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THE AMERICAN BEE JOURNAL. 



Mar. 30. 



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KATEH FOK ADVEBTI8IXG. 



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Advertisement* withdrawn before the expiration 

 •f the contract, will be charged the full rate for the 

 time the advertisement is Inserted. 



Transient Advertisements payable In advance.— 

 T early Contracts payable quarterly, In advance. 



The American Beb JorttNAL la 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 rsoi Imposition will be exposed. 



THOMAS G. NEWMAN, 



•?4 West Madison Street.. Chicago. 111. 



Contents of this Number. 



^° The hitest sour and chorus is en- 

 titled " The Flower of Tennessee." by 

 James E. Stewart. This song lias one 

 of the most beautiful melodies ever 

 published, and is suns with immense 

 success by tin' prominent Minstrel 

 Troupes throughout the country. The 

 music is very simple and can lie played 



on the Organ or Piano. Sent to any ad- 

 dress upon receipt of 35ets. Address. 

 F. W. IIki.mk k. Music Publisher, 

 180 Kim street, Cincinnati, Ohio. 



BURNETT 



Rev. A. SALISBURY, 



Cumargo, Douglas County. III. 

 , Warranted ttaltun Queens, tfl.OU : Tested lUillan 

 _ s^-# Oueena, I2.0U ; Cyprian Queens. %'l.\fy : 



Tested Cyprian Queens, f 1.00 ; I frame 

 Nucleus, Italians. ?4.wi ; t frame Nu- 

 cleus, Cvprians, ftf.OU ; Colony of Ital- 

 ians, H frames. tS.UU ; Colony of Cyp- 

 rians. 8 frames, ft 10.UO. Wax worked 

 10c. per lb. Pure Comb Foundation, 

 on Dunham Machine, 25 lbs. or over. 

 ""Send for Circular. lwly 



ITALIANS AND IIAHRIDN-Sn or40Colo- 

 nles for sale low. Queens and Nuclei after May 

 r.ih. Address, ML. M. AROO, 



I2w^t Lowell, Garrard County, Ky. 



CsiTcapoDdence i 



Bee-Keeping In Ceylon 97 



The Introduction of Bee-Culture into the 



Island of ft" 



How to Feed Bees In Winter ;im 



Do Bees Puncture Kru.lt ? 9H 



Perforated Zinc tn Tontine Queens :«h 



Theory and Practice.. 98 



Bee Farming in Ontario iw 



The Sale of Extracted Iloney ax 



Foul Brood ax 



TneUseof Perforated Zinc ;k» 



Conventions : 



Ventura Co., Cal., Convention 99 



Lancaster Co., Pa., Convention 99 



The <;reat Revolution 9» 



Northwestern Bee-Keepers' Union 99 



Editorial : 



Editorial Items inn 



Repairing Losses by Dividing 100 



Amonic oar Exchancen : 



Bees in New Zealand 100 



Interesting Letter Concerning 100 



Care of Weak Colonies ioo 



teleetlons from Oar Letter Box i 



The Lime Remedy 10i 



Bee-Keeping in Kansas lOl 



Chaff Packing 101 



Wintered Safely by ChafT 101 



Bees Strong and Healthy 10i 



Absorbents 101 



No Surplus nor Increase lOl 



Bees In Nebraska lni 



Bees Starving in the Cellar in 



Dovetailed Sections 10J 



Sundry Questions If il 



Bees Short of Stores loi 



Good Results 101 



Bees In Good Condition lot 



Life in the Midst of Death lOl 



Equal Loss ln-Doors and Out loi 



Why the Wire-Cloth Inside? loi 



Fresh and Frequent News lui 



A Word to Bee-Keepers 1Q2 



Foul Brood and Its Causes I02 



Red Clover Italians 109 



The Cause of Losses In Winter '103 



Bees Tried to their Utmost Endurance 102 



My Report to Date 102 



Homer Rclivlvus 102 



Bees in Northern Kentucky 102 



Feeding and Extracting 102 



Melange 102 



Wintering in a Cave 1"-' 



Bees are Scarce 1"^ 



Late Spring 102 



One-half of the Bees Dead 102 



Beos Carrying Pollen 102 



Purifying Wux .... 102 



wintering In B.»x Hives 102 



Chaff Packing Triumphant 102 



Portable Shed* for Winter 102 



s§T\Ve can supply but a few more of 

 the back numbers to new subscribers. 

 If any want them, they must be sent for 

 soon. 



GIT The North Western Wisconsin 

 Bee-keepers Association will meet at 

 German ia Hall. LaCrosse, Wis., on 

 Tuesday. May 10, at 10 a. m. All inter- 

 ested in bee-keeping ;ire requested to be 

 present. L. II. I'ammel. -In., Sec. 



35c. per lb. 



WANTED— Yon to send for our Circular and 

 Price list of American-Italian*. Address, 

 JOS. M. It KOOKs A UK., 

 I2wi;m ColumbuB, Ind. 



FLAT-BOTTOM COMB FOUNDATION, 



high side-walls. 4 to 16 square feet to 

 the pound. Circular and samples free. 

 J. VAN DEUSEN & SONS. 

 Sole Manufacturers. 

 lltf Sprout Brook, Mont. Co., N. V. 



BAK8WOOD A9IU TI'I.IF TRIES, from 

 1 to s feet in heicllt. nursery grown. The 2 best 

 HONEY PHODUC1NG TREES KNOWN, at low 

 prices. A. BATTLES, Glrard, Pa.., 



inw4t 



BARNES' PATENT 



Foot-Power Machinery 



CIRCULAR and 



SCROLL SAWtf 



Hand, Circular Rip Saws for gen- 

 eral heavy and light ripping. 

 Lathes, Ac. These machines are 

 especially adapted to Hive 

 M itkinic. It will payevery bee- 

 keeper to send for our 48 page 

 Illustrated Catalogue. 



W. F. & JOHN BARNE8 



Rockford, Winnebago Co.. 111. 



WILBOR'S COMPOUND OF 



PURE COD LIVER 

 OIL AND LIME. 



TCllbor'a Cod-Liver Oil and Lime. -Persons 



who have been taking Cod-Liver Oil will be pleased 

 to learn that Dr. Wllbor has succeeded, from direc- 

 tions of several Professional gentlemen, in combin- 

 ing the pure Oil and Lirue in such a manner that it is 

 pleasant to the taste, and its effects in Lung com- 

 plaints are truly wonderful. Very many persons 

 whose cases were pronounced hopeless, and who had 

 taken the clear Oil for a long time without marked 

 effect, have been entirely cured by using this prepa- 

 ration. Be sure and get the genuine. Manufactured 

 only by A. H. WlLBOR, Chemist, Boston. Sold by all 

 druggists. 1 Iw4t 



I HAVE NOW OVER 



300 COLONIES 



tifPnre Italian Bees, in good condition, in 10 frame 

 l.angstroth hives. Orders fur 



ITALIAN QUEENS, 



Nuclei and Full Colonies, 



are now being booked and will be filled In rotation 

 as received, commencing about June 1st., at the fol- 

 lowing prices: 



Te«t«d Queens, eaoh 92 50 



" " per half-dozen 13 50 



t frame Nucleus, with Tasted Queen 5 00 



2 " " " ** " 5 50 



J " " " " " 8 I© 



4 " " " ** " 6 .TO 



Full Colonies, each 12 0O 



" '• in Iota of .">, each 10 00 



" " " 10. each 9 00 



I will use all possible care in preparing the above 

 for shipment, but cannot guarantee safe arrival, ex- 

 cept on queens Hny distance less than 1,000 miles. 



ALSO 



lOO COLONIES 



OF 



BLACK AND HYBRID BEES, 



in Langstroth hives, in quantities of not less than.", 

 colonies at SS.OO each, which I will ship direct 

 from the South. 



ALFRED H. NEWMAN, 



•72 West Madison St., Chicago, III. 



THE ORIGINAL 



Patented Jan. 9, 1878, and May, 1879 ; Re-Issued 

 July y, 187*. 



If you buy a Bingham 

 Smoker, or a Bingham «St 

 Hetheringtonlloney Knife 

 you are sure of the best 

 and cheapest, and not lia- 

 ble to prosecution forthelr 

 use and sale. The largest 

 bee-keepers use them ex 

 cluslvely. Twenty thou- 

 sand In use -not one ever 

 returned, or letter of com- 

 plaint received. Our orig- 

 inal patent Smokers and 

 Honey Knives were the 

 only ones on exhibition at 

 the last National Bee- 

 Keepers* Conventlon.li**). 

 1'ime sifts the wheat from 

 the chuff. Pretensions are 

 abort- lived. 



The Large and Kxt.ru 

 Standard have extra wide 

 shields to prevent burn- 

 ing the Angers and bel- 

 lows. A real improve- 

 ment. 



Send postal card for tes- 

 timonials. 



Bingham & Hetherlngton Honey Knife... 2 In., $1 00 



Large Bingham Smoker '2M ' 1 50 



Extra Standard Bin -ham Smoker 2 " 1 35 



Plata Standard Bingham Smoker 2 " 1 00 



Little Wonder Bingham Smoker l?f '* 75 



If to be sent by mail, or singly by express, add 25c. 

 each, to prepay postage or express charges. 



To sell again, apply for dozen orhalf-doxen rates. 



Address, 



BINGHAM & HETHERINGT0N, 



9wtf ABRONIA. MICH. 



DON'T BUY SUPPLIES ! It will Pay you 



Till you have read my new price list for the spring 

 trade. Wax Is cheaper now, so I can sell joua One 

 article of Comb Foundation cheap, and made on the 

 best machine. Italian and Cyprian Queens, Bees. 

 Hives, Sections, etc. Price List free to all. 



J. V. CALDWELL, 



Cambridge, Henry Co., 111. 



*& The next meeting of the X. W. 

 Elinoia ami S. W. Wisconsin Bee-Keep- 

 ers' Association, will be held at 11. \v. 

 Lee's, 2 miles n.w. of Pecatonica, Win- 

 nebago county. Ills., on the l"tli of May, 

 1881. J. Stewaut, Sec. 



t&'On account of unfavorable weath- 

 er the convention at Monroe Centre, 

 111., met on Feb. 8, and there being but 

 few present, adjourned to the same 

 place on March 29, 1881. 



A. Rice, Pres. 



(g"The Texas Bee-Keepers' Associa- 

 tion will hold their third annual Con- 

 vention at Judge w. II. Andrews' 

 apiary, in McKinney. Collin Co., Texas. 



<,.-- the 12th and 13th days of May, 1881. 



then Wm. k. Howard, >><<■.. 



tected, Kingston, Hunt Co., Texas. 



Given's Foundation Press. 



The latest improvement In Foundation. Our thin 

 and common Foundation Is not surpassed. The only 

 Invention to make Foundation In the wired frame. 

 All Presses warranted to give satisfaction, Send for 

 Catalogue and Samples 



lwly l» g. GIVEN. HOOpestOO, III- 



ITALIAN QUEENS, Full Colonies, Nuclei 

 and Bee Hives specialties. Our new Illustrated 

 Catalogue of Bees, Su pplies. Fine Poultry, Small 

 Fruits, Ac., Free. %W Send for tt and save money. 

 .1 T. BC< rTT a BRO., Crawfish Springs, Oa. 2w8& 



SEEDS! HONEY PLANTS 



A full villi. ty. if nil klnrtn, Including Melll, it. Alslke 

 Hnil White Clnver, Mamimith Mignonette, \r. Fur 

 prices and Instructions for pinntintr, son my illustra- 

 ted CiitaliiKiie, -sent free upon application. 



ALFRED II. H'KWHAll, 



972 West Madison St.. rmiMiio, Ii.t.. 



To read our forty page Catalogue of 

 Apiarian Supplies. It gives the latest 

 information about the liest appliances 

 and methods pertaining to 



Profitable Bee Culture 



Sent free to all who send us their names 

 and addresses, plainly written, upon a 

 postal card. Address 



H. A. BURCH & CO., 

 "iwtf. South Haven, Mich. 



Successor to Conner, Burnett & Co., 



Its South Water Street. Chicago, 111., 



GENERAL PRODUCE COMMISSION. 



IIOXF.Y A HPEIIALTY. 



We ask you to correspond with us before dtSDOStllf 



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



loe, baring tatant Intelligence from all parts of the 



countrv. We would refer to ...» mks 11kimm»n. l>owa- 



Kfae, Mich., and J. Oathah a Sons, Dundee, III. 



lwly 



The Bee-Keepers Guide ; 



MANUAL OF TIIK APIARY, 



By A. J. COOK, 



Professorof Entomology in the Michigan Shite Agri- 

 cultural CulUge. 



886 Panrew; 114 Fine Illualrntiona. 



Price— Bound In cloth, $1.2.1; in paper over. 

 Sl.uO, by mail prepaid. For sale by 



THOMAS O. NEWMAN, 

 974 West RtedlBon Street, Chicago. III. 



Florida Land-640 Acres. 



i&r CHEAP FOR CASH. .« 



Description,- Sea *. township 7, south range 7 

 west, Kran k I in county.Klorlda, aituated about 60 miles 

 south of the Georgia line. 25 miles west or the city of 

 Tallahadae, the capital of the State, and about tt 

 miles northeast of the city of Apalachioola, a see- 

 port on the Uulf of Mexico, and within '2 sections i i 

 and6i of the Apalachlcola river ; the soli is a rich, 

 sandy loam, covered with timber. 



It was conveyed on Dec. 3let. 1K75. by Col. Alexan- 

 der McDonald, who owned 6 sections, including the 

 above, to J. M. Murphy, for $3,200, and on Sept. 5th, 

 IH77, by htm conveyed to the undersigned for M.iOG. 

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

 by an abstract from the Kecords of the county, duly 

 attested by the County Clerk ; the taxea are all paid 

 and the receipts are in my possession. 



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

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

 fer for It Is respectfully solicited. Address, 



THOMAS G. NEWMAN, 



974 West Madison Street, CHICAGO. IU.. 



PARKER'S GINGER TONIC 



Ginger, Bacha, Mandrake, StMlingia and; 



,many other of the best medir_inci known ate com- 

 bined so skillfully in Parker * Cingkr Tonic as 



;io make it the greatest Blood Purifier and the • 



Best Heal thand St rcngth Uestort-r over used.' 



Itcurcs Dyspepsia, Rheumatism, Neuralgia,] 



Sleeplessness, and all diseases of the Stomach,! 



■ Bowels, Lungs, Liver, Kidneys, Urinary Organs; 



[and all Female Complaint*. 



i If you are wasting away with Consumption or, 

 any disease, use the Tonic to-day. No matter what 



'your symptoms maybe, it will surely help you. 



', Remember! This Tonic cures drunkenness, 



■is the Best Family Medicine ever made, entirely < 



'different from Bitters, Ginger Preparations and; 

 other Tonics, and combines the best curative prop-] 

 erticsofalt. Buy a 50c. bottle of your drugget 

 None Rerulne without our signature on outside 

 wrapper. Hisco* & Co., Chemists. New York. 



PARKER'S HAfR BALSAM J^ESVKJESS; 



©S ENORA VINGS. 



The Horse 



BY B. J. KENDALL, M. D. 



EVERY BEE-KEEPEH 



Wanting anything in the line of Apiarian Supplies 

 should send for my Descriptive Circular. Rent free. 

 Address. F. A. sM IL. 



inw4t MilledKOVille. Carroll Co., IU. 



THE CANADIAN FARMER 



THE ONLY 



Agricultural Weekly 



PTJBLXSHKD IB Tin: 



DOMINION OF CANADA. 



This practical Journal Is now In Its Third Year, 

 and meeting with Immense success. The low price 

 of Its subscription f$l.m per yean in its new and lm- 

 proved form (lfl pages ISJtfxlOKi folded and pasted) 

 very popular. Its editors are all practical 

 men. it is the IIcki Advertising Medium In 

 Canada. Sample copies sent free to any address. 

 HWJetx N. B. t'OLCOt'K, Welland. Ont. 



A TREATISE giving an index of diseases, and 

 the symptoms ; cause and treatment of each, stable 

 L r i v ink' all the principal drutrs used for the horse, with 

 the ordinary dose, effects and antidote when a poi- 

 son ; a table with an entrravlnK of the horse's teeth 

 at different o^es, with rules for telling the ago of the 

 horse ; a valuable collection of recipes, and mnoh 

 valuable information. 



Price «5 eent«.— Sent on receipt of price, by 



THOMAS «• \EWHAN, 



1174 West Madison Street, CHICAGO. ILL. 



a, beautifully Illustrated Monthly Magazine 

 devoted 1 



POTJLTBY, PIGEONS AND PET STOCK. 



it. baa the largi ■ ' ■ n 1 ■■ ■■■ 1 1 1 i ; '- e-iitow 



of any jouniol of ItscTsssln Unent , nnd I s 



tEs rurzcT roaLTcr joubwai em ^ r .- vceld. 



ts begbifl January 1881, SUBSCRIPTION:— 



il.OO [>er year. Spectmea Uqpy, 10 cents, 



C. J. WARD, Editor ond Proprietor. 



182 CLARK ST., - CHICAGO- 



