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THE AMERICAN BEE JOURNAL. 



Jan. 5. 



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Transient Advertisements payable in advance.— 

 Vearly Contracts payable quarterly, in advance. 



The a.mekican Bee Journal is the oldest Bee 

 Paper in America, and has a large circulation in 

 every State, Territory and Province, among farmers, 

 mechanics, professional and business men, and is, 

 therefore the best advertising medium for reliable 

 dealers. Cases of real imposition will be exposed. 



THOMAS G. NEWMAN, 



»74 West Madison Street., Chicago, 111. 



Contents of this Number. 



Correspondence : 



Fertilization in Confinement, experiments in . . 1 



Heddon's Bee Report for 1880 1 



Alsike Clover fur Bee Pasturage 1 



Comparison of the Roots of Alaike and Red 



Clover 2 



Given's Wired Foundation 2 



Adulteration of Syrups 2 



Honey Cheaper than Mixed Syrup 2 



Success in Fertilization in Confinement 2 



Lower Ventilation in Winter 2 



Bees Deserting Winter Quarters 3 



Our Letter Drawer : 



Foul Brood, Experiments with 3 



Late Breeding and Honey Gathering 3 



Preparation of Colonies for Winter 3 



D. D. Palmer's Report for 1880 3 



Mustard Plant 3 



Boerstler's Honey and Bee Report 3 



Mitchell Hive— the Weekly Welcomed 3 



Side-Storing in Rnop Hives 3 



Well Pleased with the Weekly 3 



A Caution to Supply Dealers 3 



Keeping Bees for Pleasure 3 



Poor Honev Yield — Bees Starving 3 



Wintering Bees in a Side Hill 3 



Editorial : 



Editorial Items 4, 5 



New Year's Greeting 4 



Where are we Drifting? 4 



Adulterations of Food— Call for a General 



Law Against 4 



Stingless Bees of South America 4 



Bee- Keeping in Kansas, report of 4 



Snow not Detrimental to Bees in Wintering.... 4 

 Words of Welcome concerning the Weekly Bee 

 Journal ™ 



Among our Exchanges : 



No Patents on Division Boards 5 



Chinese Bees, Description of 5 



Bees and Honey in Florida 5 



Two Queens in a hive, reasons for 5 



Comb Founoat ion — What make is Best? 5 



The Future Prospect of Honey Production — 5 



Zinc Queen- Excluders 5 



Desirability of Imported Queens 5 



Benefit of the National Convention 5 



Conventions : 



Madison County, Ind.. Convention ti 



Hints to Beginners <» 



Ignorance a Cause of Failure 6 



When to Buv Bnes 6 



Amiability of Pure- Bred Bees 6 



Intelligence more essential than Hives or 



Bees 6 



Chaff Hives for Wintering G 



Southern California Convention 6 



Co-operation Essential to Success K 



Systematic Bee-Culture. . . — . 6 



History of Bee-Keeping in California 6 



The Honey Crop in Southern California — (i 

 How to prepare Honey for Shipment to For- 

 eign Markets 6 



The most Marketable Packages 6 



Railroad and Ocean Freights on Honey 6 



gifWhen changing a postoftice ad- 

 dress, mention the old address as wdl 

 as the new one. 



Back Numbers.— We need a few odd 

 numbers to complete some volumes of 

 the I3ee Journal. Any one having 

 them to spare will oblige if they will 

 let us know which ones they have and 

 the price they will sell them at. We 

 hope no one will send them before re- 

 ceiving our answer, or we may get a lot 

 of duplicates. The following are the 

 numbers we want: 



Vol. 2— Nos. 1 to 8, 11, 12. 



Vol. 3— Nos. 1 to 10. 



Vol. 5— Nos. 2, 11. 



Vol. 11— No. 1. 



Vol. 12— Nos. 1,4. 



Vol. 13— Nos. 3 to 7, 9, 11. 



A r ol. 14— Nos. 1 to 4, 6, 7 to 11. 



Vol. 15— Nos. 1,3 to 8. 



iH° Postage stamps received in pay- 

 ment of all sums due this office, when 

 bank bills are not available. 



Sections ! Sections ! 



OF SNOW-WHITE POPLAR. 



They are perfect beauties. Prices again reduced. 

 Samples He.; illustrated circulars free. Address, 

 lwtf A. E. M AM M. Bristol, Addison Co., Vt, 



Italian, Cyprian & Holy Land Queens. 



Single Queen, Tested #3 ©»> 



" Untested, laying.. 1 OO 

 By mail, safe arrival guaranteed. 



8-frame colony $8 OO 



3- frame nucleus 3 OO 



2-f rame nucleus 3 SO 



By express, safe arrival guaranteed. 

 W. P. HENDERSON, Murf reesboro, Tenn. 

 Im6t 



BEES WANTED. 



We want to purchase lOO or 200 colonies, if to 

 be had at a bargain. Address, with full particulars, 

 COFPINBERRT, care American Bee Journal, 

 Chicago, 111. lwtf 



Rev. a. Salisbury. 1881. J. V.Caldwell. 

 SALISBURY & CALDWELL. 



Camargo, Douglas County, 111. 



Italian Queens, $1.00 ; Tested Italian 

 Queens, tz.00 ; Cyprian Queens, j'-'.OO ; 

 Tested Cyprian Queens, $4.00 ; 1 frame 

 Nucleus, Italians, $4.00 ; 1 frame Nu- 

 cleus, Cyprians, $5.00 ; Colony of Hai- 

 tians, 8 frames. $8.00 ; Colony of Cyp- 

 ^ilrians, 8 frames, $10.00. Wax worked 

 10c. per lb. Pure Comb Foundation, 

 on Dunham Machine. 25 lbs. or over, 35c. per lb. 

 BySend for Circular, lwly 



Given's Foundation Press. 



The latest improvement in Foundation. Our thin 

 and common Foundation la not surpassed. The only 

 invention to make Foundation in the wired frame. 

 All Presses warranted to give satisfaction, Send for 

 Catalogue and Samples. 



lwly D. S. GIVEN, Hoopeston, III. 



FLAT-BOTTOM COMB FOUNDATION, 



E^g^, high side-walls, 4 to 16 square feet to 



ll'vv- ■• — •.'-"£■ the pound. Circular and samples free. 

 ; |:-. ■"-"■'•:':".;d J- VAN DEUSEN & SONS, 



I !■:•>-■■:■■:'■". ■"■'■" Sole .Manufacturers, 



i$z~zir^4 Utf Sprout Brook, Mont. Co., N. Y. 



BEES CHEAP FOR GASH. 



150 Colonlen in two-8tory Xjangstroth hives. 

 ISO " " Simplicity 



All in good condition to last until the end of Janua- 

 ry, 1881. GEORGE B. PETERS. 



lwtf 289 Main Street, Memphis, Tenn. 



IjgpA few copies of the lirst edition 

 of Cook's Manual may still be obtained 

 at this office, at 30c. each or 4 for $1.00. 



STILL AHEAD! 



THE 



Improved Quinby Smoker 



MORE POPULAR THAN EVER. 



The Double- Blast Outdoes Itself. 



Testimonials from the best bee-keepers in all quar- 

 ters, and, best of all, larger sales than ever before 

 prove its superiority. 



Price by mall. Medium, J1.50 ; Large, »1.75 ; Small, 

 Single Blast. $1.00. 



(Juinby's New Bee-Keeping. 



The number and the character of the commenda- 

 tions of this book, tbut we are continually receiving, 

 prove very conclusively that U le a plain, practical 

 work. Invaluable to the beginner aBwell as to the 

 more advanced bee-keeper. Price, postpaid, 181. 50. 



If you desire practical Information, such as has 

 enabled us to secure over 15,00u lbs. of honey from 

 17« colonies, the present poor season, send for our 

 fall circular. Address, 



I C. ROOT «V HRO., 



9-12 Mohawk, Ilerk. Co.. N. V. 



II I % D«*l \ IC I I Its FOR 



PURE ALBINO AND ITALIAN 



QUEENS AND COLONIES FOR 1881. 

 A^ I make queen-rearing a specialty, I guarantee 

 to those Ordering from me just what thev bargain 

 for. Circulars free. Address, I>. A. P1K.F, 



Box 19, Smithsburg, Washingtnn County, Md. 



CONNER, BURNETT & CO., 



1U5 South Water Street, Chicago, 111., 



t „T. F.Bingham's advertisement Q ENERAL pROQUGE COMMISSION. 

 m the December Journal, the pure of honey a specialty. 



11 single Sample smoker was Omitted li\- We ask you t< rresoond with us before disposing 



. ,i riu „ ; i-ii t , ..• of your lloN K V ( ' ltol\ as we can be of much serv- 



illl OVerSlgllt. 1 lie pilCe till Jail. ISt IS I ice, having constant Intellhjenee fro mall partsof the 

 i *rz ««^.+q i country. Wewould referto Jameh Hkimion, Dowa- 



OUly (O cents. I gi ac , iiich. ( and J. oatuan & Sons, Dundee, 111. 



(@T We have prepared Ribbon Badges 

 tor bee-keepers, on which are printed a 

 large bee in gold. Price 10 cents each, 

 or $8.00 per hundred. 



(^"Instead of sending silver money in j 

 letters, procure 1 . L! or 3 cent stamps. \ 

 We can use them, and it is safer to send 



such than silver. 



igTsc tin- Bee Journal as a bee 

 does a flower— draw from its well. 



HgrOu page 578, Journal I'm- Decem- 

 ber, 8th line from the bottom of the 1st 

 column, read " 8 or" instead of "300." 



Frances dunham, Ha! Ha! History! Ha! Ha! 



Inventor and Sole Manufacturer of the * 



DTJXTXXAM 



FOUNDATION 



MACHIUE, 



AND DUNHAM 



COMB FOUNDATION, 



%W New Circular and Samples free. ^g$ 



FRANCES DUNHAM, 



lsmlim DEPERE, BROWN CO., WIS. 



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The Hetherington Brothers are the most extensive 

 Bee-Keepers in the United States. Bingham & 

 Hetherington Smokers and Knives were the only 

 ones at the last American Bee-Keepers' Societv, also 

 at the Mich. State Society— the oldest in the United 

 States. 



They were invented for our own use. In our own 

 apiaries, and we use them. All other smokers adver- 

 tised were made since Bingbam's, and by supply 

 dealers, and not for their own use. 



TWENTY THOUSAND are in use in the best 

 apiaries. AH praise them— at least, NONE 

 (OMPI.AIX. 

 ! We are the only legal makers, and sell no other 

 supplies. We are very proud of them. Send card 

 for circular or wholesale rates, to 



BINGHAM & HETHERINGTON, 



lwtf Otsego, Mich, 



MUTH'S 



HONEY EXTRACTOR 



UNCAPPING KNIFE. 



The Extractoi is made 

 of nil metal and is al- 

 ways ready for use, 

 easily cleaned, and 1 

 will last a life-time. 

 In fact they have only 

 to be used to be ap- 

 preciated. Every Bee- 

 Keeper should send 

 for my circulai giving 

 ili'lails regarding the ' 

 rare of bees, and how to get_ 

 most Honey. 



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G. Olm's Comb Foundation Machine, 



9-Inch. -Price glfft.OO. 



The cnt represents theO-lnch machine ; thecheap- 



cst made until now. Send for Circular and Sample. 



ltf C. OLH, Fond du Lac. Wis. 



TXT V TVT'rtm —A PRACTICAL MAN 



W /\1> IXi/. to attend an Apiary of lUOcol- 

 onles of Italian Bees for a term of years. 



H. W. ANDERSON. 

 I'2t2p tlooui &, W Washington Street, Chicago 



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(HAS, F MITTH, No. ff) 

 Central At.. Cincinnati, O. 



o ITALIAN QUEENS. 



1881. 



1881. 



Tested Queens $1.50 



Warranted Queens.... l.OO 



4 vt* >'iu ii Queeu», untested l.OO 



As most all the Dollar Queens I sold last year were 

 pure, I will warrant them this year. 



J. T. WILSON, 



MortonsviUe, Woodford County, Ky. 



Now Ready. 

 HEDDON'S CIRCULAR, 



Giving prices and descriptions, with cuts, of his 



IMPROVED LANGSTR0TH HIVE. 



White Spncce Sections and Boxes, 



Latent Improved Honey Scales. 



Queens and Full Colonies, 



UNEXCELLED BEE FEEDER, 



The Three Popular and 



Best Styles of Comb Foundation. 



Wiri'd it nut. in buigsfroth iiaines or out. 



Protectors, Honey Knives. Smokers, Glass. Honey 



;md Wax Extractors, etc., together with the 



Best Honey- Yielding and Market Giirden 



SMALL FRUIT PLANTS. 



Is now ready to mail. Please send nt once your full 

 address. Post Office, County and State, to 



JAMES HEDDON, 

 DownKiac, Cass County, Mich. 

 taf No Circulars sent unless solicited. It; 



A NEVV PLAN.- For one dollar we will send 

 full printed direetions how t<> prevent the end "f the 

 sheet of wax from adhering to the rolls in making 

 comb foundHtlnn. Address, 



SMITH & SMITH, Kenton, Ohio. 



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