Vol. XVI. 



CHICAGO, ILLINOIS, MAY, 1880. 



No. 5. 



Contents of this Number. 



Editor's Table. 



Editorial Items 213 to 221 



More Queen Cages 214 



Wax Adulterations 215 



Cheek and Assurance 216 



Harris' Gem Hive 217 



Bee Notes from California 218 



Albino Bees 218 



A Honey King 218 



Bailey's Swarm Catcher 219 



Sensible Advice 219 



The Kesolutions Repudiated 220 



Correspondence : 



The Prospect for a Honey Harvest. 222 



Do we Need More Papers ? 222 



Increase, After Swarms, &c 222 



How to Prevent After Swarms. . 223 



A Card 223 



The Wintering of Bees 223 



The Latest from Cyprus 224 



Practical and Timely Work 224 



Honey Plants of Northern Texas.. . 225 

 Value of Different Races of Bees. . . 228 

 Do we want a Co-operative Journal ? 229 



Buying Untested Queens 230 



Cyprian Bees, a Superior Race 231 



Where Honey Comes from 232 



Fertilization in Confinement 233 



Value of Different Races of Bees. . 234 

 Feeding Honey to Store in Boxes. . . 235 



Can Bees be Improved ? 235 



Queen-Rearing 236 



Queens Duplicating Themselves 238 



Hives made of Wood, Plaster, <&c. . 238 

 Taking Sections from Broad Frames 239 

 Electricity on Workers and Drones. 239 

 Spring Report— N. E. Convention.. . 240 



Conventions : 



Races of Bees and Different Crosses 241 



Comb Foundation and its Uses 242 



Thin Foundation for Surplus 248 



Perfect Comb Foundation 244 



I«etter Drawer : 



A. J. Hatfield, E. J. Gould, Ransom 

 Allen, W. N. Craven, M. Il.Wolfer, 245 



R. C. Taylor, Ira Barber, J.W. Price, 

 Joseph Coeagne 246 



Philip P. Nelson, II. M. Williams, 

 M. D., Reuben Havens, A. Snyder, 

 Geo. Garlick, A. Hoke, A. F. Moon 247 



J. B. Rapp, II. S. Hardiu, C. H. Han- 

 cock, J. A. Nelson, J no. D. Hutch- 

 inson, Frank A. Ticknor, W. J. 

 Longsdon, C. A. Jones 248 



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Editor's 3£aMje* 



igg° Those who have never used comb 

 foundation should try it, and surprise 

 themselves with the result. It is very 

 valuable in building up swarms, nuclei, 

 etc. 



i^° A member of Congress has intro- 

 duced a bill to levy a direct tax on oleo- 

 margarine of 10 cents per lb. It would 

 be better to put glucose with it; but 

 better still to pass a general law against 

 all adulterations. The former can 

 neither pass nor be enforced ; the latter 

 could be enforced if passed, and should 

 become a law without delay. 



1^ This will be a busy month with 

 bee-keepers if the weather is favorable. 

 Build up the colonies and keep them 

 strong, so as to be able to take care of the 

 flow of honey when it comes. Get the 

 hives ready in good season for swarms. 

 Do not wait till needed before ordering 

 hives, boxes, etc. Have them on hand 

 before needed, and thus save much per- 

 plexity. 



l^TMr. Frank Benton, who has now 

 arrived in the Island of Cyprus, writes 

 under date of March 16, that Mr. Jones, 

 himself and his wife, arrived there 

 about ten days previously, and had 

 already purchased 100 colonies of Cyp- 

 rian bees with which to start their 

 apiary for rearing < Jyprian queens. We 

 shall anxiously watch the progress of 

 events in that line, and keep our read- 

 ers posted in reference to the results. 



