22 



THE AMERICAN BEE JOURNAL. 



nm^m\ %u Mwt^ml 



THOMAS G. NEWMAN, Manager. 



TERMS OF SUBSCRIPTION. 



Single subscriber, one year, $2.00 



Two subscribers, sent at the same time, 3.50 



Three subscribers, sent at the same time,. .. 5.00 



Six subscribers, sent at the same time, 9.00 



Ten subscribers, sent at the same time, 14.00 



Twenty subscribers, sent at the same time,. 35.00 

 Send a postage stamp for a sample copy. 



ADVERTISING RATES FOR 1875. 



SPACE. 



1 Inch 



114 Inch.. . 

 M Column. 

 J4 Column. 

 H Column. 

 % Column. 

 1 Column.. 

 % Page.... 

 1 Pase 



1 Mo. '2 Mo8;3 Mos 6 Mos 1 Year. 



$ 3 00 $ 3 00 $ 5 00 $ 8 00 $ 13 00 



2 50 



3 00 



6 00 



7 00 



8 00 

 10 00 

 13 00 

 16 00 



4 00 



5 00! 



10 ool 



13 (iO 

 15 00 

 18 00 

 30 00 

 30 ool 



6 001 



7 00; 

 15 00' 

 17 00' 

 30 00. 

 35 00! 

 30 00! 

 45 OOi 



9 00 

 10 00 

 30 00 

 25 00 

 40 00 

 45 00 

 .55 00 

 80 ool 



15 00 

 30 00 

 30 00 

 40 00 

 70 00 

 85 00 

 100 00 

 150 00 



Next page to Business Department and fourth 

 and last page of cover, double rates. 

 _ Bills of regular Advertising payable quarterly, if 

 inserted three mouths or more. If inserted for less 

 than three months, payable monthly. Transient 

 advertisements, cash in advance. We adhere 

 Btrictly to our printed rates. 



Address all communications and remittances to 

 TH01MA8 «. IN'EWMAIV, 

 Cellar RapidiJi, Iowa. 



CONTENTS. 



Bees and Flowers at Sydenham .5 



Notes and Queries 7 



Foreign Department .'."9 



The Hen and Honey Bee io 



Handling Bees 10 



Success ni Raising Honey ! ! . . ! !lO 



Eccentric H 



Home-made Bee Hive ...12 



A few Remarks 12 



Superior Fiddlesticks .!!!!! 13 



New Bee Pasturage • 1.3 



Upright Ventilation [u 



Queen Raising 14 



The Tulip Tree again U 



Alsike Clover in the South 15 



Whistling down Swarms 1,5 



Dysentery again 15 



Bees in Aroostook Co., Maine i(j 



Breeding Peaceful Hybrids 10 



My Experience It; 



Honey Prodncing Plants ! ! !l7 



Wintering Bees ni the South 17 



Safely Wintering Bees 18 



Answer to Mrs. Spaids 19 



I£ives in the South 20 



Voices from Among the Hives ..20 



We have received so many flattering en- 

 comiums on our Chromo " Just One " from 

 our subscribers who have received it, that 

 they would till a number if we should at- 

 tempt to print them. We appreciate the 

 letters, but cannot publish them for want of 

 space. 



For the American Bee Journal. 



For Lectures. 



Mb. Newman : Dear Sir, According to 

 your remarks and those of Mr. H. A. King, 

 I see there is room for bids for those who 

 are willing to accept a cliance to lecture on 

 apiculture. Put me down on the lowest 

 seat, of that list, " for lectures." My time 

 is precious and valuable and I have engage- 

 ments now until Jan. 22nd, but I am always 

 willing to do my part with common labor of 

 that class called oee-keepers. I would say 

 to those interested, enquire of Mr. H. A. 

 King, New .York ; J. W. Winder, Cincin- 

 nati, 0.; or Mrs. E. S. Tupper, Des Moines, 

 Iowa, concerning my ability, as they are 

 practical apiarians. My terms are K. R. 

 and hotel fare from Pittsburgh, Pa. It takes 

 two days and costs S'S to go to and from my 

 place to Pittsburgh, but call Pittsburgh my 

 starting point. I will go anywhere in the 

 United States, and no other charges unless 

 it requires more than three days from time 

 of leaving Pittsburgh, until I return there ; 

 and for all time over that, I must charge $5 

 per day. I don't ask anything in advance, 

 but the payment of charges must be secured 

 by deposit in a bank of sufficient amount 

 for expenses to my credit, to be paid on pre- 

 sentation of receipted bills 01 R. R. and 

 hotel. Best to oi'ganize in the morning, 

 have a general talk in the afternoon, lecture 

 in the evening and follow by queries. I 

 will stay longer and give practical lessons, 

 at $5 per day. Notice should be given in 

 time, if practical lessons are wanted. 

 Simpson's Store, Pa. W. B. Rush. 



We have concluded to continue our offer 

 of the beautiful Chromo, "Just Oxe," to 

 all who will pay up at once for the year 

 1875, and also to all new subscribers for 1875. 



One of our advertisers writes us that he 

 gets more answers to his advertisement in 

 the Amerrican Bee Journal than from 

 all other papers put together. 



We have received a report of the Michigan 

 Bee-Keepers' Convention. It was received 

 too late for this issue and will appear in the 

 February number. 



That excellent monthly Pitrdj/'s 

 Fruit Recorder has been removed to Roch- 

 ester, New York, where it will be pub- 

 lished in future. 



We do not give our Chromo when sub- 

 scribers club with other publications, unless 

 they add 25 cents to the amount of the club 

 subscriptions, and say they want the 

 Chromo. 



When a subscriber sends money in pay- 

 ment for the American Bee Journal, he 

 should state to what time he thinks it pays, 

 so that we can compare it with our books, 

 and thus prevent mistakes. 



