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Joiiied the Silent iVIa.fority. — 



Mr. H. Clark, of Palmyra, Iowa, on June 

 7, 1888, writes as follows : 



The Lord has seen fit to call my daughter 

 to the Land of Rest. She was an interest- 

 ing worker among the bees. She had soft 

 blue eyes and long yellow hair, and was a 

 constant reader of the Bee Joi'uxal, and 

 spoke of it in her last hours. Tliese lines 

 were written by Mrs. Martha Thompson, of 

 Clarkson, Iowa, concerning our daughter 

 Emma : 



She sleepB within the cold, cold ground, 

 The dark, blue skies above her i 

 She was too fair and frail for earth, 

 None knew her but to love her. 



Her sweet, fair form has faded now. 

 Her cheeks have lost their roaes ; 

 Her gulletesB heart is free from sin. 

 In heaven sweet reposes. 



We stood beside her bed of death. 

 Bowed down were we by sorrow ; 

 We knew she would be lost to ua, 

 IJpon the coming morrow. 



From her fair lipa the cheerful smiles 

 Could not by death be driven. 

 And with hopes of future bliss. 

 She passed from earth to heaven. 



Hold your Breatb.— L. Hammer- 

 schmidt, Amana, Iowa, writes on June 8, 

 1888, as follows : 



In the Scientific American for June 3, 

 1888, 1 find this statement : " If you hold a 

 bee by the legs, between two fingers, and 

 let her sting act on the fleshy part of your 

 finger's point, as long as you hold your 

 breath, the sting will not penetrate the 

 skin." I have tried this, and found it to be 

 correct ; even more, I have put my hand 

 between two combs full of bees ; have 

 taken a hand-full of bees, and when I 

 sweep off the bees from a comb, as long as 

 I can hold my breath, they will not sting. 

 Will some others of the fraternity try this 

 and report ? 



[We republish tlie above letter, corrected 

 because in our last issue the word not was 

 introduced in the fourth line in the place of 

 Oct— spoiling the sense.— Ed.] 



Frank K>eslie's Sunday nag'a- 

 zine for July, which begins the twenty- 

 fourth volume, is a bright and entertaining 

 summer number, full, as usual, of interest- 

 ing reading and beautiful illustrations. 

 Among the profusely illustrated articles 

 are "Ancient Greeks in Modern Cyprus," 

 by A. L. Rawson ; " Sunday in the City of 

 the Czar," by Rev. Frederick Hastings. 

 These with other numerous articles,art pict- 

 ures, music and miscellany, make up a very 

 attractive number. 



Al-»Tays mention your Post-Office, 

 County and State when writing to this 

 office. No matter where you may happen 

 to be for the hour when actually writing— 

 never mention anything but your perma- 

 nent address. To do otherwise leads to 

 confusion, unless you desire your address 

 changed. In that case state the old as well' 

 as the new address. 



A Modern UEE.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 man. By S. 

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



ALFRED H. IVEn^IAN, 



BUSINESS MANAGER. 



iiTsmjess ^0tix:jes» 



It ITom EJTe near one post-office and 

 get your mall at another, be sure to give the 

 address that we Ijave on our list. 



Hilton's new pamphlet on Comb Honey 

 Production has been reduced in price to 5 

 cents. For sale at this office. 



If yon I>o8e 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. 



Flease to get yonr Neiglil>or, 



who keeps bees, to also take the Amekican 

 Bee Jouknax. It is now so cheap that 

 no one can afford to do without it. 



Freserre Yoiii- Papers for future 

 reference. If you have no miVl>EIt we 

 will mail you one for 60 cents; or you can 

 have one FREE, it you will send us 3 new 

 yearly subscriptions for the Bee Joubnai., 



Yucca Itriislies, 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. 



Please -wTite Avierican Bee Jowmal 

 on the envelope when writing to this office. 

 Several of our letters have already gone to 

 another firm (a commission house), causing 

 vexatious delay and trouble. 



Home Marliets for honey can be 

 made by judiciously distributing the 

 pamphlets, "Honey as Food and Medicine." 

 Such will create a demand in any locality at 

 remunerative prices. See list on the second 

 page of this paper. 



Apiary Rosister.— All who intend to 



be systematic in their work in the apiary, 



should get a copy of the Apiary Register and 



begin to use it. The prices are as follows : 



For SOcoloniea (120 pages) $1 00 



" 100 colonies (220 pag-es) 125 



" 200 colonieB (420 pa^es) 150 



Photograplis of Itee-Keepers. — 



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

 containing the faces of 131 representative 

 apiarists, and a printed sketch of each one, 

 will be sent with the Bee Journal 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 83.00. 



CL,IIBBII«C} LIST. 



■We Club the American Bee Jowmal 



for a year, with any of the following papers 



or books, at the prices quoted in the I.1ASX 



column. The regxilar price of both is given 



in the first column. One year's subscription 



for the American Bee Journal must be sent 



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 Apiculturlst 175.... 160 



Canadian Bee Journal 2 00... 180 



Canadian Honey Producer...! 40 130 



The 8 above-named papers 5 65 — 5 00 



and Cook's Manual 2 25. . . . 2 00 



Bees and Honey (Newman)... 2 00 175 



Binder tor Am. Bee Journal.. 1 60 1 50 



Dzlerzon'B Bee-Book (cloth) ... 3 00 ... . 2 00 



Roofs A B C of Bee-Culture. .2 25. . . . 2 10 



Farmer's Account Book 4 00. . . . 2 20 



Western World Guide 150 1 30 



Heddon's book, "Success,".. 150,. 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 1 50 1 25 



History of National Society..! 50.... 125 



The Contention. — 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 25 cents. Or bound up with the history 

 of the International Society, and a full re- 

 port of the Detroit and Indianapolis conven- 

 I tions, for 50 cents, postpaid. 



Cork for Winter Paclcine".— Its 



advantages are that it never becomes musty, 

 and it is odorless. Cushions can be made 

 of cloth and filled with the cork, for winter 

 packing. We can supply all orders now at 

 10 cents per pound. Or a seamless sack of 

 it, containing 15 pounds, for 81.00. 



W^e Supply Chapman Honey-Plant 

 SEEI> at the following prices : One 

 ounce, 40 cents ; 4 ounces, $1 ; K pound, 

 81.75 ; 1 pound, $3. One pound of seed is 

 sufficient for half an acre, if properly 

 thinned out and re-set. 



Red Isabels for Pails.— We have 

 three sizes of these Labels ranging in size 

 for pails to hold from one to ten pounds of 

 honey. Price, 81 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 : 



Size A. Size B. Size C. 



250 Labels $1.50 $2.00 $2 25 



500Labels 200 3.00 3,50 



1,000 Labels 3.00 4.00 5.00 



^ Samples mailed free, upon application. 



J. T. Wilson, of Nicholasville, Ky., 

 on June 4, 1888, writes thus : "My card in 

 the Amekican Bee JotTRNAx brings most 

 of my orders." 



