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THE AMERICAN BEE JOURNAL.. 



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Issued every Wednesday by 



THOMAS G. NEWMAN & SON, 



PROPRIETORS, 



g23&925 WEST MADISONST.,CHICAGQ, ILL. 

 At Oue Dollar a Year. 



ALFRED H. NEWMAN. 



BUSINESS MANAGER. 



^fTjccxal glatices, 



To Coi-respondents. — It would save 

 us much trouble, if all would be particular 

 to give their P. O. address and name, when 

 writingto this office. We have several letters 

 (some inclosing money) that have no name; 

 many others having no PostOHice, County 

 or State. Also, if you live near one post- 

 ofiSce and get your mail at another, be sure 

 to give the address we have on our list. 



IVhen Keuewlng your subscription 

 please try to get your neighbor who keeps 

 bees to join with you in taking the Bee 

 Journal. It is now so c}i^ap that no one 

 can afford to do without it. We will present 

 a Binder for the Bee Journal to any one 

 sending us three subscriptions— with $.3.00— 

 direct to this office. It 11^111 pay any one to 

 devote a few hours, to get subscribers. 



Tlie Report of the Indianapolis Conven- 

 tion is now published in pamphlet form, 

 uniform with that of last year. It will be 

 sent postpaid for 25 cents to any address. 



We have also bound it up with last year's, 

 together with tbe History of the Society ; 

 this we will mail for 40 cents. Or If you 

 send us one new subscriber (with one dollar) 

 besides your own renewal, we will present 

 you with a copy by mail. 



Money Orders can now be obtained at 

 the Post Offices at reduced rates. Five 

 dollars and under costs now only 5 cents. 

 As these are absolutely safe, it will pay to 

 get them instead of the Postal Notes which 

 are payable to any one who presents them, 

 and are in no way safe. 



Reader, do you not just now think of 

 one bee-keeper who does not take the 

 Weekly Bee Journal, and who should do 

 80 ? Perhaps a word or two from you will 

 Induce him to do so. Will you not kindly 

 oblige us by getting his subscription to send 

 on with your own renewal for next year? 

 When you do so, please select any 25 cent 

 book in our list, and we will send it to you 

 post-paid, to pay for your trouble. We are 

 aiming to get 5,000 new subscribers for 188' 

 —will you not assist us to obtain them ? 



More Fremluniiii — Mr. L. J-. Diehl, of 

 Butler, Ind., offers a colony of Italian bees 

 as a present to the person sending to this 

 office the largest club of subscribers for 

 1887. The subscriptions may be sent in at 

 any time before the first of May at our regu- 

 lar club rates, and additions made as de- 

 sired, but it must be stated that you are 

 working for that premium, so that we can 

 keep account of the subscriptions. 



As a premium to the second largest club 

 we will send my mail, postpaid, a copy of 

 the '• Farm Account Book," worth $.3. The 

 postage is 20 cents. 



As tliere f s Anotlier firm in Chicago by 

 the name of " Newman & Son," we wish our 

 correspondents would write " American Bee 

 JournalJ* on the envelope when writing to 

 this office. Several letters of ours have 

 already gone to the other firm (a commission 

 house), causing vexatious delay and trouble. 



We anticipate a largely Increased list 

 of subscribers for 1887, as $1.00 cannot be 

 invested by any bee keeper that will bring 

 him better returns. 



Colored Posters for putting up over 

 honey exhibits at Fairs are quite attractive, 

 as well as useful. We have prepared some 

 for the Bee Journal, and will send two or 

 more free of cost to any one who will use 

 them, and try to get up a club. 



Do you Want a Farm Account Book ? 

 We have a few left, and make you a venj 

 tempting offer. It contains 106 pages, is 

 printed on writing paper, ruled and bound, 

 and the price is $.3. We will club it and the 

 Weekly Bee Journal for a year and give 

 you both for $2. If you want it sent by 

 mail, add 20 cents for postage. 



Frank Cliesliire's new book on Bees 

 and Bee-Keeping, can be had at this office.— 

 Vol. I, bound in cloth, $3.50, postpaid. 



Premium Wortli Having.— The New 

 York World and the American Bee Jour- 

 nal (both weekly) will be sent for one year 

 to any address in North America for $1.90. 

 And in addition PRESENT to every such 

 CLUB subscriber a " History of the United 

 States," containing 320 pages and 22 fine en- 

 gravings, bound in leather and gilt. 



This " History " will be sent free by ex- 

 press at the subscriber's e.vpense ; or will 

 be mailed for 10 cents extra to any place in 

 the United States or Canada. 



It is arranged chronologically by years, 

 ti-om 1492 to 1885. Every event is narrated 

 in the order of its date. These are not con- 

 Bned, as in other works, to political matters, 

 but embrace every branch of human action. 



This premium is worth the whole of the 

 money sent for both periodicals, and should 

 induce thousands to subscribe, and thus get 

 two unrivalled weeklies for nothing. 



The Convention History of America 



with a full report of the pi'oceedings of the 

 Detroit and Indianapolis conventions, and 

 the American Bee Journal for one year, 

 will be clubbed for $1.25. 



Simmlns' Non-Stvarming System is 



the title of a new English bee-book. The 

 author claims that it will inaugurate a " new 

 era in modern bee-keeping," and states that 

 "it is based upon purely natural principle , 

 and is the only system that can ever " 

 relied upon, because no other conditio 

 exists in the economy of the hive that can 

 be applied to bring about the desired result 

 — a total absence of any desire to swarm." 

 It contains 64 pages ; is well printed and 

 illustrated. Price 50 cents. It can now be 

 obtained at this office. 



Preserve your Papers for reference. 

 If you have no BINDER we will mail you 

 one for 60 cents, or you can have one free 

 if you will send us 3 new yearly subscrip- 

 tions for the Bee Journal. 



Fifty-Xwo Dividends from the invest- 

 ment of one dollar is just what every sub- 

 scriber of the American Bee Journal 

 receives. Can any better interest be found 

 for the investment of one hundred cents? 

 If so, where ? 



Yucca Brusl>es are employed for re- 

 moving bees from the combs. They are a 

 soft, vegetable fiber, and do not irritate the 

 bees. As each separate fiber extends the 

 whole length of the handle as well as the 

 brush, they are almost indestructable. 

 When they become sticky with honey, they 

 can be washed, and when dry, are as good 

 as ever. The low price at which they are 

 sold, enables any bee-keeper to have six or 

 more of them, so as to always have one 

 handy. We can supply them at 5 cents 

 each, or 50 cents a dozen ; if sent by mail, 

 II (id 1 cent each for postage 



Dr. Miller's Book, "A Tear Among 

 the Bees," and the Bee Journal for one 

 year, we will club for $1.50. 



F. Duncan SnliTen, Advertising Agent, 

 3 Park How, New York, inserts advertise- 

 ments in all first-class Newspapers and 

 Magazines with more promptness and at 

 lower prices than can be obtained elsewhere. 

 He gives special attention to writing and 

 setting up advertisements in the most at- 

 tractive manner, and guarantees entire 

 satisfaction. In all his dealings, he is honor- 

 able and prompt. Send for his Catalogue 

 of first-class advertising mediums. Mailed 

 free. 52A40t 



Our Book Premiums.- To encourage 

 all our present readers to get one or more 

 additional subscribers we will present "25 

 cents' worth of books for every new sub- 

 scriber (accompanied with $1 for one year's 

 subscription), sent direct to this office. Thus 

 for five new subscribers with $5, the getter 

 up of a club gets $1.25 in valuable reading 

 matter, to be selected by himself from our 

 list on the second page of this paper. It 

 will pay you to devote a few hours to the 

 interests of the Bee Journal. Every one 

 who keeps bees ought to take it. We will 

 furnish sample copies free in any quantity 

 to those who intend to get up clubs. We 

 expect to get 5,000 new subscribers for 7. 



