Vol. XV. 



Chicago, Illinois, September, 1879. 



No. 9. 



Contents of this Number. 



Editor's Table. 



Editorial Items. . . ! 3S5 to 395 



Bee and Honey Show in London 386 



Caledonian Bee and Honey Show 388 



The Prize Sections in London 389 



Bingham & Hetherington Honey Knife 389 



Queen Introducing Cage 390 



National Bee-Keepers' Convention 391 



American Honey in England 393 



McPherson's Frame Holder 394 



" Afloat " 394 



Why Bees do work in the dark 395 



Foreign Notes : 



Comb Foundation— No. 5 395 



Correspondence : 



Preparation for Winter 397 



Comb Foundation 397 



Bee Stings 398 



Drone-Killing Birds 399 



Another Bee Enemy 399 



Queens Duplicating Themselves 400 



Bee Matters in Canada 401 



Virgil and the Honey Bee 401 



What is the Italian Bee? 402 



From Southern California 403 



Honey Resources of Florida 404 



Style more Important than Quality 405 



Transferring Bees 406 



Watch the S.warms 407 



Uniting Bees 407 



How to Winter Bees 408 



Bee-Keeping in the South 408 



The Frog as a Bee-Enemy 409 



The Composition of Honey 409 



A Canadian Apiary 410 



Conventions : 



Sanilac County, Mich 411 



Western Illinois and Eastern Iowa 411 



Wintering 412 



Spring Dwindling 412 



What will Pay to Plant or Sow ? 413 



To Keep Bees from Swarming 413 



Where and How to Dispose of Honey 413 



Do Bees Injure Blossoms? 413 



Report on Adulteration 413 



Best Method of Rearing Italian Queens 415 



Why do Bees Swarm Out in Spring ? 415 



Lancaster County, Pa 415 



Texas Bee-Keepers' Association 417 



Dainty Bees 418 



Our Letter Box : 



Preston J. Kline, M, A. S 418 



C. W. Taylor, Edmund Haynes, T. F. Bing- 

 ham, Peter Sears 419 



Win. Martin, R. M. Osborn 420 



I. H. Moore, A. E. Wenzel, Joel Brewer, B. M. 

 Lingle 421 



Wm. W. Cague, C. S. Newsom, J. B"ew Brown, 

 M. A. Newman, E. France 422 



J. C. Peters, Wm. Lossing, H. D. G., Alderman 

 & Roberts, A. M, Rhodes, E. R. Douglass. . . 423 



James Baird, E. J. Roekefellow, P. Billing, J. 

 T. Williamson, W. T. Stewart, C. T. Penrose, 

 J. L. Wolcott, A. E. Wenzel 424 



Preston J. Kline, C. McMillan, G. J. Reed, B. 

 Stroud, I. M. Ailing 425 



Charles Keller, J. M. Valentine, A. B. Beall.. . 426 



gclitor's ^aMe. 



i^There are several communications 

 and many letters crowded out of this 

 number, which we much regret, as all 

 are of interest to some of our readers. 

 We certainly feel very grateful for the 

 liberal contributions to our pages, and 

 only want of space is the reason for " lay- 

 ing " them over. 



HirMr. J. Pometta, whose advertise- 

 ment may be found elsewhere in this 

 number, has arrived from Europe, with 

 a large invoice of very fine Italian 

 queens. In fact, they are as fine a lot 

 as we have ever seen. Orders may be 

 addressed to him in our care, or to 

 the American Bee Journal. 



iST" From Mr. G. O. Kalb, Secretary, we 

 have received Premium List of St. Louis 

 Fair and Exposition, to be held Sept. 22 to 

 Oct. 11, 1879. Fifty thousand dollars in 

 premiums are offered, and their competitive 

 list embraces nearly everything. 



Mr. F. C. Smith, Atlanta, Ga., favors us 

 with a copy of Premium List of Georgia 

 State Fair, to be held at Macon, Ga., Oct. 

 27 to Nov. 1. The list is quite elaborate and 

 liberal. 



Mr. Frank Benton, Lansing, Mich., sends 

 us a copy of Premium List of Michigan 

 State Fair, to be held at Detroit, Sept. 15-19, 

 1879. Mr. Benton deserves great credit for 

 his successful efforts in the liberal and 

 judicious recognition of apicultural interests 

 with the management of the Michigan State 

 Fair. No less than 13 premiums are offered, 

 and their manner of placing will greatly 

 stimulate competition. 



