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THOMAS G. NEWMAN, 



974 West Madison Street., Chicago, 111. 



Contents of this Number. 



Convention Notes : 



The Texas State Convention 177 



Engraving— Judge W. H. Andrews 1 . . 



Dr. N. P.Allen's Address 177 



rorreMionueiice ■ 



Have our Bees Degenerated ? 178 



The " Straw Hive of the Future" I7;i 



Bees Covered with Snow in Winter 17m 



Comb Foundation Making 179 



Too Much Bee Science 179 



Bees do not Injure Grapes 179 



Editorial : 



Editorial Items 180 



The College Report 180 



How to Rear Good Queens 180 



The Results ot the Past Winter 180 



A New Business > s " 



Kansas for Bee- Keeping 1*0 



Chaff Hives 180 



Among- our Exchange*! : 



Seasonable Hints 181 



Birds. Grapes and Bees 181 



The Cart- of S warms 181 



Clipping Queen's Wing 181 



The -Large Bee of Java 181 



Uses for Glucose and Grape Sugar 181 



Glucose for Feeding Bees 181 



Stingless Bee.- 181 



New Plan for Putting Wires into Founda- 

 tion isi 



The Best Bees for Winter 181 



Selections from Our Letter Box : 



Bees are Booming 182 



Fann.it Wait for Monthlies 1x2 



Pleased with the Cyprian Bees 182 



Determined to Achieve Victory 182 



My Frst Winter in Bee-KeepiDg 182 



Relative Merits of Bees 1S2 



1 - 2 out ol 10 Colonies 182 



Are BeeE a Nu > 182 



Losses of Bees in Minnesota 182 



The Best Hive for Winter 182 



President Aliens Visit to Texas 182 



Wintering Bees in a Wet Cave 182 



An Early Swarm 1*2 



W.WTED- You tn send for our Circular and 

 Price list of American-Italians. Address, 



jos. .is. brooks a br&., 



ISwGm Columbus, Ind. 



CTPB1 A N <i V E EN s. 



HOLY LAO QUEEN'S, 



ITALIAN" QIEENS, 



NOW READY. 



Send for special circular of these valuable bees 

 before purchasing elsewhere. 



CHAS. H. LAKE, 



23m3t "Sunny Side" Apiary, Baltimore, Md. 



The Bee-Keeper's Guide 



OR, 



MAMAL OF THE APIARY, 



By A. J. COOK, 



Professor of Entomology in Die Michigan State Agri- 

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286 Pages ; 113 Fine Illustrations. 



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THOMAS <S. NEWMAN, 



974 West Madison Street, Chicago, 111. 



BE SURE TO 



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of our superior " One-Piece" Section Boxes before 

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IS I EG EL A DRUM, 

 22w3t Adelphi, Boss Co.. Ohio. 



HENRY ALLEY, 



Wenham, Essex County, Mass. 



4 RACES OF BEES. A 

 Italian, Holy Land. Cyprian and Hungarian. A 

 Kr;nl what my Customer* say : 



Please send me three queens ; I do not like those 

 little queens sent me by other dealers. Those you 

 send me are a real improvement to my apiary. 



DuQuoin, 111.. 1881, Dk. W. ARMS. 



[ have one queen from H. Alley, that (25wouldnot 

 tempt me to sell, and sbe cost me only {1. 



Austin, Minn.. May 6, 1881. F. A. TlCKNOH. 



From American Bee Journal of May 25, 1881 : My 

 bees are all Italians, and wintered without loss on 



summer stands. AMANDA PABSONS. 



1 furnished tins lady all the queens she has. 



The queens you sent me are the very best I ever 



bought, and theirworker progeny the nicest I ever 

 saw. J. 11. Wallace. 



Lucas, Ohio, Aug. 10, ) 580. 



1 have tii'' finest swarms thai can he found any- 

 where, irom the queens you sent me this summer. 



I obleskill. V If., Sept. 23, 1880, B. V.wWn;. 



Your queens are very well thought of here ; one of 

 my neighbors has one thai be declares he would not 



Bell for $150. GEO. D. ELDEliKIN. 



Chicago, 111., Sept. 27 



Queen received in tine shape, and as lively as a 

 cricket. She is the prettiest queen lever bought of 

 anj deater : in fad she is as nicely marked as 1 ever 

 saw. Wm. H. Graves. 



Duncan, 111., Sept 



Send for 20th circular and price li-t of Apiarian 

 Supplies. Warranted Queens of any race. $ 1 each . 

 choice Queens, $1.50; Tested. $2 each— all by mail, 

 safe arrival guaranteed. Bees by the pound, and 

 Nuclei hives for sale in Langstrotfa frames. 23 



Read What They Say ! 



The only swarm of bees alive in this township, 

 contains a queen 1 bought of you ; they are 

 lively. J. K. M. ALLEN. 



Greencastle, Ind., April 16, 1881. 



Of the 31 dollar queens purchased of you last 

 season, only one proved impurely fertilized. 

 They have wintered finely, while three-fourths 

 of the bees in this section are dead. 



L. DEXSMORE. 



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

 Could give scores of letters in praise of 



Our Strains of Italians, 



like the above. If you want bees that are hardy 

 enough to 



SURVIVE OUR COLDEST WINTERS, 



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THOMAS G. NEWMAN, 



974 West Madison Street, CHICAGO, ILL. 



Section Boxes. 



1 have now everv facility for making good. Cheap 

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 an interest in the planing-mill here), and will make 

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J. V. CALDWELL, 



12w6ni Cambridge, Henry Co., 111. 



THE ORIGINAL 



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ITALIAN QUEENS, 



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are now being booked and will be tilled in rotation 



as received, at the following prices: 



Tested Queens, each $2 50 



" " per half-dozen 13 50 



1 frame Nucleus, witb Tested Queen 5 00 



■J » " 5 50 



3 •• •• e oo 



4 " 6 50 



Full Colonies, each 12 00 



in lots of 5, eaeh 10 00 



10. each 9 00 



I will use all possible care in preparing the above 

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ALSO 



lOO COLONIES 



OF 



BLACK AND HYBRID BEES, 



In Langstroth hives, in quantities of not less than T> 

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Also, 200 Colonies of Native Bees, 



in Box Hives, delivered on Mississippi River Steam- 

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|pT"The Colonies of Hybrids and Natives are very 

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