THE AMERICAN BEE JOURNAL. 



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THOMAS G. NEWMAN, 



074 West Madison Street., Chicago, 111. 



Contents of this Number. 



CONNER, BURNETT & CO., 



US South Water Street, Chicago, 111.. 



GENERAL PRODUCE COMMISSION. 



HONEY A SPECIALTY. 



We ask you to correspond with us before disposing 

 of your HONEY CHOP, as we can be of much serv- 

 ice, having constant intelligence from all parts of the 

 rountrv. We would refer to Jamks IIeihiuN, Dowa- 

 Biac. Mich., ami J. Oatman & Sons, Dundee. 111. 



Correipondence : 



Hive and Section Making 33 



Bee House, Holy Queen, &c 33 



Covering Bees with Snow 34 



Successful Apiculture 34 



Good Shade tor Bee House 34 



Bee Keeping in Northern Indiana 34 



How my Bees are Wintering 34 



The Season and Wintering 34 



Selection* from Oar Letter Box : 



Tenement Hives for Wintering 35 



Winter in Texas 35 



Satisfied 3o 



Bees Uneasy 35 



Alsike Clover £ 5 



Foul Brood 3.j 



Much Loss Expected ^» 



Northern Michigan for Bees 3o 



Likes Chaff-packing best 35 



Poor Results » 



Italians vs. Black Bees 35 



Four Months' Confinement 35 



Not very Encouraging 35 



Not Discouraged 3j 



Good Enough 35 



What Ails my Bees? ■ do 



Opinions Concerning the Journal 35 



Convention Notices 3o 



Editorial : 



Editorial Items 36 



Naughty Lizzie Cotton . 36 



Melllot Clover as a Honey Plant db 



Flashy and Trashy Literature 3b 



Pure Liquid Honey in Glass Jars 37 



Among our Exchanges : 



Feeding Bees with Whisky 37 



Lime lor Wintering 37 



Ancient Honey Beverage 37 



Conventions : 



Indiana State Convention 38 



Texas Convention •*" 



My Annual (atalouue of Vegetable and 

 Flower Seed for 18H1, rich in engravini/s from 

 photographs of the originals, will be sent FREE to 

 all who apply. My old customers need not write for 

 it. I offer onR of the largest collections of vegeta- 

 ble seed ever sent out by any Seed House in Ameri- 

 ca, a large portion of which were grown on my six 

 seed farms. Full directions .for cultivation on each 

 package. All Beed warranted tobe both fresh and truf 

 to name, so far, that should it prove otherwise, I will 

 refill the order gratia. The original introducerof the 

 Hubbard Squash. Phinnev's Melon, Marblehead Cab- 

 bages, Mexican Corn, and scores of othervegetables. 

 I invite the piitronnge of all who are anxious to have 

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NEW VEGETABLES A SPECIALTY. 



12m5 JAMES J. H.GREGORV, Marblehead, Mass. 



Q5 ENGRAVINGS. 



The Horse 



BY B. J. KENDALL, M. D. 



A TREATISE eivinean index of diseases, and 

 the symptoms ; cause and treatment of each, a table 

 diving all the principal druesused for the horse, with 

 the ordinary dose, effects and antidote when a poi- 

 son ; a table witri an entzravinp of the horse's teeth 

 at different apes, with rules for tellinK the ape of the 

 horse ; a valuable collection of recipes, and much 

 valuable information. 



Price 35 cents.— Sent on receipt of price, by 



THOMAS <;. NEWMAN, 



974 West Madison Street. CHICAGO. ILL. 



SPECIAL NOTICES. 



Premiums.— For a club of 2, weekly 

 we will give a copy of "Bee-Culture ;" 

 for a club of 5, weekly, we will give a 

 copy of "Cook's Manual," bound in 

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 the Journal for a year free. Do not 

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BINGHAM BEE SMOKER. 



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 he first to burn stove-wood and not go out. 

 he first durable bellows bee smoker, 

 he first to create a demand for smokers, 

 he first to meet the wants of bee-keepers, 

 he tirst cinder-proof bellows smoker, 

 he first twenty thousand now in use. 

 he first complaint yet to be received, 

 he tirst smoker yet to be returned. 



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BINGHAM & HETHERINGTOK, 



OTSEGO, MICH. 



rev. A. Salisbury. 1881. J. V. Caldwell. 

 SALISBURY & CALDWELL, 



Camargo, Douglas County. 111. 



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(growing to my mcieaseu uusiuess one subscription with two raw subscribers, 

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II. Newman, of Chicago as I know the | These rei i U ced prices (S3 per annum in 

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 est notice. ■ W. G. Walton. 

 Hamilton, Ontario, Jan. 24, 1881. 



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OF SNOW-WHITE POPLAR. 



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FOR 1881. 



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2wtf HIRAM ROOF, Carson City, Mich. 



MUTH'S HONEY EXTRACTOR 



AND UNCAPPING KNIFE. 



The Extractor is 

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 giving details about 

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 lloney. 



CHAS. F. MTTH, No. 976 

 Central At.. Cincinnati, O. 



Florida Land-640 Acres. 



m- CHEAP FOR CASH. ^ 



Description,— ^ec. 4, township 7, south range 7 

 west, Kranhlin county, FloridH, situated abmitSUmiles 

 smith nf the Georgia lino, 2-t miles west or the city of 

 TaNahasse. the capital of the Stale, and about 25 

 miles northea.-t of the city or Apabichicola. a sea- 

 port on the Gulf of Mexico, and within 2 sections (5 

 andtiiof the Apalaehicola river.; the soil is a rich, 

 sandv loam, covered with timber. 



It was conveyed on Dec. Sist. 1875, by Col. Alexan- 

 der McDonald, who owned li sections, including the 

 ahove, to J. M. Murphy, for $3,200, and on 8ept. 5th, 

 1S77, by him conveyed to the unaereigned for *3,000. 

 The title is perfect, and it is unincumbered, as shown 

 by an abstract from the Records of the county, duly 

 attested by the County Clerk ; the taxes are all paid 

 and the receipts are in my possession. 



I will sell the above at a bargain for cash, or trade 

 for a small farm, or other desirable property. An of- 

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THOMAS ©. NEWMAN. 

 971 West Madison Street, CHICAGO, ILL. 



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