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THE AMERICAN BEE JOURNAL. 



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Issued every Wednesday by 



THOMAS G. NEWMAN & SON, 



PROPRIETORS. 



923 A,925 WEST MADISON ST., CHICAGO.ILl. 

 At One Dollar a Year. 



ALFRED H. NEWMAN. 



Business Manaoer. 



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To Correspondents. — It would save 

 us much trouble, if all wouid be particular 

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

 writingto this office. We nave several letters 

 (some inclosing money) that have no name; 

 many others having no Post-Olfloe, County 

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

 oflBce and get your mail at another, be sure 

 to give the address we have on our list. 



Money Orders can now be obtained at 

 the Post OBBces 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. 



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 JonRNAi. 



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. 



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 

 <letermine their meaning. 



One Dollar invested for the weekly visits 

 of the American Bee Journal for 1887, 

 will richly repay every apiarist In America. 



Continuous Advertising brings much 

 larger returns, in proportion to the outlay, 

 than periodic or spasmodic advertising. 

 Keep this point before the people. 



OUR CLUBBING LIST. 



We supply the American Bee Journal 



one year, and any of the follovring 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 100.. 



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



Bee-Keepers'Miigazine 125.. 125 



Bee-Keepers' Guide 150.. 140 



Tbe Apiculturist 2 00,. 1 70 



Canadian Bee Journal 2 00,. 1 75 



Rays of Light 1.50,. 1 35 



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-nook(cloth),,,300,. 2 00 

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



Farmer's Account Book 4 00 . , 2 00 



Guide and Hand-Book 1 50,. 1 .30 



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

 A Year Among the Bees 1 75, . 1 50 



One yearly subscription for the American 

 Bee Journal must be ordered with each 

 paper or book, in order to take advantage 

 of the prices named in the last column. 



System and Success. 



t3^ All who intend to be systematic in 

 their work in the apiary, should get a copy of 

 the Apiary Register and commence to use it. 

 the prices are reduced, as follows : 



For 50 colonies (1'20 pages) $) 00 



" 100 colonies (220 pages) 125 



" 200 colonies (420 pages) 1 50 



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., ofl'ers 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. 



Red Iiabels for one-pound pails of 

 honey, size 3x4H inches. — We have just 

 gotten up a lot of these Labels, and can 

 supply them at the following prices : 100 

 for $1.00 ; 2,50 for$l,.50 ; .500 for $2.00 ; 1,000 

 for $3.00 ; all with uame and address of 

 apiarist printed on them— by mail, postpaid. 



By Using tlie Binder made expressly 

 for this Bee Journal, all can have them 

 bound and ready for examination every day 

 in the year. We have reduced the price to 

 60 cents, postpaid. Subscription for one 

 year and the binder for $1.50. 



eS" Sample Copies of the Bee Journal 

 will be sent free upon application. Any one 

 intending to get up a club can have sample 

 copies sent to the persons they desire to in- 

 terview, by sending the names to this office, 

 or we will send them all to the agent. 



Home Market for Honey- 



t3^ 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 who buys a 

 package of honey, will sell lots of it. 



Yucca Brushes are employed for re- 

 moving bees from the combs. TTiey 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, 

 iirtd 1 cent each for postage 



"When Renewing your subscription 

 please try to get your neighbor who keeps 

 bees to join with you in taking the Bee 

 Journal. It is now so cheap 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 will pay any one to 

 devote a few hours, to get subscribers. 



Dr. Miller's Book, " A Year Among 

 the Bees," and the Bee Journal for one 

 year, we will club for $1.50. 



The IVestern IVorld Guide 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 1(36 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. 



Tbe 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. 



