Vol. XVI. 



CHICAGO, ILLINOIS, OCTOBER, 1880. 



No. 10. 



Contents of this Number. 



Editor's Table: 



Editorial Items 451 to 458 



Obtaining Cheap Notoriety 452 



The Convention at Chicago 452 



Are Bees a Nuisance ? 453 



Foul Brood in Michigan 453 



Asters— Fairs 453 



A Swarm of Bees Capture a Car 454 



Food Adulterations, &c 454 



Suspended 454 



Bee Furniture at Lexington, Ky 455 



Is it a Superior Strain of Bees ? 455 



Does it Pay to Plant for Honey ? 456 



Convention at New Boston, 111 456 



The Bee of the Future 456 



The " Co-operative" Paper 456 



Something about the Convention 457 



Officers of the National Society 458 



Convention* : 



Southern Michigan 459 



The Honey Producer's Future 459 



Foul Brood 459 



Northwestern Bee-Keepers' Society 461 



Foreign Demand for Honey 461 



Fertilization in Confinement 465 



LaCrosse, Wisconsin 46S 



Mr. Bryant's Opening Address 468 



Southern California 470 



Letter Drawer : 



Bee Pasturage 471 



Asilus Flies 471 



Egg- Bound Queens 471 



No Sagging in Foundation 471 



Report of a Beginner 471 



Barrels for Honey 472 



Deserted 472 



Gol denrod 472 



Killed by Glucose 472 



Clubbing Rates 472 



Bee-Killer 473 



Freak of a Hybrid Queen 473 



A Wash for Foundation 473 



Fierce Stinging 473 



A Stray Swarm 474 



Eggs that would not Hatch 474 



Fertile Worker, etc 474 



One Thing Lacking 474 



Cleome as a Honev Plant 475 



Is it Foul Brood ? 475 



Swarm Catchers 475 



How to Winter Bees 475 



Curculio 475 



Honey Harvest : 



The Present and Prospective Crop 476 to 478 



Correspondence : 



Speedy Cure of Foul Brood 479 



Proper Time for Queen-Rearing 481 



Honey-Dew in Profusion 482 



Those Egg-Bound Queens 482 



A Concert by the Bees 483 



Bee and Honey Show in Scotland 483 



Comb Foundation 484 



Healing Power of the Bee Sting 484 



Uniting Colonies of Bees 485 



Experience with Comb Foundation 485 



Healthf ulness and Flavor of Honey 486 



Fructification in Closed Apartments 4S7 



Go and Tell It to the Bees 487 



About Swarm Catchers 4S7 



Carrying Bees to Pasture 488 



Apis Dorsata of Java 488 



What My Bees have Done 488 



jEclitov's 3*able, 



Ulir The editor of the Bee Journal 

 has, by particular request, agreed to 

 give a lecture at the Nebraska State 

 Fair at Omaha, on Sept. 21th. Subject: 

 "Bee-Keeping a Science." 



IP°A correspondent desires to know 

 if it will do to sow raelilot clover now ; 

 and if sown now, will it bloom next 

 year V Now is the best time to sow it. 

 It will bloom but little next season, and 

 that quite late. 



iggp Beports received during the past 

 month assure us that the fall honey har- 

 vest has been large. Bees now have, in 

 many localities, enough for their winter 

 use. A failure three years in succession 

 is hardly possible, and we confidently 

 expect a full crop next year. 



i^° Careful handling of bees will 

 sometimes cure those that are irritated, 

 but they remember careless and rough 

 treatment for a long time, and often it 

 takes a new generation to get over the 

 disposition to pay someone out for any 

 heedless management. 



^° The more a man knows about 

 any subject the greater will be his char- 

 ity for and sympathy with views dif- 

 fering from his ownjj| It is only the 

 inexperienced that is ever ready to 

 abuse any one differing from their pet 

 notions. " Charity suffereth long and 

 is kind," said one of old. 



