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THE AMERICAN BEE JOURNAL 



March 8, 19C6 



PUBLISHED WEEKLY BY 



GEORGE W.YORK S COMPANY 



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Contents of this Number 



The Honey-Producers' League 



(INCORPORATED) 



OBJECTS: 



1. To create a larger demand for honey through 



* 2! To publish facts about honey, and counteract 

 misrepresentations of the same. 



MEMBERSHIP DUES 



1 Any bee-keeper may become a member by pay- 

 ing to the Manager an annual fee of $1.00 for each 

 20 (or fraction of 20) colonies of bees (spring count) 

 he owns or operates. 



2 Any honey-dealer, bee-supply dealer, bee-supply 

 manufacturer, bee-paper publisher, or any other 

 Arm or Individual, may become a member on the 

 annual payment of a fee of $10, increased by one- 

 fifth of one (1) percent of his or its capital used in 

 the allied interests of bee-keeping. 



qboroe W. York, Manager, 



334 Dearborn St., CHICAGO, ILL. 



JUustraUons — 



Home aDd Apiary of C. U.Harlan 1st Page 



KandratiefT, G - 1 " 



Editorial Notes and Comments— 



Propolized Quilts for Smoker-Fuel 208 



Kidding One or More Bee-Papers -'!" 



Will Very Young Bees Work Afield * 209 



Miser!/, meous Neivs Item* — 



Bee-Keeper's Home Burned 210 



Deatu of G Kandratieff 2Jo 



Home and Apiary of C. U.Harlan 210 



National Association 210 



Northern Michigan Convention 210 



Officers of Colorado Association 210 



Contributed Special Articles— 



Beeswax— Its Origin, Composition, Etc 211 



Color of Wax 211 



Composition of Wax .. — ■ 21:- 



Dadant Methods of Honey-Production (No. 5) 212 



Refining Wax 2JJ 



Wax Preparation.. 211 



Canadian Seedom — 



Dead Bees on the Alighting-Board 213 



Expensive Carelessness 213 



Pure Seed Special Train 212 



Ripening Honey 2J3 



'" Whipped Honev " 212 



Winter Bee-Repository AboveGround 213 



Wintering Bees— Wrung Conclusons* 213 



Our Sister Bee- Keepers — 



Langstroth'ntne 

 *** Honey-Bee 



Revised by Dadant— Latest Edition. 



214 



"Xlie continuous advertiser 

 gets the bulk ot Hie business, 

 because others are not adver- 

 tising, and he is.". 



"Glucose a Blessing" 



"Gluiose Harmless" ■ 



" Glucose and Its Uses— The Honest Label 



Mr. Baxty , » Afterthoughts— 



Adult Bees and Foul Brood 



Uershiser Bottom-Board 214 



How the Celled Queen develops 214 



Position of Hive-Entrance 2i4 



Wax-Moth 214 



Southern Beedom — 



Baby Nuclei and Queen-Rearing 215 



" The Rearing of Queen-Bees " 215 



Dr. Miller's Question- Bux— 



Amount of Stores Used in Wintering 217 



Cleaning Out Old Combs and Unfinished sec- 

 tions 



Cracker-Box H i ves . 



Kail Feeding of Sugar Syrup for Winter Stores 



Folding Faulty Sections 



Increase by Swarming or Buying 



Italianizing and Caucasianizing Bees 



Large Hives. Etc -'" 



Moving Colonies a short Distance 21b 



Swarm-Catching Devi.e 216 



( 'onvention Proceedings — 



Control of Increase ... : •■•■■ 2J7 



Proper Retail and Wholesale Prices of Honey 218 

 Wisconsin State Convention 217 



Reports and Experiences — 



Bees Do Move Eggs 2IP 



i hanging Queens ->>» 



Frames *'° 



Handling Hives, Not Frames 2l« 



MildWeatber 2is 



Rendering Combs into Beeswax. sis 



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