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THE AMERICAJSr BEE JOURNAL. 





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Issued every Wednesday by 



THOMAS G. NEWMAN & SON, 



PROPBIBTORS, 



923 A,925 WEST NIADISQNST.,CHICAGO ILL. 

 At One Dollar a If ear. 



ALFRED H. NEWMAN. 



BUSDTESS UANAQER. 



j:prjecial ||0tii:es. 



To Correspondents. — It would save 

 U8 much trouble, if all would be particular 

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

 writing to this office. We have several letters 

 (some inclosing money) that have no name ; 

 many others having no Post-Offlce, County 

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

 ofBoe and get your mail at another, be sure 

 to give the address we have on our list. 



As tbere Is Anotlier 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. 



We «rlll 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. 



Dloney 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 Labels for one-pound pails of 

 honey, size 3x4^ inches. — We nave now 

 gotten up a lot of these Labels, and can 

 supply them at the following prices : 100 

 for Sl.OO ; 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. 



TThen Renetvlng your subscription 

 please try to get your neighbor who keeps 

 bees to Join with you in taldng the Bek 

 JournaIj. It Is now »o 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 ivlll pay any one to 

 devote ew hours, to get subscribers. 



A Valuable Book Given Away.— We 



have made arrangements by which we can 

 supply the American Bee Journal and 

 the New York World— both weekly— for one 

 year, for $2.10, and present the subscriber 

 with one' or tliese books, bound in Leath- 

 erette Free Calf : 



History op 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 ; if 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. 



Sweet Clover, (Melilotus alba), furnishes 

 the most reliable crop of honey from July 

 until frost, and at the same time it furnishes 

 the most delicious honey, liffht in color, and 

 thick in body. It may be sown in waste 

 places, fence corners, or on the roadside. 

 Sow two years running, on the same land, 

 and the honey crop will be without inter- 

 mission. Money invested in Sweet Clover 

 Seed will prove a good investment. The 

 Seed may be obtained at this ofiBce at the 

 following prices: $6.00 per bushel (60 lbs.); 

 $1.75 per peck, or 20 cents per pound. 



Slmmins' Non-Stvarmlng System.— 



We have received another shipment of these 

 books, and have made such favorable terms, 

 that we will now club them with the Bek 

 JouBNAL for one year, both postpaid, for 

 $1.35. We can supply all orders by return 

 mail. The subscription to the Bee Jour- 

 nal can be for next year, this year, or may 

 begin anew at any time. 



Enameled 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 ; ff ordered by mail, send 15 

 cents per yard extra for postage. 



Preserve yonr Papers fer reference. 

 If you have no BINDER we will mall 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. 



1^~ Sample Copies of the Bee Journal 

 will be sent tree 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. 



Yucca Bmslies are employed for re- 

 moving bees from the combs. They are a 

 soft, vegetable fiber, and do not irritate the 

 bees. We can supply them at 5 cents 

 each, or 50 cents a dozen ; if sent; by mail, 

 add 1 cent each for postage. 



OUR CLUBBING LIST. 



We supply the American Bee Jonrnal 



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 1 25 . . 1 20 



Bee-Keepers' Guide 150.. 140 



The Apiculturist 2 00.. 1 75 



Canadian Bee Journal 2 00.. 175 



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.. 175 

 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 



Western World Guide 150.. 130 



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



A Year Among the Bees 175.. 150 



Convention Hand-Book 1 50., 1 30 



Weekly InterOcean 2 00. . 1 75 



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 Snccesi. 



SF" All who intend to be syslematio 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 (120 pages) $1 00 



" 100 colonies (220 pages) , 1 25 



" 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. 



Home Market for Honey. 



tS^ To create Honey Markets in every 

 village, town and city, wide-awake honey 

 producers should get the Leafiets "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 $16,00. 

 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. 



We have a few Sets of the Bee Jour- 

 nal for the present year, and can fill orders 

 until further notice, for all the numbers 

 from the first of last January. New sub- 

 scribers desiring these back numbers, will 

 please to state it plainly, or they will not 

 be sent. 



We have a large quantity of CHOICB 

 WHITE EXTRACTED HONEV, in kegs 

 holding from 200 lbs. to 225 lbs. each, which 

 we will deliver on board the cars at 10 cent* 

 per lb. Orders solicited. 



