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Contents of this Number. 



Air, Damp 805 



Australia 8(i7 



Bees Shedding' 8B3 



Bees Packing 86!) 



Bees ami (Jrapes 8ril 



Blaiiti IMS Heport 851 



r.ilifoniia 816 



Chlonitorin for Bees 8Wi 



('I'liventioii Notes 815 



Kdllcirials 87.i 



Florida ami its Resources.... 81)6 



Floiidn S.5:l 



Frame befoie LaiifjTftroth's 8B6 



Fumiiiator, Wehster .'•ri'.l 



I Jould's .Sei-ti,>n Case 858 



Hive. Heddou 865 



Hives of Master of Paris. . . .864 



Hoiiev ill Soda-water 866 



Honey Ciluinii 844 



Hnnfs .\piar,- 865 



Kites 819 



Leave.s for PaekiuM: 863 



Melilot 863 



Notes and Queries 870 



Our Own Apiarv S71 



Piopolis. SlealiiiK 86! 



Queens I'ipiinr 855 



Queens B:illiiiy 852 



CONVENTION" NOTICES. 



Nebraska bee-keepers will meet for their iie.xt annual ses- 

 sion in Lincoln, Neb., on the second Wednesday in Jan., 1887. 

 H. N. P.VTTEKSON, Sec. 



The Bee-keepers' Association of Hamilton and Tipton I'.iiin- 

 ties, Indiana, will be held at Wcsttield. S.ilui'Oay, Nov. 6, |S86. 



All interested in bee-kcepiii;.; are mvitcil to c ic. IJrintc vour 



baskets well tilled, and stay all day, and help nrike this one of 

 the most interesting ses.sions the A.^soeialion ever held. 



ILLINOIS CENTRAL HEE-KEKPERS. 



In consideration of the ineetin;,' at Quim-y. Ill , on the I'.lth, 

 •2(lth. and -ilst of Oct.. at the lavim: of the corner stone of the 

 Soldiers' Home, the K.xciiit] ve ( 'oniniit tec of the llliiiois Cen- 

 tral Bee Keepers' Society have postponed the ve.-ulv meeting 

 at Mt. Sterling, 111., from Oct. I'.lth and '.JOth. to Nov. •.24th and 

 'Stli. The prospects for a grand ^nci-e~s are certainly good, 

 as many active and prominent aiiiarists and specialists have 

 signiHed their intention to liei'iesent. The meeting: yvil' be 

 held at the Court-Hotise, and hotel a<'cominodations are good. 

 We are negotiating \yith the landloid lor rates at the City Ho- 

 tel, which we think will not c.v;cjed SI fl) jier d-xy. 



.1. M. H.VMBAUUII, Sec 



CARNIOLAN 



QUEENS & BEES A SPECIALTY. 



Send for Descriptive Price List and Ci)-ctdar. 

 Utfd H. F. SHANNON, Clarksbiirii', 



(Formerlj' of Spring Hill.) Uecatiir c;o., Iiid. 



Headquarters in the South. 



FACTORY OF BEE-H8VES, ETC. 

 EARLY NUCLEI, ITALIAN QUEENS. 



ITtfd P. I.. VI-VLLON, Bayou lioiila, La. 



iiT ! 



Little -r Detective" 



SCALE FOR $2.00. 



This is the .same scale that we liavc sdkl Cor years 

 at $2.50. It weighs trom 'i o/. to '^r> ll)s., and does 

 it so accurately that they are used largely hy post- 

 masters in weighing letters. Wiiat can lie handier 

 tor weighing out small lots of honey than one of 

 these? They weigh 10 Uis., boxed ready to shii), and 

 we can sell them for $2.00; with a tin scoop, .')0 ets. 

 more; with double beam, if;).00; tin scoop added, 50 

 cts. more. If sent alone, they will probably go 

 cheaper by express. 



A. I. ROOT, ITIedina, O. 



Names of responsible parties will be inserted in 

 any of the following departments, at a uniform 

 price of ai cents each insertion, or *:i.OU per annum, 

 when given once a month, or $4.00 per year if given 

 in every issue. 



$1.00 Queens. 



Names insertedin thisdepai-tment the first time with- 

 out charge. After, 20c each insertion, or $2.00 per year. 



Those whose names appear below agree to furnish 

 Italian (jiieens for .*1.00 each, under the following 

 condition.s: No guarantee is to be assumed of i)urity, 

 or anything of the kind, only that the queen be rear- 

 ed from a choice, i)ure mother, and had coiimienccd 

 to lay when they were shipped. They also agree to 

 return the money at any time when customers be- 

 come imiiatientof such delay as may be unavoidable. 



Bear in mind, that he who sends the best queens, 

 put up most neatly and most securely, will iirobably 

 receive the most orders. Special rates for warrant- 

 ed and tested (|iieens, furnished on aiJ]>lieation to 

 any of the jjarties. Names with *, use an imported 

 queen-mother. If the queen arrives dead, notify ua 

 and we will send you another. Probably none will 

 be sent for *1.00 before July 1st, or after Nov. If 

 wanted sooner, or later, see rates in price list. 



*A. T. Root, Medina, Ohio. 



*H. H. JJrown, Light Street. Columbia Co., Ta. Itf 

 *Paul L. Viallon, iJayou Goula, La. IHtfd 



*S. F. Newman, Norwalk, Huron Co., O. ]9tfd 



*D. G. Edmiston, Adrian, Len. Co., Mich. lUtfd 



*S. G. Wood, Birmingham, Jeff. Co., Aia. liitfd 



*E. Kretehmer, Coburg, Mont. Co., Iowa. 19tfd 

 *Jos. Byrne, Ward's Creek, East Baton Rouge 



liltfd Par., La. 

 J. W. Winder, Carrolllon, Jeff. Par., 



New Orleans, La. 3tfd 



*E. Burke, Vincennes, Knox Co., Ind. 3-1 



C. C. Vaughn, Columbia, Tenn. 1.5tfd 



Bloomington, 111. l.'itfd 



J. B. Hains, Bedford, Cuyahoga Co., O. lotfd 



Hive Manufacturers. 



Who agree to make such hives, and at the prices 

 named, as those described on our circular. 

 A. I. Root, ]Medina, Ohio. 



P. L. Viallon, Bayou Goula, Iberville Par., La. 1.5tfd 

 C. W. Costidlow, Waterboro, York Co., Me. 1-23 

 R. B. Leahy, Higginsville, Laf. Co., Mo. l,5tfd 



E. Kretehmer, Coburg, Montgomery Co., la. 1.5tfd 

 C. P. Bish, Petrolia, Pa. 19-33 



HOW TO WINTER BEES. 



Essays liy James Heddon, Prof. Cook, G. M. Doo' 

 little, A. E. Manum, G. \V. Demaree, J. E. Pond. Jr., 

 J. II. Martin, C. W. Dayton, and P. R. Russell, all 

 appear in the October number of the American 

 .\piculturist. Send KIc in stamps for a copv. 



Address .VMERICAN APICULTURIST, 



21tf Wenham, Mass. 



DADANT'S FOUNDATION FACTORY, WHOLE- 

 SALE AND RETAIL. See advertisement in 

 another column. 3btfd 



350 acres good table land, '/i cleared and in a good 

 state of cultl\ation; the rest tolerably well timber- 

 ed; finely situated for stock, fruit, or grain farming; 

 an abundance of I'niit and good sjiring water; good 

 house with 9 rooms, garret and cellar, a large barn, 

 and other necessar.y buildings. Price fTOOO. 



Also .500 acres ad,joining the above, 50 acres clear- 

 ed, a log liouse and stable, some fruit, 200 acres of 

 mountain land; the rest nice for farming. Pi-iee 

 f30(Ml. Either larin will divide well, and is a good 

 site for an apiary. For ))articulars address 

 17-21d H. J. STKEBY, Paw Paw, W. Va. 



