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THE AMERICAN BEE JOURNAL. 



July 6. 



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Tiik AMBRICAM BBBJOUBNAL Is the oldest Bee 

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THOMAS G. NEWMAN. 



»74 West Madison Street.. Chicago, III. 



Contents of this Number. 



rorreiuondence : 



My Management of Bees 300 



When are Bees a Nuisance'/ 210 



Progressive Hee-Culture SIO 



Black HKln Italian liio 



Bee Items from Eminence. Ky liii 



The Honey Season in Georgia 211 



Honey Bloom In California L'l I 



Kastening Comb Foundation 2 1 1 



I -in... ...i : 



(Editorial Items 212 



"The Coming Bee" 212 



development of Queens and Larva' 212 



Anions unr Exchanges : 



Bee Notes for July 213 



Very Little Swarming 213 



Bees Poisoned by Koxuiove 213 



The Honey Crop In Canada 213 



Fertile Workers 213 



Glucose for Wintering Bees 213 



Seleclloas from Our 1-etter Box t 



Bees are Just Booming. 213 



Siil end id llonev Sen son 213 



How to oon struct a Bee- House 21 \i 



Bees Doing Well 21a 



Liquid Uraftlng Wax 213 



Prospect for Abundant Honey 213 



My Texas and Arkansas Trip 213 



How the Bees are Doing 213 



Convention Notes t 



The Location of nn Apiary 214 



Union (Ky.) Convention 214 



Bingham Smoker Corner. 



Sunny Side. Napa. California. June 10, 1881. 

 T. K. Bingham, Abronla, Mich. Dear Sir : Please 



send me bv mail two Large, hIx K.vtrn, and 4 Plain 

 Standard Bingham Sum ers, Your fi-ur years' old 

 Smoker is -till In use. and does good service, the 

 only trouble being It is too small. I require the 

 large Blse I have a large and small yulnhy 



1 large one condemned), the other 1 tret along with 

 by repairing often. As far as 1 have tried them I 

 prefer yours above all, and shall keep them in 

 slink- Yours Truly, Jos. D. K.v.as. 



ajw4 



FLAT-BOTTOM COMB FOUNDATION, 



high side-walls, 1 to Hi square feet to 



the pound. Circular and samples free. 



.1. VAN liKIJSKN ,V SONS, 



Sole Manufacturers, 



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



ITALIAN Ol KK>». hull Colonies, Nuclei 

 I and Bee Hives specialties. Our new Illustrated 

 Catalogue of Bee*. Bup plles, Pine Poultry, Small 

 Krults. Ac., Free. ISfSend for it and save money. 

 .1 T, BCOTT ft Blto., Crawtlsh Springs, Lin. 3w32tX 



THE BRITISH BEE JOURNAL, 



AND BBB-KEEPBR'S ADVISKH. 



TheBriUs/i Bm Journal la published monthly at 



11.76, and oontalna the best practical information 



for the time being, showing what to do, and when 



Ud bowl doit, C.N.ABBOTT, Bee Master 



BchOOlof Apiculture, Fairlawn. Southall, London. 



Italian Queens Only 80 Cents. 



Warranted jl.OO , Tested 11.50, 10 frame Colonies 

 VS,7StOl8. J if Send lor Circular and save money. 

 oniKt K. A. THOM AH, C.deraine, Mass. 



EMERSON BINDERS. 



%W Hinder- lor the Weekly Hee .1 - 



mil. of 1 MM | , elotb and paper, i>o*ti»uld, B6 

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Wo can furnish Kmerson's Binders, gilt lettered 

 on the back, for AMEKICAN Bkk JOURNAL for 

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(Moth and paper, each 50ft 



Leather and cloth 75ft 



\W We can also furnish the Binder for any Pa- 

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THOMAS G. NEWMAN. 

 '.'74 West Madison Street, Chicago, 111. 



1881. -QUEENS! QUEENS I--I88I. 15 One-Cent Stamps THE ORIGINAL 



_ .11 II ii n Qiifrni VI OO riirh. 



< \ I ■ i I ; t o •• 1 . *»© * * 



aii my Queens ire bred from choice mothers, 

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 lattafactlon guaranteed. Address, 



Twitp KKV.J. K KKAKNS. Morning Sun, Iowa. 



SECTIONS. 



James Forncrook 



Has Just 



Received liis Patent 



ON HIS 



Boss One-Piece Section, 



heretofore called the "Lewis" Section or any 

 other Section made from a single piece of wood, 

 dated June 28, 1881, No. Of Patent 248,674. llav- 

 Inebeen drawn into this lawsuit with Lewis and 

 others in order to protect myself 'and it having 

 cost me quite a sura of money), I now propose to 

 have the benefit of the Patent. let It cost what it 

 will. JAMES HIHMKOUK A- CO., 



liTwtf Watertown. Jefferson County. Wis. 



FRANCES DUNHAM, 



Inventor and 



nufacturer of the 



Will pay for our exhaustive pamphlet on raising, 

 handling and marketing extracted honey. 



COLO UNTIES 



WITH 



Imported Italian Queens, 



Of our own 1 mportulloii, 



GUARANTEED PURE AND GENUINE. 



Our *■■<•••• I >,ii ii <i.i i i mi. was awarded the diplo- 

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Smokers, Knives, Extractors, &c. 

 Price List, with:* samples of ("..nib foundation, 



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HENRY ALLEY, 



4! 



Wcriliam, Essex County, Muss. 



RACES OF BEES. 



tallan. Holy Land. Cyprian \ Hungarian. * 

 ic.ji.i what my Coatomera way: 



Please send me three queens; I do not like those 

 little queens sent me by other ealers. Those fon 



send me are a real Improvement to my apiary." 



DuQuoin, III., rtwi. j)u. w. arms, 



i have one queen from B. Alley, that 125 would 



not tempt me to Mel I, and she cost me "only f l. 

 Austin, Minn . Hay B, 1881. F. A. TlCKNoit. 



From American Bee Journal of May 25, ishi ; My 

 bees are all Italians, and wintered without loss on 



summer stands. ahanda Parsons. 



I furnished this lady all the queens she has. 



'I'l.e queens you sent me are the very best 1 ever 

 bought, and their worker progeny the nicest 1 ever 

 saw. J. II. Wau.ack. 



Lucas, Ohio, Ami. LO, ihso. 



I have the finest swarms that can be found unv 

 where, irom the queens you sent me this summer 



CoWesWll, N. ST., Sept. 23. 1880. B. Va.WVik. 



Your queens are very well thought of here ; one 



of m> neighbors has one that he declares he would 



not sell lor tl'" GEO. D. El.DE UK IN, 



< Ihlcago, in., sept. 27, i**o. 



Queen received In tine shape, and as llvelv as a 

 cricket. She Is the prettiest queen j ever bought 

 of any dealer : In fact she Is as nlcelv marked as I 

 oversaw. Wm. H. G HAVES. 



IJuncim, III., Sept. 25, 1880, 



Bend for jnth circular and price li^tof Apiarian 



Supplies. Warranted Queens of any race, *i each : 



Choice Queens, *l...n ; Tested. *2 each all bv mall, 

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 Nuclei hives for sale in Langstrotli frames. :j:i 



FOR SALE CHEAP. 



From one to ilt'lv COlODleS Of Bee" In prime con 

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P. F. DAVIS A CO., Murine. Delaware Co., Ind. 



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 to Hlvr Milking. It will pay 

 evory bee-keeper to send for 



our 48 page Illustrated Cata- 

 logue. 



W. F. A JOHN BAItNKS. 

 Rookford, WhinebiiBo Co.. III. 



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To send a postal card for our Illustrated Catalogue 

 of Apiarian Supplies before purchasing elsewhere. 

 It contains Illustrations and descriptions of every- 

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 lowest prices. Italian, Cyprian and Holy Land 

 Queens and Bees. 



J. C «* II. P. 81TLE8, 

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DOUBLE-DRAFT QUINBY 



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Patented Jan. :>, 1878, and May, 1n7;i ; Ke-lssued 

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If you buy a Bingham 

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The !..!!-:>' and Extra 

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Send postal card for tes- 

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



Large Bingham Smoker '2% • 1 50 



K.vtra standard Bingham Smoker 2 " I 2.*» 



Plain Standard Bingham Smoker 2 " 1 DO 



Little Wonder Bingham Smoker l& " 75 



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

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To sell again, apply for dozen or half-doien rotes. 



Address, 



BINGHAM & HETHERINGT0N, 



9wtf ABRONIA, MICH. 



Rev. A. SALISBURY, 



Camargo, Douglas County, 111. 

 Warranted Italian Queens, 1*1.00 ; Tested Italian 

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 Nucleus, Italians. *4.UU : I frame Nu- 

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lwly I>. 8. GIVEN, Hoopeston, III. 



ITALIAN BEES. 



All standard colonies have el«ht frames, IT 1 -* inc. 

 lon« and II Ine. deep. All Nuclei, frames limine. 



ion«und ni*i inc. deep. Single full coloulea, tlO; in 



Iota Of ffve. eaoh *:"> j In lots of ten or more, eaofa 16 : 

 slnyiepure Tested Queen, I3.S0; i -frame Nucleus, 

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 most fastidious. 



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