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AMERICAN BEE JOURNAL 



May 



Statement of the Ownership, Man- 

 agement, Circulation, Etc., required 



by the Act of Congress of August 

 24. 1912, of American Bee Journal, 

 published monthly at Hamilton, Illi- 

 nois, for April, 1918: 



STATE OF ILLINOIS, 1 



County of Hancock, f ' 



Before me, a Notary Public in, and for the 

 State and county aforesaid, personally ap- 

 peared M. G. Dadant, who having been duly 

 sworn according to law. deposes and says that 

 he is the Managing Editor of the American 

 Bee Journal, and that the following is, to the 

 best of his knowledge and belief, a true state- 

 ment of the ownership, management, etc., of 

 the aforesaid publication for the date shown in 

 the above caption, required by the Act of 

 August 24, 1913, embodied in Section 443. 

 Postal Laws and Regulations, printed on the 

 reverse side of this form, to-wit: 



1. That the names and addresses of the pub- 

 lisher, editor, managing editor, and business 

 managers are: 



Publisher, American Bee Journal, Hamilton, 

 111. 



Editor, C. P. Dadant. Hamilton, 111. 



Managing Editor. M. G. Dadant, Hamilton, 



111. 



Busiri 



Manager. V. M. Dadant, Hamilton, 



That the owners are: 

 C. P. Dadant, Hamilton, 111. 

 H. C. Dadant, Hamilton. 111. 

 V M. Dadant, Hamilton, 111. 

 Leon Saugier, Hamilton, 111. 

 L. C. Dadant, Hamilton, 111. 

 M G. Dadant. Hamilton, HI. 

 Jos. Saugier, Hamilton, 111. 



That the known bondholders, mortgagees, 

 and other security holders owning or holding 

 1 per cent or more of the total amount of 

 bonds, mortgages, or other securities, are: 

 None. 



(Signed) M. G. DADAXT. 



Sworn to and subscribed before me this 4th 

 day of April, 1918. 



H. M. CUERDEN, 



My commission expires August 25, 1921. 



KEEP INFORMED ON 

 TEXAS CONDITIONS 



The Beekeepers* Item, a monthly 

 paper edited by Mr. Louis H. Scholl, 

 well known to our older readers, and 

 an authority, has many interesting 

 items which sin mid interest beekeep- 

 ers, not only in the Southwest, but 

 throughout our country. 



In order to allow you to become 

 acquainted with this paper, we offer 

 a special combination of Beekeepers' 

 Item one year with American Bee 

 Journal for only $1.25. 



Or, if you desire, we can send you 

 your choice of First Lessons in Bee- 

 keeping, or Practical Queen Rearing 

 with the Item one year for only $1.25. 

 Send all orders to 

 AMERICAN BEE JOURNAL 

 HAMILTON, ILL. 



QUINTS QUEENS OF QUALITY 



Have no superiors — "There's a reason." Are 

 taendelian bred, good qualities accentuated. 

 Gray Caucasians, most gentle of all, prolific, 

 hardy, vigorous, disease resistant, white comb 

 builders — they deliver the goods. 



ITALIANS, 3-banded, line bred, pedigreed; 

 need no boosting; they speak for themselves. 

 Price- on application at either apiary. 

 CHAS. W. QUINN 



Box 275 

 Ft. Myers, Florida 



Notice to Bee-Keepers 



We are booking orders for combless packages, for April, May and 

 June delivery, at the following prices: 



1-lb. package, $1.80 each; twenty-five oi more, $1.70. 



2-lb. package, $2.90 each ; twenty-five or more, $2.90. 



3-lb. package, $3.90 each ; twenty-five or more, $3.80. 



If queens are wanted, add 75c each to above prices. We will only 



have tested and breeding queens to offer until June 1, as we will 



need all our queens for the package trade. 



Price of tested queens, $1.50 each. 

 Breeding queens, $3 each. 

 The high cost of all material, and labor, compels us to raise the price 

 on our packages. We guarantee safe arrival to your express office. 

 Our bees are free from all disease and are of the best Italian 

 strain. 

 P. S. — We do not use a frame of brood or any comb at all in our 

 packages, as has been stated by others; this is false. 



References 



Apalachicola State Bank and Bay City Packing Co., Apaiachicola, Fla. 

 If you send postoffice money order, have same drawn on Apalachi- 

 cola, Fla. 



MARCHANT BROS., Sumatra, Fla. 



Golden Italian Queens 



Rustburg, Va., R. No. 3, March IS, 1918. 

 Mr. Ben G. Davis: 



Dear Sir — Please find enclosed $5, for which please send me the very best 

 Golden Queen you can for the money. If you can't ship her at once, please 

 notify me. I ordered one from you 3 years ago last fall that was the best I 

 ever saw. Her bees stored 320 pounds of comb honey the first year. I have 

 several of her daughters that are fine. 



Hoping to get a good one again, I am yours truly. 



J. W. LAWRENCE. 



PRICES OF QUEENS 



No Nuclei or Bees by Pound. 



Safe arrival, purity of mating and satisfaction guaranteed. 



Queens for export will be carefully packed in long distance cages, but 

 safe delivery not guaranteed. 



BEN G. DAVIS : : Spring Hill, Tenn. 



THE CANADIAN HORTICULTURIST AND 

 BEEKEEPER 



ith it the 



THE ONLY BEE PUBLICATION IN CANADA 



the official organ of the Ontario Beekeepers' Association, and has incorporated 

 ious branches are effectively combined to form 



3ee Journal. 



Canadi 

 ,nd Hort: 

 live, attractive and practical monthly magazine. 



Well illustrated and up-to-date. Subscription price postpaid. 

 Canada, $1.00 a year. United States, $1.26 a year. Foreign, $1.60 a year. 



Sample copy sent free on request. 



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