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Contents of this Number. 



Correapondence : 



Him- to Produce "the Coming Bee" 22'-, 



Getting Bid of Fertile Workers 225 



An Excellent Canadian Apiary 22(J 



Common-Sense Apiary 226 



The Hive that I Like Best 226 



The Army- Worm mid the Basswood 226 



A Practical BeeBooBe 22r, 



Bees and their Pasturage in Utah 227 



Robbing Weak Colonies 227 



How I Remove the Bees from Frames 227 



Convention Notes : 



Bee-Keeping for Profit 227 



Convention Directory and Notices 227 



Editorial : 



Editorial Items 22* 



A New Bee Enemy 228 



Beer Adulteration with Glucose 228 



Losses of Bees Last Winter 228 



Statistical Tables 22-8 



Among; our Exchange*: 



Queen Cages for Mailing 22!» 



Honey Show in San Francisco 22U 



The Honey Crop in Ohio 22:1 



Missouri Apiculture 22:1 



The Crops of the World 228 



The Value of System 228 



How to Commence Bee-Keeping 2211 



Dividing for Increase 229 



How to Commence Bee-Keeping 228 



Old Comb Honey. Candied 228 



Management of Section Boxes 22:1 



Selections from Our Ketter Box : 



Young Bees and Stores for Winter 230 



Dysentery, Foundation, etc 230 



Chaff Packing 2:10 



Plentv of Honey 230 



Losses of Bees in Waupaca County, Wis. . 230 



Trans f erring Bees 230 



Short Honey Crop 280 



Snow as Winter Protection 2:10 



That Picturesque Apiary 230 



Short Crop of Honey 2:10 



My Management 280 



Kingbirds and Drones 230 



My Second Report 230 



How to Exterminate Ants 230 



Honesty and Dishonesty 230 



Repairing Losses 2:10 



Bingham Smoker Corner. 



Oxford, O., June 2^', 1881. 

 Messrs. Bingham & Hetherinftton, Abronia, Mich. 

 Gentlemen : Your uncapping knife has been well 

 tested in the Apiary of Mr. 1). McCord, my neigh- 

 bor. In his opinion land 1 agree with him J it is far 

 in advance of any knife which he has ever used. 

 Yours very truly, L. L. LANGSTROTH. 



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



T. F. Bingham, Abronia, Mich. Dear Sir : Please 

 send me by mail two Large, six Extra, and i Plain 

 Standard Bingham Smokere. Your four years* old 

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 only trouble being it is too small. I require the 

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 (large one condemned), the other I get along with 

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

 prefer vours above all, and shall keep them m 

 stock. Yours Truly, Jos. D. Exas. 



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The Bee-Keeper's Guide; 



OR, 



MANUAL OF THE APIARY, 



By A. J. COOK, 



Of Lansing. Professor nf Entomology In t lie 



State Agricultural College of Michigan. 



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

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

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It appears to ha^e cut the ground from under 

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Is a masterly production, and one that no bee- 

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

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I have derived more practical knowledge from 

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This book is just what everyone interested in 

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

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My success has been so great as to almost aston- 

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This book is pronounced by the press and leading 

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This work is undoubtedly the most complete 

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

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

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

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It not only gives the natural history of these in- 

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It may safely be pronounced the most complete 

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Of the many excellent works which we have ex- 

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 the reader with him to the end.— Kansas Farmer. 



Cook's Manual of the Apiary holds in America 

 the same high rank, that is accorded In Germany 

 to the book of which Dzierzon is the author ; the 

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 He refers In several instances to Darwin; and 

 does not belong to that class which bates every- 

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 uralists with great reverence.— Oerman Freidenker, 

 Milwaukee, Wis. 



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