AMERICAN BEE JOURNAL. 



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Xhc Convention Hand = Book; 



is very convenient at Bee-Conventions. It 

 contains a simple Manual of Parliamentary- 

 Law and Rules of Order for Local Bee- 

 Conventions; Constitution and By Laws 

 for a Local Society ; Programme for a Con- 

 vention, with Subjects for Discussion. In 

 addition to this, there are about 50 blank 

 pages, to make notes upon, or to write' out 

 questions, as they may come to mind. 

 They are nicely bound in cloth, and are of 

 the right size for the pocket. We will 

 present a copy for one new subscription to 

 the Bee Journal (with $1.00 to pay for the 

 same), or 2 subscribers to the Home Journal 

 may be sent instead of one for the Bee 

 Journal. 



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"Wtien talking about Bees to your 

 friend or neighbor, you will oblige us by 

 commending the Bee Journal to him, and 

 taking his subscription to send with your 

 renewal. For this work we will present you 

 with a copy of the Convention Hand-Book, 

 by mail, postpaid. It seUs at 50 cents. 



Calvert's No. 1 Phenol, mentioned in 

 Cheshire's Pamphlet on pages 16 and 17, as 

 a cure for foul-brood, can be procured at 

 this office at 25 cents per ounce, by exDress. 



Binders made especially for the Bee 

 Journal for 1891 are now ready for 

 delivery, at 50 cents each, including post- 

 age. Be sure to use a Binder to keep your 

 numbers of 1890 for reference. Binders 

 for 1890 only cost 60 cents, and it will 

 pay you to use them, if you do not get the 

 volumes otherwise bound. 



Red Isabels are quite attractive for 

 Pails which hold from 1 to 10 lbs. of honey. 

 Price, $1.00 per hundred, with name and 

 address printed. Sample free. 



R INice F»ock:et Dictionary will be 

 given as a premium for only one new 

 subscriber to this Journal, with $1.00. It 

 is a splendid little Dictionary — just right for 

 the pocket. Price, 25 ceiit!$. 



Please send us the names of your 

 neighbors who keep bees, and we will send 

 them sample copies of the Bee Journal. 

 Then please call upon them and get them to 

 subscribe with you. 



Very Well Pleased. — The Sewing 

 Machine and Scales are received in good 

 order, and I am well pleased with them. 

 They do good work. The sewing ma- 

 chine is ornamental as well as useful. 

 The scales are very handy for family 

 use.— G. Ruff, Burlington, Iowa. 



We Club the American Bee Journal 

 and the Illustrated Home Journal, one 

 year for $1.35. Both of these and 

 Gleanings in Bee Culture, for one year, 

 for $2. 15. 



The Union or Family Scale has 



been received, and I am much pleased 



with it. W. H. Kimball. 

 Davenport, Iowa. 



The Bee-Keepers' Directory, by Henry 

 Alley, Wenham, Mass. It contains his 

 method for rearing queens in full colo- 

 nies, while a fertile queen has possession 

 of the combs. Price by mail, 50 cents. 



We send both the Home 

 Journal and Bee Journal 

 for one year, for $1.35. 



Bee=K:eeping for Profit, by Dr. 



G. L. Tinker, is a new 50-page pamphlet, 

 which details fully the author's new system 

 of bee-management in producing comb and 

 extracted-honey, and the construction of 

 the hive best adapted to it — his "Nonpareil." 

 The book can be had at this office for 25c. 



Clubs of 5 New Subscriptions for $4. 00, 

 to any addresses. Ten for $7.50. 



Contention IVotices. 



B^" The Rock River Bee-Keepers' Association 

 will meet at Sterling, Ills., on Thursday, Aug. 6, 1891. 

 J. M. BURTCH, Sec, Morrison, Ills. 



t3^The ninth annual meeting of the Susquehanna 

 County, Bee-Keepers' Associatipn will be held on 

 Thursday, Sept. 3, at South Montrose, Pa. 



H. M. Seeley, Sec. Harford, Pa. 



