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THE AMERICAN BEE JOURNAL,. 



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Issued every Wednesday by 



THOMAS G. NEWMAN & SON, 



PBOPBIKTOES. 



d23&,925WESTMADIS0NST.,CHICAGQ,ILL. 

 At One Dollar a ITear. 



ALFRED H. NEWMAN. 



Business manager. 



^p^jetial ^0tices, 



To Correspondents. — It would save 

 ue much trouble, if all would be particular 

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

 writingto this office. We have several letters 

 <BOine Inclosing money) that have no name; 

 many others having no Post-Offioe, County 

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

 offlce and get your mail at another, be sure 

 to give the address we have on our list. 



'We Keep tbis Notice standing all the 

 year round : "Always give the name of the 

 Postoffice to which your paper is addressed. 

 Your name cannot be found on our list un- 

 less this is done," and yet many ask us to 

 change their address without even mention- 

 ing to what Postoffice it has heretofore been 

 sent. It often costs us more to find their 

 old address than they pay for the Bee Jour- 

 nal for a year ; as we may have to examine 

 ■our subscription lists in every State, Prov- 

 ince and Territory in North America. Please 

 be more careful in the future, and never 

 omit your name, Postoffice, county and 

 State. 



SImniins' Nou-S\Tarnitug System is 



the title of a new English bee-book. The 

 author claims that it will inaugurate a " new 

 «ra in modern bee-keeping," and states that 

 "it is based upon purely natural principles, 

 and is the only system that can ever be 

 relied upon, because no other condition 

 «.\i8ts 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 04 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. 



Colored Posters for putting up over 

 boney 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. 



OUR CLUBBING LIST. 



We supply the American Bee Journal 



one year, and any of the following publica- 

 tions, at the prices quoted in the last column 

 of figures. The first column gives the regu- 

 lar price of both. All postage prepaid. 



Price of both. Club 

 The American Bee Journal 1 00 . . 



and Gleanings in Bee-Culture 2 00.. 1 75 



Bee-Keepers'Magazine 125.. 125 



Bee-Keepers' Guide 150.. 140 



The Aplculturist 2 00.. 170 



Canadian Bee Journal 2 00.. 1 75 



Hays of Light 1.50.. 135 



The 7 above-named papers 5 25 . . 4 50 



and Cook's Manual 2 25 . . 2 00 



Bees and Honey (Newman). . .2 00. . 1 75 

 Binder for Am. Bee Journal. .1 60. . 1 .50 

 Dzierzon's Bee-Bookrcloth).. .3 00.. 2 00 

 Root's A B C of Bee-Culture.. 2 25.. 2 10 



Farmer's Aecou nt Book 4 00 . . 2 00 



Guide and Hand-Book 150.. 1 30 



Heddon's book. "Success,".. 1 .50. . 1 40 

 A Tear Among the Bees 1 75. . 1 .50 



One yearly subscription for the Amhrican 

 Bee Journal must be ordered with each 

 paper or book, in order to take advantage 

 of the prices named in the last column. 



Premium ^Vortli Having.— The New 

 York World and the American Bee Jour- 

 N.4L (both weekly) will be sent for one year 

 to any address in North America for $2.00. 

 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 expense ; or will 

 be mailed for 10 cents extra to any place in 

 the United States or Canada. 



It is arranged chronologically by years, 

 from 1492 to 1885. Every event is narrated 

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

 fined, 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. 



As there is Another firm in Chicago by 

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

 correspondents would write " American Bee 

 Journal " 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. 



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. 



All New Subscriptions will begin with 

 the year, and until further notice we will 

 send the back numbers from January 1, 

 unless otherwise ordered. 



ItVe ivill Present Webster's Dictionary 

 (pocket edition), and send it b.v mail, post- 

 paid, for two subscribers with $2. It is 

 always useful to have a dictionary at hand 

 to decide as to the spelling of words, and to 

 determine their meaning. 



Home Market for Honey. 



tS~ To create Honey Markets in every 

 village, town and city, wide-awake honey 

 producers should get the Leaflets " Why Bat 

 Honey" (only 50 cents per 100), or else the 

 pamphlets on "Honey as Food and Medicine," 

 and scatter them plentifully, and the result 

 will be a demand for all of their crops at 

 remunerative prices. " Honey as Food and 

 Medicine " are sold at the following prices : 



Single copy, 5 cts. : per doz., 40 cts. ; per 

 hundred, $2.50. Five hundred will be sent 

 postpaid for $10.00; or 1,000 for $15,00. 

 On orders of 100 or more, we will print, if 

 desired, on the cover-page, " Presented by," 

 etc. (giving the name and address of the bee- 

 keeper who scatters them). 



To give avray a copy of " Honey as Food 

 and Medicine " to every one who buys a 

 package of honey, will sell lots of it. 



Ifucca Brushes 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, 

 11 lid 1 cent each for postage 



E. Duncan SnliFen, Advertising Agent, 

 3 Park Row, 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 oflSce. 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 /re€ in any quantity 

 to those who intend to get up clubs. We 

 expect to get 5,000 new subscribers for 188'''. 



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 the 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. 



