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THE AMERICAN BEE JOURNAL. 



Preparation of Honey for the Mar> 

 ket, 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. 



i^Speak a word for the Bee Jour- 

 nal to neighbors who keep bees, and 

 send on at least one iieio subscription 

 with your own 'i Our premium, " Bees 

 and Honey," In cloth, for one new sub- 

 scriber to the Weekly, or two for the 

 Monthly, besides your own subscrip- 

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 faction of knowing that you have 

 aided the Bee Journal to a new 

 subscriber, and progressive apiculture 

 to another devotee. 



i^° We need the numbers of the 

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 April, 1876. Anyone having thera to 

 spare, are requested to send us a Pos- 

 tal Card. We will give 25 cents for 

 each. Do not send them without 

 writing, for we want only one of each ; 

 and, if we are not already supplied, 

 we will take them. 



Advertisers' Opinion. 



The queen business is rushing, and 

 we think the Bee Journal deserves 

 much credit as an advertising medium. 

 E. A. Thomas & Co. 



Coleraine, Mass., July 18, 1883. 



giducrtisctncnts. 



I.IFI: INSTKANCE THAT IKSVKES. 



THE MUTUAL KBSERVE FUND 



LIFE ASSOCIATION ! 



55 Liberty St.. NEW TORK, 



aud 113 Ad»m*t St.. CHICAGO. 



Edward B. Harper. President. 



The Central Trtst Co.MPANT, of New York, 

 Trustee of the Resfri'c Fund. 



O. D. Baldwin. President Fourth Nat'l Bank, 

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MEMBERSHIP NUMBER, 16,000. 



Total Business. Seventy Millions of Dollars. 

 $100,000 to the Credit of the Reserve Fand. 



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IST" Agents wanted in Illinois. 

 Address, D. M. CALDWELL., Vice Prea., 



45D3t 113 ADAMS ST., CHICAGO. 



BARNES' PATENT 



Foot Power Machinery 



CIRCULAR AND 



SCROLL SAWS, 



Hand. Circular Rip Sawa for 

 general heavy and tight rip- 

 ping. Lathes, &c. These ma- 

 chines are especially adapted 

 to Hive MaUlnic. Itwillpay 

 every bee-keeper to send for 

 our -iti-page Illustrated Cata- 

 logue. 



W. F. & JOHN BARNES, 

 No. 2017 Main street, 

 Rockf ord. Winnebago Co., 111. 



"BOSS" ONE-PIECE 



SECTIONS. 



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We have again increased ourcapacity formaking 

 the "BOSS" ONK-PIECK SECTION, and are now 

 ready to fill orders un short notice. Wo would ad- 

 vise our customers, and especially SUFl*t."l,' 

 SEALERS, tu 



OB.IDSB. SliiHZ.'?, 



And not Wait until the Rush Comes, 



We will not manufacture Hives and Shipping 

 Crates tbis season, as we have fixed over all our 

 machinery for making the Oue-Piece Sections. 



J. FORNCROOK & CO. 



49Ctf Watertown, Wis., Dec. 1, 1883. 



PLYMOUTH ROCKS 



Iroquois Strain. Four Yards, 



vorrespondeop cheerfully an-^wcred Prices ruasonabl' 

 W. H. BL'SSEY. 131 Laie Strett, ChieaBO. 



2BUly 



MANUFACTORY 



FOR HIVES, SECTIONS, &c. 



I am now prepared to supply dealers and con- 

 sumers with 



Hives, Sections, Broad Frames, Shipping 

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of all kinds. I make a specialty of LANGSTROTH 

 ANU MODEST HIVES. Correspondence with 

 supply dealers solicited. My Sections are all made 

 from Poplar. Address, 



OEOROE XATtOK, 

 49A4t&ICtf 12Btf DUNDEE, Kane Co., ILL. 



Choice Queens! 



I am now up with my orders, 

 and can send QTTBBNS by 



RETURN MAIL. 



I am now culling them down to 

 the very best. 



J. T. WILSON, 



MortoDsville, Woodford Co., Kv. 

 6BCtf 



Friends, if you are In any way interested In 



BEES OR HONEY 



We will with pleasure send you a sample copy of 

 the Monthly Oleanlnffs In Bee-Culture, 



with a descriptive price-list uf the latest improve- 

 ments in UiveH, Honey £xtructor«, C'omU 

 Fouutlatiou, Section Hnney Boxes, all boubs 

 and journals, and everything pertaining to Bee 

 Culture. Nothing Patented. Simply send your ad- 

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 Ctf A. I. ROOT. Medina. O. 



HEADQUARTERS IN THE SOUTH 



For the manufacture of 

 BEE-KEEPJSRS* 8XJPPLIE9. 



Dunham and Root Foundation a specialty. 

 Italian Queens and Bees from March to November. 



|^"Send fur my Illustrated Catalogue. 

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The Bee-Keepers' Guide; 



Or, MASIXTAL OF XHB APIARX. 



lO, coo SOLD SINCE 1876. 



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More than W pages, and mure than 5n fine illus- 

 trations were added in the ^th edition. I he whole 

 work has been tht)rouKhly revised, imd contains the 

 very latest In respect to bee-keeping. It is certainly 

 the fullest and mopt sclentidc work treating of 

 bees in the World. Price, by mail, »! 35. Liberal 

 discount to dealers and to clubs. 



A. -I. COOK, Author and Publisher, 



47Dl0t ]8C7t LANSING. MICH. 



FRANCES DUNHAM. 



Inventor and Sole Manuliicturer of 



THE DUNHAM 



FOUNDATION MACHINE 



Patented Aug. 23d. 1881. 



Your machines are undoubtedly the very best in 

 existence for heavy foundation. 



Charles Dapant & Son, Hamilton, 111. 



Nov. 24th, 1882. 



And the following from the President of the 

 North American Bee-Keepers' Association: 



I am quite positive that your Foundation Mills 

 are ahead of anything yet invented. 



D. A. JONES, Beeton, Ont.. Canada. 



Jan. 29th, 188.1. 



I send you samples of Foundation which I am 

 manufacturing on one of vour machines, in sheets 

 9x18, which measure llM feet to the pound. I 

 think it superior to any samples of thin founda- 

 tion I have seen. J. G. Whitten. 



Aug. 14th, 1882. Genoa, N. Y. 



Send for description and testimonials to 



FRAXC£>$ BTTIVHABI, 



SCtf DE PERE. WIS. 



-A. o:r.a.s:e3:i 



By corresponding with us, you will see that we 

 mean about 15 per cent, off the regular prices on 

 Extractors, Smokers, etc. Also all other Bee Goods 

 very low if ordered soon. 



O. 1¥. 8TANr.EX A, BRO., 



49Alt WYOMING. N. Y. 



PATENTS 



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 Parents sent free. Thirtv-seven years' experience. 

 Patents obtained throncnMUNN & CO. are noticed 

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 Weekly. Splendid engravings and intprfstlng In- 

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 American Office, 201 Broadway, New York. 



THE BRITISH BEE JOURNAL 



AND BEE-KEEPER'S ADVISEB. 



The British Bee Journal is NOW published 

 SBMI-MONTHLV, at Seven Bhillines, per annum, 

 and contains the best practical information for 

 the time being. showinK what to do, and when and 

 how to do it. JBev. H. K. P£EL., Editor. 



We send the Weeklj American Bee JomiNAL 

 and tiieBritUh Bee Journal, both tor $3.00 a year. 



BINGHAM SMOKERS. 



I can sell the above Smokers at 

 MANUFACTURERS' PKICES, by 

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 Including THE CONQUEROR, and 

 THE DOCTOR. 



Send for my 32-page Illustrated 

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ALFRED H. NEWMAN, 

 Q'23 W. Madison. CHICAGO, ILL. 



