Vol. XIV. 



Chicago, Illinois, April, 1878. 



No. 4. 



Contents of this Number. 



EDITOR'STABLE : 



Editorial Items 101 to 107 



Foul Broody Combs 102 



Production of Wax and Comb Ifti 



Harmless adiilterutidn 104 



Somethinfc new in Comb Foundation 104 



Hand Circular IU\) Saw lOo 



Honey as Food and Medicine 105 



Table Syrups 126 



MARKETING HONEY: 



The Paris Exhibition lOfi 



Honey Carrier lOti 



Foreign Honey Mi 



Freight on Honey lOti 



Sundry Questions Answered 107 



MarketinK Extracted Honey 107 



FOREIGN Notes: 



Character of Baron Von Berlepsch 108 



Discussion upon Hives in Germany 108 



Southern Notes: 



Sundry Letters 109, 110 



Small vs. Large Hives 110 



Dividing Stocks 110 



Conventions: 



San Diego Convention Ill 



North-Bastern Convention 113 



Tabular Statement of Operations 115 



North-Western Illinois Convention 114 



Italians vs. Native Bees llfi 



Preparing Bees for Winter 116 



Comb Foundation 116 



Natural and Artificial Swarming 116 



Fertile Workers 116 



Robbing and its Cure 116 



Marketing Honey 116 



The Michigan Convention 117 



Marketing Honey 117 



Correspondence: 



Fertilization in Confinement 118 



Introducing Virgin Queens 119 



Sending Queens by Mail 119 



Doohttles Report 120 



The Honey-Producer's Future 120 



How to head-off the Robbers 121 



Some Apologies 122 



Chips from Sweet Home 123 



Ventilation of Bee Houses 123 



Dadant against himself 124 



Division Boards 125 



Extracted and adulterated Honey 125 



The Norway Maple 126 



Creating a Honey Market 129 



Comb Foundation lliO 



Transf erri ng Bees VMi 



Humbugs and Swindles liiO 



All about the Teasel 131 



How to become Successful 131 



Our Letter Box: 

 Sundry Letters 132 to 134 



Business Department : 



Terms of Subscription and Advertising 135 



Our Illustrated Catalogue 135 



Honey Markets 136 



Western Illinois Convention 136 



Central Kentucky Convention 136 



Michigan Convention 136 



gtlitox-'s l<iMc. 



^^ We have sent the Petitions to Con- 

 gress concerning tlie sending of Queens by 

 mail, and had several letters from Congress- 

 men, stating tiiat they will do all they can 

 to have it incorporated in the new Law 

 about to be presented to Congress. 



E^" Under a false impression, friend 

 King said some unkind things concerning 

 us in the Mognzliie for March. As he cor- 

 rects the statements and apologizes therefor 

 in this month's Magazine, we will simply 

 say— "Tis well." 



E^" Friend Hedden remarks in his article 

 on marketing honey, in this issue, that 

 "what we most need is uniformity and 

 attractiveness in our packages." Never 

 was a fact more concisely stated. These 

 words, " attractiveness " and " uniformity," 

 are the keys to the situation. 



It^"C. O. Perrine, we learn, has com- 

 pleted his arrangements for afloating apiary 

 on the Mississippi River— and with his skill 

 and shrewdness, we have no doubt he will 

 make it win— unless a drought or sonie- 

 tliing of that sort takes place. lie intends 

 to ship honey direct to Europe, and get an 

 early start. 



Jt^^Our friends have deluged us with 

 articles and letters during the past month — 

 but hundreds of them are destined to wait 

 for want of room. Let no one think that 

 theirs is put over because we prefer others. 

 This is not so; often we found the Depart- 

 ment full before one-quarter of those pre- 

 pared for it were " set up " — and thus, often 

 the best remained. Be patient with us, 

 friends, and you may alt speak to one 

 another through the Journal. 



