Vol. XIV. 



Chicago, Illinois, February, 1878. 



No. 2. 



Contents of this Number. 



Editor's Table: 



Eilitorial Items 27 to 34 



How to use Prize Boxes on the Hive 28 



Alley'sNew Hive 28 



Norway Maple 28 



Honey Adulturation 29 



The Apiary by Geo. Neighbour & Son 29 



Mygratory System of Bee-keeping 30 



Bellows Bee Smoker 81 



Death of Dr. J. P. Kirtland 34 



Marketing Honey: 



The Betsinger Prize Box 34 



(Jlucose not wholesome ;S5 



The Gold Medal Honey :w 



Boston Honey Market 37 



American Honey for Export 37 



Southern Notes: 



Notes from Georgia 38 



Grape Sugar 38 



Transferring Bees 38 



Wax for Fastening Combs iH 



Two Queens in a Hive 39 



Foreign Notes: 



The large Bee, Apis Dorsata of Java 39 



The Mating of the Queen 40 



The Bag-Pipe Bee 40 



Correspondence : 



Honey Markets 41 



Comb Foundation 41 



Fertilization in Confinement 41 



Wintering— Shading Hives 42, 4:^ 



The Season in Minnesota 42 



Bee-keeping as an Avocation 42 



Honey Dew 43 



Cellars vs. Summer Stands 44 



Management for Box Honey 44 



The Best Shipping Crate 45 



Western Illinois Convention 45 



Fertile Workers 45 



Putting in Queen Cells 45 



How to get the best Yield of Honey 45 



Bee Stings— Beat Protection id 



Adaptation to our Business 4t) 



Chips from Sweet Home 4ti 



Apis Dorsata 40 



Mignonette for Bee-Forage 47 



CONVENTIONS: 



North-western Ohio Report 48 



Michigan Cen vention 49 



Statistical Table 49 



What to do with our Surplus Stocks 50 



What shall we Wear iiO 



Wintering Bees 51 



Creating a Demand for Honey 52 



Odr L/ETTER Box: 

 Sundry Letters 54 to 58 



111:^° Vol. 1, American Bee Journal, is 

 now out of print. " Tlie Dzierzon Theory," 

 which we have re-published in panipliiet 

 form, now takes its place. It contains 

 much that every bee-keeper ought to know, 

 and is one of the most interesting and in- 

 structive little works ever published. Its 

 low price (only 20 cents, post-paid,) places it 

 within the reach of all. 



1^ Newark, O., reports a case 

 bees swarming on Christmas day. 



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i^" An additional cypher made us to 

 say at the Adrian Convention, that we 

 knew a groceryman who had sold since 

 September, nearly 60,000 lbs. of honey. 

 It should have read 6,000 pounds. 



l^L. Lindsly, of Waterloo, La., says 

 that in a poor honey year his Italians 

 are far superior to blacks. Last season 

 was a poor one, and his Italians got 

 only half a crop— his blacks got none. 



i^John Bourgmeyer & Co. have 

 made a new Comb Foundation Ma- 

 chine, which makes sheets 12 inches 

 wide, and can be sold for $40. The 

 foundation is equal to any we have 

 seen, as to quality, and the machine is 

 exceedingly cheap, at S;40. Others are 

 sold at $100, that make the same size 

 sheets. We can supply them at manu- 

 facturer's prices. 



1^ The Rev. A. Salisbury has gotten 

 up a neat Honey Basket. It will con- 

 tain 11 combs, and is made of wire and 

 berry-box material; with 11 one-inch 

 comb-foundation starters, it only 

 weighs 6 oz. Of course, it is intended 

 to be cut into sections, for retailing. — 

 It is 4x6 inches inside, and 17 inches 

 long. It can be made to fit any hive. — 

 For being strong and yet light, it cer- 

 tainly carries off the palm. For retail- 

 ing in home-markets, it will be quite 

 valuable; and if protected in a crate, 

 will ship as well as California frames. 



