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THE AMERICAN BEE JOURNAL. 



Aug. 10. 



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THOMAS G. NEWMAN. 



»74 West Madison Street., Chicago, in. 



Contents of this Number. 



Correspondence : 



Api9 Dorsata, the Large Bee of Java 249 



How to Get Kid of Fertile Workers 249 



Rooky Mountain Bee Plant 249 



The Honey Crop 250 



Method of Obtaining Comb Honey 2">o 



Another Letter from Frank Benton 250 



Convention Note* : 



Do Bees Puncture U rapes? 25J 



Improvement of the Race of Bees 2. r )i 



Convention Notices 254 



Editorial : 



Kxhibits for the National Convention '2:>2 



Which Are the Best Bees r 2ry2 



Management of Bees at Fairs 252 



Anionic our Exchange* : 



Bees Within a Statue 253 



The Honey Crop in New York 253 



Kate at which Honey is Gathered 253 



Midsummer Bee Management 253 



Glucose 253 



Bears Attacking Bee Kanches 253 



Are Cyprian Bees Ferocious / 253 



Experience with Uniting Swarms 253 



Selection** from Our Letter Box : 



Bee Stings 254 



Obscure Scientific but Silent Bee Men 254 



Stung by Cvprians 254 



A Colony Determined to Keep 2 Queens.. 254 



Very Little Surplus Honey 254 



Feeding Full Winter Stores 2">4 



On the Wing 254 



Ants 254 



Bees in Kansas 254 



Gratitude to Messrs. Jones & Benton 254 



Fresh Every Week 254 



Stizus Grandis 254 



Honey and Beeswax Market. 



BUYERS' QUOTATIONS. 



CHICAGO. 



HONEY-But little comb honey is yet upon the 

 market, and the quotations are rather premature. 

 New extracted honey is quite plentiful, and in good 

 demand. 



We quote light comb honey, in single comh 

 boxes, 18@20C ; in larger boxes2c.le8s. Extracted 



7<"'>r. 



BEESWAX-Prlrae quality, 18@23c. 



NEW YOKK. 

 rilONEY- Newwhite honey in the comb, in 1 or 2 



fiound boxes, will bring 18(922 cents, though hut 

 Ittle Is offered yet. 

 White extracted, 7&10C.; dark, 7@Kc. 

 BKKSWAX.— Prime quality, l*@22c. ' 



CINCINNATI. 



HONEY.— A few small lots of comb honey have 

 made their appearance on our market, which I 

 lioughtat 12(" 15i'. jier lb. I have very many oilers. 

 but there being no demand yet, I have not com- 

 menced to lay In my supply. Extracted honey 

 ranges from 7&9C, on arrival. 



BKESWAX — 1MW22C. C. F. MUTH. 



SAN KKANCISCO. 



HONEY— There Is some inquiry, but difference 



in views between buyereand sellers prevents any 



movement except In a retail way. with present 



light stocks holders sou no necessity of crowding 

 Offerings upon buyers. 



We quote white comb, 18(3 150.; dark to go djtw.i 



12c. Extracted, onolee to extra white, BH@ioc.; 



dark and candled, 6! ■■ kkkswax 



STEAKNs & smith. 423 Front Street. 

 San Francisco. Cal., July 80, 1881. 



The Bee-Keeper'S Guide; Exeelsior Honey Extractors. 



Bingham Smoker Corner. 



Oxford, 0., June 29, 1881. 



Messrs. Bingham & lletberington, Abronla, BUcn 

 Gentlemen : Your uncapping knife bus been well 

 tested in the Apiary of Mr. 1). M<r..nl, my neigh 

 bor. In his opinion (and l agree with hi mi Lt i* tar 

 In advance of any knife which he has ever used. 

 Yours very truly, 1,. 1-. I.ANUSTKOT1I. 



W 



It can be put in shipping order, and address 

 :t2w4tp F. I. SACK, Wetherslield.Conn. 



ANTED— A few tons of York State COMB 



iionky. state probable amount, bow boos 



Vennor's Predictions 



or thlB Month's Weather, prepared expressly for 

 Vldl)li\KT'M REVIEW. 

 Sample i'l'im inuilai furltv. Slump. 

 M. ST01>I>AUT, Pub., N. Y.. Pliila., or CbfoagO. 



aiwat 



MANUAL OF THE APIARY, 



By A. J. COOK, 



Of Lansing, Professor of Entomnlotjy in the 



State Agricultural College of Michigan. 



320 l'ai:.>; 133 Fine IDiiMt at Ion*. 



This is a new edition of Prof. Cook's Manual of 

 the Apiary, enlarged and elegantly illustrated. 

 The first edition of 3,000 copies was exhausted in 

 about 18 months — a sale unprecedented in the 

 annals of bee-culture. This new work has been 

 produced with great care, patient study and per- 

 sistent research. It comprises a full delineation 

 of the anatomy and physiology of the honeybee, 

 illustrated with many costly wood engravings — 

 the products of the Honey Bee ; the races of bees; 

 full descriptions of honey-producing plants.trees, 

 shrubs, etc., splendidly illustrated— and lust.tbough 

 not least, detailed Instructions for the various 

 manipulations necessary in the apiary. 



This work is a masterly production, and one that 

 no bee-keeper, however limited his means, can 

 afford to do without. It is fully "up with the times" 

 on every conceivable subject that can interest the 

 apiarist. It is not only instructive, but intensely 

 interesting and thoroughly practical. 



Read the following opinions of the Book; 



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

 real value.— L' Apiculture, Paris. 



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

 can works.— Lewis T. Colby. 



It appears to have cut the ground from under 

 future book-makers.— BritLsh Bee Journal. 



Is a masterly production, and one that no bee- 

 keeper, however limited his means, can atford to 

 do without.— Nebraska Farmer. 



Prof. Cook's valuable Manual lias 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 ontains 

 It, will ever regret having purchased.— Mich. Far. 



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

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

 exhaustive work.— Herald, Monticello, 111. 



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 ANTWEHP, M. D. 



This book is pronounced by the press and leading 

 bee-men to be the most complete and pructical 

 treatise on bee-culture in Europe or America; a 

 scientific work on modern bee management that 

 every experienced bee-man will welcome, 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.— American 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 fully 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 yet met with a work, either French 

 or foreign, which I like so much.— IVAbhe I)u 

 Bois, editor of the Bulletin D' Apiculteur, 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.— Venmcrat, Pulaski, N. Y. 



We have perused with great pleasure this wkI? 

 mecum of the bee-keeper. It is replete with the 

 best information on everything belonging to api- 

 culture. To all taking an interest In this BUbJect, 

 we say, obtain this valuable work, read it carefully 

 and practice as advised.— Agri cult urist, Quebec. 



It may safely be pronounced the most complete 

 and comprehensive of the several manuals which 

 have recently 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 ol management, extending to the smallest 



details, are allot bigb and practical value. Prof. 

 < loofc has presented the latest phases of progressive 



t keeping, and writes of the themes discussed in 



the light of bis own experience. — Pacific Rural. 



Of the many excellent works which we have ex- 

 amined on bee-culture, we consider Prof. Conks 

 the most valuable for the study of those who eon- 

 template going into the business or are already 

 keeping bees- CfthoroUgblj studied, and its teach- 

 ings conformed to, ta the apiarist, who exercises a 

 reasonable degreed oommon sense, be or she ana- 



not fall to achieve :it least a reasonable degree of 

 success. The author ad. tresses himself to the 

 work with a degree of enthusiasm which carries 



the reader with i to the end.- -JtarUHH Former. 



Cook's Manual of the Apiary holds in America 



the same high rank, that is accorded In Germany 

 to the book of which Dzterson is the author ; the 



only difference being that Prof. Cook's Manual 

 Combines the profoundness of the Oeruian pastor 

 with the superiority of the practical American, 

 lie refers in several Instances to Darwin ; and 

 does not belong to that class which hates every- 

 thing that is foreign, for be speaks i<f German nat- 

 uralists with great reverence.— German Fn ft- nh-r. 

 Milwaukee, Wis. 



tol 



PitiCK— Bound in cloth, * 1 .'-!."» ; in paper cover, 

 s i (mi. by mall prepaid. Published by 



THOMAS <:. NEWMAN, 

 074 West Madison Street, CHICAGO. XliL. 



The following letter explains itself : 



A. H. Newman, Esq., Dear Sir : No. 4 Excelsior 

 Honey Extractor (with three-sided comb busketi, 

 received to day and tested. I find it EXCELLENT. 

 I can take from my hives, extract, and return 

 frames at the rate of lOO pounds per hour. 

 Do not know how long I could keep up at that rate. 

 If this isn't work, it resembles it verv much. 



Truly yours, J. M SHUCK. 



Truly yours, 

 Des Moines, Iowa, July 30, 1881. 



Slzen and I"rloe« of Extractors : 



No. 1— for-j LanL'Stroth frames, 10x18 inc.... %& 00 



No. ^— for •_' American frames. 18x13 inc 8 00 



No. 3— for 2 frames of anv size, 13x20 Inc — 12 00 



No. 4— for 3 frames of any size, 12MJX220 inc. 12 00 



No. 5— for 4 frames of any size, 18x20 inc — 14 00 



ALFRED H. NEWMAN, 



31tf i>72 West Madison Street, Chicago, 111. 



ITAI-I AN KEEN, at verv low prices, ail in the 

 Itoop frame. E. K. TOWNSEND, 



iSOwtf Hubbardston, Ionia County, Mich. 



H. A. BURCH & CO., 



South Haven, Mich., 



General Dealers in 



APIARIAN SUPPLIES. 



Comb Foundation, a Specialty. 

 UTCatalopues Free. 2i»wtf 



ITALIAN QUEENS, Full Colonies, Nuclei 

 and Bee Hives specialties. Our new Illustrated 

 Catalogue of Bees, Supplies. Fine Poultry, Small 

 Fruits, &c Free. pTSend for it and save money. 

 J. T. SCOTT & BKO., Crawtlsh Springs, Ga. 2w32tx 



ITALIAN QUEENS. 



1 can now furnish ITALIAN QUEENS, BY 

 RETURN MAIL, at the following prices : 



Tested Queens $1 50 



Warranted Queens 1 <*' 



Cyprian Queens, untested .... 1 00 

 Asmostall the DollarQueens I sold 

 hist year were pure, I will warrant 

 them this year. J. T. WILSON. 

 Mortonsville, Woodford Co., Ky. 



The ORIGINAL 



DAVIS' PATENT HONEY CARRIAGE, 



REVOLVING COMB-HANGER, 



Tool Box and Recording Desk Combined. 



Carries honey from the hive to the Extractor, a set 

 Of apiarian tools, metal-lined drawers for broken 

 COmbfl and fragments of wax, revolving comb- 

 hanger, which holds comb firmly while pruning or 

 cutting out queen cells, writing desk, and wash 

 ha in ; will not break nor bruise combs ; adjusts 

 to tit till sizes of extracting and brood combs, and 

 Is less laborious to handle than the ordinary hand- 

 baskets. Write your address on a postal card, and 

 address it to " JOHN M. DAVIS, 

 aowly Patentee and Proprietor, Spring Hill, Tenn. 



FOR FIVE DOLLARS 



1 will send you five pounds of Italian or hybrid 

 bees, five worker combs and five pounds of honey, 

 all in a second-hand Langstroth hive. Tested 

 Queen, bought of G. Grimm last May. for $2 addi- 

 tional. J. l. wokfeWden, 



:«>wtf Adams, Walworth County. Wis. 



JUST WHAT YOU HAVE WANTED ! 



A Good Foundation Machine 



FOR ONLY FIVE DOLLARS! 



ami one that works with 



RAPIDITY. AMt SATISFACTION. 



Having been persuaded to get up several for my 

 Immediate friends. i hare on band tin- patterns, 

 etc., to make any number. Therefore, semi in your 

 orders, [aiwtf'j W. G. I'HKLI'S, Galena, Md. 



Patented Jan. y, 187tf, and May, 18?y ; Ke-issued 

 July 9, 187a 



If you buy a RI NO II AM SMOKER, or a 

 Bingham A Hethei-lntcton Honey Knil.-. 



f'ou are sure of the best and cheapest, and not 

 lable to prosecution for their use and sale. The 

 largest bee-keepers use them exclusively. Twenty 

 thousand in use— not one ever returned, or letter 

 of complaint received. Our original patent Smo- 

 kers and Honey Knives were the only ones on ex- 

 hibition at the last National Bee-Keepers' Conven- 

 tion, ihho. Time Bifts the wheat from the chaff. 

 Pretensions are short-lived. The Large and Extra 

 Standard have extra wide shields to prevent burn- 

 ing the fingers and bellows. A real improvement. 



Send postal card for testimonials. 

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



Large Bingham Smoker 2H 1 SO 



Extra Standard Bingham Smoker 2 " 1 SS 



Plain Standard Bingham Smoker 2 " 1 00 



Little Wonder Bingham Smoker \% " 75 



If to be sent by mail, or singiy by express, add 

 250. each, to prepay postage or express charges. 



To sell again, apply for dozen or half-dozen 

 rates. Address, 



BINGHAM & HETHERINGTON, 



9wtf ABRONIA. MICH. 



THE Headquarters in the South 



for ITALIAN and CYPRIAN It I is and 

 <H I i:\s, FOUNDATION ami APIA- 

 KIANSVPPLIES. If vou want early Queens, 



from stock selected for their most desirable quali- 

 ties, or want Imported Queens, Dunham Founda- 

 tion in large or small quantities, or Apiarian sup- 

 plies of any kind, at moderate prices, send for my 

 new Illustrated Price List. Pure Beeswax worked 

 on shares and bought for cash. Address, 

 ■. ■ 1 1 1 ■ ■ l Dr. J. P. H. BROWN, AuKUSta, Qa. 



WANTED- You to send for our Circular and 

 Price list of Amerlcan-Itallam*. 

 Address, JOS. M. it ICOO K * .v BKO., 



13w0m Columbus, Ind. 



THE CANADIAN FARMER. 



THR ONLTf 



Agricultural Weekly 



PUBLISHED IN THE 



Dominion of Canada. 



This practical journal is now in its Third Year, 

 and meeting with Immense success. The low price 

 of its subscription <$i.oo per year) in Its new and 

 Improved form (in pages ISJfxlOM, folded and 

 pasted) makes it very popular. Its editors are all 

 practical men. It is the Bent Advertising Me- 

 dium in Canada. Sample copies sent free to any 

 address. 



llwa.tx N. B. COLCOCK, Welland. Ont. 



Given's Foundation Press 



The latest Improvement in Foundation. Our 

 thin and common Foundation Is not surpassed. 

 The only Invention to make Foundation In the 

 wired frame. All Presses warranted to give satia- 

 laction, Send for Catalogue and Samples. 



Iwlv D. 8. GIVEN, Hoopeston. III. 



ITALIAN BEES 



All standard colonies have eight frames, \7H 

 inc. long and 1 1 Inc. deep. All Nuclei, frames 11^ 

 inc. long and lo*£ inc. deep. Single full colonies, 

 jlOj In lots of five, each 19 ; In lots of ten or more, 

 each $s : single pure Tested Queen, $2.50; 1- 

 frame Nucleus. Tested Queen i.lune), (3.50; '2- 

 frame do.. $4; :t- frame do., f.'i ; -J -frame do., |S 60 ; 

 •lulv, August and September, .v frame Nucleus, 

 Tested Italian Queen, $5.00. No Dollar Queens 

 bandied. Will guarantee safe delivery (at express 

 terminus) 01 every order from my yards. Ship- 

 ping facilities, six times daily to all points. With 

 a) years' experience In the propagation and hand- 

 ling ot Italian bees, I think lean suit the most 

 fastidious. 



To secure prompt attention, money should be 

 sent by New York draft or post office money order. 



No discount from above schedule. 



Address all communications to 



J. H. ROBERTSON, 



2. r »wtf Pewamo, Ionia Co., Mich. 



Rev. A. SALISBURY 



Camargo, Douglas County, 111. 



Warranted Italian Queens, $1.00; Tested Italian 

 Queens, $'2 ; Cyprian Queens, t'2.00 ; 

 Tested Cyprian Queens, $4 ; 1 frame 

 Nucleus, Italians, $4.00; 1 frame Nu- 

 cleus, Cyprians, $S ; Colony of Ital- 

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

 rians, 8 frames, $10.00. Wax worked 

 10c. per lb. Pure Comb Foundation, 

 on Dunham Machine, 26 lbs. or over, 



3fic. per lb. pf"BendforClrcular. lwly 



