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THE AMERICAN BEE JOURNAL,. 



Issued every Wednesday by 



THOMAS G. NEWMAN & SON, 



PROPRIETORS. 



'SZSA. 925 WEST MADISON ST., CHICAGO, ILL. 

 At One Dollar a Year. 



ALFRED H. NEWMAN, 



Business Managbb. 



^p^jecial gtotites. 



To Correspondents. — It would save 

 UB much trouble, if aU would be particular 

 «i give their P. O. address and name, when 

 -writing to this office. We have several letters 

 <Bome inclosing money) that have no name; 

 many others having no PostrOfflce, County 

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

 office 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 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, 

 *nd are in no way safe. 



Preserve your Papers f©r 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 

 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 

 determine their meaning. 



One Dollar invested for the weelsly visits 

 of the American Bee Journal for a year, 

 will richly repay every apiarist in America. 



Home Market for Honey- 



t^~ To create Honey Marliets in every 

 village, town and city, wide-awake honey 

 producers should get the Leaiiets " 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, $3.50. Five hundred will be sent 

 postpaid lor $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. 



Red Labels for one-pound pails of 

 honey, size 3x4'/4 inches. — We have now 

 gotten up a lot of these Labels, and can 

 supply them at the following prices : 100 

 for $1.00 ; 250 for $1.50 ; 500 for $2.00 ; 1,000 

 for $.'<.00 ; all with name and address of 

 apiarist printed on them— by mail, postpaid. 



System and Success. 



tSP~ All who intend to be systematic in 

 their work in the apiary, should get a copy of 

 the Apiary Begister and commence to use it. 

 the prices are reduced, as follows : 



For 50 colonies (120 pages) $1 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. 



OUR CLUBBING LIST. 



The Production of Comb Honey, as 



practiced and advised by W. Z. Hutchinson, 

 can be obtained at this office, for 25 cts. 



1^~ Sample Copies of the Bee Jouhnai, 

 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. 



As there is Another Arm 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. 



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. 0^u6 

 The American Bee Journal 100.. 



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



Bee-Keepers'Magaalne 1 25 . . 1 25 



Bee-Keepers' Guide 150.. 140 



The Apiculturist 2 00.. 170 



Canadian Bee Journal 2 00. . 1 75 



Hays 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-Book (cloth) ... 3 00 . . 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. 



Do you IVant 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. 



Simmius' Non-Swarming 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. 



E. Dnhcan Sniffen, Advertising Agent, 

 3 Park Row, New York, inserts advertise- 

 ments in ail 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 



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, 

 add 1 cent each for postage 



AVhen Rene\ring your subscription 

 please try to get your neighbor who keeps 

 bees to .'oiu with you in taking the Bkb 

 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. 



By Using the Binder made expressly 

 for this Bee Journal, all can have them 

 bound and ready for examination every day 

 ill the year. We have reduced the price to 

 (>0 cents, postpaid. Subscription for one 

 year and the binder for $1.50. 



Dr. Miller's Book, "A Year Among 

 the Bees," and the Bee Journal for one 

 year, we will club for $1.50. 



