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THE AMERICAN BEE JOURNAL. 



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THOMAS G. NEWMAN. 



974 West Madison Street.. Chicago, 111. 



Contents of this Number. 



Convention Notes t 



N. W. Wisconsin and Eastern Minnesota ... 161 



Eastern New York 162 



Spring Management 162 



Robber Bees 162 



Correspondence t 



The Straw Hive of the Future 162 



Mortality Among Bees 163 



Introducing Queens 163 



Shall we have a General Report ? 163 



Disturbing Bees in Winter 163 



Success In Wintering Bees 163 



Editorial : 



Editorial Items 164 



Did Starvation Cause Dysentery ? 164 



Best Packages for Extracted Honey 164 



Statistical Report 164 



Aiming our Exchanges: 



The Weather in England 164 



Bees and Honey-Producing Bloom 165 



Empty Combs and the Bee-Moth 165 



Selections from Our Letter Box i 



Pollen In the Combs 165 



The Frame for Winter IR.'i 



The Opinion Prevailed 165 



Those Three- Peck Swarms 165 



Results of the Winter 165 



Winter Losses 165 



A Boy's Experience 165 



BeeB in Canada 165 



No More Black Bees 165 



Wintered Well 166 



Saved 90 per cent, of Bees 166 



Success 166 



Early ti warms 166 



No Loss in Winter 166 



Statistics 166 



Pleasant Visit to Texas 166 



The Condition of the Bees 166 



The N. E. Convention 166 



After the Battle 166 



Cellar Wintering 3 166 



Dollar and Tested Queens 166 



Swarml"g Out 166 



Bees Cared for. Doing Well 166 



Bee-Keeping in Missouri 166 



Separating Swarms 166 



Wintering Bees 166 



Outof the Woods 166 



igT Having sold my interest in the 

 supply and bee business to my brother, 

 G. J. Pammel, I desire to have all let- 

 ters addressed to him, who will answer 

 such as punctually as they have here- 

 tofore been. I shall as heretofore study 

 the natural history and habits of the 

 bee, and report the same to the Jour- 

 nal and Instructor* my favorite bee- 

 papers. L. H. Pammel, Jit. 



La Crosse, Wis., May 18, 1881. 



W The Annual Meeting of the So- 

 ciety for the promotion of Agricultural 

 Science will be at Cincinnati, on Tues- 

 day, Aug. 16. 1881, the day preceding 

 the sessions of the American Associa- 

 tion for the advancement of science. 



l§g° The Northern Michigan Bee- 

 Keepers 1 Association will hold its fourth 

 Annual Convention at Maple Rapids, 

 Clinton Co., Mich., October 11 and 12, 

 1881. David Eisiielman. Pres. 



O. R.GooDNO,jS'ec, Carson City, Mich. 



Instead of sending silver money in 

 letters, procure 1, 2 or 3 cent stamps. 

 We can use them, and it is safer to send 

 such than silver. 



$250,00 in I). S. Bonds, 



Offered as a Premium for Subscribers to the Mll- 

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Sample copy, 10 cents: I cent for Circular. 



Milwaukee Monthly Magazine Co., 

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THE BRITISH BEE JOURNAL, 



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ELECTROTYPES 



Of Engravings used in the Bee Journal for sale at 

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 THOMAS O. NEWMAN, 

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Read What They Say I 



The only swarm of bees alive in this township, 

 contains a queen 1 bought of you ; they are 

 lively. J. R. M. Allen. 



Greencastle, Ind., April 1G, 1881. 



Of the 31 dollar aueens purchased of you last 

 season, only one proved impurely fertilized. 

 They have wintered tinely, while three-fourths 

 of the bees In this section are dead. 



L. DBNSMOUB. 



Livonia Station, N.Y., April 11, 1881. 



Could give scores of letters In praise of 



Our Strains of Italians, 



like the above. If yuu want bees that are hardy 

 enough to 



SURVIVE OUR COLDEST WINTERS, 



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The Bee-Keepers' Guide; 



Oil, 



MANUAL OF THE APIARY, 



By A. J. COOK, 



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THOMAS G. NEWMAN, 



974 West Madison Street, Chicago, 111. 



FOR SALE AT LESS THAN COST-Wn 

 Langstroth Hives, Grimm's size, well painted, 

 85a each; prize honey boxes for ho hives, nearly 

 filled with comb ; 300 frames filled with nice comb ; 

 'I four-frame Extractors, flo each, worth $14, and 

 first class, and many other things necessary In an 

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 is>w3tp Ft. Atkinson, Jeff. Co., Wis. 



HONEV WANTED.— I desire to purchase sev- 

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ALFRED II. M'.W M A \ 

 972 West Madison street, CHICAGO ILL. 



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ITALIAN QUEENS, 



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are now being booked and will be filled in rotation 

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Tested Queens, each J2 50 



" " per half-dozen 13 50 



1 frame Nucleus, with Tested Queen 5 00 



2 " " 5 50 



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Full Colonies, each 12 00 



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ALSO 



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OF 



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Also, 200 Colonies of Native Bees, 



in Box Hives, delivered on Mississippi River Steam- 

 boat any time after April 13th, in lots of 10 or more, 

 at $41. OO each. 



ty The Colonies of Hybrids and Natives are very 

 strong in bees reared this spring, and combs well 

 filled with brood. They can be transferred or divided 

 by May 1st, and increased in time for white clover 

 and basswood surplus. 



ALFRED H. NEWMAN, 



972 West Madison St., Chicago, 111. 



DON'T BUY SUPPLIES 



Till you have read my new price list for the spring 

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 Price List free to all. 



J. V. CALDWELL, 



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THE Headquarters in the South 



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Italian and Hybrid Bees. 



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 sale. 

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'5 Colonies, in Langstroth Ilivs, for 

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65 ENGRAVINGS. 



The Horse 



BY B. J. KENDALL, M. D. 



A TREATISE givingan Index of diseases, and 

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nt In Foundation. Our thin 

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THE ORIGINAL 



Patented Jan. 9, IS7P, and May, 1879 ; Ite-issued 

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If you buy a Bingham 

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Large Uinghum Smoker ::H> l 50 



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Address, 



BINGHAM & HETHERINGT0N, 



9wtf ABRONIA. MICH. 



MiQemciMfi 



Rev. A. SALISBURY, 



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