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THE AMERICA2J BEE JOURNAL. 



Issued every Wednesday by 



THOMAS 0. NEWMAN & SON, 



PBOPBIXTOK8, 



928^925 WESTMADISONST.,CHICABO III. 

 At One BoUar a ITear. 



ALFBED H. NEWMAN, 



BUSmilBS MANAOER. 



^ptciul '^oiitts. 



To Correspondents. — It would Bare 

 us much trouble. If all would be particular 

 toglve their P.O. address and name, when 

 writing to this office. We receive letters 

 (some Inclosing money) that have no name; 

 many others having no PostrOflBce, County 

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

 offloe and get your mall at another, be sure 

 to give the address we have on our list. 



A Valuable Book Given Airar>— We 



have made arrangements by which we can 

 supply the Amerioab Beb Journal and 

 the New York ITorld— both weekly— for one 

 year, for $2.10, and present the subscriber 

 with one or these books, bound in Leath- 

 erette Free Calf : 



HlSTOKV OF THB UNITED STATES— frOm 



432 to 1887.— 320 pages.— Price, $2.00. 



History or Enqi/And— from before the 

 Christian era to 1887.— Price, $2.00. 



KvERTBODY'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. 



Home Market for Honey. 



Bf To create Honey Markets in every 

 village, town and city, wide-awake honey 

 producers should get the Leaflets " Why Eat 

 Honey" (only 50 oent« 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, S cts. ; per doz., 40 ots. ; per 

 hundred, $2.S0. Five hundred will be sent 



Sostpald for $10.00; or 1,000 for $15,00. 

 n 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 s^ve aivay a copy of " Honey as Food 

 and Medicine" to every one who buys a 

 package of honey, will sell lots of It. 



As there Is Another 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. 



Wc -nrlll 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. 



I^F 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 win send them all to the agent. 



Snreet Clover, (Afelilottu alba), furnishes 

 the most reliable crop of honey from July 

 until frost, and at the same time It furnishes 

 the most delicious honey, Ught in color, and 

 thick In body. It may be sown In waste 

 places, fence corners, or on the roadside, 

 at any time of the year. 



Sow two years running, on the same land, 

 and the honey crop will be without inter- 

 mission. Money invested In Sweet Clover 

 Seed win prove a good Investment. The 

 Seed may be obtained at this office at the 

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

 $1.75 per peck, or 20 cents per pound. 



Enameled Cloth for covering frames, 

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

 whole piece of 12 yards is taken, $2.26 ; 10 

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

 cents per yard extra for postage. 



Syitem and Sncceii. 



Bf* All who Intend to be systematlo 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) 126 



" 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. 



Preserve yonr Papers fqr reference. 

 If you have no BINDER we will mall you 

 one for 60 cents, or you can have one mn 

 If you will send us 3 new yearly subscrip- 

 tions for the Bee Journal. 



money Orders can now be obtained at 

 the Poet 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 

 •re payable to any one who presents them, 

 and are In no way safe. 



Slmmlns' Non-Swarmlng System.— 



We have received another shipment of these 

 books, and have made such favorable terms, 

 that we will now club them with the Bei 

 Journal for one year, both postpaid, for 

 $1 .25. We can supply all orders by retorn 

 mall. The subscription to the Beb JouR- 

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

 begin anffv at any time. 



We have a large quantity of CHOICE 

 WHITE EXTRACTED HONET, in kegs 

 holding from 200 lbs. to 226 lbs. each, which 

 we win deliver on board the cars at 10 cents 

 per lb. Orders solicited. 



Yucca Brushes 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 mall, 

 odd 1 cent each for postage. 



Don't do It I— Notwithstanding our many 

 cautions, some persons still persists in send- 

 ing silver In letters. In nine oases out of 

 ten it win break the envelope and be either 

 lost or stolen. Cases come to light nearly 

 every day, showing that silver sent in 

 letters stops somewhere on the way. It Is 

 an Invitation to the thief— a regular temp- 

 tation ! If you wish to safely send money, 

 get a Post-Offlce Money Order, Express 

 Order, or Bank Draft on Chicago or New 

 York. When money Is sent In either of the 

 above-named ways. It Is at our risk. In any 

 other manner. It Is at the risk of the sender. 



fVe pay 20 cents per pound, delivered 

 here, for good Yellow Beeswax. To avoid 

 mistakes, the shipper's name should always 

 be on each package. 



Convention Noticet. 



V^ The Ontario Bee-Keepers' Association will 

 kold Its annnal meeting at Woodstook, Ontana, on 

 Tuesday and Wednesday, Jan. 10 and 11, 1888. 



W. COUSI, St€. 



tr The next meeting of tbe Nebraska State 

 Bee-Keepers' Assooiation wilt be held on Jan. 11, 

 1888, at Dlnooto, Nebr. 



HENRT PATTERSON, S»C. 



We are sometimes asked who our 



authorized agents are. Every subscriber Is 

 such an agent ; we have no others, and we 

 greatly desire that each ore would at least 

 send In the name of one new subscriber 

 with his own renewal for 1888. The next 

 few weeks Is the time to do this. We hope 

 every subscriber will do his or her best to 

 double our list of subscribers. 



ly The Southeastern Michigan Bee-keepers' 

 AssoclatloD will hold Its annnal meeting In the 

 SuperviBor'B room in tbe Court House at Adrian. 

 Mich., on Deo. 15, 1887. A. M. GANDER, Stc. 



V The Susquehanna County Bee-Keepers' As- 

 sociation will meet at New MfLford, Fa., on Jan. 

 7, 1S88. Sublwrw for discussion : "The Best Way 

 to Prevent Swarming," and " Is It Advisable t*, 

 ItallanlieColonles?" All bee-ieepers are cordially 

 Invited. H. H. 8EILST, Sm. 



VF The next annual meeting of tbe Michigan 

 State Bee-Keepera' Association will be held at 

 East Saginaw, MlCh.. In tbe City Council room, on 

 Dec. 7 and 8, 1887. Tbe head-quarters will be at 

 the Sherman House, where we hare secured re- 

 duced rates, at tl.Kd per day. 



H. D. CUTTlKa, SfC 



