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AMERICAN BEE JOURNAL. 



Xlic Convention Hand = Boob: 



is very convenient at Bee-Conventions. It 

 contains a simple Manual of Parliamentary 

 Law and Rules of Order for Local Bee- 

 Conventions; Constitution aad 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. 



AVlien 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 sells 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 express. 



Binders made especiaUy 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. 



2t Nice F»ock:et Dictionary will be 

 given as a premium for only one new- 

 subscriber to this Journal, with 11.00. It 

 is a splendid little Dictionary— just right for 

 the pocket. Price, 35 cents. 



I*lease 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. 



$300 CASH. 



The illustrated Home Journal 



will give $100 in Gold for the first correct 

 answer to the accompanving- Rebus, received 

 at this office: $10 each for the next 10; and 

 $5 each for the next 20. Each answer, to be 

 eligible to competition for the above prizes, 

 must be accompanied by 50 cents for a year's 

 subscription to the ILLUSTRATED HOME 

 JOURNAL. 



Everybody Has a Cbauce to Guess! 



The Illustrated Home Journal is an 

 elegant monthly for the Family and Fireside, 

 at 50 cents a year, devoted to Fashion, Music, 

 Household Topics, Decorative Art and Stories. 

 Sample copy free. 



Send 50 cents and j'our answer, before Sept. 

 1, 1891. We will register each answer, as 

 received, and award prizes on the above date, 

 publishing the names of the lucky contestants 

 in the September issue of the Home Journal, 



246 East Madison St.. Cliicago, 111. 



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. 



1^^ 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. 



Supply Dealers desiring to sell our 

 book, " Bees and Honey," should write 

 for terms. 



