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BUSINESS MANAGER. 



lusiitjess %otitts. 



U Yoli liii-e near one post office and 

 get your mail at anotlier, be sure to give the 

 address that we have on our list. 



<xif e a Copy of " Honey as Food and 

 Medicine " to every one who buys a package 

 of honey. It will sell lots of it. 



If you L.ose 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. 



Pure Plienol tor Foul Brood.— 



Calvert's No. 1 phenol, mentioned in Che- 

 shire's pamphlet on pages 10 and 17, can be 

 procured at this office at 35 cents per ounce. 

 Not being mailable, it must go by express. 



Preserre Your Papers for future 

 reference. If you have no BINUEIl we 

 will mail you one for 60 cents ; or you can 

 have one FREE, if you will send us 3 new 

 yearly subscriptions for the Bee Journai,. 



ITncca Bnishes, 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 -wrfle America/n Bee Jov/mal 

 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. 



A Home Market 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 Register.— 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 50 colonies (120 pages) $] 00 



" 100 colonies (220 pages) 125 



" 200 colonies (420 pages) 150 



Photographs of Bee-Ueepers.— 



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

 containing the faces of 120 representative 

 apiarists, and a printed sketch of each one, 

 vvill be sent with the Bee Joubnai, for one 

 year for 81.75; or we will present it free, by 

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

 bers and $3.00. 



CLlTBBINCi LIST. 



^Ve Club the American Bee Journal 

 for a year, with any of the following papers 

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

 column. The regiUar 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 GO... 



and Gleanings in Bee-Culture 3 00 1 75 



Bee-Keepers'Magazine 150 1 40 



Bee-Keepers' Guide 1.50 140 



Bee-Keepers' Review 150 140 



The Apioulturist 1 75 1 65 



Canadian Bee Journal 2 00. . . . 1 80 



Canadian Honey Producer. ..1 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 for Am. Bee Journal.. 1 60 1 50 



Dzierzon's Bee-Book (cloth).. .3 00.. .. 2 00 

 Boot's 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 



How to Propagate Fruit 1 50 1 25 



History of National Society. . 1 50. . . . 1 25 



International Bee-Convention. 



—The Pamphlet Report of the Columbus, 

 Ohio, Convention is now issued, and copies 

 have been sent to each member, as well as 

 to the Colleges, Agricultural and Horticul- 

 tural Societies and periodicals devoted to 

 the industry. Copies can be obtained at 

 this office, by mail, postpaid, for 35 cents. 

 This pamphlet contains the new bee-songs 

 and words, as well as a portrait of the 

 President. Bound up with the history of 

 the International Society, and a full report 

 of the Detroit, Indianapolis and Chicago 

 conventions, for 50 cents, postpaid. 



Paper Boxes— to hold a section of 

 honey for retail dealers. We have two sizes 

 on hand to carry sections 4Kx4^ and 5.'^x5J^. 

 Price, Sl.OO per 100, or $8.50 per 1,000. 



Xhe Date on the wrapper label of 

 your paper indicates the end of the month 

 to which you have paid. If that is past, 

 please send us a dollar to carry the date 

 another year ahead. 



Honey.— We have for sale a quantity of 

 Extracted Honey in kegs holding about 330 

 pounds each, which we are selling, free on 

 board the cars, at 8 cents per pound for 

 Amber and » cents per pound tor White. 



I^ew Subscribers can obtain the full 

 numbers for 1SS8 and 1889 for $1.80, if appli- 

 cation be made at once, before all the sets 

 of 1888 are gone. 



In or«ler to pay you for getting new 

 subscribers to send with your renewal, we 

 make you thi.s offer. For each yearly .sub- 

 scriber, with $1.00, you may order 25 cents 

 worth of any books or supplies that we have 

 for sale— as a premium. 



We Supply Chapman Honey-Plant 

 SEEI> at the following prices : One 

 ounce, 40 cents ; 4 ounces, 81 ; }4 pound, 

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

 sufficient lor half an acre, if properly 

 thinned out and re-set. 



Please to get your IVeiglibor, 



who keeps bees, to also take the Amekican 

 Bee Jouknal. It is now so cheap that 

 no one can afford to do without it. 



We ^vill Present a Pocket Dictionary 

 for two subscribers with $3.00. It is always 

 useful to have a dictionary at hand to decide 

 the spelling of words, and their meaning. 



I>r. Miller's Book, "A Year Among 

 the Bees," and the American Bee Jour- 

 nal for one year— we send both for $1.50. 



Red Isabels lor Pails.— We have 

 three sizes of these Labels ranging in size 

 for 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 aud 

 address on less than 100. Larger quantities 

 according to size, as follows : 



Size A. Size B. Size C. 



250 Labels tl.50 $2.00 $2.25 



SOOLabels 2.00 3.00 3.50 



1,000 Labels 3.00 4.00 5.00 



«- Samples mailed free, upon application. 



Simmins' IVon-S>Tarming Sys- 

 tem. —We have a few of these books left, 

 and we will club them with the American 

 Bee Journal for one year, both postpaid, 

 for $1.35. The subscription to the Bee 

 Journal can be for next year, this year, or 

 may begin anew at any time. 



Cork tor 'Winter Packing.— 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 $1.00. 



Clorer Seeds.— We are selling Alsike 

 Clover Seed at the following prices : $8.00 

 per bushel; S'3.35 per peck ; 25 cents per lb. 

 Whits Clover Seed : $10.00 per bushel; 83.75 

 per peck ; 30 cents per lb. Melilot or Sweet 

 Clmer Seed: $6.00 per bushel ; $1.75 per 

 peck: 20 cents per lb.— by express or freight. 



AlTvays 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 vrriting— 

 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. 



Hastings' Pertcction Feeder. — 



This excellent Feeder will hold 2 quarts, 

 and the letting down of the feed is regulated 

 by a thumbscrew. The cap screws securely 

 on. It is easy to regulate — either a spoonful 

 or a quart— and that amount can be given 

 in an hour or a day, as desired. By it the 

 food can be given where it is most needed- 

 just over the cluster. Not a drop need be 

 lost, and no robber bees can get at it. A 

 single one can be had for 40 cents, or a 

 dozen for 83.50, and it can be obtained at 

 this office. Postage 10 cents extra. 



