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THE AMERICAN BEE JOURNAL. 



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Issued every Weduesday by 



THOMAS G. NEWMAN & SON, 



Proprietors, 



923&925 WEST MADISON ST.,GHICAGO,IU. 



At Oue Dollar a If ear. 



ALFRED H, NEWMAN, 



Business Manager. 



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To Correspondents. — It would save 

 us much trouble, if all would be particular 

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

 ^rritingto this office. We have several letters 

 <Bome inclosing money) that have no name; 

 many others having no Post>Ofiice, County 

 or State. Also, if you live near one postr 

 oflace and get your mail at another, be sure 

 to give the address we have on our list. 



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 Jocrnax,. 



Colored Posters for putting up over 

 honey exhibits at Fairs are quite attractive, 

 es 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. 



All Ne^v Subscriptlous will begin with 

 the year, and until further notice we will 

 send the back numbers from January 1, 

 unless otherwise ordered. 



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 



Bce-Keepers'Magazine 125.. 125 



Bee-Keepers' Guide 150.. 140 



The Apiculturist 2 00.. 1 70 



Canadian Bee Journal 2 00.. 1 75 



Hays of Light 150,. 135 



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



and Cook's Manual 2 25. . 2 00 



Bees and Honey (Newman). ..2 00.. 175 

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

 Dzierzon's Bee-Book(oloth)...300.. 2 00 

 Roofs A B C of Bee-Culture. .2 25. . 2 10 



Farmer's Account Book 4 00.. 2 00 



Guide and Hand-Book 150.. 130 



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

 A Year Among the Bees 1 75. . 1 ,50 



One yearly subscription for the Asierican 

 Bee JouRN.ii. must be ordered with each 

 paper or book. in order to take advantage 

 of the prices named in the last column. 



We will Present Webster's Dictionary 

 <pocket edition), and send it by 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 

 tletermine their meaning. 



As tliere is Anotlier firm in Chicago by 

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

 correspondents would write ** American Bee 

 Journal " ou 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 Olfices 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, 

 4ind are in no way safe. 



System and Success, 



t2e~ All who intend to be systematic in 

 their work in the apiary, should get a cop j of 

 the Apiar.v Register and commence to use it, 

 the prices are reduced, as follows : 



For 50 colonies (120 pages) $] 00 



" 100 colonies ('220 pages) 125 



" 200 colonies (420 pages) 150 



The larger ones can be used for a few col- 

 onies, give room for an increase of numbers, 

 and still keep the record all together in one 

 book, and are therefore the most desirable. 



More Premiums — 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. 



Home Market for Honey. 



pg" To create Honey Markets in every 

 village, town and city, wide-awake honey 

 producers should get the Leaflets " Why Eat 

 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 away a copy of " Honey as Food 

 and Medicine " to every one whor buys a 

 package of honey, will sell lots of it. 



Simmius' 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 principles, 

 and is the only system that can ever be 

 relied upon, because no other condition 

 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. 



Yucca 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, 

 urtd 1 cent each for postage 



Wlien Renewing your subscription 

 please try to get your neighbor who keeps 

 bees to join with you in taking the Bee 

 JotTRNAL, It is now so cheap that no one 

 can a^ord 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 ivlll pay any one to 

 devote a few hours, to get subscribers. 



Dr. Miller's Book, " A Tear Among 

 the Bees," and the Bee Journal for one 

 year, we will club for $1.50, 



The 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. 



The 'Western World Gnide and Hand 

 Book of Useful Information, contains the- 

 greatest amount of useful information over 

 put together in such a cheap form. The 

 printing, paper, and binding are excellent, 

 and the book is well worth a dollar. To any 

 one sending us two new subscribers besides 

 his own, with $3,00, for one year, we will 

 present a copy of this valuable book. 



Do you 'Want a Farm Account Book ? 

 We have a few left, and make you a very 

 tempting offer. It contains 166 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. 



The Convention History of America 



with a full report of the proceedings of the 

 Detroit and Indianapolis conventions, and 

 the American Bee Journal for one year, 

 will be clubbed for $1,25, 



