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Clipping' a. Queen's 'Wing;. — E. 



J arvis, Fair Grove, Mich., on Feb. 3, 1888, 

 asks tlie following questions : 



1. Does a queen's wing grow out again 

 after being clipped ? 2. Does the clipped 

 queen ever go out with a swarm ? 3. If they 

 get together, is it always on the ground, or 

 down where she can crawl ? 4. Does the 

 swarm ever go out of sight of the hive ? 5. 

 Will the bees swarm before rearing a new 

 queen ? 



[1. No. 



2. She attempts to, but the loss of her 

 wing prevents her flying with the bees. 



3. Yes. 



4. Yes. When they find that the queeu is 

 not with them, they usually return ; but 

 sometimes they have another queen, or 

 unite with another swarm. 



5. They will attempt it and fail, unless 

 they unite with another swarm, or follow 

 another young queen on her bridal trip. — 

 Ed.] 



Bees Flying — Favorable Win- 

 ter.— D. F. Park, Athens, Pa., on Feb. 14, 



1888, says : 



Today the bees have had their first flght 

 since Dec. 4, 1887. I have 85 colonies on the 

 summer stands, and all were out but one, 

 which had succumbed. I had introduced a 

 " dollar queen " last season, and she proved 

 worthless, not rearing bees enougli to make 

 a decent cluster. The winter has been 

 favorable, the mercury having gone below 

 zero but three times. Five, 10 and 16 de- 

 grees below zero has been the coldest, with 

 very little snow. 



CLUBBF^C} L,ISX. 



W^e Clnb the American Bee Jov/mal 

 for a year, with any of the following papers 

 or books, at the prices quoted in the I^ASX 

 column. The regular price of both is given 

 in the first column. One year's subscription 

 for the American Bee Journal must be seut 

 •with each order for another paper or book: 



Price of both. Club 

 The American Bee Journal 1 00. . . 



and Gleanings in Bee-Culture 2 00 1 75 



Bee-Keepers'Magazine 1 50 1 40 



Bee-Keepers' Guide 150.... 140 



Bee-Keepers' Review 150 140 



The Apiculturist 2 00 1 80 



Canadian Bee Journal 2 00. . . . 1 80 



Canadian Honey Producer. .1 40 130 



The 8 above-named papers.. ......5 90 5 00 



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 

 Koot's A B C of Bee-Culture. .2 25. . . . 2 10 



Farmer's Account Book 4 00 2 20 



Western World Guide 1 50. . . . 1 30 



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



A Year Among the Bees 1 75 1 50 



Convention Hand-Book 1 50 1 30 



Weekly Inter-Ocean 2 00.... 1 75 



Iowa Homestead 2 00... 190 



How to Propagate Fruit 150 125 



History of National Society . . 1 50 1 25 



AI.FREU H. NEWTJ£A]\, 



BUSINESS MANAGER. 



coi^VErwTio;\ notices. 



tW The Cortland Union Bee-Keepers' Association 

 will hold its spring meeting on May 8. 18S8, at Cort- 

 land, N. T., at 10 a.m. All bee-keepers are mvlted. 

 W. H. Beach, Sec. 



ty The De» Moines County Bee-Keepers' Associ- 

 ation will hold its next meeting on April 24, 1888, at 

 Burlington, Iowa. JOHN NA0, Sec 



If YoM lAve near one post-office and 

 get your mail at another, be sure to give the 

 address that we have on our list. 



Hilton's new pamphlet on Comb Honey 

 Production has been reduced in price to 5 

 cents. For sale at this office. 



'Xeyr Stibscribers can obtain the full 

 numbers for 18S7 and 1888, for SI .75. while 

 there are any sets of 1887 left. 



Bees^vax.— We will pay 30 cents per 



pound, delivered here, for Yellow Beeswax. 

 To avoid mistakes, the name of the shipper 

 should always be on each package. 



Pi'cserve Voiir Papers for future 

 reference. If you have no Bi;\I>EK we 

 will mail you one for 60 cents ; or you can 

 have one FREE, if j'ouwill send us 3 new 

 yearly subscriptions for the Bee Jouk Jf ai„ 



Please -wTite American Bee Journal 

 on the envelope when writmg to this office. 

 Several of oitr letters have already gone to 

 another firm (a commission house), causing 

 vexatious delay and trouble. 



Money Orders for $5.00 and under, 

 cost 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. 



Clover Seetls.— We are selling Alsike 

 Clover Seed at the following prices : $8.00 

 per busliel; $3.25 per peck ; 25 cents per lb. 

 White Clover Seed : $10.00 per bushel; $3.75 

 per peck ; 30 cents per lb. Sweet, orMeUlot, 

 Clover Seed: $(5.00 per bushel ; $1.75 per 

 peck: 30 cents per lb.— by express or freight. 



Photogrraplis ot Bee-Keepers. — 



The " medley " gotten up by E. O. Tuttle, 

 containing the faces of 131 representative 

 apiarists, and a printed sketeli of each one, 

 will be sent with the Bee Joubnal for one 

 year for $1.75 ; or we will present It free, by 

 mail, to any one, for a club of three subscri- 

 bers and $3.00. 



Xlie Convention. — The pamphlet 

 containing the report of the proceedings of 

 the Union Convention in Chicago, is now 

 published, and can be obtained at this office 

 for 35 cents. Or bound up with the history 

 of the International Society, and a full re- 

 port of the Detroit and Indianapolis conven- 

 tions, for 50 cents, postpaid. 



It is Extravagant Economy not 



to have hives, sections, comb foundation, 

 etc., on hand when needed. To prevent 

 disappointment, order early what you will 

 need ii^ that line. Then the hives can be 

 nailed and painted in odd times, and the 

 sections put together, so as to be ready at a 

 minute's notice. It is a sad disappointment 

 to need these things and then not have 

 them on hand. They should be ordered 

 very soon. We are promised an early 

 spring, and a good honey crop. 



Give a Copy of " Honey as Food and 

 Medicine " to every one who buys a package 

 of honey. It will sell lots of it. 



I>ook Over last year's numbers ot the 

 Bee Joubnal, and if any are missing, 

 send for them at once, as we have but few 

 left now, and they are daily becoming less. 



A Pocket Dictionary will be pre- 

 sented for two subscribers with $3.00. It is 

 always useful to have a dictionary at hand 

 to decide as to the spelling of words, and to 

 determine their meaning. 



Yucca Bnislies, for removing bees 

 from the combs, are a soft, vegetable fiber, 

 and do not irritate the bees. We supply 

 them at 5 cents each, or 50 cents a dozen ; if 

 sent by mail, add 1 cent each for postage. 



W^e Supply Chapman Honey-Plant 



SEE1> at the following prices : One 

 ounce, 40 cents ; 4 ounces, $1 ; }{ pound, 

 $1.75 ; 1 pound, $3. One pound of seed is 

 sufficient for half an acre, if properly 

 thinned out and re-set. 



We Club the Amebican Bee Joubnai, 

 and the " Bee-Keepers' Magazine " for one 

 year for $1.40 ; or with " Gleanings in Bee- 

 Culture" for $1.75 ; or with the "Apicul- 

 turist " for $1.80 ; or the " Canadian Honey- 

 Producer " for $1.30 ; with the Bee-Keepers' 

 Review, $1.40 ; or all six for $4.00, 



Red Eabels for Pails.— We have 

 three sizes of these Labels ranging in size 

 foj' pails to hold from one to ten pounds of 

 honey. Price, $1 for a hundred, with the 

 name and address of the bee-keeper printed 

 on them. Smaller quantities at one cent 

 each ; but we cannot print the name and 

 address on less than 100. Larger quantities 

 according to size, as follows : 



Sixe A. Size B. Size C. 



2.50 Labels $1.50 $2.00 $2.25 



500Label8 2 00 3.00 3.50 



1,000 Labels 3.00 4.00 5.00 



j(S- Samples mailed free, upon application. 



Please to get your Neigbbor, 



who keeps bees, to also take the Ajierican 

 Bee Joubnal. It is now so cheap that 

 no one can afford to do without it. 

 A Modern Bee-Farm, and its 



Economic Management ; showing how bees 

 may be cultivated as a means of livelihood ; 

 as a health-giving pursuit ; and as a source 

 of recreation to the busy map. By S. 

 Simmins. For sale at this office. Price, $1. 



If you Eose Money by carelessly en- 

 closing it in a letter, it is without excuse, 

 when a Money Order, which is perfectly 

 safe, costs but 5 cents. 



