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Devoted Exclusively to Bee Culture. 





60 



Vol. XV. 



Chicago, Illinois, March, 1879. 



No. 3. 



Contents of this Number. 



Editor's Table. 



Editorial Items 97 to 102 



Past— Present— Future 98 



Condense your Articles 98 



New Flat-Bottomed Comb Foundation 598 



New Arrivals at Our Museum 99 



Caldwell's Hive Register 99 



Oatman's Modest Hive 99 



Valentine's Italian Bee- Yard 99 



Bingham's Cold-Blast Smoker 99 



Mr. W.J. Davis' Bee-Yard 99 



E. Armstrong's Centennial Hive 100 



F. A. Snell's Eclipse Hive 100 



Triangular Comb-Basket 100 



Cleansing Combs of Diseased Bees 101 



Another Large E xport of Honey 102 



How to Fasten Wired-Foundation to Frames,3102 



Foreign Notes : 



Letter from Dr. Dzierzon 103 



'• L'Abbe L. DuBois 103 



An Old Linden Tree 103 



L'Apiculture in Italy 103 



Premiums at the Paris Exposition 103 



Correspondence : 



Compelling Bees to build Worker Comb 104 



Two Old Books on Bee-Culture 106 



Adulteration Again 107 



Another Bee Enemy— the Bee'Mole 108 



Preparing Bees for Winter 108 



Description of Winter Bee-Heuse 109 



Honey Boards and Prize Box Holder 109 



Electric Alarm for the Apiary 110 



About Queen Rearing, &c Ill 



Are these Queens Pure ? Ill 



Comb Foundation— A Grand Success 112 



Description of the Hives I use. 113 



Dividing Bees 115 



A Home Market for Honey 115 



Hives and Wintering Bees 110 



About "Dollar Queens" 116 



Moving Bees in Cold Weather 117 



How 1 make Shipping Crates 118 



My Method of Wintering Bees 118 



Grape Sugar as Food for Bees 118 



Chips from Sweet Home 120 



Queens Mating in the Hive 121 



The Use of Glucose for Adulteration 121 



The Transportation of Bees 122 



Hive Register 122 



Queens Duplicating Themselves 123 



Early Spring Dwindling 123 



Glucose 124 



Onr Letter Box : 



A. W. Hale, W. Lassing, Simon Humfleld, Jr., 

 S. N. Replogle, R. C. Taylor, H. H. Flick, 

 M. M. Camp - 126 



F. Hardinger, R. M. Hastings, W. M. Rogers. . 127 



E. R. Douglass, Moosh Amiel, F. S. Thoring- 

 ton, F. C. Hazen, F. Delia Torre 128 



Lewis T. Colby, M. L. Donnan, E, Dorsch.M.D., 

 L. M. Roberts, C. H. Hancock, H. M. Noble. 

 CO. Ball, H.C.Wilde, Alex. Wilder 129 



E. W. Chandler, Moses Bailey, Frank A. Tick- 

 nor, Hiram Craij, F. B.Threlkeld, N. Da- 

 vis. Isaac F. Plummer 130 



Jerome Wiltse, L. M. Howard, John H.Smith, 

 F. B. Campbell. A. J. Cook, W. J. Davis ... 131 



E. C. Jordan, Jno. F. Eggleston, F, Hardinger, 

 J. W. Eckman.G. M. Hawley, D. Kepler, 

 W.Martin ..132 



gtlxttfr's 3£able. 



Hig' Wisdom says, procure hives and 

 boxes for the next season, now, 



<g^° In the New 5Tork and Minnesota 

 Legislatures, bills have been introduced 

 against the adulterations of sweets, and 

 many State Legislatures have passed 

 resolutions instructing their Members 

 of Congress to use their influence in 

 favor of enacting a United States law 

 against general adulteration. 



i^^Mr. A. F. Moon reports that he 

 has tried comb foundation made upon 

 tin-foil, and it has been a success. We 

 have received a sample of it, but think 

 it would be rather heavy. Still Mr. M., 

 says that he has frames, two-thirds 

 filled with it, that now have brood, and 

 sagging is out of the question. Inven- 

 tive genius is at work. 



Cleansing Combs. — The dysentery 

 has been quite severe, in some sections, 

 during the past winter, and many in- 

 quiries similar to the following from 

 " W. M.," have been received: 



What is the best plan of cleansing combs 

 on which bees have died of dysentery ? Will 

 it be safe to use them for other colonies ? 



The fecal matter found on the combs is 

 soluble in water. They may be cleansed 

 by washing, using a soft cloth or sponge. 

 If placed in a very damp place for a 

 while, or out in alight rain, it will assist 

 the cleansing operation. The disease is 

 not contagious, and there need be no 

 fear of using the combs again. 



