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THE AMERICAJSf BEE JOURNAL. 



Sowing Motherwort Seed, etc.— 

 B. F. Barb, Joetta,<i Ills., on Sept. 

 25, 1887, writes : 



1 bought 2 colonies of Italian bees 

 last spring, and have had 1 swarm 

 from the 2 colonies. I traded for 2 

 black colonies, which I have had to 

 feed for two months to keep them 

 from starving. My young Italian 

 colony stored enough honey to keep 

 them ; the one that did not swarm 



fathered about 20 pounds of surplus 

 oney. It has been very dry here this 

 summer, but it has rained all day to- 

 day. I have gathered a lot of mother- 

 wort seed this fall, and would like to 

 know when it should be sowed. 



[S(iw motherwort seed in the spring 

 In beds or drills, and transplant ; or 

 sow broadcast where it is to remain 

 permanently. Any barren or waste 

 places may be profitably utilized by 

 it.— Ed.] 



The Common Black Bees. — John 



Boerstler, Vashon,*o Wash. Ter., on 

 Sept. 16, 1887, writes : 



I send you a sample of some bees 

 that I have. They are the best honey- 

 gatherers that I have ever seen. They 

 are larger than the black bees. Please 

 give their name in the American 

 Bee Journal. 



[These are only the common black 

 bees, so far as I can see.— A. J.Cook.] 



Misfortunes Multiplied.— Rev. A. 

 McKnight, Texarkana, ? Ark., on 

 Sept. 24, 1887, writes : 



I have had a sad loss by fire ; have 

 lost all of my buildings (seven in all), 

 with the greater part of surplus stuff ; 

 and just on the heels of that, I lost all 

 of my hogs by pneumonia, or some- 

 thing else, and then we had the 

 dreadful drouth, so that we are likely 

 to lose most of our bees. On Aug. 10 

 I had 76 good, average colonies, but 

 they are going rapidly, and I am put 

 to my wits' ends in getting buildings 

 ready for winter, so that I cannot af- 

 ford to bother with the bees. There 

 are certain districts in this part of the 

 South that bees did reasonably well, 

 but the loss is destined to be very 

 heavy. I had no insurance on my 

 property. 1 had been building and 

 refitting, and wanted to get all com- 

 plete before I had it insured. I send 

 special regards to the Bee Journal 

 and its able and efhcient editor. 



[Was it not too risky, not to insure 

 in time y— Ed.] 



Convention Notices. 



tV' The Pan Hantile Bee- Keepers' AsBOCiation 

 •will hold its next meeting in the K. of P. Hall, No. 

 1138 Main St., Wheeling. W. Va.. on Oct. •.'« and 27, 

 1887. All bee-keeperB are cordially invited. 



W. li. KIN8E7, Sec. 



Ilf" The Kentucky State Bee-Keepera' Society 

 jneets in Falmouth. Pendleton Co., Ky., on Oct. iH, 

 1887. This is expected to be a very Interesting 

 jneeting, and a large attendance is expected. 



J. T. CONNLEY, See. 



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ALFRED H. NEWMAN. 



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special glotitts. 



To Correspondents. — It would save 

 as much trouble, if all would be particular 

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

 vvritingto this office. We have several letters 

 aome inclosing money) that have no name; 

 inany others having no PostrOtlice, County 

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

 offloe and get your mail at another, be sure 

 to give the address we have on our list. 



As tbere is Anotlier Srm in Chicago by 

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

 correspondents would write " American Bee 

 Journal " on the envelope when writing to 

 this ofBce. Several letters of ours have 

 already gone to the other firm (a commission 

 house), causing vexatious delay and trouble. 



"We ^rtll Present Webster's Dictionary 

 (pocket editiou), 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. 



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. 



Red Isabels for one-pound pails of 

 aoney, size 3x4^4 inches. — We nave now 

 gotten up a lot of these Labels, and can 

 supply them at the following prices : 100 

 tor tl.OO ; 250 for $1.50 ; 500 for 12.00 ; 1,000 

 tor $^.00 ; all with name and address of 

 apiarist printed on them — by mEiil, postpaid. 



mien Renewing your subscription 

 please try to get your neighbor who keeps 

 bees to join with you in taking the Bee 

 JOUBNAI,. It is now so cheap that no one 

 can attord to do without it. We will present 

 a Binder for the Bee Joubnax, 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. 



A Valnable Book ClTen A»ray.— We 



have made arrangements by which we can 

 supply the American Bee Journal and 

 the New York World— hotb weekly— for one 

 year, for $2.10, and present the subscriber 

 with one of tliese boolis, bound in Leath- 

 erette Free Calf : 



History of the United States- from 

 432 to 1887.-320 pages.- Price, $2 00. 



History of England— from before the 

 Christian era to 1887 —Price, $2.00. 



Everybody's Book— a treasury of useful 

 knowledge.— 410 pages.— Price, $2.00. 



The extra 10 cents is for postage on the 

 book, which must be selected by the sub- 

 scriber at the time of sending the subscrip- 

 tion, and cannot be afterwards exchanged. 



The book selected will be mailed in a card- 

 board case, at the subscriber's risk ; it lost 

 it cannot be replaced. Be sure to write your 

 name, post-office, county and State plainly, 

 and then the risk of loss is very small. The 

 subscriptions can commence at any time. 



Remember, the amount is $2.10 for both 

 papers, and the Book and postage. 



Sw^eet Clover, (Melilotus alba), furnishes 

 the most reliable ciop of honey from July 

 until frost, and at the same time it furnishes 

 the most delicious honey, liRht in color, and 

 thick in body. It may be sown in wast© 

 places, fence cornors, or on the roadside. 

 Sow two years running, on, the same land, 

 and the honey crop will be without int«i> 

 mission. Money invested In Sweet Clover 

 Seed will prove a good investment. The 

 Seed may be obtained at this office at the 

 following prices: $0.00 per bushel (60 lbs.); 

 $1.75 per peck, or 20 cents per pound. 



Simmlns' Non-Sivarming System.— 



We have received another shipment of these 

 books, and have made such favorable terms, 

 that we will now club them with the Bkb 

 Journal for one year, both postpaid, for 

 $1.25. We can supply all orders by return 

 mail. The subscription to the Bee Jour- 

 nal can be for ne.tt year, this year, or may 

 begin anew at any time. 



E^nameled Clotli for covering frames, 

 price per yard, 45 inches wide, 20 cents ; if a 

 whole piece of 12 yards is taken, $2.25 ; 10 

 pieces, $20.00 ; if ordered by mail, send 15 

 cents per yard extra for postage. 



Preserve yonr Papers fsr reference. 

 If you have no BINDER we will mail you 

 one for 60 cents, or you can have one frbb 

 If you will send us 3 new yearly subscrip- 

 tions for the Bee Journal. 



1^~ Sample Copies of the Bee Journai, 



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 oSSoe 

 or we will send them all to the agent. 



Yucca Bruslies are employed for re- 

 moving bees from the combs. They are ft 

 soft, vegetable fiber, and do not Irritate the 

 bees. We can supply them at 5 cents 

 each, or 50 cents a dozen ; if sentj by mall, 

 add 1 cent each for postage. 



