al- 

 most exclusively. 

 -You are excelling 

 yourselves in smok- 

 ers all the time. 



Resj-ectfuily.^^^ Patented, 1878. 



Austin, Texas, May 10. 1833. 



The Orlclnal 



BINOHAU 



Bee Smoker 



The Very best.— The Bineham "Conqueror" 

 3moker is the very best thing I have trle'1 in that 

 line. M. M. LINDSAV. 



Fulton, Tenn., July 24, 1883. 



During the following three months, 

 •Bingham Smokers will be sent post- 

 paid, per maH, on receipt of the fol- 

 lowing prices : 



■The "Doctor", .(wide shield)— 3^ in. fire tube, $2.00 



-The Conqueror (wide shield)— 3 in.liretube, 1.75 



I.arKe (wide shield ) -2"^ in. flro tube, 1 .."iO 



'^xtra (wideshield)- 2 in.flretube, 1.25 



■Piain.^ (nar. shieldt- 2 in.flretube, l.lKl 



iLittle Wonder, .(nar. shield)— 1»^ in. Are tube, .65 



iBingbam & Hetherington Uncapping Knife. . 1.15 



With thanks for letters of encour- 

 ;agement, and the absence of complain- 

 ing ones, we tender to our thirty-five 

 Tthousand patrons our best wishes. 

 Very Respectfully Yours, 



Bingham & HETHERfNOTON. 

 ' Abronia, Mich., June 1, 1883. 



1^ Do not send coins in a letter. It 

 is dangerous and increases the postage 

 lUnnecessarily. Always send postage 

 -stamps, for fractions of a dollar, and, 

 if you can get tliem — one-cent stamps ; 

 if not, any denomination of postage 

 stamps will do. 



1^ The new two - cent postage 

 :Stamp is to be of a metallic red color, 

 •with a vignette of Washington. It 

 ^•ill supersede the present three-cent 

 ^tamp on the 1st of October. 



Sample Copies of theAMERicAN Bee 

 Journal will be sent free to nny per- 

 :3on. Any one intending to get up a 

 ,£lub can have sample copies sent to 

 ihe persons they desire to interview, 

 ^y sending the names to this office. 



Trial Trip-25 Cents. 



As the season for Fairs has arrived, 

 and wishing to be able to reach several 

 thousands of the old-fashioned bee- 

 men, and by the aid of the Bee 

 Journal to lift them up to higher 

 ground, adopting newer methods and 

 progressive ideas, we make the follow- 

 ing very liberal offer : We will send 

 the Weekly Bee Journal three months 

 on trial, for 25 cents. In order to pay 

 for getting up Clubs, we will give a 

 copy of Fisher's Grain Tables, or 

 Scribner's Lumber and Log Book, to 

 any one who will send us live trial 

 subscriptions (with Sl.2-5) ; for a club 

 of ten we will give a cloth copy of Bees 

 and Honey ; for a club of 15, a cloth 

 copy of the 7th edition of Cook's Man- 

 ual of the Apiary ; for a club of 2.5, we 

 will present both the Manual and Bees 

 and Honey. If any one wants these 

 Books for nothing, here is on excel- 

 lent opportunity to get them for a 

 little exertion. 



Books at Fairs.— Those who make 

 an exhibit at Fairs will find that an 

 assortment of Books and Pamphlets 

 would sell and leave them a profit for 

 handling. We will send such, postage 

 prepaid,' at 2.5 per cent, discount; or 

 if the purchaser pays express charges, 

 we will supply any of our own publica- 

 tions at 40 per cent, discount. 



^" The new Postal Note will be 

 obtainable in a few days at the Post- 

 offices all over the country. Then 

 any sum from one cent to five dollars 

 can be sent in a letter, by obtaining a 

 Postal Note, costing only 3 cents. 

 After October 1, small sums can be 

 easily sent to this oftice for 5 cents (3 

 cents for the Postal Note and 2 cents 

 postage on the letter), and there will 

 be no need of sending postage stamps 

 in letters, which often get all stuck 

 togettier by the damp weather, or 

 being handled while perspiring. 



Ribbon Badges, for bee-keepers, on 

 which are printed a large bee in gold, 

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



i^" A Queen and a book on Queen- 

 Rearing for $2. See Henry Alley's 

 liberal offer in his new advertise- 

 ment. — Adv. 



^"Do not let your numbers of the 

 Bee Journal for 1883 be lost. The 

 best way to preserve them is to pro- 

 cure a binder and put them in. They 

 are very valuable for reference. 



The Bee-Keeper's Guide; 



OB, 



MANUAL OF THE APIARY, 



By A. J. COOK, 



Of Lansing, Projesaor of Entomolotjy in the 



State Agricultural College of MicMgazL 



3SO Pases ; 133 Fine lUustrutlons. 



This lea new edition of Prof. Cook's Manual of 

 the Apiary, enlarged and elegantly ttlustruted. 

 The first edition of a.OUO copies was exhausted In 

 about 18 months — a aale unprecedented In the 

 annals of bee-culture. This new work, has been 

 produced with great care, patient study and per- 

 sistent research. It comprises a full delineation 

 of the anatomy and physloloey of the honey bee, 

 Illustrated witb many costly wood enaravinKs — 

 the products of the Honey Bee ; the races ot bees-, 

 full deaccnptiona of honey-producing plants.lrees, 

 shrubs, etc. .splendidly Illustrated— and last,thouRh 

 not least, detailed inatructions fur the various 

 manipulations necessary in the apiary. 



ThlB work Is a masterly production, and one that 

 no bee-keeper, however limited his means, can 

 afford to do without. It is fully "up with the times" 

 on every conceivable subject that can Interest the 

 apiarist. It is not only instructive, but intensely 

 interesting and thoroughly practical. 



Head the follmving opmiona of the Book ; 



All apree that it Is the work of a master and of 

 real vu.\\xe.—h'Apicull lire, Paris. 



I think Coo''"s Manual is tne best of our Amert- 

 cau works.— Lewis t. Coluv. 



It appears to have cut the ground from under 

 fuiure book-makers.- /in(i,--/i Bee Journal. 



Prof. Cook's valuable M;mual has been my con- 

 stnni tinide in my operations and successful man- 

 aKemeutof the upiuiy.— J. P. WEST. 



I have derived more practical knowledge from 

 Prof. Cook's New Manual ot the Apiary than from 

 any other book.— E. Id. VVVNKOOP. 



Q'his book is just what everyone Interested In 

 bees ought to have, and which, no one who ootaina 

 It, will ever regret huviny puicnased.— A/tc/i. Far. 



To all who wish to engage 'n bee-culture, a 

 manual is a nece-sity. Piot. Cook's M;iuuul is an 

 exhaustive work.- iifraM. MonticeJlo, 111, 



With Cook's Manual I am more than pleased. It 

 Is fu.ly up with the ciiues in every particular. The 

 richest rew;ud awaits its author.— A. E. Wenzel. 



My success has been so preat as to almost aston- 

 ish mysell. and itiuoIi of it is due lo the clear, dis- 

 interested lulorujniinn contained in Cook's Man- 

 ual.-VVM. Van ANTVVEiti'. Al. U 



It is the latest bonk on the bee, and treats of both 

 the bee and l.ive.s, with their implements. It is of 

 value to all bee-raisers.— A' y. Lire Stock Record. 



It is a credit to the author as well the publisher 

 I have never yet met with a work, either French 

 i)r liireiun. winch I like so much.— L'ABBE lit' 

 Boiti, editor ot the Jiut.etin D' Atnculteur, France. 



It not only gives the natural history of these In- 

 d:ibtrious insect,^ but aiyo a thorough, practiCHi, 

 and clearly expressed series of directions for their 

 management; al^oa hotanicjil description ot honey 

 producing plants, and an e.xtended account of the 

 enemies of bees.— i>(;Huc?'ar, Pulaski. N. Y. 



We have perused with great pleasure this vndA 

 niecuTii of tiie bee-keeper. It is leplete with the 

 beat information on everytliing belonying to api- 

 eulture. I'o al taking an inrere-t in ihis subject, 

 we say, obtain this valuable work, rpad it carefully 

 and practice as advised.— ^IffrituituriAf, Quebec 



This book is pronounced by the press and leading 

 bee-meu to be the most complete aj3d practical 

 trearise on bee-culture in fciin'openr America; a 

 scientilic work on nioiV-rn bee management thai 

 every experienced bee ii>;in will welct-me, and it is 

 essential to every utnaieur in bee-culture. It is 

 banuNomely prmted, neiuly hfumd and is a credU 

 to the Weal.— WtiyUrtiAijricul^uriiit. 



This work (3 undoubtedly the most complete 

 manual tor the inatruction ot bee-Ueepers whieh 

 has ever been publi>hed. It j^ives a tull explana- 

 tion regiiriiing the care and nianaj^-ement of the 

 apiary There is no suiiject relating to the culture 

 of bees lelt untoixheii. and in the compilation of 

 the work Prof. Cook has had the advantage of all 

 the previous knowiede ol apiarists, which he uses 

 admirably to promote and make popular this most 

 interesting of alloccupiHinus.—Antencaji Inventor. 

 tot 



PRiCfi— Bound In cloth, SI. 35 ; in paper cover, 

 SPl.OO by mail prepaid. Published by 



THOMAS G. NEWMAKv 



W M, Madison Street, CHICAGO. ll^U 



