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THE AMERICAN BEE JOURNAL. 



April 20. 



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THOMAS 0. IEWMAN, 



»74 West Madison Btreet . Cbleaffe, 111. 



Contents of this Number. 



Correspondence t 



The Lessons from our Losses 121 



The Italian Not a Pure Race 121 



In- Door Flying for Dysentery 121 



Bee-Keeping in Kentucky 122 



What Is Royal Jelly? 122 



My Experience with Separators 122 



How to Separate Swarms. 122 



Ventilation for Winter 122 



Candying of Honey a Test of Purity 123 



Some Incorrect Statements Criticised 123 



To the Bee-Keepers of Indiana 123 



The Bee-Moth 123 



Conventions i 



Southwestern Iowa 123 



Central Kentucky 123 



Southwestern Wisconsin 123 



Northwestern Union 123 



Editorial t 



Editorial Items 124 



Mr. Fran * Benton's Javan Mission 124 



What Causes Dysentery ? 124 



Foul Brood 124 



Among onr Exchange* : 



Peet Queen Cage 125 



London Journal of Horticulture .' 125 



Selections from Our Letter Box : 



Glutei to Death .: 125 



Bees AH Right 125 



Loss 50 percent 125 



Only Empty Hives Left 125 



Astringents 125 



Winter Protection 125 



Will Try Again 125 



Wintered on Summer Stands 125 



Changed his Mind 125 



Losses In-Doors and Out 125 



Bee- Keeping in Southeastern Missouri 125 



Honey Poison 135 



Foul Brood 125 



Italians Ahead 125 



Stntw and Ciiaff for Wintering 126 



Wintering in Kentucky 12(> 



Five Months' Confinement.... I2fi 



Weevils 126 



Hold Your Tongue 126 



Beesand Grapes 126 



Care for the Bees 1 26 



Lost All 126 



Chaff Hives 126 



Losses 1 26 



Figwort 126 



Winterstill HangsOn 126 



Wintering Finely 126 



A Beginner's Experience 126 



Chaff Triumphant 126 



Bees Suffered Severely 126 



^*We were in error in attributing 

 Mr. Stanley's sample of comb founda- 

 tion to the Root mill. We are informed 

 by Mr. Stanley that it was made on the 

 Vandervoort machine, which he claims 

 to be an improvement. It was very fine. 



A Smooth Complexion can be had by 



every lady who will use Parker's Ginger 

 Tonic. For promptly regulating the 

 liver and kidneys and purifying the 

 blood there is nothing like it, and this 

 is the reason why it so quickly removes 

 pimples and gives a rosy bloom to the 

 cheek. See notice. 



^ The next meeting of the N. W, 

 Illinois and S. W. Wisconsin Hee-Keep- 

 •ers' Association, will be held at II. \V. 

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

 nebago county. Ills., on the 17th of May, 

 1881. J. Stewart, Sec. 



SECTIONS AND HIVES. 



EC 



James Forntrook has just received a patent nn his 

 Machine f<-r Scoring Hmipy Box Sections, dated 

 March 2lt. 1881. No. of Patent. 238.476. He has not 

 sold uny simp rights on this machine, nor does he in- 

 tend to ; therefore, any one using a machine to make 

 the One-Piece Section are infririKins. 



We will make the " Bess" Section, anv Fize up to 

 5x8, for (5.00 per l.orjo. Material for Langstroth hive 



JAMES FORNC'BOOK A CO. 



Watertown. Jeff. Co., Wis., April 2, 1881. I5wtf 



Bees for Sale. 



Beveral friends In the South are supplying me with 

 quite a lot of been, which I shall sell at reasonable 

 rates. They are pure Italians, Hybrids and Blacks, 

 In Langstroth hives, box hives and log gums. First 

 shipment arrived to-day, For farther particulars 

 address, 



CHAS. F. MUTH. 



Cincinnati. O.. April 



1881. 



W 



ANTBD-Yoa to send for our Circular and 

 Prioe list of Anierlcnn-Itallana. Address, 

 •JOS. M. HKOOK8 A ItKI, , 

 I2w6m Columbus, Ind. 



Rev. A. SALISBURY, 



Camargo, Douglas County, 111. 

 Warranted Italian Queens, 1$1 .00 ; Tested Italian 

 Queens, fli.00 ; Cyprian Queens. $"J.O0 ; 

 Tested Cyprian Queens, i-4.00 : 1 frame 

 Nucleus, Italians, $4.1X1 : 1 frame Nu- 

 cleus, Cyprians, ♦A.fju ; Colony of Ital- 

 ians, 8 frames. f&OO ; Colony of Cyp- 

 rians, 8 frames, f 10.00. Wax worked 

 10c. per lb. Pure Comb Foundation, 

 on Dunham Machine, 25 lbs. or over, 

 35c. per lb. jysund for Circular. lwly 



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 JJ. S. «IVKX. Hoopeston, 111. 



WILBOR'S COMPOUND OF 



PURE COD LIVER 

 OIL AND LIME. 



To One and All.-Are y«a Buffering fi om u 



Cough, Cold, Asthma, Bronchitis, or any of the vari 

 ous pulmonary troubles that so often end in Con 

 sumption ? If so. use ■* Wilbnr's Pure Cod-Liv>er OH 

 arut Lime," a safe and sure remedy. This Is no quack 

 preparation, but is regularly prescribed by the medi- 

 cal faculty. Manufactured only by A. B. Wilboh, 

 Chemist. Boston. Sold bv all druggists. 



DON'T BUY SUPPLIES 



Till you have read my new | ri e list for the spring 

 trade. Wax is cheaper now, so 1 can sell you a tine 

 article of Comb Foundation cheap, and made on the 

 new Dunham and newVanderroort machine. Italian 

 and Cyprian Queens, Bees, Hiv.-s, Sections, etc. 

 Price List free to all. 



J. V. CALDWELL, 



12w6m Cambridge, TTenry Co.. 111. 



1*-> EGGS from fine Plymouth Rock or \V. Leghorn 

 'J fowls for *_', or 26 for $3. Will exchange eggs 

 lor Queens or BeeB. J. H.TIIOR.NUUKO, 



l-*w3t Winchester. Randolph Co.. Ind. 



^•Tlie Texas Bee-Keepers' Associa- 

 tion will hold their third annual Con- 

 -vention at Judge W. II. Andrews' 

 sipiary, in McKinney, Collin Co., Texas, 

 on the 12th and 13th days of May, 1881. 

 Wm. It. IIoward, Sec, 

 Kingston, Hunt Co., Texas. 



\'ASiDF.RTOOKT FOUNDATIOST-10 sq. 



, ft. per lb., witti natural base, by the pound or 

 b? h iih e root. Send for samples. 

 JLWif G. ~W. STANLEY, WyomlDg, N. Y. 



WORTH WILL WIN. 



Truly, " Time sifts the wheat from the chaff." We 

 lead in Smokers. Our Double-blast Smoker is 

 perfection. See what "the most extensive bee- 

 keeper in America" says of our Quinby Smoker : 



Cherry Valley. N. Y„ March 22, 1881. 



After testing your smokers with others of the best 

 make, I do not hesitate to order two dozen for use In 

 our apiaries. When we use a Smoker we make a 

 business of it, running it all day and burning bard 

 maple wood, winch tests the construction most thor- 

 oughly. Those wr have been using admit coaly into 

 the bellows, which burn the leather. The tube in 

 your Quinby Smoker running further into the fire- 

 box, must prevent this in a great measure. 



Capt. J. E. Hkthekinctox. 



If you desire to see a descripiion of the goods we 

 used in securing over 15.000 lbs. of honey from 17i; 

 colonies of bees the past poor season, send for our 

 New Illustrated Circularfor 1881, which is just ready. 



L C. ROOT & BRO.. 



SMohnwk, N. Y. 



I HAVE NOW OVER 



300 COLONIES 



of Pure Italian Bees, in good condition, In lo frame 

 Langstroth hives. Orders for 



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 price* : 



Tested Queens, each $2 50 



" " per half-dozen 13 30 



1 frame Nucleus, with Tested Quoon 5 00 



2 '* " " " " 5 50 



3 " " " " " 6 OO 



4, " " fl 50 



Full Colonies, each 12 oo 



In Into of 5. each 10 00 



lo, each 9 oo 



I will use all possible care in preparing the above 

 for shipment, but cannot guarantee safe arrival, ex- 

 cept on queens any distance less than l.ouu miles. 



A I. SO 



XOO COLONIES 



OF 



BLACK AND HYBRID BEES, 



In Langstroth hives, In quantities of not less than "i 

 '•ofonles at fl>8. OO each, which I will ship direct 

 from the South, at any time after April loth. 



Also, 200 Colonies of Native Bees, 



In Box Hives, delivered on Mississippi Kiver Steam- 

 boat any time after April 15th, in lots of 10 or more, 



>tl|fl6 OO each. 



Of" The Colonies of Hybrids and Natives are very 

 strong in bees reared this spring, and combs well 

 ill led with brood. They can be transferred or divided 

 t»y May 1st, and Increased in time for white clover 



ind busswood surplus. 



ALFRED II- NEWMAN, 



•72 West Madison St., Chicago, III 



THE ORIGINAL 



Patented Jan. 9, 187*, and May, 1879 ; Re-issued 

 July y, 1878. 



If you buy a Bingham 

 Smoker, or a Bingham A. 

 HetheringtonUoney Knife 

 you are sure of the best 

 and cheapest, and not lia- 

 ble to prosecution for their 

 use and sale. The largest 

 bee-keepers use them ex- 

 clusively. 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- 

 KeeperB* Convention, ihho. 

 L'tme sifts the wheat from 

 t he chaff. Pretensions are 

 ■.hort-lived. 



The Large and "Extra 

 Standard have extra wide 

 shields to prevent burn- 

 ing the fingers and bel- 

 lows. A real improve- 

 ment. 



Send postal card for tes- 

 timonials. 



Bingham & Hetherington Honey Knife. . .2 in., $1 00 



Large Bingham Smoker 2^j ' 1 50 



tiUni Standard Bingham Smoker 2 " 1 25 



Plain Standard Bingham Smoker 2 " 1 00 



Little Wonder Bingham Smoker lH " 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 or half-dozen rates. 



Address, 



BINGHAM ft HETHERINGT0N, 



9wtf ABRONIA. MICH. 



THE BRITISH BEE JOURNAL, 



AND BEE-KEEPER'S ADVISER, 

 ./t^ BrtWl* B« Journal is published monthly nl 

 *1..5, and contains the liest practical insinuation for 

 the time being, snowing what to do. and when and 

 how to do do it. (X.IIIBUTT, Boo Master 

 School of Apiculture. Fairlawn, Southall. London. 



A flrorit.eFu rn '*lit pleasant, profitable employment. 

 fp° w LucHl PtmtUlg House, Silver Creek, N. Y. 

 i*yl 



FLAT-B0TT0M COMB FOUNDATION, 



JS?=Sppl^ high side-walls, 4 to 16 square feet to 

 U-v.\\v ■:'■.:/ the pound. Circular and samples free 

 |J:'v:Vv.v^#J J- VAN DEUSEN & SONS, 



ll^'-^l^jJ Sole Manufacturers, 



^ ' -= JL lut Sprout Brook, Mont. Co., N. V. 



ITALIAN QUEENS, Full Colonies. Nuclei 

 and Bee Hives specialties. Our new Illustrated 

 Catalogue of Bees, Supplies, Fine Poultry, Small 

 Fruits, Ate, Free. fW Send for it and save money. 

 I. T. SCOTT & BRO., Crawfish Springs, Ga. 2wIWtx 



It will Pay you 



To rend our forty page Catalogue of 

 Apiarian Supplies. It gives the latest 

 information about the best 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., 

 r (wtf. South Haven, Mich. 



EVERY BEE-KEEPER 



Wanting anything in the line of Apiarian Supplies 

 should send for my Descriptive Circular. Sent free. 

 Address, F. X. VMM, 



I3w4t Milledgeville, Carroll Co., 111. 



Florida Land— 640 Acres, 



»■ CHEAP FOR CASH. jSS 



Description. -Sec. 4, township 7. snuth range 7 

 west. Franklin county, Florida, situated atx.utau miles 

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

 Tallahasse, the capital of the State, and about £> 

 miles northeast of the city ot Apalachlcola, a sea- 

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

 andtjiofthe Apalachicola river : the soil is a rich, 

 sandy loam, covered with timber. 



It was conveyed on Dec. :ilst. IK75. by Col. Alexan- 

 der McDonald, who owned ti sections. Including the 

 abcjve, to J. M. Murphy, for fS.aju, and on Sept. 5th, 

 1877, by him conveyed to the unaeratuned for fci.OOO. 

 The title Is perfect, anil It is unincumbered, as shown 

 by an abstract from the Kecords 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. A a of- 

 fer for It la respectfully solicited. Address, 



THOMAS «. NEWMAN. 

 374 Weal Madison Street, CHICAGO, ILL. 



&W&WM 



The Bee-Keepers' Guide; 



OR, 



MANUAL OF THE APIARY, 



By A. J. COOK, 



Professor of Entomnlnyy in the Michigan State Agri- 

 cultural CvlUoe. 



286 Page* ; 118 Fine IllasU-atlona. 



Pkice— Bound In cloth, 8>l-2->t In paper cover, 

 #1.0)0, by mail prepaid. For sale by 



THOMAS G. NEWMAN, 



974 West Madison Street, Chicago, III. 



PARKER'S GINGER TONIC 



Ginger, Kucha, Mandrake, Stlllingia and 

 many other of the be^t medicines known Are com- 

 bined so skillfully in Parkeh s tTinjer Tunic as< 

 |to make it the greatest BI~od Purifier and the 

 * Itest Health ami Strength Restorer oyer used. 

 ', It cures Dyspepsia, rTheumatism, Neuralgia, ■ 

 ■Sleeplessness, and all diseases of the Stomach, 

 'Bowels. Lungs, Liver, Kidney*, Urinary Organs 

 ,mh\ all Female Complaints. 



If you are wasting away with Consumption or 

 any disease, use the 1 onic to-day. No matter what 

 ;your symptoms may be, it will surely help you. 

 , Remember! This Tonic cures drunkenness, ' 

 is the Dest Family Medicine ever made, entirely. 

 different from Kitters, Ginger Preparations and' 

 other Tonics, and combines the best curative prop] 

 •ertiesof all. Buy a 50c. bottle of your dxugS!' 1 ' 1 ' 

 'None gen-jine without our signature on outside 

 jwrapper. Hl f cox & Co.. Chemists. New York 



PARKER'S HAfR BALSAM E£MBiKS35 



ENGEA VINGS. 



The Horse 



BY B. J. KENDALL, M. D. 



A TREATISE ffivingan Index of diseases, and 

 the symptoms ; cause and treatment of each, a table 

 trtvinB all the principal drutrs used for the horse, with 

 the ordinary dose, effects and antidote when a poi- 

 son ; a table with an engraving *>f the horse's teeth 

 at different ages, with rules for tolling the age of the 

 horse ; a valuable collection uf recipes, and much 

 valuable information. 



Price 25 cent*.— Sent on receipt of price, by 

 THOMAS G. NEWMAN, 

 974 West Madison Street. CUICAGO. ILL. 



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