§ 



Or how to Realize the Most Money with the Smallest Expenditure of Capital 

 and Labor in the Care of Bees, Rationally Considered. 



PUBLISHED MONTHLY, AT MEDIIVA., OHIO, 



BY A. I. IfcOOT Sl CO. 



In the Preparation of this Journal the following are the Principal Periodicals Consulted: 



JklIlL©I££©llIl H©© «F©IIIFI11I;I1® Clarke. 



S©© Mmm^mw [f m UtaifffcMliL©® King. 



Esfl'§nal H©© (iF©ll^ll.®iI® Mrs. Tapper. 



[Also Bound Volumes of the former since 1860, and Files of all other Bee Journals that have been 



Published in America.] 



AmeMesn Aff;p§©mliii^le% 



Hiwal M ©w W®w>Mww § 



€l®mmMww €5f©ni r §I©ra;fOT.£> 



dlif o Wmxeme&$ 



"Novice's Wind-Mill Print," Medina, Ohio. 



C O IV T 



Pflfife. 



How to Conduct an Apiary 15 



Wintering 15 



Giving bees a "flv" in winter 15 



Guilty or not Guiltv ? 16 



About making good Hives 16 



' Rustic Bee Houses 17 



Painting Bee House floor etc 17 



Editorial IS 



Review of the Bee Journals 23 



Shall we Clip Queens Wings ? 19 



Humbugs and Swindles 20 



Temperature 18 



Candy for Bees 18 



Dry Sugar Feeding 18 



Bees Wings etc 19 



E IV T S s 



Page. 



Artificial Fertilization 20 



Can we agree on a Standard Frame 20 



Heads of Grain 21 



Photo's of Apiaries 21 



Concerning Problem No. 19 22 



Can we agree on a Standard Hive 23 ^ 



"Latest Intelligence" Corner 32 \§ 



Bee Journals and Punctuality 23 



About Us 23 



Quilts and Propolis 23 



$1.00 Queens 23 



Honey Column 2-1 



" Strained honey" ' 24 



Who will rear Queens in the South 24 



Single story versus Two story 21 a& 



