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THE AMERICAN BEE JOURNAL. 



June 22. 





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THOMAS G. NEWMAN, 



974 West Madison Street.. Chicago, 111. 



Contents of this Number. 



Porre«i>ondence : 



Top vs. Side-Storing 193 



The Cause of Losses of Bees in Winter 193 



Experience with Comb Foundation 193 



Are Bees a Nuisunce? 1-'-* 



Upward Ven ilation 194 



Keeping Bees on Stilts 194 



"Mi Laajentid Ded" 194 



Convention Xoten : 



Bee-Keeping-Will it Pay 195 



Wintering Bees In a Pit 195 



Requisites for Wintering Bees 195 



Editorial : 



Editorial Items 196 



Special Notice to our Patrons 196 



Too Much Drone Comb 198 



I,aw Against Adulteration in Illinois 19<i 



Methods of Using Comb Foundation 19*> 



Fertilization in Confinement 196 



Amoric »ui Exchanges: 



Capturing Bees Lodged in Stone Walls 197 



Comb Foundation for Surp.us Honey 197 



An Exploit with Bees i»7 



The Season in England 197 



Bee- Keeping in Texas 197 



Extracted vs. Comb Honey 197 



Marketing 197 



Selections from Our Letter Box : 



The Clovers 197 



The Prospects in California 197 



Encouraging 197 



Testing Cvprlan Queens 197 



Bee Stings 198 



The Weather— Cause of Losses, etc 198 



Wintering on Cider 19J 



Swarming . . . 198 



Winter and Spring 19H 



White Clover Short 198 



Spring Dwindling 198 



Grafting Wax 19* 



Good Prospect for Honev 198 



Do Bees ever get to be a Nuisance? 198 



Died of Dysentery 198 



1 A*! "fl* •"*•• ,0 |DB * Vnndervoort Foundn- 

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 25wltp G. W. STANLEY & BKO., Wyoming N. Y. 



ITALIAN BEES. 



All standard colonies have eight frames, 17 Mi inc. 

 long and 11 Ine. deep. All Nuclei, frames 1 IM inc. 

 long and 1054 inc. deep. Single full colonies, $lo; in 

 lots of ffve. each $:• ; in lots of ten or more, each $* : 

 single pure Tested Queen, $2.50; l-frame Nucleus, 

 Tested Queen lJunei, 13.50; J- frame do., $4; 3- frame 

 do., $■> ; 4-frame do., $5 50 ; July, August and Sep- 

 tember, .">- fra-t-e Nucleus, Tested Italian Queen, $5. 

 No Dollar Queens handled. Will guarantee safe de- 

 livery (at express terminus) oi every order from my 

 yards. Shipping facilities, six times daily to all 

 points. With 2M years' experience in the propagation 

 and handling of Italian bees, 1 think I can suit the 

 most fastidious. 



To secu e prompt attention, money should be sent 

 by New York draft or post office money orde.r. 



No discount from above schedule. 



Address all communications to 



J. H. ROBERTSON 



By A. J. COOK, 



Professorof Entomology in the Michigan State Agri- 

 cultural College. 



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Pewamo, Ionia Co., Mich. 



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Read the folloiving opinions of the Book; 



All agree that it is the work of a master and of 

 real value-— V Apiculture, Paris. 



I think Cook's Manual is the best of our Ameri- 

 can works.— LEWIS T. COLBY. 



It appears to ha^e cut the ground from under 

 future book-makers.— BritUh Bee Journal. 



Is a masterly production, and one that no bee- 

 keeper, however limited his means, can afford to 

 do without.— Nebraska Farmer. 



Prof. Cook's valuable Manual has been my con- 

 stant guide in my operations and successful man- 

 agement of the apiary.— J. P. WEST. 



I have derived more practical knowledge from 

 Prof. Cook's New Manual of the Apiary than from 

 any other book.— E. H. Wynkoop. 



This book is just what everyone interested in 

 bees ought to have, and which, no one who obtains 

 it. will ever regret having purchased.— Michigan 

 Farmer. 



To all who wish to engage in bee-culture, a 

 manual is a necessitv. Prof. Cook's Manual is an 

 exhaustive work.— Herald, Moniicello. III. 



My success has been so great as to almost aston- 

 ish myself, and much of it is due to the clear, dis- 

 interested information contained in Cook's Man- 

 ual.— Wm. Van Antwerp, M. 1). 



This book is pronounced by the press and leading 

 bee-men to be the most complete and practical 

 treatise on bee-culture in Europe or America; a 

 scientific work on modern bee management that 

 every experienced bee-man will welc me. and it is 

 essential to every amateur in bee-culture. It is 

 handsomely printed, neatly bound and is a credit 

 to the West.— Western Agriculturist. 



This work is undoubtedly the most complete 

 manual for the instruction of bee-keepers which 

 has ever been published. It gives a full explana- 

 tion regarding the care and management of the 

 apiary. There is no subject relating to the culture 

 of bees left untouched, and in the compilation of 

 the work Prof. Cook has had the advantage of all 

 the previous knowlede of apiarists, which he uses 

 admirably to promote and make popular this most 

 interesting of all occupations.— .4 merican Inventor. 



It is the latest book on the bee. and treats of both 

 the bee and hives, with their implements. It is of 

 value to all bee-raisers.— Ky. Live Stock Record. 



With Cook's Manual I am more than pleased. It 

 is fullv up with the times in every particular. The 

 richest reward awaits its author.— A. E. Wenzel. 



It is a credit to the author as well the publisher. 

 I have never vet met with a work, either French 

 or foreign, which I like so much.— L'Abbe Du- 

 bois, editor of the Bulletin D' A piculteur, France. 



It not only gives the natural history of these in- 

 dustrious insects, but also a thorough, practical, 

 and clearly expressed series of directions for their 

 management ; also a botanical description of honey 

 producing plants, and an extended account of the 

 enemies of bees.— Democrat, Pulaski, N. Y. 



We have perused with great pleasure Ibis wide 

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 best information on everything belonging to api- 

 culture. To all taking an interest in this subject, 

 we say, obtain this valuable work, read it care- 

 fully, and practice as advised.— Agriculturist* Que- 

 bec. Canada. 



It may safely be pronounced the most complete 

 and comprehensive of the several manuals which 

 have recentlv appeared on the subject of bees and 

 their handling in apiaries. The studies of the 

 structure of the bee, the different varieties, the 

 various bee products, and following these the 

 points of management, extending to the smallest 

 details, are all of high and practical value. Prof. 

 Cook has presented the very latest phases of pro- 

 gressive bee-keeping, and writes of the themes 

 discussed in the light of his own experience.— Pa- 

 cific Rural Press. 



Of the many excellent works which we have ex- 

 amined on bee-culture, we consider Prof . Conk's 

 the most valuable for the study of those who con- 

 template going into the business or are already 

 keeping bees. If thoroughly studied, and its teach- 

 ings conformed to. by the apiarist, who exercises a 

 reasonable degree of common sense, he or she can- 

 not fail to achieve at least a reasonable degree of 

 success. The author ad resses himself to the 

 work with a degree of enthusiasm which dairies 

 the reader along with him to the end.— Kansas 

 Farmer. 



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On the first of Julv I shall be prepared to sell boxes 

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 $.'».t»0. Please send orders to C. F. MUTH, Cin- 

 cinnati, O., or to me direct. 



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24w2t Morgan, Pendleton County, Ky. 



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THOMAS G. NEWMAN, 



974 West Madison Street, Chicago. 111. 



THE Headquarters in the South 



for ITALIAN and CYPKIAN REE8 and 

 QVHENS. FOUNDATION and APIARIAN 



SUPPLIES. If you want Early Queens, from 

 stock selected for their most desirable qualities, or 

 want Imported Queens.Dunbam Foundation in large 

 or small quantities, or Apiarian supplies of any kind, 

 at moderate prices, send for my new Illustrated 

 Price List. Pure Beeswax worked on shares and 

 bought for cash. Address. 

 9m6t llr. J. P. II. HKOYVN, Augusta. Ga. 



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HENRY ALLEY, 



Wenhara, Essex County, Mass. 



RACES OF BEES. 



Italian. Holy Land. Cyprian and Hungarian. 



Ki-itil what my Customer* ony : 



Please send me three queens ; I do not like those 

 little queens sent me by other ■ ealers. Those you 

 send me are a real improvement to my apiary. 



DuQuoin, 111.. 1881. DK. W. AKMS. 



I have one queen from II. Alley, that (25 would not 

 tempt me to sell, and she cost me only $1. 



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



From American Bee Journal of May 2.".. 1>-W1 : My 

 bees are all Italians, and wintered without loss on 

 summer stands. Amanda Pahsons. 



I furnished this lady all the queens she has. 



The queens you sent me are the very best I ever 

 bought, and their worker progeny the nicest lever 

 saw «!■ H. Wallace. 



Lucas, Ohio, Aug. 10, I«80. 



1 have the finest swarms that can be found any- 

 where, ' roni the queens you sent me this summer. 



CobleBkUl, N. V., Sept. s.i, 1880. B. VanWik. 



Your queens are very well thought of here ; one of 

 my neighbors has one that he declares he would not 

 sell for $150. Gko. D. Kldeukin. 



Chicago, 111.. Sept. J7. 1880. 



Queen received In fine shape, and as lively as a 

 Cricket, ^be Is the prettiest queen 1 ever bought of 

 any dealer : In fact she is as nicelv marked as I ever 

 saw. Wm. H. Graves. 



Duncan, III., Sept. 25, 1880. 



Send for 20th circular and price list 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 Langsimth frames. 23 



THE ORIGINAL 



Patented Jan. 



1S7S, and May, 1879 ; Re-issued 

 July '.!, 1878. 



If you buy a Bingham 

 Smoker, or a Bingham & 

 HetheringtonHoneyKnife 

 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- 

 s;iinl in use— not une 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' Convention, 1880. 

 Time sifts the wheat from 

 the chaff. Pretensions are 

 ibort- 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 & Hethenngton Honey Knife. . .2 in., $ 1 00 



Large Bingham Smoker '2H * 1 60 



Extra Standard Bingham Smoker 2 " 1 25 



Plain Standard Bingham Smoker 2 " 1 00 



Little Wonder Bingham Smoker \% " 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 & HETHERINGT0N, 



9wtf ABRONIA. MICH. 



i67Pe^rbof\M St. 



Z^fei C>flC*\GO 



Read What They Say ! 



The only swarm of bees alive in this township, 

 contains a queen 1 bought of vou ; 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 ferti ized. 

 They have wintered finely, while three-fourths 

 of tne bees In this section are dead. 



L. DENSMORE. 



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, 



and that will pile up the box honey. Rive us a trial 

 order. Can furnish 

 DOLLAR <M I 1 \->. 



WARRANTED QTTEENS. 



TESTED «M I r \ s and 



IMPORTED QUEENS, 



Bees by the Pound, 

 NUCLEI AND FULL COLONIES. 



Before ordering goods, send us a list of articles 

 you wish to purchase, and get our price for the 

 same. 



OUR 40-PAOE CATALOGUE 



of Apiarian Supplies, free to all. Address, 



H. A. BURCH & CO., 



lSwtf South Haven, Mich. 



PARKER'S GINGER TONIC 



Ginger, P.uchu, Mandrake, SHMingia andj 

 many other of the bess medicine* known are com-] 

 bined so skillfully in Parke ri b GlNGBR Tonic as| 

 to make it the greatest Bl"*od Purifier and the 



BestHealthandStren&th Restorer ever used- 

 It cures Dyspepsia, Rheumatism, Neuralgia. ', 

 Sleeplessness, and all diseases of the Stomach. ._ 

 Bowels, Lungs, Liver, Kidneys, Urinary Organs J 

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If you arc wasting, away with Consumption orj 

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 None genuine without our signature on ouisidej 

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AKTED-You to send for our Circular and 

 Price list of AmerU-an-ltiillam.. Address. 

 JOS. M KKOOKS A' It K . .. 



lawum Columbus, Ind. 



PARKER'S HAm BALSAM ESSVStBSSJ 



Rev. A. SALISBURY, 



Camargo, Douglas County, III. 

 Warranted Italian Queens, ($1.00 ; Tested Italian 

 Queens, $2.00 ; Cyprian Queens. $2.00 ; 

 Tested Cyprian Queens. $4.00 j 1 frame 

 Nucleus, Italians, $4.00 ; I frame Nu- 

 cleus, Cyprians, $5.00 ; Colon v of Ital- 

 ians, 8 frames, $8.00 ; Colony of Cyp- 

 : mrians, 8 frames, f 10.00. Wax worked 

 siijlOc. per lb. Pure Comb Foundation, 

 on Dunham Machine, 26 lbs. or over, 

 35c. per lb. jySend for Circular. Iwly 



