DEVOTED EXCLUSIVELY TO BEE CULTURE. 



Vol. XIII. 



Chica&o, Illinois, August, 1877. 



No. 



ltXit0r^5 ^al^Ie. 



1^ Having taken our son into part- 

 nership, in the printing and publishing 

 business, the name of the firm will 

 hereafter be " Thomas G. !N'ewman & 

 Son," to whom all Money Orders, 

 Drafts, etc., should be made payable 

 and all correspondence addressed. 



1^ The Kansas City Industrial Ex- 

 position and Agricultural Fair will be 

 held, open to the world, on Sept. 17 to 

 22, inclusive. Their catalogue em- 

 braces everything usually included on 

 State Fairs, and will no doubt be large- 

 ly attended. 



1^ Crops all over the country are ex- 

 cellent — the '' good time is now com- 

 ing," sure! Welcome. Those subscri- 

 bers who have asked us to wait till 

 harvest, which we have cheerfully done 

 in all such cases, will now have the 

 opportunity of making us glad by the 

 receipt of the amount of their subscrip- 

 tion, and the name of a new subscriber 

 to keep them company. With a plenti- 

 ful harvest and good prices it will be 

 easy for each one to get at least 07ie 

 new subscriber. Pay us out in that 

 way, and we will call it square. 



1^ Our Home Journal^ of J^ew Or- 

 leans, La., has the following: 



Mr. J. M. Winder, of Terre Bonne, is 

 lately from Ohio and has settled in 

 Louisiana for the purpose of engaging 

 in bee raising. He lias already about 

 150 hives. Comparing his experience 

 with the Xorth, Mr. Winder finds that 

 Louisiana possesses many advantages 

 over the North as a honey-producing 

 section. 



We are glad friend AVinder is getting 

 started again. He has had some very 

 unpleasant experience since the panic 

 of 187,3, but we hope he has many pros- 

 perous days yet in store. 



1^ The Center Point (Iowa) Mirror 

 says that Wm. Hunt is taking an aver- 

 age of one thousand pounds of honey 

 per day from his hives. He must have 

 a large number of colonies. Will he 

 please tell our readers how many he 

 has ? 



1^ The season for State and County 

 fairs is now almost here. Any one who 

 may attend them, and could put up a 

 few of our Posters will oblige by letting 

 us know. We will supply them for 

 that purpose, and present any one for 

 their trouble with a copy of the new 

 work entitled " The Dzierzon Theory; 

 being a full elucidation of scientific 

 bee-keeping by the Baron of Ber- 

 lepsch;" or the pamphlet on " Winter- 

 ing" — as they may choose. 



1^ New Orleans has had a fruit fair, 

 and Mrs. W. W. Smith, of Metairie 

 Ridge, La., exhibited some nice honey. 

 The Home Journal remarks: 



Mrs. Smith is an amateur at bee-rais- 

 ing, but has an apiary of over 12-') hives 

 of bees, and her location on the Ridge 

 is a good one for the bees as they have 

 the benefit of the natural flowers of the 

 swamps, as well as the fiowering trees. 

 Some of the honey sent us was gather- 

 ed from the century plant. 



Novice sent for our inspection some 

 of his new white clover honey in small 

 sections. The honey is excellent, and 

 the sections make it very convenient 

 for marketing — holding about one 

 pound each. Eight of these sections 

 just fill a Langstroth frame; and he 

 has made a packing case, with two 

 glass sides to show the honey, which 

 holds 48 sections. This is the best and 

 most inviting form for shipping honey 

 that we have seen. Novice's hive, fill- 

 ed up with these sections, is quite an 

 attraction to our visitors, many of 

 whom never saw such before. 



